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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1980s
French Leather Desktop Letter Holder
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1970s French burgundy leather desktop letter holder.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Bruno Munari Silver-Plate Sculptural Vase with Glass Insert Italian Vintage
By Bruno Munari
Located in North Miami, FL
This undulating sculptural vintage silver-plate vase signed B.Munari on the bottom 1973 is both sculptural and utilitarian. It is Italian by Bruno Munari made for Danese and a lovely vase and or desk accessory and will have so many other applications. it can also be used as a candle holder without the glass insert. The small glass vessel is short and will hold a few roses, a few orchids or a few gardenias or your favorite flower. It is 4" height x 2" diameter. Please note this is not the re-issue and is totally vintage...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Samuel Pancer Vintage Fiberglass Architectural Square Sculpture One of a Kind
Located in North Miami, FL
This fiberglass architectural square sculpture that has a black resin lip at the base is signed Samuel Pancer and dated 1980. It is one of a kind. Pan...
Category
1980s European Organic Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass
Salviati Vintage Green Orange Purple Crystal Murano Glass Sculpture Work of Art
By Salviati
Located in New York, NY
1970s Mid-Century Modern mouth blown Murano glass organic sculpture by Salviati, a crystal clear glass "stone" decorated in the interior with swirls of colors in lime green and red o...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine, Blown Glass
Puiforcat Sterling Silver Pen Holder, France, 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Jean Emile Puiforcat elegant pen holder made in sterling silver and teak wood, France, 1970. Excellent condition and impressed manufacturer's mark...
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Black Metal Table Lamp
Located in Valladolid, ES
Table lamp in black metal from the 20th Century, circa 1980. Probably an Italian design. In a very good condition for use and age.
Table lamp in black metal from the 20th Century, circa 1980. Probably an Italian design. In a very good condition for use and age.
This is a black metal table lamp...
Category
1980s Spanish Arts and Crafts Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vintage Italian Porcelain Pink Jewelry Box
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite and decorative Italian porcelain jewelry box. Hand painted in pink, gold and white with flower motifs, the jewlery box is signed in the bottom "1972, Italy"
Dimensio...
Category
1970s Italian Belle Époque Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Eternal India by Indira Gandhi, Jean Louis Nou Hardcover Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Eternal India by Indira Gandhi, Jean Louis Nou hardcover table book
New York, NY: Vendome Press, 1980.
First English Edition.
An exceptional copy; fin...
Category
1980s Indian Anglo Raj Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Italian Ceramic Box with Birds by Raymor
By Raymor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artsy ceramic box made in Italy, circa 1970s. White box with black birds painted on. Great vintage condition. Fun stash box and tabletop object. Marked Raymor and Made in Italy on un...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Moroccan Embossed Leather Padfolio
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage leather Moroccan embossed leather padfolio.
Red vintage leather portfolio embossed with gold 22 carat design.
Handmade leather stamped with 22 karat gold designs.
Size is...
Category
1970s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Midcentury Murano Glass and Gold Dust Spherical Paperweight with Bubbles, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful midcentury Murano glass and gold dust spherical paperweight. It was produced in Italy during 1970s and attributed to Alfredo Barbini.
Its peculiarity is the Murano glass...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Cross Desk Accessory Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 3-piece desk set from the 1970s.
Category
1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Chrome and Lucite Table Sculpture, 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern abstract chrome and Lucite table or desk sculpture from circa 1970.
Form fit into the footed Lucite base.
Sculpture measures: 8.75 x 5.75 x 1.38 inches height.
...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Multicolored Murano Glass 1980s/90s advertisement paperweight by VeArt for Pirel
By VeArt
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This beatiful hand made advertising paperweight was produced in Italy by Veart for the Pirelli group. Engraved at the bottom with the maker's s...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Two Bookends by Carl Auböck Brass Design Vienna, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of large solid brass bookends created and manufactured by the Austrian architect and designer Carl Auböck. These outstanding objects made of solid polished and decorated brass...
Category
1980s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Pino Signoretto 1980s Italian Burgundy Red Murano Glass Miniature Armchair
Located in New York, NY
This delightful armchair in miniature size is a vintage organic Work of Art, sculpture in blown Murano art glass, signed by Pino Signoretto, in an attractive wine red color. A charmi...
Category
1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Gabriella Crespi Wood and Brass Parrot Box, Italy 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Exceptional Gabriella Crespi 'Parrot' box.
Wood and brass.
Signed Gabriella Crespi.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Modernist Lucite Resin Cube Sculpture with Gears Pierre Giraudon, France, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Lucite resin cube with gears inside attributed to Pierre Giraudon, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin, Lucite
Pair of Lucite Finials
Located in East Hampton, NY
Large pair of Lucite finials or bookends or large paper weights or ...... very beautiful ......
Category
1980s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Mid-Century Modernist Limited Edition Baccarat Art Glass Snake Paperweight
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
This rare and sought after limited edition Mid-Century Modernist Baccarat art glass paperweight was produced by the illustrious French glass maker, ...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Lucite
Mid-Century Modern "Astrolite" Sculptural Lucite Bookends by Ritts Co.
Located in New York, NY
This stunning pair of Mid-Century Modern ”Astrolite" bookends were realized the Ritts Co. of Los Angeles, circa 1970. They offer faceted, sculptural forms in ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Rene Dumas Lucite Sculptural Chess Players French Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
The designer of these amazing vintage French lucite modernist chess players from the 1970s are by Renee Dumas who is related to the Hermes family. They a...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Brass Signed Woman Seated Vintage Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely brass vintage limited edition brass abstract sculpture of a seated woman is signed but not legible and it is numbered 21 /100. It is great from all angles and makes a great desk or cocktail table accessory...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Pair of Travertine Horse Bookends Letter Holder by Fratelli Mannelli Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of horse-shaped bookends and letter holders in travertine marble by the Italian designers Fratelli Mannelli, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine
1970s by Renato Toso Murano Glass Pair of Stone Paperweights
By Renato Toso
Located in Brescia, IT
"Sassi" by Renato Toso, 1970
Clear and black Murano glass
Excellent condition, just slight sign (look at the picture).
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Antonio Grediaga Kieff Bronze Abstract Sculpture Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This sensual and amazing small edition bronze sculpture is by the noted and prolific Canadian sculptor: Antonio Grediaga Kieff. It is abstract and ch...
Category
1980s Canadian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Vase and Pocket Emptier, Italy, 1980
Located in Weesp, NL
Stylish, classy and rare bronze pocket emptier designed by Esa Fedrigolli and made in Italy in the 1980s. This beautiful piece comes in it's original gi...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Aurelio Teno Signed Silvered Bronze, Enamel, Quartz and Marble Sculpture Vintage
By Aurelio Teno
Located in North Miami, FL
This Brutalist inspired signed Aurelio Teno sensational Spanish sculpture is a combination of silvered bronze, quartz, amethyst and painted enamel over the bronze. It sits on a marbl...
Category
1970s Spanish Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Quartz, Marble, Silver, Bronze, Enamel
Silver Plated Equestrian Letter Opener, Italy, 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Silver plated equestrian letter opener, Italy, 1980s.
This is a must-have on any gentleman collector's wish list.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Agate Onyx and Brass Desk Pen Holder, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A '70s modern brass and onyx/agate desk pen holder. Onyx/agate is a red burgundy hue. Pen is in fine working order.
Picture frame and brass tape dispenser...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Onyx, Brass
Pair of Brass Trinket Dishes with Silver Greek Coins by Illias Lalaounis
By Lalaounis
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Pair of vintage brass and sterling silver trinket dishes by Ilias Lalaounis, Greece. A sterling silver Greek coin (replica) is set in the middle of each...
Category
1970s Greek Greek Revival Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Brass
Travertine Marble Letter Pen Holder Fratelli Mannelli Rapolano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Pen and letter holder, cylindrical shape, in travertine marble by Fratelli Mannelli. Rapolano, Italy, circa 1970.
It still has its original label on the bottom (as shown in the p...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Tessellated Stone Boxes by Maitland Smith
Located in New York, NY
This elegant pair of modernist boxes were realized by the celebrated 20th century design firm Maitland Smith in the Philippines, circa 1980. They feature two cylindrical bodies- one ...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Vintage Sterling Silver Letter Opener Torchon, Italy, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage sterling silver letter opener torchon, Italy, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Catherine Noll Arched Silver Plate and Gradient Color Lucite Sculpture Vintage
By Catherine Noll
Located in North Miami, FL
This special tall lucite and silver plate elegant and organic arched sculpture was designed by Catherine Noll whose famous grandfather was Alexandre Noll. He was a well know sculptor who made fabulous sculptures out of carving simple wood. This sculpture which resembles a form of a horn was done in 1970. The arched form is lucite and the square base is silver plate. The lucite has gradients of gray tones as light hits it. It is organic modern with elegant lines. Catherine Noll was mainly a Parisian jewelry designer who started her illustrious design career back then. The materials she worked with in jewelry consisted of wood, ivory, Perspex and crystal. Catherine was in art school at the famous Beaux Arts when her noted and famous sculptor grandfather; Alexander Noll...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Three Mid-Century Modern Resin Pressed Yellow & Orange Dried Blooms Paperweights
Located in Miami, FL
Set of three Mid-Century Modern resin pressed yellow and orange dried blooms paperweights.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Italian Silver and Black Wood Turner Letter Opener, 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian silver and black wood turner letter opener.
Good vintage condition.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Ice Bucket, 3 Ashtrays White Plastic, Steel, Cini & Nils OPI Studio Italy, 1970s
Located in Arosio, IT
MarCo Melocchi and Franco Bettonica of O.P.I. Design, designed these items in 1974 and 1975. These are original items, bought as they came out on the design scene.
One is the famous...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Ab Urbe Condita Medal, by E. Lamagna, 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Ab Urbe Condita Medal is an original silver object realized by E. Lamagna in 1989.
The medal is celebrating the birth of Rome, was coined by Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Sta...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Vintage Romeo Paris Copper and Gold Leaf Embedded Lucite Column Lamp, French
By Romeo Paris
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing and stunning thick walled French vintage lucite column lamp is attributed to the work of Romeo Paris. It has inclusions of floating copper and gold leaf elements in fractal form. It is tall, heavy and has separate lucite columns inside. This is a piece de resistance...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Gold Leaf
Mid-Century Modern Italian Alabaster Elephant Sculpture, 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Stunning Mid-Century Modern Italian sculpture in alabaster, perfect for as desk decorative piece and paperweight.
Perfect condition.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
Decorative Brass Leaves, French
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
These decorative leaves are made of brass. This is a French work, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Christian Dior, Pencil Holder in Silver Metal, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Christian Dior, pencil holder in silver metal, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of Leather Lamp, Basket, Paper Holder, Diary and Pen Holder, circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice desk set is constituted of a lamp, a basket, a paper holder, a diary and a pen holder. The all set is made of leather and brass. This is a French work, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Tessellated Antler, Chrome & Granite Box by Jonson & Marcius
Located in New York, NY
This bold and sophisticated decorative box was realized by the esteemed artisans Gene Jonson and Robert Marcius in the United States, circa 1970. This is a particularly stunning exam...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Granite, Bronze, Chrome
Acrylic Lucite Magazine Holder Stand, 1976
Located in New York, NY
A chic '70s Modern acrylic magazine holder rack stand, marked '1976' on side as shown in last image. Piece has three storage compartment areas ...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
Vintage 1971 Sterling Silver and Enamel Rose Dressing Table Tray
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver and enamel dressing table tray; an addition to our diverse ornamen...
Category
1970s British Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mazzega Glass Objects, Italy, 1970, Set of 18
By Mazzega
Located in Munich, DE
Set of 18 wonderful Murano glass objects by Mazzega, Italy, 1970s.
Measures: One H 14.5 W 28 D 5 cm.
Nine H 12 W 5 D 5 cm.
Eight H 12 W 15 D 5 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Bronze Sculpture Ashtray or Paperweight
Located in London, GB
Hand-sculpted and bronze cast ashtray or paper weight is made in the 1970s and is signed. The shape is square and the pattern looks like a river that finds its natural way through a ...
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
"Scacchiera" Ceramic and Plastic Centerpiece by Sambonet, Italy, 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Scacchiera by Sambonet, composed by a plastic base with six movable elements.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Plastic
Hermès Vintage Silver Plate Equestrian Paper Holder or Desk Accessory
By Hermès
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful vintage Hermès paper holder or letter clip is on the rare side. It is signed Hermès Paris and is polished silver plate. It was desig...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Brass Pyramid Triangle Tall Modernist Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This truly arresting vintage modernist brass pyramid sculpture has been professionally polished. It is in a combination of a tall pyramid and triangle form and has 7 random purposeful holes in the front of different sizes. It was so well made at the time. This is a most unusual sculpture...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Romeo Rega Signed Brass and Chrome-Plated Checkers Game, Italian Vintage
By Romeo Rega
Located in North Miami, FL
This ultra chic and modern signed Italian Romeo Rega vintage checkers game has sculptural components. It is great just even as a decorative object or ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel, Chrome
1980s by Hermes Paris Silver Golf Ball Magnifying Lens
By Hermès
Located in Brescia, IT
Silver plated and glass magnifying
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Italian Architectural Chromed Steel Chain Links Bookends, circa 1970
Located in New York, NY
This pair of extremely heavy chain links bookends are of 1970s Italian Architectural design. Although functional if used as intended, they form a kind of very interesting geometrical...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Bronze Architectural Sculptural Objects Desk Accessories Set of 3
Located in North Miami, FL
This set of 3 heavy bronze vintage architectural and sculptural desk elements and or objects are amazing. They are signed but not legible and are from the 1970s. They are a sophistic...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Hollywood Regency Black Gold Leather Paper Basket, 1970, France
Located in Vienna, AT
This extraordinary Hollywood Regency leather paper basket was made of brown and black leather with patterns.
Also it is worth to mentioned that t...
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Vintage Signed Chrome, Brass, Black Resin Hinged Monumental Sculptural Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning and sculptural monumental beautifully made Italian hinged heavy box is signed and stamped Linea Ble Roma. It is from the 20th century and is comprised of chrome, brass ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Chrome
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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