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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Folk Art
Mid-Century Modern Design Office Desk Violet Marble with Details Polished Brass
Located in Porto, PT
Queena Desk promises to be the next statement design for a modern office project. Contemporary offices need to keep a corporative language, but that doesn’t mean they need to be boring. Take your home office design...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Fläpps Wall Desk/Secretary 100x60-1 - White
Located in Berlin, BE
A lot of work requires a lot of space. But only until it is done. That's why we now have the large Fläpps Secretary (100x60-1). After work, this fully-grown desk folds back up so discretely against the wall that you can no longer see anything of your work.
But it's not just a folding wall desk...
Category
2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plywood
Fläpps Wall Desk/Secretary Alps by Joe Mania
Located in Berlin, BE
Wall Art, Workstation
Functional and discreet, this Fla¨pps wall desk makes the perfect seated or standing workstation depending on the height it is mounted on the wall. When the ...
Category
2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plywood
Colorful Pink Rockconsole, Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Colorful pink Rockconsole, Royal Stranger
Dimensions: Width 160cm, height 90cm, depth 50cm
Materials: lacquered body suspended by stainless steel coated in brass leg, docked on a m...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mrs. Note Desk - Walnut - 160cm
Located in Monte-Serzedo, 13
Following the principles of the “rational design,” Mr. And Mrs. Note Desks embody timeless elegance. Design to reflect the identity of the brand, where function creates attractive pu...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut, Plywood
Vanity Desk in Estremoz Marble & Polished Brass
Located in New York, NY
The distinctive marble desk initiates a design tension between rough and smooth, straight lines and faceted shapes. It’s novel metal structure is the foundation from where mountains ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
4-Drawer Bodil Kjaer Desk for E. Pedersen & Son of Denmark in Brazilian Rosewood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
We present a very nice example of the 4-Drawer Bodil Kjaer Desk for E. Pedersen & Son, finished in Brazilian rosewood. The table has been freshly oiled. There are some signs of wear ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Modern Metal Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern Metal Leather top desk, featuring a digitally carved, traditional woven cane design. The carved metal desk boasts mesmerizing textural layers.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Finn Juhl Nyhavn Desk Walnut Black Lino, 1945
By Finn Juhl
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table desk designed by Finn Juhl in 1945, relaunched in 2009. Manufactured by House of Finn Juhl in Denmark.
During his career, Finn Juhl designed a series of different tables with ...
Category
2010s Danish Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Blue and Brass Rockconsole, Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue and brass Rockconsole, royal stranger.
Dimensions: width 160 cm, height 90 cm, depth 50 cm
Materials: lacquered body suspended by stainless steel coated in brass leg, docked o...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mais, Desk by Alva Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Mais - Desk by Alva Design
Materials: Wood, MDF, Formica, Leather details
Dimensions: 190 x 87 x 74 cm
ALVA is a furniture and objects design office, form...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Blue and Brass Rockconsole, Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue and brass Rockconsole, royal stranger
Dimensions: Width 160cm, height 90cm, depth 50cm
Materials: lacquered body suspended by stainless steel coated in brass leg, docked on a ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Spanish Provincial Desk Table
Located in Mjöhult, SE
19th century Spanish provincial bleached walnut desk table with one drawer and great patination to the surface. Ca 1820 Spain.
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Modern Curved Home Office Writing Desk Oak Wood White Lacquer Stainless Steel
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The Orbit Collection is perfect for relaxed home designs, full of light and personality. The Home Desk has an oval shape, with oak wood and white lacquered wood interconnected on its tabletop. The feet are in polished stainless steel. This piece would make the ideal companion to the Sideboard from the same collection.
Custom dimensions are available after analysis by the design department.
This piece is entirely made in Portugal and manufactured in an artisanal way. The author carefully executes or supervises every process step in a small workshop context.
You can try this piece in your space using Augmented Reality with your mobile phone (Orbit Collection, available on our website).
Need simple assembly. It will be delivered in a wooden box packed in bubble wrap.
This piece is entirely made in Portugal and manufactured artisanally. The author carefully executed or supervised every process step in a small workshop context.
Labor of love from Portugal.
Designer/Author - João Faria/Emotional Objects.
Manufacturer - João Faria/Emotional Objects.
At Emotional Objects, we don't follow trends or fashion. Instead, we create distinct and timeless objects with solid ideas and concepts. Every Emotional Object has a meaningful story behind them. Made to last for generations, we proudly see our objects as future furniture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
Colorful Green Rockconsole, Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Colorful rockconsole, Royal Stranger
Dimensions: Width 160cm, height 90cm, depth 50cm
Materials: lacquered body suspended by stainless steel coated in brass leg, docked on a matte ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Blue and Brass Rockconsole, Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue and brass rock console, Royal Stranger.
Dimensions: width 160cm, height 90cm, depth 50cm
Materials: lacquered body suspended by stainless steel coated in brass leg, docked on ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Desk in Solid Black Ash and White Carrare Marble - om34 by Mjiila
Located in PARIS, FR
Om34 is a radical geometrical desk in solid brushed wood whose board is pierced by a piece of white Carrara marble.
The contrast of the two noble mater...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Modern Minimalist Home Office Writing Desk in Black Oak Wood and Black Lacquer
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
Simple but sophisticated is the best way to describe the VOID Collection. Furniture with a void, reinforced by the existence of an exoskeleton, captures our attention to this space. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
Contemporary Beauty Desk, Makeup Table, Writing Table, Mirror, Oak, Brass Medulu
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Beauty desk with simple lines and sophisticated
details. Vivian is ideal for intimate environments such
as a boutique-hotel or a private residence.
A brass box contains two jewel boxes.
The white lacquered wooden shell houses...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Modern Minimalist Home Office Writing Desk in Walnut Wood and Brushed Brass
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
Simple but sophisticated is the best way to describe the VOID Collection. Furniture with a void, reinforced by the existence of an exoskeleton, captures our attention to this space. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
Danilo Silvestrin for Rosenthal
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A desk by Danilo Silvestrin edited by Rosenthal in the 1980. Mouvement against the modernism protest
Very basic form. Five rectangul...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Modern Minimalist Home Office Writing Desk Oak Wood and Brushed Stainless Steel
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
Simple but sophisticated is the best way to describe the VOID Collection. Furniture with a void, reinforced by the existence of an exoskeleton, captures our attention to this space. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel, Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel
Chromed Brera Desk by Marcos Zanuso Jr
Located in Geneve, CH
Wood brera desk by Marcos Zanuso Jr
Materials: Chromed structure. Desk with drawer. Base in bronze lacquered metal or chromed metal Top in walnut vene...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Modern Home Office Writing Executive Desk Tineo Wood and Brushed Stainless Steel
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The executive desk ExCentric 2.0 listed here is made in tineo wood and brushed stainless steel. However, we can produce this in customized options:
Structure: Stainless steel (polished or brushed); brass (polished or brushed).
Tabletop: Another kind...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
Tilde '~' Coworking Desk by Vintage on Point
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Measures: W95 D36 H30.5 KC25.5
Tilde (~) Coworking desk handcrafted in house, made in a mix of solid wood and birch veneer. Unsealed so that you can choose your own stain and fini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Birch
Modern Milano Leather 3-Drawer Desk with Sleek Cerused Oak by Ercole Home
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A very functional writing, computer desk with 2 covered leather drawers on the side and in the middle a drawers that open to accommodate your writing keyboard. It fits perfectly your...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Modern Home Office Writing Executive Desk Ebony Macassar Wood and Brushed Brass
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The Executive Desk ExCentric 2.0 listed here is made in ebony macassar wood and brushed brass. However, we can produce this in customized options:
Structure: Stainless steel (polished or brushed); brass (polished or brushed).
Tabletop: Another kind...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
Fläpps Wall Desk/Secretary 100x60-1 - Black
Located in Berlin, BE
A lot of work requires a lot of space. But only until it is done. That's why we now have the large Fläpps Secretary (100x60-1). After work, this fully-grown desk folds back up so discretely against the wall that you can no longer see anything of your work.
But it's not just a folding wall desk...
Category
2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plywood
Fusion Desk by Daniele Lo Scalzo Moscheri
Located in Milan, IT
Designed for presidential offices, this desk's large scale conveys a sense of importance. The soft lines of its rope-colored leather desktop contrast the sharp edges of its dark canaletto-walnut legs, making it extremely modern, sophisticated and visually striking. Central drawer. Front modesty panel...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Jacques Pastel Pink Dining Table in Bird's Eye Maple by Fred&Juul
By Fred&Juul
Located in Fiesole, Florence
Designed with the aim to find the perfect balance between clean lines and warm texture. Consisting of 5 rounded, 50 mm thick slats with bird’s eye maple veneer, the dining or coffee ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Maple
Fläpps Wall Desk/Secretary 80x80-2 - Black
Located in Berlin, BE
What would a library be without a small place to study? So what would the Fläpps shelves 80x80-2 and 80x80-3 be without the small workplace of the Fläpps secretary 80x80-2 with integrated folding shelf? The three modules with the square design now make it even easier to plan full walls with Fläpps.
But even without the square relatives, the double secretary...
Category
2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plywood
Lifting Desk by kar
Located in Geneve, CH
Lifting desk by kar
Dimensions: W 120 x D 45 x H 75 cm
Materials: MDF Frame
Available in black.
Kar, is the root of Sanskrit Karma, meaning karmic repetitio...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fiberglass
Fläpps Wall Desk/Secretary 100x60-1 - White
Located in Berlin, BE
A lot of work requires a lot of space. But only until it is done. That's why we now have the large Fläpps Secretary (100x60-1). After work, this fully-grown desk folds back up so discretely against the wall that you can no longer see anything of your work.
But it's not just a folding wall desk...
Category
2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Monolith Slab Table by Phaedo
Located in Geneve, CH
Monolith slab table by Phaedo.
Dimensions: W 30" x L 60" x H 16" inches.
Materials: white-washed ash.
The Monolith slab takes the Monolith motif and creates a visually striking surface.
The wood of the table top has been carved away to allow the grain to roll over the rim and down into the cylinder.
Phaedo is a sculpture and design company founded by Morgan Spaulding.
At once playful and restrained, somber and lively, Spaulding’s art and furniture personify the ambiguous curvatures of ethereal in-betweens: dreamstates, memories in recession, thresholds in passing.
In balanced practice, Spaulding’s ornamental sculpture...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ash
Cantilever Desk by Phaedo
Located in Geneve, CH
Cantilever desk by Phaedo
Dimensions: W 60" x D 24" x H 45" inches
Materials: Natural Black Walnut
The Cantilever Desk draws upon the form and function of the seating in this series of work.
Phaedo is a sculpture and design company founded by Morgan Spaulding.
At once playful and restrained, somber and lively, Spaulding’s art and furniture personify the ambiguous curvatures of ethereal in-betweens: dreamstates, memories in recession, thresholds in passing.
In balanced practice, Spaulding’s ornamental sculpture...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Modern Home Office Writing Executive Desk White Lacquer Brushed Stainless Steel
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The Executive Desk ExCentric 1.0 is made of white lacquered wood and brushed stainless steel and can be placed in contemporary executive offices and home offices. This piece would ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
Luxury Modern Table Made from Sustainable Ancient River Rescued Wood
By Tréology
Located in Papanui, Christchurch
The subtle expression of natural beauty and craftsmanship, the Umber table was created by taking a trapezoid form and establishing juxtapositions with the base and top elements.
The Umber table is made from matai, a New Zealand native...
Category
2010s New Zealand Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Hand, Sculpted Desk, Signed by Lukasz Friedrich
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand, sculpted desk, signed by Lukasz Friedrich
Desk “Gloomy Sunday”
Measures: 110 x 50 H 76 cm
Finish: raw, waxed steel with brass drawer knob
...
Category
2010s European Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Fläpps Wall Desk/Secretary 80x80-2 - White
Located in Berlin, BE
What would a library be without a small place to study? So what would the Fläpps shelves 80x80-2 and 80x80-3 be without the small workplace of the Fläpps secretary 80x80-2 with integrated folding shelf? The three modules with the square design now make it even easier to plan full walls with Fläpps.
But even without the square relatives, the double secretary...
Category
2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plywood
Modern Walnut and Black High Gloss Writing Desk
Located in North York, ON
Modern walnut and black high gloss writing desk. Beautiful walnut wood grains finished in a high gloss espresso color. Featuring accented high gloss black lacquer painted trim. Compl...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Table Pine Dining Desk Classical Leg Vernacular Folk
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Pine farmhouse table with a single plank top
Rare to find a piece of vernacular or folk furniture with sophisticated features like the leg turnings on this table
Length 206cm 81...
Category
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Fläpps Secretary of State 80x50-1 - Black
Located in Berlin, BE
Load and fold your Workstation!
When folded away the Secretary of state is restraint like a statesman and you can hardly suspect his full potential. Unfolded however, diplomacy come...
Category
2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plywood
Minimalist Modern Desk in Walnut for Home or Office
Located in Lisbon, PT
A stylish desk for home or office. The clean look is achieved by using the drawers almost hided, and as a part of the desk’s structure. Front desk is available in ash, oak and walnut...
Category
2010s European Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Plywood, Wood
Fläpps Wall Desk/Secretary Sunrise by Joa Herrenknecht
Located in Berlin, BE
Wall Art, Workstation
Functional and discreet, this Fla¨pps wall desk makes the perfect seated or standing workstation depending on the height it is mounted on the wall. When the ...
Category
2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plywood
1970's "Boomerang" Desk in Walnut, Chrome Plated Steel and Glass - Italy
Located in Girona, ES
"Boomerang" desk, large top in varnished walnut covered with a thick glass. Two chrome plated steel columns.
Italy c. 1970
Measure: Width top: 77 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Riald Brass and Glass Console, Signed by Stefan Leo
Located in Geneve, CH
Riald brass and glass console - Signed by Stefan Leo.
Forged iron, Top pâte de verre.
Brass, Pâte de verre.
Measures: 140 x 38cm, H:85 cm.
Atelier Stefan Leo has a remarkable r...
Category
2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Lily Marble Console, Signed by Stefan Leo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lily marble console, signed by Stefan Leo
Lily marble console
Forged iron, top marble
Measures: 140 cm x 38 x H 85cm
Atelier Stefan Leo has a remarkable reputation thanks to its uni...
Category
2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Design Desk, French Designer Charly Bounan
Located in Geneve, CH
Charly Bounan, is a Parisian designer renowned for its refined creative style and the important eclecticism of its influences.
As an art dealer and designer he worked closely with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Resin
Lily Glass Console, Signed by Stefan Leo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lily glass console - signed by Stefan Leo
Lily glass console
Forged iron, top pâte de verre
Measures: 140 cm x 38 x H 85cm
Atelier Stefan Leo has a re...
Category
2010s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
Mrs. Note Desk - Oak - 160cm
Located in Monte-Serzedo, 13
Following the principles of the “rational design,” Mr. And Mrs. Note Desks embody timeless elegance. Design to reflect the identity of the brand, where function creates attractive pu...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut, Plywood
Mrs. Note Desk - Walnut - 190cm
Located in Monte-Serzedo, 13
Following the principles of the “rational design,” Mr. And Mrs. Note Desks embody timeless elegance. Design to reflect the identity of the brand, where function creates attractive pu...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut, Plywood
Jacques Pearl Grey Dining Table in Bird's Eye Maple by Fred&Juul
By Fred&Juul
Located in Fiesole, Florence
Designed with the aim to find the perfect balance between clean lines and warm texture. Consisting of 5 rounded, 50 mm thick slats with bird’s eye maple veneer, the dining or coffee ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Maple, Birdseye Maple
Farelle Desk by LK Edition
Located in Geneve, CH
Farelle desk by LK Edition
Dimensions: 180 x 110 x H 40 cm
Materials: Oak and patinated Bronze base.
It is with the sense of detail and requirement, this research of the except...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Maya Desk by Dare Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Maya desk by Dare Studio
Dimensions: W 130 x D 71.5 x H 74.5 cm
Materials: European white oak in waxed oil timber finish, black leather
Also available...
Category
2010s British Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Mrs. Note Desk - Oak - 190cm
Located in Monte-Serzedo, 13
Following the principles of the “rational design,” Mr. And Mrs. Note Desks embody timeless elegance. Design to reflect the identity of the brand, where function creates attractive pu...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut, Plywood
Modern Home Office Writing Desk in High-Gloss Ironwood and Gold Lacquered Steel
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The "Fifties Home Desk" is made in high-gloss ironwood and gold lacquered steel.
We can also produce this in customized options:
The tabletop can be in different wood veneers and dimensions.
Feet: Other lacquer colors.
You can try it in your space using Augmented Reality with your mobile phone (Fifties Collection, available on our website).
Assembled piece. It will be delivered in a wooden box packed in bubble wrap.
This table is entirely made in Portugal and manufactured artisanally. The author carefully executed or supervised every process step in a small workshop context.
Labor of love from Portugal.
Designer/Author - João Faria...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cut Steel, Metal, Steel
Wall-Mounted Writing Desk or Catch All
Located in New York, NY
Highly functional and stylish piece. Perfect solution to the modern clutter dilemma, the desk features three color coded letter dividers to the right with a single storage slot to th...
Category
20th Century American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
Custom Two Drawer Lacquered Writing Table
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Petite custom, made to order, two drawer lacquered writing table with Lucite and chrome handles. Designed and made by Venfield. This item is made to order in your dimensions and color.
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
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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