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Art Deco Type 40 Ivory Chrome Trim Telephone by Monophone, Circa 1930
Located in Van Nuys, CA
, eliminating the need for an external network subset and ringer. It will operate on modern telephone lines
Category
Vintage 1930s More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
English Art Deco Walnut Desk, circa 1936
Located in Devon, England
plenty of space for desk top computer, telephone and other pieces without cramping the top area. A nice
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Desks
Materials
Walnut
A.B.L.M. Ericsson Sweden Table Telephone
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a A.B.L.M. Ericsson Sweden hand crank table/desk telephone as it is hallmarked in the
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Industrial Models and Miniatures
Materials
Iron
Eliot Noyes Rolling Work / Dictating Table for IBM
By Eliot Noyes
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A classic Mid Century industrial form , a rolling small scale telephone , dictating machine desk
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Steel
Original WWI YWCA United War Work Campaign Poster - Back Our girls Over There
By Clarence F. Underwood
Located in London, GB
telephone operator at an operations desk below the YWCA triangle logo on the wall with an army of front line
Category
Vintage 1910s American Posters
Materials
Paper
American Telephone Chair
Located in Asheville, NC
This writing table or telephone has a simple utilitarian form. The form, with its basic linear
Category
Vintage 1940s American Desks and Writing Tables
Vintage Space Age Teledome Desk Rotary Telephone in Lucite, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Vintage desk rotary telephone in Lucite, Space Age, circa 1970.
It is not tested, I sell it as not
Category
Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Writing/Telephone Table by Sligh
By Sligh-Lowry Furniture Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Smaller scale writing/telephone table in walnut. Sliding door storage compartment. Please confirm
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Telephone by Eriksson, Sweden, circa 1960, Vintage Red Telephone, the Cobra, Red
Located in New York, NY
The cobra phone by Eriksson, circa 1960, Sweden.
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Western Electric Gold Plated Telephone
By Western Electric
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Western Electric was the first widely distributed phone which adopted the use of a single handset rather than a separate transmitter and receiver. This D model comes plated in 12...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Telephone, Yellow, circa 1960
Located in New York, NY
Decorative yellow telephone, circa 1960. It is in very good working condition.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
1970s General Electric Telephone
By General Electric
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Accessorize the midcentury lounge with this groovy walnut boxed telephone from General Electric
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Black 332 GPO Telephone
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An original, black 332 GPO telephone. Braided handset cord, chrome button and integral drawer
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Red Henry Dreyfuss Designed 302 Telephone
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage model 302 telephone made by the Western Electric Company circa 1940 in the rare cherry red
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Antique French Rotary Telephone
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Excellent original condition antique vintage rotary telephone. Creme color plastic and brass
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Midcentury "Ericofon" Rotary Dial Desktop Telephone
By Ericsson
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-century "Ericofon" rotary dial desktop telephone, circa 1970s. The "Ericofon" is a one-piece
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Postmodern “LEGO” Telephone, Phone by Tyco
By Lego, Tycos
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic LEGO telephone rendered in multicolored LEGO's by Tyco.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Postmodern “LEGO” Telephone, Phone by Tyco
By Memphis Group, Lego, Tycos
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic Postmodern LEGO telephone rendered in multicolored LEGO's by Tyco.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Modern One-Piece Ericofon Telephone, Red
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Red, modern one-piece Ericofon telephone created by the Ericsson Company of Sweden and manufactured
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Lm Ericsson Stockholm Telephone, circa 1945
Located in Opole, PL
We present you this office telephone without a rotary dial, manufactured in 1945.
The case is metal
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Desk Sets
Art Deco Bakelite and Chrome Telephone
Located in Petaluma, CA
I don't buy phones generally, but this one was too nice to pass up. I bought right out of the collector's home. She was 93 years old and had wonderful items including this most attra...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco More Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Modern One Piece Ericofon Telephone, Light Gray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Light gray, modern one piece Ericofon telephone created by the Ericsson Company of Sweden and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Telephone with a Rotary Dial, circa 1940
Located in Opole, PL
We present you this Danish rotary telephone manufactured in 1940.
The case is made of metal
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish More Desk Accessories
Vintage Italian Green Onyx and Gilded Bronze Telephone
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century vintage Italian desk telephone designed by Telart ViaReggio in the style of Art Deco
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco More Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Brass, Bronze
Mid-Century Design Telephone by Tesla, 1979
By Tesla
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of plastic
Fully functional
Good original condition.
Category
Vintage 1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Original GPO 232L Black Bakelite Telephone, circa 1945
By GPO ( General Post Office )
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An original GPO 232L black Bakelite telephone. Braided handset cord. Integral drawer. Registered
Category
Vintage 1940s English Art Deco More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Western Electric Gold Plated Telephone Owned by Actress Paulette Goddard
By Western Electric
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Western electric was the first widely distributed phone which adopted the use of a single handset rather than a separate transmitter and receiver. This D model comes plated in 12...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Original 1970s GPO Model 745L Telephone Full Working Order
By GPO ( General Post Office )
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An original, 1970s GPO model 746L telephone. Two-tone green with bell control switch at front
Category
Vintage 1970s English More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
1940s Decorative Russian Field Telephone in Original Bakelite Case
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940s decorative Russian field telephone in its original Bakelite case
1940s vintage decorative
Category
Vintage 1940s More Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Original GPO Model 332L Ivory Bakelite Telephone Full Working Order
By GPO ( General Post Office )
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An original GPO model 332L telephone. Ivory bakelite with integral drawer and braided handset cord
Category
Vintage 1950s English More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Original GPO Model 328L Black Bakelite Telephone Full Working Order
By GPO ( General Post Office )
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An original GPO model 328L telephone. Black Bakelite with integral drawer and braided handset cord
Category
Vintage 1940s English More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Original GPO Model 312L Black Bakelite Telephone Full Working Order
By GPO ( General Post Office )
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An original GPO model 312L telephone. Black Bakelite with integral drawer and braided handset cord
Category
Vintage 1950s English More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
American Classic Mid-Century Modern Walnut
Leather 007 Box Telephone
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful solid walnut box with leather wrapped detail telephone box, right of Madmen or 007 movies
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Paul Nelson Mid-Century Executive Telephone in a Walnut Case
By Stromberg 2
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A executive telephone in a medium toned walnut case with hinged top revealing a brushed brass touch
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Antique Western Electric Model 302 Rotary Dial Telephone, circa 1930-1940
By Western Electric
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Dimensions H 7 in. W 9 in. D 7.5 in.
History
The model 302 telephone is a desk set telephone that was
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco More Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Big Pencil Telephone Ball Pen in Brass with Box, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful brass ball pen in the shape of a big pencil. Designed and executed in the 1950s by Carl Aubock, Vienna. Made of solid brass, very heavy. Usually designed to use its backs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
An Original GPO Model 232L Telephone Ivory Bakelite Full Working Order
By GPO ( General Post Office )
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An original GPO Model 232L Telephone. Ivory Bakelite with braided handset cord. Integral drawer and
Category
Vintage 1950s English More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Original 1970 GPO Model 746 Telephone, Re-wired in Full Working Order
By GPO ( General Post Office )
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An original, 1970s GPO model 746L Telephone. Two tone green with bell control switch at front
Category
Vintage 1970s English More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Iconic telephone "BeoCom 2000" from the 1980s by BANG
OLUFSEN, Memphis Design
By Bang
Olufsen
Located in Hamburg, DE
Memphis Design analog telephone "BeoCom 2000" from the 1980s by BANG & OLUFSEN. Danish design
Category
Vintage 1980s Danish Post-Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Original 1963 GPO Model 706 Telephone in Blue, Original Nylon Carrying Strap
By GPO ( General Post Office )
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An original 1967 GPO model 706 telephone in concord blue. Original nylon carrying handle (not for
Category
Vintage 1960s English Art Deco More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Original 1963 GPO Model 706 Telephone in Green, Original Nylon Carrying Strap
By GPO ( General Post Office )
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An original 1963 GPO model 706 telephone in two-tone green. Original nylon carrying handle (not for
Category
Vintage 1960s English Art Deco More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Fabulous Art Deco Black Bakelite Wall Mount Rotary Dial Telephone USA
By Automatic Electric Co.
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Art Deco American Electric Co black bakelite space saver side hanging rotary dial wall mount phone. Fabulous design.
Model: NB830C
Dimensions: 11.5" H x 6" W x 3.5" D
Original unr...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
BeoCom 2400 Desktop Telephone in Teal by Martin Iseli for Bang
Olufsen
By Bang
Olufsen
Located in San Diego, CA
Table( Landline) Telephone".; over time, it has become a classic - one of many from Bang & Olufsen's
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
One Carl Auböck Big Pencil Telephone Ball Pen in Brass, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful modernist brass ball pen in the shape of a big pencil. Designed and manufactured in the 1950s by Carl Auböck, Vienna. Made of solid brass, very heavy. Usually designed to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Post Modern General Electric Radio Clock Telephone New in A Box Mod 7-4700
By General Electric
Located in San Diego, CA
A rare finding new in a box never used 1980s radio alarm AM/FM phone clock, all new original box, manual, and cords.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Plastic
FTR Copper Rotary Dial Table / Desk Telephone
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a FTR table rotary dial telephone. It’s case is made of copper and the handset is made of
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass, Copper
1910 Hid-A-Phone Desk Sculpture plus Telephone
By Hid-a-phone and Western Electric
Located in Peekskill, NY
If you are a seasoned antique telephone collector than you already know just how rare this item is
Category
Early 20th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Important New York Estate Antique Vintage Asian Rotary Phone Dresser Drawers
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item we are Offering is this Rare Vintage Antique Asian Rotary Desk Telephone Vitrine
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Scarce American Space Age Teledome Desk Telephone by Teleconcepts
Located in Port Hope, ON
This scarce black, chrome plated and clear plastic Teledome (model # 3005) desk phone was patented
Category
Vintage 1970s American Space Age Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome, Brass
Iconic American Space Age Rotary Chromefone Desk Telephone by TeleConcepts
Located in Port Hope, ON
This rotary dial Space-Age Chromefone by TeleConcepts is arguably the most extreme and iconic design of this company's eccentric output. This example is all original but has been res...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Space Age Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Redwood Burl Telephone
Located in High Point, NC
Amazing working telephone made with pieces of burl redwood
Category
Vintage 1970s American Rustic Desk Accessories
Sculpted Redwood Burl Telephone
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fantastically sculptural and organic telephone made from sculpted redwood burl. A utilitarian
Category
Vintage 1970s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Burl
Enorme Telephone by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Red, yellow and grey hard plastic telephone by Ettore Sottsass for Enorme. Italian 1986. Handset
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Whimsical Vintage Kermit the Frog Telephone
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Whimsical Vintagw Kermit the Frog telephone
Category
20th Century American Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Plastic
Swedish Ericofon Ericsson Cobra Telephone 50s
By Ralph Lysell, Gösta Thames
Located in Basel, CH
Rare Swedish Ericsson Phone called "Ericofon" or the Cobra Phone, designed by Ralph Lysell and Gösta Thames, manufactured in Sweden in the 1950s. In fully working order!
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Red GNT Automatica F78 Telephone
1978
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Henning Andreasen, the F78 telephone was manufactured by Danish manufacturer GNT
Category
Late 20th Century Scandinavian Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Swedish Telephone L.M Ericsson from 1931
Located in Singapore, SG
Stunning decorative phone from early 1900s.
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Jugendstil More Desk Accessories
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Telephone Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic telephone desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of plastic, bakelite and metal, every telephone desk was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a telephone desk — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A telephone desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Scandinavian Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made telephone desk over the years, but those crafted by GPO ( General Post Office ), Bang
Olufsen and Ettore Sottsass are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Telephone Desk?
Prices for a telephone desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $128 and can go as high as $12,500, while the average can fetch as much as $695.
Finding the Right Desk-accessories for You
Whether you’ve carved out a space for a nifty home office or you prefer the morning commute, why not dress up your desk with antique and vintage desk accessories? To best tiptoe the line between desk efficiency and desk enjoyment, we suggest adding a touch of the past to your modern-day space.
Desks are a funny thing. Their basic premise has remained the same for quite literally centuries: a flat surface, oftentimes a drawer, and potentially a shelf or two. However, the contents that lay upon the desk? Well, the evolution has been drastic to say the least.
Thank the Victorians for the initial popularity of the paperweight. The Industrial Revolution offered the novel concept of leisure-time to Europeans, giving them more time to take part in the then crucial activity of letter writing. Decorative glass paperweight designs were all the rage, and during the mid-19th-century some of the most popular makers included the French companies of Baccarat, St. Louis and Clichy.
As paper was exceedingly expensive in the early to mid-19th-century, every effort was made to utilize a full sheet of it. Paper knives, which gave way to the modern letter opener, were helpful for cutting paper down to an appropriate size.
Books — those bound volumes of paper, you may recall — used to be common occurrences on desks of yore and where there were books there needed to be bookends. As a luxury item, bookend designs have run the gamut from incorporating ultra-luxurious materials (think marble and Murano glass) to being whimsical desk accompaniments (animal figurines were highly popular choices).
Though the inkwell’s extinction was ushered in by the advent of the ballpoint pen (itself quasi-obsolete at this point), there is still significant charm to be had from placing one of these bauble-like objets in a central spot on one’s desk. You may be surprised to discover the mood-boosting powers an antique — and purposefully empty — inkwell can provide.
The clamor for desk clocks arose as the Industrial Revolution transitioned labor from outdoors to indoors, and allowed for the mass-production of clock parts in factories. Naturally, elaborate designs soon followed and clocks could be found made by artisans and luxury houses like Cartier.
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