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Alma Executive Desk

Alma Mid Century Rosewood and Leather Executive Desk
Alma Mid Century Rosewood and Leather Executive Desk

Alma Mid Century Rosewood and Leather Executive Desk

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Franklin Park, IL

Alma Mid Century Rosewood and Leather Executive Desk This desk measures: 78 wide x 36 deep x 29.5 high, with a chair clearance of 28 inches Fair Vintage Condition - Desk has Stain ...

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Mid Century Modern Walnut Executive Desk by Castillian Alma
Mid Century Modern Walnut Executive Desk by Castillian Alma

Mid Century Modern Walnut Executive Desk by Castillian Alma

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Introducing the Castillian Alma Executive Desk - a pinnacle of mid-century modern design that combines functionality with understated elegance.

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Vintage MCM Alma Walnut Boomerang Executive Desk
Vintage MCM Alma Walnut Boomerang Executive Desk

Vintage MCM Alma Walnut Boomerang Executive Desk

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H 30.25 in W 83.75 in D 36.25 in

Vintage MCM Alma Walnut Boomerang Executive Desk

By Alma Desk Company

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A striking Vintage MCM executive desk. Made by the iconic Alma group. Beautiful walnut frame in a chic boomerang shape.

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

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Alma Castilian Line Mid Century Walnut Executive Desk
Alma Castilian Line Mid Century Walnut Executive Desk

Alma Castilian Line Mid Century Walnut Executive Desk

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Franklin Park, IL

Alma Castilian Line Mid Century Walnut Executive Desk This desk measures: 83.5 wide x 40.25 deep x 28.75 inches high, with a chair clearance of 25.25 inches All pieces of furniture...

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Mid-Century Modern Alma Rosewood Executive Desk and Credenza File Cabinet, 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Alma Rosewood Executive Desk and Credenza File Cabinet, 1960s

Mid-Century Modern Alma Rosewood Executive Desk and Credenza File Cabinet, 1960s

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

For your consideration is a phenomenal, executive desk and credenza file cabinet, made of rosewood, with filing drawers, by Alma Desk Company, circa 1960s.

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Vintage 1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

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Mid-Century Modern Alma Rosewood 3 Drawer Executive Desk, 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Alma Rosewood 3 Drawer Executive Desk, 1960s

Mid-Century Modern Alma Rosewood 3 Drawer Executive Desk, 1960s

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

For your consideration is a delightful, executive desk, made of rosewood, with three drawers, including one for files, by Alma Desk Company, circa 1960s.

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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desks

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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Walnut Boomerang Executive Desk by Alma
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Walnut Boomerang Executive Desk by Alma

1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Walnut Boomerang Executive Desk by Alma

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Lafayette, IN

Amazing Mid-Century Modern executive desk by the Alma Desk Company. Desk features unique, curved, "boomerang" top, wonderful woven, curved modesty panel, walnut veneered cabinets and...

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Alma Furniture Sculptural Desk
Alma Furniture Sculptural Desk

Alma Furniture Sculptural Desk

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H 28 in W 72 in D 24 in

Alma Furniture Sculptural Desk

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Southampton, NJ

Very rare Skulptura desk by Alma. Stunning sculptural executive desk with x base and wood grain.

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Mid Century Walnut "Castillian" Executive Desk by Alma
Mid Century Walnut "Castillian" Executive Desk by Alma

Mid Century Walnut "Castillian" Executive Desk by Alma

Located in North Hollywood, CA

Fantastic mid-century walnut “Castillian” executive desk by Alma made in the United States, circa 1960s.

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

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Mid-Century Modern Alma Rosewood 8 Drawer Executive Credenza File Cabinet, 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Alma Rosewood 8 Drawer Executive Credenza File Cabinet, 1960s

Mid-Century Modern Alma Rosewood 8 Drawer Executive Credenza File Cabinet, 1960s

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

For your consideration is a gorgeous, executive credenza file cabinet, made of rosewood, with eight drawers, by Alma Desk Company, circa 1960s.

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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Mid-Century Modern Alma Castilian Walnut Executive Desk
Mid-Century Modern Alma Castilian Walnut Executive Desk

Mid-Century Modern Alma Castilian Walnut Executive Desk

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Chattanooga, TN

Mid-Century Modern walnut and mahogany executive desk. American made by Alma, from their “Castilian” collection.

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Alma Mid Century Rosewood and Leather Executive Desk
Alma Mid Century Rosewood and Leather Executive Desk

Alma Mid Century Rosewood and Leather Executive Desk

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Franklin Park, IL

Alma mid century rosewood and leather executive desk This desk measures: 77 wide x 38 deep x 28.5 high, with a chair clearance of 24.5 inches All pieces of furniture can be had...

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Alma Castilian Mid Century Walnut and Leather Executive Desk
Alma Castilian Mid Century Walnut and Leather Executive Desk

Alma Castilian Mid Century Walnut and Leather Executive Desk

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Franklin Park, IL

Alma Castilian Mid Century Walnut and Leather Executive Desk This desk measures: 78 wide x 38 deep x 29 high, with a chair clearance of 25.5 inches Fair Vintage Condition - Desk To...

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Alma Style Mid Century Leather and Chrome Executive Desk
Alma Style Mid Century Leather and Chrome Executive Desk

Alma Style Mid Century Leather and Chrome Executive Desk

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Franklin Park, IL

Alma Style Mid Century Leather and Chrome Executive Desk This desk measures: 72 wide x 38.5 deep x 28.5 high, with a chair clearance of 26 inches We take our photos in a controlled...

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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks

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MCM Alma Castilian Series Walnut Credenza & Executive Desk Leather Work Surface
MCM Alma Castilian Series Walnut Credenza & Executive Desk Leather Work Surface

MCM Alma Castilian Series Walnut Credenza & Executive Desk Leather Work Surface

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Topeka, KS

This Castilian Series executive desk & credenza by Alma Desk Company bears ALL of that & more!!

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

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American Modern Walnut & Mahogany Executive Desk with Return, Alma Desk Company
American Modern Walnut & Mahogany Executive Desk with Return, Alma Desk Company

American Modern Walnut & Mahogany Executive Desk with Return, Alma Desk Company

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Hollywood, FL

The rectangular top and return with dark walnut banding and central mahogany top, above a woven frontal area and round tapering legs with brass caps, the interior side with one penci...

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Mid-Century Modern L-Shape Executive Desk
Mid-Century Modern L-Shape Executive Desk

Mid-Century Modern L-Shape Executive Desk

By Alma Desk Company

Located in Los Angeles, CA

An extraordinary Mid-Century Modern 1960s desk crafted out of walnut wood professionally restored and finished by our craftsmen in the house. This piece has been newly stained in a p...

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

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ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer. 

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.