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Rotary Desk

Barbie Pink Bell System type 500 Rotary Desk Telephone Western Electric 1981
By Western Electric
Located in Miami, FL
several of colors when a reissued 202 model was used as its body. The featured Bell System rotary
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Original Mid-Century Modern Vintage Western Electric Rotary Telephone
Located in San Diego, CA
Original Western Electric rotary telephone, incredible vintage piece, not a replica, dating to 1968
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

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Leather, Walnut

Space Age Acrylic and Chrome 'Teledome' Rotary Telephone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This futuristic Teledome (model #3005) phone was patented and manufactured in 1972 by Teleconcepts and included internals made by Northern Telecom Inc. Chrome-plate handset with blac...
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

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Chrome

Vintage Black Bakelite Rotary Wall Cradle Telephone & Dictograph 1940s
Located in London, GB
This is a rare vintage GPO desktop or wall cradle fire emergency telephone 164 in black Perspex Bakelite together with a Dictograph system sub station, serial number 21858 circa 194...
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Vintage 1940s Desk Sets

Materials

Other

Vintage Italian Modernist Gold Aluminum Rotary Telephone by CR Telefonia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rotary telephone in gold anodized aluminum by CR Telefonia (ca. 1970s, Italy). Handset is composed
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Aluminum

French Style Conical Pendulum Rotary Flying Ball Fusee Noiseless Skeleton Clock
Located in Danville, CA
French Style Conical Pendulum Rotary Flying Ball Fusee Moon Dial Skeleton Clock Offered for sale
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Late 20th Century Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

With Certificate Antique Shannon File Co Victorian Walnut Tambour Desk Must See
By The Shannon File Cabinet
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
rotary tambour roll top desk, has been examined and authenticated by the British Antique Exporters
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Antique 1880s English High Victorian Desks

Materials

Walnut

1970s Bell System by Western Electric Barbie Pink Desk Rotary Telephone USA
By Western Electric
Located in Miami, FL
could be special ordered. The featured Bell System rotary telephone was produced in 1971 is a type 500
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Vintage 1970s American Modern Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Desk Tabletop Rotary Restored Telephone By Monogram Black with Trim
By Monogram
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic Monogram Art Deco desk tabletop telephone with metal accents in excellent antique
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Recent Sales

Near Mint American Space Age Rotary Dial, Teledome Desk Phone by TeleConcepts
Located in Port Hope, ON
This scarce and near mint black, chrome plate, clear plastic, rotary dial Teledome (model # 300
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Vintage 1970s American Space Age More Desk Accessories

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Chrome

Ateliers Juvenia French Gilt Bronze Putti Onyx Annular Rotary Clock
Located in Pasadena, CA
French Ateliers Juvenia gilt bronze onyx annular rotary clock #23656, circa 1925. The desk clocks
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Vintage 1920s European Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

Ateliers Juvenia French Gilt Bronze Putti Onyx Annular Rotary Clock, circa 1925
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
Juvenia gilt bronze onyx annular rotary clock #23656, circa 1925. The desk clocks are mounted but winged
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20th Century Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Rare Model No. 8 Rotary Desk in Queen Anne Style with Wooton Rotating Cases
By Wooton Desk Co.
Located in New York, NY
A true masterpiece in the form of the Model No. 8 Rotary desk, crafted in the Queen Anne style by
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Antique 19th Century American Queen Anne Desks

Materials

Brass

Antique Porter's Hall Chair, English, Leather, Rotary Desk Seat, Victorian, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique porter's hall chair. An English, mahogany and leather rotary desk seat, dating
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Antique Late 19th Century British Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Leather

Antique Paneled Walnut Rotary Library Desk by Wooton, Indianapolis, Circa 1890
By Wooton Desk Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique rotary desk by Wooton offers walnut paneled construction with leather top over case
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Antique Late 19th Century American Desks

Materials

Walnut

Wooton Desk Company Antique Rotary Writing Desk, Patent No. 8, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
order and finally cast aside as worthless: on the other hand, the Secretaries and rotary desks are
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Antique Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Desks and Writing ...

Materials

Brass

Three Piece Rotary Clock Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ultra Luxe three-piece rotary clock set, featuring marble and gilt bronze (the snake decoration is
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Antique 1850s French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Three Piece Rotary Clock Set
Three Piece Rotary Clock Set
H 19.5 in W 9 in D 8 in
Vintage Retro Rotary Victorian Style Horchow Sitel Telephone
Located in Plainview, NY
A retro rotary Victorian style original Horchow Sitel telephone hand painted in gold and Burgundy
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20th Century Italian Victorian More Desk Accessories

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Metal

Antique French Purple Guilloche Enamel Rotary Clock
Located in Queens, NY
Antique French purple Guilloche enamel rotary clock, circa 1900. Measures: 4.5" high x 2.5
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Early 20th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Enamel

Midcentury ITT Rotary Dial Desktop Telephone with Original Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Midcentury ITT rotary dial desktop telephone with original box, circa 1970s. Phone appears to have
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Mid Century White Ericsson Ericofon Cobra Rotary Dial Telephone
By Ericsson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Ericofon is a one-piece plastic telephone created by the Ericsson Company of Sweden and marketed through the second half of the 20th century. It was the first commercially mar...
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Vintage 1950s More Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Vintage Dutch Bakelite and Metal Rotary Dial Telephone, circa 1950s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Metal body with a Bakelite rotary dial telephone, circa 1950s. Might possible work if hooked up
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Mid-20th Century Dutch More Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Vintage Bell System Pink "The Princess Phone" Rotary Dial Telephone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Bell System Pink "The Princess Phone" Rotary Dial telephone. Circa Mid to late 20th Century
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Plastic

1960s extendable desk
Located in Neuss, NW
castors. Due to the practical rotary function, the desk can be extended with a few simple steps. Quality
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Vintage 1960s German Desks and Writing Tables

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Formica, Walnut

1960s extendable desk
1960s extendable desk
H 32.29 in W 82.68 in D 21.66 in
Antique Brass Telephone
Located in Pasadena, TX
Antique brass telephone Candlestick telephone with rotary dial and desk stand in brass
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Vintage 1920s Industrial More Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Antique Brass Telephone
Antique Brass Telephone
H 13 in W 6 in D 7.5 in
19th Century Wooton Rotary Desk
By Wooton Desk Co.
Located in Rochester, NY
American 19th century Wooton rotary desk with all over raise panel construction / barrel shaped
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Antique Late 19th Century American Edwardian Desks

Materials

Walnut, Oak

19th Century Wooton Rotary Desk
19th Century Wooton Rotary Desk
H 30.5 in W 57 in D 30.5 in
Rare 1888 Queen Anne No. 8 Walnut Rotary Desk by the Wooton Desk Mfg. Co.
By Wooton Desk Co.
Located in Lafayette, IN
This is a rare model No. 8 Rotary desk in the Queen Anne style made by the Wooton Desk
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Antique 1880s American Queen Anne Desks

Materials

Brass

Important New York Estate Antique Vintage Asian Rotary Phone Dresser Drawers
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item we are Offering is this Rare Vintage Antique Asian Rotary Desk Telephone Vitrine
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20th Century Unknown Antiquities

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Metal

19th Century Standard Grade Wooton Desk
By Wooton Desk Co.
Located in Dallas, TX
company also produced a so-called rotary desk, which is in fact a pedestal desk whose pedestals have
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Antique Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Desks

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Standard Grade Wooton Desk
19th Century Standard Grade Wooton Desk
H 64.5 in W 41.25 in D 31.25 in
19th Century Wooton Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
desk the Wooton desk company also produced a so-called rotary desk, which is in fact a pedestal desk
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Desks

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Wooton Desk
19th Century Wooton Desk
H 62.5 in W 39 in D 28 in
Vintage Space Age Teledome Desk Rotary Telephone in Lucite, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Vintage desk rotary telephone in Lucite, Space Age, circa 1970. It is not tested, I sell it as not
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Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

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Plastic, Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass

Antique French Rotary Telephone
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Excellent original condition antique vintage rotary telephone. Creme color plastic and brass
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Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Midcentury "Ericofon" Rotary Dial Desktop Telephone
By Ericsson
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-century "Ericofon" rotary dial desktop telephone, circa 1970s. The "Ericofon" is a one-piece
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Telephone with a Rotary Dial, circa 1940
Located in Opole, PL
We present you this Danish rotary telephone manufactured in 1940. The case is made of metal
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Vintage 1940s Danish More Desk Accessories

Telephone with a Rotary Dial, circa 1940
Telephone with a Rotary Dial, circa 1940
H 8.27 in W 6.7 in D 6.7 in
Rotary Clock 19th Century, Louis XVI Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
The clock is in excellent and perfect working condition. In addition, it has been cleaned and maintained by a professional watchmaker specializing in museum maintenance. The eight-da...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Marble

Rotary Clock 19th Century, Louis XVI Period
Rotary Clock 19th Century, Louis XVI Period
H 17.33 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
1966 MoMA Grillo Rotary Flip Phone ITALY Marco Zanuso & Richard Sapper
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Fun Orange Flip Phone Rotary Dial MoMA Modern Italian orange Grillo folding rotary telephone
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Antique Western Electric Model 302 Rotary Dial Telephone, circa 1930-1940
By Western Electric
Located in San Francisco, CA
About An original pre-war rotary telephone with Bakelite body and metal interior. Stamped "Bell
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco More Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Fabulous Art Deco Black Bakelite Wall Mount Rotary Dial Telephone USA
By Automatic Electric Co.
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Art Deco American Electric Co black bakelite space saver side hanging rotary dial wall mount phone
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Bakelite

Mystery Briggs Rotary Conical Pendulum Glass Dome Flying Ball Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Mystery Briggs Rotary glass dome flying ball clock. We are presenting an excellent "Briggs
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Vintage 1970s American Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Table Phone with a Rotary Dial by L. M. Ericsson Stockholm, 1947
By L.M. Ericsson
Located in Vienna, AT
Table phone, ring the disc's edge marked Phone A-B. L. M. Ericsson Stockholm, 1947 Labeled Telegrafverket's Workshop Nynäshamn. Measures: Height about 26 cm.
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Vintage 1940s Swedish Desk Sets

Materials

Steel

FTR Copper Rotary Dial Table / Desk Telephone
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a FTR table rotary dial telephone. It’s case is made of copper and the handset is made of
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures

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Brass, Copper

Iconic American Space Age Rotary Chromefone Desk Telephone by TeleConcepts
Located in Port Hope, ON
This rotary dial Space-Age Chromefone by TeleConcepts is arguably the most extreme and iconic
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Vintage 1970s American Space Age Desk Accessories

Materials

Chrome

c. 1966, 'Grillo' Rotary Telephone by Marco Zanuso & Richard Sapper for Siemens
By Siemens, Marco Zanuso, Richard Sapper
Located in New York, NY
Condition: 08/10. This design is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art [MoMA].
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Vintage 1960s Italian More Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

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Pierre Cardin White Laquer Waterfall Console Table
By Pierre Cardin
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pierre Cardin White Laquer Waterfall Console Table  France, circa 1970s Experience the epitome of 1970s chic with this Pierre Cardin White Lacquer Waterfall Console Table. Crafted i...
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20th Century French Modern Console Tables

Materials

Lacquer

Pierre Cardin White Laquer Waterfall Console Table
Pierre Cardin White Laquer Waterfall Console Table
$3,392 Sale Price
54% Off
H 27.75 in W 52 in D 15 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...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

Space Age bed in white lacquered wood 1970s DBM Italia
Located in IT
White lacquered wood and fibreglass bed frame made in the 1970s by DBM Italia . The bed is complete with fully functional built-in coloured lights. The headboard of the bed include...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Bed Coronas

Materials

Wood

Space Age bed in white lacquered wood 1970s DBM Italia
Space Age bed in white lacquered wood 1970s DBM Italia
$4,742
H 39.97 in W 121.26 in D 86.62 in
Bessarabian Rug, 1810
Located in New York, NY
Bessarabian rug, 1810 Russia, circa 1810 Tapestry woven carpet Imperial Tapestry Factory, St. Petersburg Having an Adamesque central medallion on a warm caramel ground, with swan...
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Antique Early 19th Century Russian Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Bessarabian Rug, 1810
Bessarabian Rug, 1810
$550,000
W 166 in L 181 in
1930 Wooden Carnival Game by French Game & Novelty, Milwaukee, WI
Located in Surrey, BC
Unusual Folk Art wooden carnival game in working condition and with original paint. Players bet on which city the spring-released airplane will land on. Made by French Game & Novelty...
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

1970s Space Age Steel and Glass Bar Cart by Claudio Salocchi for Luigi Sormani
By Claudio Salocchi, Luigi Sormani
Located in Aci Castello, IT
1970s Claudio Salocchi for Luigi Sormani Space Age Bar Cart in Brushed Steel and Smoked Glass. A stunning embodiment of Italian Space Age design, this rare bar cart by Claudio Salocc...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Carts and Bar Carts

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Stainless Steel

Mid-Century Space Age Garden Egg Chair Senftenberg Ei by Peter Ghyczy, 1960s
By Peter Ghyczy
Located in Hamburg, DE
Egg Garden Chair for a draft of Peter Ghyczy from the 60s. A design classic of the 60s. The egg-shaped folding armchair, also known as Senftenberg egg. The name refers to the basic ...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Gianfranco Frattini Tobacco Alpaca Velvet Sesann Lounge Chair for Cassina, 1972
By Cassina, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Vicenza, IT
The Sesann lounge chair was designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1970 and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina. This lounge chair features a chocolate brown alpaca velvet upho...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Living Room Sets

Materials

Chrome

Wrightsman Collection, Vols I-V, First Editions, Signed by the Wrightsmans
By F.J.B. Watson, Carl C. Dauterman, Everett Fahy
Located in valatie, NY
The Wrightsman collection, Vols. I-V. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966-1973. First edition hardcovers with dust jackets. 2248 pp. Inscribed by the Wrightsmans. The comp...
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20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Pair of Jean Perzel Attributed 1940s Gilt Iron Wall Sconces
By Atelier Jean Perzel
Located in Sharon, CT
A pair of very large (27.5 inches high-exclusive of globes) Gilded Cast Iron (21 lbs. each) Wall Sconces. Not signed or otherwise marked.
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Iron

Patinated Sculpta-Grille Bones Screen on Walnut Base by Richard Harvey, 1960s
By Richard Harvey
Located in Culver City, CA
This isn’t just a room divider. This is a tanned, well-traveled, effortlessly bronzed bombshell who’s been sunning her curves on the French Riviera since 1968. A screen with a backst...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers

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Resin, Walnut

Antique World Map by P. Schenk '1706'
By Peter Schenk
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Diversa Orbis Terrae. Visu Incedente per Coluros Tropicorum, Ambos Ejus Polos, et Parciularis Sphaerae Zenith, in Planum Orthographica Projectio (..) Plat Ontwerp...
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Antique Early 18th Century Maps

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Paper

Antique World Map by P. Schenk '1706'
Antique World Map by P. Schenk '1706'
$5,195 Sale Price
20% Off
H 20.87 in W 23.82 in D 0.02 in
1970 Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Perpignan, FR
Lampe de table originale Telegono de Vico Magistretti pour Artemide 1968. En bon état d'origine. Ce classique italien a un cadre jaune crème et un abat-jour mobile en orange qui ti...
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Table Lamps

Materials

Plastic

1970 Vico Magistretti
1970 Vico Magistretti
$1,142
H 15.75 in Dm 8.27 in
Pair of Art Deco Armchairs, Walnut Structure
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Art Deco armchairs. Walnut structure.
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Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Art Deco Armchairs, Walnut Structure
Pair of Art Deco Armchairs, Walnut Structure
$5,412 / set
H 31.5 in W 25.2 in D 29.53 in
Art Deco Chandelier
By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Deco chandelier with nickel finish and sandblasted glasses.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Chandelier
Art Deco Chandelier
$6,991 / item
H 27.56 in Dm 23.63 in
70 S roche bobois bed with bed tables
By Roche Bobois
Located in PARIS, FR
Ensemble de lit roche bobois année 70 , comprenant le double lit , les tables de lit ,ainsi que les repose verre en inox modele tres rare et de tres bonne qualité tout en nubuck
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Metal

70 S roche bobois bed with bed tables
70 S roche bobois bed with bed tables
$10,223
H 9.85 in W 90.56 in D 96.46 in
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Rotary Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic rotary desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, plastic and bakelite, every rotary desk was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a rotary desk — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A rotary desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern and Empire styles are sought with frequency. Automatic Electric Co., L.M. Ericsson and Wooton Desk Co. each produced at least one beautiful rotary desk that is worth considering.

How Much is a Rotary Desk?

Prices for a rotary desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $128 and can go as high as $16,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,200.