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Vintage Industrial Adjustable Table/Desk Base
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Industrial Adjustable Table/Desk Base. This table/desk base adjusts in height from 28
Category
20th Century American Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Iron, Steel
Small Dutch Industrial Desk or Vanity
By Ahrend de Cirkel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Light grey industrial metal office desk. 4 drawers with brushed chrome hand pulls. Original black
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Friso Kramer Style Small Industrial Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant little metal enameled desk with linoleum top, grey body with Mediterranean blue drawers and
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Sheet Metal, Steel
American Industrial Steel and Glass Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
A great desk by the Aseptible Furniture Co. of St Louis MO. Made of polished steel with sandblasted
Category
1940s American Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Steel
Small Dutch Enameled Metal Industrial "3353" Desk by Gispen, 1965
By A.R. Cordemeijer, Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Gispen industrial enameled metal desk or vanity with linoleum top and one side drawer enameled
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
1970
s Gispen Style Orange and White Industrial Children
s Desk
By Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1970's, Gispen style, industrial children's desk. Constructed of a firey red-orange enameled metal
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Steel and Wood Industrial Table or Desk
Located in New York, NY
Steel and Wood Industrial Table or Desk custom made. Super sturdy. Would make good partners desk.
Category
1970s American Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Steel
Original, Vintage Industrial Printing Table or Desk
Located in Oakville, CT
Original, vintage Industrial, very ornate printing table or desk.
Category
20th Century American Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Gispen 3803 Industrial Desk with Privacy Screen
By A.R. Cordemeijer, Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury industrial metal desk by A. R. Cordemeyer for Gispen. Light grey enameled metal desk
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Gispen 3803 Industrial Desk with Privacy Screen
By Gispen, André R. Cordemeyer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury Industrial metal desk by A. R. Cordemeyer for Gispen. Light grey enameled metal desk
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Friso Kramer Style Industrial Desk for Marko
By Marko, Friso Kramer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Industrial metal desk. Three grey-blue drawers with brushed chrome pulls and off-white formica top
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Gispen Grey Industrial Desk with Blue Drawers
By Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Industrial Gispen desk with blue enameled side drawers and black linoleum top, charcoal grey
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Industrial Polished Steel
Leather Desk
Located in Troy, MI
This 1950s era industrial desk has brass feet and drawer pulls. Kidney shaped leather covered
Category
1950s Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Steel, Brass
Two-Tone Industrial Wood and Metal Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury black top industrial wood metal desk with steel legs. Two-toned storage cabinet on left
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Chrome
1940
s Industrial Metal Desk - Linoleum To
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's Industrial Metal Desk - Linoleum Top.
Practical early 1940's metal desk with original
Category
1940s European Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Industrial Ahrend ODA Desk with Steel Accents
By Ahrend de Cirkel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare handsome Ahrend ODA executive desk in very original condition with visible wear and some
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
$2,250 / item
Gispen Industrial Metal Desk with Yellow Drawers
By Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Gispen desk with mustard drawers and an upper cubby. Grey enameled metal frame and linoleum
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Gispen 3803 Industrial Desk with Privacy Screen
By A.R. Cordemeijer, Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gispen model 3803 by A.R. Cordemeijer. Cute little light grey enameled metal desk with matching
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
1950s Bauhaus Inspired Industrial Drentea Office Desk
By Drentea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning 1950s Drentea office desk with light grey enameled metal frame, red and grey enameled
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Gispen 3803 Industrial Desk with Privacy Screen
By Gispen, André R. Cordemeyer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A.R. Cordemeyer's model 3803 for Gispen, cute little light grey enameled metal desk with matching
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Gispen 3803 Industrial Desk with Privacy Screen
By A.R. Cordemeijer, Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
metal desk with matching enameled corrugated privacy screen and blue vinyl wrapped top and bone white
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
1950s Industrial Single Bank Steel Tanker Desk by Orma Milano, Italy
Located in Zagreb, HR
A unique small 1950s industrial design single bank steel tanker desk with green top, produced by
Category
1950s Italian Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Steel
Antique American Industrial Oak Wood Adjustable Artist Drafting Table Work Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American Industrial oak wood adjustable artist drafting table work desk. Item features a
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Wood, Oak
Industrial Metal Desk with Prouve Style Legs
By Marko
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Blue-grey enameled metal drawers and grey Prouve style legs with beige metal cabinet and wood top. In good original condition. Top lightly refinished. Visible wear to metal.
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Vintage Industrial Steel Desk with Inset Wood Surface
Located in Astoria, NY
A sturdy work desk with a 1940's steel frame toped with a repurposed 1920's wood top writing
Category
20th Century American Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Steel
Original Vintage Industrial, American Made School Lab Desk
Located in Oakville, CT
Original Vintage Industrial, American Made School Lab Desk with a stainless steel top, four
Category
20th Century American Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Stainless Steel, Iron
Rare Red Topped Ahrend Industrial Desk with Cubby
By Ahrend de Cirkel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare early edition Ahrend Industrial desk with thick tubular metal legs, red formica top with metal
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Gispen Executive Industrial Desk by A.R. Cordemeyer
By Gispen, André R. Cordemeyer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous example of Dutch design at it's best. Floating delft blue linoleum topped Industrial desk
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Prouve Inspired Industrial Desk by Marko
By Marko, Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century industrial desk or vanity by Marko with a butter colored patterned Formica top, almost
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Industrial desk in a style of Jean Prouvé
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Nijlen, VAN
This nice desk is probably from the 1950s from France. This type of industrial furniture is
Category
1950s Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Antique Craftsman Solid Oak Industrial Drafting Table Desk
By E.H. Sheldon
Co.
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Stunning Oak Industrial Drafting Table Desk with Drawers Storage
attributed to E.H. Sheldon & Co
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Brass
Gispen Industrial Chocolate Enameled Metal Desk with Teak Top and Single Drawer
By Gipsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare Gispen industrial style desk with chocolate enameled metal frame and teak wood top
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Industrial 1950s French Tandem School Desk by Matco
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jean Prouve style Mid-Century school "Tandem" desk with oak wood desk top and slatted seats on a
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Gispen 3803 Industrial Desk with Blue Vinyl Top
By Gispen, A.R. Cordemeijer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gispen model 3803 by A.R. Cordemeyer. Cute little light grey enameled metal desk with matching
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
A. R. Cordemeijer for Gispen Industrial Metal Desk
By Gispen, A.R. Cordemeijer
Located in London, GB
Light and mid grey vintage sheet steel desk designed by one of the Dutch masters of industrialist
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Coen de Vries Enameled Metal and Faux Walnut Writing Desk or Vanity
By Coen de Vries, Emmein Staal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century industrial desk or vanity designed by Coen de Vries for Emmein Staal. The desk has one
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Gispen Industrial "7804" Desk in Blue
Gray with Two Drawers
Slide Out Shelf
By Gispen, A.R. Cordemeijer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Gispen industrial "7804" desk with blue linoleum top and blue enameled metal drawers fronts
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Vintage Industrial, Made in America, Free-Form Walnut Desk
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Industrial, Free-form Walnut Desk
Category
20th Century American Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Iron
Large Black Enameled Industrial Desk by Van Blerk Tilburg
By Blerk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage large black enameled industrial desk by Van Blerk Tilburg, with tan linoleum top and 6
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Teak and Aluminum Industrial Executive Desk by Welton Becket
By Welton Becket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
By pivotal Los Angeles modern architect Welton Becket, this tanker-style executive desk is an
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Aluminum
Industrial Desk by Willy Van Der Meeren for Tubax
By Willy Van Der Meeren, Tubax
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This beautiful desk was designed by Willy Van Der Meeren in the early 1950s and manufactured by
Category
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
$1,958 / item
Friso Kramer for Ahrend de Cirkel Industrial School Desk
By Friso Kramer, Ahrend de Cirkel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the teacher's desk without the drawer by Friso Kramer by Ahrend de Cirkel (stamped). The original
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Dutch industrial metal secretary Gispen desk and chair 1950
s
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
A sturdy metal secretary desk with black linoleum top by Gispen.
The armchair (Galvanitas
Category
1950s Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Vintage Industrial Modernist Polished Steel Pedestal Desk by Cubacier Mid-20th C
Located in London, GB
This is a large vintage Industrial Modernist polished steel pedestal desk, dating from Circa 1950
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Steel
Italian Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Industrial working table with the chair, adjustable height and backrest,
table includes
Category
1960s Italian Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
$1,850
1950s Industrial Desk Working Table and Chair with the Lamp by AO
Located in Los Angeles, CA
has a grid or mesh of thin metal wire embedded within the glass. Industrial desk lamp adjustable
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Embru Patent 1989 Swiss Made Authentic School Desk Industrial Office Table
By Embru
Located in Sofia, BG
Authentic Swiss made metal base solid wood table by "Embru".
Category
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Tubular Metal and Wooden Top School Desk, Industrial in Design
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
This vintage desk dates from the 1950s/1960s. It is designed in the style for Jacques Hitier. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Steel
Industrial Drafting Table by NIKE
Located in Oakville, CT
Authentic vintage Industrial style swivel, tilt and height adjustable drafting table or desk by
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Iron
Vintage Industrial Adjustable Drafting Table
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a vintage, adjustable drafting table circa 1950s. The table top and height are adjustable. It is in good condition for its age, showing some age wear including stains, sur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Wood
A Stylish and Unique Bauhaus Meets Industrial Desk, Circa 1940
s/50
s
Located in Hastings, GB
This stylish and highly functional desk was probably a one off commission, its rarity suggests so
Category
1940s French Bauhaus Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Steel
1950s Small Desk
Located in Martínez, AR
a shabby chic industrial style.
It is estimated that this desk was made in Argentina in the 1950s.
Category
1950s Argentine Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
$1,530
Simple Metal Desk
Located in Culver City, CA
Simple modern desk with original green surface, and two pull out drawers.
Made in France circa
Category
20th Century French Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
$1,950
Old Industrial Drafting Table of the 1940s
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This great Industrial drafting table can be dated in the 1940s.
It is a nice piece with a dark
Category
1940s Belgian Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Rare Metal Desk Refinished
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century era work desk restored in a brush metal style. Green laminate top, four drawers and
Category
1960s Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Industrial Drafting Table by Nike, Tall Model
Located in Oakville, CT
Authentic vintage industrial style swivel, tilt and height adjustable drafting table or desk by
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Metal
Vintage Midcentury Steel Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
This vintage midcentury metal desk is for hard workers only. A laminate-top, panel legs and a
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Industrial Vintage Industrial Writing Desk
Materials
Steel
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Vintage Industrial Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal vintage industrial writing desk for your home. Each vintage industrial writing desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and steel. Your living room may not be complete without a vintage industrial writing desk — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right vintage industrial writing desk, those designed in Industrial, Mid-Century Modern and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one vintage industrial writing desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Ahrend de Cirkel, Gispen and Friso Kramer produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Vintage Industrial Writing Desk?
Prices for a vintage industrial writing desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $333 and can go as high as $32,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,684.
Finding the Right Desks-writing-tables for You
Choosing the perfect writing desk or writing table is a profoundly personal journey, one that people have been embarking upon for centuries.
Queen Atossa of Persia, from her writing table circa 500 B.C., is said to have been the originator of the art of handwritten letters. Hers was reportedly the first in a long and colorful history of penned correspondence that grew in popularity alongside literacy. The demand for suitable writing desks, which would serve the composer of the letters as well as ensure the comfort of the recipient naturally followed, and the design of these necessary furnishings has evolved throughout history.
Once people began to seek freedom from the outwardly ornate styles of the walnut and rosewood writing desks and drafting tables introduced in the name of Queen Victoria and King Louis XV, radical shifts occurred, such as those that materialized during the Art Nouveau period, when designers longed to produce furniture inspired by the natural world’s beauty. A prime example is the work of the famous late-19th-century Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí — his rolltop desk featured deep side drawers and was adorned with carved motifs that paid tribute to nature. Gaudí regularly combined structural precision with decorative elements, creating beautiful pieces of furniture in wood and metal.
Soon afterward, preferences for sleek, geometric, stylized forms in furniture that saw an emphasis on natural wood grains and traditional craftsmanship took hold. Today, Art Deco desks are still favored by designers who seek to infuse interiors with an air of luxury. One of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco movement was French decorator and furniture designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. With his use of neoclassical motifs as well as expensive and exotic materials such as imported dark woods and inlays of precious metals for his writing desks, Ruhlmann came to symbolize good taste and modernity.
The rise in appreciation for Scandinavian modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary writing desks. It employs the “no fuss” or “less is more” approach to creating a tasteful, sophisticated space. Sweden’s master cabinetmaker Bruno Mathsson created gallery-worthy designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto never viewed himself as an artist, but, like Mathsson, his furniture designs reflected a fondness for organic materials and a humanistic approach. Danish designers such as Hans Wegner introduced elegant shapes and lines to mid-century desks and writing tables, often working in oak and solid teak.
From vintage desks to contemporary styles, 1stDibs offers a broad spectrum of choices for conducting all personal and business writing and reading activities.
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