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Desk Accessories For Sale
Salle de Bain, Set of Three, Handmade Cast Concrete Tray in White by UMÉ Studio
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
The Salle de Bain series plays on an oft-overlooked architectural detail: the bathroom tile. By displacing the familiar shape from a quotidian surface to...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Concrete
Vintage Brass Stepped Mail or Letter Desk Organizer, 1970s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage brass desk organizer features stepped construction with 3 compartments, with graduated arched dividers mounted on reticulated square base....
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Ernest Cambeau Paris 1920 Art Deco Box .950 Sterling Silver with Ceylon Sapphire
By Ernest Combeau
Located in Miami, FL
A hinged box designed by Ernest Cambeau.
A beautiful hinged box, created in Paris France by the silversmith Ernest Cambeau, back in the 1920. This box has been crafted in a cushio...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,326 Sale Price
30% Off
French Bulldog Bronze Desk Paperweight / Ashtray , Austria, 1920´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
French bulldog bronze figure / sculpture desk paperweight Ashtray - Austria 1920´s.
Marked Austria. Very nice conditions. Bronze is mounted over a marble base.
We have specialized i...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Ceramic Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drip glaze ceramic box made in Italy, circa 1970s. Grainy finish along with high gloss accents in a beautiful chocolate brown and tan giving it great depth...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Nude Art Nouveau Celluloid Straight Razor by Ern. C. Friedr
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare nude Art Nouveau celluloid handle Straight Razor. This is a great antique straight razor with a detailed Art Nouveau Nude standing in a gre...
Category
1910s German Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
$195 Sale Price
40% Off
Anient Traditional Fan, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Traditional Italian fan is an original decorative object realized in Italy in the half of the 18th century.
The fan is realized completely in gilded silk, decorated gilded wood an...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silk, Wood
Vintage Mid-Century Glass Ruby Red Cigar Ashtray
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage mid-century large round glass ruby red cigar ashtray
Mid-Century Modern glass ashtray circa 1960's – 1970's USA.
Hand-made by Viking Art Glass...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
19th Century Viennese Miniature Covered Silver and Enamel Cornucopia
Located in New York, NY
A very fine antique jeweled, silver Viennese enamel covered Cornucopia. Each panel is beautifully enameled with cupids, Angeles and Maidens with neoclassical mythological subjects, f...
Category
1850s Austrian Medieval Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel
Versace for Rosenthal "L
Ange Gabriel" Plate, 1996 20th Century
By Versace
Located in Madrid, ES
Versace for Rosenthal "L'Ange Gabriel" Plate, 1996
Rosenthal "Versace" Christmas plate, 1996. Porcelain, white with colorful decor, maker's mark "Rosen...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Desk Bell
Located in VALENZA, IT
Desk bell in sterling silver. The bell is smooth with beaded decorations both on the body and on the knob.
The body is perforated to make the bell sound (br...
Category
1990s Italian Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
$478 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Nouveau Spider Lamp by Unknown European Artist
Located in Palm Beach, FL
European spider lamp, circa 1925.
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parce...
Category
1920s Unknown Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Heavy Pig Brass Metal Money Box Piggy Bank, Vintage, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage metal money bank. A beautiful decorative item, with nice patina. Made in Europe, circa 1960s. Nice addition to any collection, desktop, living room or children's roo...
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Uplight Brass Metal Table Lamp, French, 1930s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A lovely example of Art Deco that shows great style and imagination is this French table lamp trumpet shape. Cream coloured on the inside and takes a normal bulb, you can use energy ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Large Malachite Box Gemstone Box Ocean Floor
Located in Somis, CA
This beautiful large gemstone box is finely crafted with the finest malachite in brilliant green. The cover with beveled edge demonstrates a stunning patt...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite
Art Nouveau or Modernist Tray, Metal
Located in Madrid, ES
Modernist tray. Metal
Tray formed by a base with three holes worked like a leaf. Its upturned petiole supports a female figure dressed in a tunic flutt...
Category
20th Century European Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Pair of Cast Iron Mounted Lion Masks
Located in Staffordshire, GB
19th century English pair of cast iron mounted lion masks
circa 1890.
Price is each.
Measures: Large H 49 x W 19.5 x D 11cm
Small H 43 x W 18 x D ...
Category
1880s British Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
$633 Sale Price
20% Off
Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund Chamotte Container / Inkwell
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund Chamotte container / inkwell.
Measures 15.5 cm. x 12 cm. x 5 cm.
Beautiful turquoise glaze.
Marked.
In perfect condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Wooden Christmas Tree Set FIR – Cedar
Located in Orlando, FL
The natural cedar minimalist Christmas trees are unique decorative pieces that blend the natural beauty of the fir tree with a modern design. This luxurious handcrafted solid cedar t...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Wooden Christmas Tree Set – Cedar with Bronze Tip, Medium Size
Located in Orlando, FL
The luxury bronze-tipped Christmas tree is designed to complete your holiday décor with natural elegance. Inspired by the aesthetic forms of three distinct trees—Cedar, Fir, and Juni...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Cedar
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Encrier Inkwell by Boin Taburet
By Boin-Taburet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze, mahogany and porcelain Encrier (Inkwell). The oval mahogany base surmounted with an ormolu mounted trim, dual-trays and fi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$6,450 Sale Price
56% Off
GAB Sweden, a writing set in bronze. Art Deco, approx. 1930
Located in København, Copenhagen
GAB Sweden, a writing set in bronze consisting of an inkwell, letter knife, letter holder, seal and inkwell.
Art Deco approx. 1930.
In excellent condition with good patina.
Seal w...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Fine Leather Bound Tunbridge Ware Blotter Book
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : A Fine Leather Bound Tunbridge Ware Blotter Book
Date : c1855
Period : Victorian
Origin : Tunbridge Wells
Decoration : A panel of isometric cubes to the pillowed front ‘pag...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Wood
Italian Typewriter by Marcello Nizzoli for Olivetti, 1950s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Lettera 22 portable typewriter, of enameled metal and plastic, designed by Marcello Nizzoli and produced by the progressive manufacturer Olivetti in Italy, circa 1954. Nizzoli (1887-...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Bronze Letter Opener by Just Andersen, 1930s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
Large Bronze Letter Opener designed by Just Andersen in the 1930s.
* Bronze letter knife
* Designer: Just Andersen
* Model: B1502
* Year: 1934
* Condition: Good vintage condition. ...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Letter Opener Art Nouveau early 20th century signed Rischmann, France
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Superb Art Nouveau Bronze Letter Opener Signed Rischmann, Late 19th–Early 20th Century
An exceptional Art Nouveau bronze letter opene...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Saint Louis Paperweight Gridel Devil Millefiori Scramble c1850
By Saint Louis
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Saint Louis Paperweight Gridel Devil Millefiori Scramble c1850
Date : c1850
Origin : Saint Louis, France
Bowl Features : A large paperweight with central devil gridel surr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
vintage paperweight in Murano glass, 1970
Located in Brussels, BE
vintage paperweight in Murano glass, 1970
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
1980s Sterling Silver Swan Letter Opener
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver letter opener; an addition to our diverse ornamental collection
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II cast sterling silver letter opener has a sabre shaped form.
The arched terminal of this letter opener has been realistically modelled in the form of a swan's neck and head.
Condition
This vintage sterling silver letter...
Category
1980s Great Britain (UK) Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage Art Glass Clear and White Glass Paperweight White Lily, Mid-late 20th C
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Art Glass Clear and White Glass Paperweight White Lily, Mid-late 20th C
Offered for sale is a paperweight with white flowers blown into it as well as a ring of clear bubb...
Category
Late 20th Century American Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Distressed Industrial Look Desk Top Stationary Box Letter Rack
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Distressed Industrial Look Desk Top Stationary Box Letter Rack
A Desk top Letter rack, with 4 large pockets each with a metal label holder
A Useful and Sturdy piece, the rack has be...
Category
1970s Rustic Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
Large Vintage Die in Mother-of-Pearl and Rosewood, Denmark
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Danish Paperweight Die in Rosewood and Mother-of-Pearl, Mid-Century Modern. Measures: 2 Inch.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
DeCastelli Riviera Pots 1 Flower 60 Planter in Stainless Steel by Aldo Cibic
By DeCastelli, Aldo Cibic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“I’ve always been drawn to nature as it manifests its strength in unexpected contexts”. With this, Aldo Cibic built a miniature natural landscape, poetically made of structures, cont...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
DeCastelli Riviera Pots 3 Flower 50 Planter in Stainless Steel by Aldo Cibic
By DeCastelli, Aldo Cibic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“I’ve always been drawn to nature as it manifests its strength in unexpected contexts”. With this, Aldo Cibic built a miniature natural landscape, poetically made of structures, cont...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Gucci Brown Leather Desk Letter Opener with Gilded Equestrian Motif, circa 1970
By Gucci
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bring a touch of sophistication to your private workspace with this rare Gucci-designed luxury leather desktop accessory. Crafted in Italy circa 1970, this exquisite letter opener em...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
Art Deco Pewter Desk Set by Carl-Einar Borgström for Ystad Tenn, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Staffanstorp, SE
An elegant and rare 4-piece desk set designed by Carl-Einar Borgström for Ystad Tenn, Sweden. Executed in pewter with details in Bakelite, this Art Deco set includes:
– Inkwell stan...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Signed Vintage Brass and Lucite Cobra Snake Double Pen Caddy
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Signed "Phil Marmer", this menacing pen caddy is the ultimate gift for any sociopath CEO or evil karate instructor. Gordon Gekko could only dream of having something this intimidati...
Category
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Metal
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco / Mid-century Silvered Bronze Bust Sculpture - France 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco / Midcentury Silvered Bronze Bust - France 1930´s.
Silvered Bronze Head mounted over Onyx Marble.
Very nice Sculpture, perfect for a desk or a side table.
We have speciali...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Vintage Olympia De Luxe Portable Typewriter with Carrying Case
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Olympia portable typewriter with carrying case
1960s Olympia Monica portable typewriter with hard carry case made in West Germany. Typewriter...
Category
1960s German Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Hermes Desktop Magnifier Paperweight in Silver, 1960s
By Hermès
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Hermes Paris magnifying glass desk accessory with domed lens ensconced in a silver frame with a belt design. We've left the oxidation and patina untouched and simply added a ...
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Bust Woman Profile Guido Cacciapuoti 1930
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Stylish Art Deco bronze bust of a woman in profile.
Attributed to Guido Cacciapuoti.
The bronze has a silver patina and stands on a green marble base.
Italy 1930-1940.
We have speci...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Set of 2 Brass Luna Paper Weights by Stem Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Brass Luna Paper Weights by Stem Design
Dimensions: Ø 8 x H 3 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Finish: Tumbled and burnished.
Weight: 0,5 kg (each.)
Finished and assembled by hand in India. Also available in aluminum. Please contact us.
Sand-cast in solid metal, the Luna paperweight is a minimal object with a
strong character. Surface pitting and production marks developed through the
casting process are left untreated to retain the material’s richness, to allow for a more profound interaction. Luna has a timeless ornamental quality that is both decorative and functional.
The objects layers on as a metaphor and showcases the beauty of being who you are. It strips off all the layers of ornamentation and artificial finishes to build an immediate and intuitive connection with the product that lasts a lifetime.
Stem is a contemporary Indian product...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Murano Millefiori Flowers Italian Art Glass Mushroom Toadstool Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and very unusual, vintage Murano hand blown multicolor millefiori flowers Italian art glass mushroom / toadstool sculptural paperweight. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Letter Tray Desk Organizer Rosewood Danish Desktop Georg Petersen Selectform
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Very active Rosewood grain to all surfaces. This is the early production Selectform model, designed and made by Georg Petersen Mobelfabrik A/S. This example retains the Georg Peter...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Brass Bronze Black Forest Figural 3 Bears Desk Pen Tray Trinket Holder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Brass Bronze Black Forest Figural 3 Bears Desk Pen Tray Trinket Holder. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 1.5" H x 12.25" W x 10" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Black Forest Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Italian Photo Frame Silver Handmade , Harmony Turquoise
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Harmony turquoise is an Arts & Crafts square silver picture frame designed by Laura G for Art with Heart.
It is a wonderful lost wax bronze silver plated model hand chiselled by mast...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Guillerme et Chambron Magazine Rack with Ceramic Ashtray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning French magazine rack by designers Guillerme et Chambron. Made of oak. Beautiful, original ceramic ashtray. Very rare find. Gorgeous design. Perfect accessory for a larger Gu...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Antique Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box, Most Probably by Bontems
Located in London, GB
A antique tortoiseshell singing bird box, most probably by Bontems,
Going barrel movement,
Gilt metal two-tone brilliance...
When wound and start/stop slide moved to the right, the bird pops up through foliate chased gilt grille, then proceeds to move bone beak, wings and body from side-to-side to good complex continuous synchronized birdsong.
The bird with streaked feathered plumage in brown, yellow, turquoise and red, lime green and purple iridescent highlights, highly polished lid interior for full bird reflection, in plain polished tortoiseshell case, twinned laurel leaf engraved bird lid border with the bird lid engraved with love birds and rose united beneath leaf swag arch, accentuated with gilt on silvered ground, hidden key...
Category
1880s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Gold Carnelian Armorial Seal with Agate Handle
Located in New Orleans, LA
Gold Carnelian Armorial Seal with Agate Handle
A. Croisier, Paris
Circa 1880
This exquisite agate, gold and carnelian armorial seal, dating to circa 1880, once belonged to the Marqu...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Carnelian, Gold
Brass Elephant Piggy Bank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elephant piggy bank sculpture. The brass sculpture has a slit at the top which allows you to drop in coins and cash. Bottom plug will need to be replaced to allow it to function as a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Bronze Seal and Ink Tray by Sadoux
Located in New York, NY
A Bronze desk set with "Antico" patina and gold-plated flower decoration from 1925 period:
seal, pocket emptier.
The signature of "A. Sadoux" appears on the
A. Sadoux items. 1925, sc...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Cast Stone
Vintage Wooden Chopping Boards - Medium Size - Good Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Vintage Wooden Chopping Boards - Medium Size - Good Quantity Available.
Sourced from Hungarian and Romanian street markets, crudely made and well used small chopping boards made ma...
Category
1950s Hungarian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Beech
19th Century Laptop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century laptop is also known as a writing slope, or a lap desk! It became wildly popular in the 19th century because a "laptop" provided an expansive flat writing surface t...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
$1,200
American Brass Miniature Carriage Clock with Beveled Glass, New York. C. 1850
By James Mix
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass miniature carriage clock with beveled glass, carrying handle , and signed enamel over copper face with dial. Clock consists of time, strike,...
Category
1850s American American Classical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Copper, Enamel
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Chrome and Lucite Table Sculpture, 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern abstract chrome and Lucite table or desk sculpture from circa 1970.
Form fit into the footed Lucite base.
Sculpture measures: 8.75 x 5.75 x 1.38 inches height.
No ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Patinated Bronze Pen Tray, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts period patinated bronze pen tray featuring Zodiac designs
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures:...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Pierre Giraudon Inclusion of Pearl Oyster Shell - 20th
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Jean Claude Dresse / Pierre Giraudon Inclusion of Pearl Oyster Shell
Vide Poche - 1970s - Belgium - decoration
Measures : 13.5cmx13.5cm H:5cm
Materials : Epoxy - Pearl Oyster Shell
...
Category
20th Century French Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Georg Jensen Stainless Steel Letter Opener by Allan Scharff
By Georg Jensen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish organically shaped paper knife in brushed stainless steel. Designed by Allan Scharff in 90s and manufactured at Georg Jensen in Denmark.
Marked: Georg Jensen, Denmark.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Enrique Luis Vertosa Early 20th Century Mexican Hand Painted Talavera
Located in Queens, NY
Early 20th c. Puebla style Talavera indoor/outdoor cachepot / jardiniere featuring opposingly faced roosters hand painted in blue pigment against a vibrant yellow backdrop with flora...
Category
20th Century Spanish Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Paint
Metal Bolt Shaped Tabletop Lighter, France, c. 1960
Located in New York City, NY
Chromed, polished table lighter in the shape of a bolt.
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Antique, New and Vintage Desk Accessories
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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