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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1980s
John Widdicomb for Mastercraft Black Lacquered and Brass Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This Classic writing table or desk by John Widdicomb for Mastercraft. Composed of a large black lacquered wood top with canted corners that sits atop a brass frame. Brass legs swoop ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Dixie Mid Century 4-Drawer Walnut Single Sided Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Dixie Mid Century 4-drawer walnut single sided desk
Desk measures: 52.5 wide x 19.5 deep x 30 high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we cal...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Drexel Sandia Collection Jacobean Drop-Front Desk
By Drexel
Located in Chicago, IL
Drexel drop front desk from the Sandia Collection, circa 1960s. Interesting writing desk marrying the form of a Govenor Winthrop drop front desk with early English Jacobean...
Category
1970s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Single Minimalistic Heavy Polished Aluminum Table or Desk Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Single minimalistic heavy polished aluminum table or desk base. Add your own wood or marble top to specification. The base dimensions are shown below. They are ideal to create a 96" ...
Category
1970s American International Style Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Exclusive Designer Desk Sir Norman Foster Architecture School, 1980s
Located in Berlin, DE
Exclusive designer desk Sir Norman Foster Architecture school, 1980s
Large, extravagant designer writing desk, two-part.
Tabletop made of black leather, hand sewn in symmetrical table layouts.
This desk is absolutely unique and comes from a student of the world-famous British star architect Sir Norman Robert Foster...
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1980s English Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
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
Vintage Embossed Leather Desk by Karl Springer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
An elegant vintage leather desk designed by iconic designer Karl Springer in the United States, circa 1970s. Standing out for its minimalist design, this desk has 2 large drawers that are great for storing documents and office supplies...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pierre Chapo B40 Adjustable Solid Elm Desk, France, circa 1970
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Geneva, CH
Solid elm adjustable desk by Pierre Chapo, France, circa 1970
The desks with mobile tops designed by Pierre Chapo offer a volume that is easy to arrange.
The B40 stands out through...
Category
1970s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
Italian Postmodern Round Rolling Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This round Postmodern writing desk is on casters for easy mobility and transportation. The half-moon seat of the desk is attached to the half-m...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
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
1970s Glass Wood Chrome Dining Table
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Wonderfully simplistic parsons style 1970s rectangular dining table. Made of glass, wood and chromed steel legs.
Would make for an amazing executive desk or conference table.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
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 t...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Rare Solid Mexican Cocobolo Wood Desk Don Shoemaker
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bespoken and rare desk by celebrated Mexican designer and woodworker Don Shoemaker, model no F46. Designed in 1970s and executed in 1981, the desk is constructed with patchwork of ...
Category
1980s Mexican Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cocobolo
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
Willy Rizzo Fiorentina Model Steel and Brass Crystal Top Table, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in IT
Fiorentina Model table by Willy Rizzo, Italy, 1970s. Steel and brass structure, glass top. Size: 101 x 204 cm, H 75 cm. A video is available upon request. Good conditions, wears cohe...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Rare "Dione" Desk by Antonia Astori for Driade, Italy, 1980s
By Driade, Antonia Astori
Located in Milan, IT
Rare Dione desk by Antonia Astori for Aleph Aforismi collection - Driade.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood Top and Steel Base Desk Table by Formanova, 1970s
By Formanova
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern wood top and steel base desk table by Formanova, 1970s
Table desk with wood top with steel finish on the edge and solid ste...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Arthur Espenet Carpenter, Unique Double-Trunk Table Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Arthur Espenet Carpenter, unique double-trunk table desk.
This extraordinary table is unique to Espenet's work as it deviates from the traditional rectilinear form with its well-f...
Category
1980s American American Craftsman Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Exquisite Cedar Burl and Brass Dining Table by Jean Claude Mahey
Located in Danville, CA
Super chic 1980s dining table in cedar burl with brass trim by Jean-Claude Mahey. The vibrant matched grain burl top is bordered in brass with brass edges a...
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1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Chrome X-Base Trestle Dining Table or Writing Desk
Located in Danville, CA
Rarely seen X-base trestle style dining table base that can be used as either a dining table or writing desk. The base will easily support a glass or stone top as large as 48 x 108 x...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Chrome
Multi Laminated and Lacquered Wood Bureau, Argentina, circa 1970
By Stilka
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Multi laminated and lacquered wood bureau. Argentina, circa 1970.
Attributed to Stilka.
Category
1970s Argentine Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Golden Burlwood Dining table or Desk Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, 1980s
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Italian top quality manufactured desk or dining table in beautiful golden Burlwood
Most like produced by Saporiti but no maker marks on this table/desk
It has the characteristi...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Exceptional Coconut Tiled Veneer Writing Desk with Ebony Wood Accents
Located in East Hampton, NY
Incredible detail work in the small coconut shell mosaic tiles - natural and organic. Very heavy and well constructed. Finished in front and back for floating in a room. Lovely Asian...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Coconut
Single Minimalistic Heavy Polished Aluminum Table or Desk Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Single minimalistic heavy polished aluminum table or desk base. Add your own wood or marble top to specification. The base dimensions are shown...
Category
1970s American International Style Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Modern Chrome and Black Oak Adjustable Dining Table or Writing Desk
Located in Weiningen, 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
Executive Desk by Hans von Klier for Skipper Italian, circa 1970
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Desk by Hans von Klier in walnut wood with three drawers, a center leather writing section, and a inset storage space which includes two sliding walnut supply holders. The desk has a...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Decorative Aluminium Table or Desk
Located in New York, NY
Decorative aluminum table or desk with glass top.
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Romeo Rega Chrome, Brass and Glass Dining Table
By Romeo Rega
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Sculptural Art Deco style dining table attributed to Romeo Rega. Curved arch tubular base features brass and chrome striped design with .5 inch thick glass top. A stunning oversized desk...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Postmodern 'Martino' Dining Table by Gigi Sabadin for Emme, Italy, 1973
By Gigi Sabadin, Emme
Located in Antwerp, BE
Gigi Sabadin dining table, Emme Italy, 1970s, beechwood
The table show smart architectural lines and well-considered use of materials, which are clearly visible in the little det...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Beech
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
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
"Kroma" Desk by Antonia Astori for Driade, Italy, 1980s
By Driade, Antonia Astori
Located in Brussels, BE
"Kroma" desk by Antonia Astori For Driade, Italy, 1980s.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Foldable Metal Dining Table Max Sauze, circa 1970
By Max Sauze
Located in Vienna, AT
This fantastic foldable metal construction with a loose smoked glass plate ( thickness 0.8 cm ) was designed by Max Sauze, circa 1970, France. It is great to use as a dining table or...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
1970s Executive Office Desk by Warren Platner for Knoll
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An inset leather top executive desk over cantilevered chrome plate steel legs with accompanying six (6) door leather wall mounted storage unit. ( 10...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Pair of Lucite Glacier Iceberg Dining Table or Desk Base Style of Lion in Frost
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage pair of Lucite glacier, iceberg style dining table or office desk base. Glass top not included. In the manner of lion in frost.
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lucite
Guillerme et Chambron Etudiant Oak Desk, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, "Etudiant" desk in oak. Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Oak
Robert Propst For Herman Miller Action Office Stand-Up Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
An Action Office desk designed by Robert Propst for Herman Miller in 1968. This mid century modern classic is wall mounted (mounting brackets included) ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
1970s brutalist desk or console by Albert Féraud
Located in Paris, FR
Little desk or console, composed of folded and entangled metal tubes. Rectangular glass slab.
Category
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Vintage Metal Glass Desk by Max Sauze France c 1970
By Max Sauze
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage dining table, which is a fantastic foldable chromed metal construction with a clear glass top (thickness 0.32 in = 0.8 cm).
This minimalistic Desk or Dinin...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
French Maison Jansen Style Steel and Bronze Table with Glass Top
Located in Houston, TX
French Maison Jansen style steel and bronze table, circa 1970. New glass top.
Category
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"Big-Superbig" Desk Suite by Guido Faleschini for Mariani Via Pace Collection
Located in Hanover, MA
Stylish and high quality executive office ensemble produced in 1976 by i4Mariani Italy, designed by architect Guido Faleschini and retailed in the USA through Pace Collection.
The...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
20th Century Showcase, Writing Desk or Wet Bar
Located in Opole, PL
20th Century Showcase, Writing Desk or Wet Bar
A piece of furniture in the French type from the 1980s.
Composed of two parts: a two-door base on the high, bent legs, with a lockable writing desk over them, and a two-door upper section with glazed leaves.
Richly inlaid surface of the entire piece of furniture surely grabs attention, and its versatility makes the item very attractive.
The lower part was designed to be used on barges, proof of which can be seen in the profiled shelves that bottles can fit in.
The middle writing desk can also serve as a buffet, and the glazed upper section with glass shelves is also a showcase for glasses and china, or a bookcase.
Presented piece of furniture is in good condition, with the exception for the writing desk flap...
Category
1980s European Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Postmodern Mix-Metals and Glass Dining Table by Rick Lee for DIA
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A sculptural postmodern dining table or desk design by Rick Lee for Design Institute of America in 1993
The base is made out of mix metals (brass, chrome, br...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Mariani for Pace Grey-Green Leather Executive Desk and Credenza
Located in Chicago, IL
Italian executive desk by Mariani for Pace Collection. Modular desk assembles in pieces for easy adjustments and moving. Teal grey leather has tooled borders where the hides are join...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood, Laminate
Wonderful Arthur Umanoff Olivewood Chrome Desk Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Wonderful Arthur Umanoff olivewood and chrome desk. We love the great looking burled olivewood top with two hidden drawers against the angular chromed legs. Top is in great shape wit...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
'Acid Bauhaus' Desk by Alessandro Guerriero, 1989
Located in London, GB
For Studio Alchimia, by Alessandro Guerriero
Painted and cut steel, in dramatic black and white stripes. Asymmetrical 'boxes' (the interiors brightened in lime green paint) protrude...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Rare Hand-Painted Lacquered Console/Desk by Allesandro for Baker, circa 1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent console is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready.
A ...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Leather
Stellar Italian Steel, Cane and Brass Dining or Writing Table, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fabulous dining or writing table, circa 1970. Stunning polished stainless steel frame with a lovely cane and brass inset detail, clear glass top. An exquisite piece of jewelry desi...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Pierre Paulin Bird's-Eye Maple and Walnut Inlay Executive Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Pierre Paulin executive desk for Baker. Bird's-eye maple veneers inlaid with dark walnut in the signature motif for the Paulin Collection. Drawers are fitted to give a floating ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
PIERRE Dining Table or Desk by George Sowden for Memphis Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Pierre dining table or desk by George Sowden for Memphis (1981) is a remarkable piece of 20th century craftsmanship. It's legs are separate but vividly-lacquered "building blocks...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Hardwood
Poul Nørreklit desk model GP 160 by Georg Petersens møbelfabrik in Denmark
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare freestanding desk model GP 160 designed by Poul Nørreklit. Produced by Georg Petersens møbelfabrik in Denmark.
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1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Françoise Sée Trestles Table Desk with a Red Lacquer Top, France, 1970
By Françoise See
Located in Brussels, BE
The red lacquer top rests on a pair geometric trestles formed of a thick chrome steel blade. Designed by Françoise Sée (Maison Ramsay), circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Preben Fabricius and Jorgen Kastholm Executive Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
An executive desk made of Wenge-veneered wood and chrome-plated steel. Three drawers, key included.
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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
1970s Aluminum "Sawhorse" Table or Desk
Located in Highland, IN
An ingenious and attractive design. Two Campaign-style aluminum sawhorse forms support a glass top creating a wonderful desk or table. The original glass shows damage– ordering a new...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Preben Fabricius Freestanding Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Preben Fabricius Freestanding desk with matte Steel Frame and glass top with wedged drawer section.
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
1970s Modernist Table by Knoll
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A rectangular stainless steel framed dining table/ desk with a white marble top. Two tables could be placed end to end to make one continuous ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Chrome, Steel
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...
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1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Lucite
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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