Heywood Wakefield Crescendo Desk

Heywood Wakefield Trimline desk & chair Kem Weber Design : U.s.a Period: 1950 full restored.

Rare Heywood Wakefield Prophecy desk and chair. This stylish desk features a white Formica asymmetrical top, with a solid wood base. The desk has three deep storage drawers, each wit...

This listing includes both the desk and chair. Collectors know that it is difficult to find original Heywood in good condition. The desk top has been refinished to match original...

If it appears this 1930s Art Moderne desk has a dashboard, that's by design... The design of renowned automotive designer/illustrator and 'master of streamlining', Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky. The count was famous for his wonderfully stylized Industrial designs and worked with major automakers of the day like Auburn, Cord, Packard, Tucker and the White Truck Co. With his design background and deep reverence for anything automotive, it is little surprise he would create a desk with a full car-like dashboard (complete with clock, barometer, thermometer, radio and glovebox!) In fact, the desk was patterned off of Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky's personal desk, which he designed for his office in New York. What makes this desk particularly significant, however, is the fact it is one of only two examples still known to exist and was first shown at Bloomingdale's 'Home of Tomorrow' display during the 1939 New York World's fair. The desk was manufactured in 1939 by the Red Lion Table Co. of Red Lion, PA. Interestingly, its sister company, Red Lion Cabinet Co, was responsible for the manufacture of all wooden Philco...

Fantastic large partners desk in the Regency manner True partners desk with drawers and cupboards on both sides Features solid oak drawer linings and brass drop handle Good size so p...

Georgian 18th cetury Bachelors Desk with fold over leather top which has a gold tooled border. The hinged top is supported upon pull out slides. The draw...