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Brazilian Modern Desk in Cerejera Hardwood, Geraldo de Barros, 1970s Brazil
By Geraldo de Barros
Located in New York, NY
Available now, this Mid-Century Modern Desk designed by Geraldo de Barros for Hobjeto is is
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Vintage 1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Hardwood

1950s desk from "La cité d Anthony"
By Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina
Located in PAU, FR
, Charlotte Perriand, Marcel Gascoin... Formica top, tubular metal legs, solid wood box. Height : 76 cm Width
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

1950s desk from "La cité d
Anthony"
1950s desk from "La cité d
Anthony"
$1,141 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Elegant Italian Small Desk in Ash and Walnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Writing desk, ash, walnut, brass, formica, Italy, 1950s Very elegant desk made in Italy in the
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Ash, Walnut

Vintage Writing Desk 1960s Mahogany Veneered Enameled Metal
Located in Milano, IT
Desk with double column side drawers in enamelled metal and mahogany veneered wood with Formica
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Industrial Midcentury Desk by Raymond Loewy for Brunswick
By Brunswick Co., Raymond Loewy
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantastic industrial midcentury desk by renowned French designer Raymond Loewy for Brunswick of
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20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Chrome

Italian Table Desk Design I.S.A. Bergamo Style
By ISA Bergamo
Located in taranto, IT
Original 60s curved desk, probable production I.S.A. Bergamo. Structure in fir wood with veneers
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Iron

20th Century Italian Small Mahogany Schirolli Mantova Writing Table by Gio Ponti
By Schirolli, Gio Ponti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century modern Italian writing table made of hand carved Mahogany, designed by Gio
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Laminate, Formica, Mahogany

Gio Ponti Writing Desk in Walnut and Brass for the BNL Offices, Italy 1940s
By Schirolli, Gio Ponti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A rare and collectable walnut desk with brass ferrules designed by Gio Ponti and produced by
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Jorge Zalszupin. Rare Desk "Diplomate", c. 1960. 72 x 210 x 110 cm
By L’Atelier, Jorge Zalszupin
Located in PARIS, FR
Jorge Zalszupin (1922–2020) Rare Desk "Diplomate", c. 1960 This rare and sculptural “Diplomate
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

Fine French 1950s Table by Henri Lancel
By Atelier Primavera au Printemps, Henri Lancel
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Mid-Century black lacquered metal base table with a blue formica top. Designed by
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Friso Kramer Revolt folding table Ahrend Netherlands 1955
By Ahrend de Cirkel, Friso Kramer
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
design. This particular table stands out with its rectangular off white Formica top and rare olive green
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Scrittoio degli Anni 50-60 restaurato
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
, piano ricoperto in formica. Completamente restaurato.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Formica, Beech

1950s Diner Vintage Dry Bar Formica Reception Desk
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
1950s Diner Vintage Dry Bar Formica Reception Desk A superb and extremely rare piece, the greeter
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Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Formica

Small Desk 1950s
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Scrittoio con sotto piano, legno di faggio tinto e piano in legno ricoperto in formica.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Formica, Beech

Friso Kramer Reform Table Small Ahrend de Cirkel, 1963
By Friso Kramer, Ahrend de Cirkel
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Kramer, a Signe d´Or for its functionalism and design in that period! Would look great in any mid-century
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Mid-Century Italian Mahogany and Formica End / Side Tables (Style of Gio Ponti)
By Gio Ponti
Located in Queens, NY
2 Italian Mid-Century (1950s) mahogany small table desk featuring a high slanted backrail, light
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

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Formica, Wood

Mid-Century Formica Waterfall Console Table, attributed to Karl Springer, 1970s
By Karl Springer
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Originally sourced in the USA this post modern / 1980s waterfall shape formica console table adds a
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Formica

Stewart MacDougall 1970s Room Divider with Desk, Birch, Walnut Formica
By Stewart MacDougall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully conceived room divider with integrated desk from the 1970s, designed by Stewart
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

Materials

Metal

Pair of Midcentury Chromed Steel Italian Trestles After Milo Baughman, 1970s
By Milo Baughman
Located in Roma, IT
Pacific Iron. In 1948, he created the California Modern collection using walnut, iron, and Formica, and
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Steel, Chrome

1950s Mid-Century Table with Drawer, Solid Beech, Top in Formica, Brass Feet
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Iconic Italian midcentury modern table with drawer in solid beech with the top in formica by
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

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Brass

Mid Century Waterfall Vanity/Desk and Stool Springer Style
By Karl Springer
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Springer. Formica burl surface with front mirrored band. Center drawer. Complimenting stool in great
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vanities

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Upholstery, Mirror, Formica

Martin Visser Style Modernist White Formica and Chrome Table
By Martin Visser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modernist, 1960's dining table or desk with attractive white Formica top and a polished chrome
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

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Chrome

Aluminum Base Parsons Dining Table with Black Formica Leaves
By Milo Baughman
Located in New York, NY
Nice quality aluminum base parsons table, with plate glass top, and two black formica refractory
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

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Aluminum

Martin Eisler for Forma. Mid-Century Modern Folding Center/Dining Table in Wood
By Martin Eisler
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Brazilian wood also known as "golden wood"), this piece can serve as both dining table or writing desk when
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Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Center Tables

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Formica, Wood

Midcentury Formica and Ceramic Box by Einar Johansen Søholm for Torben Ørskov
By Einar Johansen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
High-quality desk cigarette or decorative box composed of a glazed ceramic lid with a globe in
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic, Formica

Sloane Mayer, Washington DC Mid-Century Walnut Three Drawer Cabinet / Side Chest
Located in Germantown, MD
Sloane Mayer, Washington D C Mid-Century Walnut Two-Part Fall Front Desk. Great vintage condition
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Formica, Walnut

Mid-century dining table and 4 chairs by Salvarani Depositato Italy 1950s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Mid-century dining table and 4 chairs by Salvarani Depositato made in Italy in the 1950s The design
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

Materials

Metal

Restored Mid Century Rattan Dresser/Vanity Bedroom Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
highboy dresser, nightstand, and small writing desk/vanity. The set features Formica tops and fronts
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Vintage 1950s American Bedroom Sets

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Rattan, Formica

George Nelson for Herman Miller Pedestal Dining Table Desk, 1960
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Vienna, AT
Unusual original dining or desk table by George Nelson for Herman Miller, mid century Dimensions
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

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Aluminum

Brazilian Modern Dresser with Six drawers in Hardwood, Jorge Zalszupin, c. 1970s
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in New York, NY
dresser like this will look great in any type of environment, from mid-century to contemporary and modern
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dressers

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Hardwood, Formica

Branco e Preto Carlos Milan Brazilian mid-century coffee table jacaranda, 1950
By Branco Preto, Carlos Milan
Located in Barcelona, ES
, in São Paulo. Open until 1970, the store was a symbol of interior architecture and modern furniture
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Jacaranda

American of Martinsville Double Chest of Drawers Vanity / Desk
By American of Martinsville
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
lacquer with white Formica tops and ceramic pulls. Each chest features 3 deep drawers and desk / vanity
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Ceramic, Wood, Lacquer

Florence Knoll Dining Conference Desk Table Bronze Star Base X Large Walnut
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in San Diego, CA
X large Knoll conference table circa 1970s great design can be used like a dining table or desk
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Conference Tables

Materials

Bronze

Brazilian Modern Chest in Hardwood Brass by Geraldo de Barros, 1950s, Brazil
By Geraldo de Barros
Located in New York, NY
will make this desk an absolute must in everyone’s mid modern century collection. Geraldo de Barros
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Dra...

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Brass

Martin Eisler Carlos Hauner Model "Reversible" modern Brazilian armchair 1955
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, Forma Brazil
Located in Barcelona, ES
Paulo. Existing until 1970, it was one of the precursors of interior architecture and modern-inspired
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Iron

Wim Rietveld small Pyramid table Ahrend Netherlands 1960
By Wim Rietveld, Ahrend de Cirkel
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
just a functional table but a collector’s item that celebrates mid-century industrial design. Chairs
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Metal

Branco e Preto Pair of Modern Brazilian Armchairs solid jacaranda wood, fabric
By Branco Preto
Located in Barcelona, ES
1970, it was one of the precursors of interior architecture and modern-inspired furniture in Brazil
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Jacaranda

Table in Oak Brass and Red Laminate Italian Manifacture 1950s Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Large table or desk with structure in oak wood, tabletop in red laminate and brass details
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Brass

Aldo Van Den Nieuwelaar for Pastoe "A dammer" Standing Storage Cabinet, 1978
By Aldo van den Nieuwelaar, Pastoe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aldo Van Den Nieuwelaar for Pastoe "A'dammer" standing cabinet with hidden desk and vertically
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Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

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Plastic, Formica, Wood

Agner Christoffersen Elm Dressing suite, 1936
By Agner Christoffersen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
. Christoffersen, Denmark. The suite comprising a desk with black formica top, tambour door storage and drawer
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Vintage 1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Bedroom Sets

Materials

Nickel

Vintage Danish Teak Console Table by Centrum Møbler
By Centrum Møbler
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid century modern console table manufactured by Centrum Mobler, Denmark circa 1970's. Includes two
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Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Console Tables

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Formica, Teak

Vladimir Kagan for Grosfeld House Set of Nesting Tables, Very Rare 1950s, Signed
By Vladimir Kagan, Grosfeld House
Located in Los Angeles, CA
label, and documented in early Grosfeld House advertisements. This Mid-Century Modern set of four
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Vintage 1950s American Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables

Materials

Brass

Charlotte Perriand
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Grenoble, FR
Charlotte perriand hanging cabinet in formica and larch with slatted doors. wall-mounted desk with
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dressers

Materials

Ash

1960s Buffet Dry bar by Mobile di Cantù, Ico Luisa Parisi attributed in Walnut
By Ico Luisa Parisi, Consorzio Esposizione Mobili Cantù
Located in Vigonza, Padua
, in Tuscan Rigatino Walnut, with internal inserts (tops) in crystal and Formica. Black silkscreen
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Walnut

Set of 3 Mathieu Matégot Perforated Sheet and Tubular Metal Chairs
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Hastings, GB
making handcrafted furniture using a variety of materials such as metal, rattan, glass, formica, and
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Metal

Rare Table by Willy Van Meeren for the HBK Bank Building, 1967
By Willy Van Der Meeren
Located in Paris, FR
copies with a white formica top made for the cafeteria and 17 copies with a fruit tree wood top made for
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Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Metal, Steel

Midcentury Bamboo and Rattan Cocktail Console Table after Franco Albini, 1960s
By Franco Albini
Located in Roma, IT
featuring a rattan decoration and a table top in formica enriched below by a spiral decoration
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan

Rare Greta Von Nessen Double Cone Adjustable Table Lamp
By Nessen Lighting, Greta Von Nessen
Located in Oakland, CA
reflector; a 1930 desk lamp with a dull chromium base, Formica trim, rubber shaft, and a tilting metal shade
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Aluminum, Chrome

Large Italian Mid-Century Modern Writing Desk
Located in Berlin, Germany
Large Italian Mid-Century Modern writing desk. Spectacular large writing / working desk made in the
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

20th Century, Italian Desk 1960s Made of Ash and Peach Formica
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century, Italian desk 1960s with floating drawers made of iron, brass, formica and ash tree
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass, Iron

Czechoslovak Midcentury Chrome and Formica Writing Desk, 1950s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Midcentury writing desk with three plastic drawer. It has a construction of chrome pipes and a
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Superb Italian Formica Child Desk, circa 1960
Located in Megeve, FR
Superb Italian formica child desk, circa 1960. In excellent condition, steel structure on four
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass, Steel

Heywood-Wakefield Mid-Century Modern Desk
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Unique Heywood-Wakefield desk marries Hollywood Regency classicism with atomic-age detailing
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Gio Ponti writing desk for Schirolli Italian Mid-Century 1960
By Schirolli, Gio Ponti
Located in Firenze, Toscana
, the upper one with lock, solid wood and formica top. Mid Century Modern Italy 1960.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Formica

Eames ESU D-20-C Desk
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Hudson, NY
Designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller, 1951. Made of wood, metal, formica. Herman
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Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Modernist Desk Made in Italy in 1955
Located in New York, NY
Exciting modernist desk made in Milan, 1955, unusual architectural form, mahogany with steel frame
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Midcentury Child s Desk with a Set of Drawers
Located in Brno, CZ
This children's desk was produced in former Czechoslovakia but was strongly influenced by
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Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Formica, Oak

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Mid Century Modern Desk Formica For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the mid century modern desk formica you’re looking for. A mid century modern desk formica — often made from laminate, formica and wood — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a mid century modern desk formica — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A mid century modern desk formica is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made mid century modern desk formica over the years, but those crafted by George Nelson, Ahrend de Cirkel and Gio Ponti are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Mid Century Modern Desk Formica?

A mid century modern desk formica can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,549, while the lowest priced sells for $525 and the highest can go for as much as $35,000.

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.