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Period: 20th Century
French Tortoise Wood Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Partners Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Stamford, CT
Tortoise wood Louis XVI style Maison Jansen partners desk or bureau plat. The finest of quality and gilt metal bronze mounts are seen on this stunning monumental partners desk...
Category
French Louis XVI 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Teak Desk "Made to Measure" Serie, Cees Braakman for Pastoe
By Pastoe, Cees Braakman
Located in Delft, NL
Teak desk "Made to measure" serie, Cees Braakman for Pastoe
Teak desk designed by Cees Braakman for Pastoe
1960s
Curved with birch interior drawers and chrome legs
Original key...
Category
Dutch 20th Century Desks
Materials
Chrome
Bernt Peterson Double Drop Leaf Table Desk with Free Standing Return
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Bernt Peterson designed minimalist drop-leaf office table desk in oak. This is a substantial and well constructed table finished with spare but eleg...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern 20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Style Maitland-Smith Faux Ostrich Leather Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This outstanding Art Deco style desk is crafted by Maitland-Smith, circa 1970s. The company is well known for its use of unusual materials. This desk is beautifully covered in faux o...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Renaissance-Revival Desk in Black Umber with Trestle Base, Grand Rapids
Located in Miami, FL
A Renaissance-revival desk or sofa table in walnut with dark, ebonized umber finish & featuring beautiful carvings that include decorative moldings, linen fold panels & acanthus foliage along the apron & drawers, as well as applied papier-mâché rosettes & cartouches. Desk rests on a trestle base with a stretcher & offers three drawers. Grand Rapids, MI, circa 1920. There are two labels that read: "Imperial Grand Rapids, Michigan" and "Klingman's Sample Furniture...
Category
American Renaissance Revival Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
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 20th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Swedish Neoclassical Style Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Handsome sizable antique corner secretaire that makes an amazing writing table or desk with ample storage. Plenty of drawers, cabinets and cubby space. Large desk surface area with s...
Category
Swedish Neoclassical 20th Century Desks
Materials
Elm, Mahogany
Pierre Paulin Bird's-Eye Maple and Walnut Inlay Executive Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Pierre Paulin executive desk for Baker. Bird's-eye maple veneers inlaid with dark walnut in the signature motif for the Paulin Collection. Drawers are fitted to give a floating ...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Art Deco Modernist Partners Desk, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this superbly stylish 1930s Partners desk. The base wood is Mahogany and veneered in a Bombay Walnut veneers which has a ...
Category
Belgian Art Deco 20th Century Desks
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Brass and White Lacquered Campaign Style Writing Table/Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Classic Campaign style desk manufactured by Sligh of Holland/Grand Rapids, Michigan. Consist of five drawers with recessed brass pulls and brass legs. Brass bound corners and Campaign pulls...
Category
American Campaign Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
After RJ Horner Gold Giltwood Griffon Hardwood Double Sided Desk Writing Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely ornate very solid writing table desk with drawers on both sides and ornately gold giltwood carved Griffons
A very well made and d...
Category
English Adam Style 20th Century Desks
Materials
Hardwood, Giltwood
Unique Midcentury Style Floating Top Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Italian style desk makes a unique and stylish workspace for home or office. Two sets of drawers make for ample storage options, while the spaci...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style 19th-20th Century Bronze Mounted Desk Manner Linke
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XVI style 19th-20th century bronze mounted desk manner Linke. This spectacular French desk can sit center room as it is finished on all sides with its stunning parquetry inlays...
Category
Louis XVI 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Walnut Drop Front Desk
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a mellow Italian burl walnut desk with a drop front top over two long graduated drawers and supported by graceful curved legs, 20th century.
Category
Italian Other 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Jean Gillion Executive Desk in Jacaranda Wood for Italma
By Jean Gillon
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare desk designed by Jean Gillion for Italma made in Brazil, circa 1960s with chrome accents, freshly restored with a couple of small repair...
Category
Brazilian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks
Materials
Chrome
Studio Walnut Desk by Phillip Lloyd Powell
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning desk with drawers and compartment in walnut by Phillip Lloyd Powell (1919-2008). The freeform surface is made of thick walnut plank with a patched joined design with two ros...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Paul Frankl for Brown Saltman Combed Wood Desk
By Paul Frankl
Located in Pasadena, TX
A desk designed by Paul Frankl for Brown and Saltman. This desk features combed wood restored to emphasize the beautiful tones and textures of the natural ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Janette Laverrière and Maurice Pré, Bureau in Blond Oak and Skai, circa 1958
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bureau in steps of Maurice Pre and Janette Laverrière 1958 in blond oak embellished with red skai of origin, the opened flap serves as office, small...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Faux Leather, Oak
George Nelson "Dry Erase" Desk with Return
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller. Newly laminated Formica top with dry erase laminate. Very cool, dry/erase surface for your work desk. Extr...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Embossed Leather Desk by Karl Springer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
An elegant vintage leather desk designed by iconic designer Karl Springer in the United States, circa 1970s. Standing out for its minimalist design, this desk has 2 large drawers that are great for storing documents and office supplies...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
Florence Knoll Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Knoll International Planed Office Group double pedestal desk with modesty panel model 1503.
Features five drawers one for files.
Modesty panel shows st...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
Walter Charak Macassar Ebony Desk
By Charak Furniture Company, Walter Charak
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sexy one-drawer desk with extravagantly grained Macassar ebony surface on mahogany legs with brass stretchers and corner decoration. Has a raised drawer front detail, mirrored-imaged...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Multi Laminated and Lacquered Wood Bureau, Argentina, circa 1970
By Stilka
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Multi laminated and lacquered wood bureau. Argentina, circa 1970.
Attributed to Stilka.
Category
Argentine Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Donald Deskey Style Art Deco Skyscraper Design Secretary Wall Cabinet or Desk
Located in Westport, CT
In the style of Donald Deskey, Art Deco skyscraper design, cabinet/secretary desk, with draw compartments and desk, book shelf compartment. Functional dark mahogany wood, with nickel...
Category
American Art Deco 20th Century Desks
Materials
Nickel
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 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Metamorphic Oak Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 20th century metamorphic oak desk, the moulded edge square top which lifts up and the front drops down, to reveal a nice fitted interior with various drawers and compartments, ...
Category
British Edwardian Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Ernst Schwadron, a Vladimir Kagan Made Unique Desk, circa 1945
Located in Sharon, CT
When showing this desk at a 'Modernism Show', Vladimir Kagan related to me that this desk was executed by him as a teenager in his father's New York City workshop, for the Austrian/A...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks
Materials
Poplar
Cabinet-Table-Desk British Modern, 1930-1940
Located in Brussels, BE
Original British folded desk : Modern from 1930s-1940s. The body and the feet are in cream painted metal. Very original and rare drop-down desk-cabinet.
Modernism in Britain.
Desig...
Category
English Bauhaus Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Gilbert Rohde 'Paldao' Desk for Herman Miller
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Gilbert Rohde 'Paldao' desk for Herman Miller.
Category
American Art Deco 20th Century Desks
American Antique Hand-Painted Birds and Poppies Desk
Located in South Burlington, VT
Love Birds and Poppies
This is an original and beautiful hand-painted and hand incised fall front desk. This unique work of art is hand-painted on front with a roundel of three vibrant and colorful birds against a mountain scape and bouquets and runners of red poppies and greenery on remainder front perimeters, the sides and back are plain.
Inside we find a fitted interior with one drawer and pigeonholes. Two simple shelves...
Category
American Arts and Crafts 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
20th Century Burl Walnut Bombe Secretary Bookcase with Etched Glass Doors
Located in Savannah, GA
Italian Bombe secretaire with a distinct burl walnut grain. Highlights include the original wrought iron hinges, a hand carved decorative crown and etched mirrored panels featuring a...
Category
Italian Louis XV Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl, Mirror
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Boomerang Desk by Hovmand Olsen
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian boomerang desk by Hovmand Olsen. Get his key. Mini bar and sliding door shelf on the front.
Measures: H ...
Category
Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Teak
Art Deco English Compact Walnut Writing Desk, 1930s
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this lovely and totally original walnut desk dating from the 1930s. Compact in size this little desk is perfect if the space available is limited and of con...
Category
English Art Deco 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
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 20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
Antique Oak Twin Pedestal Desk
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Edwardian antique oak twin pedestal desk with nine drawers with all of its original circular brass ring handles, having an inset leather hide writing sur...
Category
English Edwardian 20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Amanuense Secretary Desk by Adolfo Natalini for Mirabili Limited Edition 2/99
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Limited edition release with metal tag indicating 2/99
"Part of a series of striking pieces designed by Adolfo Natalini, this secretary desk was entirely made in cherrywood with a dark finishing. The collapsible desk...
Category
Italian Neoclassical 20th Century Desks
Materials
Cherry
Antique French Louis XV Style Kingwood and Marquetry Bureau de Dame
Located in Glasgow, GB
A very attractive late 19th century French Louis XV Rococo style kingwood and marquetry bureau de dame retailed circa 1900 by the renowned firm S & H Jewell of London. Of bombé form ...
Category
French Louis XV 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Leon Rosen for Pace Collection Chrome Desk
Located in New York, NY
Large unique desk with a flat chrome-plated steel base.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mahogany or Books Design Writing Desk
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid-20th century mahogany wood one front drawer with center door writing desk with real books design details. The desk is in good vintage condition with minor wear appropriate to age...
Category
European Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood, Paper
Bertha Schaefer for Singer & Sons Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant modern desk, designed by Bertha Schaefer for Singer and Sons, circa 1950s. Beautiful graining to the Italian walnut, especially to the top. Schaefer was one of the leading fe...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Design Institute of America Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An elegant vintage modern maroon colored console table with unique brass drawer pulls and sculpted feet. The three hefty drawers ensure plenty of...
Category
North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Pierre Chapo Exceptional Chapo Stone Desk B40, Very Rare Version in Black Ash
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pierre Chapo
Exceptional Chapo stone desk B40
Very rare version in black ash
Special order part for the circa 1975
Tray: 225 x D 85 x L 75cms
Box 1: 60 x 57 x H 60cms
Box 2: 123 x 5...
Category
European Aesthetic Movement 20th Century Desks
Materials
Ash
Mid Century Oak and Leather Desk by Lydia dePolo for Dunbar
Located in Pasadena, TX
Lydia dePolo and Jack Dunbar started the firm of DePolo Dunbar back in the 1970s after working together at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
Vintage book...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Rare Modern Italian G.C Columbo Desk with Chair
By Tonon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An elegant contemporary modern desk with a black lacquer finish and burl drawer fronts. This ultra-sleek Italian desk has four drawers ensuring plenty of room for storage and workspa...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Burl, Lacquer
Louis XVI Style Cylinder Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XVI style mahogany cylinder desk with bronze mounts and a marble top, circa 1920. This desk has a nice quality bronze mounts, a Fine quality marble top, tambour cylinder and a ...
Category
European Louis XVI Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Trumeau Bureau in Ferrara Walnut Briar , from Bovolone Italy
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian Early 20th Century small baroque Trumeau Bureau desk cabinet in Ferrara walnut burl , manufactured in Bovolone - Verona ; polished to wax in exc...
Category
Italian Baroque 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
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 20th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Swedish Art Deco Intarsia Executive Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Swedish inlaid Art Deco or neoclassical executive desk, Sweden, circa 1930s. Exterior golden elm, flame birch, mahogany. The front two doors are paneled and inlaid with intarsia of e...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Birch, Elm, Jacaranda
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI, Mahogany & Gilt-Bronze Mounted Centre Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Louis XVI. Mahogany and gilt-bronze mounted centre - Writing table with tooled leather top, Paris, circa 1900.
Measures: Height 29 1/2 inches (74.9 cm)
...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 20th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Late Victorian Burl Walnut Cushion Curve Pedestal Desk Brown Leather Surface
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original circa 1900 late Victorian burl walnut with brown leather writing surface pedestal desk made by Withy Grove Stores LTD Manche...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Cees Braakman for Pastoe Model EU02 Japanese Series Desk and Chair in Teak, 1950
By Pastoe, Cees Braakman
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Japanese series desk and chair in teak by Cees Braakman for Pastoe, Netherlands, 1950s. Very cool to find as a matching set.
Model EU-02 desk and FM-17 armchair. The desk still ha...
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
Pair of French Brass Mounted Rosewood Pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of French brass mounted rosewood pedestals
Late 19th-early 20th century
Each with revolving square black marble top supported by four fluted columns,
on a square base
M...
Category
20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
James Mont Style Faux Bamboo Dining Table in Aluminum and Brass
By James Mont
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic 1970s James Mont style Hollywood-Regency faux-bamboo dining table was acquired from a Palm Beach estate. The piece is fabricated in cast aluminum with brass rin...
Category
American Hollywood Regency 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Rare Harvey Probber Brass and Mahogany Desk
Located in Hanover, MA
Harvey Probber mahogany writing desk with white laminate top with solid brass tubular legs and solid brass flat bar stretchers.
Left side oriented three drawer case with original ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Frits Spanjaard Important Asymmetrical Desk in Oak and Macassar Ebony, 1932
Located in The Hague, NL
This unique architect's desk was designed by Frits Spanjaard in 1932. With its generous proportions, striking asymmetry, contrasting woods and the large knobs in solid Macassar ebony, the desk can be considered as an important example of the Haagse School (The Hague School) style.
The desk has four large drawers on the right, which can be simultaneously locked with a single key. The interior on the left features six drawers and additional storage, and can be locked altogether as well. Particularly noteworthy are the four cleverly incorporated pull-out shelves of different dimensions creating additional space: two on the front, one on the right side and one large shelf on the back side. The desktop is executed in dark stained oak and features a dark grey leather insert.
in 1932, the prosperous Van Stolk & Reese company commissioned Spanjaard to design the interior and furniture of their offices located on the Ceintuurbaan in Rotterdam. This custom desk was most likely designed for the office of the company’s director, which was designed by Spanjaard in a radically modernist way, combining his own sumptuous designs with the functionalist tubular steel furniture made by W.H. Gispen.
Between 1925 and 1935 the work of Spanjaard was strongly connected to the Haagse School movement of which he’d become a main proponent. This style was not so much inspired by the Classic European Art Deco capitals such as Paris and Vienna but more by other national and international architectural developments such as the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. The influential magazine Wendingen published a series of articles on Wright still relatively unknown at the time in 1925 and the renowned architect Jan Wils also played an important role in the orientation towards Wrights work in The Netherlands.
In its particular application of geometric shapes, primary colours and its sophisticated cubist division of the surface, the Haagse School designers were also aware of De Stijl movement, lead by contemporaries such as Gerrit Rietveld and Piet Mondriaan. At the same time the geometry, the harmonious proportions and the understated decorations were primarily based on the rationalist design principles of H.P. Berlage, who would later become one of Spanjaard’s clients himself. Design had to meet the functional demands of the user but purely utilitarian ideas were certainly not the most important. Due to his frequent travels to Germany, Spanjaard was also familiar with the designs of Marcel Breuer and Mies van der Rohe, especially appreciating the simplicity and purity of their designs.
Biography
Frits Spanjaard (1889-1978) started his career as the artistic director of the LOV furniture...
Category
Dutch Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Macassar, Oak
Italian Fruitwood and Burl Marquetry Parquet Desk, circa 1950
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Stunning sculptural fruitwood and burl marquetry desk done in a parquet pattern, stunning bombe shape with cabriole legs. Total refinished and ready to go.
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage 20th Century Desks
Materials
Fruitwood, Burl
Desk by Gordon Bunshaft Manufactured by Knoll for SOM Architect Chase Bank
By Gordon Bunshaft, Som American
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Desk has a solid polished steel frame that supports a 1.25 inch marble top with thin wooden drawers on each side. The desk was made for Chase Bank Corporate...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks
Splay Leg Mid-Century Modern Style Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
White lacquered splay leg writing desk with chrome hardware. Newly lacquered white finish. This three-drawer desk will fit in many different style decors.
Category
Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
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