Wenge Desks and Writing Tables

Early and rare edition of Bodil Kjaer freestanding executive desk, model 901 with chrome-plated metal frame, cassette top with four recessed drawers. Metal frame in very good condition. Four keys included. Produced by E. Pedersen & Søn, Denmark. An identical desk featured in the 1960s in the New York Times and The Sunday Times. It became even more famous when it was in some of the first James Bond films: ‘From Russia with love’ & ‘You only live twice’. The desk also appeared prominently in BBC election broadcasts. Literature: Mobilia, June 1961. This freestanding desk can be used with multiple purposes, as a writing table, desk or just 'work table', as Bodil Kjaer herself called it. According to Bodil Kjaer the idea of the table is, "that it should be suitable with modern art and architecture." The table is part of a larger series of elements of architecture in 1959, with the intention to build flexible working environments. This piece shows an interesting rhythm of horizontal and vertical lines, as do most of Kjaer's designs. The front is divided into four drawers. (Can be locked with its original Keys) The back has the same in inward gap yet without the drawers, yet this aesthetic choice unites the back and front and turns it into a monumental, architectural piece. The handles are all executed with a whole in the middle for functionality. The table's rise to fame was helped by its appearance in James Bond - From Russia with Love. Bodil Kjaer (1932-) is trained as an architect and is known mostly known for her designs in noble woods combined with a modern and sleek chrome base. The most important part of her furniture design career was from 1959-1964. She is mainly recognized for her flexible office furniture, designed in the 1960s. Her design language is greatly inspired by the Modernist masters such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Her furniture has been greatly used in public buildings such as Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Young executives that Bodil Kjær encountered in her work in architecture and design in the late 1950es were open, creative and flexible in their way of working. So, she reasoned that it would be counter-productive for them to be offered traditional office...

An executive desk made of Wenge-veneered wood and chrome-plated steel. Three drawers, key included.

Unusual and rare modernist vanity desk produced in the Netherlands by Everest Furniture early 1950s. Solid birch frame and, veneered plywood and exotic wood (Wenge) details in the...

Arne Jacobsen & Jørgen Wolff Møbelsnedkeri, Scandinavian Modern A truly remarkable piece of design and history, a unique desk by architect and designer Arne Jacobsen and executed ...

Free-standing writing desk, wengé, Northern Europe, 1960s This rectangular shaped table is executed in wengé. The corpus is structured in a horizontal manner, which each stroke sho...

Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel for Poul Kold Savvaerk, desk model ‘135’, wenge, Denmark, design 1958 Freestanding desk designed by Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel in 1958. The symmetric arrangement of...

Jules Wabbes, dining or writing table, wengé, chrome-plated steel, Belgium, 1960s The model embraces a wengé wooden top crafted from rectangular-shaped sawn slats, resulting in a me...

This very rare organic-shaped desk comes from Netherlands and was manufactured during the 1960s. It has a perfect boomerang form and is made from precious wenge wood with natural thi...

Dining table or desk, solid wengé, Northern Europe, 1960s This rectangular shaped table is completely executed in solid wengé. The corpus is structured in a horizontal manner, whic...

Desk in Wengé wood with glass handles and leather drawer fronts Bespoke / Customizable Identical shapes with different sizes and finishings. ...

A brutalist desk or small dining table constructed from mixed bleached timbers. The carved single plank top in wenge, with free form club-like legs in elm. Would also work as a conso...

Martin Szekely, Contemporary, Sycamore, Wenge, Rare 'Satragno' Writing Desk, France, 1999 Rare example of a 'Satragno' desk or table designed and produced by Martin Szekely (b. 1956...

Made in Denmark about 2010 for a customer who has now downsized, the solid wenge top is made of 3 slabs of wenge sawn to make three pairs of booked matched boards either side of the...

Desk Linea Leather all handcrafted in solid walnut wood, in dark wenge stained finish in matt finish with top covered in white genuine leather. With 1 drawer and with 2 compartments with totally hidden cable management...

JH 810 - Freestanding desk with wengé top. Front with two drawers, frame and handle in matt chromed steel. Designed in 1970. Hans J. Wegner / Johannes Hansen.

Modernist massive wenge dining table from the 1960s, retailed by the dutch exclusive department store metz & co. very intelligent and minimalistic design - easy to disassemble to sto...