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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1780s
Ladies desk from HIKOR, 1980´s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
A Simple beech wood writing desk from the HIKOR Písek company, 1980´s, Czechoslovakia
The design is very simple and elegant. It features a section with 4 drawers. The surface of this...
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech
Monumental Leon Rosen Pace Collection Burl Walnut Steel Desk Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Monumental executive desk by Leon Rosen for Pace Collection. Crisply framed in polished stainless steel, the vintage desk oozes success in rich walnut burl. Three hidden drawers on one side and two pull out shelves on the other. We do have the matching credenza...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Baker Furniture Lyre Motife Birdseye Maple Drop-Leaf Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Startlingly beautiful bird’s-eye maple drop-leaf writing desk having gorgeous satinwood and ebony inlay and elegant detailed lyre motife legs.
with leaves open 64.5 W.
Category
1980s American Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Lounger and ottoman "Alta" by Oscar Niemeyer / Authentic
Located in Zürich, CH
Sculptural qualities define these objects. A vivid dynamic between the different volumes and surfaces, showing different qualities from different angles. Their expressive form offers...
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1970s Brazilian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Dolce and Gabbana Game Library Brass Chrome Table Chrome Mirror Top, Italy
Located in New York, NY
Brass 1970s geometric dining entry table with chrome details mirror top, Italy
From Dolce and Gabbana restaurant designed exclusively for the shop
Beautiful and heavy brass and chr...
Category
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Iconic Mastercraft Brass Desk With Leather Top
By Mastercraft
Located in Houston, TX
Iconic Mastercraft Brass Desk With Leather Top.
Stunning large mid century brass desk or writing table by Mastercraft.
This handsome desk...
Category
1970s American Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Gerald McCabe Shedua Executive Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American made desk, c.1970s, by Gerald McCabe is beautifully crafted from Shedua, also known as African Walnut. This piece features a desk and return with natural wood grain variance...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Custom Made Modern Large Executive Desk with Aluminum Trim, circa 1990
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Custom made one of a kind executive desk made in the modern style sometime in the mid-1990s with a slight Art Deco flair. The desk features 3 drawers to the left and a place for a co...
Category
1990s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Fine Palermo Inlaid Burled Walnut Secretary Desk with Bookcase Top
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Walnut. Inlaid. 2 piece. Top piece has 2 doors containing two shelves. Bottom piece has a pull down door containing 6 drawers and slots. 3 drawers. Metal hardware. Bottom piece measu...
Category
1970s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Original Vintage Karl Springer Executive Black Lacquered Desk
Located in North Miami, FL
This large scale executive desk belonged to the late fashion designer, Geoffrey Beene. Sourced from his Estate in Oyster Bay, NY, it is in good vintage condition, 4 invisible drawer...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Stunning Stacked Lucite Dining Table Desk Vintage Hollywood Regency
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stunning stacked Lucite dining table or desk. The many cuts and facets on the edges make the base sparkle and shine! The Lucite is in excellent condition! This piece is gorgeous in p...
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
Angelo Mangiarotti Rare desk with single cast iron foot - Italian Design 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare desk designed by Angelo Mangiarotti. This elegant and material piece recalls the designer's style by infusing into a new concept elements already used for other furniture create...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare Flush Front Burled Walnut Campaign Desk in the syle of Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A very fine Campaign desk by West Michigan Furniture, in the style of Milo Baughman, in burled walnut, X-base legs with bronze finish. Unlike other models, this design features drawe...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Modernist “JH 810” desk by Hans J. Wegner, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Amazing, oversized “JH 810” desk by Hans J. Wegner, made from mahogany with steel legs and handle drawers. Rare, large model.
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Kipp Stewart American Design Foundation MCM Solid Cherry Corner Desk
By Kipp Stewart
Located in Countryside, IL
Kipp Stewart American Design Foundation Mid Century solid cherry corner desk
This desk measures: 47.5 wide x 36.25 deep x 22.25 inches high...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Ladies Desk from Hikor, 1980´S, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
A Simple beech wood writing desk from the HIKOR Písek company, 1980´s, Czechoslovakia
The design is very simple and elegant. It features a section with 4 drawers. The surface of thi...
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech
Black Lacquered Steel Curule Base Writing Table with Brass Appointments
Located in Chicago, IL
Matte black lacquered steel curule form writing table, with lower back stretcher and multiple brass ball details. Triple beveled ogee edge glass top is one-half inch thick. With a na...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
French Mid-Century Vintage Bamboo Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Desk from mid-century France made of bamboo. This piece has a solid pine wood top that sits on two pedestals made of bamboo. We love the organic details of this piece. The desk is in...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Gae Aulenti's "Gaetano" desk for Zanotta, Italy 1973
By Zanotta
Located in modena, Emilia-Romagna
Gaetano work table by Gae Aulenti for Zanotta. The original beveled crystal top edged in red, supported by two folding black enameled aluminum trestles with rubber shelf supports. A ...
Category
1970s Italian Minimalist Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Crystal, Aluminum
Steel and Bronze Dore Desk by John Vesey
By John Vesey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stainless steel and bronze desk. With red leather top. By John Vesey.
Category
Late 20th Century American Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Mid-Century Modern Desk by Bergwood, Circa 1975
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern desk by Bergwood - circa 1975.
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Large Dining Fossilized Coral Table with Stone Mosaic by Karl Springer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A glamorous dining table designed and retailed by Karl Springer, circa 1980s. The iconic shape features a beveled horse track-shape top with ro...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
Large Desk Table Guy Lefevre Maison Jansen Black Lacquer Brass 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
A unique Maison Jansen black lacquered desk table designed by Guy Lefevre for Maison Jansen in the mid-1970s. It features a black lacquer top with neoclassical inspired brass inlays,...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
mirror top arched writing desk, vanity, or console table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
arched writing desk with mirror top clad in faux leather with matching mirror top pedestal
I'm told this is an Adrian Pearsall table originally designed to hug the back of a serpentine sectional.
Height is perfectly matched to the Adrian Pearsall mirrored...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Mirror
Vintage Boho Aubergine Goatskin Writing Desk After Springer
Located in west palm beach, FL
Introduce a touch of bohemian elegance to your workspace with this striking vintage writing desk, reminiscent of the sophisticated designs of Karl Springer. The rich aubergine goatsk...
Category
Late 20th Century Colombian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Goatskin, Wood
Original George III circa 1780 Double Sided Walnut Partner Desk Lion Head Handle
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very rare original George III circa 1780 walnut twin pedestal double sided partner desk with Lion head handles and brown leather surf...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Franco Albini, center desk with dark wood drawers
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2669
Franco Albini (1905-1977)
Center desk with dark wood drawers, polished steel square tube leg and tempered glass top.
Registered drawing from 1958.
Knoll international ma...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
'Starblack' Desk and Cabinet by Guido Faleschini, 1970s
Located in London, England
For i4 Mariani, Italy
Leather topped desk with recessed aluminium channel spanning the width. With companion cabinet with leather-faced drawers and aluminium drawer pulls. Desk legs...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Vintage Regency Maitland Smith Tessellated Coconut Shell Writing Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
An exceptional vintage Regency writing desk. Made by the iconic Maitland Smith group. Beautiful tessellated coconut shell frame with a hand painted leather top. Wrought iron and bras...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Vintage Rattan and Bamboo Desk with Black Glass Top
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Vintage rattan and bamboo desk. An attractive rattan writing table with three drawers and a slightly rounded black glass top.
h 76 x w 110 x 60 cm
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Glass
Giuseppe Rivadossi For Officina Walnut Desk, Italy, 1980's
Located in Austin, TX
Rare and collectible executive desk in walnut plank by Giuseppe Rivadossi. Solid construction throughout with creative joinery techniques. Hand-planed exterior surface gives the wa...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Large Writing Table / Executive Desk, Pace, Ebony
Located in Manhasset, NY
American Mid-Century Modern ebonized wood large writing table / executive / desk
A large and impressive executives desk that can certainly be used...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Desk by Roberto Gabetti, Aimaro Isola and Guido Drocco, Italy, 1970s
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Desk by Roberto Gabetti, Aimaro Isola and Guido Drocco, Italy, 1970s. Manufactured by Arbo. Limited series. Chromed metal, wood. Reference: F. Ferrari, Gabetti e Isola...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Machined Aluminum Dining Table with Glass Top
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Custom-built Modernist dining table with a machined aluminum base. Perfect for the Futurist and Modernist setting. The table would work well as a large desk.
Category
1990s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Scrivania in ferro e laminato di palissandro di Mobiltecnica Torino anni '70
Located in Premariacco, IT
Importante scrivania direzionale italiana anni '70 circa, produzione Mobiltecnica Torino.
Si presenta con una struttura in ferro corredata di tre cassetti scorrevoli sul lato sinist...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
English Satinwood and Patera Inlaid Knee Hole Desk. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English satinwood and ebony string patera inlaid seven-drawer knee hole desk with original brasses, prospect door, and terminating on original bracket feet. Late 18th century.
Category
1780s English George II Antique Desks and Writing Tables
“Leonardo” height adjustable wooden table by A. Castiglioni for Zanotta , 1970
Located in Padova, IT
Achille Castiglioni, son of the sculptor Giannino and Livia Bolla, he graduated from the Milan Polytechnic in 1944; after graduating he worked in the studio of the older brothers Liv...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Boho Karl Springer Shagreen Wrapped Writing Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
This vintage Boho Karl Springer writing desk, wrapped in luxurious shagreen, combines sleek lines with exotic texture. A sophisticated and s...
Category
Late 20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Shagreen, Wood
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
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Attractive Louis XV style bureau plat, gilt embossed tanned leather top writing surface centered on a beautiful satinwood veneered panel and...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Rosewood Laminate Secretary Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This impressive vintage secretary desk wows by combining rosewood print laminate, a spacious work surface, and chrome details. Drawers allow for...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Rosewood
18th Century Louis XVI Cylinder Top Secretaire
Located in Belmont, MA
18th century Louis XVI Cylinder Top Secretaire, Paris 1780.
The secretaire stands out for its elaborate kingwood and satinwood marquetry.
The inside is embellished with several dra...
Category
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
English Oak and Chrome Desk by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar
Located in Dorchester, MA
Designed for Dunbar by Roger Sprunger, this modern, clean-lined desk places a top of now rare English oak on two slab supports in chrome. Three shallow drawers each have a well for p...
Category
1970s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Afra & Tobia Scarpa "Artona" Working Desk for Maxalto, 1975
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa "Artona" working desk for Maxalto in wood, brass and leather, Italy, 1975.
The creative duo Afra & Tobia Scarpa designed this writing desk back in 1975. Conceive...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Napoleon II Partners Desk French Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous French partners desk in the Napoleon II manner
Hand crafted from kingwood with original ormolu fixtures
Classical columns either side of the knee hole opening in an acanthus...
Category
1980s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Guido Faleschini writing desk for Mariani, 1970
By Faleschini
Located in Manzano, IT
Guido Faleschini writing desk for Mariani, 1970
Strong and stable, important office desk by Guido Faleschini. Glass shelf, aluminum profiles and alcantara upholstery. Aluminum 8-draw...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Sculptural Postmodern Desk by Tidis Belgium, 1980
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Highly extraordinary postmodern desk designed and manufactured by unknown artist called Tidis, Belgium 1980s. This sculptural desk has high quality features and extraordinary woodwor...
Category
1980s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
Executive Desk by Hans von Klier for Skipper, Italy 1973
Located in Renens, CH
This high-end desk is the largest version of the “Il Ponte” series designed by Hans Von Klier for the Italian company Skipper in the 1970s.
The desk is distinguished by the use of m...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
vintage desk table 70s Farstrup
By Farstrup
Located in Lemmer, NL
vintage desk table 70s Farstrup
period 70s
design Farstrup Denmark
condition good light signs of use
size 74.5 x 120 x 120 (hxbxd)
details wood; chrome; linoleum;
item ...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
vintage desk table 70s Magnus Olesen
Located in Lemmer, NL
vintage desk table 70s Magnus Olesen
period 70s
design Magnus Olesen Denmark
condition good light signs of use
size 74.5 x 155 x 70 (hxbxd)
details wood; chrome; linoleum...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
20th Century Desk Bureau Plat in Antique Louis XV Style Mahogany Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
In Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round full-length mirror veneer with seed beads. Extremely fine, floral, bronze fittings in the form of chutes, handmade patinated bronze. Rosewood veneere...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
White Parsons Desk with Embossed Leather, Shagreen, by Karl Springer
Located in New York City, NY
A sleek desk covered in eye-catching embossed leather. In excellent condition.
Category
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood, Lacquer, Shagreen Stingray
Talete Desk, Rosenthal
Located in Neuss, NW
Talete desk/dining table from the 1980s by Pierluigi Ghianda and Gabriele Regondi for Rosenthal. Solid frame in black stained ash with embedded wire glass plate and a drawer for writ...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ash
Stunning Rare Rosewood and Brass Platform Desk by Roger Sprunger for Dunbar
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A stunning sleek rosewood desk with three minimal drawers that disappear into the apron. This wonderful desk has the very rare brass pedestal legs. Dunbar metal tag is inside the lef...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Dal Vera bamboo rattan desk with brass hinges, French Riviera style, Italy, 1970
By Dal Vera
Located in Zevenaar, NL
Stylish compact wicker and bamboo writing desk with brass handles. Made by Italian company Dal Vera in 1979.
Bought from the first owner. Finished with wicker weaving on the sides a...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fir Table/Desk, circa 1980
Located in Isle Sur Sorgue, FR
Unique fir table/desk, circa 1980.
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fir
Brass Etched Dining/ Desk Table by "Georges Mathias"
Located in Waasmunster, BE
Brass Etched dining/ desk table by "Georges Mathias".
Category
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Vintage Coastal Chinese Chippendale Woven Rattan Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
Enhance your workspace with the Vintage Coastal Woven Rattan Chinese Chippendale Desk. Featuring classic Chippendale design elements with a coastal twist, this desk combines elegant ...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rattan
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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