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Pair of Modernist Brass Table / Desk Lamps 1930s Lamps by Daalderop Netherlands
By Daalderop KDM Royal Holland
Located in London, GB
Modernist brass counterbalance table or desk lamps by Daalderop, Giso Holland, 1930s. One is
Category
Antique 1630s Dutch Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Modernist Articulating Dual Double Cylinder Cone Desk Lamp by Walter Von Nessen
By Walter Von Nessen, Greta Von Nessen
Located in Southampton, NJ
This is a very clean example of modernist design by Walter Von Nessen - the desk lamp has only been
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-Century Modernist Sculptural Hand-rubbed Walnut Desk Chair by Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in New York, NY
This sleek and stylish chair by esteemed Mid-Century Modernist designer Paolo Buffa originates from
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Finnish Modernist Designer, Table / Desk Lamp W Small Tray, Brass, Finland 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A modernist and organic table lamp. Designed by an unknown Finnish designer. The small tray is
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Solid brass table or desk lamp art deco 30
s Perzel style French modernist
By Atelier Jean Perzel
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Nice French art deco desk lamp from the 30's in the style of Jean Perzel's work from the same
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Handcrafted Modernist English Oak Table
Located in London, GB
A handmade English modernist table or desk. Constructed with a traditional 3 wide solid board
Category
2010s English Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Modernist Dining Table by Robert Josten
By Robert Josten
Located in Denton, TX
Modernist dining table / desk by Robert Josten.
Category
20th Century American Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Tall Modernist Murano Glass Table Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
SOLD AUG 2012 REDUCED FROM $685.-...Intriguing Tall Modernist Murano Table/ Desk Lamp. This
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Cosack modernist table lamp Germany 1950
By Gebrüder Cosack
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Fantastic dynamic and modernist shaped desk or table lamp made by Cosack, Germany 1950. This
Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Modernist Brushed Brass Faceted Futurist Origami Lamp by Pouenat
Located in New York, NY
This stunning modernist Origami t desk /Table lamp was by Pouenat in the United States. It features
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Chrome Desk Lamp with Adjustable Hood Shade
By Sonneman Lighting
Located in New York, NY
Modernist chrome desk lamp with cylindrical hood shade. Shade (9"- L ) swivels to direct light.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Iconic Desk Lamp by Hans-Agne Jakobsson
By AB Markaryd, Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in New York, NY
Rare Modernist Brass Table Lamp / Desk Lamp by Jakobsson with Cylinder Form Stem and Ventilated
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Italian Modernist Designer, Adjustable Table Lamp, Brass, Lacquered Metal, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A highly modernist table lamp / desk light. Designed by an unknown Italian designer. Produced in
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Modernist Brass Counterbalance Table Lamp 1930s by Gispen, Daalderop Netherlands
By Daalderop KDM Royal Holland
Located in London, GB
Modernist brass counterbalance table or desk lamp designed by W.H. Gispen around 1930 and produced
Category
Antique 1630s Dutch Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
American Modernist Designer, Organic Table Lamp, Steel Fabric Ebonized Oak 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
An organic modernist table lamp / desk light. Unknown american designer, similar to works by Isamu
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Art Deco 8 Day Chrome Desk Clock, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Original 1930s Art Deco chrome desk/ table clock with a modernist feel. Perfect size for desk or
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Mantel Clocks
Materials
Chrome
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 Cabinets
Materials
Birch, Plywood
French Modernist Art Deco Chrome Table Lamp in Style of Maison Desny, 1950 F397
By Desny
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Modernist style desk or accent lamp in the style of Desny's work. All metal chrome plated, please
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Adjustable Neolux Desk Lamp by Louis Dernier
Hamlyn Limited England 1930s
Located in Munich, DE
Extremely rare, minimalistic Modernist Neolux table lamp or desk light with adjustable shade
Category
Vintage 1930s English Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Vintage Freestanding Wall Unit Desk in Walnut, circa 1960s
Located in Troy, MI
Vintage Mid Century Modern Freestanding Wall Unit Desk
Great modernist secretary wall unit circa
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Robin Day Hillestak Table/Desk with Black Warerite Top for Hille, 1950s
By Robin Day
Located in Hitchin, England
A modernist Hillestak table/desk by British Industrial designer Robin Day for Hille, 1950s
With
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Beech
Willy Daro Natural Agate Stone and Bronze Bowl, Vide Poche, Catchall, Desk Tidy
By Willy Daro
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant modernist natural agate stone desk tidy, or vide poche, is reminiscent of Willy Daro's
Category
Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Stone, Agate, Bronze
Eileen Gray for Jumo French Art Deco Bakelite Desk or Table Lamp, Late 1930s
By Eileen Gray
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco modernist table or desk lamp by Eileen Gray for Jumo, France, late 1930s. Designed
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Copper
Grey, Natural Starburst Bone Box
Located in New York, NY
Modernist keepsake, desk box showcaring alternate natural and grey bone hand set tiles on a wood
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wool, Bentwood
Leather Table Lamp Attributed to Hermes
Located in New York, NY
A Modernist leather desk lamp attributed to Hermes.
Crafted of chocolate brown leather with
Category
Vintage 1960s French Table Lamps
Materials
Leather, Parchment Paper
Mid Century Brass and Black Enamel Saucer Lamp by Christian Dell
Located in Astoria, NY
Modernist brass body desk lamp with saucer shaped black enamel shade. The head swivels for
Category
German Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Robert Sonneman Lamp for George Kovacs
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in London, GB
Memphis modernist Art Deco styled desk lamp - designed by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs. 1980s
Category
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Three Step Anglepoise
Located in Conwy, GB
desk lamp.
English modernist design at it's very best.
Rewired and PAT tested.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Iron
$1,761
Italian Designer, Table Lamp, Brass, White Lacquered Metal, Plastic Cord, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A highly modernist table lamp / desk light. Produced by an unknown designer, Italy, 1960s.
Other
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Schanzenbach
Co Diffuma Lamp, Germany, 1935
By G. Schanzenbach
Co. Frankfurt a.M. 1
Located in London, GB
A modernist "Diffuma" desk lamp by German company Schanzenbach & Co featuring its original paper
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Brass and Black Enamel Saucer Lamp by Christian Dell
By Christian Dell, Kaiser and Co
Located in Astoria, NY
Modernist brass body desk lamp with saucer shaped black enamel shade. The head swivels for
Category
20th Century German Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1930
s Lamp By Marcel Louis Baugniet (1896-1995) For Damon
By Marcel Louis Baugniet
Located in London, GB
A modernist nickel plated desk lamp designed by Belgian avant-garde artist Marcel Louis Baugniet
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Set of Six Plywood Cantilever Tubular Chrome Chairs, 1960s
By Tubax
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modernist set of six desk of dining chairs was produced in the 1960s by Belgium company Tubax
Category
Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
French Art Deco Frosted Art Glass Table Lamp Lorraine Nancy
By Lorraine Nancy
Located in New York City, NY
floral wreath design.
Three sockets max 180 watts
Key words: Modernist,floor lamps,for the desk,Italian
Category
French Table Lamps
Longchamp France 1940s Hand-Stitched Leather Box
By Longchamp, Maison Longchamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful 1940s modernist leather decorative box, desk accessory by Longchamp, Paris. Natural light
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Longchamp France Hand-Stitched Cognac Leather Box, 1940s
By Maison Longchamp, Longchamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Longchamp, Paris, handcrafted this beautiful modernist leather decorative box or desk accessory in
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Sculptural Black Table Lamp by Georges Frydman, France, 1960s
By Georges Frydman
Located in Utrecht, NL
, a new art of living, a new art of housing. He designed beautiful functionalist and modernist
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
French Modernist Desk in Oak
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rare modernist desk made of oak.
Composed of many storage space.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Oak
Custom Modernist Desk by Andrew Szoeke
By Andrew Szoeke
Located in Atlanta, GA
Custom Modernist Desk, hand made by Andrew Szoeke, American, circa 1950's. Outstanding cantilevered
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pierre Paulin Modernist Desk, Model CM141, ca. 1953
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pierre Paulin
Modernist desk model CM141
Produced by Thonet
France, circa 1953
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
French Modernist Desk, Early 1930
s
Located in CA, CA
A French modernist desk from the early 1930s with striking clean lines. The pedestal opens with a
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Wood
Small Italian Modernist Desk with Matching Chair
Located in New York, NY
A small Italian modernist desk with matching chair
mahogany with black enamel metal legs.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Mahogany
1960s Florence Knoll Modernist Desk
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Paris, FR
Modernist desk with wooden tray and chrome-plated metal structure, provided with two small drawers
Category
Vintage 1960s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Clean Lined Modernist Desk attributed to Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean Lined Modernist Desk attributed to Edward Wormley for Dunbar, American, circa 1950's. This
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Elegant Modernist Desk with Brass Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Modernist Desk, American, circa 1960's. This desk has a nice scale to it, and has three
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
small modernist desk
By Jacques Hitier
Located in TARBES, FR
Small modernist style desk in wood and steel, tubular leg and brass wrist, some signs of wear and
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$2,960
Mid-Century Modernist Desk or Vanity in Ebonized Walnut by Paul Frankl
By Paul Frankl, John Stuart
Located in New York, NY
Chic Mid-Century Modernist desk or vanity in ebonized walnut by Paul Frankl for John Stuart Inc
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Modernist Desk by Jacques Adnet, c1940
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A modernist design desk in solid oak and mahogany four legs with brass sabots, single lockable
Category
Vintage 1940s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Art Deco Modernist Desk or Writing Table by Jan Brunott, 1920s
By Jan Brunott
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Modernist desk or writing table.
Design by Jan Brunott.
Striking
Category
Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Oak
1950s Modernist Desk
Chair Set in Walnut
Leather by Robin Day for Hille
By Hille, Robin Day
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
A rare 1950s modernist desk and chair set by Robin Day for Hille.
The desk is the "Executive
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Oak Art Deco Modernist Desk by P.E.L. Izeren for De Genneper Molen, 1920s
By P.E.L. Izeren 1, Genneper Molen
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Modernist desk.
Design by P.E.L. Izeren for De Genneper Molen
Category
Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Macassar, Oak
Swedish Post-Modernist Desk in Wood and Leather
Located in Karlstad, SE
Incredible desk in wood and leather by Swedish cabinet maker, 1980s.
The desk consists of a
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Rosewood and Ebonized Italian Modernist Desk Attr to Osvaldo Borsani, 1950s
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This incredible Italian Modernist Rosewood and Ebonized desk is attributed to Osvaldo Borsani and
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Architectural Modernist Desk in the Style of Alvar Aalto
By Alvar Aalto, Clifford Pascoe
Located in Rochester, NY
White oak / figured maple or birch desk with beautifully a designed architectural modernist form
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch, Maple, Oak
Oak Art Deco Modernist Desk by Jan Brunott, 1920s
By Jan Brunott
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Modernist small desk.
Design attributed to Jan Brunott.
Striking
Category
Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Macassar, Oak
Modernist Desk in Oak and Tubular Metal, France 1950
By Henri Lancel
Located in Catonvielle, FR
, the modernist design of this office fits in the heart of the French fifties and gives it an
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Modernist Desk Lamp, 1950s
By Louis Kalff
Located in Southampton, NJ
Fantastic and unusual architectural black desk lamp, 1950s. Brass switch, original wiring in
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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