Midcentury Danish Walnut Expandable Desk for Maurice Villency
View Similar Items
Midcentury Danish Walnut Expandable Desk for Maurice Villency
About the Item
- Creator:Maurice Villency (Retailer)
- Dimensions:Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)Depth: 24 in (60.96 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Brooklyn, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3082310154283
Maurice Villency
Known to collectors for his strict adherence to quality with respect to the furniture he manufactured or imported for sale, designer and entrepreneur Maurice Villency brought the highest standards of excellence into his stores. He created and built his own furniture in a loft studio in Manhattan and eventually opened a handful of retail outlets in the New York metro area that offered sleek and stylish furnishings from all over the world.
Villency is among the small business owners that helped introduce the Scandinavian modern style to the United States during the postwar era, when tastemakers really sold Americans on the earthier, homier aspects of Scandinavian design.
Villency also imported pieces from French, Italian and Belgian designers and proudly promoted their fine wares in the showrooms of his four stores. Additional Villency family-owned stores were eventually established and traded under the name Preferred Seating.
Villency was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His father was a cabinetmaker, and when he was 15, his family moved to the U.S. and settled in New York State. At 19, Villency moved to New York City and began working for the Pullman Couch Company.
Villency showed great skill in his work, quickly becoming the plant manager — and later head designer – for the furniture company. In the early 1930s, Pullman moved their entire operations to Chicago, and Villency chose to stay behind. Determined to follow his own path, Villency opened a workshop on 8th Street in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood and found increasing success.
Like the Danish cabinetmakers he so admired, Villency designed chairs and other pieces and worked with fine woods such as teak, a sought-after material among mid-century modern designers. Early on, he made an impression with a sectional sofa he designed, and he would later tout the versatile appeal of sectional sofas and other modular furniture in full-page print ads for his retail locations. On a good day, a prospective buyer could stroll into Maurice Villency and find designs by French brand Roche Bobois, Danish manufacturer Farsø Stolefabrik, American modernist Milo Baughman and more.
Maurice’s company eventually came to be called Villency Design Group and today, his grandson Eric Villency — who works in product design, interiors and more — is CEO.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Maurice Villency tables, storage pieces and seating.
- Farsø Stolefabrik Desk for Maurice VillencyBy Maurice Villency, Farso StolefabrikLocated in Brooklyn, NYStunning rosewood desk made by Farsø Stolefabrik For Maurice Villency. Deep wood grain throughout with accenting metal pulls, and finished back. Ple...Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsRosewood
- Maurice Villency Extending Teak DeskBy Maurice VillencyLocated in Brooklyn, NYMid-century modern teak desk by Maurice Villency. Features movable drawers and a 19" extension leaf. Comes with Danish desk chair. Please confirm location NY or NJCategory
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsTeak
$1,800 / set - Vintage Maurice Villency Mid-Century Teak DeskBy Maurice VillencyLocated in Brooklyn, NYTerrific Maurice Villency mid-century teak desk. Large work surface and 5 drawers for ample storage and organization. Sculpted drawer pulls and legs ad...Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsTeak
$2,100 Sale Price30% Off - Maurice Villency Style Mid Century Teak Desk with Bookcase FrontBy Maurice VillencyLocated in Countryside, ILMaurice Villency style mid century teak desk with bookcase front The desk measures: 52.5 wide x 26.25 deep x 28.75 high, with a chair clear...Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
MaterialsTeak
- Midcentury Walnut DeskLocated in Westwood, NJMidcentury Walnut Desk. Built with a solid oak frame and with a warm walnut veneer writing top and frieze with a simple elegant gilded iron fram...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks and Wr...
MaterialsIron
$4,470 / item - Midcentury Danish Teak Drafting DeskBy Nordisk Andels-EksportLocated in Baltimore, MDA desk with incredible form and presence. This attractive original Danish Modern desk by Nordisk Andels-Eksport made in Denmark, features a rectangle frame with a drafting tiltable t...Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsTeak
