Give your home office a touch of tradition with a traditional writing desk. Here at Chairish, we’re the purveyors of hundreds of antique traditional desks, as well as a unique collection of newly-made desks, hand-selected for their antique allure. Shop our collection to discover classic wood desks, crafted of quality hardwoods like cherry, mahogany, and bird’s eye maple. Explore desks in historic styles like Chippendale, Queen Anne, Art Deco, and Biedermeier. On the hunt for a specific desk form, such as a traditional secretary desk or table desk? We have no shortage of either. To make our inventory easier to shop, apply one of our 50+ filters. In addition to price and dimension filters, we also have dozens of style filters and color filters. Discover traditional writing desks from historic makers like Stickley and Heywood-Wakefield, as well as revival-style desks hailing from the mid-20th century. We carry designs by makers who specialized in European revivals during the middle of the century, including Drexel, Henredon and many, many more. So if you're looking for the write stuff, don't head anywhere else — make your way right here to Chairish!

Traditional Writing Desks

Shop Vintage Traditional Writing Desks

Celerie Kemble for Woodbridge Louise Desk in Auden

Livingston Desk

Antique Late 18th Century George Iii English Mahogany Slant Front Desk

Vintage Neoclassical Fluted Arched Coved Desk With Book-Matched Butterfly Top

Queen Anne Style Console or Desk Speckled by Ira Yeager

Dupree 35" Wood Writing Desk, Beige

Rare Vintage Tessellated Carlton House Desk and Chair by Maitland Smith

Mid 20th Century Egyptian Revival Neoclassical Style Leather Top Desk

Late 20th Century Hekman Copley Banded Mahogany Desk

Italian Baroque Style Desk Lacquered by Artist Ira Yeager

John Vesey Stainless Steel Bronze Neoclassical Desk

Contemporary European Mid Century Style Walnut Desk

19th Century English Regency Style Writing Table Speckled by Ira Yeager

Vintage Walnut Biedermeier Writing Desk With Leather Top

Woodbridge Furniture Sconset Writing Table

Niagara Furniture Mahogany Dropside Lyre or Harp Desk

Sally Sirkin Lewis Neoclassical Marble Top Library Table Desk

Italian NeoClassic Oak Parquetry Desk - Natural

1920s French Louis XVI Bureau Plat Writing Desk

Antique Country French Louis Philippe Style Provincial Oak Library Desk

Modern History Ebonized Classical Writing Table

Woodbridge Furniture Lisbon Desk

Casa Cosima Living Tilda Taper Leg Desk - Richmond Gray

Century Furniture Monroe Writing Desk

Century Furniture Acadia Writing Desk, Gray

Maitland-Smith Malaquita Desk

Modern History Stephanie Desk

Casa Cosima Living Tilda Berkley Taper Leg Desk - Garden Spot

Casa Cosima Living Tilda Desk - Hale Navy

Vintage White Wicker Desk or Ladies Vanity Dresser With Four Drawers

1990s Kindel Furniture Painted Three Drawer White Desk

Vintage Jansen Style Black Lacquered Writing Desk

Regency Rosewood Library Table

Maitland - Smith Leather Top Desk

1970s Vintage Regency Drexel Et Cetera Ormolu Writing Desk

Late 19th Century Antique Colonial Primitive Pine Wood Lift Top Schoolmaster's Storage Desk

19th Century Spanish Baroque Style Walnut Lyre Leg Writing Table or Side Table

Dark Wood 19th Century Spanish Bargueño (Traveling Desk)

Karges Regency Style X Base Writing Desk

English Louis XV Desk

Queen Anne Style Burl Walnut Writing Table With Embossed Green Leather Top, English Circa 1860

Custom Built Desk With Storage Cabinetry

Late 20th Century Vintage Georgian Style Taupe Desk of Seven Drawers

Early 20th Century Mahogany Writing Desk With Ram’s Head Carvings

Vintage Mid Century French Regency Rosewood Walnut Cartonnier Desk Table

1950s Vintage French Folding Top Desk

Regency Mahogany Davenport Desk of Diminutive Size

Jonathan Charles Silver-Leaf Gilded Iron Rectangular Desk

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