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Late 19th Century English Crystal Inkwell with Brass Collar
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th Century crystal inkwell with a brass collar and chamfered edges, English circa 1880. This is one of many pieces we received from a private colle...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Medium Twirling Bird Polished Wood Sculpture by Jakob Hermann for Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
Unique rotating wooden birds, created in the 1950s by the Danish furniture designer and true artist, Jacob Hermann and now being manufactured by Warm Nordic. The Danish-manufactured Twirling Birds...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
1940's Original Large French Bottle Drying Rack 'Model 1400.20777'
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940’s Original Large French bottle drying rack (Model 1400.20777)
1940’s Original French Bottle Drying Rack (Model 1400.20777). A classic piece of French rural life. This is a very...
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1950s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Art Nouveau Scalloped Brass Desktop Executive Inkwell Stand
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique ornate art nouveau style embossed scalloped floral / acanthus brass inkwell with insert.
Provenance : Jerome Schottenstein Estate, Columbus Ohio. Jerome was was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder of Schottenstein Stores Corp. The Schottenstein family were Lithuanian immigrants who began an extensive business empire in the late 19th Century. Schottenstein Stores owns stakes in DSW and American Signature Furniture...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Coffee Grinder, 1950’s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Germany
Made of Wood, Metal,Steel
The worm is no longer active
Original condition.
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Steel
Carl Auböck Midcentury Elephant Handmade Brass Figurine Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist elephant keyring / keyholder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte A...
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20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Wood Pen Holder and Lighter, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage wood pen holder and lighter is an original object realized in the 1970s.
Original wood and metal.
Made in Italy.
The set includes: a geometr...
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1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Blank Desk Organizer In Brushed Copper and Black Steel, 21st Century, In Stock
Located in Mugla, Bodrum
Blank Pen is a stylish and fun way of organizing your work desk. The brass or copper containers are designed in a way that cannot stand on their feet and therefore needs a little bit...
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2010s Turkish Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Steel
Antique Cast Brass Bouilotte Style Table or Desk Lamp Base with Green Onyx
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique bouilette style desk or table lamp is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1920 and done in the French Empire revival style. The lamp is composed of cast brass with a fleur de lis stylized finial and a three light candelabra with an adjustable central post. The base has a cast brass surround with an inset piece of polished green onyx. The height is adjustable, and the shade can be raised as high as twenty five inches and as low as twenty one and a half inches. Please note that the worn cardboard shade...
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Early 20th Century English Empire Revival Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Fine Antique Victorian Marble & Brass Roman Grand Tour Statue Columns Pillars
Located in GB
We are is delighted to offer for sale this extremely collectable pair of original Victorian Marble & Brass Grand Tour Roman Ruin statue of columns.
A wonderful original pair, these are desk sized and very collectable, these Roman pillars...
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19th Century European Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Brass Pharmacy Door Handle
Located in South Salem, NY
A vintage French pharmacy door handle made of brass. Great to repurpose as pulls on a cabinet or equally interesting on a bookcase or shelf. Early 20th century.
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Horn Penrest, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Horn Penrest, Austria 1960s.
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn
Falize French Gilt Silver & Cutglass Baccarat Dual Inkwells Eagle Finials, c1850
Located in Gardena, CA
Falize French Gilt Silver & Cutglass Baccarat Dual Inkwells Eagle Finials, c1850
An outstanding 2nd Empire French Gilt .950 silver and cut crystal enc...
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19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Plate Bambi Roe Deer Fawn Letter Opener Vintage, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian letter opener. Nice addition to your desktop or just for your collection of Austrian midcentury items. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria.
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique English Oak Perpetual Calendar, c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
This handsome Edwardian Oak desk-top perpetual calendar is a good size standing 8 1/4" tall.
The four knobs to each side are used to move forward...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Wicker Desk Pad Holder, ca. 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A wicker rattan pad holder, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, 1970s, English ruled Hong Kong. Fits pad size 4" x 6". Dimensions of holder: 7" D x 5.13" W x 1.63" Height.
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Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Desk Accessories
Materials
Wicker, Rattan
Rare Brass, Metal & Wood Art Deco Mushroom Hat Table or Desk Lamp Sign M. Sabino
Located in Lisse, NL
100% Unrestored and original condition, mushroom design table lamp.
This very unusual and modernistic work of lighting art comes with the maker's mark M. Sabino in the base and it is another one of our latest great 'finds'. Similar work is mentioned in Janneau "Le lumiere francaise" and since it has the entire natural wear showing its long history of usage, we decided to leave it exactly as is. Both the metal shade and the wooden base have been 'marble painted' and the wear has made this rare light extra special too look at. Over the many decades this timeless, layered mushroom design table lamp has also developed an incredibly rich patina. This hand-crafted and documented table...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel, Metal, Brass
Carl Auböck Brush with Comb
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Auböck brush with comb; good original condition, Austria mid-20th century.
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1960s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Agate Onyx Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand polished agate onyx stone paperweight in black, brown, and red intricate layered patterns
Measures: diameter 4 inches, height 2 inches
1 in stock in Palm Springs ON 50% OFF SALE...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
1920s French Metal Birdcage
Located in High Point, NC
This metal birdcage with a square wooden base was made in France, circa 1920. Corrugated and smooth rods alongside thin wires were used to construct the...
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1920s French Rustic Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Wire
Antique Inkstand, Green Marble, Scotland 1900, H562
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Inkstand, Green Marble, Scotland 1900, H562
Scotland 1900
Green Marble
Pair of two crystal inkwells and lids
Brass pen rest to the front
All...
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Early 1900s Scottish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Zanotta Cavour CM Executive Kit in Canaletto Walnut by Carlo Mollino
By Zanotta, Carlo Mollino
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zanotta Cavour CM Executive Kit in Canaletto Walnut by Carlo Mollino
Legs in solid natural or black varnished oak, or in solid Canaletto walnut; wax-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Set of 52 Animal Sculpture in Travertine Fratelli Mannelli, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing set of 52 animal sculptures paperweights in travertine marble attributed to Fratelli Mannelli.
Comprising different types of animals in different sizes , including giraff...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Mid-Century Coffee Grinder, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Germany
Made of wood, metal, steel
Original condition.
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Steel
Mid 19th Century Inkwell in the Form of a Pocket Globe
Located in London, GB
A fantastic inkwell in the form of a pocket globe, dating from the mid 19th century.
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Mid-Century Wooden 'Root' Bowl
Located in London, GB
A curious natural wooden 'root' bowl.
France, c1970s.
Unusual desk top or shelf curio.
Good condition some evidence of historical woodworm sin...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Antique Brass Horse Hames Design Sleigh Bells on Stand, Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique brass horse hames design sleigh bells on stand, circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Danish Oak Desk Office Organizer with Shelves
Located in New York, NY
A Danish modern, Scandinavian Modern, Mid-Century Modern blonde oak wood desk, office, library, etc., organizer with book space and paper/mail/letter tray holder shelf areas by Pedersen & Hansen, circa late-20th century, Denmark. Three (3) horizontal and three (3) vertical storage...
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Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Bookends by Hagenauer
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco pair bookends by the Austrian artist Hagenauer depicting two female figures in native costume made of rosewood and Nickel Platted metal.
Made in Austria. Circa: 1926
Signa...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
Contemporary Small Green Onyx Obelisk / Crystal Point
Located in Toronto, ON
Invite healing energy into your home with a contemporary small green onyx crystal point / obelisk. Gorgeous in a collection, or as a stand alone statement piece. Obelisks are symbols...
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2010s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx
Edwardian Glass and Sterling Silver Match Striker / Paperweight
By Herbert Bushell & Co Ltd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English glass and sterling silver match striker.
This exceptional antique sterling silver and glass match striker has a globular form.
The surface of the medium sized glass body of this Edwardian match striker...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
1950s Wooden Toy Train
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950s wooden toy train. Beautiful aged and well used wooden toy train. Please note this is a vintage toy and is sold as a decorative item. The toy may...
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Rock Crystal Ball on Stand Paper Weight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rock crystal ball on stand - a lovely rock crystal specimen on an acrylic base, which also looks to be cut crystal. A compliment to any desk or s...
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20th Century Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Rock Crystal
Pair of Bookends Balls, 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Pair of bookends balls, 20th century"
Pair of Bookends forming two marble balls on a stand, 20th Century decorative object.
Category
20th Century European Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Macassar Ebony Art Deco Amsterdamse School Letter Opener, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Wonderful and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School letter opener.
Striking Dutch design from the 1920s.
Solid macassar ebony and the handle is a stylish shaped otter.
In very good ori...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Macassar
Set of Three Hand Blown Murano Glass Birds Paperweights
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Murano art glass hand blown sculpture birds paperweights.
Beautiful Modern hand blown glass birds.
The body of bubbles Italian art glass dec...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Walnut Stationary Box Inlaid with Ebony and Mother-of-Pearl
Located in Port Chester, NY
Antique travel writing slope in well figured walnut. Original faded blue gray velvet. Piece measures 15 inches long when open.
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Walnut
Knotted Double Leather Tray Set Medium André Fu Living Accessories Modern New
By André Fu
Located in CENTRAL, HK
Knotted double leather serving tray set.
Hand stitched calf leather.
Also, available in a larger size tray set of two, size 55 x 35 x 5.8 H cm.
Larger quantities available upon reque...
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2010s Thai Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Wood
Sigi Pineda Silver, Brass, Rosewood, Sodalite, Turquoise Stone Hinged Box
By Sigi Pineda
Located in North Miami, FL
This unique abstract signed Mid-Century Modern mixed media hinged box is by Sigi Pineda and from Taxco Mexico in the 1950s. It is signed Sigi Taxco 8. The box is silver, brass, rosewood interior with the crushed turquoise, sodalite and other crushed stones...
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1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Brass
Antique Wooden Plate Folding Photographic Camera with Stand
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this antique wooden plate folding photographic camera with stand, the camera still working.
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1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
Victorian Figured Walnut Free Standing Desk Set
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian figured walnut free standing desk set with the original pair of glass inkwells and pen tray sitting on a lovey quality figured mahogany writing box with a moulded e...
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1860s English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Desk accessories, France, French 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Lovely damascened metal smoking kit composed of a tray with branch-shaped handles and four removable containers. It’s adorned with flowers, red and gilt orientalist pattern friezes.
...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Mobbs & Lewis Ltd Wooden English Shoe Lasts Womens Heel, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mobbs & Lewis Ltd Wooden English shoe lasts women's heel - a Pair. Item features original antique wooden shoe lasts, repurposed form w...
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19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Mid 19th Century Partners Inkwell with Brass Double Top and Cut Crystal
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid 19th century partner's inkwell with a double opening brass top and a cut crystal daisy bottom. This is a great piece you don't see too many partner's...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Vintage Brass and Wood Stag Bookends
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of vintage brass and wood stag bookends.
Great tall pair of Hollywood Regency brass and wood stag or deer bookends. These handsome mid-century booke...
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1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
English 19th Century Victorian Shoe Care Set with Original Leather Case
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique English Victorian period shoe care set from the 19th century, with four brushes and original leather case. Created in England during the reign of ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Other
Antique Optometrist's Skiascope, French, Ebony, Optical Instrument, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique optometrist's skiascope rack. A French, ebony and glass optical instrument, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ebony
Vintage Christmas Nutcracker Figure Wood Erzgebirge Germany
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Vintage wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcr...
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Mid-20th Century German Country Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Cactus Holder, Vienna, Around 1950s by Auböck
Located in Wien, AT
Cactus holder Vienna around 1950s by Auböck.
Original condition.
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Collection Leather Bound Library Book Set Thirteen
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Collection of gilt leather bound library book set of thirteen volumes. The works of William Shakespeare / The Cambridge text. Each boo...
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper, Leather
Carl Auböck Paperknife #7209
Located in Berlin, DE
Brass paperknife #7209 by Carl Auböck.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Early 20th C. Copper and Bakelite Adding Machine c.1904-1922 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
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An antique Comptometer copper and tin adding machine with yellow and green Bakelite buttons. The lever pulls forward and back working the inner mechanisms. The piece has retai...
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Early 20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Tin
Louise Nevelson Style Dimensional Signed Wood Box Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing and intricate carved wood box sculpture that stands tabletop is signed and dated. The signature is not terribly legible but is dated 1996. It is in the style of Louise Nevelson. The box opens to geometric and raised forms that are dimensional. It bridges Folk Art, Tramp Art and modern art all in one. As you can see from the photos it folds up like a small suitcase...
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1990s American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Hand-Carved Wooden Inkwell Desk Set with Owl Figures, 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Beautiful Black Forest style hand-carved wooden double inkwell with a majestic owl figure sitting on two books. The owl has glass eyes, and the Stand has a tray for pen and accessori...
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1930s German Black Forest Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Hagenauer Werkstätte "Soccer Player" Art Deco Bowl
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Deco ca. 1925. Soccer player figure mounted on square bowl. Brass. Designed and made by Hagenauer Werkstätte, Vienna. Marked on the underside WHW in ...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Brass Box with Filigree
Located in New York, NY
Regency brass veneered letter box
The brass veneered letter with delicate filigree accents throughout. The canted lid opening to reveal a mirrored underside and leather writing su...
Category
19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck #3544 Pen or Brush Rest in Brass and Brown Leather, Austria, 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #3544 pen or brush rest in brass and brown leather, Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Crystal Pink Ashtray for Val Saint Lambert, Paper Weight Signed
By Guido Bon, Val Saint Lambert
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Free-blown pink and clear crystal ashtray by Val Saint Lambert.
Could be used as a vide poche or decorative desk accessories.
Hand blown beautif...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
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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