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Period: 1940s
Returnable Items Only
Art Deco Desk by Charles Dudouyt, France, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Charles Dudouyt oak desk with double base, made in the 1940s in France. The sturdy oak construction, adorned with front panels and a raised round inlaid top with a captivating parque...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Writing Desk with Marquetry Top in Walnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Writing table, walnut, The Netherlands, 1940s
An elegant furniture piece that attests to masterful craftsmanship. Its marquetry top, adorned with a captivating array of various wood...
Category
Dutch Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Burl Wood and Lucite Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W51 D19 H29.5 KW21.5 KC23.5 KD18
Vintage Fully Restored Desk with a Medium Walnut Finish. Item is structurally sound and fully functional. Desk features very unique hardware and bur...
Category
Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lucite, Burl
Rare Mid Century Italian Grissinato Desk In The Style Of Gio Ponti
Located in Westport, CT
Wonderful Modernist fruitwood desk shown with its original grey laminate top which we have covered in a new black glass top above an angular base consisting of two grissinato drawers...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Fine Quality Three Piece Faux Bamboo English Leather Top Executive Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful cabinet-made faux bambook desk in the French or Campaign style. The desk features a fine off-white leather top with gold embossing. The desk comes apart in three ...
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French Campaign Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Baker Furniture English Regency Mahogany Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional English Regency style writing desk or console table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1940s
Carved mahogany, with embossed leather top, and original brass hardware and ...
Category
American Regency Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Louis XV style desk 1950s
Located in Catania, IT
Vintage desk in the Louis XV style with decorations and inlays
lacquered wood and gilt bronzes, with 3 capacious drawers.
In good condition, writing surface to be re-done.
Category
Louis XV Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Rare Gio Ponti Writing Desk in Walnut and Grissinato Mahogany
By Gio Ponti
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gio Ponti, writing desk, walnut, mahogany, glass, Italy, 1940s
This writing table, a rare find designed by Gio Ponti, originates from the 1940s. The design is truly magnificent, fea...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Walnut
Rare Ilmari Tapiovaara Desk, 1940s, Finland
Located in Helsinki, FI
Rare Ilmari Tapiovaara desk, Domus Academica student house, 1940s. Birch with painted table top. Good vintage condition, patina consistent with age and use. Beautiful minimalistic de...
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Paint
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk with bronze trim and ornate ormolu mounts and embossed leather top. The desk is finished on all sides and could ...
Category
French Louis XV Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk With Mounted Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk
France, Circa 1940s
Gorgeous kingwood, with bronze trim and ornate ormolu mounts, and embossed green leather t...
Category
French Louis XV Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian 1940s Solid Oak Wood Writing Desk with Shutter Doors
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Vintage Italian writing desk circa 1940s in solid oak wood. Comfortable size for a practical use. Characterized by two doors on the sides with shutter opening, internally four drawer...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Marcel Gascoin, TC Office, France 1950
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Marcel Gascoin (1907-1986), “TC” table in light oak, ARHEC edition, France 1950.
Father of Rationalism and major player in French Reconstruction, Marcel Gascoin designs quality furni...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique French Louis XVI Escritoire Writing Desk
Located in North York, ON
Introducing the epitome of elegance and sophistication - the Antique French Louis XVI Escritoire Writing Desk. This exquisite piece, made in France circa 1940’s, exudes timeless char...
Category
French Louis XVI Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Frits Henningsen Mahogany Desk, c1940s
Located in London, GB
Frits Henningsen - Writing Desk, c1940s
Rarely seen design from the master cabinetmaker of the early Danish Modern period: Frits Henningsen. Henningsen produced all of his designs a...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
A Black Art Deco Desk for the Boss Voltaire by De Coene Frères Belgium 1940s
Located in Ulm, DE
Desk from the Belgian Furniture Manufactory DeCoene Frères.
Double Face desk for the boss on one side and the secretary on the other
Well known Art Déco Furniture, Belgium 1940s
F...
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Belgian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Scrittoio Anni 40 in noce e radica
Located in Milano, IT
Scrittoio con cassetti laterali in legno impiallacciato noce e con il piano in legno impiallacciato radica. Buone condizioni.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Classic Mid-Century Three Drawer Oak Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Classic Mid-Century Three Drawer Oak Desk
Beautiful grain top and brass feet
48 x 20 3.75 x 29
Category
Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Paolo Buffa grissinato wood desk with four drawers, Italy 1940s
By Galdino Maspero, Paolo Buffa
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid and essential Paolo Buffa Desk in grissinato wood with four drawers and saber legs.
Iconic Paolo Buffa design manufactured by Galdino Maspero, Italy 1940s
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
40s-50s Desk
Located in Milano, IT
Elegant desk with pair of under-top drawers, beech wood, and mahogany veneer, top with recessed clear glass. Good conditions.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Beech, Mahogany
Danish Cabinetmaker 1940s Mahogany Desk
Located in London, GB
Danish cabinetmaker - 1940s writing desk
This exceptional, minimalist desk was produced in Denmark in the 1940s by an anonymous cabinetmaker and ...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
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
Johan Rohde Unique Desk in Mahogany and Brass
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Johan Rohde desk in mahogany with brass fittings. Right side have three drawers and left has three shelfs when doors open.
Provenance: This desk was made for H. P. Rohde in 1945, wh...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Jansen Manner Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage French Jansen Manner black lacquered Louis XVI style writing desk. Circa 1940. A timeless and classic touch for a fine interior.
Category
Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
1940s Italian Writing Desk in Ash and Brass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
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...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Pine Wood Desk by Axel Einar Hjorth for Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare Scandinavian mid century wooden desk model "Värmdö" in pine by Axel Einar Hjorth for Nordiska Kompaniet Stockholm, 1940s. In go...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
1940's Traditional style 9 Drawer Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1940's Traditional style 9 Drawer Mahogany Writing Desk. Finished all the way around and can be placed to show the whole.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Danish cabinetmaker desk with unfolding double top circa late 1940s
Located in London, GB
Special one-off cabinetmakers piece with unfolding double top extending table for meetings with up to 5 seats.
This has always been my favourite piece ever.
H. 72. B. 170. D. 80/...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Ico Parisi Partners Desk, Italy, 1940s
By Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
1940's Italian Ico Parisi designed partners desk.
Signature steel tip toe on all legs of the desk.
WIth single extended designed steel toe.
Three full sized drawers and a single cent...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Italian 1940's Walnut Folding Writing Desk or Console Table, Italy, circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
An Italian 1940's folding or flip-top walnut writing desk or console with two faux drawers, the top opens up to a larger surface with a warm beautifully faded pink laminate; highly p...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
1940's Hollywood Regency Campaign style Giltwood Writing Desk
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1940's Hollywood Regency Campaign style Writing Desk Made by Drexel. This desk is 2 toned. Lots of room for lots of storage. Off white and gold toned.
Category
North American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish Grace Elmroot Table, Circa 1940s
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish Grace, elm, elm root and ebonized table or desk by Erik Chambert, with a rectangular top raised on rectangular supports with leaf-tip carving and carved scrolled feet.
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
English Regency Style Burl- Wood Library Console Table
Located in Southampton, NJ
Fully restored Mahogany & Burl-wood library table with a single generously sized drawer, classic design elements in the column corners with drop finials supported on vase turned & sp...
Category
American Regency Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Rare Hos Wulff Free Standing Desk in Leather and Teak
By Hos Wulff
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Hos Wulff, free standing writing desk, leather, teak, Denmark, 1940
This free standing writing desk is designed by Hos Wulff and dates back to 1940. With regard to its essential for...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Teak
Frits Henningsen Cabinetmaker Copenhagen, Fine Large Desk 1940s
Located in Handewitt, DE
Fine large desk by the famous danish cabinetmaker and designer Frits Henningsen 1940s. With 3 ddrawers to front. Brass handles. Finest collected mah. wood. Original untouched condit...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Italian Blue Desk, Drawers, 1940s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Italian Blue Desk, Drawers, 1940s
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Bauhaus Oak Wood Desk With Roller Doors, Czechoslovakia 1940s
Located in Zohor, SK
What a desk! This beautiful desk is fully restored to an amazing condition. Produced in Czechoslovakia in 1940s, the desk came to us in a rather poor condition, so we had it redone i...
Category
Czech Bauhaus Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Walnut, Birch and Beech Writing Desk, Brianza, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
It's made in walnut, birch and beech.
This desk was probably realized in Brianza, due to its amazing manufacture.
It might show slight traces of use since it's ...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Birch, Walnut
Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern Gold Leaf Console, c 1949, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare early-example collectors item, this fully restored Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern (c. 1949) console table, which also can function as a small writing table, features beauti...
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American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
Leather Top Cherry Desk
Located in New York, NY
A French cherry writing table finished on four sides with three drawers. The square and tapered legs supported by an apron with molded edge trim. The top with cross band veneered sid...
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French Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Empire style mahogany bronze mounted writing desk, leather top circa 1940
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Empire style mahogany bronze mounted writing desk with leather top, circa 1940.
Category
Argentine Empire Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare 1940s Hollywood Regency 'Mandarin' desk / dressing table by Kittinger, USA
By Kittinger
Located in Hastings, GB
A rare 1940s Hollywood Regency 'Mandarin' desk / dressing table by Kittinger, USA.
Greek key design drawer pulls: 3 drawers each side. Warm grey and ivory lacquer (a little bit of we...
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American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
A Mid Century French oak desk in the manner of Charles Dudouyt, circa 1940.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French oak desk in the manner of Charles Dudouyt. The desk features 5 front drawers and a metal stretcher at the base. Circa 1940.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage French School Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Modern French school desk, featuring a black laquered steel structure supporting both a wooden adjustable chair and a wooden adjustable ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Desk in Oak and Oak Plywood by Marcel Gascoin, 1949
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
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European Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Plywood
Rationalist Compact Plywood Desk with Drawer, Italy 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1940s desk featuring plywood legs and one drawer.
Shape and proportions resemble the work of Giuseppe Pagano.
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Elm Double Desk in the Manner of Charlotte Perriand, France, circa 1940
Located in New York City, NY
Unique, impressive desk in the manner of Charlotte Perriand. The beautifully aged, warm-toned elm lends itself beautifully to the organic yet defined shapes of the double desk top an...
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French Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
Oak Wood Desk or Dining Table Style of Charles Dudouyt, France, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
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 ...
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French Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Vintage Writing Desk Sessile Oak Veneer from the, 1940s
Located in Milano, IT
Desk with side drawers and under-top drawer in oak veneered wood with linoleum top.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk
A unique French Louis XV style ornate ormolu gilt mounted figural desk. The desk has a...
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French Louis XV Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage Traditional Spanish Writing Desk in Oak Wood, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage traditional Spanish American writing desk.
By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear c...
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Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Macassar Executive Desk
Located in North York, ON
Art deco macassar executive desk. France, circa 1940’s. This iconic, stunning art deco creation is out of this world. Rich, luxurious macassar ...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Mahogany Mirrored Vanity with Caned Seat
Located in Freehold, NJ
This antique mirrored vanity features hardwood construction, beautiful mahogany veneer, two dovetailed drawers with brass hardware and locks, wheeled feet, mounted three panel antique mirror...
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American American Craftsman Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cane, Mirror, Mahogany
Original Eliel Saarinen for John Stuart, Black
Located in Miami, FL
Original Eliel Saarinen for John Stuart. Original condition, desk has some chips, scratches and spots. We can help with refinishing.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French 1940s Leather Top Mahogany Desk
Located in Buchanan, NY
Unusual and handsome mahogany French desk from the 1940s-1950s with a distressed leather top. There is one large central drawer as well as two side drawers on either side and the bac...
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French Neoclassical Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Design Desk, Curved Top, Piano Lacquer, Chrome, France, 1950s
Located in Regensburg, DE
Extraordinary curved (kidney-shaped) designer desk from the 1950/60s.
Asymmetrical shape similar to that of a grand piano. Walnut, high-gloss black finish with piano lacquer. Octagon...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Luigi Caccia Dominioni Folding Desk for Villa Mazzotti, Italy 1946
Located in Milan, IT
Architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni Rare oak wood folding desk for Villa Mazzotti, Milan, Italy
Luigi Caccia Dominioni used this form of desk design to...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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