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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Limited Edition Table Monta in Wood and Blue Granite by Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Limited Edition Table designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1970. Relaunched in 2023.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
An ode to fine artisanal craftsmanship in the form of a table. Ta...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
Antique White Italian Partner Desk
Located in Malibu, CA
Antique Italian, painted partner's desk.
Perfect for two, working simultaneously.
One side has five drawers, while the other side has faux drawers.
Solid hardwood construction ensu...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Ate van Apeldoorn Large Writing Desk and cabinet block . 1960s Holland
Located in Den Haag, NL
Minimalist Solid Pine Writing desk designed by Ate Van Apeldoorn and produced by Houtwerk Hattum in Holland in the 1960’s. Features a pinewood cabinet block with drawers that can be...
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1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Sculptural Italian Mid-Century Mahogany and Parchment Desk with Central Drawer
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural Italian Mid-Century Mahogany and Parchment Desk with Three Drawers
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Parchment Paper
Midcentury Paul McCobb #1560 Double Drawer Desk Blonde Maple Finish T pulls
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Beautiful Paul McCobb Planner Group #1560 double drawer desk blonde maple finish with steel T pull knobs solid maple. Desk has been professional refinished. Very beautiful designed d...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Paolo Buffa 'Dattilo' Writing Desk, Italy circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
A 'Datillo' petite writing desk / table by Paolo Buffa and produced by Galdino Maspero in stained beech wood and walnut. With two drawers on the left hand side underneath a rectangul...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Walnut
Biedermeier-Style Black Lacquer Table
Located in Hudson, NY
With 2 drawers.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
1980s Herman Miller Burdick Group Post Modern Industrial Design Modular Desk USA
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A rare opportunity to buy a stunning Post Modern desk designed in 1981 by Bruce Burdick for Herman Miller.
Burdick’s first product for Herman Miller was the 'Burdick Group System', ...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Huge Gilded Ebonized Period French Louis XV Marble Top Butlers Desk Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delivery needs! They offer a reasonable flat-rate fee for delivery and set up to the ground floor of your home. They deliver to the vast majority of the lower 48 states. They offer a flat rate for most of our items with exclusions for the largest or most complex items such as breakfronts or crystal chandeliers or other items of greater complexity. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase as these rates are different from our stated pricing. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase. Most deliveries to the East Coast will be 295.00, to the mid-west and Southern mid-west 395.00. To the areas west of Kansas 495.00 and the farthest points to the West coast will be 595.00. Again, some areas we can't cover, however we can deliver to most of the lower 48 states so please inquire to be sure! Delivery times range from as fast as 1-4 weeks for the east coast to 5-9 weeks to the farthest areas of the west coast, sometimes longer and sometimes even shorter. If it is a time sensitive purchase, we may be able to accommodate you for a higher price. It is our goal to please each and every one of our customers with the highest standard of service possible. You must realize and accept that we are shipping antique, vintage and quality used furnishings to your home. We cannot control traffic, weather, and acts of God. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary.
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This is a very rare, monumental butlers desk or large scale commode in solid oak with incredible hand polished and hand-hewn quarried marble. The piece has been painstakingly gilded and ebonized in a French-polished shellac finish and has a red interior. The piece features two side doors which at one time had adjustable shelves. Take a look at the incredible chunky antique locks...
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1770s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Louis XV “Bureau Plat” Desk
Located in Austin, TX
French antique Louis XV style bureau plat desk made of rosewood that has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish finish of museum-qua...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
A Swedish Modern Desk by Ferdinand Lundquist
Located in New York, NY
A refined Swedish writing table by the firm of designer Ferdinand Lundquist. Featuring three drawers with detailed marquetry inlays of trailing leaves and flowers. The front showcase...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Birch, Maple
Antique English Desk Table with Drawer Oak Leather Top Barley Twist Petite
Located in Tyler, TX
GORGEOUS Antique PETITE English carved oak desk or writing table with Drawer~~ Green Leather Top~~Double Barley Twist Stretcher~~HIGHLY CARVED.
~~cir...
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1880s French Renaissance Revival Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian Mahogany Architects Desk by Edwards & Roberts 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Victorian mahogany satinwood and Goncalo Alves marquetry inlaid and satin wood crossbanded Architects desk by the renowned Victorian retailer and cabinet mak...
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Severin Hansen 1950s Danish Rosewood Writing Desk
Located in London, England
Severin Hansen Jnr. - Model 36 Writing Desk
This iconic desk was designed by Severin Hansen Jnr. in 1958 when he was in his early 20s. The desk was produced by cabinetmakers Haslev ...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Bespoke Walnut Desk with Cast Iron Legs Industrial Modern Work Custom Table
Located in Oakville, CT
Bespoke Industrial modern work / office bespoke desk / table with 1 3/4" wooden walnut top, "Brown & Sharpe" Cast iron legs and steel s...
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2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Iron
Dassi Desk walnut Mid-Century Modern Brass Minimal Scultural 1950s Italian
By Dassi
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Dassi small desk rosewood Mid-Century Modern brass minimal scultural 1950s Italian.
Colored glass top with gold decorations on the edge.
Perfectly rest...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture Regency Burlwood Writing Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Baker Furniture Regency Burlwood Writing Desk
This desk measures: 48 wide x 26 deep x 29.5 high, with a chair clearance of 24.5 inches
We take ...
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Early 2000s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Antique British Colonial Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome British Colonial partners desk hand crafted in mahogany with a brown tooled leather top, two drawers on either side and elegant turned legs on brass casters.
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Early 20th Century English British Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
SUPERB Gustav Stickley Antique Chalet Desk, circa 1902-03, W7312
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
SUPERB Gustav Stickley Antique Challe Desk, circa 1902- 03 marked with red box decal as pictured.
This is a great looking Gustav Stickley Chalet Desk. Its marked with the smaller r...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Danish Modern Floating-Top Teak Desk with Bookcase by Dyrlund
By Dyrlund
Located in Miami, FL
A stylish and modern teak executive desk with floating top designed and made in Denmark by Dyrlund. The Scandinavian writing table features three drawers on the left, an open filing ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Fragment Trestle Series Desk/Table by Toad, bespoke edition
Located in London, GB
Elegantly combining antique hand forged iron with beautiful fragmented live edge Tivoli marble.
Available to order - lead time: 6 weeks.
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21st Century and Contemporary British Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Rattan Wicker And Bamboo Desk Attributed To Dal Vera 1960s
By Dal Vera
Located in Palermo, IT
Mid-Century rattan wicker and bamboo desk attributed to Dal Vera 1960s
Complete and in good condition, it has four very spacious drawers.
Dal Vera Antonio e Figli (1884 – 1984) The ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Concrete table/ desk designed by Sergio and Giorgio Saporiti. Italy, 1972
Located in Berlin, Berlin
The SAPO table, designed with a concrete base and hardened Glass top, attached by two chromed bolts. The concrete base shows a beautiful imprint of the wooden mould it was made from....
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Concrete
Green Parchment Executive Desk and Drawers, Aldo Tura, Italy, 1970s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large green goatskin executive desk by Aldo Tura from the 1970s. Desk has two rolling cabinet drawers on casters. One side cabinet has 5 drawers the other has 2 drawers. The cabinets...
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1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Goatskin, Wood
Organic Modern Armona Desk, Walnut, Brass, Onyx, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Armona Desk, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Armona stone desk draws inspiration from the serene landscape of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Quartz, Onyx, Stainless Steel, Brass
Large Marcel Breuer "Canaan" Desk for Gavina, Italy 1960s
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Hellouw, NL
Marcel Breuer’s work often fused modernist clarity with architectural precision - very much along the Bauhaus principles. . This large “Canaan” desk, produ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Joan Busquets Workshop Masterpiece Modernist Nouveau Desk Cabinet, ca. 1898
Located in South Burlington, VT
From Spain's Catalan Modernist Furniture Maker Joan Busquets Studio & Workshop
A Unique work of Cabinetry Art.
JOAN BUSQUETS I (Barcelona, 1874-1949). Modernist Cabinet and Desk, ca. 1898.
Modernist desk and cabinet finely crafted from walnut wood with golden polychrome and pyrography. Keyholes, handles and decorative appliques in golden brass. Signed on the front in the lower left corner of the right door.
Dimensions: 66 inches high and 46 inches wide and 24 inches deep; 165cm x 116cm x 60 cm
This remarkable and unique Catalan modernist cabinet designed by famed furniture designer and maker, Joan Busquets was crafted at Studio Busquets. Barcelona, Spai ca 1898 from walnut wood with fine polychrome gold and decorated with pyrography- the first time in European history that saw this craftsmanship combination of fine studio furniture with fine pyrographic artistic technique. The keyholes, handles and decorative fixtures are made of gilded brass. This Catalan Modernist cabinet was constructed into two (2) sections. The lower cut-out base support section is raised on four stylized legs, with a perpendicularly placed table top- all creatively imagined in a totally sinuous form providing dynamism and originality to this unique design. The upper desk cabinet section has a triple opening, two with hinged doors, one from top to bottom that opens as a desk and the other from left to right revealing two drawers, as well as a top slide out drawer. The interior features several drawers of different sizes all beautifully embellished on their fronts in a golden color pyrography. The entire body of this cabinet desk furniture is richly decorated with typically art nouveau modernist stylized vegetal motifs executed with the artist Busquet's personal pyrography technique, and finally framed with sinuous moldings in relief.
This is a superb furniture cabinet within the Catalan modernism genre, given that it was produced by one of the best studio workshops of that time, as well as for the perfection and meticulousness with which each of its details have been executed by artrist designer Busquet.
Busquets' workshop was known to have crafted most of the furniture for Antoni Gaudí Casa Calvet, with this being a prime example.
About Studio Busquet
In 1898 Busquets y Jané introduced for the first time a new technique of polychrome pyrography. This replaced classical marquetry hand craft traditionally applied to furniure of the 19th century. This new design technique was first applied to this cabinet and dates circa 1898. The artist, designer, and decorator Joan Busquets personally hand applied pyrography to his furniture designs and was actively involved in this pyrographic technique widely known of that period as the "Busquets style".
About La Casa Busquets:
Furniture designer and decorator, Joan Busquets is currently considered one of the most representative artists of Spain's Catalan modernism. He began his training in his family workshop, and then studied at the Escuela de La Llotja in Barcelona, where his teachers were Guitart and Lostaló. In the 1895-96 academic year he obtained a scholarship that allowed him to travel around Spain, which he obtained thanks to a project for a Renaissance-style bookcase-cabinet. He exhibited furniture projects for the first time at the Barcelona Exhibition...
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19th Century Spanish Arts and Crafts Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
1940's Small elegant desk with extraordinary side uprights
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2791
Guglielmo Ulrich (1904 -1977)
Small elegant desk with extraordinary side uprights, four drawers on one side, brass handles and a reeded wood front.
Arca Manufacture, Mila...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Danish Modern Model 58 Long Teak Desk by Kai Kristiansen by FM Møbler, 1960s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Scandinavian Modern executive teak desk by Kai Kristiansen for FM Møbler 1960s.
Freestanding Danish Mid-Century Modern writing desk Model FM 58 (extra long) in teak designed by Danis...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
1960s Italian Art Deco Midcentury Walnut Brass Small Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern small desk or writing table secretaire, in beautiful decorated and veneer wood with three drawers and covered sides. This beautiful p...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th century English Adam Style Hand Painted Satinwood Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
Satinwood desk with reticulated sides that are extraordinarily hand-painted with festooned drapery, ribbons and bows. Decorated on all sides this lovely piece can float in a room and...
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19th Century British Adam Style Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Danish Modern Writing Desk in Walnut
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark
Designer: Unknown
Manufacturer: Unknown
Era: 1960s
Materials: Walnut
Measurements: 52.5″ wide x 24.5″ deep x 28.5″ tall
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
European Black Rustic Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Exquisitely designed to blend elegance with functionality. Crafted from high-quality mahogany wood and finished in our luxurious Batavia Black, this desk is a perfect addition to any...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Lane Vintage Mid-Century Modern Walnut Desk
Located in Doylestown, PA
Beautiful vintage Lane Mid-Century Modern walnut desk. This piece features atomic tapered legs, laminate top and large dovetail drawers with ample storage. A classic and elegant addi...
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1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
Rosewood Writing Desk, Erik Riisager Hansen, Haslev Mobelsnedkeri, Denmark, 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rosewood Writing Desk, Erik Riisager Hansen, Haslev Mobelsnedkeri, Denmark, 1950s
This rare Rosewood writing desk by Erik Riisager Hansen for Haslev Mobelsnedkeri has a very elegant and sleek design with nice details. The beautiful thick banding seamless joins with the tall spindle leg and is a signature design element of Hansen.
This sleek desk...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Antique Diminutive Burl & Mahogany Davenport Desk with Watercolor Panels, c1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique diminutive davenport desk offers burl and mahogany construction with upper pierced bronze gallery over slant front desk having watercolor...
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Late 19th Century Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
European Rustic Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Exquisitely designed to blend elegance with functionality. Crafted from high-quality mahogany wood and finished in our straw wash, this desk is a perfect addition to any home or offi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Arne Vodder Executive Desk for Sibast Furniture
By Arne Vodder
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Executive writing desk designed by Arne Vodder and produced by Sibast furniture in Denmark around 1960. This large L-shaped desk is made of solid teak and high quality old-growt...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak, Lacquer
A French Art Deco Mahogany 5-Drawer Writing Desk with Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
the inset leather top within a a stepped molded frame above an apron fitted with 5 drawers with oak secondary wood; the side panels centering carved floral clusters; the finished pan...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
100% Solid Teak Mid-Century Dining Table in Smooth Anthracite
Located in Buffalo, WY
Vintage mid-century design is the inspiration behind this table. The natural solid hardwood top is handcrafted with a chamfered edge to compliment the angles of the solid hardwood ba...
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Teak
Pembroke Desk by AMBROZIA, Oxidized Walnut, Blackened Steel, Cognac Leather
By AMBROZIA
Located in Drummondville, Quebec
This Organic/Modern Pembroke writing desk/table is handmade to order from a hand selected solid wood desk top with a hand rubbed natural oil and wax finish that enhance the real beauty of the wood and give a natural warm touch. The elegant style came from our unique studio-machined Pembroke legs...
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2010s Canadian Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
1970s Brutalist Desk Mccarroll & Gillespe Forms+Surfaces Santa Barbara
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1970s Stunning Executive Desk by Billy Joe Mccarroll & David Gillespie
Forms + Surfaces Inc Santa Barbara, California.
Fabulous Black Formica Top Brutalist Steel co...
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1970s American Brutalist Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Antique Victorian Burl Walnut Inlaid Marquetry Carved Davenport Desk 1860
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique burl walnut & inlaid marquetry Davenport desk, circa 1860.
The davenport is made from the finest figured burl walnut, to the top is a lift up lid with a fitted interio...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Maple, Satinwood, Walnut, Burl
Rare Complete Executive Desk Suite by Bodil Kjær, Model 901, 1959
Located in Knokke-Heist, BE
An exceptionally rare and complete Model 901 executive suite by Danish architect and designer Bodil Kjær, produced by E. Pedersen & Søn in Denmark, 1959. This set includes the large ...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Sears Roebuck & co., Writing Desk, Oak, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A small solid oak writing desk from the "Harmony House Ranch-Mode"-series, designed and produced by Sears Roebuck & co, USA, 1950s.
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century Walnut Davenport or Ship Captain's Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A walnut davenport or ship captain's desk with marquetry inlay; lift-up compartment with fitted interior, small gallery. Handsome old worn tooled leather ...
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19th Century Campaign Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Xitle Desk with 2 drawers
By ADN Studio
Located in Mexico City, MX
The "Xitle" desk is part of ADN Studio´s Volcan Collection. This collection seeks to go back to basics. It is a subtle and refined interpretation of the archetypical modern furniture...
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2010s Mexican Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Desk / Vanity
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dark brown mahogany wood desk with Art Deco hardware. Attributed to Ralph Lauren for office or bedroom use.
Please confirm location NY or NJ
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20th Century Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English 19th Century Japanned Desk with Black and Gold Chinoiserie Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English japanned kneehole desk from the 19th century with black and gold Chinoiserie décor, eight drawers and central door. Perfect to be used as a small desk or a dressing table, this English table from the 19th century captures our attention with its Chinoiserie décor adorning all sides (except for the back). The table features a rectangular top showcasing an exquisite scene with pagodas in traditional landscapes with figures engaged in various activities. The façade presents an arched knee hole with single door on the back panel, surrounded by two long drawers at the top, followed by two columns of three drawers on each side. Luscious foliage and additional figures make up this frontal japanned décor. The side panels are decorated with hand-painted scene, the back is plain. The ensemble is raised on four bracket feet complementing the ensemble beautifully. With its small proportions and exquisite japanned black and gold décor...
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19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
ANTIQUE RESTORED C HINDLEY & SON ENGLISH OAK GREEN LEATHER DOUBLE SiDED DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and important fully restored C Hindley & Son’s circa 1845 English Oak & Green Leather double ...
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Ralph Lauren Trestle Desk
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Evergreen, CO
Crafted from wood and finished with a light stain that enhances the wood's natural grain, this beautiful desk by Ralph Lauren Home features a plank top raised on wooden trestle legs....
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2010s Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Early variant Osvaldo Borsani desk with two drawers for Tecno, Italy 1950s
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Milan, IT
Minimal Osvaldo Borsani 1950s desk for Tecno, Italy
Carries all the original Tecno transfer labels
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Sculpted Dining Table in Solid Oakwood 'Custom Size L'
By Sóha
Located in Paris, IDF
Dining table of solid oak (+ linseed oil)
(Outdoor use OK)
SÓHA design studio conceives and produces furniture design and decorative objects in solid oak in an authentic style. Insp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
'900 Style Wooden Desk in Cherrywood by Morelato
By Morelato
Located in Salizzole, IT
Flaminia is a '900 style writing desk made of cherrywood with 7 drawers.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
1968 Executive Desk
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE
Executive desk formerly belonging to noted architect George M. Notter, (1933–2007) of the Boston firm Anderson Notter Finegold (now known as Finegold Alexander Architects).
Current institutional memory at the firm suggests it was a special order from Herman Miller for the then new New York offices of MGM, however Herman Miller's archivist was unable to confirm.
Styling, particularly the distinctive slim milled aluminum tracks through which the entire drawer carriage glides is clearly similar to Warren Platner's designs for Lehigh-Leopold which were then among the most costly of executive office furnishings. The bent flat bar chromed steel base with its distinctive pigeon toe splay is somewhat similar to a table base in Stow Davis' Electa Series, designed by Alexis Yermakov circa 1971. Walnut laminate top is very clean with no issues. One one corner edge shows a small separation.
The only identifying markings are within the milled aluminum channel:
G.P.
F.I.
2
And the date Dec. 20, 1968.
See image 18.
Between the rectangular laminate top and the chrome base is a heavy blackened steel plate. Underneath the bent chrome pigeon toe feet are bars of a thick phenolic material which act as floor protector.
We can have keys made to fit the two locking drawers.
Tim Anderson...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
Biedermeier Secretary Desk in Walnut, Germany, 19th Century, Restored
Located in Wrocław, Poland
Elevate your workspace with this stunning secretary desk, a remarkable piece of furniture hailing from Germany, crafted in the first half of the 19th century. Made from pine wood and...
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Jacques Terracotta Red Console Table in Bird's Eye Maple by Fred&Juul
By Fred&Juul
Located in Fiesole, Florence
Designed with the aim to find the perfect balance between clean lines and warm texture. Consisting of 5 rounded, 50 mm thick slats with bird’s eye maple veneer, the console table is ...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Maple
Zanotta Cavour CM Writing Desk in Clear Glass Top with Natural Oak Frame
By Zanotta, Carlo Mollino
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zanotta Cavour CM Writing Desk in Clear Glass Top with Natural Oak Frame by Carlo Mollino
Legs in solid natural or black varnished oak, or in solid C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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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This 19th-Century Gilded Desk Displays a Fanciful Kingdom in Marquetry
The stately piece brings both gravitas and whimsy to any work space.
Ask an Interior Designer: Work-from-Home Edition
Leaping into a design project, whether it's refreshing the bedroom or redoing the whole house, can be overwhelming. Luckily, we know more than a few interior designers. You asked questions on Instagram, and now they're answering.
18 Home Offices for Workaholic Design-Lovers
Proof that working from home is a perk.