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Rococo Style Writing Desk Mounted with Gilt Bronze
Located in London, GB
Rococo style writing desk mounted with gilt bronze
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 78cm, width 134cm, depth 64cm
This superb ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Louis XV Style Writing Desk by François Linke
Located in New Orleans, LA
Superior craftsmanship and elegant bronze work characterize this tambour front roll top writing desk by François Linke, the most important French ébéniste of his time. Linke is celeb...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Lobel Originals Desk in Macassar Ebony with Leather Top, Made to Order
By Evan Lobel
Located in New York, NY
Desk in mirror polished Macassar ebony with handcrafted stainless steel pulls and accents and inset leather top by Evan Lobel for Lobel Originals. This can be made to any size and co...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Large Biedermeier Writing Table Early 19th Century Bird's-Eye Maple Veneer
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An unusually large desk, even suitable for two working spaces at a time. The rounded rectangular top with a tooled black leather writing surface above four frieze drawers, two to eac...
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Early 19th Century English Biedermeier Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Regency Chinese Export Gilt Black Lacquer Desk
Located in New York, NY
English Regency Chinese export (19th Century) black lacquer desk with foliate trim and Chinese landscape imagery in gilt throughout with 3 frieze drawers over a kneehole flanking 2 d...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Beautifully Crafted Swedish Desk in Teak, 1960s
By Göran Strand
Located in New York, NY
Desk model A10 in teak with drawers on left and partner compartment on other side by Göran Strand for Lelångs Möbelfabrik, Sweden ...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Desk by Roberto Gabetti, Aimaro Isola and Guido Drocco, Italy, 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
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 Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Desk Swedish Baroque Period 18th Century Veneer Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Desk Swedish Baroque Period 18th Century Veneer Sweden. A stunning desk made during the Baroque period in Sweden. Veneered with elm and burl woo...
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18th Century European Baroque Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique English Wooden Desk with Reading Stand
Located in London, GB
Antique English wooden desk with reading stand
Beautifully carved from wood, this Victorian English reading desk is supported by two legs wit...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique English Victorian Marquetry Writing Desk by Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
Antique English Victorian marquetry writing desk by Donald Ross
English, c. 1890
Measures: Height 75cm, width 108cm, depth 64cm
This superb mahogany writing desk by Donald Ross ...
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1890s English Neoclassical Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique English Gilt Bronze and Marquetry Desk by Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
Antique English gilt bronze and marquetry desk by Donald Ross
English, c. 1890
Measures: Height 75cm, width 108cm, depth 63cm
This elegant mahogany writing desk by Donald Ross f...
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1890s English Neoclassical Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Empire Style Roll-Top Desk
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century French Empire style roll-top desk
French, early 20th century
Dimensions: Height 113cm, width 84cm, depth 62cm
This charming roll-top desk is crafted from ormo...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pierre Jeanneret, Reading Table, ca 1961-62
Located in Paris, FR
This piece comes from the famous Chandigarh project in India, as when India gained independence in 1947, Nehru decided to commission a contemporary architect for the creation of the ...
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1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
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 Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
ClassiCon Notos Standing Desk in Maple and Chrome by Thomas Kühl & Andreas Krob
Located in New York, NY
Notos is an essential object in a household or office where artistically inclined persons live and work. That is because this unprecedented, multifunctional piece of furniture transforms itself in no time into a standing desk or a note Stand...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plywood
Linley Slimline Odyssey Desk
Located in London, GB
Inspired by the curves of our Odyssey desk, the Slimline Odyssey desk is handcrafted from grey figured anegre. The desk has polished brass metalwork and a...
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2010s British Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Desk by Poteau
Located in London, GB
Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted writing desk by Poteau
French, late 19th century
Size: Height 78cm, width 180cm, depth 87cm
This beautiful Louis XV style writing desk is rais...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
PH Grand Dressing Table, Brass Legs, Mahogany Veneer, White Ashwood Drawers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Designed in 1920 by Poul Henningsen (PH), the PH grand dressing table is the larger relative of the PH dressing table, sharing all of the beautiful design features of its narrower co...
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2010s Danish Bauhaus Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Arne Vodder Desk Produced by Sibast Møbelfabrik in Denmark
By Arne Vodder
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare freestanding desk designed by Arne Vodder. Produced by Sibast Møbelfabrik in Denmark.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
French Art Deco Desk 'DOMINIQUE'
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco calamander wood double pedestal base desk having doors opening to drawers & shelves with trim. (signed: DOMINIQUE).
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Régence Style Marquetry Writing Desk
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A magnificent and very rare Régence style marquetry inlaid grand bureau plat or writing desk.
Inscribed to the carcass 'Moreaux 72'.
Dating from the second half of the nineteenth century this magnificent and very rare bureau plat has finely cast rocaille gilt-bronze mounts and is decorated overall with truly breath-taking seventeenth century marquetry, depicting fantastical townscapes, knights, soldiers, hunting and architectural-scenes.
Of serpentine rectangular form the top is veneered with superb marquetry panels within a foliate scrolled border and a rocaille shell-cast gilt-bronze surround, both sides featuring a recessed central drawer flanked on each side by a drawer applied with male and female terms, scrolled handles, and reserves with conforming drawers; the bombé sides are centred by foliate scrolls, and the whole raised on cabriole legs headed by cartouches with foliate entwined chutes terminating in scrolled sabots.
Of impressive scale this fine bureau plat, in the manner of a partners desk, features working drawers to each side.
This model of bureau plat was made by a small number of celebrated Parisian cabinet makers in the second half of the 19th century including Beurdeley, Cremer and Befort Jeune. It is incredibly rare to see this model of bureau plat inlaid in marquetry.
The exceptional quality and style indicate the use of older reused marquetry, almost certainly dating from the late 17th century and originating from the Augsburg region of Germany.
Similar models but lacking the exceptional marquetry inlay can be found in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch at Bowhill, and the Earl of Normanton at Somerlely. Christopher Payne notes that the latter was part of a pair sold by the London dealer Toms & Luscombe in 1871. He illustrates the present bureau plat in his book ‘European Furniture of the 19th Century’ (p. 88-89), along with two related desks minus the marquetry inlay (p. 92 -93).
The exceptional and highly complex marquetry inlay and intarsia work, that sets this important bureau plat apart from other extant examples, would originally have formed the decorative panels of a late 17th century table cabinet, almost certainly ascribable to the Augsburg region of Germany.
Augsburg emerged from the middle of the 16th century as the German centre of luxury cabinet making for the international market. In particular, the development of marquetry contributed to this prominent position, favoured by the ready availability of indigenous woods and the reputation that Augsburg had the best craftsmen able to cut thin layers of veneers in the most intricate motifs (C.S. Wood, ‘The Perspective Treatise in Ruins: Lorenz Stöer, Geometria et perspectiva, 1567’, Studies in the History of Art, no. 59, p. 246).
Table cabinets, conceived as a form of Wunderkammer or cabinets of curiosities, were intended as repositories for all manner of wondrous and exotic objects and by the 1550s the grandest cabinets in Europe were being made in Augsburg. Decorated almost entirely with sumptuous marquetry, often depicting perspective views of ruins and fantastical townscapes, they become by the 1590s highly regarded as important diplomatic gifts.
Fine Augsburg marquetry panels remained popular throughout the ages and were frequently re-used to create or embellish new items of furniture, such as this magnificent bureau plat. Their inclusion was not only for their highly decorative appeal, but to contemporary eyes, a means by which to imbue a new creation with a sense of true historical authenticity.
The importance of such panels is often reflected in the high cost involved in repurposing them. A fine example of this is the celebrated 17th century cabinet on stand...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Adjustable Desk
By Andre Sornay
Located in New York, NY
This extendable/adjustable desk is by André Sornay made with an exotic wood circa 1930. Its structure and design with the circular table top is very re...
Category
1930s French Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian Venetian 18th Century Lady's Desk, Circa 1770
Located in CH
Italian Venetian 18th century lady's desk, Circa 1770
An Italian Neoclassical Venetian center room desk finished on all four sides. The surfac...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Contemporary Black Painted Tree Trunk Design Desk or Console Table
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary black painted desk / console table with an irregularly shaped table top on two carved legs with a tree trunk design.
Category
20th Century American Modern Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Jens Risom Desk Produced by Gutenberghus in Denmark
By Jens Risom
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare large executive desk designed by Jens Risom. Produced by Gutenberghus in Denmark.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel
Louis XVI Style Marquetry Writing Table after Jean-Henri Riesener, circa 1870
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany and Marquetry inlaid writing table after the model by Jean-Henri Riesener.
This finely inlaid writing ...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Striking Goncalo Alves 'Albuera Wood' Writing Table Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A striking Goncalo Alves (Albuera wood) writing table attributed to Gillows and Bullock, the rectangular leather-inset top with a wide band of paired ivy leaves and double borders in...
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1820s English Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Hans Wegner Desk Model JH-563 by Cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen in Denmark
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare freestanding desk model JH-563 designed by Hans Wegner. Produced by cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen in Denmark.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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...
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1980s American American Craftsman Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Pierre Jeanneret, Pigeonhole Desk, circa 1957-1958
Located in Paris, FR
Teak & leather
H. 71.5 x L. 122 x P. 83.5 cm
H. 28.15 x L. 48.03 x D. 32.87 inches
Intended for: Secretariat and various administrative building, Chandigarh, India
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Teak
Roll Top Writing Desk by Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A stately and elegant rosewood and mahogany campaign desk having three drawers and two rosewood roll-top compartments flanking a central writing surface with a flip-down back splash,...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Børge Mogensen Desk Produced by Søborg Møbler in Denmark
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare desk designed by Børge Mogensen. Produced by Søborg Møbler in Denmark.
Dimensions (W x D x H): 133 ( 180 ) x 80 x 71 cm.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Swedish Biedermeier Style Birch Kneehole Desk
Located in New York, NY
Swedish Biedermeier style (19/20th Century) birch kneehole desk with three drawer above two cabinet doors enclosed 4 drawers with a gold embossed black leather top.
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Late 19th Century Biedermeier Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Leather
Fine Louis XV Style Marquetry Bureau Plat Attributed to François Linke
Located in Montreal, QC
A fine and Important Louis XV style Bureau plat attributed to François Linke (1855-1946) after a model by Jean François Oeben. Typical of the work by François Linke, this desk featur...
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian Table in the Style of Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A wonderful example of Italian design. This table is composed of lacquered wood, black glass top, and brass accents. It would make a wonderful desk as seen in the last photo. In very...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III Secretaire Desk by Diehl
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual amboyna Napoleon III secretaire desk by Diehl, the rectangular top above a single long frieze drawer which opens to reveal a leather-inset secretaire with a pigeonhole fla...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Amboyna
Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Forest, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Empire style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Maison Forest.
Paris, circa 1900.
Bearing two labels to the underside: 'FOREST/TAPISSERIE/EBENISTERIE/31 RUE CAMBACERES.PARIS...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century Ebonised Wood, Gilt Bronze and Pietra Dura Desk
Located in London, GB
Antique Mid-19th century ebonised wood, gilt bronze and Pietra Dura desk,
French, c. 1860s
Dimensions: Height 77cm, width 134cm, depth 78cm
This ...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Ormolu
Contemporary Writing Desk, Etched Brass, Pivoting Doors Stone Elm Shelves/Walnut
By Giacomo Moor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Pivot collection, writing desk, simple and sculptural. The supporting structure is a rigid system of metal tubes to which are added shelves in beautiful stone elmwood and Canalet...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Metal
Karl-Erik Ekselius Desk / Dining Table Produced by JOC in Vetlanda, Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare and large desk / dining table designed by Karl-Erik Ekselius. Produced by JOC in Vetlanda, Sweden.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
George IV Mahogany Writing Table
By John Mclean
Located in Dublin, GB
A fine George IV figured mahogany writing table
The tooled leather top inside a mahogany band, with a double brass rimed edge, above a frieze with two brass rimmed drawers. Features...
Category
1810s English George IV Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rosewood and Mahogany Receptionist Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, circa 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This spectacular fully restored and sought-after model #452 'Roll Top' desk was designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar and features beautifully grained Rosewood and Ebonized Mahogany, designed and made in the 1960s. Most examples of this design are regular desk height however this example was custom made to be a receptionist desk...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
French Mid-Century Pecan Wood Dressing Table
Located in New York, NY
French Mid-Century (1940s) pecan wood dressing table with a parquetry top and mirror (20" high) over a drawer centered by 2 open side shelves.
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Early 20th Century French Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Nutwood
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, "Modèle Sultzer, " Art Deco Desk, Mahogany, 1932
Located in New York, NY
This rare writing table in polished mahogany and silvered bronze is marked by E´mile-Jacques Ruhlmann's signature aesthetic motifs, manifest in its set of flared and tapered legs, an...
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20th Century French Art Deco Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early Victorian Rosewood Writing Table by Holland and Sons
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The rectangular gilt tooled leather inset top above two short frieze drawers, on fluted ring-turned baluster twin columnar end supports, terminating in recessed castors, one drawer s...
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19th Century English Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A French kingwood bureau plat late 19th/early 20th century in Louis XV style, with applied gilt-bronze mounts, the serpentine rectangular top with...
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19th Century French Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Desk Produced in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare desk by unknown designer. Produced in Sweden.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Teak
Mid-Victorian Burr Walnut Writing Table
By H. Baldock & Sons
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine mid-Victorian burr walnut writing table, the top finely inlaid with rushes and scrolling tendrils in the kingwood banding, with ormolu...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Finn Juhl Desk Model NV-40 by Niels Vodder in Denmark
By Finn Juhl
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare desk NV-40 designed by Finn Juhl. Produced by cabinetmaker Niels Vodder in Denmark.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Børge Mogensen Dining Table / Desk Produced by Søborg Møbler in Denmark
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare dining table / desk designed by Børge Mogensen. Produced by Søborg Møbler in Denmark.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
1950s Demilune Vanity or Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A solid wood double pedestal desk or vanity with demilune curve to accommodate seating and vertically stacked dowel drawer pulls.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
"Brown" Wooden Top and Metal Base Table Designed by Stephane Lebrun for Dessie'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Brown" is a table, designed by Stephane Lebrun and manufactured by Dessie', with a base structure made in antique nickel or gunmetal finished iron or in satin finished stainless ste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel, Iron, Nickel
Fine George III Mahogany Reading Stand and Table
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular tilt-top of finely figured timber with removable reading ledge; raised on a turn columnar support and three downswept cabriole legs terminating in pad-form feet.
P...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Kingwood Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
This beautiful desk, beautifully finished in kingwood, leather and gilt bronze, is a fantastic piece of 19th century French design in the Louis XV style. Elegant, beautifully crafted...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
"Tecnica" Walnut Top Desk with Tie Rods Designed by Jaume Tresserra for Dessie'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Tecnica" is a desk, designed by Jaume Tresserra and manufactured by Dessie', featuring a metallic structure in antique nickel finish, footrest and tie rods in stainless steel, adjus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel, Nickel
American Designer, Organic Desk or Table, Stained Wood, Iron, America, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
An organic or freeform table or writing table or desk. By an unknown designer, 1950s, America.
Other designers of the period include George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, Charlotte Pe...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Poul Hundevad & Kai Winding Dining Table by Poul Hundevad & Co in Denmark
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare dining table / work table designed by Poul Hundevad & Kai Winding. Produced by Poul Hundevad & Co. in Denmark.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Desk Produced in Denmark
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare freestanding desk by unknown designer. Produced in Denmark.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
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