Executive Office Desk and Matching File Console by Richard Scott Newman

Modern neoclassical figured maple and ebony console table. A studio made master piece of craftsmanship by Richard Scott Newman. Top is bookmatched quilted maple with solid ebony inlay. Legs are fluted solid maple with solid ebony inlay. Signed "RSN '85". Richard Newman studied with Wendell Castle and Jere Osgood at The School of the American Craftsman at RIT in the mid-1960s. After graduating from RIT Newman began a 40 year career as one of America's preeminent craftsman. When Bebe and Warren Johnson of Pritam an Eames wrote there book "Speaking of Furniture, Conversations with 14 American Masters" it was Newman's work that was chosen for the cover illustration. Richard makes little furniture any longer. Instead, he follows his passion for making banjos and teaching swing dancing...

Vintage black and white photograph, photography by Josef Ehm. "Resting Model II", circa 1960s, gelatin silver print. Josef Ehm: Czech, 1909-1989. Born in Habartov. Apprenticed i...

Executive desk formerly belonging to noted architect George M. Notter, (1933–2007) of the Boston firm Anderson Notter Finegold (now known as Finegold Alexander Architects). Current institutional memory at the firm suggests it was a special order from Herman Miller for the then new New York offices of MGM, however Herman Miller's archivist was unable to confirm. Styling, particularly the distinctive slim milled aluminum tracks through which the entire drawer carriage glides is clearly similar to Warren Platner's designs for Lehigh-Leopold which were then among the most costly of executive office furnishings. The bent flat bar chromed steel base with its distinctive pigeon toe splay is somewhat similar to a table base in Stow Davis' Electa Series, designed by Alexis Yermakov circa 1971. Walnut laminate top is very clean with no issues. One corner edge shows a small separation. The only identifying markings are within the milled aluminum channel: G.P. F.I. 2 And the date Dec. 20, 1968. See image 18. Between the rectangular laminate top and the chrome base is a heavy blackened steel plate. Underneath the bent chrome pigeon toe feet are bars of a thick phenolic material which act as floor protector. We can have keys made to fit the two locking drawers. Tim Anderson...

Here’s a lucky find, a vintage 1960s Broyhill Saga desk with the original tag! Saga is one of the most inspired collections by Broyhill. Collector’s love its subtle, yet poignant des...