20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Period: 20th Century
Color: Gray
Wicker Desk & Chair
Located in Stamford, CT
Vintage wicker reed/rattan table or writing desk with a wicker chair. Bothe pieces are early 19th century and freshly painted light grey. Excellent vintage condition.
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Reed, Wicker
Single Minimalistic Heavy Polished Aluminum Table or Desk Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Single minimalistic heavy polished aluminum table or desk base. Add your own wood or stone top to specification.
The base dimensions are lis...
Category
American International Style Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Postmodern Desk / Dining Table with Rounded Triangular Glass Top and Marble Legs
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1990s marble double pedestal desj with chrome crossbar and rounded scalene triangle glass top (3/4"). Excellent vintage condition, wear consistent with ag...
Category
Unknown Post-Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Chrome
mirror top arched writing desk, vanity, or console table with gray upholstery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
arched writing desk with mirror top clad in faux leather with matching mirror top pedestal
I'm told this is an Adrian Pearsall table originally designed to hug the back of a serpentine sectional.
Height is perfectly matched to the Adrian Pearsall mirrored...
Category
North American 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Mirror
Modernist desk by Etienne Fermigier, France, 1970s
Located in Lyon, FR
Beautiful modernist desk by Etienne Fermigier, produced by JFR, made in France in the 1970s.
Laminate top, aluminum structure.
Very good condition, few traces of time on the top.
Category
French Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Glass Top on Chrome Executive 'Nomos' Desk by Norman Foster for Tecno
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A Large Executive Desk, designed by Sir Norman Foster and manufactured by Tecno, Italy. This vintage example dates to late 1980s and in superb original condition. A modern and sleek ...
Category
Italian Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum
DC-3 ‘Dakota’ Wingtip Desk
Located in London, GB
The Douglas DC-3 was designed in the mid-1930s as a passenger and freight aircraft, but built during the war years 1941-1945 in large numbers, as the DC-3 (C47) Transport Plane known...
Category
American Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Custom Serpentine Etched Mirrored “Harlow” Vanity from Nancy Corzine
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Superb serpentine form vanity with etched decoration under the mirrored surfaces. The frieze with two short drawers with etched ribbon garlands with bows and tassels, flanking a cent...
Category
Hollywood Regency 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mirror
Ernest 'Igl' Hofmann Corner Desk in White Fiberglass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernest 'Igl' Hofmann for Wilhelm Werndl, corner desk, model 'Jet', fiberglass, Germany, designed in 1970
This design truly fits within the ethos of the seventies – a bright and bol...
Category
German Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fiberglass
Mid century formica writing desk or side table, 1960´s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid century writing desk or side table, it features a formica surface and chromed legs and one drawer. It was made in Czechoslovakia in the 1960´s.
the table top is lined with a bla...
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Chrome
White Lacquer Console or Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
White lacquered desk, two drawers with brass ring pulls. Clearance height 23.5. Desk or console finished on all sides.
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Saw Horse Desk with Steel Base and Rectangular Glass Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
This iconic desk, designed in steel and glass, grounds a room without taking up visual space, thus a great option for both large and small spaces. The solid ground glass top, 1/2" th...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Desk Metal, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milano, IT
Desk with side drawer column in enamelled metal with leatherette-covered top.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
U-Shape Burdick Desk for Herman Miller with Floating Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
A vintage U-shaped desk designed by Bruce Burdick for Herman Miller. This enormous desk has three separate surface tops: 84"x 44" glass top, a round onyx top, and a dark granite Geig...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Onyx, Granite, Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Oval Dining Table or Desk by Florence Knoll in Carrara Marble
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An elegant executive table designed by Florence Knoll and produced by Knoll. It features a beautiful polished white & gray Carrara marble top and a chrome-plated star base. This was ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Trestle Leg table desk with two-tiered glass top, 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
Trestle Leg table desk with two-tiered glass top, 1970s
Chrome and glass desk, 1970s
Trestle leg table, desk with two tiered glass top
The measur...
Category
Unknown 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Modern Waterfall Glass Desk or Console Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
49? waterfall glass desk or console
Pace style modern and minimalist glass waterfall desk or console table. We have 2 available that would work...
Category
North American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
Industrial Iron Writing Desk from the 1950s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This industrial workbench was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1950´s
This desk was originally used as a work table for craftsmen, can also be used as a desk. It´s made of...
Category
Czech Industrial 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates Brutalist Glass Top Dining Table / Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
Amazing Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates Brutalist piece in the manner of Paul Evans. Table base with glass table top. Glass table top measures 76" x 40" and is included. Table b...
Category
American Brutalist 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Glass, Resin
A French Parchment Dressing Table / Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
A Parchment dressing table finished on 4 sides. Having a interior compartment that is reached by raising the central section on top of the des...
Category
French Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Parchment Paper
Karl Springer Shagreen & Chrome Executive Desk
Located in Denton, TX
Extremely Rare Karl Springer Shagreen & chrome executive desk. Each corner has brass accents to compliment the chrome. Dark Shagreen top and draw...
Category
Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Minimalist Steel And Glass Trestle Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Minimalist steel and glass trestle table
Category
French Minimalist 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Bureau De Direction De Bruce Burdick Pour Herman Miller, États-unis, 1980
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Le bureau de direction Bruce Burdick pour Herman Miller est composé de 3 plateaux en verre soutenus par une base en aluminium et des tiroirs.
Dimensions :...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel
Vintage Plate Glass and Chrome Dining Table Model 6060 by Leon Rosen for Pace
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stylish and sophisticated dining table (model 6060) designed by Leon Rosen for the Pace Collection composed of a heavy plate-glass 72" long top supported by two chrome and plate-glas...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Modernist Dressing Table attributed to Maison Desny, circa 1925
Located in London, GB
This supremely rare early Modernist dressing table by Maison Desny, with its novel use of clear and opaline glass, and nickel-plated and paint...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Nickel
Brass and Steel Desk by Maison Jansen, France 1960s
Located in L'Escala, ES
Maison Jansen brass and steel desk, silver and gold patina with a rectangular Glass top resting on a cylindrical X-frame base connected by a stretcher.
Maison Jansen was a Paris-based interior decoration office founded in 1880 by Dutch-born Jean-Henri Jansen. Jansen is considered the first truly global design firm, serving clients in Europe, Latin America, North America and the Middle East.
Throughout the firm’s history, it employed a traditional style drawing upon European design, but with the influence of contemporary trends and materials.
Maison Jansen provided services to the royal families of Belgium, Iran, and Serbia; Elsie de Wolfe, and Lady Olive Baillie’s Leeds Castle in Kent, England.
The firm’s most published work was a project by Stephane Boudin...
Category
French 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Steel
Desk by BBPR for Olivetti Synthesis, circa 1960
By Olivetti, Studio BBPR
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
desk and his lamp by BBPR for Olivetti Synthesis, circa 1960
The keys are present,
some scratches on the board.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
1970’s Mid Century Pieff Glass Dining Table / Rare Very Large
Located in London, GB
In immaculate condition, this is a 1970’s Tim Bates for Pieff smoked glass and chrome dining table / desk.
Pieff sounds French but is very British. Tim Bates and his family design...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Post Modern Marble Glass Dining Table Made in Italy by Artedi
By Artedi
Located in New York, NY
Chic, voguish, and sophisticated late 20th C large dining table by noted Italian furniture maker Artedi. The table features an impressive beveled plate glass top ( 78.25. x 39. 25 x ...
Category
Italian Post-Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Modern Contemporary Italian Dining Table "METRA" by Makio Hasuike for Seccose
By Seccose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
For your consideration a beautiful sculptural dining table designed by Makio Hasuike for Seccose, Italy, circa 1980s. The name is METRA and is built with a super light yet super-stro...
Category
European Post-Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Midcentury Desk with Glass Top from the 70s
Located in bari, IT
Typical 70's desk with chromed steel trestles and smoked glass top.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Crystal, Steel
Painted Metal Desk with Brown Leatherette Top from Mermelada Estudio, 1960s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Painted Metal Desk with Brown Leatherette Top from Mermelada Estudio, 1960s
Category
Italian Industrial Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Painted Aluminium Desk with Laminate Top from Carlotti, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Painted Aluminium Desk with Laminate Top from Carlotti, 1950s
Category
Italian Industrial Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
20th Century Grey Italian Brutalist Galvanized Metal Writing Desk, Office Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A silver-grey, vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian Brutalist writing, office desk made of hand crafted galvanized metal, designed by an unknown artist from Milan, in good condition. T...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
L. Marchand Eglomise Art Deco Mirrored Desk/Table/Vanity
By André Marchand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Eglomise mirror, silvered metal, Lucite
An extraordinary example in original condition
Can be used as a vanity, desk or table.
Category
North American Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mirror
Painted Aluminium Desk with Laminate Top from Carlotti, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Painted aluminium desk with laminate top from Carlotti, 1950s.
Category
Italian Industrial Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Marble Desk with Brass Legs
Located in Chicago, IL
A marble top desk featuring a bamboo formed brass plated base with adjustable feet. A fantastic work desk option or dining table, USA, 1970s.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Mid-Century Italian Post Modern Marble Dining Table or Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking marble dining table or desk from Italy circa 1990's. It features beautifully grained marble slab construction.
Category
Italian Post-Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
1969 Desk by René-Jean Caillette Rare Edition by Charon Only 2 Known
Located in London, GB
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Category
Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Formica
Artedi Travertine and Brass Dining Table
By Artedi
Located in Denton, TX
Travertine cube with brass cross design that support beveled glass top.
Category
Italian Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Travertine, Brass
‘Acanto’ Dining Table by Enzo Mari for Zanotta
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Sculptural dining table model 'Acanto' by Enzo Mari (Novara 1932 - Milan 2020) for Zanotta, Italy 1990. The design immediately catches the eye due to the asymmetrical sculptural base...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
High Quality Acrylic Desk Stands on 2 Columns / Pillars with Massive Curved Top
Located in Berlin, DE
High quality acrylic desk stands on2 acrylic columns / Pillars with beautiful shape and gold accessories on the feet. The glass top is removable and a...
Category
Italian Art Deco 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Acrylic
1 of 20 British Military Army Stacking Desk Tables Full Sized Stainless Steel
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale 1 of 20 British military Army stacking desk tables
A well made suite, this listing is to buy one with the option to ...
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English Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Parchment Faceted Art Deco Desk, circa 1970
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This 1970s desk achieves a modest stateliness, its mottled paper parchment & faceted brass corners showcasing superb attention to detail. The seamless integration of variant textures...
Category
European Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1950s, Steel Desk
Located in Alton, GB
1950s Steel desk with a dark green table top and cargo green base.
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Minimalist Steel and Glass Trestle Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Minimalist steel and glass trestle table.
Category
French Minimalist 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Rare Modernist Glass Table in the Manner of Danny Lane
By Danny Lane
Located in Forney, TX
A spectacular, Modern sculptured glass table, from the last quarter of the 20th century, in the manner of Danny Lane (United States, b.1955). This stunning table features a floating,...
Category
Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
Most Unusual Industrial Adjustable Architects Desk/ Drafting Table
By Hamilton
Located in Buffalo, NY
Most unusual industrial adjustable architects desk/ drafting table, amazing design and lines. Height adjustable from 29"-38"...adjustable desk tilt-top, large hidden drawer measuring...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Friso Kramer Reform Table Small Ahrend de Cirkel, 1963
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Nice small and rare sized industrial 'Reform' table designed by Friso Kramer for Ahrend de Cirkel, Holland 1955. This dining table was a part of the Reform table program that was designed by Friso Kramer in 1955. The Reform series contained a lot of variety of tables in different sizes and editions to the client’s needs. One thing was always the same, the structure of the base, applied in several different sized and shaped tables. This base was a folded metal frame which was light but also very strong. The tops varied from hardcore, linoleum, Formica and wood. Whatever the client wanted. This has a rectangular shaped top, finished with white formica and an aluminum edge. The table has a grey painted frame in good condition with normal wear and losses. This table comes from TH Delft...
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Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
French Forged Wrought Iron Vanities Vanities Toilette
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful French vanities dressing table belonging to the 1930s, made in France.
The toelette is entirely made of forged wrought iron, unp...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Aquamarine Glass Desk by Gallotti & Radice Italia 1970s Bar Cart
Located in Roma, IT
Gallotti & Radice in 8 mm transparent tempered glass. Metal parts in polished stainless steel. On wheels
This trolley is a functional piece of furniture that can be placed in your...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
Laminated Writing Table Attributed to Arco, Germany, 1970s
By Arco
Located in Den Haag, NL
very nice and stylish writing table. Chrome on steel base, comes with a curved
Laminated top. White in color.
Category
German Bauhaus Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate
Mid-Century Modern Dining Table Desk Conference Table, Leather, Chrome
Located in Miami, FL
Great leather top table with chrome base. Leather has a green brown color with a rich patina. Please see pictures. High-quality. Ready for a new home.
Category
Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
1970-1980s, Vintage Console Tabel/Writing Table, Structure in Plexiglass
Located in Milan, IT
Vintage console from the seventies, eighties, Italian manufacture.
The console has a completely plexiglass structure and iron footrest.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
1950's Stitched Leather Desk by Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Very nice stitched leather desk
Covered with navy blue leather, chromed metal
3 drawers.
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Salterini Atr. Wrought Iron Wrap Around Vanity Dressing Table Glass Shelves Mint
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Glass measures 3/8'' in thickness.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Black Vintage Desk Platone Giancarlo Piretti, 1969, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern black foldable vintage writing desk "Platone" designed by Giancarlo Piretti 1969 Italy and produced by Anonima Castelli, Italy.
The desk is framed with chromed ste...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Chic Work Table with Sawhorse-Style Lucite and Chrome Bases and Glass Top 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Work table with 2 saw horse style lucite and chrome bases and thick glass top, American 1970's. Glass top pictured is 68” x 36” inches, but a new top can be made to accommodate any s...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
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