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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Hollywood Regency
Secrétaire Desk in Cream Shagreen and Bronze-Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The secrétaire desk is the perfect functional working unit. The flap top opens up into a desk with several compartments, inlaid in shagreen and wood veneer, to store items and once c...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Rare Paul Frankl Skyscraper Desk / Bench, Art Deco, Modernist, Cubist
By Paul Frankl
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning and rare bookcase desk and cork top seat designed and manufactured by Paul Frankl, I believe this was a transitional piece designed and built in the mid 1930s, stunning desi...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Giorgio Collection Brazilian Rosewood Desk in Satin Finish
Located in New York, NY
Desk in Brazilian rosewood satin finish with one center
pencil drawer +5 big full extension file drawers
(2 in the right part and 3 in the left part).
Brushed steel accents on the ba...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Art Deco Table J. Halabala
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco table by J. Halabala from 1960s.
Art Deco table by the famous Czech designer J. Halabala, 1940. Jindrich Halabala, (a Czech designer ranked among the most outstanding cre...
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1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
1930´s Art Deco "Minister" Desk, Double Sided, Mottled Mahogany - Barcelona
Located in Girona, ES
Art Deco "Minister" desk, double sided in solid wood with mottled mahogany veneer, base with mahogany veneer, french polish. Seven drawers, nickel plated brass keys, handles and keyholes.
Spain, Barcelona c. 1930
Matching bookcase...
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1930s Spanish Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Nickel
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
Macassar Ebony Desk With Gold Leaf And Brass Hardware
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The Shape Shifter Desk is beautifully handcrafted in an Art Deco contemporary style. Brass knobs were individually crafted and polished to a mirror...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Art Deco Style Elie Saab Maison Calacatta Gold Marble Dining Table, Italy
Located in Mariano Comense, CO
21st century Art Deco Style Elie Saab Maison Calacatta Gold marble dining table, Italy.
Precious materials are key in the Elie Saab Maison collection...
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2010s Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal
Melting Vanity Table in Blue Shagreen and Bronze-Patina Brass by R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The melting vanity table's simple but elegant design, makes for an adaptable elegant piece of furniture. The blue shagreen inlaid surface is frame...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Art Deco 1930s Wood Brass Writing Table
Located in Munich, DE
This elegant writing table has been handcrafted in France in the 1940's. The table features three different kind of wood and forged brass rings. The table top and the two drawers are...
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1930s European Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Vintage Maitland Smith White Tessellated Marble Scroll Desk/Console Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Elegant desk/console table designed & made by Maitland-Smith in the late 1970s-early 1980s. Its simple, clean lines the scroll top table consists of white tessellated marble arranged...
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1970s Philippine Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Brass
Art Deco Dining Table, Belgium, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Walnut and brass Art Deco dining table, a true masterpiece custom-designed for a castle in Ghent, Belgium. Crafted with precision and elegance, this table seamlessly combines the ric...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Executive Waterfall Metal Desk in Art Deco - Streamline Design, Germany, 2015
By GMD Berlin
Located in Berlin, DE
Executive waterfall metal desk in Art Deco - Streamline Design. High quality Metal construction covered with glossy metallic painting. The Desktop is finished with a high-gloss piano lacquer and the edges, both sides, are covered with chrome plated steel strips. The Metal Desk structure has a elegant, light and clear classical presence and can be perfectly integrated within different interior realitys. The Design of the Desk was curated by GMD Berlin - Studio and manufactured by Müller Möbelfabrikation...
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2010s German Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Exceptional Italian Executive Desk in Veneer Burl Briar Walnut Wood and Steel
Located in Carimate, Como
An exceptional, impressive and rarely seen Italian executive desk with its stunning veneer burl wood pattern. The huge (82.6 x 37.4 inch) and beautiful top of the desk is standing on...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Fine French Art Deco Palisander Dining/Writing Table Attributed to Dominique
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Art Deco rectangular palisander dining or writing table attributed to Dominique (André Domin & Marcel Genevrière)
Provenance: Lazard bank in Paris.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Secretaire by Jacques Adnet
Located in Miami, FL
This secretaire desk was designed by Jacques Adnet, and was made in Tamo Ash Wood. The style of this secretaire features sleek lines, geometric shapes and a ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Ash
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
Art Deco Desk and Chair, Parchment Top, Vittorio Valabrega, Italy, 1930's
Located in Austin, TX
Double pedestal desk with goatskin parchment top and trim and matching desk. Designed by Vittorio Valabrega, a hard to find Art Deco designer, Italy, 1930's. ...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Goatskin
Double Stacked Writing Desk in Cream Shagreen by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The double stacked writing desk is a statement piece for any living space with its irregular stacked drawers in cream shagreen. The mixture of geo...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Shagreen Stingray
Vintage Modern Writing Desk by Wolfgang Hoffman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish black lacquer writing desk features the unique vintage design of Mid-Century Modern designer Wolfgang Hoffman. Spacious drawers with tubu...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
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
Unique Czech Art Deco Secretary/Writing Desk, Rosewood 1920-1929
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Art Deco sideboard and secretary made out of rosewood
Material: Rosewood
Completely restored, Shellac polish.
Period: 1920-1929
Source: Czechia.
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Rosewood, Lacquer
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, "Modèle Sultzer, " Art Deco Desk, Mahogany, 1932
Located in New York, NY
This rare writing table in polished mahogany and silvered bronze is marked by E´mile-Jacques Ruhlmann's signature aesthetic motifs, manifest in its set of flared and tapered legs, an...
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20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Secrétaire Desk in Cream Shagreen and Bronze-Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The secrétaire desk is the perfect functional working unit. The flap top opens up into a desk with several compartments, inlaid in shagreen and wood veneer, to store items and once c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Espresso Finish Art Deco Style Vanity/ Writing Desk
Located in East Hampton, NY
This Parsons style, simple and stylish desk has an added feature of a flip top vanity area with storage. Perfect for storing a laptop computer! Two push ...
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1970s American Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mirror, Wood
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
Decoene Freres, Art Deco Desk in Macassar Ebony, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Decoene Freres, Art Deco desk in Macassar ebony.
Fully restored.
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Macassar
Lobel Originals Desk in Macassar Ebony with Leather Top, Made to Order
By Evan Lobel
Located in New York, NY
Desk in mirror polished Macassar ebony with handcrafted stainless steel pulls and accents and inset leather top by Evan Lobel for Lobel Originals. This can be made to any size and co...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Iconic Writing Desk in Cream Shagreen and Bronze-Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The iconic desk is the perfect piece for your room. An incredible “duo” between the cream shagreen top and dark bronze-patina brass base. The inlay w...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Palomino Desk by Barlas Baylar
Located in New York, NY
The Horse is a universal symbol of freedom without restraint. The Palomino Desk IDEA represents Barlas's love for this vivacious horse.
Limited Editio...
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2010s American Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Writing Desk Designed by Jindrich Halabala, Oak Walnut Chrome, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
One of the most successful writing desk made in United Arts & Crafts Manufacture (UP) in Brno.
Designed by Czech architect Jindrich Halabala.
Material: Walnut, oak and chrome-plate...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Iconic Writing Desk in Cream Shagreen and Bronze-Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The iconic desk is the perfect piece for your room. An incredible “duo” between the Cream Shagreen top and dark bronze-patina brass base. The inlay w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
French Art Deco Desk and Chair Set
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant Art Deco desk and chair set, in ebonized wood, carved with bold foliate motifs. The desk has three front drawers and two sets of shelves on ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Style Maitland-Smith Faux Ostrich Leather Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This outstanding Art Deco style desk is crafted by Maitland-Smith, circa 1970s. The company is well known for its use of unusual materials. This desk is beautifully covered in faux o...
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Late 20th Century Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Custom Blue Shagreen and Bone Desk
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom made-to-order blue shagreen desk with bone trim. Customization of dimensions and colors is available. The piece shown is in a custom blue color (n...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bone, Shagreen, Wood
Deco Tubular Console Table or Small Desk by Royal Chrome
By Royal Chrome
Located in Chicago, IL
A nice period chrome tubular table by quality company. Makes for a nice writing desk, console or sofa table. Of the manner of The Bauhaus Marcel Breuer...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Italy 1930 Art Deco Walnut Dining Table or Desk
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an elegant and a stunning table that was hand made in Italy. It iwas made in 1930 and it is an original Deco piece.
The top shows the beauty of the essence of walnut. The fo...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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
Fine French Art Deco Rectangular Oak Dining Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rectangular top is supported by four legs with brass details and a dual arc-shaped base.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
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
French Art Deco Desk in Palisander
Located in Houston, TX
Unusual design of the desk makes it a very unique piece. Made out of Palisander wood, table has two legs composed from metal plates. In the middle of the table front there is a small...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Palisander
W048/DR Italian Dressing Inlaid in Citronnier and Myrtle Briarwood by Zanaboni
By Zanaboni
Located in MEDA, IT
W048/DR dressing is one of the latest Classic designs, part of the new Classic collection by Zanaboni. This Classic dressing presents top notch and exclusive finishes as the citronni...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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
A Fine French Art Deco Burled Birch Vanity or Desk.
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Art Deco European burled birch vanity with two drawers and chrome details. Would be a nice desk as well.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
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
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
Fine French Art Deco Mahogany Dining Table in the Manner of Arbus
By André Arbus
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Art Deco mahogany dining table in the manner of Arbus.
A matching console with a marble top is also available.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
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
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
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
French Andre Arbus Ormolu Maple Writing Desk
By André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s ormolu mounted maple writing desk with leather inset top above 2 frieze drawers on lyre form trestle supports. (attributed to ANDRE ARBUS)
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Art Deco Table J.Halabala from 1960
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco table by J. Halabala from 1960s.
The piece of furniture was made of walnut tree.
Art Deco table by the famous Czech designer J. Halabala, 1950. Jindrich Halabala - (a Czec...
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1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
20th Century French Colonial Art Deco Rosewood Desk
Located in Pasadena, CA
20th century French Colonial Art Deco rosewood desk on two pedestal legs. Rosewood is not veneered, rather it is cut and wide enough cover each span.
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Early 20th Century Vietnamese Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
French Art Deco Leleu Mahogany Kneehole Desk
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco large mahogany kneehole desk with bronze column design trim and leather top. (JULES LELEU)
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Dressing Table (made to order)
Located in Paris, FR
A very special quality unique contemporary dressing table in Art Deco style made from pear-tree and taxus.
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Early 2000s German Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wool
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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