Avant Garde Desk
Tecnika desk by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova Design Center, Italy, 1970's
By Poltronova, Ettore Sottsass
Located in TOURS, FR
attributed to Ettore Sottsass, whose collaboration with Poltronova defined much of the company’s avant-garde
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
$3,817
H 29.53 in W 78.75 in D 35.44 in
1970s Space Age Orange and Black Italian Desk Lamp by Targetti Sankey
By Targetti Sankey
Located in Aci Castello, IT
innovative and avant-garde designs, this desk lamp showcases a captivating blend of vibrant colors and sleek
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$328 Sale Price
20% Off
H 14.97 in W 14.97 in D 7.09 in
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Sensational Bauhaus Avant-garde tubular steel writing desk by Bruno Weil (BeWe)
By Bruno Weil
Located in PRAHA 4, CZ
Unleash Creativity with the 1936 Bauhaus Avant-garde Writing Desk by Bruno Weil
Step into the
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
H 30.12 in W 73.63 in D 29.93 in
Gio Ponti’s Avant-Garde Design: 1955 RIMA Desk from Pirelli Tower, Milan
Located in Rome, IT
modern and avant-garde design, highlighting the high-level construction techniques and quality materials
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
H 29.93 in W 63 in D 29.53 in
Rare Avant Garde 1930s Bauhaus Germany School Desk Chair, Signed
By Bauhaus
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Ultra rare, museum piece.
Bauhaus era desk chair from Germany.
Signed as pictured with ink
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Wood
Italian suitcase-shaped leather desk in modern style
Located in Milano, IT
suitcases, add a touch of nostalgia and intrigue to this avant-garde masterpiece.
This eccentric desk is
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Modernist Desk from Raniero Aureli
Located in New York, NY
Avant-garde 'Soqquadro' Desk from Italian architect Raniero Aureli in the cubo-constructivist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desks
Postmodern Burl Wood Laminate and Chrome Etagere With Floating Desk
Located in Delray Beach, FL
equipped with cabinets and drawers, this piece is a testament to functionality and avant-garde aesthetics
Category
Vintage 1980s American Desks
Materials
Wood
Rei Kawakubo Architectural Granite Top Occasional Table
By Rei Kawakubo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
with her 1980's anti-fashion aesthetic of monochromatic hues of black and grey
avant-garde design for
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Tables
Materials
Granite, Steel
Jacques Adnet writing desk made in France 1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Beautiful avant garde desk designed by Jacques Adnet and manufactured in his own atelier in France
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1940's French Avant Garde Modernist Desk
By Jean Royère
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant modernist desk with great avant garde features...
One side of the surface is rounded, the
Category
Vintage 1940s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Postmodern Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Avant-garde asymmetrical postmodern desk.
A very unique Geometrical desk with 2" lucite top in mat
Category
20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Aluminum
1970s Aluminium Minimalist Desk Lamp
Located in Maastricht, NL
Avant-garde 1970s aluminium desk lamp in skyscraper style.
Category
Vintage 1970s German Minimalist Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
French Modernist Lamp circa 1950
Located in New Jersey City, NJ
texture in gunmetal grays
offers a touch of avant garde French design for any desk top
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Mid-Century Avant Garde Burl Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern avant-garde desk in high gloss ash burl. Large-scale style features two delicate
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Burl
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Scandinavian Modern Wall Sconces in Brass & White Pierced Metal, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
In the style of Hans Agne Jakobsson, Alvar Aalto and Pierre Guariche comes the stylish pair of up or down fixed wall sconces. They are fashioned from solid brass and features perfora...
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Materials
Metal, Brass
Kawa Wall Sconce 01, Porcelain, Brass, Ceramic Wall Light, Organic, Handmade
By Luft Tanaka
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tactile and textured porcelain wall sconce light in a bulbous racetrack shape. The translucent porcelain diffuser casts a warm-colored glow when lit.
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2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
$1,800 / item
H 16 in W 5.5 in D 6 in
Mid-Century Dümler & Breiden Fat Lava Vase
By Dümler & Breiden
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stunning fat lava hole vase - vibrant orange with crusty thick fat lava glaze in bronze/brown.
According to Mark Hill the quality of Dümler & Breiden pieces is very high, and pieces...
Category
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Targetti Sankey Table Lamp, by Gino Sarfatti, Italy, 1970s
By Targetti Sankey, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Palermo, IT
Targetti Sankey table lamp, by Gino Sarfatti, Italy, 1970s
Intact and functional, small signs of aging.
Good conditions.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$178 Sale Price
47% Off
H 20.87 in Dm 7.09 in
Rare and Important Lounge Chair by Hein Stolle
By Hein Stolle
Located in Munich, DE
Designed in 1956 and made by 't Specturm, Bergeyk. All original condition.
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wood
$2,000 Sale Price
42% Off
H 28.75 in W 24.81 in D 28.35 in
Midcentury Table Lamp Elbow, Targetti Sankey, Italy, 1970s
By Targetti Sankey
Located in Praha, CZ
- Very nice style of lighting
- Adjustable
- Space age style
- Very good original condition.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Pair of 18th Century Italian Walnut Throne Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 18th century Italian carved walnut throne chairs with nailhead detail.
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Antique 18th Century Italian Chairs
Casella Polished Brass Desk Lamp
By Casella Lighting
Located in Chicago, IL
Casella Polished brass desk lamp.
The switch cover appears to be missing. Will need to replace the switch cover. in order to turn the white stem knob I did check and the white stem ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Petite Metal Desk Lamp Retro Orange Eyeball Light 1970s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Retro Petite Metal Desk Lamp in Bright Orange - 1970s Eyeball Design.
This vintage orange retro desk American lamp that captures the essence of 1970s design.
With its space-age aesth...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
American Impressionist scene of Beziers, South of France landscape town
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very interesting painting of the French Village of Beziers by this rare American city and town painter.
Little is known about Smallwood other than they painted at the beginning of ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Space Age Vintage White Black Table Lamp Desk Lamp Targetti, 1970s, Italy
By Targetti Sankey
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage table lamp desk lamp by Targetti 1970s Italy.
The desk lamp shows black flexible tube arm and white lacquered metal base and shade.
On / off switch. One E 27 sock...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$1,409
H 13.78 in Dm 7.09 in
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Find many varieties of an authentic avant garde desk available at 1stDibs. An avant garde desk — often made from wood, metal and oak — can elevate any home. Find 21 options for an antique or vintage avant garde desk now, or shop our selection of 48 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without an avant garde desk — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. An avant garde desk, designed in the modern, mid-century modern or Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made avant garde desk over the years, but those crafted by Cassina, Charlotte Perriand and Poul Henningsen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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Prices for an avant garde desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $600 and can go as high as $42,114, while the average can fetch as much as $5,032.
Questions About Avant Garde Desk
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