SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Italian, 1863-1934

Furniture brand SEM started as a spin-off from Milanese brand Spotti and now has an exceptional reputation of its own. Working with acclaimed furniture designers, including Valentina Cameranesi Sgroi, Vormen and Elisa Ossino, SEM creates personalized and finely crafted solutions for modern living.

During the 1950s, large furniture manufacturers often had difficulty providing customized, high-quality furniture while producing other products on a mass scale. SEM originated from that demand and has evolved to complement Spotti and offer simple, functional and highly ergonomic furniture for both work and home environments.

SEM, which stands for Spotti Edizioni Milano, has attracted a wide range of talent to design its furniture collections. Pivot, named for a hingeless door mechanism in its cupboards, is a design by Giacomo Moor, named as Elle Decor Italia’s Best Young Designer of 2016. Futuraforma, designed by architecture and interior design team Marcante-Testa, is a sophisticated collection featuring the Duale table, the Genio chandelier and the Magico carpet.

Italian architect Hannes Peer lent his expertise to the Paesaggio collection, which features notable designs like the Nuvola armchair, the Alea dining chair, the Petali table lamp and the Butterfly table. Peer’s Butterfly console tables and other tables are a meeting between architecture, design and engineering to produce a complex and organic form that catches the eye.

SEM displayed collections at Milan Design Week in 2018 and 2019 and with AD France’s AD Intérieurs in 2019. SEM also expanded the Paesaggio collection during the 2021 FuoriSalone, Alcova, in Milan.

On 1stDibs, find a collection of SEM tables, seating, lighting and more.

Creator: SEM

Gold Contemporary Rectangular Table, Glass Top and Gold-Plated Aluminium Legs

$10,532Sale Price / item|20% Off

Gold Contemporary Rectangular Table, Glass Top and Gold-Plated Aluminium Legs

By Paolo Rizzo, SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Sem Gold collection, rectangular table with glass top: extra light transparent glass or smoke grey transparent glass (12 mm thick). Plated aluminium legs finished in 24-karat polishe...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum, Gold

Gold Contemporary Rectangular Table, Glass Top and Gold Plated Aluminium Legs

$11,190Sale Price / item|20% Off

Gold Contemporary Rectangular Table, Glass Top and Gold Plated Aluminium Legs

By Paolo Rizzo, SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

SEM Gold collection, rectangular table with glass top: extra light transparent glass or smoke grey transparent glass (12 mm thick). Plated aluminium legs finished in 24-karat polishe...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum, Gold

Sem In Sync Collection Collage Desk by Zaven

$7,136Sale Price / item|20% Off

Sem In Sync Collection Collage Desk by Zaven

By Studio Zaven, SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Collage is a family of furniture “accessories” built in wood with natural veneers coated in different colors. The faintly visible presence of the wood’s veins transforms the object i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Gold Contemporary Square Table, Glass Top and Gold-Plated Aluminium Legs

$10,540Sale Price / item|20% Off

Gold Contemporary Square Table, Glass Top and Gold-Plated Aluminium Legs

By Paolo Rizzo, SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

SEM Gold collection, square table with glass top: extra light transparent glass or smoke grey transparent glass (12 mm thick). Plated aluminium legs finished in 24-karat polished or ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum, Gold

Gold Contemporary Square Table, Smoke Glass Top and Gold-Plated Aluminium Legs

$11,190Sale Price / item|20% Off

Gold Contemporary Square Table, Smoke Glass Top and Gold-Plated Aluminium Legs

By Paolo Rizzo, SEM

Located in Brooklyn, NY

SEM Gold collection, square table with glass top: extra light transparent glass or smoke grey transparent glass (12 mm thick). Plated aluminium legs finished in 24-karat polished or ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum, Gold

Supernova, Recycled Cast Aluminum Contemporary Table Leg in Raw by Made in Ratio

$1,730

H 27.56 in W 20.08 in D 23.23 in

Supernova, Recycled Cast Aluminum Contemporary Table Leg in Raw by Made in Ratio

By Made in Ratio, Brodie Neill

Located in London, GB

The contemporary supernova is a dynamic, self-levelling trestle cast entirely from entirely recycled aluminium in a fully sustainable closed-loop factory. Simple and versatile to ori...

Category

2010s British Minimalist SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Coast Table Square, Minimalist Dining Table or Desk

$990 / item

H 30 in W 30 in D 30 in

Coast Table Square, Minimalist Dining Table or Desk

By Sun at Six

Located in San Jose, CA

The square version of the Coast Table – we’ve tried to create a quiet, humble table, with the beauty in its details. With this piece, we tried to emphasize the quality and character ...

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2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

'900 Style Wooden Desk in Cherrywood by Morelato

$6,358 / item

H 30.71 in W 63 in D 31.5 in

'900 Style Wooden Desk in Cherrywood by Morelato

By Morelato

Located in Salizzole, IT

Flaminia is a '900 style writing desk made of cherrywood with 7 drawers.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry

French Maison Jansen Style Steel and Bronze Table with Glass Top

$4,850

H 28.75 in W 62 in D 32 in

French Maison Jansen Style Steel and Bronze Table with Glass Top

By Maison Jansen

Located in Houston, TX

French Maison Jansen style steel and bronze table, circa 1970. New glass top.

Category

1970s French Neoclassical Vintage SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Secrétaire Desk in Shagreen and Palmwood by R&Y Augousti

$9,455 / item

H 46.46 in W 12.6 in D 33.86 in

Secrétaire Desk in Shagreen and Palmwood by R&Y Augousti

By R & Y Augousti

Located in New York, NY

The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Shagreen Stingray, Palmwood

Fine French Art Deco Rectangular Oak Dining Table

$5,000

H 29.93 in W 64.57 in D 39.38 in

Fine French Art Deco Rectangular Oak Dining Table

Located in Long Island City, NY

Rectangular top is supported by four legs with brass details and a dual arc-shaped base.

Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Writing Desk in Solid Walnut by Boyd & Allister

$6,200

H 30 in W 42 in D 22 in

Writing Desk in Solid Walnut by Boyd & Allister

By Boyd & Allister

Located in Santa Fe, NM

This writing desk in solid walnut was originally made as a gift for my daughter on her 13th birthday. I designed it to be elegant, simple and timeless; something that could fit seaml...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Supernova, Recycled Cast Aluminum Trestle Table Legs & Glass by Made in Ratio

$4,715 / item

H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 70.87 in

Supernova, Recycled Cast Aluminum Trestle Table Legs & Glass by Made in Ratio

By Made in Ratio, Brodie Neill

Located in London, GB

The contemporary supernova is a dynamic, self-levelling trestle cast entirely from entirely recycled aluminium in a fully sustainable closed-loop factory. Simple and versatile to ori...

Category

2010s British Minimalist SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Kidney Shaped Desk in Walnut by Jonathan Field

$19,082

H 29.93 in W 57.49 in D 31.5 in

Kidney Shaped Desk in Walnut by Jonathan Field

By Jonathan Field

Located in London, GB

The kidney-shaped desk in solid walnut was designed and made for a client's bay window home study; it has three main drawers of different depths that run on fully extendable Blum run...

Category

2010s English Modern SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Vintage Plate Glass and Chrome Dining Table Model 6060 by Leon Rosen for Pace

$6,500

H 29.25 in W 72 in D 44 in

Vintage Plate Glass and Chrome Dining Table Model 6060 by Leon Rosen for Pace

By Pace Collection, Leon Rosen

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Stylish and sophisticated dining table (model 6060) designed by Leon Rosen for the Pace Collection composed of a heavy plate-glass 72" long top supported by two chrome and plate-glas...

Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Chrome

Giorgio Collection Brazilian Rosewood Desk in Satin Finish

$12,900

H 30 in W 78.5 in D 38 in

Giorgio Collection Brazilian Rosewood Desk in Satin Finish

By Giorgio Collection

Located in New York, NY

Desk in Brazilian rosewood satin finish with one center pencil drawer +5 big full extension file drawers (2 in the right part and 3 in the left part). Brushed steel accents on the ba...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Oslo Writing Desk in Ash by Studio Moe

$4,300 / item

H 29 in W 56 in D 24 in

Oslo Writing Desk in Ash by Studio Moe

Located in Portland, OR

Look to the clean lines and natural keep-it-simple design of the Oslo Writing Desk, to bring inspiration to your next idea or project. A single spacious dovetailed drawer provides ut...

Category

2010s American Modern SEM Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ash

Sem desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs.

SEM desks and writing tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of SEM desks and writing tables, although gold editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original desks and writing tables by SEM were created in the modern style in italy during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider desks and writing tables by Cappellini, Ivan Paradisi, and Roberto Lazzeroni. Prices for SEM desks and writing tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $8,109 and can go as high as $12,716, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $11,978.