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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Art Nouveau
Art Deco French Desk in Macassar with Leather Top Insert
Located in Houston, TX
Art Deco French desk in Macassar wood
Desk is made out of Macassar wood and newly re-upholstered with a strip of brown leather in the middle of the desk’s top. Each of the legs have ...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco German Curved Desk in Walnut
Located in Houston, TX
Elegant German Art Deco Desk is made out of walnut wood. Has slightly curved top with leather insert in the middle. There is thin keyed drawer. Desk is supported by 2 wide rectangula...
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1940s German Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Art Deco Desk by Maurice Adams
Located in Lee-On-The-Solent, GB
A fine Art Deco desk by Maurice Adams, in highly polished walnut. Bow fronted, with four drawers to each side, a central door and a good size cupboard beneath. Quality, silvered hand...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Art Deco Desk in Macassar Ebony By Majorelle
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Art Deco Desk - By Louis Majorelle
Exceptional quality Art Deco desk produced in France c1925, in Macassar Ebony and stamped with his unique inlay signature Majorelle Nancy to the i...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Macassar
Two Modernist art deco writing tables circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Two Modernist art deco writing tables circa 1930
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Art Deco French Elegant Writing Desk in Macassar
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful and elegant Art Deco Period French writing desk. Macassar veneer - table desk with shaped top; three drawers underneath. Keyed middle drawer. Resting on tapered and channel...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco French Grand Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Art Deco table is made out of high quality walnut wood. It composed out of 2 parts/sides with lots of room/drawers for storage. Both sides are connected on the bottom with each other...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco French Writing Desk in Macassar Wood
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful and very elegant Art Deco French writing desk. It is made out of Macassar wood and legs are out ebonyzecd wood. Tips of legs are wrapped with brass holders. Desk has 2 spac...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Black Art Nouveau Writing Desk with 11 Drawers, around 1910
Located in Wien, AT
Instagram: traudes.kinder
Website: www . traudeskinder . com
Objekt: Herrenschreibtisch mit Aufsatz
Entwurf: -
Modell-Nummer: -
Ausführung: unbekannte Kunstmöbeltischlerei (verm. Wi...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1920's Red and Blue Wooden Desk
Located in Brno, CZ
This is a recently restored wooden desk believed to be designed in the 1920’s, with the red and blue colours being the original combination of this piece. The main colour of the tabl...
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1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Cherrywood Kneehole Desk
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Cherrywood Kneehole Desk, Circa 1940. With an inset laminate writing surface and a pullout telephone table, with enamel handles.
Dealer: S138XX
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20th Century Unknown Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Carrocel Interiors Art Deco Style Light Walnut Library Table Writing Desk
By Carrocel
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Carrocel Interiors Art Deco Style Light Walnut Library Table Writing Desk
Category
1990s Canadian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Petite Eliel Saarinen Deco Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite scale Eliel Saarinen Deco Desk in Birch with Wave-like Aluminum Pulls.
Dimensions:
48 wide
20 depth
Height to top shelf: 30 1/16"
Height to desk surface: 24.75"
Wear as s...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Desk in Wood, 1940, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an icon of distinction.
You want to live in the golden yea...
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1940s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Carved Oak Desk, England circa 1920
Located in Culver City, CA
Carved Oak Desk
England circa 1920
Detailed carving, with single drawer on both sides, lower shelf and lion feet.
48.25”L x 30”d x 31”h
Ref. TABLE1191
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Desk, 1950, Materials: Wood and Bronze, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1940
Material: Wood and bronze
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique....
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Desk Style Art Deco in Wood and chrome, 1940, Made in Germany
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Only the wood is restored, not the chrome metal
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an icon of...
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1940s German Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Burr Walnut Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Art Deco burr walnut pedestal desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1920-30’s.
The quality is outstanding, this is a large and impressive size. Ther...
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1920s British Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Desk in Wood, 1920, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk
Book: Buenos Aires Art Deco y Racionalismo
Author: Mimi Bohm
Page: 68
Year: 1920
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exo...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine French Blackened Wood Desk with an Off White Lacquered Top with Inlays
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French blackened wood desk with 3 drawers, an off white & black lacquered top with metal Inlays, and bronze handles and wheels.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Desk Style Art Deco in Wood and chrome, 1940, Made in Germany
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Only the wood is restored, not the chrome metal
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an icon of...
Category
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Desk Style Art Deco in Wood, 1940, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1940
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an icon of distinct...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Desk Art Deco in Wood, 1930, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1930
Material: wood
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an i...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Desk in Wood, 1920, Sign: Made in France 7382
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk
Sign: Made in France 7382
Year: 1920
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an icon ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Big Jeweler Style Art Deco in Wood, 1920, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1920
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an icon of distinct...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Limed Oak and Leather Desk in the manner of Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
A modernist Art Deco desk in limed oak with partially clad oxblood leather top. With clean lines and simple brass drawer pulls, very much in the manner of Jacques Adnet or Eugene Pri...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Desks in Wood, 1930, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1930
Material: wood
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Dressing table in White Rock Crystal and Brass by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
This dressing table has 4 drawers and it is made of white rock crystal marquetry with brass trims.
The 4 feet are in brass.
2 drawers on the right side, 1 drawer in the center and 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rock Crystal, Stone, Brass
Art deco office writing table
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Art deco office writing table in very good condition with signs of use.
Category
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Small Art Nouveau Writing Desk with 6 Dawers (Vienna 1910)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Schreibtisch
Entwurf: -
Modell-Nummer: -
Ausführung: unbekannter Kunstmöbelhersteller, Wien um 1910
Maße in cm (H x B x T): 70,5 x 101 x 51
Material: Buche massiv (ebonisiert...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1960s Italian Art Deco Midcentury Walnut Marble Slant Front Desk Table Secretary
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern folding slant front desk writing table secretaire, in beautiful wood with three drawers. This beautiful piece is completed by the whi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1940s Art Deco Midcentury Italian Walnut Root Burl Curved Writing Desk Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Stunning Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern desk writing table, in beautiful veneer burr walnut wood with beautiful and elegant curved shape, completed by the side and central drawe...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Asymmetric Rounded 1930s French Art Deco Desk in Black Lacquer with Special Lock
Located in Ulm, DE
Desk
Piano lacquer, black high gloss
Special feature: the lock sits in the body, not in the drawers as usual.
Original Art Deco, France, 1930s.
Dimensions:
Width: 120 cm
Height: 77...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
1960s Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Walnut Brass Glass Top Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Mid-Century Modern small desk or writing table with stylish legs and veneer wood with two drawers. This beautiful piece is completed by the glass top and the bra...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Dutch Art Deco Modernist desk, Netherlands, 1920s
By Tijsseling
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A modestly sized modernist writing desk with an assymetrical design, giving it a Haagse School/modernist appearance.
It has one large drawer at the front and a three shelve storage ...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Desk in Black Lacquer with Nickeled Metal Applications
Located in Ulm, DE
Desk
Piano lacquer, black high gloss
Metal applications, freshly nickel-plated
Non-functional drawers on the back
Original Art Deco, France 1930s
Dimensions:
Width: 130 cm
Height: ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Executive desk in Macassar ebony by Pander & zn, Netherlands 1930s
Located in ECHT, NL
High quality custom made executive desk. Made from solid Macassar ebony and Macassar ebony veneer. The front has two glass sliding doors with a thick glass shelf. It has one door on ...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Ebony, Macassar
charming 1920thies writing desk or console birch and walnut with carved flowers
Located in Weiningen, CH
charming 1920thies writing desk or console oak and walnut with carved flowers. May also be used as dressing table has a mirror with 2 drawers.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Fine French Art Deco Palisander Desk and Chair by Robert Bloch
By Athelia by Robert Bloch
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Bloch for Studio Athelia - A fine French Art Deco rosewood secretary desk with a flip top, four drawers, refined chrome hardware (the top can be ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
French Art Deco Oak and Steel Writing Table Desk, France, circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
A highly unique French Art Deco writing table /desk with stunning geometric form. The rectangular surface is supported by triangular shaped wood bases and connected to the top by tr...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
1920s Art Deco Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann Style Rosewood Desk with Chrome Feet
Located in High Wycombe, GB
1920s Art Deco Solid Rosewood Rectangular Desk With Original Fittings.
The Central Drawer is housed between two sets of drawers with Chrome finished feet, and handles.
This exquisite Streamline Moderne desk...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Art Deco Handmade Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
This charming Art Deco wooden desk features clean lines and open shelving. Handmade by a craftsman, keeping in theme with artsy and elegant deco v...
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Mid-20th Century North American Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plywood
Sonia Writing Desk in Cream Shagreen and Bronze-Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Sonia writing desk is the perfect piece for your room. A more subtle version to her sister the iconic writing desk, the Sonia has elegant legs i...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Walnut, Birch and Beech Writing Desk, Brianza, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
It's made in walnut, birch and beech.
This desk was probably realized in Brianza, due to its amazing manufacture.
It might show slight traces of use since it's ...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Birch, Walnut
Art Deco Table by J. Halabala
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco table by J. Halabala from 1940s.
Art Deco table by the famous Czech designer J. Halabala, 1940. Jindrich Halabala, (a Czech designer ranked among the most outstanding creat...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Late 20th Century Art Deco Style Desk & Chair in Maple by Rupert Williamson
Located in Southampton, NY
Late 20th Century Art Deco Style desk & chair crafted in Maple by English Furniture Maker, Rupert Williamson. A custom commissioned Art Deco style desk ...
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Late 20th Century English Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple
Macassar Ebony Art Deco Amsterdamse School Desk by Daniel van Dorp for Reens
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School desk.
Design by Daniel van Dorp for Gebroeders Reens Amsterdam.
Striking Dutch design from the 1920s.
Solid macassar ebony with...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Macassar
Art Deco Desk Table with Two faces and Two levels
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco Desk in Burl Walnut.
Beautiful Desk with two faces. In one side you can use like a desk, with five drawers and three compartments to organize your work,.
In the other side y...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Burl
Jean Pascaud Art Deco French Black Lacquered Desk
By Jean Pascaud
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco black lacquered desk featuring an indented rectangular top pinched at the corners highlighted by the central pullout drawer, standing on 4 shaped andtapered, smoothly...
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20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
French Art Deco Desk in Palisander
Located in Houston, TX
Unusual design of the desk makes it a very unique piece. Made out of Palisander wood, table has two legs composed from metal plates. In the middle of the table front there is a small...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Palisander
Art Deco Ebonized Pearwood Two-Tier Tambour Top Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco ebonized pearwood writing desk with a tambour roll top upper section concealing four pairs of interior drawers with diamond pattern inlaid burl wood fronts surrounding a bro...
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20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather, Fruitwood
Carrocel Interiors Art Deco Style Figured Walnut Office Desk
By Carrocel
Located in Forney, TX
A high quality custom made walnut contemporary writing desk by luxury furniture maker Carrocel Interiors.
Styled in timeless Art Deco Modern tas...
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Late 20th Century Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Mahogany Art Nouveau Writing Desk Signed Louis Majorelle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Signed ‘Louis Majorelle’ Art Nouveau desk with the sinuous lines and curves typical of the style. Four curved-front drawers retaining their original ormol...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Zierlicher Jugendstil Schreibtisch, Vogelaugenahorn, Wien um 1910
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Schreibtisch
Entwurf: unbekannt, Wien um 1910
Modell-Nummer: -
Ausführung: unbekannte Kunstmöbeltischlerei, Wien um 1910
Maße in cm (H x B x T): 76 x 90 x 55
Material: Vogela...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Ebonized Wood Writing Table Designed by the Keno Brothers
Located in Houston, TX
The Art Nouveau-inspired Writing Table designed by the Keno Brothers is a captivating fusion of nature and craftsmanship. Crafted from ebonized wood, its sinuous lines and curvaceous...
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Late 20th Century American Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Desk in Wood and chrome, France, 1940
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
"Free shipping in florida" It was exhibited at Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)"
Desk
Year 1940
French
Wood and chrome
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an ...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Emile Galle "Ombelles" Floral and Pastoral Marquetry Writing Desk
By Emile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
French Art Nouveau writing desk featuring an open upper section with a marquetry inlaid pasteral scene back panel under a carved floral...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Oak Art Deco Modernist Writing Table by Hendrik Wouda for Pander, 1924
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Modernist writing table. Design by Hendrik Wouda for H. Pander & Zonen Den Haag. Striking Dutch design from 1924.Solid oak and original oak veneer...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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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