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Antique Kimbel
Cabus Aesthetic School Birdseye Maple Ladies Desk, circa 1870
By Kimbel and Cabus
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Aesthetic Movement ladies desk in the manner of Kimble & Camus offers birdseye maple
Category
Antique Late 19th Century North American Aesthetic Movement Desks
Materials
Metal
Rare early desk N80 by Franco Albini
By Franco Albini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Magnificent desk model N80 by the designer Franco Albini, rare first editions model with white
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$5,800 / item
An "X" Base Modernist Desk (Modernage labeled)
Located in North Miami, FL
Extreme modernist "X" shape base desk with floating storage drawers. Beautifully restored mahogany
Category
Vintage 1940s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Glass
Rare Desk by Jacques Adnet, circa 1930
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Rare Desk by Jacques Adnet. Tray and swivel shelf in thick Saint Gobain glass (sand bed), original
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pierre Vandel Desk, circa 1970, France
By Pierre Vandel
Located in Girona, Spain
Pierre Vandel desk
Black lacquered metal and brass detailing with inlaid glass top
Signed
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Petite Desk by Paul McCobb American 1950
s
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Two drawer desk in wood with brass pulls and protective glass top by Paul McCobb.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Art Deco Executive Desk, Black Piano Lacquer and Chrome, France circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
.
Black glass top is available to protect the table top better from scratches.
The desk can be dismantled
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Metal, Stainless Steel
Desk, Attributed to Paolo Buffa, Italy, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Greding, DE
Large desk with D-shaped glass top and four drawers with brass handles. The surface of the back and
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Italian Modern Desk by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rare executive desk glass top designed by Italian designer Vittorio Dassi.
Gilt bronze base.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vittorio Dassi Attributed Lady
s Desk, Italy, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Greding, DE
1950s Italian desk attributed to Vittorio Dassi on elegant legs with brass sabots, two drawers to
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
A 1950 desk in the manner of Raphael
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Small smoked glass top, black laquered wood, natural wood.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
50
s Dassi Secretaire Desk and Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderfully preserved 50's secretaire desk and chair by Dassi.The dimensions of the chair are
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Desks
Materials
Wood, Glass
Bauhaus Writing Desk Art Deco, Austria, 1930s
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Fantastic white lacquered Bauhaus writing desk from the era circa 1930s in Austria. Renown as
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Bauhaus Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Italian Desk by Gio Ponti Attributed, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Palermo, PA
Italian desk by Gio Ponti attributed, 1950s.
Dimensions: H= 78 cm; W= 180 cm; D= 85 cm.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Franco Albini Writing Desk Knoll International, 1949
By Franco Albini, Knoll
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare and early writing desk model 1928 designed by Franco Albini and manufactured by Knoll
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Marcel Breuer Bauhaus Desk for Thonet
By Thonet, Marcel Breuer
Located in Paris, FR
Tubular steel desk with two red Bordeaux varnished wooden drawers designed by the Bauhaus architect
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Carlo de Carli Streamlined Desk with Cassina Armchair, 1953
By Carlo di Carli
Located in Rome, IT
Rare Carlo de Carli desk with armchair, 1953
laquered wood, painted glass, velvet.
The armchair
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Velvet, Glass, Wood
Executive Desk Attributed to Fabio Lenci for Comfort Line
By Fabio Lenci
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Stunning wood and glass executive desk attributed to Fabio Lenci for Comfort Line.
Two large
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Executive Desk by Dassi, Italy, Mid-20th Century
By Dassi
Located in Greding, DE
Large executive desk with four drawers by Dassi with its original thick glass top, supported by
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Art Deco Desk by Jean Royere for Gouffé
By Pierre Gouffe
Located in Astoria, NY
An executive desk with a bronze framed glass top and six drawers. The piece is by Jean Royere and
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Desk in the Manner ff Jacques Dumond, 1950s
By Jacques Dumond
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
or desk supplies. The glass legs give the desk a light and floating feel. This design reminds me of
Category
Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Italian Mediterranean Style Half Round Demilune 3 Drawer Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian Mediterranean style half round demilune 3 drawer desk. Item features a half round demilune
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Wood
Rare Minimalist Franco Albini Early Desk, Italy, 1938
By Franco Albini
Located in Milan, IT
Exceptional Franco Albini early desk, Italy 1938
Pre - Knoll edition.
Ref: Franco Albini
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Italian desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
fifty's reversible glass top desk , two drawers .Also can be use as vanity.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Desks
Materials
Brass
$1,700
Oscar Desk-Bookshelves by Didier Rozaffy, France circa 1950
By Didier Rozaffy
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
, interchangeable black and transparent glass doors, and a foldaway desk supported by a square-section tubular base
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Italian Walnut Sliding Top Secretary Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant and classic Italian walnut wood side desk console, writing table, secretary with
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
In the Style of Gio Ponti Italian Desk, 1950
By Gio Ponti
Located in Roma, Lazio
Gorgeous desk, design in the style of Gio Ponti, recognizable leg style, the wood that forms an "X
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Writing Desk or Console Table from Up Zavody, 1960s
By Up Závody
Located in Żory, PL
Mid-century writing desk which can also be used as a console table. Manufactured by UP Zavody
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Italian Mid-Century Writing Desk by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi, Dassi Mobili Moderni
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This exquisite writing desk, so well designed by Vittorio Dassi in the 1950s, stands as a testament
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Mid-Century Executive Desk Paolo Buffa Style, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Traversetolo, IT
distinguished by its scarlet red glass top desk that gives it brightness.
Its condition of the period are to be
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Hollywood Regency French Eglomise Mirrored Desk, Vanity or Writing Table
Located in Manhasset, NY
Hollywood Regency French Eglomise mirrored desk, Vanity or writing table.
A stunning Eglomise knee
Category
Vintage 1930s French Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Writing Desk by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini Vintage Italy 1970s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Milano, IT
Bernini. Solid wood (front drawers with small shutter), walnut veneer. Glass shelf. Manufactured in Italy
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Gampel
Stoll Elephant Desk Console Table Newly Lacquered Fretwork Vintage
By Gampel-Stoll
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
professionally lacquered in a white gloss. This also comes with a clear glass top made to fit the top of the desk.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
Desk Designed In 1958 By Franco Albini For Knoll International.
By Franco Albini, Knoll
Located in Dronten, NL
Early edition of this minimalist pedestal desk with glass top. All original unrestored condition
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Gampel
Stoll Elephant Desk Console Table Newly Lacquered Fretwork Vintage
By Gampel-Stoll
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Amazing vintage Gampel and Stoll elephant desk with drawer. Also makes a great console table. Newly
Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
Herman Miller Desk by Bruce Burdick Fully Adjustable Components
By Bruce Burdick, Herman Miller
Located in Austin, TX
splayed cast aluminum feet to suspend glass, wood and heavy plastic composite components. This example has
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Memphis Style Post Modern Executive Desk by Dakota Jackson, 1980s
By Dakota Jackson
Located in Hamburg, PA
tops with six drawers. Front and back of desk accented by leather and lacquered wood.
Dimensions
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Glass, Rosewood, Sycamore, Wood
Restored Midcentury Writing Desk or Console Table from Up Zavody, 1960s
By Up Závody
Located in Żory, PL
Midcentury writing desk which can also be used as a console table. Manufactured by UP Zavody
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Silvio Berrone, Desk from the Bialetti Building, 1955–1956
By Silvio Berrone
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by Silvio Berrone in 1955-1956:
wood for the top, dark green vinyl and brass for the
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Silvio Berrone, Desk from the Bialetti Building, 1955–1956
By Silvio Berrone
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by Silvio Berrone in 1955-1956: wood for the top , dark green vinyl and brass for the
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Desk By Brueton With Chair By Pace Circa 1975 American
By Brueton
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Desk comprised of a half-inch thick, frosted and tempered glass top that is supported on each side
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
‘Bullet Train’ Modern Writing Table Desk by Robert Sorrell, circa 1980s
By Robert Sorrell
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Interesting not only for its diverse use of native woods and the transparency of the angles, but
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Restored Midcentury Writing Desk or Console Table from Up Zavody, 1960s
By Up Závody
Located in Żory, PL
desk has been completely renovated, the glass has been replaced with a new one (has one, barely visible
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
French Glass Writing Table with Chair.
Located in Pasadena, CA
Frosted glass desk with 2 wood drawers and metal bar footrest for comfort. The top and the back are
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Italian Mid-Century Executive Desk with Dattilo by Osvaldo Borsani, 1950s
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Traversetolo, IT
masterpiece is also a smaller typing desk, also adorned with the same black glass top and equipped with a
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Desk with Built-In Bookcase in Italian Rationalism Style, circa 1930
Located in Berlin, DE
Geometric shaped wooden desk with built-in bookcase in Italian Rationalism style, probably Italy
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Restored Mid-Century Writing Desk or Console Table from Up Zavody, 1960s
By M. Požár, Up Závody
Located in Żory, PL
Mid-century writing desk which can also be used as a console table. Manufactured by UP Zavody
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Bronze-Mounted Kingwood Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This exceptional French Louis XV style kingwood parquetry writing desk or bureau plat features a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian Mid-Century Office Set with Executive Desk by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi, Dassi Mobili Moderni
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Presenting to you a breathtaking and exceedingly rare Italian Executive Desk of the 1950s
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Desk or Console Table by Mojmír Požár for UP Bučovice, 1960s
By M. Požár
Located in Żory, PL
Midcentury small desk which can also be used as a console table. Designed by Mojmír Požár in 1957
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Midcentury Desk or Console Table by M. Požár for Up Bučovice, 1960s
By M. Požár
Located in Żory, PL
This midcentury small desk can also be used as a console table. It was designed by Mojmír Požár in
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Italian Mid-Century Writing Desk by La Permanente Mobili Cantù, 1950s
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Step into the allure of mid-century Italian design with this masterfully writing desk crafted in
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Jansen Eglomise Mirrored Desk
Located in Manhasset, NY
A chic white painted and eglomise gilt-glass mirrored desk with three drawers, standing on squared
Category
Vintage 1950s Argentine Desks
Materials
Wood, Glass
Italian Table with Red Glass Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian table with red glass top.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
1950s Pier Luigi Colli Vintage Italian Design Cream
Honey Ashwood Modern Desk
By Pier Luigi Colli
Located in New York, NY
A very elegant vintage Italian 5-drawer desk in ashwood attributed to Pier Luigi Colli (Torino
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Ebonized Cartonnier Desk Stamped Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
Fabulous one-of-a-kind ebonized and parcel-gilt desk.
Gold-leaf reverse glass top & panels
Category
Vintage 1950s Argentine Desks
Materials
Wood, Glass
19th Century European Workbench as Glass Top Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming Danish carpenters workbench with modern tempered stand-off glass top. The workbench has
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Danish Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
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Wood and Glass Desks For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of wood and glass desks available for sale. Frequently made of wood, glass and metal, all wood and glass desks available were constructed with great care. We have 171 antique and vintage wood and glass desks in-stock, while there are 14 modern editions to choose from as well. Wood and glass desks have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of wood and glass desks to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Art Deco wood and glass desks are of considerable interest. If space is limited, there are small wood and glass desks measuring 15.36 inches across. Many wood and glass desks are appealing in their simplicity, but Franco Albini, Gio Ponti and Vittorio Dassi produced popular wood and glass desks that are worth a look.
How Much are Wood and Glass Desks?
Wood and glass desks can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $4,967, while the lowest priced sells for $650 and the highest can go for as much as $103,650.
Finding the Right Desks And 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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