Hand-Painted Desks and Writing Tables

A fine quality Viennese late 19th century, gilt-bronze and enamel mounted ebonised bureau-cabinet decorated all-over with shaped enamel plaques depicting mythological scenes, inters...

The renowned “Diplomata” desk, designed by Jorge Zalszupin in 1965 to meet the rising need for office furniture in Brasilia, is a testament to innovative design and craftsmanship. Cr...

Vintage Shanxi Province Long Elm Calligraphy Table With Carved Legs Introducing our Antique Handcrafted Shanxi Province Elm Calligraphy Table - a ...

Antique writing desk in black lacquered wood, with adjustable flaps on the sides, rich ornaments in gilded brass, built according to the fashion of the late 19th century in France. T...

Classical faux porphyry library table Northern European, 19th century Measures: Height 31 1/4 in, width 47 1/4 in, depth 25 3/4 in. 2206.

Charming antique wooden writing cabinet with original paint in aged white tones and delicate blue details. It features a drop-down top that conceals a practical work surface, as well...

Available today, this midcentury dining table with chrome tubular base and wood is a showstopper! The wood has been refinished, the metal cleaned up and the overall piece is in excellent condition. The table fits 4-6 people comfortably as shown in the pictures. This piece has all the fun aspects of a true bold Mid-Century Modern piece -- clean, angular swooping lines that give the piece an almost googie look that is unmistakably Mid-Century Modern. This table effortlessly flexes into any Mid-Century Modern, modern, Danish modern or contemporary environment. This piece would also look wonderful in a boho chic, chinoiserie, or Hollywood Regency styled home or office as well. This table was found in a private office in Curitiba (the capital of Parana, a southern state in Brazil) where all the furniture was from Geraldo de Barros for Hobjeto. About the author: Geraldo de Barros (1923-1998) was one of the key players of the Modernist movement in Brazil in the 1950s. Originally a painter close to the European avant-garde and the Pioneer of abstract photography in Brazil in the 1940s (his works are part of the MoMa collection), Geraldo de Barros went to furniture-making in the early 1950s, seeking a more popular artform that would make his work available to a larger audience - which was more or less the IDEA behind the Bauhaus movement. In 1954, he founded the company Unilabor with a Dominican priest and skilled tradesmen. Unilabor was run by its employees and all benefits shared between them, thus becoming the first communitarian business in Modern Brazil history. Unilabor grew quickly to become one of the most important furniture companies in the country, but internal disputes led to the end of the company in 1967. In 1964, De Barros went on to found in association with Aloísio Bione another furniture design company called Hobjeto. After Unilabor, Hobjeto was a more capitalistic project but without losing his constructive characteristics. Until his retirement in 1989, de Barros designed and projected in-numerous furniture lines in this Industrial manner. He even built a personal workshop in the factory to project and create his last painting series in Formica. The furniture and the paintings are finally created using the same techniques. Literature: • Vintage ads...

Beautiful five-drawer desk with hand carvings (see thumbnail photos) and paint decorated in the Louis XV style. Top quality workmanship in every phase. Original matching chair with this desk that is finished on all sides and can be placed in the middle of a room, bombe on all sides. Serpentine marble top...

A Chinese export lacquer bureau on stand with toilet glass, decorated with an unusual polychrome flower design. Made in China circa 1750, the decor...

From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Provenza Table in light taupe. In a refined solid wood structure, this beautiful writing table wit...

People say that the color white does not exist. That our eye just perceives it that way. I don't want to believe that. White to me is the color of purity, the color that is hard not to get dirty, the color of renewal, the color that looks the richest. I really enjoy the way the slabs and roots of old walnut look in the snow-white resin. It looks really contrasting. Like a painting forever placed in an expensive frame. I think in this table we've managed to show the really white color that exists. The table is made from old slabs and walnut roots and white epoxy resin...

Isabel O'Neil (1908-1981) hand painted kneehole desk. The desk is a Louis XIV style and was hand-painted in 1986. The desk is black lacquered with hand-painted flowers. The desk ha...

An English satinwood desk and game table from the 19th century with tilt top writing area, checkerboard and two drawers. This 19th-century English satinwood desk and game table is a ...

French black lacquered and foliage painted writing table with hinged interior compartment, original interior locking mechanism with key, painted gilt foliage bulbous pedestal, and re...

Available today, this desk with a file cabinet, designed by Jorge Zalszupin and produced by his company L’Atelier in the 1960s, highlights an innovative approach to Brazilian rosewoo...

Console, support surface and desk, interchangeable according to desire. Handpainted hardwood structure embellished with hand-drawn graphic details designed by the author, then protec...

an early 18th century Queen Anne rent table in the Chinese Taste (with Chinoiserie decoration) having one large single drawer (that goes all the way through) with twelve (12) compart...