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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1910s
Art Deco Inlaid Desk or Wall Console Table, circa 1930s
Located in Bernville, PA
Extremely rare American Art Deco desk or wall console. This incredible desk has reverse wood inlays on different planes. Very unusual woods from curly maple to the characteristics of...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple
Spectacular Wood Desk, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Exceptional and spectacular French Art Deco wood desk.
Two drawers in facade,
circa 1930.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
A French Parchment Dressing Table / Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
A Parchment dressing table finished on 4 sides. Having a interior compartment that is reached by raising the central section on top of the des...
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1930s French Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Parchment Paper
Jules Leleu Dining Table / Desk circa 1937
By Jules Leleu
Located in London, GB
A distinctive Jules Leleu dining table, circa 1937. that can also be used as a desk.The table has elegant curved lines, sweeping arched legs and is finished in gilt brass.
Literatur...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Luxury Vanity Console in Walnut, Ebony and Marble
Located in Antwerp, BE
High-end walnut and ebony vanity table
This eclectic and exuberant piece shows a beautiful form
with stunning details such as the hand carved claw feet
and flower motives
The sides have a red and white marble top
very solid brass door hinges...
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1930s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Jules Leleu Double Pedestal Mahogany Art Deco Desk with Gilt Bronze Details
By Jules Leleu
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jules Leleu (1883-1961) double-fronted mahogany and brass desk, circa 1935.
Having two set of four pedestal drawers and a single frieze drawer, accented in gilt bronze. Inset with p...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Lucien Rollin, Secretaire, circa 1935
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lucien Rollin, Secretaire,
circa 1935.
Mahogany and silvered bronze,
Meaures: 60.25 in. (153.03 cm.) x 50 in. (127 cm.) x 15.12 in. (38.41 cm.).
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1930s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Office Table by Jean Prouvé and Jules Leleu
Located in Altwies, LU
Set consisting of a office table and chair with angle structure. The whole being entirely lacquered in red-blood color.
Furniture designed in 1934-35 for the sanatorium of Guébriant and sponsored by the French Army to the architects Abraham and Jacques Henri Le Même...
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1930s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Bauhaus Table by Jindrich Halabala for Up Zavody
Located in Vienna, AT
Softwood covered with walnut veneer with drawer designed by Jindrich Halabala in the late 1930s for UP Zavody.
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Softwood
Donald Deskey Rare Desk and Chair
By Donald Deskey, Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Corp
Located in New York, NY
Copper-plated steel, walnut, fabric. Most likely these are custom variants of models produced by Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Corp. These being framed in copper plated steel and the prod...
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1930s American Machine Age Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper, Steel
Modernist Table or Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modernist table or desk. Original condition.
Located in NY.
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1930s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Frank Brangwyn a Rare Desk Originally Designed for the 1931 Pollard Exhibition
By E. Pollard & Co, Frank Brangwyn
Located in London, GB
Frank Brangwyn. E Pollard and Co.
A rare desk originally designed for the 1931 Pollard Exhibition where it can be seen in a room setting in the original photographs from 1931. See ...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Sycamore
1920s Desk Ernesto Basile 'Attributed'
Located in Catania, IT
1920s desk design by Ernesto Basile (attributed) for Ducrot (attributed). The desk has the original fabric top of the time, covered by glass and has bee...
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1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
French Louis XV Style Walnut Table with Bronze Mounts, 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Louis XV-style table with bronze mounts, the 1930s
This elegant Louis XV-style table or writing desk is made of walnut with a veneered walnut parquetry design and elegant bron...
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1930s French Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
André Arbus Eight Legged Table
By André Arbus
Located in Hanover, MA
French-polished rectangular table in acajou crotch mahogany attributed to André Arbus, circa 1938. Four-way book matched veneer top. Double beveled edge on 2 inch thick top. Eight sq...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Impressive French Art Deco Desk with Secretary Table
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning French Art Deco desk with pull-out secretary table. Having beautiful Deco lines and brass hardware. All the locks work making this a functiona...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine French Art Deco Rosewood Dining Table by Maxime Old
By Maxime Old
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Art Deco rosewood dining / writing table by Maxime Old.
Leaves are not usable.
Signed.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Fine French Gray Cerused Oak Desk and Chair Set from a Maine Estate
Located in New York, NY
A matching desk and chair set in gray cerused oak. France, circa 1930.
Features a triple X-style raised pattern on each side of desk with four deep drawers ...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
French Art Deco Mahogany Table
By Jules Leleu
Located in Tourcoing, FR
French Art Deco mahogany table with U base called "cradled " feet. Ideal as a dining table, it will be a perfect and amazing office desk.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Leon Jallot Sculpted Walnut Desk and Chair
By Léon Jallot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French transitional (from Art Nouveau to early Art Deco) desk and en suite chair by Leon Jallot in sculpted walnut and walnut burl, circa 1910. This desk ...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Rare Hepplewhite Revival Mixing Table Desk Charak Furniture Co.
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Rare Hepplewhite Revival mixing table desk, Charak Furniture Co. Boston, Mass 1930. This fabulous piece has mahogany, flame and satinwood inlaid panels th...
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1930s American Hepplewhite Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Narrow modular/ reversible/ Minimalist Desk in Two Tone Wood and Nickel
Located in New York City, NY
French Art Deco slim and streamline unusual desk in two tone wood with side storage compartment, polished nickeled bronze banded surround and matching pole support.
The side structur...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Nickel
Important Modernist Prototype Desk & Chair by U.A.M. Attributed to Le Corbusier
By Union Des Artistes Modernes, Robert Mallet-Stevens
Located in New York, NY
Rare handmade French modernist desk and chair prototypes in hand-formed and hand-hammered (non-commerially produced) tubular steel. The chair and desk are elegant architectural state...
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1930s French Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Art Deco or Art Nouveau Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very nice big writing desk from the period around 1915, transition from Art Nouveau to the Art Deco period. The desk was made of walnut veneer on a pi...
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1910s German Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Desk and Dressing Table, with Mirror Style of Ulrich, circa 1936, Vanity Table
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Guglielmo Ulrich manner desk and dressing table;
Desk in walnut, elm and elm burl. Feet in golden brass
A wonderful and very useful desk repr...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Anthroposophical Wooden Desk Attributed to Felix Kayser, Germany, circa 1930
By Felix Kayser
Located in Berlin, DE
Important Anthroposophical wooden desk attributed to Felix Kayser, Germany, circa 1930. From a Private Collection, Berlin.
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1930s German Other Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Ash
Sanyas et Popot Art Deco Desk
Located in New York, NY
An important Art Deco desk.
Designed by Sanyas et Popot, Paris.
Macassar with original patinated bronze pulls and sabots.
Complete professional restoration by us.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
American Art Deco Table Attributed to Eugene Schoen
Located in New York, NY
This large Art Deco table is attributed to the Austrian born New York designer Eugene Schoen. The mahogany carcass is veneered in Macassar, and surfaced with a sheet of black opaline...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Opaline Glass, Macassar, Mahogany
Stunning French Art Deco Two-Tone Desk
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Gorgeous French Art Deco two-tone desk table. Having beautiful Deco lines and silver hardware. All the locks work making this a functional desk. The hardware accents the wood beautif...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Warren McArthur Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Black lacquered top and drawers in aluminium tube base, with aluminum handles. Original lacquer finish.
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1930s American Machine Age Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Georges "Djo" Bourgeois, Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Georges "Djo" Bourgeois (1898 - 1937)
Desk made of walnut, with an added level just under the glass top (to achieve a normal height, since the desk was originally made for a very sh...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Glass
A Fine French Art Deco Mahogany Dining Table in the manner of Jean Pascaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dining or writing table, with a mahogany parqueted top and 2 original end leaves (in stained raw wood).
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
1930s Art Deco Metal and Leather Console Table or Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous Art Deco console table from the 1930s that can also function as desk. Beautiful metal legs and drawer pulls, covered in leather.
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Baltic Empire Style Writing Table or Desk, circa 1910 in Mahogany
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Baltic writing or sofa table in the Empire style (and edging toward the Art Deco period that would follow.) In Cuban mahogany with carved trestle-base ending in carved li...
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1910s Baltic Empire Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Hammered Iron Desk/ Sofa Table Base, Giacometti & Jean-Michel Frank, 1930
Located in New York, NY
Sober, elegant French Mid-Century Modern neoclassical handwrought iron writing table bases or console bases in the manner of Alberto and Diego Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank. The pair of bases...
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1930s French Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Rare Lloyd Chromium Writing Desk by Kem Weber
By Kem Weber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lloyd Chromium Writing Desk by Kem Weber
https://www.themagazineantiques. com/article/kem-weber-southern-california/
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1930s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Antique French desk/ console
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful French console, the legas are in a shape of harp, the details and the patina is much better in person, it is elegant with the wrought iron center piece
ALL SALES ARE F...
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1930s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
French 1930 Modern Craftsman Writing Table or Console
Located in New York, NY
Stunning French Mid-Century Modern, rustic, neo-Primitive console or writing table in thick, natural, hand carved wood.
The depth of the top is 19" and depth of the legs is 26" x ...
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1930s French Rustic Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
French Midcentury Iron Dining Table with Cantilevered Glass Top by Saint Gobain
By Saint Gobain
Located in New York, NY
A French Mid-Century (1930) Modern Industrial iron table that works as dining table, center table, large desk with a cantilevered top of St. Gobain glass that is sheathed in an iron ...
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1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Louis XVI Style French Writing Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Writing desk from France in the Louis XVI style. This piece has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish of museum-quality. There are four dovetailed drawers each wit...
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1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
English Art Deco Desk in Solid Cherry Wood c1930
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
ENGLISH ART DECO DESK
This original cherry wood Art Deco desk crafted in England during the 1930s, This compact yet functional office essential features a taller left side with thre...
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1930s European Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Louis XV Style Black Lacquer Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in North York, ON
Exquisite antique Louis XV style writing desk, crafted in France in the early 1900's. This stunning piece of furniture features all original brass ornaments, reflecting the intricate...
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1930s French Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Swedish modern desk by Oscar Nilsson from 1938, checker table top
Located in Hägersten, SE
Swedish modern desk designed by interior architect Oscar Nilsson. Produced in Stockholm, Sweden by Cabinetmaker Allan Lindgren in 1938. Made from f...
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1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
large art deco desk from the 1930s with solid wood and brass curtain
Located in Lyon, FR
Imposing French art deco desk from the 1930s. Solid wood structure with two lockers on the top closing with a rosewood curtain. Two drawers on each side and a large central drawer, a...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Aesthetic Movement Bamboo and Lacquer Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Aesthetic movement bamboo and lacquer writing table, circa 1910. With an Asian style bamboo top, the writing area with two small drawers on each side a later tooled leather top, a fr...
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1910s European Aesthetic Movement Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Carved Tiger Oak Hat Coat Bevelled Wall Mirror Metal Hooks, Canada 1910, H1180
Located in Vancouver, BC
Carved Tiger Oak Hat Coat Bevelled Wall Mirror Metal Hooks, Canada 1910, H1180
Solid Tiger Oak
Original finish
Shaped carved top
Rectangular bevelled mirror
Four original metal hook...
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1930s Canadian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Large Art Deco desk - France 1930
Located in Girona, ES
Large and curved Art Deco executive desk in solid oak and oak veneer, with two blocks of drawers and shelves supporting the spectacularly grained top. Nickel-plated brass profiles al...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Nickel
French Desk Writing Table Empire Style, Mid-Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French mid-century exotic wood writing desk, the top is recovered of green oil cloth.
Three drawers on a side and false drawers on the other side which is a distinctive sign of Empire style furniture. The keys are not the original one.
The Krieger factory was a furniture factory whose specialty, at the start, was secret furniture...
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1910s French Empire Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Petit Art Deco Mirrored Black Lacquered Vanity Dressing Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Petit Art Deco mirrored black lacquered vanity dressing table. The central mirror features two internal lights that illuminate by switch.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
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Mirror, Lacquer
Veneered Walnut Writing Table
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Elegant Italian design desk from 1930 with seven drawers in excellent condition.
This desk is made entirely of veneered walnut, elegantly finished, as you can see from the details ...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
P.E.L. Tubular Steel Writing Desk and Chair, United Kingdom 1930s
By PEL
Located in Hellouw, NL
Charming P.E.L. Tubular Steel Writing Desk and Chair from the United Kingdom, the 1930s. This set is probably designed by Serge Chermayeff (1900–1996)...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
20th Century Wood and Bronze Napoleon III Style French Writing Desk, 1930
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Large French writing desk from the first half of the 20th century. Moved and rounded furniture in rosewood, walnut, mahogany and fruitwood richly adorned with gilded and chiseled bro...
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1930s French Napoleon III Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
1930s Bleached Oak Extendable Dinning Table by Charles Dudouyt
Located in London, GB
A 1930s Charles Dudouyt bleached oak extendable dinning table, with a wonderful diamond checkerboard top design, with extendable ends that slide out and take an additional leaf at ea...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
A Fine French Art Deco Rosewood Extendable Dining Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
With a four cylinders cross shaped pedestal and 2 end drawers that support the 2 matching extension leaves.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Dominique Ceylonese Lemonwood Desk
By Dominique
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Art Deco desk, circa 1935 by Dominique in Ceylonese lemonwood with bronze fittings. The guest side has a pull-out tablet area suitable for a laptop or tablet.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
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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