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Important Art Deco Desk Table in Walnut with Black Glass Top
Located in Miami, FL
Rare and important beautiful notched Art Decó desk.
It's made in walnut root and mahogany inside
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Peter Lovig Nielsen Flip-Top Teak Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Mid-Century Modern campaign desk features a glass cover on its writing surface, and a folding
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Teak
Homework Desk Glass Top and Wooden Drawer, by Niels Bendtsen from Bensen
By Bensen, Niels Bendtsen
Located in Vancouver, BC
.
Additional information:
- Dimensions: D. 70 x W. 122 x H. 73 cm.
Homework desk glass top and wooden
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Lucite and Inset Mirror Top Desk
By Geoffrey Bradfield
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary lucite desk with 3 inset antiqued mirror squares on the top surface, a shallow glass
Category
20th Century American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Lucite
French 1940
s Desk or Dining Table with Adjustable Bases, Burl and Glass Top
Located in Austin, TX
sides for desk use. Custom cut 1/4" glass protects the top.
See images of the table with desk
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Modular Desk Set with Black Glass Top by Mojmir Pozar, 1960s, Set of 3
By M. Požár
Located in Żory, PL
- desk: 120x40x75cm
They can be combined in various combinations, as shown in the photos.
The set is in
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th Century Ornate French Boulle Inlay Bureau Plat Desk with Glass Top
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful and gorgeous 19th century serpentine shaped French Boulle desk with brass inlay. Rare and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Desk in Wood with a Black Glass Top Attributed to Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in London, GB
A small wooden desk or dressing table with 2 drawers and brass handles and a black glass top
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Geometric Oak Wood Base with Glass Top Desk or Dining Table, Spain, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
1970's Spanish rectangular shaped glass top desk.
Can also be used as a dining table seating eight
Category
Vintage 1970s Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Italian Table with Red Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian table with red glass top.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Commode Desk Gianfranco Frattini Secretary Roll Top for Bernini, Italian, 1961
By Gianfranco Frattini, Gian Franco Frattini, Bernini
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The roll top opens by pulling out the leather covered worktop.
Composed by 10 drawers on the front
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
19th Century European Workbench as Glass Top Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming Danish carpenters workbench with modern tempered stand-off glass top. The workbench has
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Danish Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Italian Desk/ Dining Table with Wood Top and Black Metal Legs, 1950s
Located in London, GB
Italian table composed of a wooden top and wooden baguettes on which glass plateau is placed
The
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Minimalist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Bamboo Trestle Table with Glass Top and Chrome Detail
Located in Miami, FL
Bamboo Table with Glass Top and Chrome Corner Details.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Ethan Allen Queen Anne Cherry Wood Drop Front Secretary Desk with Curio Top
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ethan Allen Queen Anne cherrywood drop front secretary desk with curio top. Item features solid
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Cherry
Postmodernist Nero Marquina Marble and Glass Top Table
Located in London, GB
pillars supporting a thick glass rectangular top.
Can be used as a generous desk as well as a dining
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Solid Heavy Steen U Base French Art Deco Style Leather Top Desk style of Ruhlman
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a very heavy, solid steel, walnut and leather writing desk in the style of Jacques Emile
Category
Vintage 1980s Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Early German Carpenter
s And Joiner
s Workbench with Chrome Standoff Glass Top
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early German carpenter's and joiner's workbench with chrome standoff glass top.
Clear 1/2" thick
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
New Tendency Masa Table with Iridescent Glass Top
Brass Base
Located in Vancouver, BC
simplifying material and design. Glass surface with polished brass legs.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
20th Century Italian Art Deco Writing Desk in Walnut Veneered and Glass Top
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
walnut wood and a spacious glass top Comfortable size for a practical use. The desk is finished in every
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Desks
Materials
Glass, Walnut
1940s Art Deco Midcentury Italian Walnut Burl Wood Glass Top Writing Desk Table
By Vittorio Dassi, Guglielmo Ulrich, Ico
Luisa Parisi, Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern desk writing table, in beautiful veneer burl wood
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Glass
Italian Antique Walnut Brass Glass Top Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian antique desk or writing table with stylish carved legs veneer wood with two
Category
20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Boho Chic Vintage Handcrafted Bamboo Desk, Writing Desk with Drawer
Glass Top
Located in Miami, FL
Boho chic vintage handcrafted bamboo desk, writing desk with drawer & glass top.
Stunner done with
Category
Vintage 1970s Philippine Bohemian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Paint, Bamboo, Rattan
1960s Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Walnut Glass Top Desk Writing Table
By Charles and Ray Eames, Gio Ponti
Located in Carimate, Como
completed by the black glass top and is ideal in any room as a small stand alone corner desk, being finished
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Mid-Century Italian Walnut Sliding Glass Top Secretary Tall Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant and classic Mid-Century Modern Italian walnut wood desk console, writing table
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Glass
1960s Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Walnut Brass Glass Top Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Mid-Century Modern small desk or writing table with stylish legs and veneer
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1960s Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Walnut Brass Glass Top Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Mid-Century Modern small desk or writing table with stylish legs and veneer
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1960s Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Walnut Brass Glass Top Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Mid-Century Modern desk or writing table, inspired to Scandinavian Modern
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Brass and Wood Writing Desk or Dining Table with Glass Top, C 1955
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An Italian brass and wood writing desk or dining table with glass top, C 1955.
Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Glass Top X-Base Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique antiqued glass writing table features a wonderful chrome X-style base and two drawer
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
$1,500
Italian rosewood glass top writing table C 1960.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian rosewood and glass writing table of architectural form C 1960.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Rosewood
Jay Spectre Barrel Desk with Glass Top
By Century Furniture, Jay Spectre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jay Spectre for Century Furniture White Oak Desk with Glass Top. Desk Writing Surface is 29.75
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Oak
Chrome Saw Horse Leg Desk with Glass Top
Located in Stamford, CT
1970s chrome saw horse leg desk with new glass top. Desk legs without the glass top measure: 30
Category
Vintage 1970s American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Large Postmodern Memphis Style Glass Top Executive Desk
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large Memphis style glass top executive desk with two unique abstract steel sculptural bases and a
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Modern Desk with Glass Top and Gilt Metal
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilt metal.
Glass top.
Contemporary work.
Kidney form.
Category
2010s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
Vittorio Dassi Desk in Walnut with Glass Top
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Vittorio Dassi. The freeform, glass top is lifted upwards by the desk's base. Thanks to the creted space
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Square Stainless Profile Base Glass Top Dining Writing Work Station Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern square stainless profile base 3/4" glass top dining writing work station table
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Glass Top Aluminum Saw Horse Leg Table or Desk
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice glass top table or desk with saw horse aluminum legs. They are high quality with excellent
Category
Vintage 1970s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Carlo Mollino “Cavour” Office Desk – With Tempered Glass Top
Located in Barrowford, GB
” compact office-desk, presented in pale-wood and with a black tempered-glass top.
As you will no doubt be
Category
2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
Midcentury Italian Glass Top Dining Table or Desk, 1950s
Located in Berlin, DE
This elegant glass top dining table shows the great design of the 1950s in Italy. The glass top is
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Signed and numbered Le Corbusier Glass Top Desk
By Le Corbusier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed and numbered Le Corbusier Glass Top Desk. Signed and numbered Cassina Maestri edition of the
Category
Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Oak Desk with blue Glass Top, Italy, Mid-20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Mid-century style desk featuring an elegant blue glass top and an oak body. A central drawer with a
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Oak
Vintage Washed Wicker Reed Rattan Desk, Fitted Inset Glass Top
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Washed Wicker Reed Desk with Fitted Inset Glass Top
Offered for sale is a vintage wicker
Category
Late 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wicker, Rattan, Reed, Glass, Wood
executive 1950
s center desk with crystal glass on top
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2646
Splendid executive 1950's desk with crystal glass on top and two very nice windows
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Jansen Style, Glass-Top Writing or Conference Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Jansen style writing table.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Italian Unique Pine Desk Console Black Opaline Glass Top, 1960
Located in Rome, IT
Interesting and original pine and opaline desk console, circa 1960
unique piece prototype for a
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Leather Top Deco Style Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This writing desk features a leather top with glass protector on an aluminum base. Single drawer
Category
20th Century Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Executive Large Desk by Vittorio Dassi with Floating Glass Top
By Dassi
Located in North Miami, FL
Exceptional original piece, green glass lower level and thick shaped top glass in perfect vintage
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Wood and Glass Top Desk, Italy, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-century wood and glass top desk - Italy, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Small desk Vittorio Dassi Milano Mahogany Brass Feet Minimal Design Glass Top
By Dassi Mobili Moderni
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Small desk Vittorio Dassi milano mahogany brass feet minimal design glass top black.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Charles Hollis Jones Mid-Century Modern Lucite Base Desk with Glass Top
Located in Astoria, NY
Charles Hollis Jones Mid-Century Modern desk with a Lucite base and a glass top. The piece was
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lucite, Glass
Italian Dattilo
Grissinato
Desk Made in Walnut with Carved Legs and Glass Top
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
Unique and exceptional Italian dattilo desk made in solid walnut. Covered with a glass top it was
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vittorio Dassi Mid-Century Modern Desk Italian Design Glass Often Top Brass Feet
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Vittorio Dassi desk Italian Mid-Century design, upstairs in a very thick glass, fine wood with
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Light Amber Bamboo Glass Top One Drawer Low Profile Compact Desk w/ Chair MINT
By John Wisner, McGuire, Paul Frankl, Ficks Reed
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Light Amber Bamboo Glass Top One Drawer Low Profile Compact Desk w/ Chair MINT
chair dimensions
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rattan, Glass
Italian Mid-Century Oak Desk Gio Ponti Inspired, with Brass Feet and Glass Top
By Gio Ponti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
, a central drawer with key, a green glass top and brass feet.
Condition: Restored and refinished
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1940s Lady Desk Withmirror Vanitie Carlo de Carli Attributed Lacquered Glass Top
By Carlo di Carli
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Lady desk or vanitie or console, Carlo de Carli attributed, two drawers, with blue lacquered glass
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mirror, Walnut
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An assortment of glass top writing desks is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of glass, metal and wood, all glass top writing desks available were constructed with great care. Find 82 antique and vintage glass top writing desks at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 12 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. Glass top writing desks have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Glass top writing desks made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. If space is limited, there are small glass top writing desks measuring 16.25 inches across. Many glass top writing desks are appealing in their simplicity, but Matthias Demacker, Vittorio Dassi and Dassi produced popular glass top writing desks that are worth a look.
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The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $3,840, while they’re typically $10 on the low end and $37,500 highest priced.
Finding the Right Desks And Writing Tables for You
Choosing the perfect writing desk or writing table is a profoundly personal journey, one that people have been embarking upon for centuries.
Queen Atossa of Persia, from her writing table circa 500 B.C., is said to have been the originator of the art of handwritten letters. Hers was reportedly the first in a long and colorful history of penned correspondence that grew in popularity alongside literacy. The demand for suitable writing desks, which would serve the composer of the letters as well as ensure the comfort of the recipient naturally followed, and the design of these necessary furnishings has evolved throughout history.
Once people began to seek freedom from the outwardly ornate styles of the walnut and rosewood writing desks and drafting tables introduced in the name of Queen Victoria and King Louis XV, radical shifts occurred, such as those that materialized during the Art Nouveau period, when designers longed to produce furniture inspired by the natural world’s beauty. A prime example is the work of the famous late-19th-century Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí — his rolltop desk featured deep side drawers and was adorned with carved motifs that paid tribute to nature. Gaudí regularly combined structural precision with decorative elements, creating beautiful pieces of furniture in wood and metal.
Soon afterward, preferences for sleek, geometric, stylized forms in furniture that saw an emphasis on natural wood grains and traditional craftsmanship took hold. Today, Art Deco desks are still favored by designers who seek to infuse interiors with an air of luxury. One of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco movement was French decorator and furniture designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. With his use of neoclassical motifs as well as expensive and exotic materials such as imported dark woods and inlays of precious metals for his writing desks, Ruhlmann came to symbolize good taste and modernity.
The rise in appreciation for Scandinavian modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary writing desks. It employs the “no fuss” or “less is more” approach to creating a tasteful, sophisticated space. Sweden’s master cabinetmaker Bruno Mathsson created gallery-worthy designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto never viewed himself as an artist, but, like Mathsson, his furniture designs reflected a fondness for organic materials and a humanistic approach. Danish designers such as Hans Wegner introduced elegant shapes and lines to mid-century desks and writing tables, often working in oak and solid teak.
From vintage desks to contemporary styles, 1stDibs offers a broad spectrum of choices for conducting all personal and business writing and reading activities.
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