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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
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Modernist Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modernist satinwood veneered desk with file drawer, pencil drawer, pull-out shelf and patinated
Category
Vintage 1940s American Desks
$1,980
Oak Modernist Desk Pierre Jeanneret Heals Jacques Sadnet
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in everton lymington, GB
Stunning modernist desk dating from 1930s this desk is striking by its simplicity.
Single
Category
Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Desks
Materials
Oak
French modernist desk
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Den Bommel, NL
Fantastic French modernist writing desk. This desk is a crossover of Charlotte Perriand and Pierre
Category
Vintage 1930s French Desks
Materials
Pine
$4,000
Modernist Desk, France, 1930s
By Thonet
Located in Berlin, DE
Small tubular steel desk from France from the main epoch of tubular steel furniture, produced
Category
Vintage 1930s French Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Modernist Desk Lamp by Louis Kalff
By Louis Kalff
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist desk lamp by Louis Kalff in very nice original condition. Patina to brass consistent as
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch More Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Machine Age Art Deco Paul Lobel Benduro Modernist Desk Objects, circa 1937
By Paul Lobel
Located in Dallas, TX
Machine Age Art Deco Paul Lobel Benduro Modernist Desk Objects, circa 1937.
Original signed early
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Desk Sets
Modernist Desk by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Geneva, CH
Modernist flat-surface desk with rectangular mirrored glass side-panels; edges clad with nickel
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Modernist Desk Made in Milan
Located in New York, NY
Exciting modernist Art Deco desk made in Milan, 1930s.
Rosewood, burl five stained oakwood drawers
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Desks
Materials
Oak, Burl, Rosewood
Unique Piet Zwart Modernist Desk
By Piet Zwart
Located in Den Bommel, NL
designed for Bruynzeel became world famous. This large desk we purchased from a grandchild of the Bruynzeel
Category
Vintage 1940s Dutch Desks
Materials
Steel
Large Mahogany and Parchment Modernist Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
A modernist design desk having two drawers and central storage areas front and back. Executed in
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Parchment Paper
Small Modernist Desk Hansen Berlin, 1950
By Hansen
Located in Berlin, DE
From the Berlin top-manufacturer Hansen comes this practical, small desk. With the three on wheels
Category
Vintage 1950s German Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
French modernist desk lamp. Charlotte Perriand for Jumo 1950.
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Karlsruhe, DE
French modernist desk lamp. Charlotte Perriand for Jumo 1950.
Original french bulb bayonet
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Modernist Desk by Peter Protzman for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modernist wood veneered desk with two drawers and chrome legs, accompanied by matching return with
Category
Vintage 1970s American Desks
Materials
Chrome
Black Modernist Desk Lamp
Located in London, GB
A good modernist adjustable desk lamp in well preserved condition retaining the original black
Category
Vintage 1930s European Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel
1930
s Modernist Desk Lamp
Located in Brno, CZ
This is an original 1930’s office/workshop desk lamp. Due to its design, it is often nicknamed the
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Steel
A Robust Modernist Desk Lamp
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
A robust industrial Bordeaux red desk lamp with a fluorescent light. The lamp has a solid, heavy
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Iron
Modernist Desk or Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Interesting Table Lamp with Modernist Art Deco design.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Modernist Desk Lamp, Switzerland, 1950s
By BAG Turgi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An Industrial desk lamp deeply steeped in the ethos of Swiss and German Modernism. The simplified
Category
Vintage 1950s Swiss Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Modernist Desk Lamp, Switzerland, 1940s, Edition
By BAG Turgi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An Industrial desk lamp deeply steeped in the ethos of Swiss and German Modernism. The simplified
Category
Vintage 1940s Swiss Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel, Steel
Romeo Rega Modernist Chrome And Glass Desk
By Milo Baughman
Located in Allentown, PA
Italian 1970's Chrome Frame Modernist Desk with Smoky Grey Glass Top and Two Clear Glass Open
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Chrome
Canaan Desk Designed by Marcel Breuer, Italy, circa 1955
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Five-drawer 'Canaan' modernist desk designed by the Hungarian architect
Marcel Breuer and
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Chrome Art Deco Modernist Desk Table Lamp Lacquered Articulated Lighting French
By Eileen Gray
Located in Dorking, Surrey
Chrome-plated with green lacquered metal shade desk lamp.
This is a heavy and quality lamp, hence
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Other, Chrome
Extraordinary Desk in Straw Marquetry with Chair Attributed to Blanche Klotz
By Blanche Klotz
Located in Paris, FR
Extraordinary and unique modernist desk and chair in straw marquetry and chrome metal on all sides
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Czech Modernist Desk Lamp by Helena Frantová for Okolo, Set of Two
By Okolo, Helena Frantova
Located in Prague, CZ
Set of two table lamps with a nickel frame and parchment shade. Designed by Helena Frantova and made by Okolo in Czechoslovakia in 1953.
Category
Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Iconic 1940 Art Deco Modernist Desk Table Lamp Lighting Eileen Gray Jumo French
By Eileen Gray
Located in Dorking, Surrey
Iconic lamp designed by Eileen Gray for Jumo, circa 1940
Quality piece made from brass and black lacquered metal.
Swivel movement.
Condition:
In good original condition and wor...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass, Other
Macassar Ebony Executive Desk by Bodil Kjaer
By Bodil Kjaer
Located in Dorchester, MA
Bodil Kjaer designed the prototype for this impressive modernist desk in 1959 for the Massachusetts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Singaporean Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Exceptional Straw Marquetry Lady Desk with Its Chair 1930 by Blanche Klotz
By Blanche Klotz
Located in Paris, FR
Designer Blanche Klotz.
Particularity: doubled-sided.
Modernist desk chromed steel and straw marquetry
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Steel
Modernist Glass Desk
Located in New York, NY
A Large Fan Shaped Desk in Smoked Glass, Stainless Steel and Brass, in the Severe High Modernist
Category
Vintage 1960s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Brass
$7,500
Modernist Magohany Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Modernist Mahogany Leather Top (Replaced) over Two Drawers with Original Bronze Hardware Library
Category
Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$5,500
Modernist Corner Desk Florence Knoll
By Florence Knoll
Located in Antwerpen, BE
An L-shaped working space from the series model 1500. The executive desk (190 x 90 x 74) has a
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
A modernist pedestal desk
Located in New York, NY
An oak modernist pedestal desk, one center drawer, four drawers on each side, the upper one smaller
Category
20th Century French Desks
Modernist "Omnibus" Desk in Maple and Thuja Wood
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Architect Piero Portaluppi created the “omnibus” desk for his home, solving a practical issue with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple
$83,070 / item
French Modernist Mahogany Asymmetrical Partners Desk by Sappho Gallery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique shape French Modernist mahogany Asymmetrical partners desk by Sappho Gallery. Measurements
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Czechoslovak modernist chrome and wood writing desk, 1950´s, Europe
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Large Bauhaus Partners Desk, piano lacquer, chrome, Czechoslovakia, 1930´s
This large Bauhaus
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Circa 1935 Modernist Art Deco Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Modernist oak desk tainted in rosewood color (according to the original taint). One four drawers
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Brass
Modernist Role Top Desk Made in Milan
Located in New York, NY
Stylish role top desk made in Milan 1955, unusual form, walnut with two rosewood drawers
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut, Rosewood
Desk Chair by Roux-Spitz Adjustable Swivel Rosewood Beige French Modernist
By Michel Roux-Spitz
Located in Ettlingen, DE
Rare office chair, desk chair, armchair by the important French designer Michel Roux-Spitz
Glossy
Category
20th Century French Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Steel, Iron
Chrome Desk lamp by Mario Faggian, 1969
By Mario Faggian
Located in Paris, FR
The "presidente."
A modernist desk lamp featuring four chrome revolving tubes, the above lights
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Colorful Modernists Art Inspired Sculptural Mahogany Desk with Secret Drawers
By Bruce M. Schuettinger
Located in New Market, MD
We designed the executive desk to make a distinct statement about the person who is sitting behind
Category
2010s American Expressionist Desks
Materials
Wood
Pair of 1970s Green Marble Gucci Bookends
By Gucci
Located in Mount Penn, PA
modernist desk holding your books of choice or as chic sculptures.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
$2,250 / set
Mid-Century 1970s Knoll Lunario Table Desk by Cini Boeri, Desk to Impress
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Mid-Century Modern table or desk designed by Cini Boeri and made by Knoll. A chrome elliptical
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Modernist "Little House" Bookend
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Bookend directly inspired by the famous house of the architect Portaluppi present in various forms in all his works. A small house welcomed its guests at the entrance of his apartmen...
Category
2010s Italian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$344 / item
Large Modernist Box by Piero Fornasetti for Galbiati
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a large mid century box designed by Piero Fornsetti for Galibiati.It has an optical interior and the top depicts writing implements and letters.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Desk Accessories
Arno Votteler Desk Chair
By Arno Votteler
Located in Den Bommel, NL
very well together with the French modernist pine desk.
Category
Vintage 1950s Swiss Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Metal
$1,850
Modernist Carole Stupell Rock Crystal Pen Holder
By Carole Stupell
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Awesome natural quartz crystal desk accessory designed by Carole Stupell for your high end
Category
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Desk Sets
Carl Auböck Modernist Book Stand, Brass, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A very rare, one of a kind modernist brass book stand, designed and executed by Carl Auböck
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Modernist Heavy Copper
Aspirin
Pill Shaped Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century modern copper 'Aspirin' paperweight, nice decorative and functional piece, 1 high x 2.75 diameter inches.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paperweights
Beutiful 1940s Blond Sycomore Desk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Beautiful circa 1940 blond sycomore desk. Modernist shape with four drawers. The last opening like
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Ashtray or Bowl By Alfaraz Spain, Yellow Modernist Horse
By Alfaraz
Located in Marietta, GA
Mid-Century Modern ashtray or bowl by Alfaraz Spain, yellow glaze with modernist horse. Above
Category
Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Streamline Art Deco KEM Weber Desk Cabinet
By Kem Weber
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Great 1940s asymmetrical modernist design drop down desk cabinet with three drawers and five cubby
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Desks
Teak Model 70 Desk by Kai Kristiansen for Feldballes Møbelfabrik, 1960s
By Feldballes Møbelfabrik, Kai Kristiansen
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
mid-1960s. A modernist style desk, characterized by unique design and high craftsmanship. It has six
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Machine Age Art Deco Gilbert Rohde Attribution Pair Articulating Table Lamps
By Kurt Versen, Gilbert Rohde
Located in Dallas, TX
1930s streamline modernist desk or end table lamps.
Normal vintage wear, from use. Fully functioning
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Chrome
Modernist Art Deco Desk Lamp
By John Dickinson
Located in Warlingham, GB
English cavacraft modernist green phenolic ribbed desk lamp. The shade measures 12.5 inches (32cm
Category
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Modernist European Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Desk or table lamp with formed metal shade and iron base. Inline switch on European wiring. An
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Iron
Brazilian modernist 1960s Desk in Jacaranda with Marble top
Located in Milan, IT
Brazilian modernist 1960s Desk in Jacaranda with Marble top. Very good condition.
Category
Vintage 1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Jacaranda
Spectacular Modernist Art Deco Desk Lamp by Donald Deskey
By Donald Deskey
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Superb Chrome Art Deco Desk lamp that pivots and allows you to adjust the light beneficial to your
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
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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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