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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Period: 1940s
Early Dunbar Leather Curved Desk and Chair by Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
An early design by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Original lilac leather and bleached mahogany curved desk with built in bookshelves. The drawers are hinged and swing open. The original ...
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Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
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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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
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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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Rare Paul Frankl Cork and Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
C. 1940s, American, the mahogany eight- drawer desk encased in cork veneer on four sides, with book storage-well on the reverse. Bakelite and brass pulls....
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Cork
Gio Ponti Style Modern Italian Library or Dining Table
By Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sharply tailored mahogany writing or dining table with single side drawer and sculpted legs ending in brass sabots. Measure: Drawer is 20.5" deep and 19.25" wide.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Architectural Mid Century Desk, 1940s, Sweden
Located in Berlin, DE
Architectural mid century desk, 1940s, Sweden.
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Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Mid-Century Dining Table/Desk with Leaf
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful 1940s MidCcentury French dining table with 1 leaf. Splayed leg base. Marked "XXXXVIII" and "48" on bottom. Could make a fabulous desk! Very good looking piece in great orig...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Outstanding Industrial Iron Desk
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Extraordinary iron desk, vinyl top, nice shaped legs.
Six drawers and very nice sculptural back.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Pair of English Console Tables, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English circa 1940's mahogany console/desk tables with carved details and front drawer. Sold Individually.
Measurements:
Height: 30.25"
Width: 54"
Depth: 32.25"
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English Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Wood, Fabric and Glass Italian 1940s Rationalist Desk
Located in Varese, Lombardia
A beautiful and rare desk in the style of Franco Albini. It is made from a wooden crossed structure with a chrome-plated rod. A studded octagonal top is covered with red "panno Lenci...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
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.
Category
French Louis XV Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s 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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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
French Modern Neoclassical Ebony & Leather Desk /Writing Table, JeanMichel Frank
Located in New York, NY
An elegant French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical desk in the style of Jean-Michel Frank. The piece was hand made by a small French workshop and is original in design, handsome and f...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Rare Gio Ponti Administrative Desk
By Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gio Ponti desk designed in limited edition for city offices of Forlì, Italy. Original red Formica writing surface on European beechwood with 8 floating drawers. Brass base on legs.
...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Formica, Beech
Console Table, Italy 1940s
Located in Greding, DE
Art Deco console table on a U-shaped blackened wooden frame with intermediate metal struts and rectangular table top covered with white goatskin. In unrestored original condition wit...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
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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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vilhelm Lauritzen, Desk, Brass, Mahogany, Radiohuset, Denmark, 1945
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and mahogany desk designed and produced by Vilhelm Lauritzen for the Director of the Danish National Radio, Denmark, 1945.
Illustrated in “Vilhelm Lauritzen EN MODERNE ARKI...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine French Art Deco Oak Table by P. Bloch and Charles Dudouyt
By Pierre Bloch, La Gentilhommière 1
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fine French Art Deco oak table designed by Pierre Bloch and edited by Charles Dudouyt (founder of La Gentilhommière).
Two original end leaves (widt...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Fantastic Gilbert Rohde Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic Gilbert Rohde desk.
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American Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
French Jacques Adnet Brass Mounted Black Lacquered Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s brass mounted black lacquered bureau plat /writing desk with tan leather inset top above a range of frieze drawers (attributed to Jacques Adnet).
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Desk by A. Bender Madsen and Ejner Larsen for Willy Beck Cabinetmaker
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Interesting and rare Danish designed desk by A. Bender Madsen and Ejner Larsen and manufactured by Willy Beck. Desk features a 21-inch drop-leaf. Ta...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Teak
Swedish Art Moderne Black Writing Desk with Zebra Hide Insert
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fabulous black lacquered writing desk with bookcase and lockable cabinet on front and curved desktop, pencil drawer and another cabinet wit...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cowhide, Leather, Wood
A Fine French Art Deco Expandable Dining Table with Ribbed Brass Conical Legs
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large French Art Deco oak table with 4 ribbed brass conical legs and a parqueted top.
Possibility of two end extension leaves.
Color of the legs is closer to top than it appears o...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Maison Dominique Palisander and Glass Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s palisander writing desk with rounded rectangular glass top above 2 frieze drawers & shelves down a side. (attributed to MAISON DOMINIQUE)
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Palisander
Massive Art Deco Split Reed/ Stick Wicker and Walnut Desk
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Art Deco split reed / stick wicker desk with compelling architectural lines and dramatic presence.
Two end pieces with three drawers each, rise above center work area with...
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Unknown Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wicker, Reed, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Carlo de Carli Writing Desk Solid Beech Maple and Mahogany
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century Modern Carlo di Carli writing desk in solid beech, maple, and mahogany the bottom of the three drawers. Lacquered steel handles with leather
Mobili di Cantù , cabinetma...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Mahogany, Maple
French Mid-Century Ebonized and Mirrored Desk, by Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
French mid-century (1940s) ebonized and mirrored desk with five drawers and an off-white leather writing surface (Maison Jansen).
Maison Jansen was a Paris-based interior decorati...
Category
French Directoire Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mirror, Leather, Wood
A Fine French Art Deco Rosewood and Marquetry Dining Table by Segal
Located in Long Island City, NY
With a wooden and mother of pearl marquetry top, brass details on the two pedestals and 2 end leaves.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
1940s Paul Frankl Eight-Drawer Desk Art Deco Style By Johnson Furniture Co.
Located in Miami, FL
Rare Paul Frankl designed eight-drawer desk for the Johnson Furniture Co. of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Re-furbished and newly lacquered cork top, in a satin lacquer white finish.
Body of desk also mahogany brown finish. Handles appear to be bakelite, with brass brackets, also newly polished.
Exposed concave cut-out to center back of desk for storing books, much like a sculptural effect of a Sol LeWitt or Donald Judd floating square cut-outs piece of art and we say art, because it is an art form to pull off stunning design, with function as the forefront to any furniture, as the body floating has an ethereal quality. As does the body of the desk prove...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Jansen French Louis XVI Style Ebonized and Black Leather Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (1940s) ebonized & gilt bronze trim desk / cartonnier with 2 drawers and a black leather & gold tooled top supported on 4 tapered square legs. (stamped: JANSEN)
Category
French Louis XVI Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Jansen Ebonized Davenport Table
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (1940s) ebonized davenport table with bronze trim on 2 drawers with ring handles having light green decoration matching the top (stamped: JANSEN).
Category
French Louis XVI Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian 1940's wooden desk attributed to Ignazio Gardella
Located in Milan, IT
Exquisite craftsmanship desk,
Attributed to Ignazio Gardella.
The desk has 3 side drawers and 3 drawers on the top. The top and drawers box are covered with a thick green linoleum.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Brushed Metal and Bronze, Egyptian Revival Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique desk. The body is brushed metal with bronze details. Triangular legs are crowned by pharaoh heads and feet in the shape of lion's paws. Three front drawers. The top is black l...
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French Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Italian Paolo Buffa Parchment Veneer Mahogany Desk
Located in New York, NY
Italian 1940s parchment veneer desk raised on rectangular mahogany bases with 8 mahogany trimmed drawers (design attributed to PAOLO BUFFA) (probably made by OSVALDO BORSANI)
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Parchment Paper
French Andre Arbus Ormolu Maple Writing Desk
By André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s ormolu mounted maple writing desk with leather inset top above 2 frieze drawers on lyre form trestle supports. (attributed to ANDRE ARBUS)
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Belle Epoch Painted Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully Decorated Center Table
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Desk, France 1940s
Located in Greding, DE
Art Deco desk with slightly curved table top and two drawer elements with four drawers each. These are lockable and the handles are made of elegant bars. The desk can be positioned a...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Writing Desk w/ Drawers C. 1940's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940's French writing desk, rich in history and detail, a testament to the craftsmanship of the era. The desk features three drawers, each adorned with brass handles that provide a ...
Category
French Louis XV Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Scrivania anni 40-50
Located in Milano, IT
Scrivania con colonna laterale con cassetti e vano contenitore con anta battente, poggia piedi. Struttura in metallo cromato, legno impiallacciato noce, piano in vetro opalino nero. ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Italian Louis XV Burl Wood Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk With Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding Italian Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk
Italy, Circa 1940s
Gorgeous burl wood, with inlaid marquetry, ornate ormolu mounts, and embossed brown leathe...
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Italian Louis XV Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Macassar Ebony Veneered Leather Top French Directoire Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a rare and unique form of desk and features the "wood of Kings" macassar ebony, a very rare and highly prized wood that covers the entire desk. The top is a gold tooled and e...
Category
French Louis XVI Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Macassar
Fine French 1940s Desk and Cabinet by Jean Pascaud 'Marquetry by J.D Malcles'
By Jean Pascaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Pascaud (1903-1996) - A fine French art deco walnut stained desk and cabinet / armoire.
The desk has four drawers with a carved diamond pattern and four scroll legs with bronze...
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Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Desk and Chair in Matching Leather
Located in Dallas, TX
An elegant and early design by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Desk model 4725 in mahogany with original green leather and matching swiveling stool.
Category
Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Swedish Art Deco Intarsia Inlay Dining Table or Writing Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
This style of trestle dining table is referred to as a "bibliotek" or library table. This piece is made of flame birch and features beautiful "Intarsia" inlay in elm and rosewood. It...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
Danish Modern Desk / Dining Table in Birch Attributed to Philip Arctander, 1940s
Located in Odense, DK
Rare dining table with two extendables made in birch. Attributed to danish designer Philip Arctander. Beautiful structure and lines.
It can also be used as a desk.
Each extendable ...
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Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
Elegant Sycamore and Box Wood Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in Montreal, QC
Elegant sycamore and boxwood Louis XVI style bureau plat decorated with gilt bronze and inset with black leather tooled top.
Category
French Louis XVI Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Sycamore
Finn Juhl Nyhavn Desk & Table, 1st Edition, 1945 by Illums Bolighus, København
Located in Munster, NRW
Finn Juhl - BO69 Nyhavn Desk / Table and detachable flip-down leaf in teak.
1st Edition, 1945 by ILLUMS BOLIGHUS KØBENHAVN (labelled undernea...
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Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
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