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Desk Accessories For Sale
Color:  Red
Elegant Red Leather Desk Set by Le Tanneur, France, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Midcentury French modern full leather desk set by Le Tanneur composed by: Calendar L 18.5cm x L 11cm depth 5cm Pencil case L 23cm x L 8cm depth 2....
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Stainless Steel

Ettore Sottsass Olivetti Valentine Typewriter C. 1960's
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Designed by Ettore Sottsass and Peter King, the typewriter is housed in the permanent collection of the MoMa as an excellent example of pop art. The typewriter also presaged Sottsas...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal

Baccarat Huntsman Sulphide Paperweight on Translucent Red Ground
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A Baccarat huntsman sulphide paperweight on translucent red ground Measures: height 4.5 cm (1 3/4") Diameter 9 cm (3 1/2") Period 1850-1899 Year 1850 ...
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1850s Antique Desk Accessories

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Glass

Red Cobra Table Phone, Ericofon by LM Ericsson
Located in Vienna, AT
Vintage Rotary dial red ericofone. This is the model Cobra. It is made of thermoplastic ABS Designed in the 1950s in Sweden by Hugo Blomberg, Ralph Lysell and Gösta Thames, LM Ericsson...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Steel

Murano Red Multi-Color Millefiori Flowers Italian Art Glass Rooster Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso red and millefiori flowers Italian art glass rooster figure, sculpture or paperweight. Attributed to Ga...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Glass, Art Glass, Murrine, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass

Swiss Modern Desk Organizers, Pencil Holders by Pentex, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A red and a black pencil-holder in cast acrylic. 1970s Modern architectural styling. Designed and manufactured by Pentex in Switzerland. Each with 6 cylindrical compartments for uten...
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1970s Swiss Space Age Vintage Desk Accessories

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Acrylic

Geometric Sculpture in Polished Tangerine Resin by Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Geometric sculpture made in polished resin in variety of colors. It is a modern and colorful piece that will liven up any space. This sculpture is very versatile and fun! You can ...
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2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories

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Resin

Red Cobra Table Phone, Ericofon by LM Ericsson
Located in Vienna, AT
Vintage Rotary dial red ericofone. This is the model Cobra. It is made of thermoplastic ABS Designed in the 1950s in Sweden by Hugo Blomberg, Ralph Lysell and Gösta Thames, LM Ericsson...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Steel

Italian Red Burgundy Marble Obelisks, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of red burgundy Italian modern marble Obelisks, circa 1970s, Italy. Solid red burgundy marble with grey veining. Marked on bottom, 'Made in Italy', as shown in last image. A great set for any cocktail table, mantle, bookshelf, office, library, etc. Dimensions: 8.88" Height. For sterling silver female figurative sculpture shown, search 1stDibs ref. #: LU1314230532222 French crystal box, search ref.: LU1314230536482 Pink Rhodonite box...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Marble

Vintage Mid-Century Glass Ruby Red Cigar Ashtray
Located in North Hollywood, 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...
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Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Italian Handmade Photo Frame Red White Plexi, Otto Sharing Red
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing Otto Red is a unique multiples edition of Art with Heart collection of pop recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plexiglass

1970s Space Age Orange Vetrochina Ceramic Triple Vase by Il Picchio
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish space age triple vase designed and manufactured in Italy in the Seventies by Il Picchio famous italian manufacturer of the period, the orange colo...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Ceramic

Antique Tooled Red Burgundy Leather Writing Surface Desk Insert Pad
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique tooled red or burgundy leather desk / table writing surface pad. Purchased in London in the 1980s.  Measures: 41" x 65".     
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Early 20th Century Victorian Desk Accessories

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Leather

20th Century French Cognac Colored Leather Five Pieces Desk Set by Saint Gill
Located in Sofia, BG
French leather desk set of five pieces all wrapped in genuine leather in special cognac colour. The set contains a large desk pad, a small open paper tray, a bigger paper box with orange leather interior and a cover and two small leather boxes with orange leather interior as well. All pieces are decorated with small anchors at the corners. They also have scratches and stains due to the age and usage but there were no restorations and the authentic look is beautiful. Super elegant set for your desk. All items stamped Saint Gill Paris...
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Early 20th Century French Desk Accessories

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Leather

Olivetti "Valentine" Typewriter by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vienna, AT
Famous portable typewriter by Sottsass for Olivetti, Italy from the 1960s. Totally functional with some wear. 3 pieces available.  
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Steel

Fratelli Toso Murano Sommerso Red Blue Italian Art Glass Fruit Paperweights
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful set of vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso red, blue and clear Italian art glass apple and pear fruit paperweights. Documented to the Fratelli To...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Sommerso, Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass

Danese Milano Lampedusa Orange Pencil Holder in Melamine by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Orange Lampedusa is a re-edition of the famous melamine desktop pencil holder that has become one of the classics of 20th Century design and can be found in numerous museum collectio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

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Resin

Italian Photo Frame /Picture Frame in Plexiglass , Sharing Red Round
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing round red is a unique multiples edition of Art with Heart collection of recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is de...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plexiglass

Danese Milano Koro Wastepaper Basket in Red by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Koro is a waste paper basket intended for the workplace and in public spaces. The cylindrical form is made of injection-moulded polypropylene. Enzo Mari is one of the masters of I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

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Plastic

Danese Milano Sumatra Red Paper Tray in Technopolymer by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Red Sumatra is a stackable letter tray made of technopolymer with rubber feet. When two or more of the trays are stacked all of the space above and below each piece can be maximized....
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

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Rubber

Extensive Collection of 19th Century Leather Bound Books Priced Per Book English
Located in Buchanan, MI
Extensive collection of 19th century leather bound books, priced per book, various colors, sizes, most with embossed gilt decoration. This is just a partial offering of what we have,...
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19th Century Georgian Antique Desk Accessories

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Leather

English Teign Valley Red Art Glass Sculpture Paper Weight Bookend
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful hand blown art glass sculpture from Teign Valley Glass in England. The shop has been around since the early 20th C. and is renowned for ...
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20th Century English Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Seguso Murano Sommerso Orange Red Yellow Italian Art Glass Squirrel Figurine
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and very cute, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso red orange, yellow Italian art glass squirrel sculpture / figurine. Documented to designer A...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass

Italian Photo Frame Red and White Plexiglass, Sharing Red
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing Red is a limited edition of art with Heart collection of pop recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is decorated fron...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plexiglass

Pair Of Midcentury Red and Burgundy Sommerso Vases
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Beautiful pair of Sommerso vases in a lovely red and burgundy colors, with the characteristic yellow stripe around the main color.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Pair of English Teign Valley Red Art Glass Sculptures Paper Weight Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful hand blown art glass sculpture from Teign Valley Glass in England. The shop has been around since the early 20th C. and is renowned for ...
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20th Century English Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Michael Jackson Opus Large Collector Table Book
By Opus Canada
Located in North Hollywood, CA
"The Official Michael Jackson Opus" is the definitive publication about the ‘King of Pop’. Featuring over 300 spectacular photos, many rare and p...
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Early 2000s American Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories

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Paper

Large, Heavy Flavio Poli Sommerso Murano Ashtray 1950s Faceted Red Blue Glass
Located in Stockholm, SE
Cool and beautiful multifaceted Murano Glass ashtray by Flavio Poli. He was born in 1900 in Chioggia, Italy, Poli and received his formal training at the Istituto d'Arte di Venezia...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Bamboo and Brass Pen Holder, Around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Bamboo and brass pen holder, around 1960s Original condition (the feather is only for the photo shoot and is not included).
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

Multigame Set in Red Briar and Mahogany Casinò Passion by Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Red briar and mahogany multigame, polished finish, leather handles. Contents: 36 cms mahogany roulette, rake, 365 poker chips, bosso chessmen, backgammon, poker dice...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Vintage Moroccan Embossed Leather Padfolio
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage leather Moroccan embossed leather padfolio. Red vintage leather portfolio embossed with gold 22 carat design. Handmade leather stamped with 22 karat gold designs. Size is...
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1970s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Italian Red Burgundy Suede and Snakeskin Picture Frame, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A '70s Modern Italian red burgundy suede and snakeskin picture frame, circa 1970s, Italy. Frame can sit in two positions; vertical (as shown) or horizontal. Picture/image area: 4.5" ...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Animal Skin, Suede

Scandinavian Modern Glass Sculpture by Swedish Designer Mona Morales-Schildt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Scandinavian Modern glass sculpture signed by Mona Morales-Schildt for Kosta. Two red paperweights. One with a bubble in the middle. The other ...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Pino Signoretto 1980s Italian Burgundy Red Murano Glass Miniature Armchair
Located in New York, NY
This delightful armchair in miniature size is a vintage organic Work of Art, sculpture in blown Murano art glass, signed by Pino Signoretto, in an attractive wine red color. A charmi...
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1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Pair of Camer Murano Glass Bookends
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1950s pair of hand blown red and clear sculptural Murano glass bookends with original label "Camer Glass New York Venice".
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Murano Glass

Rare Umbrella Stand “Bighe” designed by Piero Fornasetti, Italy circa 1960
Located in Stockholm, SE
Piero Fornasetti umbrella stand “Bighe”. Lithographically printed metal and brass. Italy, circa 1960. Marked: FORNASETTI MILANO, MADE IN ITALY. Gold label: MADE EXPRESSLY FOR OHLSSO...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Pair of Chinese Huanghuali Nesting Trays
Located in Austin, TX
A refined and elegant pair of huanghuali nesting trays. An exotic hardwood, huanghuali (which translate to "yellow flowering pear wood"), has long been prized in China. These trays would originally have graced the desk of a scholar and aided him in his scholarly pursuits. The larger tray features a wonderful golden hue, and a prized "ghost face...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Desk Accessories

Large Photo Frame in Fuchsia and White Plexiglass Vision
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Vision is a large photo frame of the precious collection of photo frames Art with Heart Laura G. Handcrafted fuchsia methacrylate and plexiglas wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plexiglass

6-Piece English Arts & Crafts Silver Desk Set
Located in New York, NY
English Arts & Crafts 6 piece sterling silver desk set with Egyptian scarabs and wing design. Desk pad, inkwell, pen tray, stamp box, roll blotter, letter holder. (PRICED AS SET)
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Late 19th Century English Egyptian Revival Antique Desk Accessories

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Sterling Silver

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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