Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
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Green Murano Bubble Glass Paperweight
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Rare, Mid-Century Modern vintage water drop shaped paperweight with singular trapped air bubble inclusion within the green/blue/turquoise clear (slightly tinted) glass. Very unusual ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
British Studio Pottery Brown Glazed Water Dropper or Inkwell
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and finely hand crafted studio pottery water dropper or inkwell decorated in brown glazes dating from the 20th century. The hand thrown hive shaped vessel stands on a flat...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Italian Desk Set in Onyx Marble Ashtray and Paperweights, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A decorative desk lot consisting of pear and able shaped paperweights with brass stems and a mosaic ashtray in Onyx marble. Manufactured in Italy during...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx
Mid Century Pen Holder in Patinated Leather 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
Mid Century Pen Holder in Patinated Leather 1960s.
Beautiful mid century pen holder / cup in dark brown patinated leather. Slender design with nice stitching.
A great addition to ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Mid-Century Functional Tesla Phone 1971
Located in Praha, CZ
For sale is a mid-century phone, original vintage condition, elegant black glossy design, great addition to your collection
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Set of Five File Folders in Wicker and Brass, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Five big file folders in wicker and brass details made in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Old Blue Scale Gwarancja Olsztyn, Europe, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A fantastic antique weighing scale with nicely aged blue paint. Made by Gwarancja Factory in Olsztyn, Poland in the late 20th century. It presents...
Category
1970s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Iron
Nutcracker Vienna Around 1950s
Wood
Located in Wien, AT
Nutcracker vienna around 1950s ( wood )
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Walter Bosse pencil holder around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse pencil holder around 1950
Original condition
Pencil not included
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Holder for 3 pipes by walter bosse vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Holder for 3 pipes by walter bosse vienna around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4828 Cane and Steel Knife
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4828 cane and steel knife. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural knife is executed in polished steel and handwoven cane.
Price is per item...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Rare Functional Telephone LM Ericsson, 1960
s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Rare telephone, 1960's, CZS.
Fully functional.
Repolished, cleaned, in original condition with a few signs of use.
Made of plastic.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Vintage Solid Brass Bowl Or Paperweight With Praying Hands Motif 1950
s
Located in North Miami, FL
This mid century modern vintage solid cast brass paperweight bowl, object or desk accessory is of the subject matter of open and cupped praying hands. It has a grape and leaf motif ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Midcentury Foot Brass Figurine Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist foot keyring / keyholder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped and ma...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Monkey Coat Stand Black by Jaime Hayon for BD Barcelona, 2021
By Jaime Hayon
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Monkey Coat Stand by Jaime Hayon for BD Barcelona, 2021
There’s nothing better than getting home to this smiling monkey to hang my jacket. It looks l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Polyester
Bone and Bakelite Pen Holder for Desk around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Bone and bakelite pen holder for desk around 1960s
Original condition
Pen is not included.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bone, Bakelite
Pair of Bronze Paperweights, circa 1970, France.
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of paperweights in the shape of pebbles, circa 1970, France.
Gilded bronze.
Dimensions: pebble one: 9 x 8 x 3 cm, pebble two: 8 x 7 x 3 cm.
All purchases are covered by our Buye...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Travertine Horse Bookends Letter Holder by Fratelli Mannelli Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of horse-shaped bookends and letter holders in travertine marble by the Italian designers Fratelli Mannelli, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine
Barovier Murano Pink Gold Italian Art Glass Leaf Bowl Vide-Poche Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced per item (4 available).
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown, pink and gold flecks Italian art glass leaf dishes with vase / holder. They have been documented to the Barovier ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
$400 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Salt and pepper with two toothpick holders vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Salt and pepper with two toothpick holders vienna around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Cat Pencil Holder by Walter Bosse around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Cat Pencil Holder by Walter Bosse around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Red Eye Orb Cendese AB Murano Paperweight Mid-Century Eyeball Iris Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful, minimalist design reminescent of Caliari Venini Inciso Art Glass Cubes.
This one has a red sphere inside a sky blue and clear larger orb. It retains both, 'Made in Italy,' and the Murano Cendese...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Carl Auböck Model #4086 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck brass #5439 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished and patinated brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$410 / item
"Wyoming" Oil on Canvas by Robert Frame
1924-1999
Signed
By Robert Aaron Frame
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a beautiful, original framed, landscape painting entitled "Wyoming" by Robert Aaron Frame. The colors are rich, vibrant and bold. Set in a w...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Solid Brass Polished Screw Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A heavy and over sized Polished brass Screw. The piece is quite attractive and ready for any desk or work station in need of a paperweight.. whimsical and classic design.
The piece...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
A Geometric Resin Paperweight with Gilded Leaf Inclusion – France, 1970s
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A striking rectangular resin paperweight from the 1970s, featuring a delicate skeleton leaf, gilded before being suspended in layers of black and translucent resin. The minimalist, ...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Reed and Barton Silver Plate Horse Head Letter Opener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Silver plate Reed and Barton horse head letter opener. A nice addition to any desk or work station.
A handsome piece for the horse enthusiast, owner or trainer - the piece has fai...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Walter Bosse Pencil Holder
Marked
Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse pencil holder( marked ) around 1950s
The pencil is not icluded ( it is only for the photoshooting )
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Brassed WWII Era Mortar Shell Paperweights or Bookends Midcentury
By U.S. Army
Located in Philadelphia, PA
We have taken these hollowed out WWll mortar shells and brassed them to produce these very cool desk accessories.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Iron
Vistosi Italian Mid-Century Modern Cased Murano Glass Bullseye Paperweight
By Vistosi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Murano glass paperweight.
By Vistosi.
In the form of a black (or deep amethsyt) ameoba shape with a green & white bullseye pattern.
Simply a great Italian glass paper...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Carl Auböck #6086-1 Paperweight or Paperknife, Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Brass paperknife by Carl Auböck.
Category
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Leather desk set Jacques Adnet.
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and elegant desk displayer is made of a black leather. This is a model by famous French designer Jacques Adnet. Circa 1950
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
$847 Sale Price
36% Off
Four Small Pencile or Candle Holder Vienna Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Four small pencile or candle holder vienna around 1950s
Hammered brass
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Murano Gold, White Glass Heart Sculptures, Paperweights, Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of vintage mid century modern hand blown Murano glass abstract heart sculptures and or paperweights have their original Made it Italy paper label on the back. They are exqu...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Andrew Szoeke "L" Monogram Marquetry Wood Cube Paperweight
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a rare and wonderful monogram "L" cube or paperweight by American designer, Andrew Szoeke. This cube combines Szoeke's mastery of graphic art and typography with inlaid wood ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
MCM Staved Walnut Desk Organizer
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice and functional MCM staved walnut desk organizer, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good condition and measures 7.5"W x 4.5"D x 3"H. ...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Fish Sculpture by Livio Seguso for Gral, Germany, ca. 1970s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A sculpture of a stylized fish in smoke grey glass with white glass band. Hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. Designed by Livio Seguso ca. 1970. Incised signature of th...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Val Saint Lambert France Engraved Glass Disc Pisces Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
Dreamy engraved round glass disc Pisces paperweight by Val Saint Lambert, France, circa 1970s. Signed with engraved signature on disc edge,
as pictured.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Pietro Chiesa Midcentury Chiseled Crystal Desk Set for Fontana Arte, 1930s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This hand chiselled crystal desk set was designed by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1930s
Fontana Arte S.p.A. is an Italian company founded in Milan (as Fontana Arte) in 1...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Italian Murano Aquarium Paper Weight with Fish and Ocean Plants Bubbles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very unique and rare shape Murano Paper Weight depicting a ocean scene or an aquarium - with fish, ocean plants and bubbles in all the right places...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Walter Bosse Paragraph Lawyer Brass Sculpture, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A Midcentury brass figurine, displaying a paragraph form the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller, Austria. In very g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rohac notes paper holder ( for business Cards ) around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Rohac notes paper holder ( for business Cards ) around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Mid Century Modern Thick Clear Lucite Sculptural Desk Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Thick Clear Lucite Sculptural Desk Paperweight with Slight Amber Tint. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 4" H x 4.25" W x 4.25" D.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Gucci Mid-Century Modern Dark Brown Leather and Brass Desk Planner
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century Modern dark brown leather desk planner with brass bindings containing two notepads titled \"To-day\" and \"To-Morrow\" (stamped, GUCCI)
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Modernist Steel Railroad Tie Bookends
By Ward Bennett
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage heavy train railroad tie track bookends in the style of Ward Bennett. Green felt to bases, smooth metal finish to tops, front and back with textured steel on the sides. Great additions to your Modernist and Mid Century décor...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
$260 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Hermes Horse / Equestrian Letter Opener, 1960s France
By Hermès
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Hermes Equestrian Letter Opener, 1960s France.
Sleek Hermès letter opener in solid metal. Hermès Paris stamped. Beautiful light patina on the silver and on the blade. This piece is a...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Omersa Leather Turtle Use as Paperweight or Decorative, Retains Label
By Dimitri Omersa, Omersa
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage Dimitri Omersa embossed brown leather Turtle with label. Can be used as a paperweight or as decoration. Fun size. In fine condition, retains label.
Category
1970s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Danish Flag Post on Marble Stand with Royal Monogram of King Frederik IX, 1947
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish flag post with Dannebrog on a marble stand with Royal Monogram of King Frederik IX.
The flag post is most likely made for the coronation of the Ki...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Silver Plate
Walter Bosse Thermometer, 1950s for Table Vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse Thermometer, 1950s for table vienna around 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Italian Pietra Dura Inlaid Marble Butterfly Paperweight
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian oval white marble paperweight with beautiful colored burnt orange and greenish gray marble inlay with mother of pearl highlights in the form of a butterfly. Lovely piece to h...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Petrified Wood Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of petrified wood bookends.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Petrified Wood
$695 / set
Ernest Sohn Siamese Teak and Acrylic Magazine Holder, circa 1960
By Ernest Sohn
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ernest Sohn Siamese teak and acrylic magazine holder, circa 1960
Measures: 16" wide x 6" deep x 14.5" high
Good vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic, Teak
Paper Clip by Franzi in Leather and Steel, Gucci Style, Italy, 1970s
By Gucci
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous vintage clip paperweight in leather and steel in the shape of a marine link. A wonderful piece produced by the historic leather brand Franzi in the 1970s in Italy.
A bea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Ronan Bouroullec Kvadrat Maroon Baton Paravant For Bd Barcelona
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ronan Bouroullec Kvadrat Maroon Baton Paravant For Bd Barcelona
The Baton collection was designed by Ronan Bouroullec and is produced by BD. Its sublime simplicity carves around the shape of a cane. The Baton finds its place in a room as a screen divider, a candleholder, a vase, a valet stand, a side table or a mirror. It strikes a balance between a fluent, curving line and a slim and unimposing frame. As a standalone or group, the Baton represents Bouroullec’s emphasis on refining function and form. The system changes interiors. It generates an intimate feeling in the home or a shared space, with an appealing design that is subtle and concise. A minimal frame with multiple uses.
Dimensions and technical drawing
Unfolded
138 x 28 x 220 cm
58 x 11 x 87 in
Folded
28 x 28 x h.220 cm
11 x 11 x h.87 in
Materials and finishes
Base in gravity die casting steel, polished and powder coated in textured black. Inox steel polished curved tube. Steel rod fixed to the base, powder coated in black matt. Different options available for the fabric space divider. When folded, horizontal rod used to hang the fabric is stored fixed on the vertical rod by two clipping systems.
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About the Designer:
Ronan Bouroullec is a French designer born in Quimper (Brittany) in 1971.
He went to the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Art when he was 17. The following year he exhibited for the first time at the Salon du Meuble in Paris. His brother joined him in Paris in 1998, and he opened a small studio in 1999, the same year he was awarded the New Designer Award by the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York.
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec began partnerships with names such as Vitra, and their designs and ongoing partnership led to numerous other collaborations with international design companies.
Their designs have spanned multiple fields of expression, from craftsmanship to mass production, beyond the realm of furniture design into technology and art. Permanent public space installations have been produced around the world, and they have been represented in some of the most important international institutions such as MoMA New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges-Pompidou in Paris, and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
There have been numerous monographs published on Bourroullec’s work and had his first solo exhibition at the Centre Pompido in the Spring of 2024.
Ronan focuses on practical and flexible designs. Designs that are refined, maintaining his creative flair and an era-defining ingenuity.
About the manufacturer:
We are an international design company run by a collective ownership —Apartamento Magazine (Nacho Alegre, Omar Sosa, Marco Velardi), Taller Bofill (Pablo Bofill, Ricardo Bofill, Luna Paiva...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Penholder Vienna, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Penholder Vienna, circa 1950s
Original condition
(The pen is not included).
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Marble Obelisk Paper Weight Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three black marble obelisks. The trio are a nice decorative addition to the desk or shelf, however could easily be paper weights or bookends. A very nice set of three black with whit...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Vintage Austrian Letter Opener and tray Vienna 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful desk set comprises a letter opener and a small desk tray. The letter opener is made from nickel plates brass and has a leather wrapping....
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
MCM Octagonal Brass Ashtray
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice MCM octagonal brass ashtray, circa 1950s. The piece is in great vintage condition and measures 7.25"D x 1.25"H. #4209
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass 50 Year Calendar Dial / Paperweight by Cogecot S.A. 1969 to 2018
Located in San Diego, CA
Ingenious solid brass and enamel 50 Year perpetual calendar dial / paperweight by Cogecot S.A., circa 1969. The piece is designed to determine the day of the week for any date betwe...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Murano Gambaro Poggi Red Blue Purple Italian Art Glass Bird Figurine Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown bright red, dark cobalt blue and lavender Italian art glass bird paperweight / figurine. The piece is documented to the Gambaro & Poggi company, w...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
$300 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid-century Modern desk accessories for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern desk accessories for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage desk accessories created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern desk accessories made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Austria pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original desk accessories, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Fratelli Toso, Walter Bosse, and Herta Baller. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for desk accessories differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $34 and tops out at $28,500 while the average work can sell for $548.
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Vintage Rotary Telephone
Vintage Vanity Brush Set
Antique Wax Letter Seals
Antique Writing Desk With Inkwell
Art Nouveau Desk Blotter
Brass Dog Inkwell
Brass Tape Dispenser
Carl Aubock Pencil