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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1910s
Giancarlo Piretti, Platone Folding Desk for Anonima Castelli, 1971
Located in London, GB
One of the most influential Italian designers of the twentieth century, Giancarlo Piretti’s chair designs – for which he is most celebrated – have sold millions worldwide.
Piretti’s...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Vittorio Introini Rare Sculptural Fiberglass Desk for Saporiti Italy
Located in Padova, IT
This sculptural free-standing desk was designed by the Italian designer Vittorio Introini. Due to its all-white design and the distinct shapes, this desk has a strong sculptural look...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
Late 20th Century Vintage Coastal Wrapped Rattan Writing Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Coastal writing desk. Chic wrapped rattan frame with inset woven rattan panels. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rattan
Edward Wormley for Dunbar MCM Model 452 Rosewood Tambour Door Executive Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Edward Wormley for Dunbar mid century Model 452 Rosewood Tambour door executive desk
This desk measures: 74.5 wide x 28 deep x 35 high, with a chair clearance of 24 inches
All ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Executive Desk By Poul Norreklit for Georg Petersen Møbelfabrik in Denmark
Located in San Diego, CA
Poul Nørreklit desk model GP 160 by Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik, Denmark
This is a rare and collectible lucite and rosewood desk. Lucite slab sides wit...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lucite, Rosewood
Stylish Tubular Steel Executive Desk
Located in Athens, Attiki
Stylish design!
Glass-top executive desk on elegant tubular steel structure with 2-sided sliding drawer.
Excellent condition.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Executive Desk, Italy, 1980s Maple Wood
Located in Sacile, PN
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, executive desk, bird’s-eye maple, Italy, 1980s.
This postmodern pieces is sculptural and holds various striking elements. Firstly the execution of the...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
U-Shape Burdick Desk for Herman Miller with Floating Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
A vintage U-shaped desk designed by Bruce Burdick for Herman Miller. This enormous desk has three separate surface tops: 84"x 44" glass top, a round onyx top, and a dark granite Geig...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Onyx, Granite, Aluminum
Italian Glass Top on Chrome Executive 'Nomos' Desk by Norman Foster for Tecno
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A Large Executive Desk, designed by Sir Norman Foster and manufactured by Tecno, Italy. This vintage example dates to late 1980s and in superb original condition. A modern and sleek ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum
Fine French 1970s Extendable Oak Dining Table by Guillerme & Chambron
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Guillerme (1913-1990) and Jacques Chambron (1914-2001) :
A fine French mid-century solid oak extendable dining/writing table.
Length with the two center leaves is 82 5/8".
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Architect's work, Lacquered system table, circa 1970
Located in Paris, FR
System table
Unique piece, special order, Circa 1970
White and orange lacquered wood
Height 77 x Width 100 x Length 81 (162 cm open)
Condition report: good original condition, so...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Bent Silberg Mobler Mid Century Danish Teak Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Bent Silberg Mobler mid century Danish teak desk
The desk measures: 51.25 wide x 23.75 deep x 29 high, with a chair clearance of 26 inches
All pieces of furniture can be had in...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Gorgeous Henredon Scene Two Burled Olive Wood Executive Desk Mid-Century Modern
By Henredon
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous Henredon scene two-burled olive wood executive desk. The body of the desk is veneered in burled olive wood with contrasting rosewood veneer accents along the base. The drawe...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Burl
Period Georgian Partners Desk Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Georgian mahogany partners desk.
This quality desk features 9 oak lined drawers.
Period Georgian antique
The drawers having ebonised turned knobs and wonderful flame mahogany timbers...
Category
1980s Georgian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Reed desk with wooden shelf, drawers and leather bindings, by Gervasoni, 1970s
By Gervasoni
Located in Roma, RM
Reed desk with wooden shelf, drawers and leather bindings, 1970s.
Product details
Dimensions 110 W x 78 H x 55 D cm
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Bamboo, Wood
Desk with Drawer Unit in Solid Pine by Dutch Designer Ate Van Apeldoorn
Located in Beerse, VAN
Beautiful desk with drawer unit designed by Dutch designer Ate van Apeldoorn for Houtwerk Hattem.
Ate van Apeldoorn designed in a minimalist style that reminds us of the designs of ...
Category
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
English Oak X-Framed Farmhouse Refectory Table
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa late 20th century
English Oak X-Framed Farmhouse Refectory table
Measures: W201 x D101 x H77 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Midcentury Modern MIM Roma Walnut Desk, Italy 1970s
By MIM Roma
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Midcentury Modern Solid Walnut Desk from the 1970s, MIM Rome Italy
This Mid-Century Modern solid wood desk, produced by the renowned Italian company MIM Rome in the 1970s, is a stun...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat Baker Collector's Edition Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
1980s American Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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.
...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plastic
Max Sauze Foldable Smoke Glass Dining Table
By Max Sauze
Located in Dronten, NL
This elegant foldable chromed steel table with a floating smoked glass top was designed by Max Sauze, circa 1970, France.
Max Sauze is a renowned French designer and artist celebra...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Orix desk, Vittorio Parigi & Nani Prina, Molteni & Co, Italy, circa 1970
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Orix desk, Vittorio Parigi & Nani Prina, Molteni & Co, Italy, circa 1970. "You write on it and I read on it, but she mirrors, the other puts away his books, while they study and they...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Stow Davis Mid Century Walnut and Brass Desk
By Stow Davis
Located in Countryside, IL
Stow Davis Mid Century Walnut and Brass Desk
This desk measures: 76 wide x 36 deep x 29 high, with a chair clearance of 28 inches
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Modern Chrome and Black Oak Adjustable Dining Table or Writing Desk
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Modern chrome and black oak adjustable dining table or writing desk
Size: 90 x 150 + 2 x 60 = 90 x 270 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Italian modern Wooden desk mod. Canaan by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1970s
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Wooden desk mod. Canaan by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1970s
Desk mod. Canaan with rectangular wooden top. On one side there are 2 drawers and on the other 4. It has a ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
'Orix' desk by Vittorio Parigi & Nani Prina Yellow version, 1970s
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage writing desk model 'Orix' designed by Vittorio Parigi and Nanni Prina for a 1970s Molteni production. Chrome-plated steel frame, body with storage compartments and book holde...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Pierre Paulin Bird's-Eye Maple and Walnut Parquetry Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Exceedingly rare Pierre Paulin reception desk or writing table for Baker. Bird's-eye maple veneers inlaid with dark walnut in the signature motif for the Paulin collection. Very well...
Category
1980s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
1970s desk, Interlübke
By Interlübke
Located in Neuss, NW
Wonderful desk from the 1970s. High-quality corpus in white lacquered wood with three drawers.
Quality Features:
very good workmanship
high-quality materials
metal hand...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Stainless steel desk circa 1970
Located in Isle Sur Sorgue, FR
Rare stainless steel desk circa 1970. A thick glass top is on top of a stainless steel frame which adapts to the 2 legs.
Very pure timeless design, great quality and condition.
Category
1970s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Sculptural 1970s Leon Rosen for Pace Collection Steel and Marble Desk
By Leon Rosen
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A vintage 1970s large 'Mezzaluna' desk designed by Leon Rosen for Pace Collection. Half-circle desk with a wide chromed steel frame and verde green marble-...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
Desk by Elmar Flototto
Located in Brussels, BE
The desk by Elmar Flototto from circa 1980 features a beech wood structure paired with a brown formica surface, showcasing the Profilsystem design. Its natural beech construction exe...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Formica, Beech
Set of Platone Foldable Desk & Plia Chair by G.Piretti for Anonima Castelli
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
The Platone desk, designed by Giancarlo Piretti in the 1970s for Anonima Castelli, represents a pivotal moment in modern design. Celebrated worldwide, it holds a place in the permane...
Category
1970s Italian Minimalist Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Memphis Writing Desk, Aldo Cibic, Memphis Milano, 1985
Located in Renens, CH
Rare "Sophia" Writing Desk by Aldo Cibic for Memphis Milano, 1985.
Aldo Cibic, an associate of Ettore Sottsass, co-founded the Memphis Group in 1981 and produced some fifteen fur...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Wood
Hans J. Wegner "JH 810” oak desk, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Large freestanding desk in oak by Hans J. Wegner. Produced by Johannes Hansen, Denmark, 1970s. Signed.
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Vintage Ron Seff Substantial Gun Metal Bronze & Brass Table, circa 1980s
By Ron Seff
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Ron Seff substantial gun metal bronze & brass table circa 1980s
Offered for sale is a very heavy substantial table by Ron Seff in gunmetal and brass. The table is quite el...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Important writing desk by Christophe Gevers, 1971
Located in Sittard, LI
The unique and rare wall-hanging desk designed by famous Belgian architect and designer Christophe Gevers. Designed exclusively for a residential project in the Netherlands, 1971.
...
Category
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Large French Boulle Inlay Partners Desk Writing Table Desks
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a wonderful, sumptuos Boulle style partners desk. The piece is very distinctive and the amount of craftmanship that has gone into making this piece is astounding. The...
Category
1980s French Provincial Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Hans Andersen Mid Century Danish Rosewood Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Hans Andersen Mid Century Danish Rosewood Desk
The desk measures: 49.25 wide x 25.5 deep x 28.25 high, with a chair clearance of 27 inches
All pieces of furniture can be had i...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Hans Eichenberger, Secretary mod. HE for the Kollektion Röthlisberger Schweiz
By Kollection Röthlisberger Schweiz, Hans Eichenberger
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Postmodern secretary desk by Hans Eichenberger for Kollektion Röthlisberger Schweiz.
Two drawers and glass shelves on the inside.
Category
1980s Swiss Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Pierre Cardin desk
Located in Bruxelles, BE
One off a kind desk designed by famous couturier pierre Cardin at the end of the seventies.
This desk is well known and published in a lot of books and a version a little bit different was used by pierre Cardin himself in his bureau in the Espace Office in Paris.
One of these desk are part of the museum Pierre Cardin in Paris.
This is most probably a special command made for an French businessman alongside with the coffee table and the dresser and desk chair.
The desk is signed also the dresser .
A museum piece.
It’s in good condition but the black glossy surface shows some mark of time .
Best for me to sell all together.
This example is very close to the desk designed in 1971-1973 by Fransesco Bocola for Pierre Cardin’s office (see page 21 of P.C.E.)
Published in a similar version page 110 &111 in “PIERRE CARDIN EVOLUTION...
Category
1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
1970s Rare Royal Blue Floating Lucite Executive Desk
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, Lucite wood desk you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is, unequivocally, the best of the ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lucite, Wood, Laminate
Vintage Writing Desk, 1970´S, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This Vintage writing desk was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1970´s.
It´s made of beech wood with iron legs. Plastic drawers.
Very...
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Bureau Modèle B40
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Paris, FR
Solid elm desk
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
Mahogany Chippendale Style Writing Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
19th Century mahogany chippendale style writing table in good condition, having been polished by hand. The desk has a rope edge with a ...
Category
1910s Chippendale Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Fabio Lenci monumental executive desk for Bernini, Italy, 1973
By Fabio Lenci
Located in Padova, IT
Executive desk designed by Fabio Lenci for Bernini in 1973; walnut wood, folding shelves, plastic container trays, rotating trays, waste paper bin, cast iron ashtray...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Ron Seff Cantilevered Desk
By Ron Seff
Located in Miami, FL
Ron Seff Mid-Century Modern "Cantilevered" desk with ostrich style brown leather wrapped top and stainless steel polished drawer fronts and base.
Category
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Desk by Alain Richard edited by TFM, 1974
Located in PARIS, FR
Alain Richard (1926 - 2017) is a famous French designer who quickly established himself as one of the most brilliant representatives of his generation. After graduating from the Écol...
Category
1970s French Space Age Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Antique writing desk with inlays and new leather top. Lebanon 1920s.
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Lebanese desk,
beautifully decorated with Oriental Motifs,
bone inlay and new leather desk top,
good, great old patina.
Category
1910s Lebanese Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cedar
Mid-Century Modern Desk by Florence Knoll for Knoll international, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Desk by Florence Knoll for Knoll international
Biography :
Born to a baker, and orphaned at age twelve, Florence Schust grew up Saginaw, Michigan. Schust demons...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Italian Midcentury Desk with Glass Top from the 70s
Located in bari, IT
Typical 70's desk with chromed steel trestles and smoked glass top.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Crystal, Steel
Platone Folding Table by Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli, Italy, 70s
Located in Lucija, SI
The Platone desk was designed to be presented as a set with the Plia chair. It is also held in the permanent collection of the MoMa in NYC.
Designed by one of the most popular Itali...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Bureau ou table à manger vintage en verre fumé et métal chromé des années 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 70, peut également servir de table à manger, design italien dans le style de Formanova, plateau rectangulaire aux coins arrond...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Maurice Villency Style Mid Century Teak Desk with Bookcase Front
Located in Countryside, IL
Maurice Villency style mid century teak desk with bookcase front
The desk measures: 52.5 wide x 26.25 deep x 28.75 high, with a chair clear...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Nicos Zogrophos Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Zogrophos desk, slab of dark Emperador marble (brown with white veining).
Polished bronze uprights, legs have self leveling glides, with combed oak sus...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Italian Inlay Secretary Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
Introducing the 'Vintage Italian Inlay Secretary Desk', a masterpiece of Italian craftsmanship and timeless elegance. Adorned with intricate inlay wo...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Desk table Patrice Maffei for Kappa brushed steel smoked glass 1970
By Patrice Maffei, Kappa
Located in Paris, IDF
A rare brushed stainless steel desk table designed by French designer Patrice Maffei for Kappa editor in the 1970s, it features two locki...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Italian Brass Desk with Leather Top
Located in East Hampton, NY
Chic brass bureau plat style desk with red leather insert..... it has been stripped of it's lacquer and polished.... light wear to leather top as shown in...
Category
1970s 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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