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Style: Machine Age
Cast Brass Tape Dispenser + Brass Clothespin Card Holder, Set of 2
Cast Brass Tape Dispenser + Brass Clothespin Card Holder, Set of 2

Cast Brass Tape Dispenser + Brass Clothespin Card Holder, Set of 2

By C. Jeré Artisan House, Alberto Viani, Curtis Jeré, Marc Weinstein, Marc Creates

Located in Round Top, TX

Desk accessories in cast brass; a set of two heavyweight functional pieces to add to a brass collection. A useful tape dispenser with a functional serrated tooth end and a more whim...

Category

Late 20th Century Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Aluminum IN/OUT Box in Machine Age Style, United States, 1940s Design
Aluminum IN/OUT Box in Machine Age Style, United States, 1940s Design

Aluminum IN/OUT Box in Machine Age Style, United States, 1940s Design

By Donald Deskey

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Aluminum IN/OUT Box. Just polished the aluminum and cleaned the faux leather material on the bottom of each level. Nice clean Machine Age Style. Could be 30's, 40's or 50's?! Har...

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1940s American Vintage Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Aluminum

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Desk Card Holder, France, 1940s
Desk Card Holder, France, 1940s

Desk Card Holder, France, 1940s

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Desk Card Holder, France, 1940s

Located in Palermo, IT

Desk card holder, France, 1940s Golden Spelter, one of the small studs on the front is missing. Lacks in the gilding, as evidenced by the descriptive photographs.

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1920s Italian Vintage Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Spelter

MCM Green Singer Sewing Machine in Cabinet
MCM Green Singer Sewing Machine in Cabinet

MCM Green Singer Sewing Machine in Cabinet

$1,850

H 31 in W 16 in D 16 in

MCM Green Singer Sewing Machine in Cabinet

Located in Norton, MA

Quality made with elegant design from the Mid-Century Modern Singer Sewing Machine and Table Cabinet, all original components and all in good condition with the good working function...

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Mid-20th Century English Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Wood, Machiche

"Italo" Leather In and Out Tray Designed by Claude Bouchard for Oscar Maschera
"Italo" Leather In and Out Tray Designed by Claude Bouchard for Oscar Maschera

"Italo" Leather In and Out Tray Designed by Claude Bouchard for Oscar Maschera

By Claude Bouchard, Oscar Maschera

Located in Brooklyn, NY

"Italo" is a leather out tray and paper holder, designed by Claude Bouchard and manufactured by Oscar Maschera. Genuine Italian leather vegetable tanned. Colors combination to be cho...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Leather

Art Deco Machine Age Fluted Aluminum Desk Container W/ Etched Geometric Motifs
Art Deco Machine Age Fluted Aluminum Desk Container W/ Etched Geometric Motifs

Art Deco Machine Age Fluted Aluminum Desk Container W/ Etched Geometric Motifs

Located in New York, NY

This rare Art Deco Machine Age desk container, crafted in America circa 1935, showcases the industrial elegance characteristic of the era. Made from fluted aluminum, its sleek vertic...

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1930s American Vintage Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Aluminum

Three-Piece Art Deco Machine Age Cobalt Mirror and Chrome Desk Set by Victor
Three-Piece Art Deco Machine Age Cobalt Mirror and Chrome Desk Set by Victor

Three-Piece Art Deco Machine Age Cobalt Mirror and Chrome Desk Set by Victor

By Victor

Located in New York, NY

This sophisticated Art Deco Machine Age desk set was realized by the celebrated American maker, Victor, circa 1930. It features a inkwell/pen holder, a blotter and a clock. The inkwell offers a square body composed of translucent Lucite with a cylindrical depression in the centre intended for storing ink and a cobalt mirrored...

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1930s American Vintage Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Chrome

Danish Bakelite Table Phone from the 1940s
Danish Bakelite Table Phone from the 1940s

Danish Bakelite Table Phone from the 1940s

$700

H 10.24 in W 7.49 in D 4.73 in

Danish Bakelite Table Phone from the 1940s

Located in Vienna, AT

Bakelite leather covered table phone, made in Denmark in the late 1940s. Used marks.  

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1940s Danish Vintage Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Steel

Carl Auböck Up to Three Midcentury Polished Brass Card Holder, Austria, 1950s
Carl Auböck Up to Three Midcentury Polished Brass Card Holder, Austria, 1950s

Carl Auböck Up to Three Midcentury Polished Brass Card Holder, Austria, 1950s

By Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Located in Vienna, AT

*Actually up to three pieces available* A beautiful card stand, made of polished brass, designed and executed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck, Austria. To be used for business cards, fol...

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Mid-20th Century Austrian Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Hermes Tape Dispenser
Hermes Tape Dispenser

Hermes Tape Dispenser

$2,200

H 1.5 in Dm 3.63 in

Hermes Tape Dispenser

By Hermès

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Classic vintage Hermès tape dispenser in silver with a brass belt buckle detail. Hermès PARIS, Made In France stamped on outer rim. Dispenser has a lid whi...

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1980s French Vintage Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Metal

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Swiss Machine Age Mechanical Pencil Sharpener - Wyna 3, 1940s
Swiss Machine Age Mechanical Pencil Sharpener - Wyna 3, 1940s

Swiss Machine Age Mechanical Pencil Sharpener - Wyna 3, 1940s

Located in Esbjerg, DK

A machine age styled mechanical pencil sharpener made by Wyna in Switzerland during the late 1940s. Designed inspired by the front of a train. Adjustable front and a practical small ...

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Mid-20th Century Swiss Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Metal

Machine Age Perforated Metal Wastebasket
Machine Age Perforated Metal Wastebasket

Machine Age Perforated Metal Wastebasket

By Kem Weber

Located in Cincinnati, OH

A very well crafted perforated Machine Age / Art Deco metal wastebasket with smooth beaded top edge and bottom . Marking to the side edge 10-36 date made or model number the manufact...

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Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Metal

Machine Age desk sets for sale on 1stDibs.

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