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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Style: Hollywood Regency
Style: Arts and Crafts
Hollywood Regency Ebony Desk, Writing Table or Vanity, Bronze Mounted, 1930s
Located in Stamford, CT
A Hollywood Regency Ebony and Bronze Mounted Desk, Writing Table or Vanity. One of a pair.
A stunning example of this highly sought after designers work. Bronze sabots and capitals shine on the sleek tapering legs with flame bronze mounts on the reeded centers leading to a knee hole, 18.5 by 24 inch wide, center having finished sides. The three over two drawers all having bronze framing and keyholes, the center lock missing. Each side with bronze framing and the reversed fully finished so this finely constructed desk can sit center stage in any setting. The writing or computer table...
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Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Hollywood Regency White Lacquered Desk or Console by Gampel-Stoll
By Gampel-Stoll
Located in Houston, TX
Hollywood Regency white lacquered desk or console by Gampel-Stoll. This stunning British colonial style desk or writing table is supported ...
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1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique L. & J.G. Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk, Newly Restored
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts quarter sawn oak writing desk, library table, or center table.
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Measures: 40" W x 26" D ...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Pagodic Desk
Located in DE MEERN, UT
The style of this standing desk is a mix between Japanese pagodas and modern skyscrapers.
It is an artisanal piece consisting of:
A curved top, with inlaid motifs and high-quality ...
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2010s Dutch Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Bamboo, Padouk, Purpleheart, Teak
1930s Antique White Neoclassical Writing Table or Vanity
Located in Stamford, CT
1930s neoclassical writing table or vanity table. Newly painted in an antique white finish. New vintage brass ring pulls have overall unpolish...
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1930s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Rhamtail
Located in DE MEERN, UT
While designing Rhamtail desk, I was looking for experience. A feeling, a glorification, a comfort to sit in front of it.
Thereby I imagined the uses, someone who continues clients conversations at his office. Thereby welcoming them inside and letting them be surprised by the interior object. Once seated, they can admire the tray up close. Once that conversation progresses they will see new details of the desk. This will create a reference of atmosphere during the conversation which the client takes home.
The design of the top has a masculine character. Partly because of the profiled edge and thickness. Wherein the cones in the profile offers some grace. Which creates togetherness with the feminine cabinets underneath. With the concave cabinets...
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2010s Dutch Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plexiglass, Walnut
Three Drawer Cane & Reed Faux Bamboo Compact Desk Writing Table w/ Glass Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Decorative cane & reed three drawer compact entry hall desk writing table or console with glass top.
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20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cane, Glass
Early Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Library Table or Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission oak Arts & Crafts writing desk, library table, or center table
By Gustav Stickley (original label present)
USA, Circa 1900
Measures: 3...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Arts & Crafts Oak Writing Desk in the Manner of Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Mission oak Arts & Crafts writing desk, library table, or center table
Recently procured from Frank Lloyd Wright's DeRhodes House
In the manner of Stickley Brothers...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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
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
Vintage Oval Lacquered Vanity Dressing Table or Desk with a Leather Panel
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage oval lacquered vanity dressing table or desk with a leather panel
Offered for sale is a vintage custom made gloss black lacquer oval vanity dressing table or writing table...
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Fret Gampel & Stoll Kidney Elephant Desk Lacquered in Choice of Color
By Gampel-Stoll
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Gampel & Stoll kidney shaped elephant desk with drawer. This will be newly lacquered in color of your choice. Please allow 3-6 weeks to ship from time of color choice. Dimens...
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1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Arts & Crafts Mission Style Black Solid Oak Desk with Side Shelves
Located in East Hampton, NY
Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Desk. Original black painted. This beautiful Mission style desk originated in the late 19th century. The grain of the oak ...
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20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Hollywood Regency Maison Jansen Desk, Ebony, Bronze, Leather, France, 1930s
Located in Stamford, CT
A Hollywood Regency ebony and bronze mounted desk, writing table or vanity
A stunning example of this highly sought after designers work. Bronze sabots and capitals shine on the sleek tapering legs with flame bronze mounts on the reeded centers leading to a knee hole, 18.5 by 24 inch wide, center having finished sides. The three over two drawers all having bronze framing and keyholes, the center lock missing. Each side with bronze framing and the reversed fully finished so this finely constructed desk can sit center stage in any setting. The writing or computer table...
Category
1930s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Signed Gustav Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission oak Arts & Crafts writing desk
By Gustav Stickley (original label present)
USA, Circa 1900
Solid quarter sawn oak, with original hamme...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
21st Century American Walnut Veneer Vanity Desk with Mirror
Located in New York, NY
"La Nouvelle Vanité" is a make up desk made of American walnut veneer with an arc shaped mirror behind, designed by Merve Kahraman design studio.
This work/makeup desk...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Early Gustav Stickley Ebonized Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission oak Arts & Crafts writing desk
By Gustav Stickley (original label present)
USA, Circa 1900
Solid quarter sawn oak in original ebonized...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
21st Century Walnut and Brass Work Desk
Located in New York, NY
"La Nouvelle Vanité" is a make up desk made of American walnut veneer with an arc shaped mirror behind, designed by Merve Kahraman design studio.
This work/makeup desk...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
21st Century American Walnut Veneer Vanity Desk with Mirror, Indigo
Located in New York, NY
"La Nouvelle Vanité" is a make up desk made of American walnut veneer with an arc shaped mirror behind, designed by Merve Kahraman design studio.
This work/makeup desk...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
21st Century American Walnut Veneer Vanity Desk with Mirror, Black and Red
Located in New York, NY
"La Nouvelle Vanité" is a make up desk made of American walnut veneer with an arc shaped mirror behind, designed by Merve Kahraman design studio.
This work/makeup desk...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
21st Century American Walnut Veneer Vanity Desk with Mirror, Red & Gray
Located in New York, NY
"La Nouvelle Vanité" is a makeup desk made of American walnut veneer with an arc shaped mirror behind, designed by Merve Kahraman design studio.
This wo...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
21st Century American White Oak Veneer Vanity Desk with Mirror
Located in New York, NY
"La Nouvelle Vanité" is a make up desk made of American white oak veneer with an arc shaped mirror behind, designed by Merve Kahraman design studio.
This work/makeup desk...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
21st Century American Walnut Veneer Vanity Desk with Mirror, Green
Located in New York, NY
"La Nouvelle Vanité" is a make up desk made of American walnut veneer with an arc shaped mirror behind, designed by Merve Kahraman design studio.
This work/makeup desk...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Voysey Style of Arts & Crafts Oak Dining Table with Dove Cut-Outs below the Top
Located in London, GB
C F A Voysey in the style of.
An Arts & Crafts oak dining or library table with four stylized floral cut-outs flanked by dove cut-outs to each corner to the angled apron underneath ...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Tiger Oak Arts & Crafts Desk or Table
Located in East Hampton, NY
This is a truly special piece with rich wood grain in Tiger Maple. Four sturdy columns with a large single drawer. Retains original wood casters for easy ...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Hollywood Regency Ebony Ladies Desk Louis XV Style Stamped Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Hollywood Regency ebony ladies desk. Finley crafted Louis XV style stamped Jansen flip front desk having sleek and slender legs supporting a lager center drawer flanked by smaller si...
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Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Ebony and Parcel-Gilt Decorated Three-Drawer Desk, Maison Jansen attr.
Located in Stamford, CT
Ebony and gilt Hollywood Regency desk. An ebony and parcel-gilt decorated three drawer desk or writing table. This finely crafted desk by Maison Jansen sports a custom glass top sitt...
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Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Olive Burl Wood Cabriole Leg Bombay Drop Front Secretary with Bookcase
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very fine craftsmanship Italian made burl wood drop front secretary.
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20th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive, Burl
Hollywood Regency Desks in Maison Jansen Manner, Ebonized, Bronze Mounted Pair
Located in Stamford, CT
Hollywood Regency Desks, Maison Jansen Attributed, Ebonized, Bronze, Refinished.
A Compatible pair of Hollywood Regency desks in Maison Jansen manner. Two French ebony based leather...
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Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Custom Painted Grosfeld House Style Table
Located in New York, NY
Custom painted Grosfeld House style table. Hollywood Regency style.
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1950s Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
G M Ellwood for J S Henry. An Arts & Crafts oak writing desk
Located in London, GB
George Montague Ellwood (1875-1955) for J.S. Henry
An oak writing desk with sloping pen compartment just above the writing area flanked by stylised inlaid details of a pair of quills...
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Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Very Rare Maison Charles Directoire Console Table or Sideboard
Located in Munich, DE
A very rare piece of furniture in very good condition.
we can offer a few different pieces of the directoire range.
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1960s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Stunning Stacked Lucite Dining Table Desk Vintage Hollywood Regency
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stunning stacked Lucite dining table or desk. The many cuts and facets on the edges make the base sparkle and shine! The Lucite is in excellent condition! This piece is gorgeous in p...
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1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
American Arts & Crafts Era Mahogany Side Table or Small Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic American arts and crafts table with a bold simple form which marked the era and this handsome table/desk is exemplary of the movement. It is constructed of fine mahogany wood...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English Arts and Crafts Oak Roll Top Desk
Located in New York, NY
English Arts and Crafts oak roll top desk with side drawers and leather top.
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Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
George Walton. Arts & Crafts Walnut Desk with Secret Drawers & Heart Escutcheons
Located in London, GB
George Walton. A rare Arts and Crafts walnut desk almost identical to the desk Walton designed in 1898 for Sidney Leetham for the morning room in Elm Bank, a major interior commission in York, England.
This desk is a complex hybrid design. The overhanging top with central arched cupboard...
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Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Hollywood Regency Faux Marble Desk
Located in Pasadena, CA
A faux marble Hollywood Regency desk with a single drawer and horned legs.
Playing off Hellenic design, this heavy solid wood desk will add a...
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20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Stacked Lucite Dining Table or Desk Base Vintage Architectural Hollywood Regency
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Amazing vintage stacked Hollywood Regency Lucite base which can be used as a dining table or an office desk. Glass top not included. The many cuts and facets on the edges make this s...
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20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lucite
Pair of Lucite Glacier Iceberg Dining Table or Desk Base Style of Lion in Frost
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage pair of Lucite glacier, iceberg style dining table or office desk base. Glass top not included. In the manner of lion in frost.
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1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lucite
Arts & Crafts Satinwood Writing Table by Marsh and Jones
By John Marsh and Edward Jones
Located in London, by appointment only
An Arts and Crafts satinwood writing lavishly inlaid with stylized foliate ornament and multilayered crossbanding. The table is supported on turned columns joined by a stretcher supp...
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19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Desks and Writing Tables
B Talbert for Gillows Aesthetic Movement Davenport with Central Carved Rosette
Located in London, GB
Bruce J Talbert for Gillows of Lancaster.
An Aesthetic Movement Davenport with a brass gallery to the back and an inkwell and pen compartment below, a...
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Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English Arts & Crafts Aesthetic Movement Elm Wood Desk with Contrasting Inlay
Located in New York, NY
English Arts & Crafts (Aesthetic Movement) double pedestal table elm and burl wood desk with a canted corner top having multi-wood inlay and a green & brown leather writing surface.
...
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20th Century British Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl, Elm, Leather
Early 20th century French carved poker work writing table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century french carved poker work writing table circa 1900.
Unusual profusely carved small writing table. Carved tulips into the top surface, around the apron and down the...
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Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Campaign Walnut and Brass Writing Desk
By John Stuart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Campaign Walnut and Brass Desk. Newly refinished and ready to go! Finished on all sides with brass handles and accent pieces. 24" between banks of drawers that make it great for a...
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1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Writing Desk or Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Solid quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hardware....
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
Grosfeld House, Hollywood Regency, Vanity, Desk, Parcel Paint, Giltwood, 1960s
Located in Stamford, CT
Hollywood Regency Grosfeld House Parcel Paint and Gilt Decorated Vanity or Desk
Grosfeld House parcel paint and gilt decorated vanity or desk with mirror. A fine one of a kind ribbo...
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
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Giltwood
Hollywood Regency Art Deco Style Desk
Located in New York, NY
Hollywood Regency Art Deco style desk, the rectangular figured walnut top with three drawers to one side, above shaped ebonized x-form supports.
...
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20th Century Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Antique Stickley Brothers Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Desk or Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table
By Stickley Brothers
USA, Circa 1900
Quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hardware.
...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper
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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