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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Charlotte Perriand Marble Center Table à Plateau Interchangeable by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1937. Relaunched in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
The first model of this historic design table was crafted in 1937 for Charlotte Perriand’s studio in Montparnasse. The Table à Plateau...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Large Bespoke Study Desk with Linoleum Top and Drawer, Customizable
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
This large beetroot color study desk is made with a powder coated steel frame and a beautiful natural linoleum top made out of linseed oil. This modern minimal desk...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
1970s desk by Luigi Colani, Flötotto
Located in Neuss, NW
Space age desk from the 1970s by Luigi Colani for Flötotto. Corpus and height-adjustable plastic frame with a hinged writing surface with wood effect and the original Flötotto lamp.
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plastic
Danish Mid Century Modern L Shape Bench Chairs Dining Table Kitchen Dinette Set
By Farstrup
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid Century Modern L Shape Bench Chairs Dining Table Kitchen Dinette Set .
Table is in MINT condition.
Price includes new upholstery work of th...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century French Louis XV Inlaid Palisander Ladies Desk with Brass Ornaments
Located in Sofia, BG
French elegant small desk in palisander veneer, decorated with floral marquetry, revealing drawers, 66X92X43, Louis XV style.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Palisander
French Art Nouveau "Magnolia" Desk by, Louis Majorelle
Located in Englewood, NJ
An extremely fine and rare carved wood and inlaid marquetry single drawer "Magnolia" desk decorated with inlaid exotic wood marquetry of blooming magnolias with a beautifully carved ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables
Rosewood Regency Kneehole Bureau Cabinet Attributed to Seddon and Morel
By Morel & Seddon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An impressive and monumental rosewood Regency kneehole bureau cabinet with ormolu mounts of exceptional quality, attributed to Seddon and Morel, the central roll-top opening to revea...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Exquisite Cedar Burl and Brass Dining Table by Jean Claude Mahey
Located in Danville, CA
Super chic 1980s dining table in cedar burl with brass trim by Jean-Claude Mahey. The vibrant matched grain burl top is bordered in brass with brass edges a...
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1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
English Regency 1820s Table with Red Lacquered, Gold and Black Chinoiserie Decor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Regency period writing table from the early 19th century, with red lacquered, black and gilt chinoiserie decor and cabriole leg...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Small European Renaissance Style Dining Table or Writing Desk in Oak
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome table in oak with beautifully-carved trestle base and stretcher.
Note: You should always request a shipping quote.
Quoted amounts are an estimate of what it might cost to ...
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
White Oak Eileen Writing Desk with Stone Inset Top by Chapter & Verse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Our Eileen Writing Desk shown in sandblasted American White Oak with ultra matte lacquer. Breccia Capraia Stone Inset (COM).
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21st Century and Contemporary American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
1960s Mid Century Modern Walnut Writing Desk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-century walnut executive desk designed and manufactured in the United States circa 1960s. The desk is amazing and boasts a beautiful walnut frame with a sleek formica top. The de...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
Antique Style Pine Farm Table
Located in New York, NY
Antique Style Pine Farm Table. The table has two pull-out drawers with metal handles and a finished back. Can also be used as a large desk.
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1960s American Country Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
FORM(LA) Lago Freeform Desk 72”L x 36”W x 28”H Travertino Crema VC
Located in Los Angeles, CA
‘LAGO’, ITALIAN FOR ‘LAKE’, HAS INSPIRED A FORM DERIVED FROM NATURE, TEXTURED WITH LUXURIOUS STONES AND METALS. THE COLLECTION ENCOURAGES NESTING AND LAYERING IN ITS AVAILABLE FORMS....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Vintage Modernist Desk by Ib Kofod Larsen, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stylish teak desk by Ib Kofod Larsen, with a spacious table top and two drawers. The open sides give a lightness to the design.
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Rustic Solid Teak Desk / Table, France 1960s
Located in Echt, NL
Rustic desk / table in very good original condition.
This desk / Table is made from rustic solid teak wood which has a stunning woodgrain and patina.
The sides are connected to the top with beautiful joints.
Its reduced shape creates a raw simplicity. It is minimalist and pure, avoiding any non-sense and almost has Japanese design character.
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The style reminds of the French designers Pierre Chapo...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Teak
Rare Fiberglass Directors Desk by Ernest Igl for Wilhelm Werndl, 1970s
Located in Echt, NL
Beautiful Space Age directors desk, in very good condition.
Designed by by Ernest Igl in the 1970s.
Manufactured by Wilhelm Werndl, Germany.
The body of this desk is entirely made of molded fiberglass and lacquered in a white color.
The carved wood drawers...
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Late 20th Century German Space Age Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
OT57 Table
Located in Milan, IT
Elegance and functionality come together in this writing table. The delicate frame of this piece is crafted in sheets of steel and is fashioned with different folds forming the edges...
Category
2010s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Vintage Swedish Walnut Desk by Bertil Fridhagen
Located in London, GB
A stylish and beautifully designed vintage Swedish walnut desk by Bertil Fridhagen. This was recently imported from Sweden, it was made by Bodafors and dates from the 1960’s.
This i...
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Fine French 1950s Table by Henri Lancel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Mid-Century black lacquered metal base table with a blue formica top.
Designed by Henri Lancel, manufactured by Atelier d'art Primavera for Printemps.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
French Neo Classic Inspired Modern Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
French neo classic inspired modern desk, enjoy your workspace as never before with this exquisite desk crafted of Fumed Figured Tiger Maple. The des...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Wooden library table. Portugal, 1940s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Dark wooden library table supported by five feet connected to each other and opening by four drawers designed by Olaio. Portugal, 1940s.
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1940s European Space Age Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Classic Bamboo & Lacquer Campaign Desk With Chair By E. Murio
By E. Murio
Located in Austin, TX
East meets West, Bamboo meets Lacquer. Add a generous helping of mid-century charm to your surroundings with this Bamboo & Lacquer Campaign Desk by Murio. Serve your workspace needs ...
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1970s Philippine Campaign Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Upholstery, Bamboo
Arthur Espenet Carpenter, Unique Double-Trunk Table Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Arthur Espenet Carpenter, unique double-trunk table desk.
This extraordinary table is unique to Espenet's work as it deviates from the traditional rectilinear form with its well-f...
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1980s American American Craftsman Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
19th Century antique Historical Ladies Desk english Mahogany 1860-1880
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany on solid conifers. High knee pocket on the front with finely worked drawers, slightly protruding top plate, on high and fine-edged ball-shaped columns. Finally perforated ga...
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19th Century Biedermeier Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Austrian Country Tyrol Writing Table Desk, Solid Fir, Restored
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-19th century Austrian country Tyrol writing table desk, solid fir, restored and wax-polished.
Measures cm: H 74, W 102, D 56.
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fir
19th Century English Flocked Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Stunning 19th Century Damasked flocked desk.
Truly one of a kind and radiating faded glory.The craftsmanship of the work is stunning.
Coved in the 19th Century three draws to each si...
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1870s English Country Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Gervasoni Gray 50 Writing Desk in Air Force Blue Lacquered Oak by Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
When a house becomes a space for thinking, creating and working, as well as for living, desks take on a whole new dimension: Gray 50 is a small elegant desk, designed in the name of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century English George III Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a very good quality burr walnut dome top bureau bookcase. The top of the bookcase has three finials with two glazed doors below. The doors open to reveal a superbly fitte...
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Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
English Mahogany Sheraton Bowfront Server
Located in Wilson, NC
The drawers of this server have cockbeaded edges. The center drawer has an arched apron below. The top has a carved tripled reeded edge on the front and sides.
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Lovely French Marble Top Cafe Table with Iron Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Versatile French marble top rectangular cafe table or writing desk having black iron base.
Category
1940s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
Y Writing Desk by Antonio Saporito
Located in Milan, IT
A clean and ergonomic design that celebrates the natural essence of wood, this writing desk will effortlessly adorn any contract or private interior thanks to its simple yet uniquely elegant design by artist Antonio Saporito...
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2010s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Wood Console Table with Solid Top and Round Base with Posts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Tilden console shows form and function at it's best. A solid wood top with solid wood side opposite to a cylindrical base with posts - all carefully crafted and finished in New Y...
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2010s American American Classical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Spanish Baroque Style Center Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Spanish Baroque style center table made of solid walnut with lyre shaped legs joined by forged iron stretchers. The top is made has a beau...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Desk with Drawers, 1960s
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Architecturally designed desk with side drawers. Made of cherry wood and wooden top covered with wool cloth.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wool, Cherry
Danish Mid Century writing desk by Randers Møbelfabrik
Located in Ranst, VAN
This stunning vintage writing desk, designed by Harry Østergaard for Randers Møbelfabrik in 1960s Denmark. Crafted from teak wood, it features beautifully designed legs and details. ...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
20th French Louis XV Style Walnut Desk or Library table with Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
This elegant fruitwood desk was created in France, circa 1920. Made of blond walnut timber, the large writing table sits on four legs The front has a wide opening with plenty of kne...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Parquetry Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Tulipwood Parquetry and Figural Ormolu Mounted Ladies Writing Desk with Figures of Ram-Heads. The lockplate by Thomas Elsley Lt...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Birds Eye Maple Italian Art Deco Style Low Profile Desk w/ Leather Chair Mint!
By Masterly, Pace Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Birds eye maple Italian Art Deco style low profile desk with matching leather chair mint!
Chair: 18x18×39.
Seat height: 19.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
French Louis XV Style Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
French Louis XV style lacquered wood writing desk with one long drawer flanked by two short drawers, inset leather top with gilt border, upon four cabriole legs with gilt metal mount...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood, Lacquer
Calista Console with White Marble and Solid Walnut
Located in Houston, TX
The modern Calista console elevates the Classic runway Silhouette. With your choice of exotic marble, it makes for an amazing statement piece. We have also used it as a desk, a buff...
Category
2010s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Modernist Italien writing desk with drawers and light blue Formica table top.
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Rare modernist desk with mahogany veneer and light blue Formica table top. The three drawers are also laminated with formica. Italian manufacture from the 1960s. It looks best free-s...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Formica, Wood
Walnut Ojai Desk by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Ojai desk has four drawers and features solid American walnut or white oak trestle legs. The drawer handles are made of solid carved wood. Shown here in Natural Walnut.
The Law...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Danish Teak Sliding Top Desk
Located in Baltimore, MD
A desk with incredible form and presence. This attractive original Danish Modern desk by Nordisk Andels-Eksport made in Denmark, features a rectangle frame with sliding top...
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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Rosewood and Mahogany Receptionist Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, circa 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This spectacular fully restored and sought-after model #452 'Roll Top' desk was designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar and features beautifully grained Rosewood and Ebonized Mahogany, designed and made in the 1960s. Most examples of this design are regular desk height however this example was custom made to be a receptionist desk...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
Baker Vintage Georgian Style Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome Georgian style desk crafted in mahogany with a three panel tooled leather top on a two pedestal form with six drawers and two pull out trays featuring flame grained mahogany...
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Mid-20th Century American Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
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
English Hepplewhite Mahogany Three Drawer Writing Table. Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Hepplewhite mahogany three drawer writing table with circular brasses and terminating on squared tapered legs. Late 18th Century
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1790s English Hepplewhite Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Early Victorian Burl Walnut 2 Pedestal Desk
Located in Huntington, NY
Early Victorian Burl Walnut 2 Pedestal Desk
With Cigar box mahogany drawers & brass hardware
With 3 keys. Also comes with later glass top
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Center Table
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Extremely elegant Louis XV Style writing desk or center table, with a gracefully adorned floral marquetry and intricate borders on the tray, revealing a single drawer and elegantly c...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
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.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Modern Églomisé Glass Fume Silver Dust Vanity Desk by Ercole Home
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The mystic fume silver vanity by Ercole Home has a 5-drawer, with Earl gray wood finish on oak. Hand painted églomisé glass panels are inset on the surface.
There are five aluminum pulls and the hand-hammered metal base...
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2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
1950s Italian Burl Maple Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Stylized 1950s Italian burl maple desk with bronze pulls and glass scrivania top.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Grand 19th Century Louis Philippe Mahogany Desk with Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand 19th century Louis Philippe mahogany desk with bookcase soars to just over 9 feet in height, providing a magnificent focal point for the room as well as copious storage for all...
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1860s French Louis Philippe Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Writing Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Gustavian table from northern Sweden in untouched original condition. The table is from the years circa 1780-1790 with traces of thin paint on the frame and a white painted tabletop....
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Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-BU-08-A Student Desk / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
Located in Zürich, CH
This item expresses a specific rawness. There is no need for precise execution or the desire to appear sophisticated. It is simple, self-evident, and direct. It is made out of basic ...
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1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Bent Helweg-Møller: Rectangular dining table with three leaves c1930
Located in London, GB
Rectangular dining table made of padouk wood with extension for three pine leaves (the pine leaves are of a different wood type and colour and assume a table cloth is used when exten...
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1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Padouk
Mid Century George Nakashima Walnut Coffee Table/Vanity Desk, Origins Series
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Very rare coffee table/vanity desk by George Nakashima for Widdicomb, Origins Series, 1963. Beautiful condition, professionally restored by master artist Mark Mendelson.
George Nak...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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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