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Modernist 1930s French Art Deco Office Desk in Black Lacquer with Tapering Ends
Located in Ulm, DE
Tapered desk
Piano lacquer in black high gloss
Work surface with real leather, beige
Shelf on
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
Modernist kids desk set Den Haag ca. 1950
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice modernist kids table and chair, made in Den Haag 1950. This set from 'De Haagse School
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Elegant Mid-Century Modernist Occasional / Desk Chair with Fluted Leg Detailing
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Mid-Century Modernist occasional / desk chair with walnut legs. This chairs front tapered
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Rare Modernist Writing Desk by Jos De Mey for Van Den Berghe-Pauvers, 1960s
By Van den Berghe-Pauvers 1, Jos De Mey
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
Fantastic writing desk from the ‘Abtracta’ series designed by Jos De Mey and produced in Belgium by
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Modernist Art Deco Partners Desk , In The Style Of Gilbert Rohde Or Paul Frankl
Located in Bernville, PA
Professionally restored American Cubist Desk by Fox Modern. Very much in the style of Paul Frankl
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Art Deco Eileen Gray Desk Lamp Made by Jumo, 1930s
By Eileen Gray
Located in Oirlo, LI
Art Deco Eileen gray desk lamp made by Jumo,1930s
A modernist desk lamp designed for Jumo by
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Sophisticated Mid-Century Modernist German Desk Set in Brass and Leather
Located in New York, NY
A very elegant desk set which includes a nine-inch/23-centimeter ruler, letter opener with
Category
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Brass, Steel
Mid-Century Modernist Bentwood Occasional or Desk Chair by Dakota Jackson
By Donghia
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century desk chair by Dakota Jackson features a bentwood arm design with tapered legs with
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Rare Dutch Modernist Writing Desk Made by Architect, 1950
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Very nice one off writing desk made by a Dutch architect, Holland, 1950. This is a true piece of
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Modernist Blonde Mahogany Asymmetrical Partners Desk with Nickeled Detail
Located in New York City, NY
Fabulous French modern blonde mahogany partners desk of asymmetrical design featuring three drawer
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Nickel
Rare Mid Century Fontana Arte Modernist Glass Pen Stand
Ashtray Desk Set
By Fontana Arte
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Circa 1950's
Thick slabs of light sea green glass pen stand and ashtray desk set by the esteemed
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Glass
An early modernist
BIRKA
desk designed by Axel Einar Hjorth
Located in New York, NY
An early modernist 'BIRKA' desk designed by Axel Einar Hjorth circa 1933 for Nordiska Kompaniet
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Desks
Art Deco Eileen Gray Desk Lamp Made by Jumo, 1930s
By Eileen Gray
Located in Oirlo, LI
Art Deco Eileen gray desk lamp made by Jumo, 1930s
A modernist desk lamp designed for Jumo by
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
"Amoeba" Desk
Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
modernist furniture, the desk features a biomorphic, amoeba-shaped tabletop that challenges conventional
Category
Mid-20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Mahogany, Teak
$10,000
Danish Teak Double Sided Desk with 6 Drawers, 1960s, Modernist Design
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
Superb Scandinavian Executive desk. 2 x 3 drawers at the front, the top drawers lockable, keys
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
French Modernist Cerused Oak Table
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Beautiful cerused oak table or desk, bold geometric design, the style of Dudouyt.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Modernist Writing/console Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
French Art Deco Modernist writing/side/console table with both original cerused oak top and a
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Modernist Bombay Rosewood
Scrub Pine Desk + Chair by George Sneed Circa 1970s
Located in Norwich, GB
An English Modernist design solid Bombay rosewood and scrubbed pine desk along with rosewood and
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Vintage 1970s English Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Rosewood, Pine, Leather
Unique Large 40
s Pierre Pouradier Duteil Desk in Blackened Wood Modernist, 1940
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Large modernist two-seater desk from the 1940s by Grenoble architect Pierre Pouradier Duteil
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood, Oak
Brass Modernist Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of simple geometric brass bookends. Good vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$400 / set
Jacques Adnet Oak Tripod Writing Desk
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oak tripod writing desk by French modernist architect Jacques Adnet c. 1950's. This desk features a
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Large art deco desk in black modernist lacquer in the style of Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Large French modernist corner desk from the 50s in the style of Jacques Adnet's work. This black
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Modernist Metal Pen Holder
By Gross Wood
Co. 1, Esther
Gross Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modernist pen holder made of black coated steel by Jacky Fine. This holder is made of two
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
Vintage Design Desk Lamps by Peter Hamburger for Knoll International from the 19
By Peter Hamburger
Located in Oirlo, LI
Crylicord Modernist desk lamps designed by Peter Hamburger for Knoll International, 1960.
Acrylic
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plexiglass
Art Deco Desk in Bookmatched Amboyna and Burled Elm Desk with Cubist Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Deco cubist desk/ vanity was custom designed for Mr. Roger Sperry (American
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm, Lacquer, Amboyna
1950s Dutch Modern Philips Lamp with Perspex Diffuser
By Philips, Louis Kalff
Located in London, GB
Stunning modernist desk lamp by Dutch lighting manufacturer Philips. Brass details, off-white tube
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Mid-Century Modern Italian Walnut Desk
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian modernist walnut desk with Shinto inspired insigne and brass details.
The desk comes with
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Seibel Brass Modernist Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of simple geometric brass bookends. Good vintage condition. Some areas of irregularity in the patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$400 / set
Modernist Secretaire in Birch Burlwood Veneer, Finland 1954
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice elegant writing desk or secretaire in the manner of Alvar Aalto, Finland 1954. This
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Desks and Writing Tables
Modernist Letter Tray, circa 1960
By Knoll, Jens Risom
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Modernist double letter tray, circa 1960.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Wood
Alfred Hendrickx Ladies Desk Belform, Belgium, 1960
By Belform, Alfred Hendrickx
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Modernist writing desk designed by Alfred Hendrickx and manufactured by Belform, Belgium 1960. The
Category
Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Dominique Table / Desk / Console in Rosewood
By Dominique
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Modernist Art Deco table / desk / console by Dominique, circa 1930, in rosewood. Measures
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Mid-Century Modern Side/Desk Chair in Ebonized Walnut and Gauffraged Velvet
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modernist desk or side chair features a high splayed upholstered back with
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Herbert Hirche Desk Holzäpfel Christian Ebhausen, 1960
By Herbert Hirche
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice modernist writing desk designed by Herbert Hirche for Holzäpfel, Christian, Ebhausen
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Italian Desk by Fratelli Proserpio
By Fratelli
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
DESK BY FRATELLI PROSERPIO
This vintage Modernist writing desk produced in Italy in the 1960's by
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
1970s Modernist Polished Brass Tape Dispenser
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modernist tape dispenser circa (1970s USA) in polished brass. The circular disks that hold the roll
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Modernist Bauhaus Wood Letter Trays
Located in San Diego, CA
A pair of wood letter trays. A simple and functional design in the spirit of Bauhaus. Nice construction with finger joinery.
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Bauhaus Desk Sets
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Art Deco Metal Top Desk
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century French modernist oak desk featuring a metal clad top and drawer.
There is a
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Arne Wahl Iversen 1960s Rosewood Carver Chair
By Arne Wahl Iversen, Glyngøre Stolefabrik
Located in London, England
Arne Wahl Iversen - Carver Chair, circa 1960s.
A modernist desk chair by Danish designer Arne
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Mid-Century Modernist Murano Peacock Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modernist Murano peacock paperweight. Patterned red and white ribbon swirls adorn the
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
1950s Modernist Vanity Table with Integrated Drawers - Black Lacquer and Brass
Located in Rome, IT
This unique piece from the 1950s embodies the essence of modernist design, seamlessly blending
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Modernist Curved Lucite
Crocodile Gauffrage Velvet Chair
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous Modernist Vanity / Desk chair features a frame of moulded lucite supporting the seat
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Roger Landault Green Vanity and Chair, Modernist, France Mid Century 1950
Located in New York, NY
Roger Landault Green Vanity and Chair, Modernist, France Mid Century 1950
Beautiful Vanity in
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Dazzling Mid-century Modernist Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous Mid-Century Modernist paperweight was blown by hand in Murano, Italy. It features
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Modernist Lucite and Oak Paper Tray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A simple paper tray with lucite in and out shelves separated by notched posts of solid oak. Each shelf is raised at the edges to keep papers in place. The four posts are square with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite, Oak
Ignazio Gardella Style Boomerang Desk in Teak Italy, 1960
By Ignazio Gardella
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
modernist writing desk where the combination of wood, black lacquered metal and brass makes this it
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pastoe CB07 Writing Desk by Cees Braakman, Holland, 1950
By Cees Braakman, Pastoe
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Modernist writing desk model CB07 designed by Cees Braakman for Pastoe UMS Utrecht, Holland 1950
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Plywood
Theo Tempelman large writing desk in black AP Originals The Netherlands 1960
By Theo Tempelman, AP Originals
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
This striking executive desk was designed by Theo Tempelman for AP Originals in the Netherlands
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Fratelli Proserpio Writing Table Teak Desk by, Italy, Mid-Century
By Fratelli Prosperio
Located in Vienna, AT
Teak rollup secretary desk by Fratelli Proserpio, Italy 1960's.
Modernist compact writing desk
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Teak
1950s Desk Italian Design by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini Manufacturer
By Bernini
Located in London, GB
A beautiful 1950s modernist rosewood desk. Italian design by Giancarlo Frattini for Bernini
This
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Austrian Modernist Magnifying Glass by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Polished brass and walnut magnifying glass, referring to sales catalog from the 1970s, Model no 5827
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Modernist Paperweight Cube Sculpture or Art Object
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A nice solid steel design with a beautiful patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paperweights
Elegante French Modernist Writing / Dining Table with Black Tapered Legs from the 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A very charming and elegante modernist wood table, made in France, from the 1950s. Has been gently
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
1930s Carl Aubock Vienna Large Modernist Cigarette Storage Box with Roll Top
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare and early storage box, made of wood and nickel-plated brass, designed and executed in the 1930s by Carl Aubock. Large model with two compartments, in very good condition.
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Rare Lime Green Cursed Oak Curved Executive Desk by Stow Davis
By Stow Davis
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Modernist Curved desk,manufactured by Stow Davis,, Original Grey Green Cursed oak finish
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Karl Springer-Style Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Striking and sculptural. May be used as a sofa table, vanity, or modernist desk. In very good vintage
Category
Vintage 1970s Console Tables
Mid-Century Modern American Walnut Modernist Paper Tray
By Peter Pepper Products
Located in San Diego, CA
freshly refinished, Very nice accent to any executives desk! California design.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
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Find many varieties of an authentic modernist desk available at 1stDibs. Each modernist desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and brass. There are 2214 variations of the antique or vintage modernist desk you’re looking for, while we also have 151 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a modernist desk — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A modernist desk made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one modernist desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Jacques Adnet, Herman Miller and Werkstätte Carl Auböck produced versions that are worth a look.
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The average selling price for a modernist desk at 1stDibs is $2,391, while they’re typically $50 on the low end and $150,000 for the highest priced.
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