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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1910s
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
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...
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Late 20th Century North American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Mirror
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...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Michel Ducaroy 'attributed to', Desk, Circa 1975
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Tray dimensions: L180 x P90
Desk dimensions: L138 x P65 x H73
Smoked glass top
Good condition, slightly pitted stainless steel.
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
1970s Spanish Washed Wood 2-Drawer Farmhouse Table w/ Crossbeam
Located in Marbella, ES
Rustic 1970s Spanish washed wood 2-drawer farmhouse table with crossbeam legs.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Studio Craft Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A nicely crafted studio desk with pencil drawer. Signed by the artist.
Category
1970s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Gianfranco Frattini desk Sesamo for Bernini 1980s
Located in bari, IT
Rare writing desk model Sesamo 841 designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini production circa 1982. Circular supporting structure in black lacquered iron top in precious black fold...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Glass, Beech
Mid-Century Modern Dining Table/Desk, Chrome and Glass, Italy, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Dining Table/Desk, Chrome and Glass, Italy, 1970s.
Category
1970s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
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...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
De Sede executive desk leather top and chromed metal legs, marked, 1970 circa
By De Sede
Located in Milan, IT
This unique piece was created for the interiors of a jewellery shop in Lugano. It features an elegant black leather top that matches perfectly with the stylish stainless steel legs.
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1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, 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...
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1970s American Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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...
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1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
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
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...
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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...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Desk, Bergwood, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Desk, Bergwood, 1970s
Category
1970s Vintage 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...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Rosewood
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...
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1980s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
Vintage Swedish Burr Walnut Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
A smart, stylish and extremely well made vintage Swedish burr walnut leather top desk. It is in the Art Deco style, this was recently imported from Sweden and it dates from around th...
Category
1970s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
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
Exceptional Coconut Tiled Veneer Writing Desk with Ebony Wood Accents
Located in North Miami, FL
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
Large Leather Top Mahogany Period Style Writing Table by Reprodux
Located in LES LILAS, FR
Large Georgian style mahogany writing table by Reprodux.
Having a lovely antique style tooled leather writing surface in three sections. Front opening drawers and rear dummy drawer fronts.
Raised on twin end supports having splayed feet, with brass toes and castors.
This quality large writing...
Category
Late 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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...
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Late 20th Century Colombian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Goatskin, Wood
Gae Aulenti worktable / desk, Gaetano-series for Zanotta, Italy Post-Modern
By Zanotta, Gae Aulenti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Worktable / desk with original glass top with two black and red colored metal folding saw horse legs. Model Cardine, apart of the Geatano-series designed in the 1970s by Gae Aulenti ...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
1980s Spanish Four Drawer Wood & Wicker Office Desk w/ Glass Top
Located in Marbella, ES
Vintage 1980s Spanish four drawer wood and wicker office desk with glass top.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Rosewood Chrome Table Desk by Tim Bates for Pieff Furniture
Located in Pasadena, TX
Pieff Furniture was a range of avant-garde furniture designed and produced in Cradley Heath near Birmingham from 1970 until 1983. The company was formed as Production Facilities Limited in 1953 by Frederick Bates and son David, and produced contract furniture...
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1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
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
20th Century Italian Modernist Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
20th Century Italian writing table of simple Modernist form.
With a tortoiseshell lucite drawer and trim and smoked glass top.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Original Louis Seize Style Bureau Mahogany Table, Early 20th Century
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Perfect craftsmanship, inlaid mahogany and bronze application, early 20th century, a secret drawer on one side, freestanding.
Category
1910s Austrian Louis XVI Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modernist Rattan & Bamboo Wrapped Desk signed Bielecky Brothers
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modernist desk, crafted by the esteemed Bielecky Brothers, exudes sophistication with its meticulous rattan and bamboo wrapping. Made in America around 1970,...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Bamboo and Formica White Desk Chest with Drawers and Secretary Unit
Located in Marbella, ES
Bamboo and Formica White Desk Chest with Drawers and Secretary Unit
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Formica, Wood
Guillerme et Chambron, Oak Desk, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1960
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, oak desk, Edition Votre Maison circa 1960.
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near the Mazaurien Lake. A stalag, a wooden camp... Gathered by the absurd consequences of war, men from different universes are here. Among them, Jacques Chambron and Robert Guillerme struggle daily to preserve what matters most to them : human dignity.
The war is endless. To bear the present they design a project for future.
Winter 1944 : the war comes to an end. With other companions in exile, Chambron and Guillerme escape and cross the Nazi line, and join the port of Odessa, the Bosphore and Marseille in France.
It is now 1946 and war –torn France is a land of severe restrictions in need of reconstruction. Both men return to their original occupations. Guillerme with a 1934 major from “Ecole Boule” moves back to Lille to design furniture for Atelier Rogie. Chambron, who holds an art degree, returns to his studio in Paris to paint. Because of time and distance contact is limited between them.
In 1948 Jacques Chambron and his family move to Lille and the initial project begins to take shape. Chambron and Guillerme meet Emile Dariosecq, a furniture manufacturer, and in 1949 the company Votre Maison sees the light.
Guillerme designs the furniture, Chambron markets it and Dariosecq manufactures it. Together they define a new style and impose a new concept. The originality of their collaroration reflects on the furniture. Quickly the style Votre Maison is defined as quality furniture that is easy to leave with. Guillerme designs chests, sideboards, chairs, sofas, lighting, all complementing one another and manufactured in limited editions. Wood, leather, ceramic and fabric, all design are sincere and authentic.
Chambron plays an important part in making the public accept this new furniture and convinces them to move away from the common place. Distribution of the furniture is done primarily through the company itself, on some occasions by architects and interior designers.
In the early seventies, Hervé Chambron, Jacques'son, joins the Votre Maison company. Also a graduate from Ecole Boule, he becomes Robert Guillerme's assistant and creates his own designs from 1983, bthe year when Jacques Chambron and Robert Guillerme retire.
Today, the designs of Robert Guillerme are referred to as “French wood furniture...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Oak
Craft Table and Chair by Jonah Meyer, 1997
Located in Dallas, TX
An incredibly crafted table and chair by Jonah Meyer, 1997. From the collection of Sylvia and Garry Knox Bennett.
Category
1990s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
1970s Bieffeplast Bieffe Y 70 Rodney Kinsman Postmodern Design Quaderna Trestle
Located in Biella, IT
Bieffeplast Italy production desk/table "trestle" design years 70 by Rodney Kinsman
Post modern design, never used, new measure ; long 52 inches x W 28 inches and H 28 inches.
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Regency Library Table Desk Period Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Regency Rosewood Library Table.
This Library Table Stands Upon a Platform Base with Boldly Carved Lions Paw Feet.
The Column Being of a Carved Form.
Period Regency
The Table Features...
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1980s Regency Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
French Petite Wooden Mid-Century Desk
Located in London, GB
A stylish petite desk.
France, c1970s.
In the manner of Maison Regian.
Likely to be elm or very well simulated elm wood.
Ideal as a desk or vanity unit.
Good condition gene...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
Rare Work Table by Sir Norman Foster
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A work table having a steel frame with splayed legs and steel disc feet supporting a floating rectangular top.
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Mid century beechwood writing desk, 1970´s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This Mid century writing desk was made in the former Czechoslovakia in 1970s .
The design is very simple and elegant. It features two sections with 6 drawers in total. It´s made of ...
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Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech, Plywood
Harrier 'Jump' Jet Tailplane Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning desk made from an original Harrier 'Jump' Jet Tailplane Horizontal Stabiliser that has been stripped of its paint and polished to a mirror finish. Three aluminium legs and...
Category
Late 20th Century British Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Boho Faux Goatskin Waterfall Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
Infuse your workspace with bohemian elegance using this Vintage Boho Faux Goatskin Waterfall Desk. The American-style design features a smooth, faux goatskin finish and a sleek water...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Post Modern Corner Desk Glass
Located in Mortsel, BE
Please message us for more info or transportation options
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Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
1970s Borge Mogensen Fully Restored Folding Oak Conference / Dining Tables
Located in Knebel, DK
Refinished oak folding tables designed by Børge Mogensen in 1971 and made by Fredericia Stolefabrik.
The flexible folding tables were originally designed as a conference tables cons...
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1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Shagreen desk
Located in New York, NY
Shagreen desk by Karl Springer. Signed.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Shagreen
Large and elegant Carrara marble and leather desk around 1970/1980
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Large and elegant Carrara marble and leather desk
around 1970/1980
with its leather box on wheels
dim du caisson :61x46x70 cm
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
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...
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1970s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Quaderna Desk by Superstudio 1970’s
Located in London, England
Quaderna writing desk designed Superstudio Zanotta.
1970s original.
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Laminate
Early Gerard Van Den Berg for Montis Burled Wood Desk with Cast Aluminum Legs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An early Gerard Van Den Berg desk for Montis. The design is almost Saporiti meets Sottsass in appearance, and the table is expertly crafted from handsome burled wood with cast alumin...
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1970s Dutch Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Post Modern Campaign Style Table or Desk.
Located in Chicago, IL
1/2" Glass top with, with polished aluminum "X" base with stretcher. Could be used as a dining table or desk.
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Hans Wegner Danish Oak PP-305 Desk, 1953
Located in London, England
Hans Wegner - Model 305 desk, 1953
Oak desk from Danish icon Hans Wegner produced by master-cabinetmaker Ejner Pedersen for his company PP Mobler c1970s. The whole desk including le...
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1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Anonima Castelli Palisander Wood Desk with Elegant Metal Insert Handle, 1970s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
The desk, produced in the 1970s by Anonima Castelli of Bologna, is an authentic vintage piece in impeccable condition, crafted entirely from fine Palisander wood. Its design includes...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Rare Jay Spectre "Perceptive" Drop Front Desk
By Jay Spectre
Located in Chicago, IL
Primavera and brushed stainless steel drop front secretary has four drawers with brushed steel Art Deco inspired pulls, plus additional shelf storage. Origami angularity turns this e...
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Late 20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Early edition brutalist concrete steel desk by Jonas Bohlin
By Källemo, Jonas Bohlin
Located in London, GB
Early edition ‘Concrete’ table designed by Jonas Bohlin for Swedish manufacturer Källemo. With a patinated steel frame and contrasting concrete leg, the angular desk has a reductive ...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Brutalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Concrete, Steel
1970's geometrical dark brown Italian desk
Located in Nijlen, VAN
1970's Italian desk
beautifully wooden made Italian desk, designed and manufactured by an unknown designer. It was probably made in the late 1970's in Italy. This is a desk that has...
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1980s Italian Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Bureau de direction pieds traîneau vintage en pin des années 60 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Grand bureau type bureau de direction vintage des années 60 70, en bois de pin, pieds traîneau, un bloc 3 tiroirs et un bloc avec 1 porte, design incroyable, très jolies poignées. Tr...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Italian Walnut Baroque Style Lyre-Leg Trestle Refectory Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Italian Baroque style desk, or writing table with lyre shaped legs and joint with a central drawer. Finished on all four sides enabling it to be used against a wall as well as a cent...
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Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Hand-Crafted Early American Style Solid Pine Slant Front Writing Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A beautifully hand-crafted early American Style Solid Pine Writing Desk in good vintage condition. Measures 28" in width, 28" in depth and stands 32.25" tall. Knee clearance is is ...
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Late 20th Century American American Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
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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