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Early Paolo Piva "Meridiana" Desk or Task Lamp for Stefano Cevoli, Italy, 1980s
By Paolo Piva, Stefano Cevoli
Located in Miami, FL
rendered in creamy off-white plastic and painted steel, designed by Paolo Piva for Stefao Cevoli, Italy
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Steel

Romeo Rega Italian Faux Tortoise Brass and Nickel Desk / Center Table, 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in New York, NY
double-framed eglomise glass top is a magnificent Work of Art painted on reverse with faux tortoise decor
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

Materials

Brass, Nickel, Gold Leaf

Mid-Century Italian Black and Brass Articulating Desk or Task Lamp, 1970s
By Stilnovo, Gio Ponti
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Italian articulating desk task table lamp rendered in black powder coated steel with
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

Vintage Italian Green Ceramic and Chrome Magnetic Desk Lamp by Goffredo Reggiani
By Goffredo Reggiani, Reggiani Lampadari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp designed by Goffredo Reggiani (ca. 1970s, Italy). Composed of a chrome 'eye-ball
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Chrome

Black and Brass Desk Lamp Attributed to Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce, Italy, 1950s
By O-Luce, Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in London, GB
Brass table or desk lamp, with black shade and base, attributed to Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce (or
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Metal

"Acrilica" Desk Lamp by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo, O-Luce
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A lucite and metal "Acrilica" desk lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce, Italy c.1962. This lamps
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Postmodern Articulating Desk or Task lamp
By Memphis Milano, Memphis Group
Located in Miami, FL
Desk or task lamp with an articulating arm and weight system rendered in white steel, 1980s.
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Steel

20th Century Sterling Silver Writing Desk Miniature
By Argenteria Sacchetti
Located in VALENZA, IT
Miniature of antique writing desk made entirely by hand in briar with details in sterling silver
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Other Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Lotek Artemide Javier Mariscal Desk Lamp Postmodern Style
By Javier Mariscal, Artemide
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Desk lamp designed by Javier Mariscal for Artemide. Postmodern style desk lamp. Structural lamp
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Steel, Aluminum

Ernesto Gismondi Sintesi Table or Desk Lamp, Artemide
By Ernesto Gismondi, Artemide
Located in Buffalo, NY
The Sintesi lamp was designed in 1976 by Ernesto Gismondi, the founder of the Italian lighting
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Metal

Berenice Alberto Meda Paolo Rizatto Desk Lamp 1980s Style Postmodern
By Alberto Meda, Lucepan, Paolo Rizzatto
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Berenice desk lamp designed by Alberto Meda and Paolo Rizzatto for Luceplan. Made of steel. All
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Steel

Robert Sonneman Articulating Adjustable Mable and Chrome Table Desk Task Lamp
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Miami, FL
Minimalist articulating table desk or task lamp rendered in white Carrara marble from Italy with a
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Carrara Marble, Steel, Chrome

Rare Desk by Gio Ponti
By Giordano Chiesa, Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Mahogany, brass, back-painted glass. Made by Giordano Chiesa for the offices of Vembi Boroughs
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century Italian Painted Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Italian Painted Desk 46''w x 28''d x 32''h
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks

19th Century Italian Painted Desk with Matching Stool
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Italian Painted Desk with Matching Stool Desk: 29"W 20"D x 38"H Stool
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

1930 s Italian painted desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
1930's Italian two drawer painted desk. New leather insert.Enough of a lip to insert a glass top
Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Desks

Materials

Wood

19th c Italian desk
Located in Houston, TX
Italian painted desk c. 1860, cream/white painted base with a darker top, nice patina and very
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

ANTIQUE HAND PAINTED ITALIAN DESK
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
Hand painted Italian desk.
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Italian Painted Writing Desk or Table
Located in Nashville, TN
This early 20th century writing desk with two drawers features lyre shaped legs and a curved
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Italian Carved And Painted Desk And Chair
Located in Miami, FL
19th C Italian carved and painted desk on a stretcher base with a matching chair with a cain back
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

19th C. Painted Italian Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Painted Italian Desk 40''w X 21''d X31''h
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks

19th C. Painted Italian Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Painted Italian Desk 32''W X 39''H X 18''D
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks

Italian painted slant-front desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Important and rare Italian (Marche) paint-decorated slant-front desk.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks

Materials

Wood

1920 Painted Italian Desk with Fabulous Orange Onyx Top
Located in Charlotte, NC
Beautiful hand painted Italian desk with gilt detail. Unusual onyx top adds a pop of color.
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Onyx

Antique Painted Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular walnut top above a long drawer raised on tapering legs.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Painted Venetian Desk / Dressing Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant Italian Venetian Dressing Table / Desk made late in the 19th century in the mid 18th
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Paint, Mirror

1950s Italian Desk
Located in London, GB
Mahogany top, black painted metal frame, brass handles and plastic drawers, very chic Italian desk
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass, Metal

1790s Italian Painted Wood Desk with Hidden Drawers and Faux Leather Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian painted wood desk from the late 18th century with hidden drawers, faux leather top and
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Italian Florentine Gilded Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Florentine Louis XV style gilded and painted desk, vanity, or console, circa 1950s. The
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Paint

C. 1940 Italian Chinosserie Painted Drop Leaf Desk/ Dresser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
C. 1940 Italian chinosserie painted drop leaf serpentine front desk/dresser. The painting on this
Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Desks

Materials

Wood, Paint

Late 18th Century Painted Italian Desk from Luca
Located in Richmond, VA
Late 18th Century Painted Slant Top Italian Desk from Luca
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks

c. 1920 Hand Painted Italian Desk or Dresser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
C. 1920 Hand painted desk/dresser. When closed, it looks like a dresser with three spacious drawers
Category

20th Century Italian Desks

Venetian Painted Desk
Located in Pasadena, CA
Circa 1900, this finely painted fall front desk is made of pine and features wonderfully hand
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Desks

Materials

Wood

Venetian Painted Secretary / Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very decorative 19th Century Venetian secretary with original paint decoration (ldd9455/10)
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks

Materials

Wood, Paint

Italian Painted Writing Table
Located in London, GB
Italian provincial painted single drawer writing table, the cream ground over painted with floral
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Painted Venetian Rococo Style Desk and Chair
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A late nineteenth-century Rococo revival pale yellow desk painted on the top, sides and drawers
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Desks and Writing Tables

Italian Multicolored Desk
Located in Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Italian multicolored desk.
Category

Vintage 1980s Desks

Materials

Steel

Italian Neoclassical Painted Escritoire, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Italian Neoclassical Writing Table or Escritoire, with Cream Painted and Parcel Gilt Legs
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Mid 19th C. Venetian Painted Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 19th Century Venetian Painted Desk - Beautiful Bombay 27''w x 38''h x 20''d
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks

#3369 Italian Neoclassical Painted White Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
Small Italian Neoclassical Writing Table. Elegant white, light blue and cream painted finish with
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Italian Painted Bureau
Located in Mississauga, ON
An Italian Painted Neoclassical Slant front Bureau with drop front above two drawers raised on
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Desks

Materials

Tulipwood, Poplar

18thC Painted Italian Side Chair
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Wonderful carved and painted side chair
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Wood

19th Century Venetian painted Lady s writing desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautiful Venetian Grand tour writing desk painted front and back in floral cartouches
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks

Italian painted and parcel gilt rococo style writing table
Located in Norwalk, CT
Italian painted and parcel gilt rococo style writing table in the Jansen style, made of oak with a
Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Desks and Writing Tables

1950 s Italian Painted Steel Faux Bamboo Campaign Table
Located in Washington, DC
1950's Italian Painted Steel Faux Bamboo Campaign Table
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Desk by Mauro Reggiani
By Mauro Reggiani
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Rare and important desk by Italian Artist Mauro Reggiani, Italy, circa 1958, in laminated wood
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

ITALIAN BAROQUE CARVED GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TABLE
Located in San Francisco, CA
A MAGICAL ITALIAN BAROQUE CARVED GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT RECTANGULAR SIDE TABLE WITH PIED DE
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks and Writing Tables

Italian Faux Bois Paint Decorated Bureau
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Italian Faux Painted Bureau. Wonderfull Old Original Painted Finish.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Neoclassical Desks

Materials

Wood

Louis XVI Style Chinoiserie Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
This unusual painted wooden desk has fluted legs which are topped with bronze rings, end in bronze
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Fornasetti Console/Desk
By Fornasetti
Located in Sarasota, FL
The Fornasetti Desk / Console has 3 drawers with black pull handles. Four sided tapered legs
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Greco Roman Desks

Materials

Paint, Wood

Ico Parisi Executive Desk
By Ico Parisi
Located in Porto, PT
L shape writing desk and sideboard in cheerywood, painted black tubular steel legs, polished
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Italian Painted Table / Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Very attractive lines with nicely worn gold and off-white/cream colored paint.
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Tables

Materials

Wood

Gilded Florentine Writing Table/Vanity
Located in Miami, FL
in places and the wood in others. Original stickers made in Italy remain. Finished on all sides so it
Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Paint

George Sowden Violetta Memphis Milano Table, 2018
By Memphis Group, George Sowden
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Milanese design collective referred to as the Memphis Group. Materials consist of painted metal
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Gae Aulenti Midcentury Black Metal and Glass "Gaetano" Table for Zanotta, 1970
By Gae Aulenti, Zanotta
Located in Lucca, IT
enameled metal folding working horses alike base. Documented: See Repertorio Italian design book at page
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Crystal, Metal

Gae Aulenti Midcentury Black Metal and Glass "Gaetano" Table for Zanotta, 1970
By Gae Aulenti, Zanotta
Located in Lucca, IT
enmeled metal folding working horses alike base. Documented: See Repertorio Italian design book at page
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Crystal, Metal

Ico Parisi Work Table
By Ico Parisi
Located in Porto, PT
Work table in cheerywood, painted black tubular steel legs, polished aluminium connectors
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

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Italian Painted Desks For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of Italian painted desks available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct Italian painted desks — often made from wood, metal and paint — can elevate any home. We have 192 antique and vintage Italian painted desks in-stock, while there are 15 modern editions to choose from as well. There are all kinds of Italian painted desks available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Italian painted desks made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many Italian painted desks are appealing in their simplicity, but Ale Preda, Miduny and Luciano Mattioli produced popular Italian painted desks that are worth a look.

How Much are Italian Painted Desks?

Italian painted desks can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,498, while the lowest priced sells for $125 and the highest can go for as much as $60,000.
Questions About Italian Painted Desks
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 24, 2021
    Yes, you can paint a leather desk top. You can transform an old leather desk top and add visual appeal with easy-to-use leather paint. If you don’t feel confident in trying this by yourself, get in touch with a furniture restorer or related professional for help. Find a variety of leather desk tops on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024
    The first Italian painter to paint realistic figures was Giotto di Bondone. His works marked a departure from the elongated, stylized forms common in early Christian art and served as inspiration for Italian Renaissance painters. Giotto's most famous paintings include Lamentation, the Ognissanti Madonna, the Kiss of Judas and Pentecost. Explore a diverse assortment of fine art on 1stDibs.