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Art Deco Dewoitine Wooden Counters Desk Model Airplane 1930s French
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
large amount of furniture, from the end of the 19th century to the mid-20th century. In 1970, the brand
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Aviation Objects

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Marble, Brass

Pair of Midcentury German Modern Brown Aluminum Chairs from Mauser Werke Waldeck
By Mauser Werke
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
. Furniture in the Mid-Century Modern style, which Mauser has been producing since 1929, is today a sought
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Vintage 1970s German Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Occasional Chair Henry Rosengren Hansen model 39
By Henry Rosengren Hansen, Brande Møbelindustri
Located in New York, NY
condition. Danish oil finish with new seat covering. A great example of Danish Mid Century Modern
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs

Materials

Naugahyde, Rosewood

Woven Danish Cord Chair, Pickled White Ash, Hardwood, Custom, Dining
By Semigood Design
Located in Issaquah, WA
cantilever desk, you decide. Made to order and fully customizable. Danish cord comes in three colors: Kraft
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Ch...

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Cord, Hardwood

Louis SOGNOT (its) Bamboo Bottle Holder, 1950s
By Louis Sognot
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Bamboo Bottle Holder in the Style of Louis Sognot, France, 1950s. A beautiful mid-century design
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Bamboo, Rattan

Louis SOGNOT Double Bamboo Wall Sconce, 1950s
By Louis Sognot
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
) is an artist decorator and designer. First of all protagonist of Cubism and the Modern Movement, he
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Fabric, Bamboo

Art Deco Set 3 Chrome Tube Black Faux Leather Chairs Kem Weber Z Chair Style
By Kem Weber
Located in Topeka, KS
established an independent industrial design studio in Hollywood, where he also designed modern sets for films
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Cantilevered Teak Executive Desk by Warren Platner, USA
Located in Denver, CO
, without question, one of the great executive statement desks of the 20th century.
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Stainless Steel

De Wit Desk Chair
By Gebroeders De Wit
Located in London, GB
De Wit desk chair with chrome cantilevered frame and ebonized armrests. Newly upholstered in
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Marzio Cecchi Rare Diapason Stainless Steel desk for Studio Most, 1968
Located in Brooklyn, NY
cantilevered and tapered form. Suitable for use as a desk, console, or sculpture. Available for purchase and
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel

Cini Boeri for Gavina Polished Steel and Glass Lunario Table/Desk
By Cini Boeri
Located in Portland, OR
An amazing table with an impossible-seeming cantilevered glass surface and inset steel cap
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Steel

Chrome Desk Chair by Brueton in Woven Tropical Leaves, c. 1970 s
By Brueton
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mid-Century Modern desk chair or side chair with cantilevered steel frame in chrome. Chair has
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Stainless Steel, Chrome

Michele Charron Rosewood and Aluminium Table
By Atelier Charron
Located in Grenoble, FR
Michele Charron rosewood and aluminium table, circa 1960 Solid cast aluminium cantilevered base
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Vintage Brno Style Armchair in Bronzed Steel
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Patrician, Milo Baughman
Located in Princeton, NJ
Store closing-- last day is 7/31. Offers welcome! Mid-Century flat bar cantilevered chair in bronze
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Steel, Bronze

Midcentury Allsteel "Floating" Paper Tray, Refinished in Pink
By Allsteel
Located in Alhambra, CA
cantilevered design, giving it the appearance that it is floating above your desk. Stamped All-Steel Equipment
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

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Aluminum

De Sede RH304 Chairs Designed by Trix Robert Hausmann, Switzerland, 1960 s
By Trix and Robert Haussmann
Located in Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire
condition and have some traces of age. Cantilever chair with aniline leather upholstery and chrome-plated
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Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Chrome

De Sede RH304 Chairs Designed by Trix Robert Hausmann, Switzerland, 1960 s
By Trix and Robert Haussmann
Located in Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire
traces of age. Cantilever chair with aniline leather upholstery and chrome-plated frame. Heritage
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Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Chrome Desk Chair with Woven Upholstery, c. 1970 s
By Rogers Goffigon, Milo Baughman
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mid-Century Modern desk chair or side chair with chromed cantilevered frame in the style of Milo
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Set of Four 1970s Gastone Rinaldi Cantilever Chairs
By Gastone Rinaldi
Located in Porto, PT
1970s Italian Gastone Rinaldi Cantilever tubular chrome armchairs with upholstered arm pads, some
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

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Chrome

Rare Marzio Cecchi Stainless Steel Desk/Console
By Marzio Cecchi
Located in Hollywood, FL
The stainless cantilevered tapering top with curved edge and circular cutout base- an exceptional
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

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Stainless Steel

Midcentury Woven Rattan and Leather Occasional Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking midcentury cantilever woven rattan and leather occasional chair, circa 1960s-1970s. This
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Vintage 1960s Argentine Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Executive Cantilever Desk Credenza Walnut Brass Myrtle Desk
By Myrtle Desk Co.
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is an incredible, executive cantilever desk and cabinet credenza set, made
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Brass

Mid-Century Walnut Cantilever Desk
By Milo Baughman
Located in Chicago, IL
Walnut desk with chrome frame. Fully restored/refinished. Circa 1960's.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb Walnut Cantilever Desk, 1950s
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a rare sturdy and stunning, Cantilever walnut desk, with four
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Georg Petersens Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Cantilever Writing Desk
Located in Manhasset, NY
A Georg Petersens Danish Modern Rosewood Cantilever writing desk recently Polished. Long double
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

French Mid-Century Cantilever Mahogany Executive Desk
Located in Pasadena, CA
Cantilever top writing desk from the 1960's. This is a classic and functional design from the 1960
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Wood

T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings Cantilevered Modern Desk Refinished
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean lined cantilevered modern desk, designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb, American
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Georg Petersens Cantilever Desk
By Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik, Georg Petersens
Located in New York, NY
Danish Modern Cantilever Desk by Georg Petersens Molbelfabrik . Georg Petersens Cantilever desk in
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Stainless Steel Cantilevered Desk
Located in New York, NY
Stainless steel desk with cantilevered glass top. View our complete collection at
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Stainless Steel

Rosewood Cantilevered Prouve Style Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Refinished Streamline Rosewood Desk with 3 Drawers. Cantilevered Top over Prouve Style
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Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

Italian Mid Century Modern Desk Chair
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid Century Modern office chair with comfortable original upholstered seat and back cantilevered
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Chrome

Danish Modern Cantilever Floating Desk by Georg Petersens
By Georg Petersens, Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant cantilever desk designed by Georg Petersens for Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik in Denmark
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Teak

Mid-Century Prouve Style Writing Desk
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century desk with floating wooden drawers and grey enameled metal Prouve-style compass legs
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Danish Modern Cantilever Floating Teak Desk by Georg Petersens
By Georg Petersens, Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant cantilever desk designed by Georg Petersens for Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik in Denmark
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Teak

Brass and Cane Cantilevered Desk Chair
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-Century cantilevered desk or side chair of brass with a cane back, wooden armrests and a tufted
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Brass

1970s Danish Rosewood Cantilever Desk by Georg Petersens
By Georg Petersens, Nanna Ditzel, Bodil Kjaer
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
A stunning cantiliver desk in Rio rosewood by Danish designer Georg Petersens. This sleek desk
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Hardwood

Vintage Mid Century Belgian Desk
Located in London, GB
A very stylish and extremely well made vintage desk, made in Belgium and dating from the 1960-70’s
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Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome

Sleek Ste-Marie and Laurent Mid-Century Modern, Chrome Leather Desk
By Ste. Marie and Laurent
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Very handsome modern desk circa 1960, with a cantilevered base in chromed steel, supporting a slim
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Vintage 1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood, Leather

J. Wade Beam "Ponte" Cantilevered Desk
By J. Wade Beam
Located in Chicago, IL
Beam for Brueton, "Ponte" cantilevered single pedestal desk with chrome plinth base and reveal
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Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Grey Lacquer Desk with Translucent Lucite Supports and Pulls
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modern desk was realized in the United States circa 1970. It features a
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Lucite, Lacquer

Rare Ste-Marie and Laurent Mid-Century Modern, Chrome and Rosewood Desk
By Ste. Marie and Laurent
Located in New York, NY
A rare rosewood and chrome desk by Ste-Marie and Laurent. Canada circa 1960. Signed. Amazing and
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Vintage 1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome, Steel

Iconic 1950s Mid-Century Modern Walnut Executive Desk by Leopold Desk Co.
By Lehigh Leopold
Located in Lafayette, IN
standard of craftsmanship for which Leopold was renowned. Design-wise this desk is the epitome of Mid
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Walnut

Steel and Glass Cantilever Desk by Cini Boeri for Gavina, Italy, 1970s
By Cini Boeri, Gavina
Located in New York, NY
1/2" thick tempered glass "floats" above the chrome elliptical base. Can be used as a desk or a
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Mid-Century Modern Brass and Chrome Cityscape Desk by Paul Evans for Directional
By Paul Evans, Directional
Located in Philadelphia, PA
cantilevered design features brass and chrome panels and two drawers. Good overall condition, with minor
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Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Chrome

Vintage Chrome Cantilevered Desk by Ste. Marie and Laurent
By Ste. Marie and Laurent
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stunning vintage chrome cantilevered desk designed and manufactured by Ste. Marie and Laurent in
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Vintage 1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Walnut and Brass L-Shaped Executive Desk with Return
By Kipp Stewart
Located in Lafayette, IN
cantilevered cabinet give this desk a wonderful architectural aesthetic and a dramatic presence. This is a
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Brass

Midcentury Rosewood and Chrome Cantilever Desk by Ste-Marie Laurent
By Ste. Marie and Laurent
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Absolutely gorgeous Rosewood and Chrome Executive Desk by Ste-Marie & Laurent of Canada. Desk
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Chrome

Ultra Chic Mid-century Modernist Lucite Desk Chair on Castors
Located in New York, NY
This ultra chic Mid-Century Modernist desk chair consists of a single thick slab of lucite moulded
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Lucite

Danish Modern Teak Desk by Arne Vodder
By Arne Vodder
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This desk is a Danish midcentury original designed by Arne Vodder. A wide and cantilevered top that
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

French Midcentury Modern Neoclassical Ebonized Sycamore Desk by Leon Jallot 1936
By Maurice and Léon Jallot
Located in New York, NY
Important Late French Art Deco / Mid-century Modern Neoclassical double level writing table / desk
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Sycamore

Drentea Emmen Industrial Desk
By Drentea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super Dutch Industrial desk with grey enameled metal frame and white enameled cantilevered drawers
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Rosewood Executive Desk for Nipu
By Nipu, Marius Byrialsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
whole desk rests on cantilevered aluminum legs. Dimensions 78.75" width x 39.5 x 28" height; 26.5" leg
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Aluminum

Important "Z Desk" by Gabriella Crespi
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Rare and important cantilevered "Z Desk", brass-clad with drawer, designed by Gabriella Crespi
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Tiger Oak Desk by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A rare and superb modernist desk having a spare architectural structure with pivoting cantilevered
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Aluminum, Steel

Marzio Cecchi Diapason Desk, Italy, 1968
By Marzio Cecchi
Located in Padova, IT
1968. This stainless-steel desk has a cantilevered tapering top with curved edge and circular cut-out
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Steel

Rare Bas Van Pelt Architectural Desk
By Bas Van Pelt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing! Formica topped teak and enameled metal framed desk with stealth storage shelf and right
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Frank Lloyd Wright Style Floating Teak Work Desk
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Simple Frank Lloyd Wright Style Mid-Century Teak Desk. Slim Teak Top with Double Cabinets, One with
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

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Cantilever Desk Mid Century Modern For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the cantilever desk mid century modern you’re looking for. Frequently made of metal, wood and chrome, every cantilever desk mid century modern was constructed with great care. Find 231 options for an antique or vintage cantilever desk mid century modern now, or shop our selection of 15 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a cantilever desk mid century modern — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A cantilever desk mid century modern made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with modern — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made cantilever desk mid century modern over the years, but those crafted by Knoll, Milo Baughman and Lawson-Fenning are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Cantilever Desk Mid Century Modern?

A cantilever desk mid century modern can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,579, while the lowest priced sells for $75 and the highest can go for as much as $300,000.

A Close Look at Mid-century-modern Furniture

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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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 celebrated 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.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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.