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Period: Mid-20th Century
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Poplar
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 Mid-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 Mid-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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Walter Charak Macassar Ebony Desk
By Walter Charak, Charak Furniture Company
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood, Walnut
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Teak
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood, Paper
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Glass, Walnut
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 Mid-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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Birch, Elm, Jacaranda
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Desk by Gordon Bunshaft Manufactured by Knoll for SOM Architect Chase Bank
By Som American, Gordon Bunshaft
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Edmond Spence Drop Front Desk for Industria Mueblera S. A. Mexico, c. 1955
Located in Camden, ME
Edmond Spence two piece drop front desk with a matched bookcase manufactured in Mexico by Industria Meublera S.A. in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
An interesting blend of design inf...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Pierre Bloch and Charles Dudouyt Desk, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Charles Dudouyt desk crafted in oak and veneer, with extendable leaf (L:50cm). This small desk has 3 drawers and 2 shelves underneath. Designed by Pierre Bloch & Charles Dudouyt (Fre...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Stow Davis Dark Walnut Knee Hole Credenza Desk
By Attributed to Stow-Davis
Located in Pasadena, TX
6ft Stow Davis Dark Walnut Knee Hole Credenza Desk
Midcentury Stow Davis walnut kneehole credenza with 4 drawers. The two bottom drawers were desi...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Chrome
1940s Drop Front French Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
1940s French desk with original faux leather books and key to lock and open both doors.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood
Metal and Glass Moderniste Desk
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Metal and glass moderniste desk, light scratches on the glass.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
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 Mid-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 Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Fruitwood, Burl
Art Deco Streamline Moderne Metal Desk in the Style of Norman Bel Geddes, 1930's
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Very cool Art Deco metal desk very similar to the designs Norman Bel Geddes created for Simmons Furniture in the 1930s. All original with wear consiste...
Category
American Streamlined Moderne Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
Large Freestanding Functionalist Desk, Jiri Kroha, 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
This unusually large freestanding functionalist desk was made in the 1930s in the former Czechoslovakia. Designed by Jiri Kroha (1893-1974), attributed. J. ...
Category
Czech Bauhaus Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Custom Cherrywood and Ebony Console Table-Desk
Located in Bellport, NY
A modern version of the Federal period furniture, elegant tapered legs, one pull-out drawer with original brass hardware. The front and back h...
Category
American American Craftsman Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Ebony, Cherry
Mid-Century Modern Desk in the Style of Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This gorgeous vintage modern desk is designed in the style of Milo Baughman. This stylish and sturdy piece sits on a heavy chrome frame with boxed sides. Unique design has three larg...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Chrome
Tommi Parzinger Macassar Ebony Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sexy one drawer desk with extravagantly grained Macassar ebony surface on mahogany legs and brass stretchers and corner decoration. With raised drawer ...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Macassar
Lacquered Wood Desk by Stilka, Argentina, circa 1970
By Stilka
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Lacquered wood desk by Stilka, Argentina, circa 1970.
Category
Argentine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Art Deco Vanity Desk ARCA by Guglielmo Ulrich Solid Cherry
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Dressing table mirrored, a desk made of solid cherry. Adjustable bevelled glass mirror. Wide drawer with period original handles. Legs straight with foot stairways.
ARCA by Gugliel...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Mirror, Cherry
Ramsay French Mid-Century Dark Green Lacquered Secretary
Located in New York, NY
French Mid-Century (1940s) dark green lacquered drop front secretary with bronze dore rope design and trim (signed RAMSAY )
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Marcel Breuer B21 Thonet Bauhaus Tubular Steel Typewriter Table
Located in Sharon, CT
Important early piece (1928) of Breuer's revolutionary tubular furniture.
Category
German Bauhaus Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Steel
Maurice Alet, Desk, Bookcase and Armchair in Ebony Macassar
By Maurice Alet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Maurice Alet, ( 1874-1967 ), desk, bookcase and armchair in veneer ebony macassar and lacquered wood. Marquetry monogram on the top of the desk.
Pivoting armchair...
Category
French Art Deco Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood, Macassar
Unique Symmetrical Art Deco Desk French Style
Located in Oakland, CA
Unique Art Deco desk has truly unusual and lyrical lines. The undulating base opens to reveal secret storage along with the two drawers on both sides. We like those square drawer pul...
Category
Argentine Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Burl
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 Czec...
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Bert England Persian Walnut and Leather Desk for John Widdicomb
Located in Chicago, IL
From California designer Bert England's Orientation Group for John Widdicomb Company, this extraordinary desk is made of Persian walnut and solid mahogany.
Wrapping around the fr...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Desk by Daciano da Costa for Metalurgica da Longra
Located in Paris, FR
Desk by Daciano da Costa for Metalurgica da Longra, "Linha Cortez", designed in 1962, teak wood and metal.
Category
Portuguese Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
Paul Dupré-Lafon, Art Deco Desk in Veneer Rosewood and Gilt Bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Paul Dupré-Lafon, (1900-1971), Art Deco desk in veneer rosewood and gilt bronze. Circa 1935
Fully restored. French varnish
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Oak Dudouuyt Parquetry Desk
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s oak double pedestal base desk with front panels and a raised ¬Ω round inset top with a parquetry design & sliding side shelves (sign...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
7ft Dunbar Roger Sprunger Rosewood Chrome Writing Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage midcentury Roger Sprunger rosewood chrome table writing desk by Dunbar
1970s
Executive desk in rich rosewood veneer with three drawers over legs in polished chrome.
We als...
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Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Table Desk in Palisander, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco table desk in palisander, circa 1930.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Palisander
Bamboo Desk and Chair
Located in Houston, TX
A small and charming three-drawer bamboo desk and chair from France. The desk is constructed of wood and fiber board with bamboo legs and trim. The top ...
Category
French Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Bamboo, Laminate, Wood
Desk by Daciano da COSTA for Metalurgica da Longra
Located in Paris, FR
Desk by Daciano da COSTA for Metalurgica da Longra, "Linha Cortez", designed in 1962, teak wood and metal.
Category
Portuguese Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
Danish Cabinetmaker Table Desk
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
The Danish cabinetmaker dining table or desk features a light wood top and round black legs. The tabletop is crafted from a high-quality light wood, which exhibits a natural and warm...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Vintage Walnut Single Pedestal Desk by Stow Davis
By Stow Davis
Located in Pasadena, TX
This piece has three drawers, one of which is a filing drawer. A very distinctive desk with unique capped off point stainless steel legs.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Chrome
Donald Deskey Machine Age Desk
Located in New York, NY
Rare desk in walnut and banded copper-plated aluminum, designed by Donald Deskey and produced by Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company, circa 1929. A strong statement of Machine Age aesth...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Copper
Desk by Daciano da Costa for Metalurgica da Longra
Located in Paris, FR
Desk by Daciano da Costa for Metalurgica da Longra, "Linha Cortez", designed in 1962, pau santo wood and metal.
Category
Portuguese Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
Landstrom Furniture Bleached and Limed Mahogany Six-Drawer Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Landstrom furniture desk in bleached and limed mahogany. Aged nickel over copper drop disc pulls and trefoil escutcheons. Five drawers to the left, a single drawer above the opening ...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Copper, Nickel
Johann Tapp Custom Built Art Deco era Cartoonist Desk with Hidden Compartments
By Johan Tapp
Located in Ferndale, MI
Custom Built Art Deco desk attributed to Johann Tapp of Chicago . Built for Chicago Tribune Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist Carey Orr. Both top side pane...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Chrome
Exquisite Midcentury Pallisandre Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Pallisandre writing desk with three drawers and sliding door compartment. Open shelf design, brass hardware, and French polish finish.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Desk and Return
Located in St. Louis, MO
1960s Edward Wormley desk and ensuite return, label, currently being refinished, desk.
Measures: 72 W x 36.5 D x 29 H.
Return
60 W x 30.5 D x 29 H.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Desk Laminate, 1950 Italian Furniture Especially Gio Ponti Attributed
By Gio Ponti
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Desk laminate, 1950 Italian furniture especially Gio Ponti Attributed,
made of colored laminate, brass legs spiked, and glass, presents in the lam...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Large Art Deco Oak Desk in the Style of Dominique, circa 1930-1940
By Dominique
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Art Deco oak desk in the style of Dominique, circa 1930-1940.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
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