1940s Desks and Writing Tables

With a wooden and mother of pearl marquetry top, brass details on the two pedestals and 2 end leaves.     

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...

Scrittoio con cassetti laterali in legno impiallacciato noce e con il piano in legno impiallacciato radica. Buone condizioni.

This table is a beautiful example of Danish craftsmanship from the 1940s, created by a Danish cabinetmaker. The frame is made of solid oak, characterized by twisted, sturdy legs that...

Desk Wood Parchment. The plan has so esattamente shortcomings.

Paris made French walnut bureau plat / desk. France Circa 1940

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...

Beautifully Decorated Center Table

Writing desk, ash, brass, Italy, 1940s Made in Italy, this writing desk is a testament to the design ethos prevalent in the 1940s and 1950s. The office table bears witness to the de...

1940s French desk in the style of Charles Dudouyt. Also would make a great dining table. Two leaves housed under table for easy access and extension. When fully extended table is ...

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...

This rare and impressive Berlin executive desk from the Rundform series was designed in the 40s and produced by Mauser Werke in the late 40s. The impressive piece features 2 elemen...

George Nelson's masterpiece of utility, the 4658 residential desk produced from 1947-1953 is adept at filling the needs of an efficient home office. The desk is constructed of richly...

Desk in oak and oak plywood by Marcel Gascoin, 1949 Marcel Gascoin is the main representative of a French design born after the Second World War, with the reconstruction of destroyed cities. Born in Le Havre in 1907, the young Marcel followed in the footsteps of his father - workshop manager in a practical school, carpentry section - by attending the applied arts section of the École des Beaux-Arts du Havre, then the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. There he met Henri Sauvage who encouraged him to turn to modern furniture. He became a carpenter and cabinetmaker, and from then on he never ceased to adapt the container to the content, as he said himself. Recommended by Robert Mallet-Stevens in 1930, he participated in the exhibition of the Union of Modern Artists. Four years later, he participated in a competition for the design of a boat cabin, which allowed him to meet Jean Prouvé, with whom he would work. In 1938, he participated in the Salon des Arts Ménagers and created a line of storage furniture with a particular design that found an echo in Scandinavian countries. In the aftermath of the war, his links with Raoul Dautry and Claudius Petit, ministers in charge of reconstruction, allowed him to play an important role in the production of furniture with a small footprint, by adapting the techniques proven in boat cabins. In 1947, he became commissioner of the International Exhibition of Urbanism and Housing. He coordinated the construction of model apartments (Sotteville-Lès-Rouen) and met the architect Marcel Lods. It was also at this time that Marcel Gascoin and his collaborators saw their ideas prevail by adapting to the greatest number of people, for the mass production of apartments (model of apartment in Le Havre - Architect Auguste Perret...

Elwood 1940s French Secretary with chair

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...

French art deco desk from the 1930s in the style of André Arbus. Solid oak structure with white ceruse finish throughout. It features a column of 3 drawers on the left and a hinged d...