Bauhaus Writing Desk and Chair, Thonet, Chrome-Plated Steel, Czechia, 1930s
By Thonet, Marcel Breuer
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Bauhaus writing desk and chair. Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia) Period: 1930-1939 Material: Chrome-Plated Steel, Lacquered Wood Number of drawers: 8 Designed by world-renowne...
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, by André Lurcat, Walnut, New Polish, Czech, 1930s
By André Lurcat
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk Catalog model: PS 8 Material: Walnut, Chrome-plated Steel Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia) Period: 1930-1939 This desk was designed by French modernis...
Steel, Chrome
Black Bauhaus Writing Desk Made in 1930s Germany, Restored
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
The desk has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia according to the original process. The chrome parts have been cleaned a...
Steel, Chrome
Red Bauhaus Writing Desk Made in 1930s Germany, Restored
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
The desk has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia according to the original process. The chrome parts have been cleaned a...
Steel, Chrome
White Bauhaus Writing Desk Made in 1930s Germany, Restored
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
The desk has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia according to the original process. The chrome parts have been cleaned a...
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, Chrome-Plated Steel, Lacquered, Germany, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Made un 1930s Germany. Re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia according to the original process. The chrome parts have been clea...
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, Oak, Chrome-Plated Steel, Germany, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Desk dimensions: Height: 79 cm (31.1 in) Width: 110 cm (43.3 in) Depth: 63 cm (24.8 in) Leg space: Height: 74 cm (29.1 in) Width: 68 cm (26.8 in) Made according to the design of Ma...
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, by Robert Slezák, Oak, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Robert Slezák
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This elegant writing desk is a premier example of Bauhaus functionalist design, dating back to 1930s Czechoslovakia.
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, by Robert Slezak, Walnut, Chrome, Czech, 1940s
By Robert Slezák, André Lurcat
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This desk was designed by French modernist architect André Lurcat Catalog model: PS 8 Professionally cleaned chrome and re-chromed New polish Dimensions of the desk: Height: 80 cm ...
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, by Marcel Breuer for Thonet, Czech, 1930s
By Thonet, Marcel Breuer
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This iconic writing desk from the 1930s is a remarkable example of Bauhaus design.
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk With Chair, Chrome, Steel, Wood, Czech, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
It has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia according to the original process. The chrome parts have been cleaned and pr...
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, by A. Lurcat for Kovona, Walnut, Czech, 1940s
By André Lurcat, Kovona
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Maker:Slezák - KOVONA Architect: André Lurcat Model: PS 8 This writing desk is an absolutely exceptional and architecturally pure example of avant-garde furniture design in the Bauh...
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, by A. Lurcat for Kovona, Walnut, Czech, 1920s
By Kovona, André Lurcat
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
It is an atypical and rarely seen model designed by the prominent French modernist architect André Lurçat and produced by the renowned domestic company KOVONA in the 1920s. This desk...
Steel, Chrome
White Bauhaus Writing Desk Made in 1930s Czechia by Robert Slezak, Restored
By Robert Slezák
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Designed by renowned Czech designer Robert Slezak and made by Slezak Factories, a unique Czech furniture brand specialising on chrome and bent metal furniture. It has been re-pol...
Steel, Chrome
Original Bauhaus Writing Desk with Chair, by R. Slezák, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Robert Slezák
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Revived original varnish Professionally cleaned chrome Dimensions of the chair: Height: 84.5 cm (33.3 in) Width: 41 cm (16.1 in) Depth: 56 cm (22 in) Seat: 43 cm (16.9 in) Dimensio...
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Writing Desk, by Marcel Breuer for Thonet, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Thonet, Marcel Breuer
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This iconic writing desk from the 1930s is a remarkable example of Bauhaus design.
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Desk in Ash Veneer and Tubular Steel by Andre Lurcat
By André Lurcat
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a spectacular Bauhaus writing desk B327 designed by André Lurcat for Thonet.
Steel
1920s Bauhaus Executive Desk in Black Lacquered Steel, German Machine Age Modern
Located in Berlin, DE
This striking German Bauhaus writing desk from around 1925 exemplifies the radical functional clarity that defined early modernist design.
Metal, Chrome
Bauhaus Tiered Tubular Chromed Steel Writing Desk
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This 1930s modernist black writing desk in the manner of Marcel Breuer emphasizes classic Bauhaus elements maximizing efficiency in a compact design.
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Oak Writing Desk Designed by Jindrich Halabala, 1930s, Czechia
By Jindřich Halabala, Up Závody
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored Bauhaus oak writing desk designed by Jindrich Halabala.
Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Beech Writing Desk Made in 1930s by Mücke, Melder, Czechia
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Completely restored writing desk with a frame in tubular chromed steel. Maker: Mücke - Melder Period: 1930-1939 Source: Czechia Material: Beech, Chrome-plated steel. The woo...
Chrome, Steel
White German Bauhaus Chrome Plated Steel Writing Desk, Made in the 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Desk with a tubular chromed steel frame Manufactured in the 1930s. Wood is completely restored. The original veneer is preserved. Tubular steel with original chrome plating and p...
Chrome
Oak Writing Desk Made in 1930s Czechia by Robert Slezak, Bauhaus Style, Restored
By Robert Slezák
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Desk with a frame in tubular chromed steel. Manufactured by Robert Slezak factory, in the 1930s. Wood is completely restored. The original veneer is preserved. Tubular steel with ...
Chrome
Modernist Chrome Bauhaus Desk, c. 1940
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Andes, NY
A industrial bauhaus style desk in the style of Marcel Breuer, dating to the 1940s, defined by restrained lines and pragmatic construction in black lacquered wood. The design reflect...
Chrome
Modernist Desk in Solid Wood 40s / 50s Bauhaus Style Vintage
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
French desk from the 40s / 50s in modernist Bauhaus style. Structure of the desk in veneered and solid Rio rosewood with a triple tubular base in chromed steel quite rare. The desk i...
Chrome
Restored Oak Writing Desk, Hynek Gottwald, Chrome, Czechia, 1930s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored Oak Writing Desk by Hynek Gottwald. Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia) Maker: Hynek Gottwald Period: 1930-1939 Material: Oak, Chrome-plated Steel Leg space: Height: 74,5 cm ...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Completely restored funkcionalism Chrome Writing Desk from Germany 1930-1939
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Writing desk made in Germany Material: Chrome Completely restored. We guarantee safe a the cheapest air transport from Europe to the whole world within 7 days. The price is the same...
Chrome
Bauhaus Tubular Folding Desk in Walnut, Signed by Cova Milano, Italy, 1940s
By Cova, Italy 1
Located in Roma, IT
Elegant and rare Italian Bauhaus-style folding desk in chromed metal and walnut wood. This charming desk was produced by Cova Milano in Italy during the 1940s. The table features a ...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
$9,000Sale Price|35% Off
Rare Rundform Series Berlin Writing Desk by Mauser Werke 1940s
By Mauser Werke
Located in Aachen, NW
This rare and impressive Berlin executive desk from the Rundform series was designed in the 40s and produced by Mauser Werke in the late 40s. The impressive piece features 2 elemen...
Metal
Bauhaus Tubular Steel Desk by Thonet, Chrome Plated Metal, Lacquered Wood, 1930
By Thonet, R. C. Coquery
Located in Berlin, DE
Bauhaus tubular steel desk B 282 designed by R. C. Coquery and manufactured by Thonet, c. 1930 Delivery time c. 8 weeks
Steel, Chrome
Bauhaus Desk by Mücke-Melder, Steeltubes and Oak Veneer, Czechia circa 1935
By Marcel Breuer, Mücke & Melder
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful, large modernist Bauhaus Steeltube Desk by Mücke-Melder, Czechia circa 1935. Oak solid wood and veneer. Chrome-plated, polished tubular steel frame with original patina. L...
Steel
Rare Mauser B65 desk after Marcel Breuer, Bauhaus tubular steel tube, Germany
By Mauser Werke
Located in Berlin, DE
This rare Mauser B 65 desk, produced in Germany around 1954, is a postwar interpretation of one of Marcel Breuer’s seminal Bauhaus designs, originally conceived in the late 1920s. Ma...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Small Bauhaus Tubular Steel Desk, Oak Veneer and Chromium Plated Metal c 1930
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Berlin, DE
Small Bauhaus tubular steel desk, so-called 'typewriter desk', with 4 drawers. The desk is made of chromed tubular steel and oak-veneered wood. Germany/Czechoslovakia/Austria, circa ...
Chrome
Restored Pair of Oak Writing Desks, Hynek Gottwald, Chrome, Czechia, 1930s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored Pair of Oak Writing Desks by Hynek Gottwald. Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia) Maker: Hynek Gottwald Period: 1930-1939 Material: Oak, Chrome-plated Steel Leg space: Height:...
Metal, Chrome, Steel
Bauhaus Tubular Steel Desk by Bruno Weil for Thonet, Stained Wood, Germany, 1930
By Thonet, Bruno Weil
Located in Berlin, DE
Bauhaus tubular steel desk designed by Bruno Weil (Bèwè) and manufactured by Thonet, Germany, c. 1930
Metal, Chrome
Original Bauhaus Avant-Garde Desk in Tubular Steel – One-Off Design, ca. 1934
Located in Berlin, DE
This exceptional desk originates from the estate of a doctor in Hradec Králové, former Czechoslovakia, and represents a rare custom-made Bauhaus piece from the 1930s. Originally conc...
Steel, Chrome
Bauhaus Large Desk in Wood and Tubular Metal, circa 1930
By Elmar Berkovich
Located in Barcelona, ES
Presented here is an exquisite Bauhaus desk, designed by an unknown designer and manufactured in the Netherlands circa 1930. This rare piece embodies the essence of Bauhaus design wi...
Wood
Bauhaus Desk in Beech, Black Laminate, and Bakelite with Tubular Steel Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bauhaus-style diminutive student desk/writing table with tubular chromed-steel base and beech frame with bakelite pulls supporting a black laminate surface (ca. 1930s, USA).
Steel, Chrome
Early Bauhaus "B21" Side Table Desk by Marcel Breuer Produced by Thonet, 1930s
By Marcel Breuer, Thonet
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare and early Bauhaus "B21" desk / side table in black stained wood with chromed tubular steel base by Marcel Breuer produced by Thonet in Germany, 1930s. In good original cond...
Steel
Art Deco or Bauhaus Desk in metal upholstered in leather, in style of Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a striking Art Deco or IndustriL Rationalist office desk designed in style of Gio Ponti. Due to uncertainty regarding a designer of the piece, we advert...
Metal
$4,890 / item
Bauhaus Table by Jindrich Halabala for Up Zavody
By Jindřich Halabala, Up Závody
Located in Vienna, AT
Softwood covered with walnut veneer with drawer designed by Jindrich Halabala in the late 1930s for UP Zavody.
Walnut, Softwood
Restored Bauhaus Small Dissociative Table, by Mücke-Melder, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Dissociative: 95 cm / 37.4″ It has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia according to the original process. The chrome p...
Steel, Chrome
"B286" Desk By Bruno Weil For Thonet
By Bruno Weil
Located in London, GB
A modernist B286 desk designed by German designer Bruno Weil for Thonet circa 1930. Blue enamelled steel with chromed draws and a magnificent thick Saint Gobain glass table top. ...
Metal
Mid Century Bauhaus Butcher Block Oak and Aluminum Table
By Jules Wabbes
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A striking vintage dining table featuring a substantial solid oak top paired with a sleek aluminum trestle base. The butcherblock style top is crafted from joined oak planks and fini...
Aluminum
Rare Executive Tubular Steel Desk by Mücke-Melder, 1930s
By Mücke & Melder
Located in Wien, AT
Rare Executive Tubular Steel Desk by Mücke-Melder, 1930s An exceptional and rare example of early Czech Modernism, this substantial executive desk was crafted in the 1930s by Mücke-M...
Steel, Chrome
Bruno Weil B282 Tubular Steel Desk Designed for Thonet-Frères Paris, Early 1930s
By Bruno Weil
Located in Berlin, DE
Designed by Bruno Weil, also known under his artistic pseudonym “Bewe”, this B282 desk was created for the Thonet-Frères Paris programme in the early 1930s and represents a lesser-kn...
Steel
1930's Desk in chromed tubular with drawers on the side
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2602 Desk in chromed tubular with drawers on the side and a thick ground glass top. Manifactured by Colli Torino around 1930. 110 x 60 h 80 cm
Metal
PH Office Desk, Chrome, Mahogany Venee, Red Satin Matt, Solid Wood Edges
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bold and colorful, this desk will add style and character too your working day. Poul Henningsen designed this masterpiece in 1935. A harmony of striking aesthetics and practicality, ...
Mahogany
PH Office Desk, Chrome, Natural Oak Veneer, Green Satin Matt, Plywood Edges
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bold and colorful, this desk will add style and character too your working day. Poul Henningsen designed this masterpiece in 1935. A harmony of striking aesthetics and practicality, ...
Oak
PH Office Desk, Red Painted, Emerald Green Leather, Chrome, Satin Matte Drawers
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bold and colorful, this desk will add style and character too your working day. Poul Henningsen designed this masterpiece in 1935. A harmony of striking aesthetics and practicality, ...
Leather, Wood
Modernis Tubular Steel Desk, Chrome Plated Metal, Stained Wood, Germany, c. 1930
By Bruno Weil, Thonet
Located in Berlin, DE
Modernist tubular steel desk designed by Bruno Weil and manufactured by Thonet or under Thonet license, c. 1930. The desk is made of chrome-plated tubular steel and black-stained wood.
Metal
PH Office Desk, Chrome, Black Painted Polished, Leather on Panles, Satin Matt
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bold and colorful, this desk will add style and character too your working day. Poul Henningsen designed this masterpiece in 1935. A harmony of striking aesthetics and practicality, ...
Leather, Wood
Rupert Bevan Atomic Desk (in customer's own choice of leather)
By Rupert Bevan
Located in London, GB
Our contemporary desk with a top wrapped in customer's own leather and a steel frame. This desk features a soft close drawer with a waxed walnut finish to the interior. Upholstered ...
Steel
Small Modernist Writing Table, Chromed Steel, Veneered/ Lacquered Wood, Bespoke
Located in Berlin, DE
Small modernist writing table made of chrome plated tubular steel, stained/ veneered/ lacquered wood. The table can be customized and is available in different amounts. Delivery time...
Metal, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Oak Writing Desk, Hynek Gottwald, Chrome, Czechia, 1930s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored Bauhaus Oak Writing Desk by Hynek Gottwald. Period: 1930-1939 Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia) Material: Oak, Chrome-Plated Steel Leg space: Height: 74,5 cm (29.3 in) Width...
Steel, Chrome
Restored Bauhaus Oak Writing Desk, Robert Slezak, Chrome, Steel, Czechia, 1930s
By André Lurcat, Robert Slezák
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored Bauhaus Oak Writing Desk. Maker: Robert Slezak Designer: André Lurcat This desk was designed by French modernist architect André Lurcat Catalog model: PS 8 Material: Oak, C...
Steel, Chrome
Red Midcentury Design Bauhaus Writing Desk Container by Marcel Breuer, 1930
By Mücke & Melder, Marcel Breuer
Located in Vienna, AT
Original red midcentury Bauhaus writing desk container designed by Marcel Breuer, circa 1930.
Steel
The Bauhaus was a progressive German art and design school founded by the architect Walter Gropius that operated from 1919 to 1933. Authentic Bauhaus furniture — sofas, dining chairs, tables and more — and the school’s followers married industrial and natural materials in simple, geometric forms. The goal of the Bauhaus was to erase the distinction between art and craft while embracing the use of new technologies and materials.
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The name Bauhaus is derived from the German verb bauen, “to build.” Under the school’s innovative curriculum, students were taught the fine arts, such as painting and sculpture, as well as practical skills like carpentry and metalworking.
The school moved from Weimar in 1925 to the city of Dessau, where it enjoyed its heyday under Gropius, then Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The period from 1932 to 1933 when it operated in Berlin under Mies was its final chapter. Despite its brief existence, the Bauhaus has had an enduring impact on art and design in the United States and elsewhere, and is regarded by many as the 20th century’s chief crucible of modernism.
The faculty roster at the Bauhaus reads like a who’s who of modernist creative genius — it included such artists as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and László Moholy-Nagy along with architects and designers like Mies and Marcel Breuer, who became known for his muscular brutalist-style concrete buildings in the postwar years. In 1925, while he was head of the Bauhaus carpentry workshop, Breuer gave form to his signature innovation: the use of lightweight tubular-steel frames for chairs, side tables and sofas — a technique soon adopted by Mies and others. Breuer’s Cesca chair was the first-ever tubular steel frame chair with a caned seat to be mass produced, while the inspiration for his legendary Wassily chair, a timeless design and part of the collection crafted to furnish the Dessau school, was the bike he rode around campus.
Bauhaus design style reflects the tenets by which these creators worked: simplicity, clarity and function. They disdained superfluous ornament in favor of precise construction. Seating pieces such as side chairs, armchairs or club chairs for example, were made with tubular metal or molded plywood frames, and upholstery was made from leather or cane. Above all, designs in the Bauhaus style offer aesthetic flexibility. They can be the elements of a wholly spare, minimalist space, the quiet foundation of an environment in which color and pattern come from one’s own collection of art and artifacts.
Today, from textiles to typefaces, architecture, furniture and decorative objects for the home, Bauhaus creations continue to have an outsize influence on modern design.
Find a collection of authentic Bauhaus furniture on 1stDibs.
Choosing the perfect writing desk or writing table is a profoundly personal journey, one that people have been embarking upon for centuries.
Queen Atossa of Persia, from her writing table circa 500 B.C., is said to have been the originator of the art of handwritten letters. Hers was reportedly the first in a long and colorful history of penned correspondence that grew in popularity alongside literacy. The demand for suitable writing desks, which would serve the composer of the letters as well as ensure the comfort of the recipient naturally followed, and the design of these necessary furnishings has evolved throughout history.
Once people began to seek freedom from the outwardly ornate styles of the walnut and rosewood writing desks and drafting tables introduced in the name of Queen Victoria and King Louis XV, radical shifts occurred, such as those that materialized during the Art Nouveau period, when designers longed to produce furniture inspired by the natural world’s beauty. A prime example is the work of the famous late-19th-century Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí — his rolltop desk featured deep side drawers and was adorned with carved motifs that paid tribute to nature. Gaudí regularly combined structural precision with decorative elements, creating beautiful pieces of furniture in wood and metal.
Soon afterward, preferences for sleek, geometric, stylized forms in furniture that saw an emphasis on natural wood grains and traditional craftsmanship took hold. Today, Art Deco desks are still favored by designers who seek to infuse interiors with an air of luxury. One of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco movement was French decorator and furniture designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. With his use of neoclassical motifs as well as expensive and exotic materials such as imported dark woods and inlays of precious metals for his writing desks, Ruhlmann came to symbolize good taste and modernity.
The rise in appreciation for Scandinavian modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary writing desks. It employs the “no fuss” or “less is more” approach to creating a tasteful, sophisticated space. Sweden’s master cabinetmaker Bruno Mathsson created gallery-worthy designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto never viewed himself as an artist, but, like Mathsson, his furniture designs reflected a fondness for organic materials and a humanistic approach. Danish designers such as Hans Wegner introduced elegant shapes and lines to mid-century desks and writing tables, often working in oak and solid teak.
From vintage desks to contemporary styles, 1stDibs offers a broad spectrum of choices for conducting all personal and business writing and reading activities.
A writing desk may refer to a desk with a top, often sloping, for writing on or to a portable case with compartments to hold writing materials and a surface for writing.