Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests. The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Midcentury Danish Modern Light Teak Small Desk 3 Drawers Top Lockable Drawer
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Great little midcentury Danish modern desk with 3 drawers with wooden pulls. Danish compact design. No labels, made in Denmark. Top drawer has original Key - Lockable. Located in Bro...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Teak
Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova Executive Desk
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova, desk, black lacquered wood, nickel-plated steel, Italy, 1960s
This modern, streamlined writing desk is designed by Gianni Moscatelli in the sixtie...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Mid-Century Modern Teak Desk with Green Lacquer and Meticulous Restoration
Located in Rome, IT
Enhance your workspace with this exquisite Midcentury Modern desk. Crafted entirely from premium teak wood, this desk features three spacious drawers for convenient storage. The stan...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Iron
Hans Von Klier for Skipper Executive Desk in Mahogany, Leather and Steel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Hans Von Klier for Skipper, writing desk, mahogany, leather, steel, Italy, 1970s
Impressive office desk designed by Hans von Klier. A striking combination of differently textured ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Steel
Gio Ponti for Singer & Sons Model #2135 Extendable Dining Table, c 1950, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This restored Model 2135 extendable dining table with four leaves by Gio Ponti for Singer & Sons features gorgeously veined Italian Walnut with sculpted legs to Gio Ponti's signature...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass
Midcentury Walnut Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Midcentury Walnut Desk. Built with a solid oak frame and with a warm walnut veneer writing top and frieze with a simple elegant gilded iron fram...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Iron
Black Desk with Drawer, Wood and Metal Legs, Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Style
By Atelier BAM
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Marajoara desk with drawers is a study on Mid-Century Modern utilitarian furniture, minimalist in its details, with Brazilian Native Arte Reference. By Atelier BAM Design.
The modern design style is one of the most influential movements in contemporary Brazilian design. Among the main names of modernist designers are Lina Bo Bardi, Vilanova Artigas, Oscar Niemeyer, and a few others; giving a legacy maintained by contemporary architects like Isay Weinfeld...
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2010s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Steel
Italian Small Writing Desk in Mahogany
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Small writing desk, mahogany, brass Italy, 1950s.
Sculptural Italian desk with beautiful curved top. This writing table is both refined and elegan...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass
Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Desk, 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern rosewood desk, circa 1960s. Newly refinished rosewood top with black ebonized base.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Rosewood
Rosewood and Mahogany Receptionist Desk by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, circa 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This spectacular fully restored and sought-after model #452 'Roll Top' desk was designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar and features beautifully grained Rosewood and Ebonized Mahogany, designed and made in the 1960s. Most examples of this design are regular desk height however this example was custom made to be a receptionist desk...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany, Rosewood
Guillerme et Chambron, Tile-Topped Oak Writing Table, France, Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Tilework executed by Boleslaw Danikowski.
Robert Guillerme placed equal emphasis on function and aesthetics, creating a look as staid as it was arresting. While his work was in ma...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Lady’s Desk or Vanity in Mahogany, Czechoslovakia, 1970s
By Up Závody
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful midcentury desk, originally used as a desk for a lady, or vanity in the bedroom. The table is elegant combination of lighter birch wood on the sides and mahogany wood on to...
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1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Birch, Mahogany
Arco Desk, Lady Model by B.B.P.R for Olivetti, 1960s
By Studio BBPR
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
The "Arco" model Lady desk, created by the renowned Italian architectural firm BBPR in the 1960s, was designed to meet the professional needs of women in a male-dominated world.
I...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Desk table Patrice Maffei for Kappa brushed steel smoked glass 1970
By Patrice Maffei, Kappa
Located in Paris, IDF
A rare brushed stainless steel desk table designed by French designer Patrice Maffei for Kappa editor in the 1970s, it features two locki...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Japanese Vintage Work Table
Located in 神戸市, JP
Featuring beautifully aged wood and convenient drawers for storage, this vintage Japanese work table can be used as a small dining table, a desk, or even a DIY work table.
Dimensi...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Desk with Hand Painted Crane Scene
Located in Harlingen, TX
This Classic Mid-Century Modern desk has been given an artistic chinoiserie style update showcasing a hand painted whooping crane motif. Intentional paint splatter and wax distressin...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Paint
Midcentury Walnut Desk by Broyhill
By Broyhill
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Midcentury walnut desk designed and manufactured by Broyhill circa 1960s. This beautiful desk features six drawers that offer plenty of storage...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Desk and Chair by Pierre Jeanneret
Located in New York, NY
Teak, bamboo caning, fabric. Desk with 3 drawers and 1 open compartment. and matching chair. This desk is a very unusual variant, and one that we have not seen elsewhere. Price shown...
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1960s Indian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Fabric, Cane, Teak
Jens Risom Design Midcentury Teak Dining/ Writing Table
By Jens Risom
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A simple and elegant table with clean lines and a fine authentic presentation. Label underneath the top. With a long rectangular overhanging top, raised on a rectangular platform wit...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Leo Jiranek Designed Desk for Bassett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern walnut desk by Leo Jiranek for his Artisan Group. Made by Bassett Furniture with three drawers, finished back and wood runner.
Please confirm location NY or NJ.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Writing Desk, Italian Manufactory, Mid-20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small desk with two drawers on the sides and rectangular veneered table top. The desk stands on an elegant frame of smooth polished wood with conical legs. The desk has been restored...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mexique Pro, by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Dining table in two sizes included among the freeform tables designed by Charlotte Perriand between 1938 and 1939. A sinuous, elegant piece whose organic, asymmetrical shape lends ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mexique PRO, by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Dining table in two sizes included among the free-form tables designed by Charlotte Perriand between 1938 and 1939. A sinuous, elegant piece whose organic, asymmetrical shape lends t...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Mod Warren Platner Style Executive Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian midcentury MOD executive desk with a slightly bowed front, vibrant red molded plastic lined drawers and a matching desk compartment that is housed under the top that lifts up...
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1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Restored Post-War Hawaiian Koa Wood Desk W/ Rattan Border
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Stacked Mahogany secretary desk with mahogany top and rattan accents, center drawer with four drawers on each side of the desk.
Measures: 29.5" high x 49" wide x 25" deep
We only p...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Rattan
Table by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
A Dining table by Joaquim Tenreiro made of solid Imbuia with beautiful grain and veins.
A wide solid wood border underlines the modernity of the lines.
The table can be use as a ...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Hans J. Wegner Sewing Table, Model AT-33, 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully crafted model AT-33 sewing table designed by Hans Wegner and manufactured in Denmark by cabinet maker Andreas Tuck. This teak and oak table features two extendable side l...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Wicker, Oak, Teak
Braun-Fortuna Oak Desk, 1950s, Belgium
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Light Oak Desk. Manufactured by Braun-Fortuna Belgium Gent, 1950s
Good quality desk. 7 Drawers 2 pull out trays by pushing the trays in the ...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Oak
Omann Jun Executive Desk Mid-Century Danish Modern Teak
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Omann Jun Executive Desk is the perfect addition to any modern office. This mid-century Danish modern teak desk features a sleek silhouette and a timeless design that will blend ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Teak
Red Drafting Table/Desk by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, 1970s
Located in Ixelles, BE
Designer - Joe Colombo
Producer - Bieffeplast
Model - Drafting Table/Desk
Design Period - Seventies
Measurements - Width 125 cm x Depth 74 cm x Height 75 cm
Materials - Laminat...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Desk by Valdemar Mortensen, 1960s
By Vald Mortensen
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood desk by Valdemar Mortensen, 1960s.
High-end freestanding executive Rosewood writing table by Danish master carpenter Valdemar Mortensen from Odens...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Rosewood
Collage Wrapped Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a kind midcentury desk covered completely in collage paper. Fun and funky for your home office. Three drawers and side shelves for storage.
Please confirm location NY or NJ.
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Danish Sigvard Bernadotte Desk
Located in Otley, GB
A stunning midcentury Brazilian rosewood executive desk. The desk is designed by Danish Sigvard Bernadotte. It is constructed from solid rosewood in beautiful tones & grain. It oozes...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Rosewood
German Midcentury Wooden Desk with Drawers and Brass Details, circa 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
German midcentury Wooden desk with drawers and brass details, 1960s
Desk with rectangular top, entirely in wood. On the front it has two drawers with keys. The table structure is ma...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Small Pine Desk Table in the "Les Arcs" Style, Charlotte Perriand, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
small pine desk table in the "Les Arcs" style, Charlotte Perriand, with a drawer circa 1950/1960
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Pine
Italian Writing Desk in Mahogany Wood, 1960s
Located in Palermo, PA
Italian writing desk in mahogany wood, 1960s.
Dimensions: H= 81 cm; W= 164 cm; D= 78 cm.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
20th Century Ico Parisi Wooden Writing Desk with Two Drawers, 50s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Turin, Turin
Ico Parisi was born in Palermo, Italy, in 1916, but as early as 1925 with his family he moved to Como, where in 1936 he graduated as a building surveyor and served an apprenticeship at the Terragni studio. Discharged from the front in 1943, he returned to Como and resumed his design activity, dealing with the creation of individual furnishings, exhibition layouts and interior architecture. He collaborated with Luisa Aiani, whom he married in 1947 and with whom he opened the studio La Ruota. In the 50s he designed furniture, first in one-piece and later for Industrial Production with companies such as Cassina. In the 60s, with the "Contenitoriumani" he began a new path aimed at defining a utopian-existential IDEA of living. The culmination of his research is between 1974 and 1976 with "Operation Arcevia," aimed at designing an entire Community.
Here we have a wooden desk designed...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Mid-Century Modern Style Desk - Drift White
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid-Century Modern style desk with a three-quarter wooden gallery, a single frieze drawer, and raised on square tapered legs. Finished in our custom drift white lacquer.
Dimension...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Italian Desk, 1950s
Located in Palermo, PA
Italian desk, 1950s.
Dimensions: H= 80 cm; W= 153 cm; D= 66 cm.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Lou Hodges Handcrafted Walnut Desk for California Design Group, 1979
By Lou Hodges
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Lou Hodges handcrafted walnut desk for California Design Group, 1979. This piece has been professionally restored. Signed to the drawer interior.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Desk by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, Italy, 1950s
Located in Greding, DE
Dark brown desk with two drawers designed by Gianfranco Frattini in the 1950s. The desk stands on a solid base with H-shaped bracing. The rectangular t...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
1970s Vintage French Claude Gaillard Desk Designed for Ligne Roset
Located in Houston, TX
Found in the South of France, this beautiful shaped symmetric desk was designed by Claude Gaillard and manufactured by Ligne Roset, France, 1970. The desk has a floating casing with one drawer supported by a brushed aluminum light...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Aluminum
Florence Knoll Model 17 Desk
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Saint Paul, MN
Alongside, the model 75 stool this desk was part of Florence Knoll's first collection of designs. The louvre drawers follows the same design language used in a variety of casegoods s...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Maple
Rosewood and Chrome Drexel Index Writing Desk Library Table, circa 1970s
By Drexel, Milo Baughman
Located in New York, NY
Stunning midcentury, Hollywood Regency, Post Modern design writing table, desk, made by Drexel as part of their Index series, possibly designed by Milo Baughman, circa 1960/1970s.
T...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Chrome
Outdoor Coffee Table by Tobia Scarpa for Cassina
By Cassina, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor coffee table that invites companionship, designed for days of outdoor fun lived in the lap of comfort, surrounded by the warmth of natural wood and design elegance.
A soph...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Mexique Coffe Table PRO, by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The structure of these design low tables is crafted to occupy as little space as possible. Available in different heights, they can be grouped together to create spacious, orderly ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
Minimalist Outdoor Armchair by Tobia Scarpa for Cassina
By Cassina, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
A stylish, minimalist outdoor armchair designed for the younger generation that invites the spontaneity typical of a day to be enjoyed outdoors.
In 1967, Afra and Tobia Scarpa cr...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Fabric, Wood
Mexique High Table PRO, by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The structure of these bar tables by Charlotte Perriand is designed to occupy as little space as possible. They can be grouped together to furnish lounge bars and waiting rooms.
...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Outdoor Coffee Table by Tobia Scarpa for Cassina
By Cassina, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor coffee table that invites companionship, designed for days of outdoor fun lived in the lap of comfort, surrounded by the warmth of natural wood and design elegance.
A soph...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Osvaldo Borsani T95 Desk Tecno, Italy, 1956
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Fantastic model T95 office desk designed by Osvaldo Borsani and manufactured by Tecno, Italy 1956. The desk has metal and aluminium legs and rosewood veneer top and compartments. The...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Stainless Steel
Teak Italian Midcentury Desk
Located in London, GB
This fantastic desk was made in Italy in the 1960s.
An elegant midcentury design with polished metal detail on the legs, drawers and handles.
A great addition to your home offi...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Chrome
Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova Executive Desk in Black
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova, desk, black lacquered wood, nickel-plated steel, Italy, 1960s
This modern, streamlined writing desk is designed by Gianni Moscatelli in the sixtie...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Steel, Nickel
Danish Modern Floating-Top Teak Desk with Bookcase by Dyrlund
By Dyrlund
Located in Miami, FL
A stylish and modern teak executive desk with floating top designed and made in Denmark by Dyrlund. The Scandinavian writing table features three drawers on the left, an open filing ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Teak
Mid-Century Modern Heywood-Wakefield Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern Heywood Wakefield Desk
Beautiful MCM compact Heywood Wakefield desk. Solid construction with a large curved top drawer ...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Wood
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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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Steel
Mastercraft Midcentury Leather Top Brass Desk
By Mastercraft
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Now a modern design classic, a signed Mastercraft brass desk having a sleek no nonsense form, tooled brown leather top, a case with three drawer...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass
Metal and Wooden Desk and Small Cabinet by Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova, 60s
Located in Padova, IT
Metal and wooden Desk and small Cabinet by Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova 60s
Cabinet dimensions : 45D - 70W - 67H
Formanova was born from the creativity, passion and enterpri...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Metal
White Orix Desk by Vittorio Parigi and Nani Prina for Molteni
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
1970s desk made of a single sheet of molded plastic creating the shape for various holders and storage spaces. There is also an integrated glass panel than can be lifted up and a ret...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Steel
Mid-century Modern desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage desks and writing tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, storage furniture and cabinets, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern desks and writing tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original desks and writing tables, popular names associated with this style include Paul McCobb, Cassina, Lawson-Fenning, and Gio Ponti. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for desks and writing tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at £1 and tops out at £99,070 while the average work can sell for £3,799.
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