$220Sale Price / set|20% Off
MCM Two Piece Brass and Faux Crocodile Desk Set
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice two piece brass and faux crocodile desk set, circa 1970s. The set is in good vintage condition and includes a long base with a letter holder, a pen holder and a business ...
Brass
Count Owned Asprey 24ct Gold Green Crocodile Leather 7 Piece Desk Set
By Asprey & Garrard Limited
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this one of a kind, custom made to order by a Polish Count, complete Asprey Green Crocodile leather with 24ct gold inlaid crown, desk suite This...
Gold
$6,560Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Gucci Alligator / Crocodile Leather 4 Piece Desk Set
By Gucci
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A fabulous and rare Gucci 4 piece desk set in either Alligator or Crocodile real leather or embossed leather.
Leather
Gucci 5 Piece Desk Set in Crocodile/Alligator Gifted by Frank Sinatra
By Gucci
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A fabulous Gucci 5 piece Desk set in a Crocodile or Allifgator grain leather or real skin.
Leather
$1,431Sale Price / item|20% Off
Five Piece Faux Crocodile and Silver Gentleman's Set by Barrett & Thompson 1922
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stylish Set of 5 Items of Sterling Silver & Faux Crocodile Brown Leather Gentleman's Accessories by English Silversmiths "Barrett & Thompson" Hallmarked in London 1922 Set includ...
Sterling Silver
Antique Early 20th Century Desk Set by Thornhill & Co London Circa 1910
By Thornhill
Located in London, GB
The set consists of two beautifully matched pieces—a stylish stationery box and an elegant desk pad, both adorned with the well-matched crocodile skins.
Crocodile, Alligator
Two 20th Century Art Deco Hermes Paris Desk Set Pieces circa 1930-1935
By Hermès
Located in London, GB
Two beautiful and desirable vintage desk pieces by the most famous luxury brand, the crocodile skin still has its original sheen and is in very good condition. Both pieces have st...
Crocodile
Contemporary Yellow Crocodile Embossed Leather Rectangular Tray
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful yellow crocodile embossed leather tray, perfect for the desk, bedside table, or use as a serving piece. Fully wrapped in embossed leather with stitched panels, each tray ...
Leather
ANTIQUE ViCTORIAN CROCODILE ALLIGATOR LEATHER SILK LINED WRITING SLOPE BOX
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite English Circa 1860 Crocodile or Alligator leather Writing slope storage box which ...
Leather, Silk
Paris Crocodile Skin 7 Piece Desk Set French Art Deco Complete
By Hermès
Located in Oakland, CA
French Art Deco 7-piece crocodile skin desk set in the style of the Paris company Hermes, very fine 7- piece desk set in rich deep brown crocodile skin.
Brass
Rare Vintage Crocodile Desk Set by Vickery, London.
By Vickery
Located in London, GB
A Rare Large vintage crocodile desk set by Vickery, Regent Street, London c.1910-15.
Glass
Beautiful Art Deco Crocodile Desk Set, French c.1935
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Art Deco four piece soft crocodile desk set in unused condition with its original patina, French c.1935 The folder, when opened, reveals a suede interior with a pocket...
Crocodile
1940's Crocodile Desk Set in Cognac with Brass Hardware
Located in Gresham, OR
A near pristine, complete crocodile desk set which includes a letter opener, blotter and note pad.
Sold
H 0.25 in W 6.55 in D 4.75 in
Cartier Luxury Iconic Crocodile Gold Design Card and Envelope Desk Stationery
By Cartier
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Cartier Card and Envelope Set with the Iconic Crocodile Gold Jewelry Design.
Paper
Antique Early 20th Century Desk Set by Thornhill & Co London Circa 1910
By Thornhill
Located in London, GB
The set consists of two beautifully matched pieces—a stylish stationery box and an elegant desk pad, both adorned with the well-matched crocodile skins.
Crocodile
Desk-Folder, circa 1925-1930
Located in London, GB
A large & impressive desk-folder c.1925-30. Beautifully made in dark forest green crocodile & complete with matching skin & stitching. The crocodile has also decorates the four co...
Crocodile
Contemporary Bright Green Crocodile Embossed Leather Rectangular Tray
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful bright green crocodile embossed leather tray, perfect for the desk, bedside table, or use as a serving piece. Fully wrapped in embossed leather with stitched panels, each...
Leather
Contemporary Deep Purple Crocodile Embossed Leather Rectangular Tray
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful deep purple crocodile embossed leather tray, perfect for the desk, bedside table, or use as a serving piece. Fully wrapped in embossed leather with stitched panels, each ...
Leather
Contemporary Deep Purple Crocodile Embossed Leather Large Square Tray
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful deep purple crocodile embossed leather tray, perfect for the desk, bedside table, or use as a serving piece. Fully wrapped in embossed leather with stitched panels, each ...
Leather
Pure Art Deco crocodile leather desk piece circa 1925
By Kirby Beard & Co
Located in London, GB
Pure Art Deco crocodile desk set comprising of large desk folder and letter rack, and a rocking blotter, circa 1925 The beautiful curved edges to all the pieces give it elegance.
Crocodile
MCM Five Piece Brass and Faux Crocodile Leather Desk Set
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice five piece brass and faux crocodile leather desk set, circa 1970s. The set is in good vintage condition and includes a letter holder, a dual pen holder and two pens, a sc...
Brass
Edwardian 1905 Desk Matches Box in Bronze and Crocodile Leather
Located in Miami, FL
Edwardian desk matches box with crocodile leather. Beautiful and very unusual box, created in England during the Edwardian period, back in the 1905. This is a very decorative matc...
Bronze
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H 0.25 in W 6.55 in D 4.75 in
3 Cartier Luxury Iconic Crocodile Gold Design Card and Envelope Desk Stationery
By Cartier
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Set of 3 Cartier Card and Envelope Set with the Iconic Crocodile Gold Jewelry Design.
Paper
Sold
H 16.93 in W 26.97 in D 0.4 in
Ralph Lauren Black Printed Crocodile Embossed Leather Desk Blotter and Mousepad
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Brescia, IT
This Ralph Lauren black printed crocodile embossed leather desk blotter is a clean and modern desk accessorie inspired by Ralph Lauren timeless leather accessories.
Leather
Sold
H 7.75 in W 6 in D 1 in
Ralph Lauren Leather Crocodile Day Planner Spiral Rings and Sterling Closure
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful Day planner cover. The original Stamped crocodile leather is in great condition with rings inside, the ability to hold 5 credit cards, Identification and pockets for pa...
Sterling Silver, Chrome
Vintage Hermes Desk Set in Black Crocodile
By Hermès
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An elegant black crocodile desk set dating from the 1940's consisting of a clock, double ink well and pen tray with matching desk blotter by Hermes.
Crystal
Hermès Paris Crocodile Skin Four-Piece Desk Set French Art Deco
By Hermès, Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Oakland, CA
French Art Deco by Hermès, very fine four-piece desk set in rich deep brown crocodile skin. May have been designed by Paul Dupré-Lafon for Hermès best known for these highly stylized...
Brass
Complete Art Deco Crocodile Executive Desk Set
Located in Oakland, CA
All original Art Deco Desk top set. This is of the highest quality crocodile skin and brass metal trim.
Brass
Pineider Green Crocodile Five-Piece Desk Set
By Pineider
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a handsome desk set by the luxury firm Pineider of Italy. Beautifully accented with brass hardware, this set is not only great looking but totally functional. The set consis...
$34,305
H 70.87 in W 73.23 in D 88.19 in
Bed Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Dark Green & Gilded Leather Superking 6ft180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...
Giltwood, Paint
$2,121 / item
H 4.15 in W 5.35 in D 7.75 in
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconce
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in rich v...
Metal
Library of Antique Leatherbound Books
Located in Brønshøj, DK
This collection consists of 400 antique decorative books, mainly dating from 1850–1950, with most published before 1920. The books are bound in leather, many with fine gold leaf embo...
Gold Leaf
$283Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 4.14 in W 2.56 in D 4.14 in
Set of 6 Handmade Unique Goto Murano Drinking Glasses
By Roberto Beltrami
Located in Murano, VE
The Murano Glass Goto collection brings a piece of authentic Italian art to your dining table. Hand-blown with artistic expertise, these glasses are inspired by the traditional Venet...
Murano Glass
A Regency tortoiseshell and ivory desk set
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency tortoiseshell and ivory desk set, of shaped rectangular form with two glass inkwells, an ivory pot and two ivory pen holders above a curved pen tray with a single frieze dr...
Ivory, Tortoise Shell
$95,950 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Chrysanthemum Tiffany Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 255 pcs Fitted Chest
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Chrysanthemum (c1880) originally called Indian Chrysanthemum .Tiffany's luxurious Chrysanthemum silver was designed in 1880 by Charles Grosjean. With its flowing curves, swirling ve...
Sterling Silver
$500,000
H 39.5 in W 58 in D 82 in
Rare Antique 1901 Steinway Model B Rosewood Grand Piano Louis XV Rococo Restored
By Steinway & Sons
Located in Dayton, OH
Fully Restored 1901 Steinway & Sons Model B Louis XV Baroque Rococo Grand Piano – Serial Number 99151, Full 88 key keyboard. The most exquisitely detailed example of a turn of the c...
Fruitwood, Rosewood
$3,990 / item
H 34 in W 31 in D 40 in
Custom Made to Order Belgian Linen Slip Cover Club Chair with Down Cushion
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This White Linen Slip-Covered Lounge Chair fits as the perfect accent to any room. It's the perfect chair to have adjacent to a sofa, and can make every pillow look delightful in the...
Cotton, Linen, Wood, Down
$23,938Sale Price|30% Off
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Bone
$116,966
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Wrought Iron
$15,153
H 5.91 in Dm 3.55 in
Lalique After René Lalique, Fontainebleau Service (50 pieces), France 1950s
By René Lalique
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb Lalique Fontainebleau service composed of 48 pieces in sets of 8, one carafe and one decanter (50 pieces total). This service has champagne coupes, water, red, white wine Made...
Crystal
$8,608 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Poplar Burl wood by Master for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Envisioned by designer Yaniv Chen, the Constant nightstand exudes an air of refined luxury, celebrating the inherent splendor of Poplar burl wood. Meticulously crafted with impeccabl...
Burl, Poplar
$2,800Sale Price|37% Off
H 49.75 in W 22.5 in D 19.5 in
20th Century Large Exotic Embossed Leather Vertical Valet Wardrobe Trunk
Located in Encinitas, CA
Mid century embossed leather steamer trunk on caster wheels, with brass plated hardware. A vertical trunk - a royal traveling companion functioning as a portable wardrobe. Slick desi...
Brass
$61,923
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Oak
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
Müller Bar Cabinet in Metal
By Müller Möbelfabrikation
Located in Tilburg, NL
Müller Bar Cabinet in Metal. Germany. Design 1998, current production. Available in every RAL-color. A highlight for your office or your home: The cleverly designed bar cabinet KB 3...
Metal
Whether you’ve carved out a space for a nifty home office or you prefer the morning commute, why not dress up your desk with antique and vintage desk accessories? To best tiptoe the line between desk efficiency and desk enjoyment, we suggest adding a touch of the past to your modern-day space.
Desks are a funny thing. Their basic premise has remained the same for quite literally centuries: a flat surface, oftentimes a drawer, and potentially a shelf or two. However, the contents that lay upon the desk? Well, the evolution has been drastic to say the least.
Thank the Victorians for the initial popularity of the paperweight. The Industrial Revolution offered the novel concept of leisure-time to Europeans, giving them more time to take part in the then crucial activity of letter writing. Decorative glass paperweight designs were all the rage, and during the mid-19th-century some of the most popular makers included the French companies of Baccarat, St. Louis and Clichy.
As paper was exceedingly expensive in the early to mid-19th-century, every effort was made to utilize a full sheet of it. Paper knives, which gave way to the modern letter opener, were helpful for cutting paper down to an appropriate size.
Books — those bound volumes of paper, you may recall — used to be common occurrences on desks of yore and where there were books there needed to be bookends. As a luxury item, bookend designs have run the gamut from incorporating ultra-luxurious materials (think marble and Murano glass) to being whimsical desk accompaniments (animal figurines were highly popular choices).
Though the inkwell’s extinction was ushered in by the advent of the ballpoint pen (itself quasi-obsolete at this point), there is still significant charm to be had from placing one of these bauble-like objets in a central spot on one’s desk. You may be surprised to discover the mood-boosting powers an antique — and purposefully empty — inkwell can provide.
The clamor for desk clocks arose as the Industrial Revolution transitioned labor from outdoors to indoors, and allowed for the mass-production of clock parts in factories. Naturally, elaborate designs soon followed and clocks could be found made by artisans and luxury houses like Cartier.
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The French sculptor shaped dense blocks into tactile forms meant to be used and held.
After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
The brilliantly simple design turns a modest bouquet into a major statement.
The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.