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Desk Accessories For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Regency
Danese Milano Sumatra Black Paper Tray in Technopolymer by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Black Sumatra is a stackable letter tray made of technopolymer with rubber feet. When two or more of the trays are stacked all of the space above and below each piece can be maximize...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Rubber

Danese Milano Sumatra Graphite Paper Tray in Technopolymer by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Graphite Sumatra is a stackable letter tray made of technopolymer with rubber feet. When two or more of the trays are stacked all of the space above and below each piece can be maxim...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Rubber

Danese Milano Bincan Trash Wastepaper Basket in White by Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Hicksville, NY
Bincan cestino is part of the Bincan collection which was designed for the work place and can be adapted to any environment whether internal or external, public or private. This piec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Danese Milano Koro Wastepaper Basket in Silver by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Koro is a waste paper basket intended for the workplace and in public spaces. The cylindrical form is made of injection-moulded polypropylene. Enzo Mari is one of the masters of I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Post War Triumph Glass Box by Leo De Carlo
Located in Milan, IT
This extraordinary Pop Culture design by Leo Decarlo exclusively handcrafted for Vetralia will be a sublime addition to a refined contemporary interior. An engraved crystal box with a lid, it is decorated with gold-coated brass statuettes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Hermès Cleopatra Eye Magnifier Silver Plated Vintage Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This ever so chic Hermès vintage silver plated Cleopatra eye magnifier is a great desk accessory. This is from the 1960s and was originally designed by J...
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1960s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver Plate

Fuchsia Rabbit Door Stopper / Bookends, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Fuchsia rabbit as a door stopper / bookends. Made in Italy: Made in Italy furniture means design, quality, style and sophistication. The typical eleg...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Black marble carved large Ming
Located in Mexico City, MX
Ming in carved Monterrey black marble. Handmade in Mexico by local craftsmen. Production time: 6-8 weeks for items without marble / 13-14 weeks for marble pieces. Shipping +10 additi...
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2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

Karl Springer Waste Basket in Tessellated Travertine, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Meticulously crafted waste basket in tessellated travertine with gilded accents and solid brass feet by Maitland Smith for Karl Springer, American 1980's (bottom lined in fabric). Ta...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Travertine, Brass

Nº 1 Contemporary Glazed white and gold Ceramic Showtime 10' Vase by Jaime Hayon
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Showtime vases by Jaime Hayon are the most iconic in BD’s catalogue. For the 10th anniversary of the Hayon's Showtime collection BD asked the designer to come up with a new speic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Gold

English Regency Mahogany Travelling Lap Desk Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Savannah, GA
Large size English Regency mahogany travelling sloped lap desk/ box with original brass corner mounts, hinges, pin, top mount and retractable handles. Features include a side drawer,...
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Early 1800s English Regency Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Contemporary Set of Two Handmade Aquamarine Crystal Photo Frames by Ghirò Studio
Located in Pieve Emanuele, Milano
2021 Collection of picture frames by Ghirò Studio. Set of two photo frames, one horizontal and one vertical, of excellent workmanship and artistic quality. The rounded edges give har...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Kartell I Shine in Smoke by Eugeni Quitllet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eugeni Quitllet designs a precious collection of decorative vases made of transparent PMMA. The line is composed of a vase and a table centre, distinctive for their elegant geometry ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Nº 4 Contemporary Glazed Ceramic Pink Showtime Vase Collection by Jaime Hayon
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Showtime Vases are just as current as when we launched them over 10 years ago. They are little decorative sculptures that fully reproduce Jaime Hayon’s universe. Made of two glazed ceramic pieces. Bi-coloured...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

Menhir Black Marble Carved Bookend
Located in Mexico City, MX
Bookend in carved Monterrey black marble. Handmade in Mexico. Production time: 6-8 weeks for items without marble / 13-14 weeks for marble pieces. Shipping +10 additional business d...
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2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

Knotted Tray Set André Fu Living Desk Office Home Accessories Modern PU New
Located in CENTRAL, HK
Description: Double tray set Color: Grey Size of big tray: 55.2 x 35 x 5.8 H cm Size of small tray: 38.8 x 16 x 2 H cm Material: PU Collection: Knotted.
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Faux Leather

Lemon Size 8 Log Bowl by Loyal Loot Made to Order Hand Made from Reclaimed Wood
Located in calgary, CA
Perfect as a feature objet d'art on your table or shelves, a catch-all for jewellery and special items, or displayed as a group for a striking centrepiece. Each Log Bowl is unique and makes the perfect one of a kind gift. Log Bowls...
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2010s Canadian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Reclaimed Wood, Willow, Wood

Zhuang Desk, Working Pad in Saddle Leather Tortora Colour
Located in New York, NY
The working pad, part of the collection The Objects - Zhuang Desk designed by Neri & Hu for Poltrona Frau is made from a double layer of Tortora-coloured saddle-leather. When open it can be used to work on with a laptop, also extending far enough to be used as a mouse pad...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Old Model of a Private Plane Falcon, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Old model of a private plane falcon. Very interesting model of a private plane model falcon. Years 70. It is made entirely in massive aluminum. Totally we...
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20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Aluminum

Contemporary 'Sail' Handmade Aquamarine Crystal Sculpture by Ghirò Studio
Located in Pieve Emanuele, Milano
2021 Collection of decorative objects signed by Ghirò Studio (Milan). The natural crystal has high transparencies with aquamarine reflections, it has been curved and handmade to repr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Aina Contemporary Jurassic Fossil Marble Glacies Cube, Living Collection
Located in ES
Glacies Cube sculpted from a solid piece of Jurassic Marble, with Nerineas fossils, in raw finish. Designed by AINA and manufactured by NERINEA in our factory located in Valencia (Spain). All Aina’s products are delivered with a certificate of material authenticity. Let us tell you the story of the Jurassic Fossil...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

Scissor, Letter Opener, Leather Desk Set
Located in Denton, TX
Gold leaf design on bankers green leather holder with nickel plated letter opener and D shaped handle forged scissors.
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20th Century North American Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Steel

Steven Lundberg / Lundberg Studios Glass Tiger Lily Pedestal Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Lundberg Studios pedastal paperweight. By Steven Lundberg. With an upright tiger lily lampwork flower. Signed and dated at the foot. ...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass

Salta Large Square Black Onyx Stone & Brass Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Onyx, Stone, Metal

Kartell I Shine in Blue by Eugeni Quitllet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eugeni Quitllet designs a precious collection of decorative vases made of transparent PMMA. The line is composed of a vase and a table centre, distinctive for their elegant geometry ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Italian Photo Frame in Blue Plexiglass, Sharing Blue
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing blue is a square Italian pop design picture frame in blue plexiglass of Art with Heart collection of photo frames by Laura G ,Italy. It is r...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plexiglass

Kartell U Shine Vase in Smoke by Eugeni Quitllet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eugeni Quitllet designs a precious collection of decorative vases made of transparent PMMA. The line is composed of a vase and a table centre, distinctive for their elegant geometry ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Danese Milano Ventotene Papertray & Pencil Stainless Steel Holder by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Ventotene is a lettertray and pencil holder rolled into one. It combines both design and functionalism in one useful and attractive everyday object made of polished stainless steel. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stainless Steel

Danese Milano Ellice Bookmark in Stainless Steel by Marco Ferreri
Located in Hicksville, NY
Ellice is a bookmark that helps any reader find their page immediately. It is a steel blade with a tiny brass ball inserted into a slit at one end and its magnetic case make it a truly precious little object for any who use it. This bookmark is the expression of fast and precise action. Marco Ferreri is an architect who is capable of applying the culture of design to an array of different fields from product design to graphics, from architecture to installation. Born in Imperia in 1958, he lives and works in Milan. He studied with Bruno Munari and is considered a link between the great masters of Italian design and the new generations. He has given lectures and courses at some of the most important schools and universities both in Italy and abroad. At the beginning of his career Marco Ferreri was able to produced a smal but significant object with Danese Milano...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stainless Steel

Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall French Calendar in Natural 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

Crystal Clear Votive Candle Holder by Villeroy and Boch Made in Germany
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Villeroy and Boch Made in Germany Crystal Votive candle holders. A very beautiful contemporary clear crystal votive candle holders by Vi...
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20th Century German Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

In Stock in Los Angeles, Blue Spire Candle 1001 Lights Unbreakable Spirit Scent
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Blue spire candle 1001 lights. Unbreakable spirit scent In stock in Los Angeles Home candle with tower design, translucent porcelain container and lid in blue and gold luster. It...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Porcelain

Tronador Square Black Onyx Stone Box
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Onyx

Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver & Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beatiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, moustly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. Our pieces are made by hand. One ...
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2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Antonio Grediaga Kieff Vintage Abstract Bronze Sculpture on Black Granite Base
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful Antonio Gediaga Kieff abstract bronze sculpture is a limited edition. It is signed Kieff 2/6. The bronze has all been polished and sits on a black granite base all ori...
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1970s Canadian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Yellow Porcelain Coffee or Tea Cup Saucer Set with Tulip Flowers
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful hand-painted porcelain tulip flower coffee or tea cup and saucer set, circa early 20th century, Japan. Japan is known for its fine porcelain. Better than any paper cup...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Porcelain

Brass Face Mask Sculpture Hagenauer Style Black Stand Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This arresting vintage tall polished brass face sculpture has innuendos of partial tribal design meets Hagenauer meets modern. It is from the 70's...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass, Iron

Kartell U Shine Vase in Green by Eugeni Quitllet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eugeni Quitllet designs a precious collection of decorative vases made of transparent PMMA. The line is composed of a vase and a table centre, distinctive for their elegant geometry ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Ruelland Ceramic Pebble, circa 1960, France
Located in Paris, FR
Small ceramic pebble by Jacques (1926-2088) and Dani Ruelland (1933-2010). Signed Ruelland under the base. Circa 1960, France.
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20th Century French Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

Set of Three Lucite Pyramid Sculptures Orange, Purple, Sapphire Blue 1990's
Located in North Miami, FL
This collection of lucite jewel toned sculptures in orange, red, sapphire blue and purple are two pyramids and one abstract form. They glisten with gorgeous colors and make a great s...
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1990s American Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Lucite

Bronze Scarab Paperweight
Located in Milan, IT
Made entirely by hand from a block of bronze, the Scarab Paperweight—by Florentine luxury experts Badari—offers eternal charm and allure. Hailed by ...
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2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Maitland Smith Horn, Abalone and Wood Hinged Octagonal Box Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This exquisite and rare vintage Maitland Smith large hinged box box has a beautiful medallion on top of a black stone set into brass. The box is a beautiful combination of horn, abal...
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1970s Philippine Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Berd Vay'e Limited Edition "Time Squared" Lucite Sculpture 'Small'
Located in New Orleans, LA
Berd Vay'e limited edition "Time Squared" lucite sculpture Structured integrity; the Time Squared sculpture appears to tumble through time, resting remarkably mid-air - a spectacula...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Lucite

Vintage English Solid Silver Novelty Golf Club Letter Opener, London 1984
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous twentieth century solid sterling silver letter opener, English in origin and made from solid sterling silver fully hallmarked for London 1984. Cast in the form of a gol...
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1980s English Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver

Jean Filhos for Christofle Silvered Bronze Erotic Letter Opener Nude, 1974 Franc
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury silvered erotic letter opener or bookmark with nudes by the French artist Jean Filhos, (1921-2002) This model was created as the official 1974 ...
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1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Vintage Multicolored Floral Medallion Glass Vase by Rick Strini
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous multicolored vase with olive green and blue swirled background highlighted with four unique black medallions of rose bouquets by Rick Strini (Amer...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Blown Glass

Knotted Photo Frame 5R André Fu Living Desk Office Home Accessories Modern PU
Located in CENTRAL, HK
Description: Photo frame in premium leather and wood 5R Color: Grey Size: 20.5 x 6.5 x 18.5 H cm Material: Premium leather and wood Collection: Knotted.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood, Faux Leather

Penshell Box by Maitland Smith
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish penshell storage box will make a great addition to your desk, or perhaps to be used simply as an object of beauty. Note: Last image shows a small flea-bit on the unde...
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Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Shell

SALTA Medium Square Black Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Onyx, Stone, Metal

Modern Black Silver Gold or Copper Metal Rabbit Accent Chair
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
"Mr Holder was a shark who loved swimming but could not do it. He was mocked by all the other sharks who called him a 'boring little girl'. Poor thing! Then two famous designers with...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Art Glass Millefiori Collectable Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Millefiori Italian art glass paperweight Beautiful glass art paperweight in millefiori design in various shades of blues, red and white, accenting the close concentric complex. Mur...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Kartell U Shine Vase in Crystal by Eugeni Quitllet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eugeni Quitllet designs a precious collection of decorative vases made of transparent PMMA. The line is composed of a vase and a table centre, distinctive for their elegant geometry ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Salta Medium Square Black Onyx Stone & Brass Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Onyx, Stone, Metal

Signed Feliciano Bejar Green Cut Glass Sculpture, circa 1990
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Cut glass and brushed aluminum table sculpture by Feliciano Béjar (1920-2007), Mexico, 1990's. His art sculptures dating from the 1960's through 1990's uses glass ground with either...
Category

Late 20th Century Mexican Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stainless Steel

Salta Medium Square Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Onyx, Stone, Metal

Cuyo Medium Alpaca Silver & Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Onyx, Stone, Metal

21st Century Peso Concrete Cement Book and Door Holder 2kg Flamingo Pink Color
Located in Rome, Lazio
Colored book and door holders made in concrete. A touch of color for your bookcase 100% made in Italy. 2kg: L 9 P 9 H 18 cm.
Category

2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Concrete

Contemporary 'Dumbbell' Aquamarine Crystal Handmade in Italy by Ghirò Studio
Located in Pieve Emanuele, Milano
2021 Collection of decorative objects by Ghiro Studio (Milan, Italy). Each ‘Dumbbell’ sculpture is a unique piece. It is handmade with the utmost care and attention to detail. It...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

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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