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Desk Accessories For Sale
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Lalique Crystal Female Figurative Sculpture, from Paris, France, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A French Lalique crystal female figurative sculpture piece, circa 1970's, France. A nude crystal female figure sculpture on black glass ba...
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1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Set of Two Moroccan Antique Tribal Powder Case Flasks
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Moroccan Decorative Bottle. Destined to be a conversation piece no matter where you place it, this is another of those rare items you'll only find at Mosaik. Moroccan Antique...
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1920s Moroccan Folk Art Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass, Tin

Agresti Black Polished Box for 20 Pens with Suede and Leather Detail
Located in New York, NY
Black polished wooden pen box with anti-tarnish suede and leather handles for your collection of writing instruments.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Suede, Wood

Vintage Zeuss Rotative Card Index 1950
Located in Biella, IT
Zeuss rotative card index years ’50 design perfect condition, complete of the paper cards for note/number.
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

English Wedgwood Jasperware Jewelry Dish with Neoclassical Design
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful English Wedgwood Jasperware sage green and white round jewelry dish with neoclassical design, circa 20th century, 1979, England...
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20th Century English Neoclassical Desk Accessories

Materials

Stoneware

English Wedgwood Jasperware Jewelry Dish with Neoclassical Design
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful English Wedgwood Jasperware sage green and white round jewelry dish with neoclassical design, circa 20th century, 1979, England...
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20th Century English Neoclassical Desk Accessories

Materials

Stoneware

Presse papier coquillage nautile en inclusion époxy
Located in PONT-AUDEMER, FR
Coquillage Nautile en inclusion epoxy. Dans le style des créations de Pierre Giraudon. Bel état d'usage. Quelques marques minimes et particulier sur le dessous.
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1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Shell, Epoxy Resin

“Revolve” No.S3 'made to order' - Contemporary Handmade Stucco Sculpture
Located in Holte, DK
“Revolve” – No. S3 This is made in a limited edition of only 5 pieces + 1 AP The five sculptures are made in five different colors, making them all tru...
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2010s Danish Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Cast Stone

1980s F-1 Fighter Jet Lighter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a F1 Mirage fighter jet. Made in Japan, 1980s. This piece has great balance and details. Cool tobacco accessory ...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Early English 19th Century Pewter Plate
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small round pewter plate with London and makers mark on the rear side.
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Early 19th Century English Empire Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Pewter

Typewriter, Manufacturer Remington: Zbrojovka Brno, circa 1935
Located in Praha, CZ
Oznaceni: Remington Z16 Vyrobeno v Ceskoslovensku. Výroba zacala v roce 1934 Vyrobeno z kovu, oceli, chromu Leštené Dobrý puvodní stav, funkcní Mezerník se nevrací.
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4843 Patinated Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4842 patinated brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated brass. Price is f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Gorgeous Large Murano Italian Art Glass Fish Aquarium Paperweight, Italy, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown aquarium Italian art glass paper weight. Showing some multicolored fishes, floating on controlled bubbles. Colors are a blue, orange and clear. A beautifu...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Murano Glass

Underwood Vintage Manual Typewriter
By Underwood Universal
Located in Pasadena, TX
Underwood ” Vintage manual typewriter The Underwood Typewriter Company was a manufacturer of typewriters headquartered in New Y...
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1940s North American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Steel

Train Locomotive Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a train engine. Made in Japan, 1980s. This piece has great balance and details. 'Japan' sticker on the...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Glass Millefiori Paperweight by Strathearn or Perthshire Scotland, circa 1970
By Strathearn
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful handmade Millefiori collectors Paperweight, that we attribute to a Scottish maker, Circa 1970. This paperweight is handmade with a mixed Millefiori cane design,...
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Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Italian Porcelain Jewelry Tray Dish Vide-Poche Catchall with Horse Design
Located in New York, NY
An Italian porcelain jewelry tray catchall/vide-poche dish, circa mid to late-20th century, Italy. Piece has a beautiful portrait of a black thoroughbred horse with colorful blanket...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Porcelain

Tribeca Crystal Book End, Hand-Sculpted Contemporary Crystal
Located in Geneve, CH
Tribeca crystal book end, hand-sculpted contemporary crystal Decorative vase Hand-sculpted in crystal Measures: W 9.5, H 16.8, D 9.5 cm. The re...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Black Forest Wood Carved Brienz Bear Inkwell German Vintage, 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic 1890s black forest Brienz wood carved inkwell in form of a Bear. Nice addition to your room or just for use it on your desk. Made of hand carved wood and glass eyes. Found at...
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1890s German Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Just Andersen Denmark, Art Deco Ribbed Pewter Fluted Cache Pot #2352
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
A petite Just Andersen pewter cache pot with fluted rim Perfect as a desk accessory or purely ornamental Stamped and numbered 2352 on base Height 2.5 inch, Diameter 2.75 inch In ver...
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1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Pewter

Rene Lalique Glass 'Deux Aigles' Paperweight
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique clear & frosted glass 'Deux Aigles' paperweight, with details highlighted in grey staining. Features two eagle heads facing each other with a ball in their beaks. Moulde...
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1910s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Set of Old Bound Books, 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are entitled "Histoire du protestantisme français" (History of Fren...
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19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather, Paper

Jasmine Ylang Ylang, Hand-Poured Soap, Erode Series by UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
Jasmine sambac / ylang ylang / willow bark / goji berry extract/ mango butter A tactile object by nature, the Erode Soap Summit Series becomes one of desir...
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2010s American Desk Accessories

Materials

Soapstone

Carl Auböck Handcrafted Wall Sculpture Napoleon #4271, Brass, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful wall sculpture „Napoleon", model #4059, designed by Carl Aubock II back in 1953. A charming object, handcrafted by Werkstätte Auböck in V...
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2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Liberty & Co. An Arts & Crafts Pewter Inkwell with Violet Enamel Decoration.
Located in London, GB
Liberty & Co. Regent Street. London. An English Arts & Crafts Pewter Inkwell with violet-colored enamel decoration to the top, and to each of the circles at the four corners. Stamped...
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Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories

Materials

Enamel, Pewter

Gucci Leather and Velvet Desk Set, 1980s Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Gucci desk set made of Black leather and emerald green velvet. Five pieces include: 2 Stunning leather and brass bookends, a pen holder, steel ruler in black and a large de...
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1980s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Black Forest Carved Walnut Reclining Swiss Mountain Dog, Swiss, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest Breinzware Walnut Inkwell, carved as a reclining Swiss Mountain Dog, with a hinged top, and two interior glass inkwells, Brienz, Switzerland ...
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1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Walnut

Hollow Mirror, Big, Copper
Located in Mugla, Bodrum
Hollow, creates a beautiful illusion through geometry and design. Metal circular frame acts as a stand for the mirror by creating a deception as if its floating in the air. Hollow ac...
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2010s Turkish Minimalist Desk Accessories

Materials

Copper, Iron

Carl Auböck Model #4995 Hook in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4995 hook in nickel. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in softly brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria. P...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Nickel

19th Century Cast Iron French Figural Bird Heron Paper Clip or Letter Holder
Located in Haarlem, NL
Rare 19th century French heavy cast iron clip with spring in the shape of a birds head. Most likely a heron, the hinge in its 'jaw joint' makes its beak act as a clip. You pinch the back and its feathered neck to open the beak. So this pretty item could be used as paper clamp...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Iron

Carl Auböck Model #5262 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #5262 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in darkly patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Monumental Metal Paper Clip
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giant metal paperclip slightly under 1.5 ft tall. Quirky accent piece or wall art. Good weight to object. Slight wear to metal exterior. Good vintage condition. Two available. Priced...
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1980s Taiwanese Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Vintage Hermes Note Paper, 1980s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original and unopened Hermes note paper with gold gilded edge paper. Hermes logo on the top of the stack of sheets. Hermes logo on box. Great piece for the...
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1980s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Paper

Disko Metal Just Andersen, Denmark 1930s Art Deco Stylised Bird Pipe Rest
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Just Andersen of Denmark, disko metal stylised bird pipe rest Disko metal, invented by Just Andersen by combing lead and antimony circa 1930s Stamped on base Measures: Height 2.5...
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1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Danese Milano Timor Perpetual English Calendar in White by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Timor is a perpetual calendar. The PVC cards that represent the days of the week, months of the year and dates are fixed to a central pivot and can be fanned out for the user to choo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

PVC

Danese Milano Timor Perpetual French Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Timor is a perpetual calendar. The PVC cards that represent the days of the week, months of the year and dates are fixed to a central pivot and can be fanned out for the user to choo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

PVC

Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall French Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Formosa is a wall calendar with an aluminium back plate that supports the removable sheets of pvc that make up the date. The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Aluminum

Luoghi Relazionali
Located in Viareggio, IT
Una collezione di contenitori che dividono e identificano gli spazi razionali. La logica ancestrale ha sempre posto l'uomo al centro di una fitta rete di relazioni con l'ambiente e c...
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2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

Very Fine Art Deco Animalier Sculpture of a Stag and Doe by L.A. Carvin
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine Art Deco metal and brass animalier sculpture of a stag and doe by Louis Albert Carvin, mounted on a stunning moulded Italian black and orange Margraf marble stepped base ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble, Metal, Brass

Handmade Metal Bookend with Sphere in White Carrara Marble
Located in Carrara, IT
Metal bookend with sphere in white Carrara, black Marquina, Portoro or Paonazzo marble in collaboration with Anime Design. Each piece is in a way unique (every marble block is differ...
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2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble, Metal

In Stock in Los Angeles, Purple Kong Mini Portable Charger
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Kong mini power bank battery charger In stock in Los Angeles Easily transportable, Kong mini becomes a stand hugging the mobile phone and an external battery for fast charging mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Bill Curry Jacks Sculptures Bookends Paperweights for Design Line 1967
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Large Handmade Iron Jacks bookends by Bill Curry in chocolate brown enamel. Bill Curry Oversized Pop Art Jacks Bookends. Bill Curry Jacks Scul...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Iron

Caithness Glass Ascension Paperweight by Alastair Macintosh Scotland, Circa 1980s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Caithness glass paperweight named "Ascension", designed by Alastair Macintosh and dating to the last quarter of the 20th century. The paperweight has a cone, egg shaped form, having colours including blue swirl with orange net to the centre and medium bubble and smaller controlled bubbles, making a very distinctive design. The Caithness Glass Company began making paperweights circa 1962 Paul Ysart,Colin Terriss,Alistair Macintosh,Margot Thomson Inns Burn where some of Caithness makers designers of Caithness glass paperweights. The makers mark is etched to the base with CAITHNESS ASCENSION SCOTLAND and a scratched edition number alongside as per the images. This paperweight weighs about 500 gram. Caithness glass The company was founded in 1961 by Robin Sinclair and initially only made bowls, vases and drinking glasses. After Paul Ysart joined the company a year later, that paved the weigh for Paperweight production, with regular factory production starting in the late 1960s. In 1974 the first millefiori and lampwork paperweights...
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20th Century Scottish Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Blown Glass

Contemporary Book Ends in Stainless Steel, Minimal Design by Erik Olovsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Heavy Book Ends in bras. Small and elegant design but still heavy to hold your books.
Category

2010s Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Bill Curry Sculptural Jax Bookends Design Line
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of fun / sculptural bookends by Bill Curry for Design Line. Great patina and original creamy white paint.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Iron

1930s Art Deco Portoro Marble Italian Desk Set
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Very precious Italian inkwell and signature pad with original paper. It's made with very rare portoro marble, particular for its black with brown and gold veins. Price is for the com...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

Italian Scissor and Letter Opener Set in Leather Case
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A compliment to any desk or work station, the pair of Scissors and letter opener are housed in a fine leather case the letter opener has a Celtic Design. The pair are also the perfec...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal, Brass, Stainless Steel

Aluminum Desk Accessory / Paperweight
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: Desk block This high polished aluminum desk block, adds style and sophistication to your work surface. Made to order.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Aluminum

Plato Round No.02 Desk Organizer Design by Defne Koz for Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
An award-winning series of trays and organizers, Plato Collection comes in various sizes, colors, and shapes. Plato organizes everyday objects with serenity, sophistication and bliss...
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2010s Turkish Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Danese Milano Formosa English Letters for Perpetual Wall Calendar by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Danese Milano Formosa letters in English for Perpetual wall calendar by Enzo Mari Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design. He was ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Aluminum

Prehistoric Ammonite Fossil or Natural Specimen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Prehistoric fossilized ammonite is likely from Madagascar and thousands of years old. This fossil is free standing and could be used as a unique design element as a natural specimen...
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Prehistoric Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone

Antique Victorian Tatum's Dual Postal Ink Stand with Two Crystal Inkwells
Located in Stamford, CT
Hard to find antique Victorian Tatum's dual postal inkwell stand with two crystal inkwells in a decorative iron stand with hinged lids and three pen quail rests. The inkwell is signed Tatum's Postal Ink Stand and is in very good condition, a nice desk...
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal, Iron

Plato Round No.03 Desk Organizer Design by Defne Koz for Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
An award-winning series of trays and organizers, Plato Collection comes in various sizes, colors, and shapes. Plato organizes everyday objects with serenity, sophistication and bliss...
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2010s Turkish Desk Accessories

Materials

Aluminum

Plato Round No.01 Desk Organizer Design by Defne Koz for Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
An award-winning series of trays and organizers, Plato Collection comes in various sizes, colors, and shapes. Plato organizes everyday objects with serenity, sophistication and bliss...
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2010s Turkish Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Cast Metal Sculpture of a Greyhound Dog
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful cast metal bronze greyhound dog sculpture. An elegant, detailed cast sculpture depicting a greyhound dog.. Sculptures depicting a greyhound dog. Made with the fusion sys...
Category

1990s American Art Deco Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

A Norwegian Porphyry Sphere
Located in Spencertown, NY
The purple/white stone in the shape of a sphere
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Mid-19th Century Norwegian Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Porphyry

Handmade Metal Paperweight with Sphere in Portoro Marble
Located in Carrara, IT
Metal paperweight with sphere in white Carrara, black Marquina, Portoro or Paonazzo marble in collaboration with Anime Design. Each piece is in a way unique (every marble block is di...
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble, Metal

Green Leather Documents Tray by Jacques Adnet, France, 1950s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Green leather documents tray by Jacques Adnet, France, 1950s.
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Antique, New and Vintage Desk Accessories

Whether you’ve carved out a space for a nifty home office or you prefer the morning commute, why not dress up your desk with antique and vintage desk accessories? To best tiptoe the line between desk efficiency and desk enjoyment, we suggest adding a touch of the past to your modern-day space.

Desks are a funny thing. Their basic premise has remained the same for quite literally centuries: a flat surface, oftentimes a drawer, and potentially a shelf or two. However, the contents that lay upon the desk? Well, the evolution has been drastic to say the least.

Thank the Victorians for the initial popularity of the paperweight. The Industrial Revolution offered the novel concept of leisure-time to Europeans, giving them more time to take part in the then crucial activity of letter writing. Decorative glass paperweight designs were all the rage, and during the mid-19th-century some of the most popular makers included the French companies of Baccarat, St. Louis and Clichy.

As paper was exceedingly expensive in the early to mid-19th-century, every effort was made to utilize a full sheet of it. Paper knives, which gave way to the modern letter opener, were helpful for cutting paper down to an appropriate size.

Books — those bound volumes of paper, you may recall — used to be common occurrences on desks of yore and where there were books there needed to be bookends. As a luxury item, bookend designs have run the gamut from incorporating ultra-luxurious materials (think marble and Murano glass) to being whimsical desk accompaniments (animal figurines were highly popular choices).

Though the inkwell’s extinction was ushered in by the advent of the ballpoint pen (itself quasi-obsolete at this point), there is still significant charm to be had from placing one of these bauble-like objets in a central spot on one’s desk. You may be surprised to discover the mood-boosting powers an antique — and purposefully empty — inkwell can provide.

The clamor for desk clocks arose as the Industrial Revolution transitioned labor from outdoors to indoors, and allowed for the mass-production of clock parts in factories. Naturally, elaborate designs soon followed and clocks could be found made by artisans and luxury houses like Cartier.

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