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Place of Origin: Italian
20th Century Italian Big Sterling Silver Magnifying Lens
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large, completely handmade, sterling silver magnifying lens
Perfect for a prestigious desk.
The lens frame is smooth while the hand is embossed by hand on both sides with scrolls ...
Category
1990s Other Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
21st Century Concrete Cement Tray Centrepiece Handmade Pink Flamingo Color
By Valerio Ciampicacigli
Located in Rome, Lazio
Renzo in a family of multipurpose trays with a very smooth surface and soft curved edges, now available in a different color composition. Each piece is a unique, no two are the same....
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Concrete
Olivetti Synthesis Ettore Sottsass Paper Basket - 1970s Industrial Design Icon
By Olivetti, Ettore Sottsass
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Step into the world of iconic Italian design with this melamine paper basket from the renowned Olivetti Synthesis Sottsass 45 Series, designed in 1973 by Ettore Sottsass and manufact...
Category
1970s Industrial Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Plastic
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...
Category
1970s Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
Desk Glass fired two-tone stripes enamel on guilloche hand-engraved Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Desk magnifing glass in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enameled handle like lapis lazuli stone. Contemporary modern style. Lens diameter cm. 7, total length cm. 19.5. Silver weig...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Very nice Brass Letter holder .Horse for a fence . 1950s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Brass Letter holder .Horse for a fence . 1950s
Category
1950s Victorian Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
Art Deco style pen holder with honey-colored shagreen inserts
By Design Center 1991, Nino Basso
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
It looks back to the past this delightful pen holder, a accessory for the desk that recalls the luxurious style Art Deco and appeals to lovers of timeless beauty.
Designed by Nin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Silver
Handmade Vintage Italian Firenze Embossed Brown Leather Notebook 1960
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handmade Vintage Italian Firenze Embossed Brown Leather Notepad cover circa 1960.
Hand tooled Florentine Lion embossed with a lion crest.
Firenze Brown Embossed Leather Notepad cover...
Category
Mid-20th Century Baroque Revival Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Leather
1970’s Gucci Leather Desk Set Notepad and Pen Holder
By Gucci
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful Gucci desk set from the 1970’s. This set belonged to the estate of Daniel Schwartz and we acquired it with the Alligator set Frank Sinatra Gifted to him which is availab...
Category
1970s Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Leather
Erwin Walter Burger for FONTANA ARTE crystal photo holder
By Fontana Arte, Erwin Walter Burger
Located in Milano, IT
Elegant photo frame designed by Erwin Walter Burger for Fontana Arte in the 1950s, a refined example of Italian design that combines functionality and beauty. Made entirely of ground...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Crystal
Italian modern bright pink rings for perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date 2020
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern bright pink rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, 2020s
Set of 3 round rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, in bright pink plastic. T...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Plastic
Italian modern light pink rings for perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date 2020
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern light pink rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, 2020s
Set of 3 round rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, in light pink plastic. The...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Plastic
Italian modern yellow rings for perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date 2020
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern yellow rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, 2020s
Set of 3 round rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, in yellow plastic. The ring has...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Plastic
Italian modern orange rings for perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date 2020
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern orange rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, 2020s
Set of 3 round rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, in ...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Plastic
Gucci Letter Opener and Magnifying Glass, 1950s Italy
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Add a sophisticated touch to your home office or workspace with this vintage Gucci desk set. Includes a vintage magnifying glass and a letter op...
Category
1950s Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
Luxury Writing Leather Desk Pad Firenze Italy
By Hermès
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Custom luxury tooled leather writing desk pad with silver gilt embossed made in Firenze Italy.
Italian Luxury desk pad in leather tanned in a rich d...
Category
Late 20th Century Baroque Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Leather
MAGNIFYING GLASS with precious blue shagreen genuine leather handle
By Design Center 1991, Nino Basso
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
Elegant lens with precious shagreen handle, the very special leather composed of myriad beads that look like beads in blue color, also known under the name galuchat and widely used...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Crystal, Brass
PEN HOLDER SET AND COATED VISITOR'S TICKET HOLDERS with genuine shark skin
By Design Center 1991, Nino Basso
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
Elegant and exclusive, these are the hallmarks of this desk set of the Galucharme Black Collection conceived and handcrafted by designer Nino Basso.
il set encompasses the pen ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
SET LENS CUTTER, CLOCK-FERMACER in genuine shagreen leather - modern
By Design Center 1991, Nino Basso
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
The classic shade shagreen skin blue with his very special textures formed by small beads that look like beads, embellishes this fine trio of desk accessories.
Conceived and...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
Italian mid-century modern brown wooden brass plastic television by Vega, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern brown wooden white plastic television by Vega, 1950s
Rectangular wooden television. The screen has rounded corners and a cream colored plastic frame, under...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Metal, Brass
Olivetti Typewriter Vintage Model "Valentine" 1969 Pop Art Icoon
By Giorgio Olivetti, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Antwerp, BE
The Olivetti Valetine is an icon for its expressive design and practical usability portable, manual typewriter known for its typical red ABS plastic housing and matching red case. Th...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
Parchment Desk Pad by Gucci, 1930s Italy
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Incredibly rare vintage portable writing pad by Gucci circa 1930s. Parchment exterior and a wood frame, featuring brown felt underneath. Removable inset top reverses to a parchment w...
Category
1930s Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Wood, Goatskin, Leather
Antique Ornate Letter Rack, Italian, Gilt Stationery Stand, Desk Tidy, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique ornate letter rack. An Italian, gilt metal stationery stand or desk tidy, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Striking Continental taste with classic...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
Incredible MidCentury Desk Set By Pietro Chiesa For Fontana Arte *FREE DELIVERY
By Pietro Chiesa
Located in Portlaoise, IE
A rare and wonderful complete original desk set by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte dating from around 1950. This stunning Italian set is meticulously crafted in cut glass with the ric...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Cut Glass
Vintage Writing Set in Glass, italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Writing Desk realized in Italy in 1970s.
Only one original pen available.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Glass
Italian Ormolu-Mounted Obelisk in Various Marbles, italy, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Ormolu-Mounted Obelisk in Various Marbles including porphyr and rosso levanto, with gilded bronze decorations.
Italy, late 19th Century.
Very good condition.
Category
19th Century Antique Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti Valentine Typewriter Italy 1960s
By Olivetti, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Nicolosi, IT
Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti Valentine Typewriter Italy 1960s
The Olivetti Valentine typewriter, designed by the renowned Ettore Sottsass...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
Bulgari Letter Holder
By Bulgari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bulgari desk letter holder with curved copper metal arches and white marble base / made in Italy
Original mark on the underside / comes in original box
Width: 4 inches, depth: 2.5...
Category
20th Century Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Marble, Metal
Bulgari Letter Holder
By Bulgari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bulgari desk letter holder with curved chrome metal arches and black marble base / made in Italy
Original mark on the underside / comes in original box
Width: 4 inches, depth: 2.5...
Category
20th Century Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Marble, Metal
Lettera22 with Original Box - M. Nizzoli for Olivetti - Italy - 1950s
By Olivetti
Located in Milano, IT
The Letter 22 is a popular portable mechanical typewriter made by the Olivetti company. It was one of the most successful Olivetti products in the 1950s[1] and received awards both i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
VISIT TICKET HOLDER with authentic fossil ammonite and exclusive design
By Design Center 1991, Nino Basso
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
The unique design of this original business card holder is accompanied by the striking authentic fossil ammonite with the characteristic natural spiral shape and texture composed of ...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
VISIT TICKET HOLDER with authentic fossil ammonite and exclusive design
By Design Center 1991, Nino Basso
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
The unique design of this original business card holder is accompanied by the striking authentic fossil ammonite with the characteristic natural snail shape and textured composed of...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
VISIT TICKET HOLDER with authentic fossil ammonite and exclusive design
By Design Center 1991, Nino Basso
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
The exclusive design of this original business card holder goes with to the striking authentic fossil ammonite with the characteristic shape natural spiral and the texture compose...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
Trussardi Desk Set wood and Gold Plated Brass Mid-Century Modern Italy 1970s
By Trussardi Casa
Located in Palermo, IT
Trussardi. Made in Italy, 1970. A desk set composed of five elements, a pen holder, a notepad holder, a card holder, a magnifying glass, an ashtray (White gold-plated brass and embos...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
Desk Set, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Desk set in walnut, silver and crystal, Italy, 1980s
Gifted to my grandfather and never used. Small signs of the time. Today unobtainable and of great value set.
Category
1980s Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Vintage Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Padova Magnifying Glass
By Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co., Tiffany & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine silver magnifying glass.
In sterling silver.
Designed by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co.
In the Padova pattern.
Marked to one side of the handle for Tiffany & Co. / © Elsa ...
Category
20th Century Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Enzo Mari, Travertine desk organizer, Fratelli Mannelli Italy 1970s
By Enzo Mari, Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Firenze, IT
Travertine desk organizer
Enzo Mari, Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s.
H 10 cm - 13 × 14.5 cm.
Conditions: good condition consistent with age and use. Defects.
Category
1970s Brutalist Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Travertine
Enzo Mari, Travertine desk organizer, Fratelli Mannelli Italy 1970s
By Enzo Mari, Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Firenze, IT
Travertine desk organizer
Enzo Mari, Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s.
H 16 cm - 19 × 15.5 cm.
Conditions: good condition consistent with age and use.
Category
1970s Brutalist Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Travertine
Italian empire style table stand in finely crafted brass and bronze early 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Table stand in finely crafted brass and bronze, early 1900s
Table stand with double display, in brass and bronze. The two brass rod displays are adjustable. The structure is...
Category
Early 20th Century Empire Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti Valentine Typewriter, Italy 1960s
By Ettore Sottsass, Olivetti
Located in Naples, IT
Famous and Iconic Portable Typewriter Mod. Valentine designed by Ettore Sottsass and Peter King, for the company Olivetti Italia in 1960, the typewriter is in very good condition wit...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
21st Century Concrete Cement Tray Centrepiece Handmade in Italy Green Color
By Valerio Ciampicacigli
Located in Rome, Lazio
Renzo in a family of multipurpose trays with a very smooth surface and soft curved edges, now available in a different color composition. Each piece is a unique, no two are the same....
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Concrete
"SEKITEI" Coffee Table by Yulia Pyanzina (Marble, Italy)
Located in Pastrengo, IT
The SEKITEI coffee table which makes part of the ORIGAMI Collection is a fruit of collaboration between MARMI REGINA, company that creates prestigious works in marble and natural sto...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Marble
Italian 1970s Metal Parrot Head Scotch Tape Dispenser
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1970s Parrot Head Scotch Tape Dispenser
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
Vintage Italian Modernist Gold Aluminum Rotary Telephone by CR Telefonia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rotary telephone in gold anodized aluminum by CR Telefonia (ca. 1970s, Italy).
Handset is composed of an aluminum exterior and plastic interior and dial features a leather center.
Ne...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Postmodern Wall Perpetual Calendar by Della Beffa for Ring a Date, 2000s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian postmodern Wall perpetual calendar by Giorgio Della Beffa for Ring A Date, 2000-2010s
Iconic and elegant wall perpetual calendar in yellow plast...
Category
Early 2000s Space Age Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Plastic
"ZEN" Coffee Table by Yulia Pyanzina (Cristallo, Italy)
Located in Pastrengo, IT
The ZEN coffee table which makes part of the ORIGAMI Collection is a fruit of collaboration between MARMI REGINA, company that creates prestigious wo...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Marble
"APOLLO" Tray by Diego Sferrazza (Marble, Italy)
Located in Pastrengo, IT
Dune was born from the dialogue between solids and voids, through the art of ‘subtraction.’
Its sinuous shapes and smooth surfaces evoke geological stratifications over time.
The...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Marble
Vintage Red Swivel Desk Storage Organizer by Rino Pirovano for Art 900
By Rexite
Located in East Quogue, NY
This vintage red swivel desk organizer, designed by Rino Pirovano for Rexite in the mid-1970s, is a celebrated example of Italian design. Made of ABS plastic, it features four rotati...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Plastic
Krone Edgar Allan Poe Limited Edition Fountain Pen with Original Box
Located in Plainview, NY
This exquisite Krone fountain pen showcases a dark brown celluloid barrel intricately marbled with subtle violet veins. Its sterling silver cap and endpiece are adorned with beautif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Gothic Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
1950's Wastepaper Bin
Located in Bern, CH
Stylish Mid Century wastepaper bin. Constructed of red powder coated perforated metal with brass base and details. Manufacturer is unconfirmed, although believed to be of Italian or...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Metal, Brass
Fountain Pen Sterling Silver fired Enamel Guilloche Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Fountain Pen Sterling Silver 925/1000 with translucent fired enamel on guilloche.
Fountain Pen Sterling Silver has 14 carats gold nib and ink cartridge.
Fountain Pen Sterling Silve...
Category
1970s Art Deco Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Gucci 5 Piece Desk Set in Crocodile/Alligator Gifted by Frank Sinatra
By Gucci
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A fabulous Gucci 5 piece Desk set in a Crocodile or Allifgator grain leather or real skin. It was gifted by Frank Sinatra to his close friend and neighbor Daniel Schwartz of Rancho Mirage, a neighboring town of Palm Springs.
It is marked on the inside DS Noel FS. It was purchased from the estate of Daniel and Natalie Schwartz. The desk pad has a new green paper blotter. The ink blotter has a new matching green paper. The set is in remarkably good condition. We have a similar set listed for sale on this site. This set dates from the 1970’s. It was featured in an ad in Architectural Digest from the period. The desk pad is approximately 19.25x15.25 inches. The leather is in good condition. There are numerous rough edge spots and minor marks throughout. The letter opener has some gold plate loss. Please see the detailed photos
Provenance:
Black leather pieces gifted by Frank Sinatra to Daniel Schwartz.
Property from the Estate of Daniel and Natalie Schwartz, Rancho Mirage, California.
Footnote:
Frank Sinatra and Daniel (Danny) Schwartz first met in the early 1960s at Sinatra's Cal Neva Resort and Casino in Crystal Bay, Nevada, where they formed a close, decades long friendship.
Schwartz and Sinatra were neighbors at the Tamarisk Country Club, Rancho Mirage and golfed together, spent evenings at Melvyn’s Restaurant, Palm Springs, attended weekly dinner parties with family and friends, enjoyed trips to Las Vegas for games of Baccarat and Sinatra’s performances. Schwartz and his wife, Natalie, hosted Sinatra’s appointment as Honorary Mayor of Cathedral City, California in 1971.
Beyond their friendship, Schwartz and Sinatra shared numerous business ventures including thoroughbred ownership and philanthropic projects such as the Barbara Sinatra...
Category
1970s Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Leather
1940s Large Brevettata Vanity Case
By Brevettato
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A very large four shelf 1940s Italian cream Vanity case with leather corners and handle and lined with raw silk. Each shelf fits together with four brass clasps all in good working o...
Category
1940s Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
Gucci Silver plate Quail Penholder 1970s Italy
By Gucci
Located in Den Haag, NL
Gucci vintage silver plated quail penholder mounted on a Black stitched leather base ,with a silver plate pen holder. Signed with Gucci and in very good vintage condition. comes wit...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Leather
DESIGN LENS AND CUTTERS SET with magnificent authentic Orthoceras fossils
By Design Center 1991, Nino Basso
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
Outstanding magnifying glass and letter opener set that enhances the natural beauty of shapes that lived millions of years ago.
Trapped in the rock with shades of color from almos...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
Lucite Notebook Case Mid-Century Modern Design Italy 1970s
Located in Palermo, IT
Rare lucite notebook case with nickel-plated brass decorations. Elegant lucite desk item. Lucite material, a type of acrylic resin, historically used for...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Chrome
Italian modern light brown rings for perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date 2020
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern light brown rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, 2020s
Set of 3 round rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, in light brown plastic. Th...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Plastic
Italian modern white rings for perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, 2020s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern pearl white rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, 2020s
Set of 3 round rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, in pearl white plastic. Th...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Desk Sets
Materials
Plastic