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Period: 1980s
Place of Origin: American
1980s Teal Laminated Over Wood Waterfall Cane Desk Attributed to Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and one of a kind, Tiffany teal laminate over solid wood desk you could hope to find. Outstanding d...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Tessellated Faux Bone Lacquered Desk With Leather Top by Alessandro for Baker
By Alessandro for Baker Furniture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Dive into the world of luxury design with this stunning desk or console table by the renowned European designer and artist Alessandro Gabrielli Gambalogna, affectionately known as “A...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Desk or Writing Table by Baker
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A fabulous Louis XV style desk which boasts elegant cabriole legs, four drawers, the left being a double height drawer, with wonderful oak grain and charming carved details. The desk...
Category
1980s Louis XV Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1980s Postmodern Birdseye Maple Artisan Made Desk
Located in Miami, FL
1980s Postmodern Birdseye maple desk with turned and reverse-tapered ebonized legs and a single drawer. With its unique design this cool artisan made desk is sure to be the focal poi...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Walnut and Oak desk with x shaped legs
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Pleased to offer this great walnut and oak desk with a single draw. This great desk sits on a pair of brass/gold x shaped legs. This is even more impressive in person.
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Rare 1980s Mid Century Art Deco Executive Table Desk by Pierre Paulin for Baker
By Baker Furniture Company, Pierre Paulin
Located in Lafayette, IN
Rare Art Deco executive desk designed in 1984 by Pierre Paulin for Baker Furniture. Desk features bird's-eye maple with walnut inlays, chocolate-brown, leather-top writing surface an...
Category
1980s Art Deco Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Maple, Walnut
One of a Kind Custom Wood & Leather Desk with Black Forest Relief Sculptures
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Extraordinary custom desk made of aged honey oak having two large drawers on each side with 3 smaller drawers in the top. The narrower drawers have decorative carvings with oak leaves and branches. The dark matte brass hardware complements the masculinity of the desk. Weathered cream leather is inset in the top surface. But the piece de resistance is the other side of the desk which has 3 amazing 19th century Black Forest relief...
Category
1980s Black Forest Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Oak
Frank Lloyd Wright S.C. Johnson 617 Desk licensed by Cassina
By Cassina, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Frank Lloyd Wright for Cassina 617 desk. Originally designed in 1936 for the S.C. Johnson Wax Company in Wisconsin. This all original example dates from the l...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Boho Chic White Matte Laminate Bamboo Rattan Desk
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Incredible vintage boho chic writing desk. Features bamboo rattan frame with a matte white laminate table top with one central drawer.
Category
1980s Bohemian Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Bamboo, Rattan, Laminate
Post Modern Campaign Style Table or Desk.
By Milo Baughman
Located in Chicago, IL
1/2" Glass top with, with polished aluminum "X" base with stretcher. Could be used as a dining table or desk.
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Ron Seff Cantilevered Desk
By Ron Seff
Located in Miami, FL
Ron Seff Mid-Century Modern "Cantilevered" desk with ostrich style brown leather wrapped top and stainless steel polished drawer fronts and base.
Category
1980s Art Deco Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Baker Furniture Georgian Carved Mahogany Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style writing desk
By Baker Furniture
USA, circa 1980s
Carved mahogany, with original brass hardware.
Measures: 45.5"W x 21.25"D x 29.6...
Category
1980s Georgian Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Country French Baker Furniture Executive Writing Desk Circa 1980
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
1980s Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
White Distressed Painted French Louis XV Style Ladies Vanity Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautifully done shallow depth French Louis XV style American made ladies vanity or writing desk. The piece can be used as a desk because the...
Category
1980s Louis XV Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat Baker Collector's Edition Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
1980s Louis XV Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Original Vintage Karl Springer Executive Black Lacquered Desk
By Karl Springer
Located in East Hampton, NY
This large scale executive desk belonged to the late fashion designer, Geoffrey Beene. Sourced from his Estate in Oyster Bay, NY, it is in good vintage condition, 4 invisible drawer...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Karl Springer Rare "Goatskin Free Form Desk" 1988
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Rare and exceptional "Goatskin Free Form Desk" in lacquered goatskin with drawer by Karl Springer, American 1988 (date stamped on bottom). Springer’s Free Form...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Goatskin, Wood, Lacquer
Baker Collector's Edition Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
1980s Louis XV Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Vintage '80s Maple Writing Desk by Thomasville
By Thomasville
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fantastic blonde writing desk from the master craftsmen of North Carolina's Thomasville Furniture Company. Beautiful light wood grain along with chrome legs and accents allow this de...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Ivory Lacquered Desk with Leather Top by Alessandro for Baker, 1980s
By Alessandro for Baker Furniture, Alessandro Gambrielli
Located in Chicago, IL
A gorgeous desk or console table designed by European designer and artist Alessandro Gabrielli Gambalogna, known as “Alessandro,” for Baker Furniture in the 1980s. This captivating p...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Lacquer, Wood, Parchment Paper
Pierre Paulin for Baker Art Deco Birdseye Maple Leather Top Executive Desk
By Baker Furniture Company, Pierre Paulin
Located in South Bend, IN
An extremely rare and exceptional Art Deco executive desk designed in 1984 by Pierre Paulin for Baker Furniture. The desk features gorgeous birdseye maple and a leather top writing s...
Category
1980s Art Deco Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Birdseye Maple
Bruce Burdick Desk for Herman Miller
By Bruce Burdick
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Rarely found with so many modules. Can be configured as a L-shaped desk or as 2 linear desks. Can be purchased in any configuration you may need.
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Modern Curved Black Leather Writing Desk by Nancy Corzine Fusion Desk
By Nancy Corzine
Located in North York, ON
Modern curved black leather writing desk by Nancy Corzine Fusion Desk. Original Nancy Corzine fusion desk, masterfully restored in a polished high gloss bl...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Bowed Front Solid Cherry Desk with Suspended Drawers Maine Studio 1980s
By Thomas Moser
Located in Camden, ME
Bow front cherry desk with two suspended drawers studio built in Portland Maine in the 1980s in the style of Thomas Moser.
A hand pegged construction with different radius arcs for the ends of this beautifully grained solid cherry planked desk...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Large Dining Table with Stone Mosaic Surface by Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A glamorous dining table designed and retailed by Karl Springer, circa 1980s. The iconic shape features a beveled horse track-shape top with ro...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
Triangular Memphis Style Inspired Lacquered 'Boca Desk' by Leon Rosen for Pace
By Leon Rosen, Pace Collection
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Triangular, almost sail-shaped desk in high gloss lacquered walnut with three drawers. The desk is mounted on cylindrical black lacquered legs, with one prominent tapered black lacqu...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Black Lacquered Steel Curule Base Writing Table with Brass Appointments
Located in Chicago, IL
Matte black lacquered steel curule form writing table, with lower back stretcher and multiple brass ball details. Triple beveled ogee edge glass top is one-half inch thick. With a na...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Karl Springer "Ming Writing Desk" in Embossed Leather 1980s
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
“Ming Desk” in color embossed textured leather with 2 drawers by Karl Springer, American 1980's. The craftsmanship and materials are superb and this is a wonderful example of Karl Springer’s work. This is a pared down version of the Chinese Style Series which preceded it.
Reference:
Karl Springer LTD red binder catalog published in the 1980’s, section “Coffee Tables and Bar Carts”, on page 9 there is a photo of the coffee table model of this desk with the page titled “KARL SPRINGER LTD CHINESE STYLE COFFEE TABLE...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Kittenger Wood Lawyer's Desk
By Kittinger
Located in Dallas, TX
A Kittinger solid wood lawyer's desk. The desk is made of solid mahogany wood. The desk has a long thin drawer in the center flanked by four drawers to the sides. The desk has ornate...
Category
1980s Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Baker Furniture Lyre Motife Birdseye Maple Drop-Leaf Writing Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Startlingly beautiful bird’s-eye maple drop-leaf writing desk having gorgeous satinwood and ebony inlay and elegant detailed lyre motife legs.
with leaves open 64.5 W.
Category
1980s Regency Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Arthur Espenet Carpenter, Unique Double-Trunk Table Desk
By Arthur Espenet Carpenter
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...
Category
1980s American Craftsman Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Table "Urn" by Robert Venturi, Knoll International, USA, 1984
By Knoll, Roberto Ventura
Located in Berlin, DE
Table "Urn" by Robert Venturi, Knoll International, USA, 1984.´
made of laminate over plywood with chrome-plated steel elements, urn shaped sculptural structure.
This rare and s...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Gorgeous Henredon Scene Two Burled Olive Wood Executive Desk Mid-Century Modern
By Henredon
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous Henredon scene two-burled olive wood executive desk. The body of the desk is veneered in burled olive wood with contrasting rosewood veneer accents along the base. The drawe...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Burl
Exceptional Coconut Tiled Veneer Writing Desk with Ebony Wood Accents
Located in East Hampton, NY
Incredible detail work in the small coconut shell mosaic tiles - natural and organic. Very heavy and well constructed. Finished in front and back for floating in a room. Lovely Asian...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Coconut
Postmodern Mix-Metals and Glass Dining Table by Rick Lee for DIA
By Kaizo Oto, Design Institute America
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A sculptural postmodern dining table or desk design by Rick Lee for Design Institute of America in 1993
The base is made out of mix metals (brass, chrome, br...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Nicos Zogrophos Desk
By Nicos Zographos
Located in Chicago, IL
Zogrophos desk, slab of dark Emperador marble (brown with white veining).
Polished bronze uprights, legs have self leveling glides, with combed oak sus...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pierre Paulin Bird's-Eye Maple and Walnut Inlay Executive Desk
By Pierre Paulin, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Pierre Paulin executive desk for Baker. Bird's-eye maple veneers inlaid with dark walnut in the signature motif for the Paulin Collection. Drawers are fitted to give a floating ...
Category
1980s Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Pierre Paulin Bird's-Eye Maple and Walnut Parquetry Writing Table
By Pierre Paulin, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Exceedingly rare Pierre Paulin reception desk or writing table for Baker. Bird's-eye maple veneers inlaid with dark walnut in the signature motif for the Paulin collection. Very well...
Category
1980s Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Round Dining Center able with Stone Mosaic Surface by Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A glamorous circular dining table designed by Karl Springer circa 1980s. Supported by a pedestal in a large column shape, the thick tabletop features a rounded beveled edge and encir...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
Tessellated Faux Bone Lacquered Desk With Leather Top by Alessandro for Baker
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Immerse yourself in the elegance of the 1980s with the Alessandro for Baker Tessellated Faux Bone Lacquered Desk With Leather Top. This luxurious piece, designed by Alessandro Gabrie...
Category
1980s Vintage American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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