Vintage Colonial Campaign Style Teak Wood Flip Top Writing Desk with Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Colonial Campaign Style Teak Wood Flip Top Writing Desk with Side Chair. Item features a flip top, cast iron accents, stretched base, solid wood construction, beautiful wood ...
Teak
Vintage MCM Peter Lovig Nielsen for Hedensted Mobelfabrik Flip Top Writing Desk
By Lovig Dansk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This iconic "flip-top" partner's desk, designed by Peter Løvig Nielsen for Hedensted Møbelfabrik, is a masterpiece of Danish Modern engineering. Crafted from high-quality teak with a...
Brass
Vintage Brandt Flip Top Piano Style Small Wooden Writing Desk Table
By Brandt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage brandt flip top Piano style small wooden writing desk table.
Wood
Mid Century Modern Danish Teakwood Desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen ca. 1970s
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Shippensburg, PA
DANISH MODERN PETER LØVIG NIELSEN TEAKWOOD FLIP-TOP WRITING DESK Denmark, circa 1970s Item # 405XLG28A This brilliant desk was designed by Peter Løvig Nielsen and originally was off...
Teak
Swedish Unique Natural Wood Flip Top Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very unique Swedish Country flip top desk. its in a natural wood finish. its RAW and I have left it that way because I asked Many Many people how should I finish it and ea...
Wood
Peter Løvig Nielsen Flip-Top Teak Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen, Lovig Dansk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by renowned Danish designer Peter Løvig Nielsen, this mid-century modern desk is crafted from beautifully grained teak with a warm, natural finish. Its clean lines and funct...
Teak
Danish Modern Peter Løvig Nielsen Flip-Top Teak Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Esperance, NY
Available for purchase is a vintage Danish Modern Flip-Top Teak Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen, in all-original condition. This exceptional piece includes its original keys and has been...
Teak
Peter Lovig Nielsen Flip Top Executive Desk in Rosewood
By Lovig Dansk
Located in Seattle, WA
Extremely rare Flip top partner's desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen in rosewood with brass fittings The top shelf of the desk flips down to extend the work surface allowing it to be used a...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Custom-Made Walnut Standing Flip Top Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This mid-century modern walnut flip-top secretary desk is a wonderful tall station to work at either standing or with a stool. It is a custom-made desk circa 1970s that features a mi...
Brass
1950s Peter Løvig Nielsen Partners Flip Top Desk by Løvig, Denmark
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Peter Løvig Nielsen Flip Top Partners Desk in teak by Løvig, Denmark. In good vintage condition with a beautiful age appropriate patina.
Teak
Professionally Restored Peter Løvig Nielsen Flip Top Partners Desk in Walnut
By Løvig Design, Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed in the early 1960s by Peter Løvig Nielsen, this desk was produced under his own label, Løvig Design. While most models are teak, a scant few were made in walnut, which reall...
Brass
Egon Ostergaard Style Danish Bookmatched Teak Flip Top Desk or Secretary
By H.W. Klein, Egon Ostergaard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed in the 1960s in the style of Egon Ostergaard, this desk was made in Denmark. We've had a number of similar pieces, and the quality is always excellent. This desk is the same...
Brass
Flip-Top Executive Desk in Teak by Peter Løvig Nielsen, Denmark, c. 1960s
Located in Deland, FL
This sophisticated Danish Mid-Century Modern flip-top executive desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen, crafted in Denmark during the 1960s, exemplifies the era’s seamless blend of form and fun...
Teak
Scandinavian desk by Børge Mogensen with "flip-top" top
By Børge Mogensen
Located in Brescia, IT
1950s/60s teak desk with flip-up and rotatable top, three-drawer hanging block, carved handles, and tapered turned legs. Elegant desk designed by Børge Mogensen in teak with "flip-t...
Teak
1940s Petite Mahogany Ornate Painted Secretary Bureau with Flip Leather Top
Located in Germantown, MD
Measures 27.25 inches wide, 16 inches deep and 23.5 inches deep with flip top open. Stand 43 inches overall tall. Desk knee clearance is 24 and writing table height is 29.75 inches.
Mahogany, Paint
1960's Italian console or desk
Located in BE
Beautifully crafted in rich rosewood; it features a clever flip-top that reveals a functional writing desk when opened.
Wood
Antique Victorian Mahogany Spinet Piano Style Flip Top Secretary Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Mahogany Spinet Piano Style Flip Top Secretary Writing Desk. Item features 3 drawers, pull out writing surface, flip top, very nice vintage desk.
Mahogany
Antique American Pine Flip Top Desk
Located in Livingston, NJ
Antique American pine flip top desk. Beautiful natural patina with many signs of use.
Pine
Vintage Chippendale Style Flip Top Desk
Located in Katonah, NY
Serpentine front painted Chippendale style mahogany desk. Three large drawers and 3 small interior drawers and cubbies. Depth measures 28.5 when top is open.
Antique Belgian Oak Flip Top Desk
Located in New York, NY
Antique Belgian Oak Flip Top Angled Writing Desk with New Metal Base Antique Oak Desk Top Antwerp, Belgium Height 40" Back, 35" Front
Iron
Vintage Regency Flip Top Writing Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful chest of drawers with a concealed flip top writing desk. Perfect for small spaces or even a guest room.
Wood
Danish Flip Top Writing Desk In Rosewood
Located in Chicago, IL
Wonderfully compact, this Danish export features a large center drawer and a slanted writing surface. A flip-top lifts to reveal internal compartment with a sliding tray and file com...
Brass
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H 29 in W 37 in D 18.25 in
Antique Rosewood Flip Top Writing Desk, Empire Revival, Carved, Europe
Located in Malibu, CA
Antique European rosewood writing table. Hidden beneath the flip top, a desk in excellent condition.
Rosewood
Danish Modern Teak Wood Flip Top Writing Desk by Jens Quistgaard
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous Teakwood Classic Jens Quistgaard designed Pigeon hole flip-top desk by Lovig Dansk. THis piece is in excellent original condition with only the slightest signs of use. It wa...
Brass
Elegant Leather Clad Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Flip top writing desk with embossed leather interior and brass hardware.
Baker Furniture Georgian Mahogany Flip Top Console Table or Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Georgian or Chippendale style flip top expanding console, game table, or writing desk By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Carved mahogany, with inlaid satinwo...
Brass
Teak Flip-Top Lovig Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Peter Løvig Nielsen and often attributed to Jens Quistgaard, this ingenious desk has a shelf that flips open, creating a flat work surface. Includes two original tray org...
Teak
Maison Jansen Mahogany Flip Top Writing Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A very fine mahogany writing table, circa 1940s in the taste of Russian Neoclassical, the top flips and turns into a square writing surface with tooled leather inset on both sides, o...
Bronze
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H 28.75 in W 63.78 in D 28.75 in
Flip-Top Teak Desk Writing Table for Peter Lovig Nielsen by Jens Quistgaard
By Peter Løvig Nielsen, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Telgte, DE
Flip-top teak desk writing table for Peter Lovig Nielsen by Jens Quistgaard Danish modern.
Teak
Sorrel Ash Flip-Top Trestle Base Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Counter height ash wood flip top desk or writing table finished in sorrel tones with incised back panels.
Ash
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H 30 in W 58 in D 24 in
Modern George Nelson for Herman Miller Flip Down Writing Desk Glass Topped 1950s
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a fantastic, flip down writing desk, with a glass top and three drawers, by George Nelson for Herman Miller, circa the 1950s.
Wood
Teak Flip Top Desk by Lovig
Located in New York, NY
Lovely example of this popular design in teak. Large work surface with secretary unit, including the 2 original letter drawers, and dividers. Secretart section is hinged to rotate 18...
Teak
Rosewood Desk with Flip Top File Storage
Located in Dallas, TX
A well designed rosewood desk with brass hardware and flip top file storage.
Rare Campaign Desk with Flip-Top Storage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage captain's desk with great detailing and X base legs. Flip top storage, brass hardware, removable top. (Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with dealer)
Flip-Top Partner Desk by Løvig Nielson
Located in Pomona, CA
Danish teak flip-top partner desk by Løvig Nielson. This item is in wonderful condition as you can see in the picture minor scratch on top. It does retain two original keys. The two ...
Teak
French Midcentury Flip Top Desk, 1950-1960
Located in Paris, FR
20th century vintage desk manufactured in France between the 1950s and 1960s composed of a wooden oak structure with a central flip-top storage space and two layered design for even ...
Oak
Flip-top desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Highland, IN
This fantastic desk is handsome and versatile. The top storage cubby has open storage, letter dividers, two removable trays and is hinged to flip over, creating a partner's desk or e...
Brass
Peter Lovig Nielsen Flip-Top Teak Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Mid-Century Modern campaign desk features a glass cover on its writing surface, and a folding hutch with dividers for organization. Multiple drawers allow this desk to be a styl...
Glass, Teak
Peter Løvig Nielsen Teak Flip-Top Desk
By Jens Quistgaard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Late 1960s Løvig teak desk in very nice condition! Retains it's labels and original key. Upper Cubby Hole Section folds down to make a deeper work surface when needed. Two sliding do...
Teak
Peter Lovig Nielsen “Flip-Top” Teak Desk
By Dansk, Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designer: Peter Lovig Nielsen Manufacturer: Lovig Dansk Period/Style: Danish Modern Country: Denmark Date: 1970’s Dimensions: Materials: Teak Condition: Excellent – Newly Re...
Teak
Modern Studio Craft Flip Top Secretary Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice modernist design. It appears to be a custom one-off. Plywood with walnut veneer and trim with solid walnut base support. Sculpted walnut pull. Nice storage compartments wit...
Wood
Rosewood Flip-Top Desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Rosewood Flip Top Desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen.
Brass
Mid-Century Flip-Top Deco Style Rosewood Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Luscious and elegant deco style rosewood desk, manufactured by Warsaw Furniture, Kentucky. The overhanging flip-top over two drawers and a cupboard door has line inlays and brushed c...
Peter Løvig Nielsen Flip Top Rosewood Desk, circa 1969
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Peter Løvig Nielsen flip top rosewood desk, circa 1969.
Brass
Peter Løvig Nielsen Flip Top Teak Desk, circa 1960
By Jens Quistgaard, Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Peter Løvig Nielsen flip top teak desk, circa 1960. This piece has been professionally restored.
Teak
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.
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