Rare "Partners Desk" by Mogens Koch
By Mogens Koch
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rare 'Partners Desk' mahogany desk with four drawers, profiled edge and brass shoes. Designed in 1938. Mogens Koch / N. C. Jensen Kjær.
Mahogany
Peter Lovig Flip-Top Partners desk rosewood Lovig Denmark 1960
By Løvig Design, Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Refined flip-top partners desk designed by Peter Løvig Nielsen and produced by Løvig, Denmark 1954. A celebrated example of Danish mid-century cabinetmaking, it is crafted in richly ...
Rosewood
Børge Mogensen Teak 'Partners' Desk for AB Karl Andersson, 1960
By Børge Mogensen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful Børge Mogensen teak "partner's" desk from the second half of the 20th century, a two part desk that can be used as console tables, label marked, partially worn, marks, stai...
Brass
19th Century Swedish Antique White Painted Partners Desk Writing Table
Located in Round Top, TX
19th century large Swedish partners desk, crafted in pine with a newer antique white painted finish and pale gray undertones.
Brass
Danish Modern Teak Dining Table or Partners Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this versatile Danish modern dining table or partners desk. The table comfortably seats up to four people and features a book matched teak veneer top, solid...
Wood, Teak
1910 Heinrich Wenck Hardwood Partners Desk With Drawers, Doors & Keys
By Erik Wørts
Located in London, GB
Circa. 1910 Heinrich Wenck Mahogany Partners Desk With Drawers, Doors & Keys. Solid table top. Heinrich Wenck was throughout most of his career employed as an architect at the Da...
Hardwood
Partners Desk By Kaare Klint
By Kaare Klint
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A significant partners desk in solid Cuban mahogany. Designed by Kaare Klint. Made by cabinetmaker Rudolf Rasmussen, Copenhagen.
Brass
Partners Desk by Jacob Kjaer
By Jacob Kjaer
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A partners desk in rosewood with brass handles. One side with a total of 13 drawers. The other side with 3 drawers and 2 cabinets. Designed and made in the 1940's by cabinetmaker Jac...
Brass
Danish Partners Desk
Located in New York, NY
A Danish stained birchwood partners writing table, circa 1930s, the rectangular top with three frieze drawers on each side, above a recessed frieze raised on square legs with chamfer...
Scandinavian Modern Teak Flip-Top Partners Desk By Peter Løvig Nielsen
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This spectacular Danish teak desk was designed circa 1960s by Peter Løvig Nielsen. The desk features stunning details throughout with beautiful teak grain, recessed circular drawer p...
Brass
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H 34 in W 64 in D 29 in
Scandinavian Modern Rosewood Flip-Top Partners Desk By Peter Løvig Nielsen
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This spectacular Danish rosewood desk was designed circa 1960s by Peter Løvig Nielsen. The desk features stunning details throughout with beautiful rosewood grain, recessed circular ...
Brass
Custom-Made Partners Desk
By Louis Weisdorf
Located in Lejre, DK
Custom-made partners desk in teak on a gun plated metal base. Designed by Maa. Louis Weisdorf in the 1950's for his summer house. Great original condition. Made in Denmark.
Teak
Danish Leather-Topped Partners' Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
A handsome partners' desk, in the manner of Palle Suenson, made of Cuban mahogany with a supple black leather top, original brass hardware and brass sabots.
Brass
Magnificent Teak Partners Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large partners desk with 2 banks of drawers with retractable writing tablet. (1 writing tablet, 4 drawers and 1 file drawer) On the other side there are 2 drop-front storage spaces...
Peter Lovig Nielsen Flip-top Partners Desk, circa 1960s
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Norwalk, CT
This iconic teakwood desk was made by Peter Lovig Furniture Company in Denmark in the 1960s. Purchased form the original owners it has been beautifully restored. It has the signature...
Børge Mogensen Teak 'Partner's' Desk for AB Karl Andersson, 1960
By Børge Mogensen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful Børge Mogensen teak "partner's" desk from the second half of the 20th century, a two part desk that can be used as console tables, label marked, partially worn, marks, stai...
Brass
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H 33.86 in W 63.78 in D 37.8 in
Peter Lovig Flip-Top Partners desk in rosewood Lovig Denmark 1960
By Lovig Dansk, Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Refined flip-top partners desk designed by Peter Løvig Nielsen and produced by Løvig, Denmark 1954. A celebrated example of Danish mid-century cabinetmaking, it is crafted in richly ...
Brass
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H 28.5 in W 64 in D 38 in
Danish Teak Flip-Top Partners Desk with Bookcase Cabinets by Peter Lovig
By Dansk, Kai Kristiansen, Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This handsome and innovative partners desk has may Scandinavian practicalities, but the coolest feature by far is the flip-over cabinet that folds down to create a large, flat surface.
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Teak Flip Top Partners Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen
By Dansk, Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage flip top writing partners desk designed by Peter Lovig Nielsen for Dansk, circa 1970s. This versatile piece offers plenty of storage featuring four drawers and an organized t...
Brass
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H 28.5 in W 64 in D 38 in
Danish Teak Flip-Top Partners Desk with Bookcase Cabinets by Peter Lovig Nielsen
By Dansk, Kai Kristiansen, Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This handsome and innovative partners desk has may Scandinavian practicalities, but the coolest feature by far is the flip-over cabinet that folds down to create a large, flat surface.
Brass
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H 34 in W 63.75 in D 28.75 in
Scandinavian Modern Rosewood Flip Top Exec, Partners Desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen
By Lovig Dansk
Located in Topeka, KS
Phenomenal vintage Scandinavian Modern rosewood flip top executive partners desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen for Lovig Dansk Designs.
Brass
Ole Wanscher Rosewood Partners Desk
By Ole Wanscher
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Rare and important partners desk designed by Danish designer Ole Wanscher and hand crafted in Copenhagen by master cabinet maker A.J. Iversen, circa 1943. The desk is beautifully ...
A Swedish Grace Birch and Palisander Partners Desk
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish Grace figured birchwood and Palisander crossbanded pedestal partners desk, circa 1930-1940, the rectangular stepped top above a central drawer and two pedestal cabinets wit...
Peter Lovig Nielsen Danish Modern Teak Flip-Top Partners Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Handsome teak partners desk designed by Peter Lovig Nielsen and made in Denmark. This desk has four drawers and a large work space with cubbyholes that can be flipped back on brass h...
Teak
Handsome Danish Teak Flip Top Partner's Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Handsome Danish modern teak partner's desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen. This desk has an amazing design. It features an upper cubical section that is hinged and can be flipped down to acc...
Teak
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H 34 in W 64 in D 38 in
Vintage 1970s Danish Modern Flip-Top Partners Teak Desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen
By Peter Løvig Nielsen, Lovig Dansk
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Original condition, unrestored, cleaned and re-oiled. Teak partner style desk designed and crafted by Peter Løvig Nielsen in Denmark, dated 1973. Ingenious design makes it versatile...
Teak
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H 30.5 in W 55.25 in D 43.5 in
Danish Modern "Eden" Partners Desk, Large Surface with Roll Top File Cabinets
By Magnussen and Claussen
Located in Kansas City, MO
"Eden Desk" designed by Magnussen and Claussen for Eden, Holland. Three drawers, three roll top file cabinets accessed on the desk surface. Two cubbies on the partners side. Expertly...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Teak Flip Top Partners Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen
By Peter Løvig Nielsen, Dansk
Located in San Jose, CA
Danish vintage flip top writing partners desk designed by Peter Lovig Nielsen for Dansk, circa 1970s. This versatile piece offers plenty of storage featuring four drawers and an orga...
Brass
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H 34 in W 64 in D 29 in
Danish Mid Century Modern Teak Flip Top Partners Desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen
By Peter Løvig Nielsen, Dansk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish Modern Teak Flip Top Partners Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen. Fabulous highly collectible Danish Modern, mid century desk. This Flip top Desk finely crafted with attention to det...
Birch, Teak
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H 34 in W 64 in D 29 in
Danish Mid Century Modern Teak Flip Top Partners Desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen
By Dansk, Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish Modern Teak Flip Top Partners Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen. Fabulous highly collectible Danish Modern, mid century desk. This Flip top Desk finely crafted with attention to det...
Birch, Teak
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H 34 in W 64 in D 29 in
Vintage Mid-Century Danish Modern Peter Løvig Nielsen Teak Flip-Top Partner Desk
By Løvig Design, Peter Løvig Nielsen, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible Mid-Century Danish modern teak flip-top partner’s desk attributed to Peter Løvig Nielsen and produced by Hedensted Mobelfabrik. This desk is sometimes attributed to Jens Q...
Teak
Vintage Modern Teak Double-Sided Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish vintage Scandinavian Modern partner's desk features double sided design with spacious drawer and shelf space for storage.
Teak
Jens Quistgaard Lovig Teak Partners Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The desk surface flips back to creating a larger work surface or partners desk.
Teak
Partner Writing Desk by Jens Quistgaard, Løvig, Teak, Denmark
By Peter Løvig Nielsen, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Frankfurt / Dreieich, DE
Teak Writing Desk by Jens Quistgaard and made by Løvig, Denmark. Four Drawers, one with lock and Key. Folding Top to make the Desk to a Partner Desk. W 162 cm, D 73 cm / 97 cm,...
Teak
Scandinavian modernism is perhaps the warmest and most organic iteration of modernist design. The work of the designers associated with vintage Scandinavian modern furniture was founded on centuries-old beliefs in both quality craftsmanship and the ideal that beauty should enhance even the humblest accessories of daily life.
ORIGINS OF SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The gentle, organic contours that are typical of Scandinavian design appear in the furnishings and decor created by Danish, Finnish and Swedish designers not as a stylistic gesture, but rather as a practical, ergonomic — and, as importantly, elegant — response to the human form.
Each nation produced exceptional talents in all areas of the applied arts, yet each had its forté. Sweden was home to Greta Magnusson Grossman and Bruno Mathsson — creators of the classic Grasshopper lighting series and Berlin daybed, respectively — but the country excelled most notably at ceramics. In the 1920s at the great Gustavsberg porcelain manufactory, Wilhelm Kåge introduced pieces in the Scandinavian style based on influences from folklore to Cubism; his skills were passed on to his versatile and inspired pupils Berndt Friberg and Stig Lindberg.
Likewise, Finland produced a truly ingenious Scandinavian modern furniture designer in the architect Alvar Aalto, a master at melding function and artistic form in works like the Paimio chair, created in collaboration with his first wife, Aino. Yet Finnish glassware was pre-eminent, crafted in expressive, sculptural designs by Tapio Wirkkala and Timo Sarpaneva.
The Danes excelled at chairs. Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen were exemplars of the country’s facility with wood, particularly teak.
Wegner created such iconic pieces as the Round chair and the Wishbone chair; Jacobsen — while the revolutionary architect and furniture innovator produced the best-selling plywood Ant chair — designed two classic upholstered pieces of the 1950s: the Swan chair and Egg chair. The list of great Danes could go on and on, including Finn Juhl, a stylistic maverick and maker of the bold Chieftain chair; Poul Kjaerholm, with his lean metal-and-rattan aesthetic; and Verner Panton, who introduced a vibrant Pop note into international design.
Today, decades after their heyday, the prolific, ever-evolving Scandinavian modernists continue to amaze and delight, and interior designers all over the world use their pieces to bring warmth to any given space.
On 1stDibs, you will note both instantly recognizable vintage Scandinavian modern chairs, sofas, rugs and tables — those that have earned iconic status over time — and many new discoveries.