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Mode Desk

Rare 19th Century Folding Pew, Altar, Desk from Regency Period, England or U.S.
Located in Lomita, CA
it could speak, it would let us in on its original raison d'etre. In the desk mode, only a chair is
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Antique Late 19th Century English Regency Religious Items

Materials

Burl

6 General Fireproofing Mid Century Machine Age Aluminum Goodform Armchairs
By General Fireproofing Company
Located in Topeka, KS
Loewy to create the Mode-Maker line of executive desks. Alas, as things go sales declined in the 1970s
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Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

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Altuglas Architect's Office by Gacita and Tiberi for Mode Europe, 1970
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Architect's desk in smoked altuglas and rectangular glass top by Marcello GACITA and Pierre TIBERI
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Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Glass, Altuglas

Vintage Boeing 727 Chrome Airplane Scale Model In Flight On Stand
Located in Long Island City, NY
Modes And Desk Accessories For Collectors. Dimensions: 35 x 27 in. All measurements are approximate
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20th Century Unknown Models and Miniatures

Materials

Metal

Vintage ICET Murano Glass Paperweight with Cobalt Blue Flower Mid-Century Moder
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage ICET Murano glass paperweight with cobalt blue flower Mid-Century Modern. Large Icet Arte Murano heavy hand blown glass paperweight with cobalt blue flower inset. Gorgeous ...
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Mid-20th Century Venezuelan Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Vintage Brass Swing Arm La Mode Library Reading Bankers Desk Lamp Hubbell
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage brass vanity desk / table lamp featuring articulating swing arm with pull chain, Hubbell
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Late 20th Century Victorian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

General Fireproofing "Mode Moderne" Executive Desk
Located in Treasure Island, CA
General Fireproofing promoted this series (Mode Moderne) as their "Top of the Line" in 1952
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Vintage 1950s American Desks

General Fireproofing "Mode-Maker" Tanker Desk by Raymond Lowey
By Raymond Loewy, General Fireproofing Company
Located in Alhambra, CA
This unique single pedestal tanker, a 1960's General Fireproofing "Mode-Maker" model designed by
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel, Aluminum

Mode-Maker Tanker Desk by Raymond Loewy for General Fireproofing Co.
By Raymond Loewy, General Fireproofing Company
Located in Alhambra, CA
Rare double pedestal Mode Maker, the iconic tanker desk designed by Raymond Loewy for General
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Antique Victorian Brass & Mother Of Pearl Table Bell
Located in San Francisco, CA
! Vintage a la Mode
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Antique 19th Century Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Kelvin Led Green Mode I Desk Lamp in Chrome with Daylight Sensor
By Antonio Citterio, Flos
Located in Rhinebeck, NY
Kelvin LED green mode I adjustable table lamp providing direct lighting, with double pantograph arm
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Chrome

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Expertly Restored - California Modern Two-Tier Night Stand by Paul Laszlo
By Brown Saltman, Paul Laszlo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by the renowned Paul Laszlo, this California modern two-tier nightstand embodies both elegance and functionality. Crafted with a warm wood finish, its sleek, clean lines and...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

Materials

Wood, Mahogany, Walnut

Sweetbriar Credenza, West Haddon Hall Collection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A grid formed out of solid oak wraps the facade of this floating, wall-mounted credenza. Three touch-latch doors reveal storage and a central shelf. Shown in honeyed oak with natur...
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2010s American Credenzas

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Oak

Art Deco Green Velvet Dining Room Chairs by H. Pander & Zonen Netherlands, 1930s
By H.Pander & Zonen
Located in Den Haag, NL
Art Deco green velvet dining room chairs by H. Pander & Zonen Netherlands, 1930s.
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Vintage 1930s Dutch Art Deco Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

After Joseph Hoffman Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Stained beech desk, after Joseph Hoffman, circa 1906-1960.              
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Mid-20th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Beech

After Joseph Hoffman Desk
After Joseph Hoffman Desk
$1,800
H 30 in W 29.25 in D 20.75 in
Derk Jan de Vries for Maisa di Seveso, Natural Green Modular Cabinet-Bookcase.
By Maisa
Located in Almelo, NL
Derk Jan de Vries for Maisa di Seveso, Natural Green Modular Cabinet-Bookcase, Milan, Italy, 1970s The Dutch designer Derk Jan de Vries in the 1970s designed this unique modular cab...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Bookcases

Materials

Glass, Ash

Infinity Modern Open Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
Composed of a rhythmic stack of oval compartments, this bookcase creates visual impact through form and contrast. Shown in a rich Batavia Black exterior with a warm fruitwood interio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Wood

Infinity Modern Open Bookcase
Infinity Modern Open Bookcase
$5,535 / item
H 79 in W 72 in D 16 in
21st Century Brooks Chaise Lounge Linen Walnut Wood Handmade in Portugal
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
Collin Brooks, a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, founded the Manchester Press Agency before joining the army. He later worked for several newspapers and eventually became...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Chaise Longues

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

21st Century Brooks Chaise Lounge Linen Walnut Wood Handmade in Portugal
21st Century Brooks Chaise Lounge Linen Walnut Wood Handmade in Portugal
$7,304 Sale Price / item
20% Off
H 28.75 in W 82.68 in D 43.31 in
Mid-Century Modern Fish Wicker Rattan Pendant Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Fish pendant lamp made of wicker. A wonderfully playful design. A lamp with character, literally. The wicker body of the lamp forms a fish body with its mouth wide open. Inside is a...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Wicker, Plastic

Early 19th century Regency Satinwood Breakfront Glazed Floor Bookcase
Located in Dublin 8, IE
An early 19th century Regency satinwood breakfront glazed floor bookcase. The bookcase is cross banded in satinwood and is raised on four flat turned wood bun feet
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Antique Early 19th Century Regency Bookcases

Materials

Glass, Satinwood

Kerstin Horlin-Holmquist Garden of Eden / Lustgarden Chaise Longue Daybed, 1950s
By Nordiska Kompaniet, Kerstin Horlin Holmquist
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
Kerstin Hörlin-Holmquist Garden of Eden (Lustgarden) chaise longue or daybed. Produced by Nordiska Kompaniets, Sweden, 1958. Newly reupholstered in green velvet.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chaise Longues

Materials

Fabric, Beech

Art Deco Robin's Egg Blue Lacquer & Brushed Aluminum Desk by Donald Deskey
By Donald Deskey
Located in New York, NY
Introduce a piece of design history into your office or home with this stunning Art Deco Streamlined Desk, designed by the famed American designer Donald Deskey circa 1930. This rema...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Rorimer Brooks Art Deco Moderne lacquered bookcase Writing desk with chair
Located in Ferndale, MI
Manufactured by obscure Rorimer Brooks co. of Cleveland Ohio . Art Deco or Moderne Writing desk in matte black lacquer with cream accents . Bank of five drawers to users right side a...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Desks

Materials

Wood

Art Deco/Machine Age Aluminum Lamp and Shade
Located in Norwood, NJ
Machine Age/Art Deco embossed aluminum table lamp and shade. Highly stylized. All original lamp base and shade with embossed details. In working condition with more contemporary wiring.
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Italian Dry Bar Cocktail Cabinet
Located in Hanover, MA
Late 1940's/early 1950's Italian dry bar, martini cabinet with inlaid fruit wood marquetry, tapering rectangular top and drop front attributed to Osvaldo Borsani.. Inside back has be...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Dry Bars

Materials

Wood

Italian Dry Bar Cocktail Cabinet
Italian Dry Bar Cocktail Cabinet
$8,900
H 56 in W 30 in D 10 in
Pair of Sculptural Chrome Loop Tables
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of sculptural chrome-plated metal side tables, American, circa 1960s. They are a versatile size and can be used as end or side tables, or as nightstands.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Metal

Pair of Sculptural Chrome Loop Tables
Pair of Sculptural Chrome Loop Tables
$1,800 Sale Price / set
25% Off
H 20.75 in Dm 28 in
Taichiro Nakai for La Permanente Mobili Adjustable Wall Cabinet in Teak
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Taichiro Nakay (Nakai) for La Permanente Mobili, bookcase, lacquered iron, teak, glass, brass, maple, ca. 1955 Taichiro Nakai is an incredibly talented Japanese designer who is most...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass, Iron

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Mode Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic mode desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and hardwood, every mode desk was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a mode desk, we have 9 options in-stock, while there are 5 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect mode desk — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A mode desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in mid-century modern, modern and Art Deco styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one mode desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Alexandre Caldas, BAG Turgi and David N. Ebner produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Mode Desk?

A mode desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,660, while the lowest priced sells for $395 and the highest can go for as much as $33,500.