Desks and Writing Tables
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British Colonial Military Officer's Campaign Metal Field Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare British colonial officer's campaign field desk on stand. Constructed from metal and brass featuring a royal blue painted finish with gilt high...
Category
19th Century English Campaign Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Metal
Warren Platner for Knoll Executive Desk with Black Leather Top
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Warren Platner for Knoll, desk, leather, steel, oak, United States, 1973
This heavy, sturdy desk is designed by the American modernist Warren Platner. He is most known for his airy ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Driftwood Table/Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Impressive all teak wood desk or table. Solid driftwood top and three sturdy legs. Great for indoor or outdoor use.
(Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with dealer)
Category
20th Century Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Driftwood
Dutch Midcentury Industrial Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch midcentury industrial black metal desk with three cupped ring drawers and rectangular wood top. A handsome work of midcentury industrial d...
Category
1960s Dutch Industrial Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Sicilian Writing Desk in Ebony Embellished with Tortoiseshell Inserts and Silver
Located in Barletta, IT
Writing desk in ebony embellished with tortoiseshell inserts and silver finishes. Drawers along with a sliding and folding top.
Origin: Southern Italy, Sicily
Period: mid-1700s
Di...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Silver
Louis XV Style Ebonized Writing Desk
Located in Locust Valley, NY
An ebonized writing desk in Louis XV style with cabriole legs and ormolu mounts to the feet, two drawers, a curved apron and a glass top.
Category
20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Mid-Century Modern Desk by Studio BBPR for Olivetti
By Studio BBPR
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Desk by Studio BBPR for Olivetti
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plastic
Exotica Desk
By Koket
Located in Manassas, VA
Exuding feelings of fantasy, this highly coveted desk is bold, daring and seductive. Her wooden frame is cloaked in an exotic fabric with a complementing metal top, juxtaposed with the mesmerizing movements of shimmering glass...
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2010s Portuguese Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Desk Table 'Ms Bean', Smoked Oak, Black Tabletop
Located in Paris, FR
Desk table MS Bean
Designed by IDA L. HILDEBRAND
Dimensions : L. 150 cm / D. 70 cm / H. 75 cm
Top thickness : 5 cm
Model shown in the picture : Smoked oak - Black tabletop lami...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Rare Le Corbusier B.V Doshi Black Ahmedabad Desk/Console
By Le Corbusier
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Balkrishna Doshi, Le Corbusier Ahmedabad console/desk.
Chandigarh c. 1960.
Solid teak stained black.
Originally designed by Indian architect ...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Large Black Desk Files Drawers, Wood Metal, Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Style
By Atelier BAM
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Marajoara desk with drawers and files (optional) is a study on Mid-Century Modern utilitarian furniture, with Brazilian Native Arte Reference.
I...
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2010s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Osvaldo Borsani & Eugenio Gerli Desk with Leather Inlay T333 Tecno
Located in Köln, NRW
Osvaldo Borsani & Eugenio Gerli desk with leather inlay T333 Tecno
Frame outside aluminium polished/inside aluminium lacquered black, top wood piano lacquer black with leather inlay black, model T333.
Price applies only to the described desk-you will find the matching smaller table...
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1970s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Supernova, Recycled Cast Aluminum Table Leg in Black by Made in Ratio
Located in London, GB
The contemporary supernova is a dynamic, self-levelling trestle cast entirely from entirely recycled aluminium in a fully sustainable closed-loop factory. Simple and versatile to ori...
Category
2010s British Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Ofir Contemporary and Customizable Desk in Grey Partridge Eye by Luísa Peixoto
Located in PT
Desk in black lacquer with one drawer and grey Partridge eye finish.
Bespoke / customizable
Identical shapes with different sizes and finishings.
A...
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2010s Portuguese Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Large Desk Table Guy Lefevre Maison Jansen Black Lacquer Brass 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
A unique Maison Jansen black lacquered desk table designed by Guy Lefevre for Maison Jansen in the mid-1970s. It features a black lacquer top with neoclassical inspired brass inlays,...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Shanghai Desk in Ziricotte Wood, Leather Top and Silver Patined Leg
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Shanghai desk in Ziricotte wood, leather top and silver patined leg. The inside is made in Sycomore.
Information about the covid 19.
At this point, th...
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2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Shanghai Desk in Ziricotte Wood, Leather Top and Silver Patined Leg
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Shanghai desk in Ziricotte wood, leather top and silver patined leg. The inside is made in Sycomore.
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Black Bauhaus Table made in 1930s Germany, Fully Restored
By Bauhaus
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Made in Germany in the 1930s and restored by our team.
The wood used for the top is Oak.
Chromed Steel frame.
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Paul McCobb Pedestal Desk
By Paul McCobb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage modern pedestal desk features the iconic mid-century design of Paul McCobb. Single sided writing desk offers two drawers for storage and organization and a spacious formica-style top for work. Slender tapered legs and unique McCobb drawer pulls...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Ebonized Wood All Black MiMi Desk by Miduny, Made in Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The faceted geometry of the MiMi desk creates a slender, elegant profile and captures light differently depending on the orientation. This modern and gracefu...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Birch, Plywood
Olavi Hanninen Vintage Black Brutalist Table Desk in Elm
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Olavi Tapio Hänninen (14 December 1920, in Lapinlahti – 16 June 1992 in Espoo) was a Finnish designer and interior architect.
Olavi Hänninen's design projects ranged from furniture to trams and church silverware, including total interior designs for many public facilities. His modernist designs also included tables and chairs, and he was well recognized for his work on the Palace Hotel interiors together with Antti Nurmesniemi and Olli Borg. Hänninen designed a renowned plastic chair with metal structure for the hotel's cafe. In the 1970s his designs included the new Valmet Nr I trams for Helsinki City Transport.
Before starting his own design office in 1961, Hänninen worked at architect Viljo...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
SUPERMETAL Table Designed by Chiara Ferrari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The supermetal table, taking its name by the solely use of metal, is inspired by the lightness of energy infrastructures.
The table features a thin, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Mikado Minimal Folding Table, Black American Walnut in Black Steel Frame
Located in beirut, LB
Inspired by old-school field operating tables, the Mikado folding table features a solid wood top and solid steel legs. In-cased with a signature steel edge to protect the wood when folded flat. The mikado table...
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21st Century and Contemporary Lebanese Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Desk by Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova, 1960s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Desk with chest of drawers by Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova, steel base, 3 drawers and top in black painted honeycomb.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Paul McCobb Planner Group Black Lacquered Double Pedestal Desk, Newly Refinished
By Paul McCobb
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mid-Century Modern double pedestal executive writing desk
By Paul McCobb for Winchendon Furniture, "Planner Group"
USA, 1950s
Solid black lacquered birch, wit...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Parchment Secretary Desk in the Style of Aldo Tura, Italy 20th Century
By Aldo Tura
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning Italian secretary desk in the style of Aldo Tura. This desk features a lacquered parchment finish in a deep brown hue with subtle col...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Handmade Desk in Custom Engraved Leather And Steel Finishes
Located in New York, NY
This desk perfectly fulfills all the functional requirements , taking the form of leather suitcase with folding top in leather and chrome steel legs perfectly adaptable for any space...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Shagreen Desk with Bronze-Patina Brass Details by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Iconic Writing Desk is both elegant and minimalist with its classic aesthetic that showcases the purity of the beautiful Augousti craftsmanship...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Customizable Marcel Breuer S 285/1 Tubular Steel Desk
Located in New York, NY
RANGE S 285
It is as though Marcel Breuer had anticipated today’s home offices and mobile computers: The compact tubular steel desk S 285 that he designed is ...
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2010s German Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Wim Rietveld Pyramid Table Large Ahrend de Cirkel 1959
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Large 'Pyramid' table designed by Wim Rietveld and produced in the Netherlands by Ahrend de Cirkel in 1959. The overall condition is good, but as you can see on the pictures, the tab...
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Louis XV Gold and Bronze Desk, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Small desk with drawers. Finely decorated with gold and fake turtle, Boulle style. handles and details in gilded bronze.
Packaging with bubble...
Category
1950s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Raw Steel Desk in Handcrafted Colorless Varnished Steel
Located in Paris, FR
Desk raw steel in handcrafted
steel, dark finish. French manufacture,
colorless varnished.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
USM Haller Desk Designed by Fritz Haller and Paul Scharer, Switzerland
By Usm Haller
Located in Athens, Attiki
USM Haller table designed by Swiss architect Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer in 1964
A great modern, significant design piece that can be used as a dining table or an executive desk...
Category
1960s Swiss Minimalist Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
18th Century Black Swedish Gustavian Oak Bureau - Antique Drop Front Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian bureau made of hand crafted painted Oakwood, in good condition. The Scandinavian writing table, desk features man...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Modern Industrial Leather Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A modern industrial leather desk with a solid hammered metal base. It has three drawers accented with cast brass campaign drawer pulls.
Dimensions...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Italian Wrought Iron and Stone Top Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful late 20th century Italian table with wonderfully scrolled hand-wrought iron base and a black leathered granite top with an ogee edge. T...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Granite, Iron
Supernova, Recycled Cast Aluminum & Glass Desk in Black by Made in Ratio
Located in London, GB
The contemporary supernova is a dynamic, self-levelling trestle cast entirely from recycled aluminium in a fully sustainable closed-loop factory. Simple and versatile to orientate, t...
Category
2010s British Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Sculptural Cast Iron Pedestal and Glass Industrial Dining / Work Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural cast iron pedestal base and glass Industrial dining / work table.
Beautiful patina on the base. Heavy custom made glass top with cable opening in the middle.
Impress...
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Early 1900s North American Industrial Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
French Louis XV Style Desk with Leather Writing Pad, Black with Brass Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style desk, with leather writing pad top, from the 19th century. This antique table from France has been designed in the Louis XV...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Custom 1950s Wall Mounted Modernist Writing Desk
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique handmade custom wall-mounted writing desk made in the 1950s. Solid birch construction with patinated brass accents and a smooth black laminate desk surface that folds up when ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Sculptural Blackened Steel and Tinted Glass Top Console Table or Standing Desk
By Ellen Pong
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural blackened steel and smoked glass top console table or standing desk by New York-based artist and designer Ellen Pong. Entitled "Pagoda", the design cleverly evokes the multi-tiered towers commonly found in Asia, as hinted by its title.
Commissioned as part of a collaborative showcase of socially-charged, conceptual design, this piece debuted at an exhibition entitled "Anti-Chairs" at Emma Scully Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
French Hollywood Maison Jansen Style Coffe Tables Iron, Bronze and Marble
Located in BILBAO, ES
Magnificent Hollywood Maison Jansen style coffee tables.
Striking French design from the 1970s.
Dark green lacquered metal base on solid brass feet with lion feet.
Mid Century Ma...
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19th Century French Hollywood Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass, Iron
Zanotta Comacina Writing Desk in Black Top & Stainless Steel Frame
By Zanotta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zanotta Comacina Writing Desk in Black Top & Stainless Steel Frame by Piero Bottoni
18/8 stainless steel tubular frame. Top and storage unit in medium d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Painted Metal Desk with Laminate Top from Carlotti, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Painted metal desk with laminate top from Carlotti, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Industrial Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Supernova, Recycled Cast Aluminum Table Leg in Black by Made in Ratio
Located in London, GB
The contemporary supernova is a dynamic, self-levelling trestle cast entirely from entirely recycled aluminium in a fully sustainable closed-loop factory. Simple and versatile to ori...
Category
2010s British Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Zanotta Cavour CM Writing Desk in Smoky Glass Top with Black Varnished Oak Frame
By Carlo Mollino, Zanotta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zanotta Cavour CM Writing Desk in Smoky Glass Top with Black Varnished Oak Frame by Carlo Mollino
Legs in solid natural or black varnished oak, or in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century Lombardy Louis XV Style Center Table
Located in Encinitas, CA
Lombardy style center table in walnut with four curved legs and ebony profiles. Wonderful modern line, clean and elegant.
Stylish for a small entry table...
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19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Anna Desk in Black Limed Oak, Handcrafted in Portugal by Duistt
Located in Leça da Palmeira, PT
Anna desk is an imposing and elegant writing desk. With a high gloss lacquered body that contrasts with the brushed oak top and feet with lime finish. The delicate brass details add ...
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2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Kartell Earl of Wood Desk by Philippe Stark in Black Slatted Ash
Located in Brooklyn, NY
EARL OF WOOD is a simple new desk with a curved wooden surface, offering the perfect solution to the Office and Habitat worlds on account of its myriad diffe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fantastic Gilbert Rohde Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic Gilbert Rohde desk.
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1940s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Zanotta Calamo Desk in Black Top with Steel Frame by Gabriele Rosa
By Gabriele Rosa, Zanotta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zanotta Calamo Desk in Black Top with Steel Frame by Gabriele Rosa
Varnished steel frame and top in black, white or graphite. Top and storage space in cowhide pigmentato 90. The storage space is accessed by a drop-leaf opening.
Calamo is not an old-style desk with drawers overflowing with paper, but an essential element of furniture, both in function and appearance, something that could fit anywhere in the home. The collection includes a new furnishing accessory designed by young designer Gabriele Rosa: the Calamo desk-console table. With a white, black or graphite steel structure with cowhide pigmentato cover for the surface and storage space under the folding lid. Undoubtedly the writing desk still...
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21st Century and Contemporary Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Zanotta Tucano Writing Desk in 0801 Cowhide Pigmentato Top with Matt Black Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zanotta Tucano Writing Desk in 0801 Cowhide Pigmentato Top with Matt Black Frame
Matt black varnished steel frame. Top covered with cowhide pigmentato 90.
A discreet, elegant, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cowhide
Custom Modern Walnut Starburst Dining Table with Black Curved Pedestals
By Carrocel
Located in North York, ON
Custom modern walnut starburst dining table with black curved pedestals. Magnificent sunburst walnut top in a medium walnut satin finish. Comple...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Weave Desk from Ringvide, Birch wood, black oil, Scandinavian
By Lukas Dahlén
Located in Visby, SE
Weave desk
Weave desk is made of solid birchwood and birchveneér. Modern yet classic, bold yet modest the desk serves as a great example of Scandinavian co...
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2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Oak
Mid-Century Pen Shell Desk or Writing Table by Maitland-Smith
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chic sleek Mid-Century Modern desk crafted in a pen shell mosaic with three drawers in the case having brass highlights on elegant legs with ball feet. Signed Maitland-Smith in drawer.
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Late 20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Shell
Art Deco Leather Desk, Dark Grey
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Art Deco style shagreen embossed leather desk in a dark antiqued grey. With gilded highlight trim, three frieze drawers with modern round pulls, and raised on square tapered...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Organic 2fold black walnut desk With Pencil Drawers
Located in Hobart, NY
2fold black walnut with leather lined drawer and bronze handles
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Chippendale Style Slant Top Desk in Black Lacquered Wood, circa 1900
Located in Miami, FL
Chippendale style slant top desk in black lacquered wood. Red brilliant lacquered inferior part opening by three drawers with a crossb...
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Early 20th Century European Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique and Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Choosing the perfect writing desk or writing table is a profoundly personal journey, one that people have been embarking upon for centuries.
Queen Atossa of Persia, from her writing table circa 500 B.C., is said to have been the originator of the art of handwritten letters. Hers was reportedly the first in a long and colorful history of penned correspondence that grew in popularity alongside literacy. The demand for suitable writing desks, which would serve the composer of the letters as well as ensure the comfort of the recipient naturally followed, and the design of these necessary furnishings has evolved throughout history.
Once people began to seek freedom from the outwardly ornate styles of the walnut and rosewood writing desks and drafting tables introduced in the name of Queen Victoria and King Louis XV, radical shifts occurred, such as those that materialized during the Art Nouveau period, when designers longed to produce furniture inspired by the natural world’s beauty. A prime example is the work of the famous late-19th-century Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí — his rolltop desk featured deep side drawers and was adorned with carved motifs that paid tribute to nature. Gaudí regularly combined structural precision with decorative elements, creating beautiful pieces of furniture in wood and metal.
Soon afterward, preferences for sleek, geometric, stylized forms in furniture that saw an emphasis on natural wood grains and traditional craftsmanship took hold. Today, Art Deco desks are still favored by designers who seek to infuse interiors with an air of luxury. One of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco movement was French decorator and furniture designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. With his use of neoclassical motifs as well as expensive and exotic materials such as imported dark woods and inlays of precious metals for his writing desks, Ruhlmann came to symbolize good taste and modernity.
The rise in appreciation for Scandinavian modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary writing desks. It employs the “no fuss” or “less is more” approach to creating a tasteful, sophisticated space. Sweden’s master cabinetmaker Bruno Mathsson created gallery-worthy designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto never viewed himself as an artist, but, like Mathsson, his furniture designs reflected a fondness for organic materials and a humanistic approach. Danish designers such as Hans Wegner introduced elegant shapes and lines to mid-century desks and writing tables, often working in oak and solid teak.
From vintage desks to contemporary styles, 1stDibs offers a broad spectrum of choices for conducting all personal and business writing and reading activities.
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