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Desks and Writing Tables For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1930s
Decoene Freres, Art Deco Desk in Macassar Ebony, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Decoene Freres, Art Deco desk in Macassar ebony.
Fully restored.
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Macassar
Fine French Art Deco Rectangular Oak Dining Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rectangular top is supported by four legs with brass details and a dual arc-shaped base.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
André Arbus Eight Legged Table
By André Arbus
Located in Hanover, MA
French-polished rectangular table in acajou crotch mahogany attributed to André Arbus, circa 1938. Four-way book matched veneer top. Double beveled edge on 2 inch thick top. Eight sq...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
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
Lucien Rollin, Secretaire, circa 1935
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lucien Rollin, Secretaire,
circa 1935.
Mahogany and silvered bronze,
Meaures: 60.25 in. (153.03 cm.) x 50 in. (127 cm.) x 15.12 in. (38.41 cm.).
Category
1930s Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
Fine French Art Deco Rosewood Dining Table by Maxime Old
By Maxime Old
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Art Deco rosewood dining / writing table by Maxime Old.
Leaves are not usable.
Signed.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
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
1970s Executive Office Desk by Warren Platner for Knoll
By Warren Platner, Knoll
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
Rare Hepplewhite Revival Mixing Table Desk Charak Furniture Co.
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Rare Hepplewhite Revival mixing table desk, Charak Furniture Co. Boston, Mass 1930. This fabulous piece has mahogany, flame and satinwood inlaid panels th...
Category
1930s American Hepplewhite Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
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
Modernist Table or Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modernist table or desk. Original condition.
Located in NY.
Category
1930s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
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
French Art Deco Mahogany Table
By Jules Leleu
Located in Tourcoing, FR
French Art Deco mahogany table with U base called "cradled " feet. Ideal as a dining table, it will be a perfect and amazing office desk.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
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
Sanyas et Popot Art Deco Desk
Located in New York, NY
An important Art Deco desk.
Designed by Sanyas et Popot, Paris.
Macassar with original patinated bronze pulls and sabots.
Complete professional restoration by us.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Warren McArthur Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Black lacquered top and drawers in aluminium tube base, with aluminum handles. Original lacquer finish.
Category
1930s American Machine Age Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Impressive French Art Deco Desk with Secretary Table
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning French Art Deco desk with pull-out secretary table. Having beautiful Deco lines and brass hardware. All the locks work making this a functiona...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Gray Cerused Oak Desk and Chair Set from a Maine Estate
Located in New York, NY
A matching desk and chair set in gray cerused oak. France, circa 1930.
Features a triple X-style raised pattern on each side of desk with four deep drawers an...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
Desk and Dressing Table, with Mirror Style of Ulrich, circa 1936, Vanity Table
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Guglielmo Ulrich manner desk and dressing table;
Desk in walnut, elm and elm burl. Feet in golden brass
A wonderful and very useful desk repr...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
Narrow modular/ reversible/ Minimalist Desk in Two Tone Wood and Nickel
Located in New York City, NY
French Art Deco slim and streamline unusual desk in two tone wood with side storage compartment, polished nickeled bronze banded surround and matching pole support.
The side structur...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Nickel
"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
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...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
A Fine French Art Deco Rosewood Extendable Dining Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
With a four cylinders cross shaped pedestal and 2 end drawers that support the 2 matching extension leaves.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
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...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Bauhaus Table by Jindrich Halabala for Up Zavody
Located in Vienna, AT
Softwood covered with walnut veneer with drawer designed by Jindrich Halabala in the late 1930s for UP Zavody.
Category
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Softwood
Office Table by Jean Prouvé and Jules Leleu
Located in Altwies, LU
Set consisting of a office table and chair with angle structure. The whole being entirely lacquered in red-blood color.
Furniture designed in 1934-35 for the sanatorium of Guébriant and sponsored by the French Army to the architects Abraham and Jacques Henri Le Même...
Category
1930s French Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
French Louis XV Style Walnut Table with Bronze Mounts, 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Louis XV-style table with bronze mounts, the 1930s
This elegant Louis XV-style table or writing desk is made of walnut with a veneered walnut parquetry design and elegant bron...
Category
1930s French Louis XV Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
American Art Deco Desk Attributed to Gilbert Rohde for Kohler
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
American Art Deco desk in the manor of Gilbert Rohde for Kohler with four drawers. Desk is maple stained mahogany. Handles are bakelite with bra...
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1930s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Frank Brangwyn a Rare Desk Originally Designed for the 1931 Pollard Exhibition
By E. Pollard & Co, Frank Brangwyn
Located in London, GB
Frank Brangwyn. E Pollard and Co.
A rare desk originally designed for the 1931 Pollard Exhibition where it can be seen in a room setting in the original photographs from 1931. See ...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Sycamore
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
Robert Josten 1970s Metal Grid and Glass Desk with Wood Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unusual Robert Josten 1970s aluminum grid desk with glass top and wood chair.
Chair dimensions:
Height 36.5, width 14.5, depth 17.5, seat 19.75.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
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
Anthroposophical Wooden Desk Attributed to Felix Kayser, Germany, circa 1930
By Felix Kayser
Located in Berlin, DE
Important Anthroposophical wooden desk attributed to Felix Kayser, Germany, circa 1930. From a Private Collection, Berlin.
Category
1930s German Other Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Ash
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.
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern 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
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
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
Fabulous Double Pedestal Lucite Tusk Table Desk by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fabulous double pedestal Lucite tusk table/desk by Charles Hollis Jones. Three curved Lucite pillars make up the two bases of this Tusk table by Char...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Lucite
Custom 75" Table with Carved Lyre Mahogany Trestle Base and Inset Marble Top
Located in Miami, FL
Carved Honduran mahogany table with trestle base composed of two lyres embellished with acanthus leaves and joined by a stretcher, with inset Rosso Alicante marble...
Category
1970s American Neoclassical Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Donald Deskey Rare Desk and Chair
By Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Corp, Donald Deskey
Located in New York, NY
Copper-plated steel, walnut, fabric. Most likely these are custom variants of models produced by Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Corp. These being framed in copper plated steel and the prod...
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1930s American Machine Age Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Copper, Steel
Rare Large Aluminum & Glass Floating X-base Table by John Vesey
By John Vesey
Located in Hudson, NY
The base features a signature design by John Vesey. The sawhorse base was constructed with a double-beam connected by a central stretcher. The end cap in the shape of T is enameled in black. It can be used as a dining table as well as a desk. See the last image of the table featured in the book "Manhattan Style" by John Esten, Bennett Gilbert and George...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Sorrel Ash-Flip Top Trestle Based Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Counter height ash wood flip top desk or writing table finished in sorrel tones with incised back panels. X-shaped collapsible base with foot rail. Slanted top with that flips up to ...
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1970s American Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Sculptural 1970s Leon Rosen for Pace Collection Steel and Marble Desk
By Leon Rosen
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A vintage 1970s large 'Mezzaluna' desk designed by Leon Rosen for Pace Collection. Half-circle desk with a wide chromed steel frame and verde green marble-...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
Elegant Restored Vintage Oil Drop Lacquer Extension Dining Table or Writing Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional vintage Parsons style extension dining table, circa 1970. Stout, expertly made hardwood construction with lovely detail. Slender table depth allows for intimate dining...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Custom Floating Lucite, Steel and White Lacquered Two Drawer Desk Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage custom made sensational floating desk with 2 drawers has a recessed glass top that floats on steel pegs around the entire desk; the 2 part lucite sides come together with a steel round disk at center at the back and the white lacquered drawers float on the left hand side with chrome...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Stunning French Art Deco Two-Tone Desk
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Gorgeous French Art Deco two-tone desk table. Having beautiful Deco lines and silver hardware. All the locks work making this a functional desk. The hardware accents the wood beautif...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Desks and Writing Tables
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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