Desks
7
2,902
376
41
to
413
1,933
1,228
3,319
3,038
3,078
746
192
188
176
176
117
112
102
76
48
29
28
25
24
16
12
11
3
286
926
1,690
417
233
947
312
53
21
40
94
89
210
297
191
43
11
Height
to
Width
to
Depth
to
3,022
1,212
650
601
599
2,112
654
636
610
604
26
26
22
21
18
Desks For Sale
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Desk with Drop Leaves and File Cabinet
Located in Bradenton, FL
Handsome 1950's mid-century modern Dunbar Desk and Wheeled Pedestal Filing Cabinet, Designed by Edward Wormley. The two-drawer filing cabinet can be placed under the desk to either side or wheeled out for easy access. Desk with drop leaf...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
Antique 18th Century Flip Top Flame Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage 18th century desk. A chic Flame Mahogany drop down desk. Incredible wood grain detail with chic inlay detail. Green felt wri...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Georgian Desks
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Chinese Export Bamboo Rattan Partners Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A rare and unique Mid Century Chinese Export Partners Desk, Applied Bamboo over Hardwood. A partner's desk describes a desk in which two people...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks
Materials
Bamboo, Hardwood
1970s Burlwood Executive Desk
Located in Cedar Falls, IA
1970s olive burlwood executive desk.
Stately proportions, 72 inches wide, 36 inches deep.
Full depth central drawer with plenty of storage space.
Exceptional and stunning burlwood...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Olive, Burl
TOMLINSON Crotch Mahogany Block Front Secretary Desk with Blind Bookcase
By Tomlinson
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Chippendale style secretary desk by Tomlinson. Crotch mahogany with brass hardware, pediment top with three finials and bracket feet. Upper blind bookcase...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Drop Front Secretary Desk With Bookcase Hutch
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian Chinoiserie style bureau with drop front secretary desk and lighted bookcase hutch top
By Jasper Furniture Company
USA, Late 20th Century
Black lacquered walnu...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid 19th century burr campaign lap writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century burr campaign lap desk circa 1860.
Good quality burr writing box.
Beautifully brass bound outside and inside edging. Stunning burr wood exterior. Original dark blu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Burmese Campaign Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Traditional Mahogany Partners Desk by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is a new traditional mahogany partners desk. Its design was inspired by partners desks from the 1800s. It is ideal for the senior partner, CEO or home office. It features a top ...
Category
2010s Philippine Regency Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Outstanding Quality Antique George III Mahogany Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique George III mahogany bureau having a figured mahogany fall with a moulded edge opening to reveal a fitted...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Desks
Materials
Other
Mahogany Kidney Shaped Desk by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is a new Hepplewhite style Kidney shaped writing desk. It is ideal for the home office, library, or reception area in a business setting. It features a top of brown leather with...
Category
2010s Philippine Hepplewhite Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Teak Chest of Drawers / Writing Desk / Bureau by Meredew
By Meredew
Located in London, GB
We’re happy to provide our own competitive shipping quotes with trusted couriers. Please message us with your postcode for a more accurate price. Thank you.
Beautiful vintage teak c...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
French Wooden Modernist Desk, France 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Probably one-of-a-kind, this desk has been crafted with precision and care. It features clean lines and impeccable craftsmanship. Its sleek silhouette exudes an air of understated lu...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Nordic Mid-Century Desk with Glass top and brass details
Located in Matosinhos, 13
Crafted from rich wood, this table exudes warmth and character, while its sleek lines and minimalist silhouette capture the essence of mid-century modern aesthetics.
Itss exquisite t...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large Victorian Oak Leather Top Partners Desk, EDWARDS & ROBERTS Library Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Victorian Oak Leather Top Partners Desk, EDWARDS & ROBERTS Library Table
This is a large piece, the table stands on heavy turned and carved legs set on brass casters, it has 3 drawers set into the apron along each side, these have superbly carved fronts and the inset handles are carved with the faces of Lions
The table top has a tooled inset leather, the desk is stamped EDWARDS & ROBERTS and has been fully restored with a replaced tooled leather top
The Library table it is 60” long...
Category
1850s Gothic Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Desk, Black Lacquer, Chrome, Mahogany, France, 1950s
Located in Regensburg, DE
Large Art Deco desk in black lacquer with chrome details from France, 1950s.
High quality restoration with black high gloss polished piano lacquer on mahogany body. Standing on a bea...
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Early 1900s Regence Style Bleached Oak Partners Desk from France
Located in Dallas, TX
As a transitional age in French history, the Regence period is known for furniture that showcases forms of the preceding period (Louis XIV), as well as early Louis XV stylings. In the case of this bleached oak partner’s desk, the motifs are prefigures of the Rococo style of Louis XV, while still maintaining the rectilinear form often seen with Louis XIV furnishings. Hand-carved in France in the early 1900s, the oak wood has been bleached more recently, resulting in a warm, golden brown hue with some fascinating wood grains.
A cavetto molding graces the top on all sides, even in the slightly recessed areas above the leg holes. Both sides of the desk have been carved identically, with three belt drawers featuring arabesque margents with foliate shells and thin molding. Similar vertical carvings flank the doors, which are rectangular panels adorned with geometric and foliate motifs. Both doors to the right of the leg hole open to reveal three pull-out drawers, while the doors to the left front three shelves. The rectilinear form is softened by eight short cabriole legs, each with a paw foot pad, beneath a sinuous apron embellished with a foliate shell medallion over thin molding. Our well-carved partner’s desk...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century teak desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen, crafted in 1967 by Hedensted Møbelfabrik, Denmark. This double-faced desk, featuring a minimalist design and warm teak wood construction...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Alvar Aalto Mahogany Desk for Artek with Drawers and Pull Out Work Surfaces
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Chicago, IL
The model #500 mahogany desk designed by Alvar Aalto, made in Sweden for Artek, Finland. Six drawers with two pull-out work surface boards. A nice example...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Mahogany Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Quality English Well Figured Rosewood Ladies or Gents English Georgian Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and unusually large proportions, with lav...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
English Regency Style Rosewood & Brass Campaign Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Condition
Materials: Rosewood, Walnut, Patinated Brass
Style: English Regency
Category
1950s American Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Art Deco oak desk, France, Circa 1940
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Business or administration desk from the 1940s.
France, Art Deco.
4 Drawers with common locking, a leaf extension and a retractable shelf above the drawer unit.
Footrest bar.
Key ...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Oak
Elegant Bonheur De Jour Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Southall, GB
A elegant French bonheur de jour ladies writing desk in kingswood and rosewood, with bronze gilt ormolu mounts to the legs and hand painted Sevres plaques. There is a sliding red lea...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Jens Risom Wall Mounted Walnut and Brass Dresser with Fold Out Desk
By Jens Risom
Located in Countryside, IL
Jens Risom Wall Mounted Walnut and Brass Dresser with Fold Out Desk
This dresser measures: 54 wide x 21 deep x 24 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call res...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Chinoiserie Desk / English Library Table with Faux Bamboo Trim
Located in Dallas, TX
a large scale desk / English library table, very generous proportions, painted and gilded Chinoiserie design with faux bamboo trim, embossed leather writing / work surface with slant...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mid Century Modern Kipp Stewart for Drexel Secretary Desk Hutch With Bookcase
By Drexel, Kipp Stewart
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonderful vintage Mid Century Modern secretary desk designed by Drexel group, it is marked inside the drawer and in the back too. This iconic desk is made of walnut wood and brass ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Louis XVI Desk
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This Louis XVI style Desk is made of mahogany and a wonderful brown leather top which is in good condition. It has 2 extensions on each side. The length of the desk is 51.1''W and e...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Art Deco Desk by NORDISKA KOMPANIET
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Deco desk, made of maple veneered wood with inlays, keyholes and ivory strips. By NORDISKA KOMPANIET S:A (1920-1970). Signed by NORDISKA KOMPANIET S,A., BS AIRES, Florida 101.
A...
Category
1930s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Maple
Regency Style Maitland Smith Mahogany Faux Partners Desk Leather & Brass Details
Located in Topeka, KS
Stunning Late 20th Century Regency style faux partners desk comprised of a mahogany frame, embossed Florentine leather inset top, and brass details by Maitland-Smith. Beautiful condi...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Revival Desks
Materials
Brass
Charles Dudouyt Desk & Chair Setin Oak, France 1940's
Located in New York, NY
Writing desk en suite with its matching chair, hand carved Walnut with many details.
Desk 28x21.5x31.5
Chair 33x16x15
Category
Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
The Best - Georgian Sunburst Inlaid Mahogany Lap Desk C. 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, circa early 1800's.
An exceptional and rare 19th century mahogany lap desk inlaid with impressive arrays of sunbursts to the corners and central sun form motif. These moti...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Marc Newson “Riga” Desk
By Marc Newson
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Marc Newson (Australian, b. 1963); Cappellini
Additional Information: Marc Newson is one of the most influential modern designers. His work is in the permanent coll...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Metal
French Empire Escritoire Chest Desk 1880 Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Classic French Empire escritoire / desk
Crafted from mahogany with ormolu fittings
Great space saving piece as both a desk and a chest of drawers
We ...
Category
1880s French Provincial Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Harvey Probber Mid Century Walnut Curved Executive Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Harvey Probber Mid Century Walnut Curved Executive Desk
This desk measures: 92.25 wide x 34.5 deep x 29 high, with a chair clearance of 25.75 in...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique 18th Century Flip Top Flame Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage 18th century desk. A chic Flame Mahogany drop down desk. Incredible wood grain detail with chic inlay detail. Green felt wri...
Category
Late 18th Century North American Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Metal
French Modern Style Beech Wood Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Modern Style Beech Wood Desk with two cantilevered drawers on both sides and two center frieze drawers with chrome handles. Provenance: From a Riverside Drive Collection.
De...
Category
20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Scandinavian Secretary with drawers mahagony by Gjövik Möbler, Norway
Located in Gaggenau, DE
Mid century Scandinavian Secretary with drawers mahagony by Gjövik Möbler, Norway, 1960s
Design year: 1960s
Dimensions: : 44...
Category
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Painted Chiffonier Desk Maitland Smith and Co
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant painted chiffonier desk
Love the colour scheme complemented by hand painted floral motifs
Painted chiffonier writing slope by Maitland Smith...
Category
1960s Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Set desk & chair in fiberglass by Patrick Gingembre, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Desk and Chair Set: Space Age French Design, 1970s
This brown lacquered fiberglass desk, paired with a matching chair, embodies the iconic Space Age style. Designed by Patrick Gingembre for Paulus...
Category
1970s French Space Age Vintage Desks
Materials
Fiberglass
18th Century Carved Cherrywood Commode Scriban from Bordeaux, France
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful example of a period Louis XV writing desk, this cherrywood commode scriban was hand-carved in Bordeaux, France, in the 1700s. Resembling a chest of drawers with an angled...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks
Materials
Wood, Cherry
Chippendale Desk Mahogany Writing Table Ball and Claw
Located in Potters Bar, GB
5 Drawer Mahogany Chippendale Style Writing Table.
Circa 1900
This Writing Table Features 5 Mahogany Lined drawers.
The Drawer Fronts Having Blind Fret Work to the Corners and Retain...
Category
Early 1900s Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Small Directoire Cylinder Desk In Mahogany
Located in London, GB
A small French Directoire mahogany cylinder desk, with brass detailing throughout. The roll top hiding a witing slope with a tooled leather top and two drawers. Above, a marble galle...
Category
1790s French Directoire Antique Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
French modernist desk in solid oak ceruse from the 40's style Jacques adnet
Located in Lyon, FR
Imposing modernist desk of the 50s in the taste of the work of Jean Michel Frank. Structure in solid oak and veneer, ceruse work on the whole desk. It is composed of three lateral dr...
Category
1940s French Post-Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Neoclassical desk with lid and drawer. Grey.original hardware. Swedish
Located in MADRID, ES
Neoclassical swedish desk 19th century.
Very good condition
Category
1810s Swedish Neoclassical Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Rare Gio Ponti Desk and Wall Shelf, Forli Administrative Offices
By Gio Ponti
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Gio Ponti (Italian, 1891-1979)
Additional Information: Desk has splayed front legs, a single drawer, open storage areas and brass sabots. It also has a matching wal...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Brass
Studio BBPR for Olivetti Sintesis "Arco" Office 3-Drawer Desk, Italy 1960s
By Olivetti, Studio BBPR
Located in Naples, IT
Desk Mod. "Arco" designed by Studio BBPR for Olivetti Sintesis in 1963. The desk has an iron frame and base on one side and has a case containing 3 drawers and the original metal was...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Iron
Maddox French Provincial Louis XV Painted Secretary Desk With Mirrored Bookcase
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style bureau with drop front secretary desk and mirrored bookcase hutch top
By Maddox Furniture
USA, 1970s
Cream lacquered walnut, with hand-...
Category
1970s American French Provincial Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Florence Knoll-Inspired Executive Desk: Mid-Century Modern Elegance
By Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the definitive charm of the 1960s with our executive desk, inspired by the legendary Florence Knoll. This piece is a modern tribute to the sleek and innovative de...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant desk from the beginning of the 20th century Louis XVI style in mahogany.
It has 7 drawers on the front and is decorated on its 4 sides with gilded brass rods. The drawers are...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Stylish 20th Century Italian Art Deco Brass & Mahogany Desk c.1930
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A rare and unusual early 20th Century Italian art deco desk, finished in a light mahogany with simple solid brass legs, brass handles on the four drawers and comes included with the ...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
2-Piece Mid Century Walnut and Formica Desk
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This authentic mid century original is the perfect multitasking furniture piece where space is minimal but function is necessary. This piece is perfect ran along a wall where its fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Aluminum
George I Bureau Desk Walnut Chest Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George I Walnut Bureau.
This Bureau Stands Upon Bracket Feet and Features an Arrangement of 2 Over 2 Oak Lined Drawers.
18th Century
The Drawers and the Fall Having Herringbone Inlays.
The Interior Having an Assortment of Drawers and Pigeonholes.
The Bureau Retails its Original Handles, Escutcheons and Loper Pulls.
The Bureau is of a Good Warm Antique Walnut Colour.
Category
18th Century George I Antique Desks
Materials
Walnut
Danish desk table by Sven Ellekaer 1960s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Exclusive wooden desk attributed to the important Danish designer and architect Sven Ellekaer. Ellekaer's unmistakable design with its V-shaped curved wood and the precise union betw...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Baker Furniture Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase With Secretary Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Georgian or Federal style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch top
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Gorgeous mahogany, with original brass hardw...
Category
1960s American Georgian Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid 20th Century Solid Mahogany Federal Kidney Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid 20th Century Solid Mahogany Federal Kidney Desk in great vintage condition. Top newly and professionally refinished and flawlessly working drawers
Measures 46" in width x 22" in...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Federal Desks
Materials
Brass
East India Dutch Company Captains Writing Desk
By Southeast Asia
Located in London, GB
A captivating piece of history, the Dutch East Indian Captain's Writing Desk. This extraordinary early 18th-century Anglo-Indonesian table showcases the artistry of the time, carved...
Category
1730s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Desks
Materials
Bone, Rosewood, Walnut
19th Century French Bureau de Dame Napoleon III Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Milan, IT
A late 19th century Napoleon III bronze-mounted mahogany bureau à cylinder, an elegant French Bureau de Dame or Bonheur du Jour, a ladies writing desk with cartonnier which opens up ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desks
Materials
Bronze
Artona by Afra & Tobia Scarpa – Walnut veneer laminate desk and chair
Located in Brussels, BE
The desk elements made of walnut laminate with different color hardwood overlay.
The top in burr walnut veneer.
The front of the side doors and the central drawer covered in cognac l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
Hepplewhite Mahogany Five Drawer Writing Table
Located in Southampton, NJ
Charak Furniture English Hepplewhite style Mahogany five drawer writing table with striking oval brasses, working lock & key terminating on lithe tapered legs with casters.
Category
Early 20th Century Hepplewhite Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage and Antique Desks for Sale — Shop Handcrafted Mid-Century Modern Desks, Art Deco Desks and Other Desks and Tables on 1stDibs
There’s no reason that the corner of your home you’ve dedicated to work shouldn’t also reflect your personality and sense of style. A collection of unique vintage and antique desks can be found on 1stDibs today.
The right desk can be a good fit for your space and help keep you organized when you need it most. For many, the word “desk” can have a negative connotation. Derived from the Latin desca, meaning “table to write on,” the word can understandably evoke memories of stuffy classrooms or monotonous workdays.
As working from home has become more widespread for part of the workforce, many professionals who work remotely park themselves at the dining-room table or at the kitchen countertop to do so. If you’ve got the space, it's healthy to set aside an area in your home designated for work. A good desk can keep you on track and keep your newly minted home office free of clutter and distractions.
Within your own walls, an office area can be both personal and productive, decorated exactly to your taste or just an unobtrusive addition that aligns with the energy of the space as is. When shopping for a desk, keep height, space and specs in mind. It’s helpful to know if you’ll need the desk to offer storage, such as drawers or a hutch, or if it should fit alongside your bedroom wall as cleanly as possible.
An antique writing desk, for example, will offer a spacious, streamlined work experience with a desktop that affords real estate for your notebooks, pens, laptop and research materials. Secretary desks reveal small inner storage compartments — pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers — when their hinged leaves are folded out.
Maybe you'd prefer a vintage mid-century modern desk that seamlessly incorporates drawers for storage.
Nebraska-born designer Don S. Shoemaker became inspired by Mexico’s tropical woods, such as cocobolo, a Mexican rosewood, and he decided to work with the material in the postwar years to create desks and other furnishings. Elsewhere, made according to the same high standards as the company’s chairs, celebrated mid-century manufacturer Herman Miller produced desks over the years in a number of versions, created by designers like George Nelson, Gilbert Rohde and Bruce Burdick.
Whether you want a dramatic rolltop-style furnishing akin to the 18th-century secretary commissioned by Louis XVI or a contemporary piece made of everything from linoleum to fallen trees, a new desk and clever arrangement of desktop accessories can brighten the workday in any home.
For every passion project, year-end report or spontaneous million-dollar app idea, find the desk you need on 1stDibs.
Read More
Ask an Interior Designer: Work-from-Home Edition
Leaping into a design project, whether it's refreshing the bedroom or redoing the whole house, can be overwhelming. Luckily, we know more than a few interior designers. You asked questions on Instagram, and now they're answering.
18 Home Offices for Workaholic Design-Lovers
Proof that working from home is a perk.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Antique Cylinder Desk
Antique Cylinder Desks
Desktop Storage
Cylinder Top Desk
Antique Slant Front Desk
Antique Slant Front Desks
Desk With Shelves
Roll Top Cabinet
Antique Pen Case
Roll Top Case
Used Roll Top Desk
Used Roll Top Desks
Used Roll Top Desk Furniture
Vintage Leather Key Case
Desk With Secret Drawers
Pigeon Desk
Vintage Desk Filing Cabinet
Wood and Metal Desks