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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: 2010s
Period: 1940s
Vilhelm Lauritzen, Desk, Brass, Mahogany, Radiohuset, Denmark, 1945
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and mahogany desk designed and produced by Vilhelm Lauritzen for the Director of the Danish National Radio, Denmark, 1945.
Illustrated in “Vilhelm Lauritzen EN MODERNE ARKI...
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine French Art Deco Oak Table by P. Bloch and Charles Dudouyt
By Pierre Bloch, La Gentilhommière 1
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fine French Art Deco oak table designed by Pierre Bloch and edited by Charles Dudouyt (founder of La Gentilhommière).
Two original end leaves (widt...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Steel Table Base Available in Any Dimension by old Plank
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a great look that can hold any thickness stone, wood or glass top, while remaining stable and not costing a gazillion dollars. We can offer it in numerous metals, but to keep...
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2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
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
Watson Table
By Paul Loebach
Located in Pireaus-Athens, Greece
The Watson table is named after James Watson, the American scientist famous for discovering the helical structure of DNA. The form is inspired by English ...
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2010s Lebanese Futurist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
Desk With Rebar Frame Macassar Ebony Drawers And Custom Glass Top
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The Cleopatra Writing Desk is part of the Rebar series created by artist Troy Smith.
Rebar is the steel used in the forming of concrete to give it strength. The rebar is heated wit...
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2010s Canadian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
'Arche' Desk by Charles Kalpakian
Located in Paris, FR
‘Arche’ desk by French Lebanese Charles Kalpakian is a true gem, resounding in its elegance, simplicity, graphic unity and the complementarily of materials. Curves and straight lines fuse in an organic geometry. The satin glow of the varnished brushed patinated brass...
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2010s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Orange Desk/Book Shelf by Guillermo Santomá Contemporary Design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Desk or bookshelf
Manufactured by Guillermo Santomá
Edition Side Gallery
Barcelona, 2018
Aluminium, spray painting, wheels, methacrylate.
Category
2010s Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Natural Pink Jade and Burman Marble Table by Much Acclaimed Duo Studio MVW
By Studio MVW
Located in Paris, FR
This table is a sumptuous piece of collectible design combining precious Burman marble and natural pink jade, an exceptional gemstone with a sumptuous powder transparency. The Burman...
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2010s Asian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Jade, Marble, Steel
Lacquered Desk or Dining Table by Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, sculpted desk or dining table by Jacques Jarrige.
Category
2010s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Scrap Wood
Desk by A. Bender Madsen and Ejner Larsen for Willy Beck Cabinetmaker
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Interesting and rare Danish designed desk by A. Bender Madsen and Ejner Larsen and manufactured by Willy Beck. Desk features a 21-inch drop-leaf. Ta...
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Teak
Pillar Dining Table in Walnut and Brushed Brass by Fort Standard, in Stock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This contemporary dining table features a hardwood walnut top with rounded corners and a continuous bottom bevel that compliments details found on the brass pedestal base.
All ba...
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2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Maple Wood Coffee Table Copper Ruby Sunstone Inlay Brass Base by Danna Weiss
By Danna Weiss
Located in Jersey City, NJ
This stunning Coffee Table in an incredible specimen of Hard Maple is inlayed with rare and vibrant crystal and gemstone inlays of: Ruby, Sunstone, Copper, Pyrite, Rubellite, Citrine...
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2010s American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Crystal, Pyrite, Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal, Brass
Strata Low Shelf in Powder Coated Aluminum by Fort Standard, in Stock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This contemporary, three-tier open shelving unit is powder coated aluminum in nude. It features precision milled plate shelves that graduate in thickness from a 3/8” plate on the top...
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2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Swedish Art Moderne Black Writing Desk with Zebra Hide Insert
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fabulous black lacquered writing desk with bookcase and lockable cabinet on front and curved desktop, pencil drawer and another cabinet wit...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cowhide, Leather, Wood
A Fine French Art Deco Expandable Dining Table with Ribbed Brass Conical Legs
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large French Art Deco oak table with 4 ribbed brass conical legs and a parqueted top.
Possibility of two end extension leaves.
Color of the legs is closer to top than it appears o...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Stone Column Dining Table in Marble and Walnut Wood by Fort Standard, in Stock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This contemporary, minimal dining table features large diameter round walnut legs and bold trestle supports to give rise to a white Carrara marble stone top. The table top features a...
Category
2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Carrara Marble
French Maison Dominique Palisander and Glass Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s palisander writing desk with rounded rectangular glass top above 2 frieze drawers & shelves down a side. (attributed to MAISON DOMINIQUE)
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Palisander
Massive Art Deco Split Reed/ Stick Wicker and Walnut Desk
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Art Deco split reed / stick wicker desk with compelling architectural lines and dramatic presence.
Two end pieces with three drawers each, rise above center work area with...
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1940s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wicker, Reed, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Carlo de Carli Writing Desk Solid Beech Maple and Mahogany
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century Modern Carlo di Carli writing desk in solid beech, maple, and mahogany the bottom of the three drawers. Lacquered steel handles with leather
Mobili di Cantù , cabinetma...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Mahogany, Maple
French Mid-Century Ebonized and Mirrored Desk, by Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
French mid-century (1940s) ebonized and mirrored desk with five drawers and an off-white leather writing surface (Maison Jansen).
Maison Jansen was a Paris-based interior decorati...
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1940s French Directoire Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mirror, Leather, Wood
A Fine French Art Deco Rosewood and Marquetry Dining Table by Segal
Located in Long Island City, NY
With a wooden and mother of pearl marquetry top, brass details on the two pedestals and 2 end leaves.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Bits of Wood Table by Pepe Heykoop
By Pepe Heykoop
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The local sawmill produces lots of waste wood. Adorable bits and beautiful types but all different in size. That makes them hard to use for a regular production. The common thought is to sell it as firewood.
Tin is a type of metal that melts at a relatively low melting point of 232 degrees Celsius. Once it has molten it is just liquid enough to flow around the bits of wood, filling up the gaps. Its temperature is just not hot enough to burn the hardwood resulting in metal that flows around the hardwood and solidifies in cloud like shapes. Not any glue or screws are used keeping the wood together. Only a combination of leftover hardwood and old tin pots and plates were molten into in a collection of stools, tables and coffee tables.
Year - 2012 Material - leftover hard wood, recycled tin...
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2010s Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tin
'XiangSheng I' Desk with an Etruscan Green Patina by Studio MVW
By Studio MVW
Located in Paris, FR
‘XiangSheng I' Desk is an elegant piece of art furniture in oxidized and brushed bronze, with a glass top, that plays on the unity between structural form and space. It combines surf...
Category
2010s Chinese Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
1940s Paul Frankl Eight-Drawer Desk Art Deco Style By Johnson Furniture Co.
Located in Miami, FL
Rare Paul Frankl designed eight-drawer desk for the Johnson Furniture Co. of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Re-furbished and newly lacquered cork top, in a satin lacquer white finish.
Body of desk also mahogany brown finish. Handles appear to be bakelite, with brass brackets, also newly polished.
Exposed concave cut-out to center back of desk for storing books, much like a sculptural effect of a Sol LeWitt or Donald Judd floating square cut-outs piece of art and we say art, because it is an art form to pull off stunning design, with function as the forefront to any furniture, as the body floating has an ethereal quality. As does the body of the desk prove...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Jansen French Louis XVI Style Ebonized and Black Leather Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (1940s) ebonized & gilt bronze trim desk / cartonnier with 2 drawers and a black leather & gold tooled top supported on 4 tapered square legs. (stamped: JANSEN)
Category
1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Jansen Ebonized Davenport Table
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (1940s) ebonized davenport table with bronze trim on 2 drawers with ring handles having light green decoration matching the top (stamped: JANSEN).
Category
1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian 1940's wooden desk attributed to Ignazio Gardella
Located in Milan, IT
Exquisite craftsmanship desk,
Attributed to Ignazio Gardella.
The desk has 3 side drawers and 3 drawers on the top. The top and drawers box are covered with a thick green linoleum.
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
'Écritoire', a Gem-Like Desk Bridging Design and the Decorative Arts
Located in Paris, FR
‘Écritoire’ Desk (Lacquered) by French Lebanese Charles Kalpakian is a true gem, resounding in its elegance, simplicity, graphic unity and the complementarity of materials. Curves an...
Category
2010s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Brushed Metal and Bronze, Egyptian Revival Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique desk. The body is brushed metal with bronze details. Triangular legs are crowned by pharaoh heads and feet in the shape of lion's paws. Three front drawers. The top is black l...
Category
1940s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Italian Paolo Buffa Parchment Veneer Mahogany Desk
Located in New York, NY
Italian 1940s parchment veneer desk raised on rectangular mahogany bases with 8 mahogany trimmed drawers (design attributed to PAOLO BUFFA) (probably made by OSVALDO BORSANI)
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Parchment Paper
French Andre Arbus Ormolu Maple Writing Desk
By André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s ormolu mounted maple writing desk with leather inset top above 2 frieze drawers on lyre form trestle supports. (attributed to ANDRE ARBUS)
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Belle Epoch Painted Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully Decorated Center Table
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Desk, France 1940s
Located in Greding, DE
Art Deco desk with slightly curved table top and two drawer elements with four drawers each. These are lockable and the handles are made of elegant bars. The desk can be positioned a...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Writing Desk w/ Drawers C. 1940's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940's French writing desk, rich in history and detail, a testament to the craftsmanship of the era. The desk features three drawers, each adorned with brass handles that provide a ...
Category
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Modern Black Lacquered Writing Desk
Located in North York, ON
Introducing the perfect addition to your home office or study - the Modern black lacquered writing desk. With its clean and minimalist design, this desk exudes a sleek and contempora...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Scrivania anni 40-50
Located in Milano, IT
Scrivania con colonna laterale con cassetti e vano contenitore con anta battente, poggia piedi. Struttura in metallo cromato, legno impiallacciato noce, piano in vetro opalino nero. ...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Italian Louis XV Burl Wood Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk With Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding Italian Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk
Italy, Circa 1940s
Gorgeous burl wood, with inlaid marquetry, ornate ormolu mounts, and embossed brown leathe...
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1940s Italian Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Macassar Ebony Veneered Leather Top French Directoire Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a rare and unique form of desk and features the "wood of Kings" macassar ebony, a very rare and highly prized wood that covers the entire desk. The top is a gold tooled and e...
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1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Macassar
Oscar Tusquets Large Table 'Gaulino' Wood Stained Black by Bd Barcelona
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gaulino table designed by Oscar Tusquets manufactured by BD Barcelona Design, circa 2010.
Oscar Tusquets, architect, artist and writer has designed nearly everything during hislon...
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ash
Fine French 1940s Desk and Cabinet by Jean Pascaud 'Marquetry by J.D Malcles'
By Jean Pascaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Pascaud (1903-1996) - A fine French art deco walnut stained desk and cabinet / armoire.
The desk has four drawers with a carved diamond pattern and four scroll legs with bronze...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Desk and Chair in Matching Leather
Located in Dallas, TX
An elegant and early design by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Desk model 4725 in mahogany with original green leather and matching swiveling stool.
Category
1940s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Maree Table / Desk, IT
Located in New York, NY
The desk features two solid brass bases and a resin cast top, designed to achieve a liquid-look surface; it is finished with brush strokes of more textured resin, applied with a flui...
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2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Custom Desk or Writing Table Made from Reclaimed Pine
By Ken Petersen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This custom desk or writing table is made from reclaimed pine with one large drawer that can be pulled out from either side. The table shown here is 17.5" x 42" but can be built in a...
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2010s English Primitive Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Cassina Rodolfo Dordoni Chrome Mylar and White Milk Glass Dining Table or Desk
Located in North Miami, FL
This Italian modern and contemporary round dining table or desk or entry table designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Cassina is from about 2012. ...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Floating Desk
Located in Sebastopol, CA
The floating desk by Taylor Donsker features a wall mounted California Claro Walnut live edge slab, rosewood butterfly joinery and recessed solid wood dr...
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2010s American Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Swedish Art Deco Intarsia Inlay Dining Table or Writing Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
This style of trestle dining table is referred to as a "bibliotek" or library table. This piece is made of flame birch and features beautiful "Intarsia" inlay in elm and rosewood. It...
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1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
Danish Modern Desk / Dining Table in Birch Attributed to Philip Arctander, 1940s
Located in Odense, DK
Rare dining table with two extendables made in birch. Attributed to danish designer Philip Arctander. Beautiful structure and lines.
It can also be used as a desk.
Each extendable ...
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
Elegant Sycamore and Box Wood Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in Montreal, QC
Elegant sycamore and boxwood Louis XVI style bureau plat decorated with gilt bronze and inset with black leather tooled top.
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1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Sycamore
Isabella Costantini, Italy, Gemma Desk
Located in Ascoli Piceno, IT
Designed by IC and realized by expert Italian artisans, the Gemma desk features rounded corners, three drawers and a side closed compartment hiding a shelf. The piece is elegantly en...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Simon Desk
Located in Carmel, CA
Maximize your workspace right at home with the Simon desk. Cleverly designed to wrap around you while you work, the curved lines give you more area to spread out while conveniently.
Category
2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Pommele Old Growth Redwood Athol Desk
Located in Sebastopol, CA
The Athol desk by Taylor Donsker features a live edge pommele old growth Redwood slab with recessed cast bronze tree bark doors opening to a concealed compa...
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2010s American Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
"Heavy Traffic" 21st Century Desk, Walnut and Maple by Ivan Paradisi
Located in Turin, IT
The dense idea of a city, with roads, smog, but also the intense presence of people all living together is What Ivan Paradisi wanted to achieve with this piece, the concept is based ...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Blackened Steel and Layered Bronze Desk, Usa
By Gary Magakis
Located in New York, NY
Gary Magakis’ unique steel and bronze desk reflects the sculptor’s distinct approach to creating bold and dense geometric forms that exude a Modernist elegance and buoyance. At once ...
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2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Curvy Vanity Table
Located in San Pietro di Morubio, Verona
Easily transferable from the bedroom to the living room, where it can be used as a writing desk, this vanity merges functionality with style in a sleek design that will fit a modern decor. The rectangular oak-veneered top is supported by two U-shaped brass legs with a slightly curved base. On one side, a flip-top mirror reveals a practical space to keep cosmetics, jewelry, and accessories out of sight and well organized.
Combining the traditional smoked oak pattern with contemporary curves in furniture, Kabinet Studios transforms this time-old technique into a refined modern-day collection.
Complementing the oak veneer so that each piece appears to be made from solid wood which gently curves. The Curvy collection includes a sideboard, display cabinet, vanity table...
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Finn Juhl Nyhavn Desk & Table, 1st Edition, 1945 by Illums Bolighus, København
Located in Munster, NRW
Finn Juhl - BO69 Nyhavn Desk / Table and detachable flip-down leaf in teak.
1st Edition, 1945 by ILLUMS BOLIGHUS KØBENHAVN (labelled undernea...
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1940s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Custom Sit/Stand "Essentials Desk" with Solid Wood Top and Metal Base, Small
Located in Vancouver, B.C.
Break up long periods of sitting at a desk and improve your productivity by switching to standing. The height adjustable Essentials Desk gives you the freedom to do both. The desks h...
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2010s Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Custom Sit/Stand "Essentials Desk" with Solid Wood Top and Metal Base, Medium
Located in Vancouver, B.C.
Break up long periods of sitting at a desk and improve your productivity by switching to standing. The height adjustable Essentials Desk gives you the freedom to do both. The desks h...
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2010s Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Metal
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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