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Period: 1950s
Imposing 1940's French Modernist Desk in Mahogany in Style of Dupré Lafon, E498
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Imposing 1950's French modernist desk. Structure in solid mahogany and veneer, top in black glass. It is composed of a central drawer, two columns of ten drawers each, two additional...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Jean Prouvé, Bureau "Surveillant" Bois Métal Laqué Et Plateau Formica Noir 50's
By Jean Prouvé
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
jean Prouvé (1901-1984, France) : Bureau " Surveillant"
Rare modèle du bureau "surveillant : structure des pieds à section carré en métal laqué noir, caisson bois plaqué et plate...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Metal
Expertly Restored - Danish Modern Executive Teak Desk with Raised Edges 1950's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danish modern executive teak desk with raises edges.
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Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to ...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
ModernMates Desk by Leslie Diamond for Conant Ball
Located in Dorchester, MA
Leslie Diamond designed this clean-lined desk for Conant Ball's ModernMates collection. Crafted from solid birch, the case sits on splayed feet and has a protective Formica writing s...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Formica, Birch
4 Drawer Willett Wildwood Cherry Secretary
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a secretary bureau by the Willett Furniture Co. It's made of a richly cherry wood with brass pulls. It has a slant top that opens up to expose drawers and cubbyholes to store...
Category
American Chippendale Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Paul Frankl Freeform "Station Wagon" Desk for Johnson Furniture, 1950
By Paul Frankl
Located in Coronado, CA
A delightful and uncommon desk designed by Paul Frankl and manufactured by Johnson Furniture as part of the "Station Wagon" line in 1950. This freeform beauty features a mahogany ven...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
Mid-Century Model 75 Freestanding Teak Desk from Omann Jun, Denmark, 1950s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
Mid-Century desk, model 75, produced by Omann Jun danish furniture factory. A desk with a high craftsmanship of design and workmanship, characteristic of Danish design from the 1960s...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Pierre Paulin “CM178” Desk for Thonet – 1950s, France
By Thonet, Pierre Paulin
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A rare “CM178” desk designed by Pierre Paulin for Thonet in the 1950s. A refined example of French mid-century design, this desk features a black lacquered tubular metal frame and a ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Paul McCobb Model #1560 Writing Desk and Chair
Located in Raleigh, NC
Mid-century writing desk model #1560 and chair both designed by Paul McCobb, circa 1950s.
Part of McCobb's iconic Planner Group series, this desk embodies the clean lines and minima...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Fine French Art Deco Cherry Desk with Bronze Details
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Art Deco two drawers cherry desk with bronze details.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Chrome
Mid-century Bleached Oak Basket Weave Desk by Paul Laszlo for Brown Saltman
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Restored Mid-century bleached oak "Basket Weave" Desk designed by Paul Laszlo for Brown Saltman. This classic California Modern desk features two side cabinets and a center pull-out ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Oak
$4,030 Sale Price
40% Off
Architectural Oak Dining Table with Parquet Top, France, 1950s
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Architectural Oak Dining Table with Parquet Top, France, 1950s
Form distilled to mass and rhythm — a collector’s piece of sculptural restraint.
This commanding French oak dining tab...
Category
French Brutalist Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Oak
Silvio Cavatorta Diminutive Desk with Companion Table in Walnut and Green Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome Italian Modernist Silvio Cavatorta two-piece desk and table set in deeply sculpted Italian Walnut with green glass surfaces. (ca. 1950, Italy). Boasts dramatic lines and ric...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Danish desk by Svend Aage Madsen and produced by Sigurd Hansen in the 1950s
Located in Vigevano, PV
"Model 200" teak desk with asymmetrical top and two drawers, without keys. Designer: Svend Aage Madsen for Sigurd Hansens Møbelfabrik, Denmark, 1950.
This desk will be delivered fu...
Category
Italian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Wood, Teak
Rosewood Desk by Peter Lovig Nielsen
Located in Dallas, TX
Peter Løvig Nielsen for Hedensted Møbelfabrik "Boomerang" Rosewood desk. Made in Denmark, 1960s. Raised edges with brass details on the stretchers. Drawers in the front and a bar ca...
Category
Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Italian Mid-Century Modern PetiteTable Desk Designed by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stylish Italian Mid-Century Modern petite desk elegantly named "Dattilo" in wood teak designed by Vittorio Dassi, from the 1950s. The drawer front is very elegant, inspired by the co...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Rosewood and Mahogany Roll-Top Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Dorchester, MA
Designed in 1957 by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, this handsome mahogany desk features a generous writing surface bookended by two rosewood roll-top doors. Three shallow drawers are tucked below, the center one with small divisions at front. A hinged panel...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Small Desk and Chair Attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Cute and stylish Italian midcentury modern desk, with a graceful chair, attributed to Paolo Buffa.
This teakwood desk it is a splendid example of the Italian class design of 1950.
B...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Studio BBPR, Olivetti, Italian Mid-Century Modern, Desk, Metal, 1950s
By Studio BBPR
Located in Manhasset, NY
Studio BBPR, Olivetti, Italian Mid-Century Modern, Industrial Desk, Metal, Red Faux Leather, 1950s
Designed by Studio BBPR for the Arco series by Olivetti Arredamenti Metallici, Ivr...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Metal
Italian Rosewood Mid Century Modern Executive Desk Gio Ponti Fornaroli Rosselli
Located in Portland, OR
A inconic & rare Mid-Century Modern Italian table Rosewood & steel executive desk, designed by Gio Ponti, Antonio Fornaroli & Alberto Rosselli and produced by Studio PFR, circa 1955,...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Steel
Desk in Walnut, White Laminate with Black Steel Frame by Vista of California
Located in Kansas City, MO
Vista of California desk, perfect for a student or home office. The walnut case, white laminate top and black lacquered steel frame are all in very good condition. The entire desk is...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Steel
20th Century Wood Italian Louis XV Style Writing Desk, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian writing desk from the mid-20th century. Curved piece of furniture in Louis XV style, veneered in poplar burl and fruitwood, of beautiful line and pleasant furnishings. Desk f...
Category
Italian Louis XV Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Wood
1950 Compact Home Office Desk in Oak and Blond Wood
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1950 compact home office desk in oak and blond wood
Interesting desk storage.
Measures: 115 x 87 x 54 cm closed.
115 x 175 x 70 cm open.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Sycamore, Oak
Mid Century Vista of California Desk by Don Knorr
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare Don Knorr for Vista of California iron and white four drawer desk. Architectural modern California design at its best.
White laminate top. Condition is very good. Extremely m...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Iron
$1,700 / item
Osvaldo Borsani Mid-Century Modern Italian Shop Counter Cash Desk, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Beautiful and original shop cash desk in the style of Osvaldo Borsani in the 1950s, original VITREX glass top.
Note the particularity of the designer and the...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Glass, Maple, Walnut
$8,130 Sale Price
20% Off
Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Rosewood and Mahogany Rolltop Desk
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful Dunbar roll top desk designed by Edward Wormley.. It features two roll top tambour sections and a center flat section. There are three...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Harvey Probber Desk in Mahogany 1950s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Desk in mahogany with alternating grain top and brass sabots by Harvey Probber, American, 1950s (label in drawer reads "designed by Harvey Probber"). This desk is beautifully made.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Arthur Umanoff Matching Sculptural Desk and Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Arthur Umanoff desk and chair. Extremely elegant and timeless design made with an iron frame, walnut slats and rush accents giving it it's classic Umanoff look. One middle drawer, a ...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Iron
Large art deco desk in black modernist lacquer in the style of Jacques Adnet
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Large French modernist corner desk from the 50s in the style of Jacques Adnet's work. This black lacquered solid wood desk (mirror lacquered in the past) has two pedestals with drawe...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Desk with Drop Leaves and File Cabinet in Dark Finish
Located in St. Louis, MO
Uncommon Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley model no.301-A designed compact desk for Dunbar, with two drop leaf extensions and model no.302-A pedestal file cabinet on wheels. Desk has...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Curvaceous Desk by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Curvaceous desk, designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb, American, circa 1950s. This desk is currently being refinished and can be completed in your choice of finish color.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Walnut
Jacques Adnet Leather Desk and Chair, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional Art Deco era desk with matching chair by French modernist designer Jacques Adnet. Entire desk is wrapped in leather. Iron frame with 4 po...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
$75,000 / set
Bertha Schaefer for Singer and Sons Italian Walnut Asymmetrical Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Diminutive midcentury angled student desk in Italian walnut designed by Bertha Schaefer for M. Singer & Sons (Model 2162 - USA, ca. 1955).
Often co-attributed to Gio Ponti, who also...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Metal
1950s Hairpin Desk with Floating Drawer and Custom Free Edge Walnut Top
By Custom Furniture Builders
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Fantastic 1950s wrought iron hairpin desk with a floating ash drawer with white laminate top and distressed brass ball pull. Featuring a custom-made free ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pierre Jeanneret Pigeonhole Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre Jeanneret Pigeonhole desk.
Category
Indian Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Rosewood
$33,000 / item
Fine French 1950s Mahogany Curved Desk by Jacques Adnet '2 Available'
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Adnet: A fine French midcentury mahogany curved desk with a leather top and bronze details.
Provenance: Palais des Consuls of Rouen, France.
2 rectangular desks with a simi...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Bronze
Three Drawer Danish Desk with Teak Wood Construction
Located in Dallas, TX
Three drawer Danish desk. Desk constructed of teak with square metal legs. Good original condition.
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Metal
$3,000 Sale Price
21% Off
Rare Restored Bespoke Modernist Stacked Rattan & Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautifully restored Paul Frankl-inspired mid-century bespoke stacked rattan secretary desk made with Filipino mahogany drawer fronts, side panels, and top and a rattan frame. T...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Rattan
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Desk of University Residence in France, Jean Zay, 1950, Roger Landault
Located in Paris, FR
Beech Desk University Residence in France, Jean Zay, 1950, Roger Landault
Very very rare Furniture having equipped a university residence in France.
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Flat desk in stained beech and...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Beech
Pierre Jeanneret Pigeonhole Desk PJ-BU-02-A, India 1950s
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
The PJ-BU-02-A “Pigeon Hole” desk by Pierre Jeanneret, India 1957.
This incredibly rare, and highly sought after design has become a legendary design...
Category
Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Metal
Giovanni Michelucci Serena Chest of Drawers for Poltronova, 1955
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Gorgeous and rare "Serena "chest of drawers mod. Serena in walnut wood, designed by Giovanni Michelucci for Poltronova, 1955, Italy.
Signed piece.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Walnut
Geraldo de Barros writing desk Unilabor Brazil 1956
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice minimalistic small writing desk designed by Geraldo de Barros and manufactured by Unilabor, Brazil 1956. The desk is made up of three main parts. The black iron frame, rosewood finished top and the drawer cabinet. The drawer fronts have the characteristic white laminated finish with metal handles. Unilabor could use these same parts to create different furniture designs, following the company's standards.
This approach was part of a methodical way of making things, and the design style was common to other factories of that time. The most unique idea was how they thought about the production process in an organised way. In very good condition with beautiful grain to the rosewood. The chair on the pictures is not included.
Literature; Brazilian Modern Design Alberto Vicente Marcelo Vasconcellos 2017, page 264-281
The most profound conceptual experience in the production of modern furniture in Brazil was led by Geraldo de Barros, a major artist of the Concrete Art movement in the country. Interested in new technologies and processes, Geraldo's career was consistently permeated with artistic experiments, particularly in photography and painting. His affiliation with design was influenced by the "gute form" principle advocated by Max Bill. Bill was the founder of the Ulm School...
Category
Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Table J.Halabala from 1960
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco table by J. Halabala from 1960s.
The piece of furniture was made of walnut tree.
Art Deco table by the famous Czech designer J. Halabala, 1950. Jindrich Halabala - (a Czech ...
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Walnut
Slant Front Desk with Bookshelf attributed to Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A sophisticated and sharply composed architectural slant front desk attributed to celebrated Milanese designer Paolo Buffa. Constructed from richly grained oak, the piece features a ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Restored Nanna Ditzel for Søren Willadsen Rosewood 4-Drawer Desk Made in Denmark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This desk was designed in the early 1950s by esteemed designer Nanna Ditzel for production by Søren Willadsen. Ditzel studied design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts with oth...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Standing Desk by Didier Rozaffy for Meubles Oscar, France, 1950's
By Oscar, Didier Rozaffy
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rare standing desk designed in 1950's by Didier Rozaffy for Meubles Oscar, France. Early edition in oak wood and colored glasses with folding door as a writing desk with storage...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Glass, Wood, Oak
Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Dallas, TX
A mahogany desk with brass hardware and floating glass shelf. Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
Category
Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Citronnier Wood and Marquetry Secretaire by Englander & Bonta, Argentina, 1950
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Citronnier wood and marquetry secretaire by Englander & Bonta, Argentina, 1950.
Englander & Bonta where two European designer that migrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1930 and man...
Category
Argentine Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Wood
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Campaign Style Writing Table/Desk Lacquered in Red
Located in Dallas, TX
Classic Campaign style desk manufactured by Sligh of Holland/Grand Rapids, Michigan. Restored, consist of five drawers with recessed brass pulls. Inlaid leather top with elegant embossed gold design and brass legs. Brass bound corners and Campaign pulls...
Category
American Campaign Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Fabulous Grosfeld House Style Splayed Legs Bar Desk Cabinet Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fabulous Grosfeld House style walnut splayed legs bar cabinet. We love everything about this wonderful cabinet with the 2 pull-down doors revealing cubbies on one side and open space...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Walnut
$3,400 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s George Nelson No. 4100 Series Three Drawer Steel Frame Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Steel Frame No. 4100 Series Desk, initially designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller in 1954. This example dates to the 1950s. It features a frame of white powder-coated...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Steel, Iron
Rare Mutenyé wood design desk by Jules Wabbes for Mobilier Universel 1960
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Experience the elegance of mid-century modern design with the Jules Wabbes desk for Mobilier Universel. This piece is a testament to refined taste and meticulous craftsmanship produc...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Chrome
Bureau Plat
Located in London, England
French cherrywood bureau plat on cabriole legs with pull out slides and inset leather top.
Circa 1950.
H 76cm (AH 57cm) x W 126/201cm x D 71cm
Category
French Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Leather, Cherry
$2,551
Vintage American of Martinsville Desk
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Vintage 3-drawer desk in bleached mahogany with a faux bamboo front. This design features an architectural-inspired linear silhouette with open-side shelving. From the sought-after a...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Newly Refinished - American Studio Craft Organic Modern Desk or Console Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Expertly Refinished
Materials: Light-Walnut Stained Maple
Style: American Studio Craft
This American Studio Craft desk or console table, crafted in the 1950s, embodies t...
Category
American Other Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Maple
Seldom seen Mahogany and Cork Desk by Paul Frankl for Johnson
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning mahogany and cork Mid-Century desk by Paul Frankl with three drawers above two cabinets, one fitted with pull out drawers and branded with
"Johnson Furniture Company," all
...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Fine French 1950's Rectangular Mahogany Desk by Jacques Adnet (2 available)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Adnet: A fine French mid-century mahogany desk with a leather top and bronze details.
Provenance: Palais des Consuls of Rouen, France.
2 desks available as well as two curved...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Bronze
Clean Lined Modern Desk by Paul McCobb
By Paul McCobb
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean lined modern desk, designed by Paul McCobb, American, circa 1960s. This desk is currently being refinished and can be completed in your choice of finish color. The price noted ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Brass
Rosewood Roll Top Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Dallas, TX
A rosewood tambour roll top desk with brass feet and leather trim. Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
Category
Vintage 1950s Desks
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