Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
POSTMODERN STYLE
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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Style: Post-Modern
Piano desk black lacqued wood
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A sleek, black-polished, sculptural piece conjuring the presence of a grand piano.
Piano Desk evokes an intricate fusion of the grace in artistic expression and the discipline of w...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$9,660 / item
Karl Springer Goatskin Freeform Desk, 1988
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Karl Springer Goatskin Freeform Desk with/1 drawer, 1988. Original beautiful condition. Very few of these Freeform Desk’s were made
Measures 29.5” tall 76” wide 38” deep
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Goatskin
Piano desk black lacqued wood
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A sleek, black-polished, sculptural piece conjuring the presence of a grand piano.
Piano Desk evokes an intricate fusion of the grace in artistic expression and the discipline of w...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$9,660 / item
Piano desk black lacqued wood
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A sleek, black-polished, sculptural piece conjuring the presence of a grand piano.
Piano Desk evokes an intricate fusion of the grace in artistic expressi...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$9,660 / item
Ernest 'Igl' Hofmann 'Jet' Corner Desk in Polyurethane
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernest 'Igl' Hofmann for Wilhelm Werndl, corner desk, model 'Jet', polyurethane, Germany, 1970/71
Ernest Hofmann, also known by his artist name 'Igl', recently gained an internation...
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1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plastic
No. 16 Desk
Located in Mount Rainier, MD
The No. 16 Desk is a versatile and refined piece, designed to adapt to a solitary workspace or serve as a collaborative multi-user surface. Crafted entirely from solid hardwood and b...
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2010s North American Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ash, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Walnut
$7,800
"Zeno" Asymmetrical Beech and Ebony Desk by Massimo Scolari for Giorgetti, 1990s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A well crafted asymmetric 90's desk designed by Massimo Scolari for Giorgetti S.p.A. The desk is made of a beech frame with Macassar Ebony inset top and aluminum hardware. The leg ha...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Post Modern artistic funky Painted 2 Drawer narrow Desk or console table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Post Modern artistic funky painted yellow orange green splatters with 2 drawers wood narrow desk or console table. Would make a great entry way or hallway table. Beautifu...
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1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,950 Sale Price
40% Off
Rare 'Kono' Dining Table / Desk by Lella & Massimo Vignelli for Casigliani, 1984
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptionally rare and large 'Kono' table, which works excellent as either a dining table or a desk, by Lella Vignelli and Massimo Vignelli was designed in 1984 and this example created in the mid-to-late 1980s by Casigliani in Pisa, Italy. This rare example of the 'Kono' design features a monumental Black Granite slab for the top, two thick slabs of Imperial Red Granite which connect together to form one of the bases, and the Vignellis signature Patinated Copper cone which forms the other base.
The 'Kono' design was normally made as coffee tables so it is quite rare to find examples made scaled up in dining table size. In addition, typical Kono tables were made with glass tops and a single slab granite base. This example however, the Vignellis selected Black Granite instead of the typical glass tops. Also, rather than using a rectangular single-slab base, this example features an L-shaped base constructed with two slabs that connect together along one angled edge. It still employs the cone-shaped patinated copper base typical of Kono tables, however this example is much larger of course than cocktail table versions.
The Vignelli Center for Design Studies, which houses the artists’ archive, confirmed this table to be one of two known drawings by the Vignellis (a copy of the Vignelli sketch, which they provided, is included in the photo gallery) though it is unknown if the other table was ever produced, making this table potentially an important one-of-a-kind.
The Black Granite top in lower light settings is dark, deep and mysterious. With direct sunlight its luminosity is intense - see the photo gallery for images of the table in direct sunlight from our skylight above. It glows, shines and shimmers with incredible vibrancy, similar to diamonds - to see it in person is quite exquisite and remarkable. While we only had it set up under our skylight for a couple hours, I would describe the experience as recharging - I felt like I had just spent a couple hours meditating, this would be incredible to wake up to every day before leaving to work.
The Vignellis described the 'Kono' table as: “This design exploits the relationship between geometrical figures and material finishes." Over the course of their four-decade-long design practice, Lella and Massimo Vignelli collaborated on projects that ranged from product design and brand identity to interior and furniture design. Whether designing New York City’s subway map...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Granite, Copper
$34,700 Sale Price
27% Off
1980s Herman Miller Burdick Group Post Modern Industrial Design Modular Desk USA
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A rare opportunity to buy a stunning Post Modern desk designed in 1981 by Bruce Burdick for Herman Miller.
Burdick’s first product for Herman Miller was the 'Burdick Group System', ...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Artona desk designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Maxalto 1979.
Located in Athens, Attiki
The Artona executive desk by Afra and Tobia Scarpa was the first line ever produced by Maxalto.
Maxalto was set up in 1975 as a high-end division of B&B Italia to focus exclusively ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Burl
Piano desk black lacqued wood
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A sleek, black-polished, sculptural piece conjuring the presence of a grand piano.
Piano Desk evokes an intricate fusion of the grace in artistic expression and the discipline of w...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$9,660 / item
Vittorio Introini for Saporiti Rare Sculptural Desk in White Fiberglass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Vittorio Introini for Saporiti, free-standing desk, fiberglass, Italy, 1969
This admirable free-standing corner desk was designed by the Italian designer Vittorio Introini. Due to i...
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1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fiberglass
Vittorio Introini Rare Sculptural Fiberglass Desk for Saporiti Italy
Located in Padova, IT
This sculptural free-standing desk was designed by the Italian designer Vittorio Introini. Due to its all-white design and the distinct shapes, this desk has a strong sculptural look...
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1970s Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
$15,580 Sale Price / item
40% Off
Scandinavian Ergonomic Design Writing Desk and Stool, Stokke, 1980's
By Stokke
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Scandinavian ergonomic design writing desk with pivoting stool, made by Stokke, Norway 1980's. Ergonomical designed writing desk with black inlay and middle reading section w...
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1980s Norwegian Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$1,369 Sale Price / set
20% Off
15x Original USM Haller Schreibtisch in Wunschfarbe Design Tisch
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen USM Haller Schreibtisch mit individuell lackierter Tischplatte zum Verkauf an. Wir haben mehrere Tische auf Lager, die wir auf Kundenwunsch aufarbeiten und dessen Ti...
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Early 2000s Swiss Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Unique, Solid Oak Ernest Desk by Obstacles
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique, Solid Oak Ernest Desk by Obstacles
Dimensions: W 80 x D 240 x H 74 cm
Materials: Solid oak.
Ernest Desk serves many functions, a writing desk, a headboard, or a table plac...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$13,715 / item
Petrol Blue Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk 60 cm Natural Walnut by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Petrol Blue Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk 60 cm Natural Walnut by HARTO
Dimensions: W 60 x D 32 x H 72 cm.
Materials: MDF wood veneer, Lacquered MDF, Leather.
Weight: 22.0 kg...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Slate Grey Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk 80 cm Natural Walnut by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Slate Grey Drawers Gaston Floating Writing Desk 80 cm Natural Walnut by HARTO
Dimensions: W 80 x D 32 x H 72 cm.
Materials: MDF wood veneer, Lacquered MDF, Leather.
Weight: 27.5 kg
...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
BC Desk by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
BC Desk by DAaZ
Dimensions: D 50 x W 155 x H 74 cm.
Materials: Albizzia wood, Ink stone.
DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and re...
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2010s Chinese Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone
$3,387 / item
1980's Memphis Style 'La Vuelta' Desk by Perry King and Santiago Miranda
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1980's Memphis Style 'La Vuelta' desk by Perry King & Santiago Miranda. Named after a Spanish bicycle race this large versatile desk has attractive curves and unique accents that liv...
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1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Writing desk space age ORIX model produced by Molteni Italia 1970s
Located in Milano, MI
iconic vintage space age design desk model Orix designed by Vittorio Parigi and Nanni Prina, production Molteni 1971. Orange-colored ABS plastic top, the chromed steel frame, tilting...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
$3,965 Sale Price
20% Off
Piano desk black lacqued wood
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A sleek, black-polished, sculptural piece conjuring the presence of a grand piano.
Piano Desk evokes an intricate fusion of the grace in artistic expression and the discipline of w...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$9,660 / item
25x Original USM Haller Schreibtisch Kitos M Plus schwarz Eiche
By Usm Haller
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten insgesamt 25 wunderschöne USM Haller Schreibtische der Serie "Kitos" in verschiedenen Größen zum Verkauf an. Die Tische wurden professionell gereinigt und die Tischplatten...
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Early 2000s Swiss Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Executive Desk, Italy, 1980s Maple Wood
Located in Sacile, PN
Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, executive desk, bird’s-eye maple, Italy, 1980s.
This postmodern pieces is sculptural and holds various striking elements. Firstly the execution of the...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Rúna Teak Oiled Oak Desk by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Rúna teak oiled oak desk by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D130 x W65 x H74 cm
Material: Teak oiled solid oak
Weight: 37 kg
Also available in different finishes.
Timeless desk with ...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Teak
$2,691 / item
Gold Bangles Desk by Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Geneve, CH
Gold Bangles Desk by Barberini & Gunnell
Limited Edition of 15
Dimensions: D 87 x W 180 x H 76 cm.
Materials: Pink Onyx, mirror polished stainless steel, gold varnish.
Limited Editi...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
$57,494 / item
Large Bespoke Study Desk with Four Drawers / Customizable
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
This large burgandy color study desk is made with a powder coated steel frame and a beautiful natural linoleum top made out of linseed oil. This modern minimal desk...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Anna Desk by DUISTT
Located in Geneve, CH
Anna Desk by DUISTT
Dimensions: W 140 x D 70 x H 76 cm
Materials: Black Limed Oak, High Gloss Black Lacquered Wood and Brass
Anna is an elegant desk, crafted with great attention t...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$6,444 / item
Piano desk black lacqued wood
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A sleek, black-polished, sculptural piece conjuring the presence of a grand piano.
Piano Desk evokes an intricate fusion of the grace in artistic expression and the discipline of w...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$9,660 / item
Memphis Writing Desk, Aldo Cibic, Memphis Milano, 1985
Located in Renens, CH
Rare "Sophia" Writing Desk by Aldo Cibic for Memphis Milano, 1985.
Aldo Cibic, an associate of Ettore Sottsass, co-founded the Memphis Group in 1981 and produced some fifteen fur...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Wood
Postmodern Desk, Writing Table by Bohumil Landsman, 1970s, Fully Restored
Located in Wrocław, Poland
Exquisitely crafted in the 1970s, this vintage desk showcases a harmonious blend of style and functionality. With its sleek and lightweight design, it exudes a timeless appeal that i...
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1970s Czech Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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 ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
$5,876 Sale Price
20% Off
Rúna White Oiled Solid Oak Desk by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Rúna White Oiled Solid Oak Desk by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D130 x W65 x H74 cm
Material: White oiled solid oak
Weight: 37 kg
Also available in different finishes. Please contact ...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$2,691 / item
1980s Teal Laminated Over Wood Waterfall Desk Karl Springer Style
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and one of a kind, in the style of Karl Springer, Tiffany teal laminate over solid wood desk you co...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
"ORGANICA" lacquered wood desk, Roberto Fallani, Italy
Located in IT
Roberto Fallani, artist of the "bound".
Bound like creative exuberance and versatility, of teaching that interact so much that refuse any critic code; bound of the vision in itself t...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
1 of 20 British Military Army Stacking Desk Tables Full Sized Stainless Steel
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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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1980s English Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
$160 Sale Price / item
20% Off
2x USM Haller Tisch Kunstharz weiß Schreibtisch MwSt perlgrau
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen von insgesamt zwei wunderschönen USM Haller Tischen zum Verkauf an. Die Tische verfügen über abnehmbare Tischbeine und eine schlicht in perlgrau beschichtete Kunstha...
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2010s Swiss Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Iridescent White Metal Hyppolite Writing Desk Natural Oak by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Iridescent White Metal Hyppolite Writing Desk Natural Oak by HARTO
Dimensions: W 120 x D 56 x H 83 cm.
Materials: MDF wood veneer, Painted metal.
Weight: 34.5 kg
A practical desk p...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Early Gerard Van Den Berg for Montis Burled Wood Desk with Cast Aluminum Legs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An early Gerard Van Den Berg desk for Montis. The design is almost Saporiti meets Sottsass in appearance, and the table is expertly crafted from handsome burled wood with cast alumin...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Postmodern Mix-Metals and Glass Dining Table by Rick Lee for DIA
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A sculptural postmodern dining table or desk design by Rick Lee for Design Institute of America in 1993
The base is made out of mix metals (brass, chrome, br...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel, Chrome
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Arquitectonica 1984 Madonna Table Desk Memphis Milano Postmodern Miami Sottsass
Located in Munster, NRW
Madonna table by Arquitectonica Miami for Memphis Milano, 1984.
Iconic an extremely rare postmodern piece and one of the only Memphis Group productions whose design was commissione...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Roberto Fallani "IONICA" Desk with chair for Formitalia, Italy, 1991.
Located in Padova, IT
Roberto Fallani "IONICA" Desk with chair for Formitalia, Italy, 1991.
Chair dimensions cm 72x63xH112
Lacquered wood with gilded and silver inserts.
Literature: F. D'Amico, M. Do...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Ernest Igl for Wilhelm Werndl Directors Desk in Marble Look
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernest 'Igl' Hofmann for Wilhelm Werndl, corner desk, model 'Jet', painted polyurethane, Germany, designed in 1970
Ernest Hofmann, also known by his artist name 'Igl', recently gai...
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1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plastic
ST 50 Desk Table by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
ST 50 Desk Table by Laurameroni
Dimensions: W 190 x D 80 x H 78 cm
Materials: Burnished brass.
Desk completely clad in burnished brass. Equipped with two drawers.
Laurameroni:
The ...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$24,657 / item
Large flat desk by A.G. Barcelona – 1970
Located in Girona, Girona
Large flat desk in mahogany veneer and light beech, 4 drawers in front, removable legs and top, waxed finishing.
Design and manufacture by A.G. Barcelona
Spain, Barcelona circa 1970
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech, Mahogany
Mistral Writing Desk by Studio Bazazo
Located in Geneve, CH
Mistral Writing Desk by Studio Bazazo
Dimensions: D 65 x W 180 x H 75 cm.
Materials: French oak, Alcantara, and steel.
Light as a breeze with the force to shape landscapes, the “Mi...
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2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Other
$18,177 / item
White Honoré Desk Natural Oak by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
White Honoré Desk Natural Oak by HARTO
Dimensions: W 136 x D 65 x H 83 cm.
Materials: Solid wood, Wood veneered MDF.
Weight: 43.5 kg
The Honoré desk is resolutely practical and aesthetic with its large workspace and its refined silhouette. Ingenious, it hides cables and chargers under its desk and its drawer allows you to store everything. Form and function go hand in hand at Honoré and every detail is designed for the comfort and inspiration of its user. The Honoré desk is made in Portugal, in solid oak, oak veneered MDF and lacquered MDF. Honoré is a creation of Pierre-François Dubois...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$1,522 / item
Post-War Design Glass Table Desk with Bronze Saw Horses
Located in Queens, NY
Post-War Design Giacometti style table desk with a Pair of verdigris patina bronze "A" frame sawhorse bases under a rectangular glass top.
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20th Century American Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Bangles Desk by Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Geneve, CH
Bangles Desk by Barberini & Gunnell
Limited Edition of 15
Dimensions: D 87 x W 180 x H 76 cm.
Materials: Pink Onyx, mirror polished stainless steel.
Limited Edition, signed and numb...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
$51,416 / item
Pierre Chapo “B40” Desk for Chapo Création, 1970
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Pierre Chapo “B40” Desk for Chapo Création, elm, France, 1970
Designed in the early 1970s by Pierre Chapo, the B40 desk exemplifies the sculptural cl...
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1970s French Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
Ernest Igl for Wilhelm Werndl 'Directors' Writing Desk in White Polyurethane
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernest Igl for Wilhelm Werndl, 'Directors' writing desk, polyurethane, Germany, 1970/71
Ernest Hofmann, also known by his artist name 'Igl', recently gained an international audienc...
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1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Plastic
Piano desk black lacqued wood
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A sleek, black-polished, sculptural piece conjuring the presence of a grand piano.
Piano Desk evokes an intricate fusion of the grace in artistic expressi...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$9,660 / item
Pierre Cardin desk
Located in Bruxelles, BE
One off a kind desk designed by famous couturier pierre Cardin at the end of the seventies.
This desk is well known and published in a lot of books and a version a little bit different was used by pierre Cardin himself in his bureau in the Espace Office in Paris.
One of these desk are part of the museum Pierre Cardin in Paris.
This is most probably a special command made for an French businessman alongside with the coffee table and the dresser and desk chair.
The desk is signed also the dresser .
A museum piece.
It’s in good condition but the black glossy surface shows some mark of time .
Best for me to sell all together.
This example is very close to the desk designed in 1971-1973 by Fransesco Bocola for Pierre Cardin’s office (see page 21 of P.C.E.)
Published in a similar version page 110 &111 in “PIERRE CARDIN EVOLUTION...
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1980s European Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$53,115
"Big-Superbig" Desk Suite by Guido Faleschini for Mariani Via Pace Collection
Located in Hanover, MA
***SALE***
Stylish and high quality executive office ensemble produced in 1976 by i4Mariani Italy, designed by architect Guido Faleschini and retailed in the USA through Pace Collec...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
$2,875 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Hans Eichenberger, Secretary mod. HE for the Kollektion Röthlisberger Schweiz
By Hans Eichenberger, Kollection Röthlisberger Schweiz
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Postmodern secretary desk by Hans Eichenberger for Kollektion Röthlisberger Schweiz.
Two drawers and glass shelves on the inside.
Category
1980s Swiss Vintage Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Jequitiba, Blue Gambito Writing Desk by Andreas Anwander
Located in Geneve, CH
Jequitiba, Blue Gambito Writing Desk by Andreas Anwander
Dimensions: W 146 x D 60 x H 75 cm
Materials: Solid Jequitibá wood, Carbon, Steel, Brass.
Weight: 25 kg.
A writing desk wit...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Slate Grey Metal Hyppolite Writing Desk Natural Walnut by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Slate Grey Metal Hyppolite Writing Desk Natural Walnut by HARTO
Dimensions: W 120 x D 56 x H 83 cm.
Materials: MDF wood veneer, Painted metal.
Weight: 34.5 kg
A practical desk par ...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Metal
Bronze Black Patina Julius Secretary by Eichkorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronze Black Patina Julius Secretary by Eichkorn
Dimensions: W 163 x D 70 x H 75 cm
Materials: Cast, patinated bronze.
Julius is a piece of furniture with presence – a secretary tha...
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2010s German Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Charles Swanson Writing Desk, Post Modernist, Sculpture, cerused oak / stainless
By Ray Swanson
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charlie Swanson didn’t start making art until his early 30s. After acquiring a Degree in Business and Economics, he owned a construction company for a while, and that fuelled his lov...
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1990s American Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Stainless Steel
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