Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

The stacked writing desk is a statement piece for any living space with its irregular stacked drawers in cream shagreen. The mixture of geometry w...

The secrétaire desk is the perfect functional working unit. The flap top opens up into a desk with several compartments, inlaid in antique black shagreen and wood veneer, to store it...

The melting writing desk's simple but elegant design, makes for an adaptable neutral piece of furniture. The cream shagreen top is framed with an ...

A rare Art Deco period eight-piece study suite set in the manner of famous Austrian architect, designer, and Vienna Secession founder Josef Hoffman (Austria, 1870-1956), circa 1920. Exquisitely handcrafted in Austria in the early 20th century, most likely Vienna, featuring fine quality craftsmanship and solid wood construction, featuring Biedermeier inspired Viennese Art Deco styling of simplicity, strict, geometric lines with minimal surface embellishment, instead of ornamentation putting the focus on high-quality materials. The matching eight-piece set comprising a tanker writing desk with inset leather surface, surmounted with raised gallery fitted with drawers flanking richly figured quilted diamond inlay, rising on double pedestals with locking cupboard doors opening to stacked shelved tray interior, affixed with patinated brass pulls and escutcheons, retaining original keys, finished on all sides so it can be placed anywhere in the room, and paired with a comfortable armchair with upholstered seat and backrest. A large eight door bookcase storage cabinet with original glass panels, adjustable shelves, and cocktail drinks bar slide. A centre card table with rectangular shaped canted corner top featuring inset green baize felt games playing surface, over conforming apron fitted with dovetailed drawers, rising on square column pedestal, surrounded by four upholstered side chairs. Dimensions: (approx) 79" High, 65" Wide, 21" Deep (largest, cabinet) PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION: Property from the important Estate of Myra Janco Daniels (1925-2022) Naples, Florida. A legendary business woman, philanthropist, and arts advocate who built the institution known today as Artis—Naples and made Naples a cultural destination. Additional info below. Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. Design Signature Auction catalog #8110 Condition Report: Great original antique condition with beautifully aged warm mellow patina. Strong, sturdy and structurally sound. Overall very attractive condition; no significant losses or restorations; wear consistent with over 100 years of age and indicative of use. Delivered cleaned, waxed, hand rubbed polished French patina finish, ready for immediate use and generational enjoyment! ABOUT THE LEGENDARY PREVIOUS OWNER: We normally don't post about the prior owners life, but in the case of Myra Janco Daniels (1925-2022) we felt her incredible story be shared. The arts visionary and advertising Pioneer who helped transform Southwest Florida into a nationally recognized cultural destination, died June 22, three days before her 97th birthday. Daniels was founder and longtime CEO of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts (now Artis-Naples), which since 1989 has brought world-class music, theater, dance, opera, and art to Naples. In 2000, she founded the Naples Museum of Art (now the Baker Museum) on that same campus. After a storied career as an advertising executive in Chicago, Daniels came out of retirement in the early 1980s to spearhead a fund-raising drive for a small classical music ensemble on MarCo Island, which would later become the Naples Philharmonic orchestra. She discovered “a great hunger for the arts,” she later wrote, and soon expanded her fundraising goal to building a permanent home for the orchestra and an arts center for Southwest Florida. Daniels’ vision for the Philharmonic Center was ambitious and unusual – combining world-class performing and visual arts in a single venue. The Community strongly supported the concept, and the Phil, as it became known, gave Naples a national arts profile. Then-First Lady Barbara Bush was in attendance on opening night in November 1989. The Wall Street Journal covered the opening. “Myra Daniels is a dreamer. But unlike most dreamers, Myra is a doer,” the late Muriel Seibert, the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, once said of Daniels. While the arts were a lifelong passion for Daniels, her first career was as a groundbreaking advertising executive in Chicago, where she won national Advertising Woman of the Year honors and was among the first women to head a national ad firm. Daniels said that she used some of the same principles learned in her advertising career to sell Southwest Florida on the arts. “You have to believe in what you’re doing and then you have to get people involved to the point that they feel it’s theirs. That’s what we did.” Born Myra Janco in Gary, Indiana, Daniels was raised during the Great Depression by parents who encouraged her interest in the arts. But her greatest influence growing up was her grandmother Sophie, who, like Daniels, stood only five feet tall but dreamed big. “Sophie showed me what was possible,” Daniels wrote. “Create something that people want and need and you’ll be successful, she said. I always remembered that.” Her grandmother, who ran her own real estate business, experienced some failures “but she always dusted herself off and went back out there swinging. She wanted me to be that way too.” Daniels earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Indiana State and later became an associate professor of marketing at Indiana University, the first woman to hold that position. In her mid-20s, she started Wabash Advertising in Terre Haute, Indiana, which later became affiliated with larger agencies in Chicago and Cleveland. In 1963, she was named executive vice president of Roche, Rickard, Henri, Hurst, Inc. in Chicago. The National Advertising Federation honored Daniels as its Advertising Woman of the Year in 1965, the youngest woman to receive the award. That same year, she became president of a new national agency that she formed with ad man Draper Daniels. The merger was not just a professional one. Draper Daniels, who was responsible for many famous ad campaigns at the time, including the Marlboro Man and was later an inspiration for the Don Draper character on TV’s Mad Men, became her husband in 1967. Myra wrote about their unusual courtship and life together for Chicago magazine, in an article entitled “I Married a Mad Man,” which was included in her book Secrets of a Rutbuster. They ran the Draper Daniels, Incorporated agency, as it was called, until 1977. When Draper wanted to retire to Southwest Florida, Myra Daniels reluctantly left Chicago and advertising, and they settled on MarCo Island. But after Draper died of cancer in 1983, Myra turned her energies to the fundraising Campaign that led to the Philharmonic Center Cultural Complex. Daniels served as CEO of the Philharmonic Center from its inception in the 1980s to her retirement in 2011, building the Phil into a $100 million corporation. During that time, the Naples Philharmonic became a nationally recognized orchestra, with a Grammy nomination, CD and appearances on PBS; and the Naples Museum of Art developed an international reputation. The center also helped change people’s perception of Naples, which had been known mostly for its beaches and golfing. In 2005, Naples was named the Best Small Art Town in America in a book that singled out the Phil. More than just an arts venue, the Philharmonic Center also wove the arts into the culture of the Community, providing public school programs, adult and children’s education classes and workshops, and free concerts throughout Southwest Florida. Edward Villella, legendary dancer with the New York City Ballet and founder of Miami City...

This French Art Deco carved mahogany dining table or large writing desk from the early 20th century features a beautiful geometric marquetry wood tabletop with arrow pattern supporte...

LARGE art deco desk in oak, circa 1940/1950.

A fabulous original American Art Deco industrial Smartline kitchen work table, designed by Raymond Patten (American, 1897-1948), retailed by Internation...

Walnut Art Deco writing desk made in 1920s France. Restored by our team. Completely restored to high gloss. Material: Oak and Ebony Period: 1920-1929.

Desk, vanity, from France made of figured walnut. This piece is finished in a lustrous French polish finish and features a dovetailed single drawer hidden in the apron.

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage Burr Yew wood twin pedestal partner desk with natural wood top A very good looking, nicely proportioned desk, I don't come a...

French Desk style: Art Deco Year: 1930 Material: wood and parchment leather It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used ...

Castelo Console Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collecti...

Small functionalist desk around 1930s professionally stained and repolished.

This desk is by far the most amazing piece i came along since many years. I saw it and was directly in love with the shape and all details. The dimensions are so special and it can b...

This lovely Art Deco table or writing desk circa 1930 is expertly handcrafted from maple wood and features a rectangular tabletop with curved edges and tall apron, a trestle base and...

Important Late French Art Deco / Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical double level writing table / desk in Ebonized solid Sycamore by Leon Jallot, 1936. This rare, early modern piece was ...

The Laurens Writing Desk is both graphic and minimalist with it’s asymmetry overlay of cream shagreen sitting on top of a bronze-patina brass structure. This piece includes 2 drawers...

Antique Petit Art Deco mirrored black lacquered vanity dressing table. The central mirror features two internal lights that illuminate by switch.

French Desk style: Art Deco Year: 1940 Material: Wood and bronze It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it uni...

Art Deco writing table in beautiful original condition.

Very elegant large Art Deco desk, curved on all its faces. Opening by 4 drawers and resting on an elegant base with white nets and hooves. inspired by the Ambassador desk...

Late 20th Century Art Deco Style desk & chair crafted in Maple by English Furniture Maker, Rupert Williamson. A custom commissioned Art Deco style desk ...

French Maison Jansen Attributed Cerused Oak Desk. Stunning French cerused oak or limed oak desk, writing table, bureau plat or center table with a single drawer attributed to Maison...

French Desk style: Art Deco Year: 1940 Material: Wood and bronze It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it uni...

Art deco macassar executive desk. France, circa 1940’s. This iconic, stunning art deco creation is out of this world. Rich, luxurious macassar ...

Restored Art Deco writing desk. Revived polish. Period: 1930-1939 Source: Czechia Material: solid oak Leg space: height: 63,5 cm (25 in) width: 53 cm (20.9 in).

Ron Seff Mid-Century Modern "Cantilevered" desk with ostrich style brown leather wrapped top and stainless steel polished drawer fronts and base.

Jean-Michel Frank inspired console table in parchment by Simon Orrell Design Measures: Width 160cm Depth 58cm Height 75cm Finish: Parchment - Goat Skin Made bespoke with a 12 - 14...

Art Deco Desk Year 1920 French Finish: polyurethanic lacquer It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk. It has a large work surface. The quality of the furniture make it unique. ...

A beautiful French desk from the Ar Deco period, in natural oak wood and a drawer, the table top in brown leather. Very well preserved.

The Iconic Writing Desk is both elegant and minimalist with its classic aesthetic that showcases the purity of the beautiful Augousti craftsmanship...

Restored Art Deco writing desk, Germany, 1930s Revived Polish Material: Palisandr Measures: Leg space: Height: 59 cm (23.2 in) Width: 70.5 cm (27-8 in) Depth: 57 cm (22.4 in).

Extraordinary curved (kidney-shaped) designer desk from the 1950/60s. Asymmetrical shape similar to that of a grand piano. Walnut, high-gloss black finish with piano lacquer. Octagon...

This supremely rare early Modernist dressing table by Maison Desny, with its novel use of clear and opaline glass, and nickel-plated and paint...

ART DECO MACASSAR EBONY, PARCHMENT AND BRASS BUREAU PLAT Likely French, circa 1930 Item # 111PZN03Z A very fine Art Deco period bureau plat, it features chaotically grained Macassa...

French Art Deco writing table or desk with two side drawers, maple parquet top, rounded (subtly octagonal) oak legs with elegant feet, in...

Chest of drawers Art Deco.

Art Deco pagoda like a writing desks, side tables or home office desks attributed to Hugo Gorge circa 1925 Vienna. Hugo Gorge ( 1883 - 1934 ) was a pop...

Czech Art Deco oak writing desk made in the 1930s, restored Revived polish. Leg space: height: 62.5 cm (24.6 in) width: 71.5 cm (28.1 in)

DESK AND CHAIR BY SUE ET MARE A French Art Deco ladies writing desk and chair of exceptional quality by Louis Sue and Andre Mare produced...

An extremely rare and exceptional Art Deco executive desk designed in 1984 by Pierre Paulin for Baker Furniture. The desk features gorgeous birdseye maple and a leather top writing s...

Cabinet Art Deco, French, circa 1930. Credenza buffet walnut and marble with bas-reliefs on the theme of fruits. Four doors and two drawers. The buffet has been made in three part...

Art Deco walnut writing desk designed by Czech Architect Jindrich, 1920-1929. Maker: UP Zavody. Completely professionally restored. The...

The iconic desk is the perfect piece for your room. An incredible “duo” between the cream shagreen top and dark bronze-patina brass base. The inlay w...

We are delighted to offer for sale this beautiful Waring & Gillow circa 1930's oak desk, dressing table on bun feet. Made by one of the greatest furniture makers in British Histor...

The melting vanity table's simple but elegant design, makes for an adaptable elegant piece of furniture. The cream parchment inlaid surface is fra...

A dévoré oak desk by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, with a tan leather top and small drawer to the front. Provenance : Maison des Provinces de France, cit...

The Laurens Writing Desk and matching Stool are both graphic and minimalist with their asymmetry overlay of cream shagreen sitting on top of a bronze-patina brass structure. The desk...

Elegant dressing / vanity table. Structure in walnut. 2 drawers beautifully sculpted with flowers (stylized roses in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh) and beautiful silvere...

Top Class original french Art Deco Executive Desk with original leather swivel armchair from France, 1930s. Excellently restored conditi...

Cubist Art Deco desk with flame mahogany veneer. Six drawers and a door opening on the front, a niche on one side. Mahogany pull handles, polished brass hardware. French polish. Very...

Immerse yourself in the elegance of the past with our 1950s Art Deco Pedestal Desk, a perfect blend of historical charm and modern restoration. ...

High quality acrylic desk stands on2 acrylic columns / Pillars with beautiful shape and gold accessories on the feet. The glass top is removable and a...

Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Modernist writing table or dining room table. Design by architect Caspers. Striking Dutch design from the...

Art Deco burl ash and inlaid writing table, circa 1930's. With an inlaid burl ash top, the front of the desk with a single file drawer on the left side and two drawers on the right s...

Chest of drawers Art Deco. Buffet after professional manual renovation!.   

1930s Italian Art Deco desk writing table four drawers in blond walnut, wax polished, rubber top. Knee passage height 62 cm. This handsome desk ...

The Sonia vanity set in cream shagreen and bronze-patina brass by R&Y Augousti, is the perfect piece for your bedroom or bathroom. The removable mirro...