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Danish Modern Floating Top Desk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stunning Danish modern teak desk designed and manufactured in Denmark, circa 1960s. The top has a
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Wood, Teak

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

George Nelson Executive Floating Desk
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in South Charleston, WV
a bold modernist floating desk. One of our best restorations yet with the walnut appearing brilliant
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Midcentury Danish Modern Teak Wood Floating Top Writing Desk with Cubby Back
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage midcentury Danish modern teak wood floating top writing desk with cubby back. Item features
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Vintage Danish Freestanding Teak Desk with Floating Top, 1950s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish Freestanding Teak Desk with Floating Top, 1950s. Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

Vintage Danish Freestanding Teak Desk with Floating Top, 1960s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish Freestanding Teak Desk with Floating Top, 1960s. Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Danish Modern Freestanding Teak Desk with Floating Top, 1960s
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish Modern Freestanding Teak Desk with Floating Top, 1960s. Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Italian Midcentury Floating Glass Executive Desk by Vittorio Dassi
By Mobilificio Dassi
Located in Westport, CT
in the 1950s for professionals. The thick floating glass top rests on the desk legs while a thin
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

1950s Milo Baughman for Drexel Blond Floating Top Desk
By Drexel, Milo Baughman
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful blond elm wood Milo Baughman for Drexel Writers Desk from the " Todays Living" collection
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Elm

Modernist Jens Risom Floating Executive Desk in Peruvian Walnut
By Jens Risom
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Mid-Century Modern executive desk designed by Jens Risom. Desk has all of the ammenities
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Stainless Steel

Mid Century Walnut Writing Desk and Chair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern floating brown walnut desk and chair. Very well kept and has been
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Drexel “Biscayne” Floating Leather Top Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drexel “Biscayne” Floating Leather Top Desk
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Leather, Walnut

Rosewood Desk on Floating Chrome Base by Ste. Marie Laurent
By Ste. Marie and Laurent
Located in Stamford, CT
A rosewood desk on floating chrome base by Ste. Marie Laurent.
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Paul Laszlo Desk With Floating Top for Brown Saltman
By Brown Saltman, Paul Laszlo
Located in Van Nuys, CA
his furniture and interiors than his buildings. The desk was originally designed for the Brown
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Drexel "Biscayne" Floating Leather Top Desk
By Drexel
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Floating top desk by Drexel. Features chrome pulls and leather top. The left drawer has a file slot
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Leather, Walnut

Johannes Sorth Rosewood Floating Top Desk
By Bornholm Møbelfabrik
Located in Cambridge, US
Denmark, ca. 1960s. An elegant executive desk by Johannes Sorth for Bornholm. Features richly
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Rosewood

Italian Floating Executive Desk Black and Chrome, Italy, 1970
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Stunning large executive desk by unknown designer or manufacturer, Italy, 1970. This very nice
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

1950s Vintage Atomic Desk in Walnut with Floating Cabinet Lamp
By Heal s, Milo Baughman, Paul McCobb, Greta Magnusson Grossman
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
floating cabinet reveal desk tidy slots and ample storage. The lamp can be positioned for direct or
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Vintage Danish Freestanding Teak Desk with Floating Curved Top, 1960s
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish Freestanding Teak Desk with Floating Curved Top, 1960s. Scandinavian Mid-Century
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Italian Floating Executive Desk Walnut and Chrome, Italy, 1970
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Stunning large executive desk by unknown designer or manufacturer, Italy 1970. This very nice
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Steel, Chrome

1950s Drexel "Perspective" Floating Top Desk Style After Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman, Drexel
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid century floating top desk design by Milo Baughman for Drexel "Perspective collection" in the
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Faux Leather, Wood

Floating Executive Desk, Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Mobelfabrik, Denmar, 1960 s
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Deland, FL
). Characterized by quintessential Mid-Century Danish design, this desk features clean, straight lines complemented
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

1960s Dramatic Desk in Floating Mahogany Eugenio Escudero Mexican Modernism
By Eugenio Escudero
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Desk Mexican Modernism style of Eugenio Escudero sculptural Mexican desk and vanity in rich
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Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Classic Modernist Walnut Floating Desk by Sherman Bertram of California
By Sherman Bertram, John Keal
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Mid-Century Modern design. This piece is spectacular, an absolutely beautiful desk. Very
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Jens Risom Style B. L. Marble Furniture Company Mid Century Walnut Floating Top
By Jens Risom, B.L. Marble Furniture
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Jens Risom Style B. L. Marble Furniture Company Mid Century walnut floating top executive desk This
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Vintage 1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Mid Century Walnut Desk
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A walnut Mid Century desk with floating top and two hanging drawers complemented by brass pulls
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Vintage 1950s American Desks

Materials

Brass

early Milo Baughman Glenn of California two-sided Floating Walnut Desk
By Glenn of California, Milo Baughman
Located in Bainbridge, NY
display shelving. Desk featured in the Whitney Museums 1985 exhibit "High Styles: Twentieth Century
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Glass, Walnut

A.P. Svenstrup Midcentury Danish Modern Teak Floating Form Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage A.P. Svenstrup midcentury Danish modern teak floating form writing desk. Item features drop
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

H.P. Hansen Floating Executive Desk in Teak
By H.P. Hansen
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-century executive floating top desk by H.P. Hansen manufactured in Demark circa 1970s. This
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Teak

Vintage Danish Modern Teak Floating Extension Desk by Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard
By Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid-Century Modern expandable desk in teak designed by Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard, Denmark. This
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Danish Modern Teak Floating Top Writing Desk by Bornholm, circa 1960s
By Bornholm Møbelfabrik
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A sleek and austere executive desk manufactured by Bornholm in Denmark during the 1960s, it is
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Peter Lovig Nielsen Floating-Top Executive Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant modern executive desk designed and manufactured by Peter Løvig Nielsen in Denmark, circa
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Brass

Danish Mid Century Desk Model FM59 by Kai Kristiansen
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A mid century floating top rosewood desk model FM59 designed by Kai Kristiansen and produced in
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

George Nelson for Herman Miller Floating Desk
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in South Charleston, WV
listing. Early Executive desk with rattan screen. Refinished and in excellent condition with a durable
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Steel

Peter Løvig Nielsen Executive Floating-Top Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen, Dansk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designer: Peter Løvig Nielsen Manufacturer: Lovig Dansk Period/Style: Danish Modern Country: Denmark Date: 1970’s Dimensions: 29.5″H x 60.75″L x 27.75″W Materials: Teak Con...
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Teak

Peter Løvig Nielsen Floating Top Teak Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen, Dansk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designer: Peter Løvig Nielsen. Manufacturer: Lovig Dansk. Period/Style: Danish modern. Country: Denmark. Date: 1970s. Dimensions: 29.5″ H x 60.75″ L x 27.75″ W. Materials: Te...
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Teak

Ebonized Milo Baughman Floating-Top Desk by Drexel
By Milo Baughman, Drexel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a fully restored Milo Baughman Floating-Top Desk from the Perspective line by Drexel. Desk
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Leather, Walnut

Rosewood Mid Century Modern Desk with Bookcase Front
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Mid Century Modern free floating desk in rosewood, probably Danish in origin, with a center
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Rosewood

1950 s Kai Kristiansen Style Pecan Writing Desk or Vanity with Floating Top
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch Mid-Century, 1950's, Kai Kristiansen style pecan writing desk with floating top. Lightly
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Hardwood, Teak

Drexel "Perspective" Floating Top Desk by Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman, Drexel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drexel "Perspective" Floating Top Desk by Milo Baughman
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Mahogany, Leather

Peter Lovig Nielsen Floating-Top Executive Danish Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Peter Lovig Nielsen Floating-Top Executive Danish desk.
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Wood, Teak

Italian Walnut Floating Desk With Brass Handles 1950
By Ico Parisi
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Fantastic shaped Italian desk made of walnut wood and has very nice and elegant shaped brass
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Brass

Danish Modern Floating Top Desk by Kai Kristiansen
By Feldballes Møbelfabrik, Kai Kristiansen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing Danish modern floating top desk designed by Kai Kristiansen for Feldballes Møbelfrabrik in
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Rare Italian Executive Desk with Floating Glass Top by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rare Italian executive desk designed by Italian designer Vittorio Dassi is a model type
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Glass, Rosewood

Danish Modern Cantilever Floating Desk by Georg Petersens
By Georg Petersens, Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
sculpted squared pulls. The desk appears to be floating atop the cantilevered base with extended
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Milo Baughman for Glenn of California Floating Desk
By Milo Baughman, Glenn of California
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic California design, c.1950s, a walnut executive desk with a broad floating writing surface
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Walnut

Danish Modern Floating Top Desk by Kai Kristiansen
By Feldballes Møbelfabrik, Kai Kristiansen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
An amazing Danish executive teak desk designed by Kai Kristiansen for Feldballes Møbelfabrik, model
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Early Floating Top Walnut Desk by Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman, Glenn of California
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Early midcentury desk designed by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California. This exceptional crafted
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Walnut

Danish Modern Kai Kristiansen Floating Top Teak Desk
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This desk has it all. The expansive work surface rests atop tapered legs from which a series of six
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Drexel "Perspective" Floating Top Desk by Milo Baughman
By Drexel, Milo Baughman
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This spectacular vintage desk was designed by Milo Baughman for Drexel's "Perspective" collection
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Faux Leather, Wood

1970s Rosewood and Leather Desk on Floating Chrome Base by Ste. Marie Laurent
By Ste. Marie and Laurent
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning 1970s modernist desk on floating chrome base by Ste. Marie Laurent, leather top. Rosewood
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Vintage 1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Peter Lovig Nielsen Floating Top Executive Teak Desk
By Lovig Dansk, Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designer: Peter Lovig Nielsen Manufacturer: Lovig Dansk Period/Style: Danish modern Country: Denmark Date: 1970s Dimensions: 29? H x 60.75? L x 28? W Materials: Teak Conditi...
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Teak

Danish Teak Executive Desk Floating Top w/ Bookshelf Back
Located in New York, NY
Danish Floating Top Desk with Bookshelf Back. Has six pull out drawers, and original key. Desk is
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Teak

1960 s Danish Modern Gunnar Nielsen Rosewood Writing Desk with Floating Top
By Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard
Located in Las Vegas, NV
within and around the desk, creating an unobtrusiveness that only a master designer can achieve. Mid
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Vintage 1960s Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood

Danish Modern Cantilever Floating Teak Desk by Georg Petersens
By Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik, Georg Petersens
Located in Los Angeles, CA
sculpted squared pulls. The desk appears to be floating atop the cantilevered base with extended
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Newly Refinished - Danish Modern Sculpted Teak Floating Top Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage designs that can seamlessly be incorpo...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Teak

Kai Kristiansen Teak Floating-Top Desk for Feldballes Mobelfabrik
By Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Møbelfabrik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designer: Kai Kristiansen Manufacturer: Feldballes Mobelfabrik Period/Style: Danish Modern Country: Denmark Date: 1960’s Dimensions: 29″H x 61″L x 28″W Materials: Teak Condi...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Teak

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Mid Century Floating Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal mid century floating desk for your home. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and teak, every mid century floating desk was constructed with great care. Find 376 options for an antique or vintage mid century floating desk now, or shop our selection of 8 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a mid century floating desk — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each mid century floating desk bearing mid-century modern, Scandinavian Modern or industrial hallmarks is very popular. A well-made mid century floating desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Kai Kristiansen, Milo Baughman and Drexel are consistently popular.

How Much is a Mid Century Floating Desk?

The average selling price for a mid century floating desk at 1stDibs is $3,731, while they’re typically $1 on the low end and $120,000 for the highest priced.

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.