Floating Top Desks Imbue Whimsy and Function

Come fly away with us — the mid-century floating desk brings playfulness and a sense of form over function that is, perhaps, missing from today’s floating top desk selection. A floating top desk might actually be a misnomer, as the floating desk actually does more folding than it does floating. (A floating wood desk is often mounted, in part, on the wall, and pulled down when in use.) Truly, it is a type of furniture that has been iterated on countless times by furniture-making giants like G.V. Gasvig, Kai Kristiansen, Gunnar Nelson, Peter Lovig Nielsen, and other designers and design brands, ever reaching deeper for more utility, more function, and more style in each evolution of the mid-century modern floating top desk.

A Selection of Eye-Catching Floating Desks

Often associated with the mid-century modern design movement, materials vary, though Danish teak, rosewood, rattan, walnut, mahogany, and even glass are often primary components of many of the desks available. Browse our carefully assembled array of vintage and Danish modern floating desk options to find the perfectly appointed piece for your office space.

Floating Desks

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Exposed Dowel Shape Legs Floating Top 3 Drawers Walnut Desk Table Console

1960s Floating Desk in Teak

Rattan Wrapped Floating Writers Desk

Burlwood Floating Desk, France, 1960s

Richard Artschwager Floating Top Desk

Alada Floating Folding Desk from Woodendot

Hans Wegner Getama Executive Floating Desk

1960s Floating Executive Desk by Kai Kristiansen

Mid 20th Century Floating Top Desk

1950s Fabulous Floating Desk Mexican Mahogany

Alada Oak Floating Folding Desk from Woodendot

1960s Floating Teak Executive Desk by g.v. Gastvig

Alada Black Floating Folding Desk from Woodendot

Teak Desk with Floating Top from G-Plan, 1960s

Mid 20th Century Mid-Century Floating Walnut Desk by Hooker Furniture

Mid Century Modern Floating Top Teak Desk With Key

Vintage Danish Rosewood Floating Executive Desk by h.p. Hansen

Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard Danish Modern Floating Teak Desk

1980s Rosewood Danish Modern Floating Executive Desk by Dyrlund

Danish Modern Floating-Top Teak Desk With Bookcase by Dyrlund

1950s Drexel "Perspective" Floating Top Desk by Milo Baughman

U-Shape Burdick Desk for Herman Miller With Floating Table

1960s Mid-Century Mainline Hooker Floating Walnut Desk

Mid Century Modern Walnut Floating Desk for Mainline by Hooker

1960s Mid-Century Floating Walnut Desk by Hooker Furniture

1960s Vintage "Biscayne" Floating Top Walnut Desk by Drexel

Mid-Century Modern Walnut Floating Desk by Jens Risom

Sage Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk in Natural Oak by Harto

1960s Mainline for Hooker Furniture Floating Walnut Wood Executive Desk

Mid-Century Modern Pace Collection Brass and Glass Floating Desk

1960s Danish Modern Floating Top Rosewood Desk by Johannes Sorth

1960s Danish Modern Floating Top Teak Desk by g.v. Møbler

Sage Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk in Natural Oak by Harto

Refinished Danish Modern Teak Floating Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen

Mid-Century Modern Danish Teak Floating Desk by Colibri, 1960s

Alada White Pigmented Oak Floating Folding Desk from Woodendot

Slate Grey Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk in Natural Walnut by Harto

Mid-Century Modern Raymond Loewy for Mengel Floating Top Executive Desk

1950s Hairpin Desk With Floating Drawer and Custom Free Edge Walnut Top

1960s Refinished Danish Modern Teak Floating Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen

Petrol Blue Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk in Natural Oak by Harto

Slate Grey Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk in Natural Oak by Harto

Slate Grey Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk in Natural Walnut by Harto

Petrol Blue Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk in Natural Walnut by Harto

Vintage Danish Mid Century Modern Rosewood Floating Desk by Gunnar Falsig

1960s Mid-Century Walnut Floating Tambour Desk Attributed to Glenn of California

Petrol Blue Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk in Natural Oak by Harto

Slate Grey Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk in Natural Oak by Harto

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