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Period: 1940s
Material: Metal
Jean Prouvé, Cité Desk, likely 1940s, original condition
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Cité desk with drawer, designed by Jean Prouvé and made in his workshop, Ateliers Jean Prouvé in Nancy, France, probably 1940s
Totally original with cream enamel painted metal frame...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Silvio Cavatorta Writing Desk in Mahogany
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Silvio Cavatorta desk, mahogany, brass, Italy, design 1948-1949
Beautifully shaped desk in mahogany designed by Silvio Cavatorta in the late 1940s. The desk consists of a sleek top,...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A Stylish and Unique Bauhaus Meets Industrial Desk, Circa 1940's/50's
Located in Hastings, GB
This stylish and highly functional desk was probably a one off commission, its rarity suggests so. It has a built in Bakelite switch that turns on the elegant angle poise light by Ad...
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1940s French Bauhaus Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Vintage French Design Kidney Shape Carved Walnut Office Library Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage French Design Kidney Shape Carved Walnut Office Library Desk
Featuring a charming mahogany & walnut French design small office or library desk in the classic kidney shape. ...
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1940s French Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Jaguar Green Lacquered Louis XVI Style Writing Desk
Located in East Hampton, NY
British Jaguar green lacquered Louis XVI style desk with original embossed leather top and two drawers. This desk sits on brass casters. Simply stunning and elegant.
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1940s French French Provincial Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture English Regency Mahogany Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional English Regency style writing desk or console table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1940s
Carved mahogany, with embossed leather top, and original brass hardware and ...
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1940s American Regency Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk With Mounted Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk
France, Circa 1940s
Gorgeous kingwood, with bronze trim and ornate ormolu mounts, and embossed green leather t...
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1940s French Louis XV Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A French Black Lacquer Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular top inset with antiqued mirror glass over two frieze drawers; raised on square tapering legs terminating in brass sabots.
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1940s French Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A Black Art Deco Desk for the Boss Voltaire by De Coene Frères Belgium 1940s
Located in Ulm, DE
Desk from the Belgian Furniture Manufactory DeCoene Frères.
Double Face desk for the boss on one side and the secretary on the other
Well known Art Déco Furniture, Belgium 1940s
F...
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1940s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis XVI Escritoire Writing Desk
Located in North York, ON
Introducing the epitome of elegance and sophistication - the Antique French Louis XVI Escritoire Writing Desk. This exquisite piece, made in France circa 1940’s, exudes timeless char...
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1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
English Regency Style Burl- Wood Library Console Table
Located in Southampton, NJ
Fully restored Mahogany & Burl-wood library table with a single generously sized drawer, classic design elements in the column corners with drop finials supported on vase turned & sp...
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1940s American Regency Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Art Deco French Desk in Macassar with Leather Top Insert
Located in Houston, TX
Art Deco French desk in Macassar wood
Desk is made out of Macassar wood and newly re-upholstered with a strip of brown leather in the middle of the desk’s top. Each of the legs have ...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
France Desk Art Deco, 1950, France, Material: Wood Attributed to Jean Souvrain
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk Style: Art Deco
Year 1940
Wood and bronze
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer.
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco French Grand Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Art Deco table is made out of high quality walnut wood. It composed out of 2 parts/sides with lots of room/drawers for storage. Both sides are connected on the bottom with each other...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Johan Rohde Unique Desk in Mahogany and Brass
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Johan Rohde desk in mahogany with brass fittings. Right side have three drawers and left has three shelfs when doors open.
Provenance: This desk was made for H. P. Rohde in 1945, wh...
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1940s Italian Writing Desk in Ash and Brass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Writing desk, ash, brass, Italy, 1940s
Made in Italy, this writing desk is a testament to the design ethos prevalent in the 1940s and 1950s. The office table bears witness to the de...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Desk in Wood, 1940, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an icon of distinction.
You want to live in the golden yea...
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1940s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Empire style mahogany bronze mounted writing desk, leather top circa 1940
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Empire style mahogany bronze mounted writing desk with leather top, circa 1940.
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1940s Argentine Empire Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Desk, 1950, Materials: Wood and Bronze, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1940
Material: Wood and bronze
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique....
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Desk Style Art Deco in Wood and chrome, 1940, Made in Germany
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Only the wood is restored, not the chrome metal
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. It is an icon of...
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1940s German Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
1940s Norman Bel Geddes Metal Desk for Simmons
Located in Wilton, CT
Offering a rare 1940's industrial design desk designed by Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons Furniture Company. This pre-war metal desk was built before use of m...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Frits Henningsen Cabinetmaker Copenhagen, Fine Large Desk 1940s
Located in Handewitt, DE
Fine large desk by the famous danish cabinetmaker and designer Frits Henningsen 1940s. With 3 ddrawers to front. Brass handles. Finest collected mah. wood. Original untouched condit...
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern Gold Leaf Console, c 1949, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare early-example collectors item, this fully restored Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern (c. 1949) console table, which also can function as a small writing table, features beauti...
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1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Mid Century French oak desk in the manner of Charles Dudouyt, circa 1940.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French oak desk in the manner of Charles Dudouyt. The desk features 5 front drawers and a metal stretcher at the base. Circa 1940.
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Leather Top Cherry Desk
Located in New York, NY
A French cherry writing table finished on four sides with three drawers. The square and tapered legs supported by an apron with molded edge trim. The top with cross band veneered sid...
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1940s French Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Desk in Wood and chrome, France, 1940
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
"Free shipping in florida" It was exhibited at Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)"
Desk
Year 1940
French
Wood and chrome
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an ...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Desk Art Deco, 1940, Materials: Wood and Bronze, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1940
Material: Wood and bronze
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it uni...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Desk Art Deco, 1940, Materials: Wood and Bronze, Made in France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk style: Art Deco
Year: 1940
Material: Wood and bronze
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it uni...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Vintage French School Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Modern French school desk, featuring a black laquered steel structure supporting both a wooden adjustable chair and a wooden adjustable ...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Design Desk, Curved Top, Piano Lacquer, Chrome, France, 1950s
Located in Regensburg, DE
Extraordinary curved (kidney-shaped) designer desk from the 1950/60s.
Asymmetrical shape similar to that of a grand piano. Walnut, high-gloss black finish with piano lacquer. Octagon...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Modernist Desk in Solid Wood 40s / 50s Bauhaus Style Vintage
Located in Lyon, FR
French desk from the 40s / 50s in modernist Bauhaus style. Structure of the desk in veneered and solid Rio rosewood with a triple tubular base in chromed steel quite rare. The desk i...
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1940s French Bauhaus Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk
A unique French Louis XV style ornate ormolu gilt mounted figural desk. The desk has a...
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1940s French Louis XV Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Macassar Executive Desk
Located in North York, ON
Art deco macassar executive desk. France, circa 1940’s. This iconic, stunning art deco creation is out of this world. Rich, luxurious macassar ...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Marcel Breuer Style Desk 1950s Mid-Century Modern
By Thonet, Marcel Breuer
Located in Lucca, IT
Marcel Breuer style desk 1950s Mid-Century Modern.
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1940s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Rosewood and Gilded Albert Fournier Dining Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brazilian rosewood dining table by Albert Fournier et Cie. Gold leaf harlequin pattern on surface with brass perimeter details and brass sabots. The ce...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Luigi Caccia Dominioni Folding Desk for Villa Mazzotti, Italy 1946
Located in Milan, IT
Architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni Rare oak wood folding desk for Villa Mazzotti, Milan, Italy
Luigi Caccia Dominioni used this form of desk design to...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Spanish Architect Table, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique Spanish architect table, circa 1940.
Manufactured by Certex, from Spain.
In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautiful patin...
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1940s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Lovely French Marble Top Cafe Table with Iron Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Versatile French marble top rectangular cafe table or writing desk having black iron base.
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1940s French Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
1950s Cerused Oak Desk with Brass Pulls
Located in Dallas, TX
A very well crafted oak desk produced by Huntington Chair Corporation. This incredible example of Art Deco design is a collectible piece. Restored to mint condition. The desk has a cerused finish which highlights the nubian oak wood grain. Slightly shaped rectangular top with three well proportioned drawers to each side and an upper central pencil drawer. Unique round wood insert brass pulls with Art Deco form and design. Resting on angled and tapered wooden feet, clean Modernist lines. Having carved lines to the wood break...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Art Deco / Neoclassical Revival Walnut Desk, France, circa 1940
By Jean Pascaud
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Elegant desk / writing table / secretaire in walnut, divided into 2 parts:
- office part with 5 drawers including 1 with lock
Dimensions : height 75 cm, width 111 cm, depth 65 cm
...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare Rundform Series Berlin Writing Desk by Mauser Werke 1940s
By Mauser Werke
Located in Aachen, NW
This rare and impressive Berlin executive desk from the Rundform series was designed in the 40s and produced by Mauser Werke in the late 40s. The impressive piece features 2 elements...
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1940s German Bauhaus Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage Art Deco "Fletcher Aviation" Executive Desk by Frank Fletcher
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful vintage Art Deco “Fletcher Aviation” designed by Frank Fletcher for Fletcher Aviation in the United States, circa 1940s. Due to its design and...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Gio Ponti Writing Desk in Walnut and Brass for the BNL Offices, Italy 1940s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A rare and collectable walnut desk with brass ferrules designed by Gio Ponti and produced by Schirolli (Mantova - Italy) in the 1940s for the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL - Nation...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
DC-3 ‘Dakota’ Wingtip Desk
Located in London, GB
The Douglas DC-3 was designed in the mid-1930s as a passenger and freight aircraft, but built during the war years 1941-1945 in large numbers, as the DC-3 (C47) Transport Plane known...
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1940s American Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
1940s Mid Century Italian Leather Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian Mid century modern leather desk with two drawers. The desk had ben polished in the best possible way to get it back as good as ne...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Art Deco French Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful desk is made out of walnut wood, middle section of the desk top is covered with cowhide. Desk has 4 spacious drawers with wide chrome handles. Has prominent base and wide l...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Fantastic Gilbert Rohde Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic Gilbert Rohde desk.
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1940s American Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Eugenio & Ermenegildo Soncini Architects Desk, Italy, 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Architects Desk from the Eugenio & Ermenegildo Soncini Architecture Firm, Milan, Italy, 1940s.
A tubular structure with a wood top and base protection.
Adjustable inclination.
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Industrial Portuguese Oak-wood Tambour Door Desk, 1940's
Located in Lisboa, PT
This Industrial Portuguese Oak-wood Tambour Door Desk was designed and produced in Portugal during the 1940's. It is made of oak and it features a ta...
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1940s Portuguese Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Hungarian Desk in Walnut
Located in Houston, TX
Desk top is made out of high police walnut wood with cowhide insert in the middle. There are 2 drawers with chrome handles. Desk is elevated by thin chrome legs that are connected on...
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1940s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
French Art Deco Cerused Oak Curved Desk Attributed to Jules Leleu
Located in Houston, TX
French Art Deco cerused oak curved desk attributed to Jules Leleu. This stunning French Modern limed oak desk has beautiful bronze hardware and sabots with bookshelves on the front s...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Paul Frankl Rare Kidney Desk in Mahogany, Birch, Leather and Brass, USA, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Paul Frankl for Johnson Furniture Company of Grand Rapids rare exquisite desk from Station Wagon Group, USA, 1940s. This organic desk consists of two separate parts - desk top in rich mahogany and three drawer cabinet in mahogany and birch with leather and brass pulls. This modernist design has beautiful and playful elements which allow modifications in orientation. The desk top with legs rests on the cabinet through the use of a circular birch column which can be adjusted anywhere on the cabinet top to create different angles in the configuration and different overall lengths. Truly an iconic design, this chic desk exemplifies Frankl early use of biomorphic form. Branded mark "JOHNSON FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH."
Adjustable desk length: 55-66 in
Desk top including legs measurements: H 28.25 x W 48 x D 23.5 in
Cabinet measurements...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Franco Albini for Knoll Desk Model '1928' in Glass and Metal
By Knoll, Franco Albini
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Franco Albini for Knoll, desk model '1928', glass, wood, chromed steel, Italy, design 1949
Franco Albini’s '1928' desk combines glass, steel...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Osvaldo Borsani Desk
Located in New York, NY
7-drawer desk by Osvaldo Borsani for ABV. Rosewood, maple, brass. Curved desk finished on both sides. A variant of an earlier model that originally covered in parchment and designed ...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1940s Writing Table, with Drawers and Gilded Bronzes, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Tavolo scrittoio anni '40, in bellissimo legno chiaro lastronato, massello e intarsiato con trama geometrica, originale con cassettini e bronzi dorati come arricchimento, costruito i...
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1940s Italian Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Marquetry Desk and Chair Set After Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
Marquetry top desk and chair set, in the style of LeLeu. French, circa 1940.
Desk and matching chair feature steel and brass base with criss-cross ...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Modern Writing Desk by Wolfgang Hoffman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish black lacquer writing desk features the unique vintage design of Mid-Century Modern designer Wolfgang Hoffman. Spacious drawers with tubu...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bois-Satiné Writing Table
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A fine French kidney shaped bureau plat desk, having an inset beige leather top. Two side drawers over cabriole legs with ormolu mounts.
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1940s French Louis XV Vintage Metal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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