$300Sale Price|20% Off
Danish Modern Solid Rosewood Perpetual Desk Calendar
By Enzo Mari
Located in San Diego, CA
Handcrafted unique rare perpetual calendar circa 1950's solid rosewood with gold numbers days and months, great design and craftsmanship some of the lettering it's faded due to age b...
Rosewood
$180Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Solid Green Marble Perpetual Desk Top Calendar
By Enzo Mari
Located in San Diego, CA
Handcrafted unique rare perpetual calendar circa 1970's solid green marble with gold numbers days and months, great design, and craftsmanship some of the lettering it's faded due to ...
Marble
Unavailable
H 3.55 in W 18.9 in D 0.4 in
Danese Milano Perpetual Wall English Calendar in Wood by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
The structure plays on the equilibrium of the thin wooden strips and turns the usual function of a set of scales on its head, turning it into a calendar. Enzo Mari is one of the m...
Wood
Unavailable
H 6.3 in W 6.7 in D 3.55 in
Danese Milano Timor Perpetual English Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
The piece is modular, flexible, washable and transformable, all characteristics that areguaranteed by the use of plastic. Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design.
PVC
Unavailable
H 6.3 in W 6.7 in D 3.55 in
Danese Milano Timor Perpetual English Calendar in White by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
The piece is modular, flexible, washable and transformable, all characteristics that areguaranteed by the use of plastic. Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design.
PVC
Unavailable
H 6.3 in W 6.7 in D 3.55 in
Danese Milano Timor Perpetual French Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
The piece is modular, flexible, washable and transformable, all characteristics that areguaranteed by the use of plastic. Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design.
PVC
Unavailable
H 6.3 in W 6.7 in D 3.55 in
Danese Milano Timor Perpetual French Calendar in White by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
The piece is modular, flexible, washable and transformable, all characteristics that areguaranteed by the use of plastic. Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design.
PVC
Unavailable
H 12.41 in W 12.41 in D 0.4 in
Danese Milano Formosa French Letters for Perpetual Wall Calendar by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Danese Milano Formosa letters in French for Perpetual wall calendar by Enzo Mari Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design.
Aluminum
Unavailable
H 12.41 in W 12.41 in D 0.4 in
Danese Milano Formosa English Letters for Perpetual Wall Calendar by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Danese Milano Formosa letters in English for Perpetual wall calendar by Enzo Mari Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design.
Aluminum
Unavailable
H 12.41 in W 12.41 in D 0.4 in
Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall English Calendar in Natural by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and the piece is one of the classic pieces of the collaboration between Mari and Danese Milano. Enzo Mari is one of the mas...
Aluminum
Unavailable
H 12.41 in W 12.41 in D 0.4 in
Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall English Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and the piece is one of the classic pieces of the collaboration between Mari and Danese Milano. Enzo Mari is one of the mas...
Aluminum
Unavailable
H 12.41 in W 12.41 in D 0.4 in
Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall French Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and the piece is one of the classic pieces of the collaboration between Mari and Danese Milano. Enzo Mari is one of the mas...
Aluminum
Unavailable
H 12.41 in W 12.41 in D 0.4 in
Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall French Calendar in Natural by Enzo Mari
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Hicksville, NY
The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and the piece is one of the classic pieces of the collaboration between Mari and Danese Milano. Enzo Mari is one of the mas...
Aluminum
Unavailable
H 12.41 in W 12.41 in D 0.4 in
Danese Milano Formosa Numbers for Perpetual Wall Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Hicksville, NY
Danese Milano Formosa numbers for Perpetual wall calendar in black by Enzo Mari Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design.
Aluminum
Vintage Perpetual Flip Desk Calendar
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In the style of Enzo Mari’s Timor calendar for Danese Milano from 1967, this perpetual flip desk calendar has a black base and white strips that can be rotated to track the month, da...
Plastic
Enzo Mari Perpetual Calendar, 1967
By Enzo Mari
Located in Geneva, CH
Acrylic perpetual calendar by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano, 1967. Very good condition.
Acrylic
Enzo Mari Calendar
By Enzo Mari
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Enzo Mari for Danese Milano 1967 white flip calendar.
Plastic
Enzo Mari Timor Table Calendar
By Enzo Mari
Located in Chicago, IL
The Timor table calendar was designed in 1967 by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano.
Mid-Century Modern Georg Petersens Danish Mobelfabrik Desk Organizer
By Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik
Located in Toledo, OH
Mid-century teak Georg Petersens Mobelfabrik desk organizer. Circa 1960's. Danish teak desktop organizer with multiple dividers and storage cubbies. Made in Denmark. Great condition....
Teak
$2,800
H 39 in W 24 in D 13.5 in
Wide & Tall Mid Century Italian Modern Dark Green Marble Pedestal or Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A simple yet elegant green marble pedestal table from Italy circa 1980's. It features beautiful veining of solid slab marble construction. Extremely heavy.
Marble
Scandinavian Modern Gunni Omann Rosewood Desk
By Gunni Omann
Located in Uccle, BE
Desk No.77 Notably, the front features a bookcase and bar, with production spanning from 1960 to 1987. Measurements for the kneehold: Height from floor is 67cm (26.4 inches), Width 6...
Walnut
Desktop Organizer in Teak, Made in Denmark, 1950s
Located in Lejre, DK
Desktop organizer in solid teak. Great quality with fine details. Made in Denmark in the 1950s.
Teak
Postmodern Green Marble Dining Table Base / Pedestal. Circa 1980s.
By Stone International
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern Green Marble Dining Table Base / Pedestal. In the Stone iternational Italy Style. Circa 1980s. Feature a Postmodern / Minimalist design, displaying beautiful marble veins....
Marble
$370
H 1.25 in W 5 in D 5 in
20th Century Carved Green Onyx Marble Vide-Poche Art Deco Style Catchall Ashtray
Located in Red Lion, PA
This exceptional mid-20th century vide-poche is a masterclass in the timeless elegance of the Art Deco aesthetic. Expertly carved from a single, solid block of semi-precious green on...
Onyx
$425
H 2.625 in W 9.5 in D 4 in L 2.625 in
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Mixed Woods Valet / Desk Box
Located in San Diego, CA
A finely crafted mid-century modern valet or desktop storage box executed in contrasting mixed hardwoods, likely teak with lighter maple or birch accents. The box features clean Scan...
Wood
1940s French Wood Desk Accessories
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Timeless desk accessory set from France, 1940s. Elegant wood letter stand with silver detail. Wood tray with silver pen rest on four silver ball feet. Original wood and metal finish ...
Metal
Desk Organizer by Hans J. Wegner for Johannes Hansen
By Johannes Hansen, Hans J. Wegner
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A bench-made solid teak desk organizer with dovetail joinery, comprising five correspondence dividers, a slim drawer and open storage.
Teak
$230
H 3 in W 2.38 in D 2.38 in
Dice Metal Statue on Marble Base Paper Weight Mid-Century Modern, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Super cool Art Deco design sculptural "High Roller" dice paperweight. Nice metal dice atop a marble base. The best addition to your desk or every room. Found at an estate sale in Nur...
Metal, Chrome
Grand Tour Inlaid Marble Specimen Paperweight, Early 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The center made up of blue marble veneers, yellow marble and green marble with each section banded by Carrara marble.
Marble
$475
H 8 in W 13.75 in D 11 in
Vintage American Walnut 2-Tier Desk Organizer / Paper Tray by Shield Industries
Located in San Diego, CA
A sculptural and highly functional two-tier desk organizer crafted from genuine American walnut by Shield Industries, a California maker known for clean-lined, modernist desk accesso...
Walnut
Scandinavian modern Rosewood desk by Torbjørn Afdal with key
By Torbjørn Afdal
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish Modern Torbjørn Afdal Rosewood flip top Desk. Beautiful desk in rosewood with dropdown writing surface and 2 drawers inside. Designed by Torbjørn Afdal. Very minimalist desk. ...
Rosewood
$1,495
H 6.13 in W 23.5 in D 8.5 in
Letter Tray Desk Organizer Rosewood Danish Desktop Georg Petersen Selectform
By Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik
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...
Rosewood
$650
H 4.5 in W 4.5 in D 3 in
Mid Century Modern Arthur Umanoff Rosewood Square Desk Clock for Howard Miller
By Howard Miller, Arthur Umanoff
Located in Troy, MI
Arthur Umanoff model 645 alarm clock for Howard Miller circa late 1960s Rosewood case with aluminum dial on a black background Plug in electric movement with black hour and minute ha...
Aluminum
Perpetual calendar in wood and aluminum, 1970s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Perpetual calendar made of wood and aluminum, Made in Italy, 1970s. Rare perpetual calendar made in the 1970s from solid wood and aluminum with silver-colored numbers for the days, m...
Aluminum
$8,888 / item
H 21.66 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
Pair Various Positions Nightstand in Walnut and Oak by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Inspired by his fascination with the aesthetic allure of interiors depicted in films and literature, Yaniv Chen endeavors to capture the essence of captivating spaces. Reflecting upo...
Oak, Walnut
$397
H 20.08 in W 21.07 in D 21.26 in
Italian mid-century modern brown wooden brass plastic television by Vega, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern brown wooden white plastic television by Vega, 1950s Rectangular wooden television. The screen has rounded corners and a cream colored plastic frame, under...
Metal, Brass
Color Lithograph by Erté "L'Ange à la Harpe"
Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
L'ange à la harpe, color lithograph numbered LXXXIV/CL by Romain de Tirtoff dit Erté (1892-1990). He was born in Saint Petersburg to a famous Russian family whose father was an admi...
Paper
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
$1,680
H 10 in Dm 14 in
Sculptural Fabric Collectible Light by Studio Mirei, Cassiopeia from Costantini
Located in New York, NY
Cassiopeia Sculptural Fabric Collectible Sconce or Table Lamp by Studio Mirei, represented by Costantini Design Dimensions: 14" Dia x 10" H as shown. Inspired by the constellation ...
Fabric
Danish Executive Desk in Rio Rosewood, Mid-Century Modern, c1950s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Danish executive desk in richly grained Rio rosewood, made in the 1950s or 1960s. The front includes a central drawer and two cupboards with interior pull-out trays, all key-operated...
Rosewood
Sculptural Stool Carved from Solid Mango Wood Modern Organic
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderfully sculptural stool, with a mix of wood textures and shades. It features a spiral design, with an exposed core. A uniquely sculptural and versatile piece, this chair was c...
Wood, Fruitwood
$1,375
H 36.5 in W 24 in D 24 in
Vintage Indonesian Wooden Pedestal with Doric Semi-Columns and Natural Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Indonesian nicely grained wooden pedestal from the mid 20th century, with Doric style semi-columns and natural patina. Created in Indonesia during the midcentury period, th...
Wood
$3,650
H 24.5 in W 22.5 in D 1 in
Fine Large Late 18th Century or Early 19th Century French Academic Drawing
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine drawing while unsigned is an excellent example of sketch work done in sanguine as preparatory work for large finished paintings. Created in France during the days of artist...
Wood, Paper
$32,665
H 44 in W 36 in D 2 in
Portrait of a Girl with a Puppy - Scottish Edwardian art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning Edwardian portrait oil painting is attributed to Scottish Kirkcudbright School artist William Stewart MacGeorge. Painted circa 1910, The painting shows the influences o...
Canvas, Oil
Unavailable|$1,195
H 12 in W 15.25 in D 9.5 in
Antique Mahogany Desk Top Organizer or Storage Chest with Perpetual Calendar
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This solid antique mahogany desk top document chest is completely unsigned, but presumed to have been made in England in circa 1900 in the period Edwardian style. The front of the ch...
Brass
Antique Marble Statue of the Sleeping Ariadne
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This late Georgian antique marble statue is after the antique, depicting a scale fragment of the eminent 2nd century statue ‘Sleeping Ariadne’. Circa 1780, this carved white marble s...
Marble, Statuary Marble
Large Dark Walnut Sophia Wall Mirror
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The Sophia mirror is framed in wooden dark maple with a long neck resembling an oversized hand mirror. Handcrafted in Pennsylvania, the Sophia comes with a hand-hammered iron peg for...
Mirror, Walnut
$1,837
H 11.03 in W 29.93 in D 22.84 in
Luxury Vintage Six Person Fortnum & Mason Wicker Picnic Hamper Crystal
By Fortnum & Mason
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Vintage large Fortnum & Mason six person wicket picnic hamper RRP £2550 A very well made and decorative hamper set by the market l...
Wicker
20th Century Oil Painting Still Life
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Oil Painting Still Life Oil on panel still life, richly painted with lavish and luxuriant flowers. Painting framed in an oval ornate and gilded wooden frame. Very deco...
Wood
$444 / item
H 15.75 in W 13.78 in D 19.69 in
Mid Century GFM Stool in Drawing Jacquard by Dedar, E. Homa, Europe, 1960s
By Edmund Homa
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful stool designed by Edmund Homa. The stool was made in the 1960s in the Gosciecinska Furniture Factory from solid beechwood. The GFM type stool is regarded one of the best ...
Textile, Beech
Enzo Mari was an influential industrial designer and a beloved curmudgeon who revered Marxism. His vintage mid-century modern designs are simple, functional and poetic. Widely known Mari-designed objects include desk accessories, such as the Formosa perpetual wall calendar, vases, cocktail tables and chandeliers.
Enzo Mari's work is embedded within the city of Milan, the Italian capital of all things design. In fact, the traffic bollards he devised are part of the city itself: Shaped like "panettone" cakes, they simultaneously direct traffic and provide seating for pedestrians.
In 1974, Mari published Autoprogettazione? (roughly translated as self-design), a Marx-inspired, anti-industrial, do-it-yourself handbook for the everyday person to use to build furniture without the assistance of a glitzy designer or knowledge of complex joinery. Mari’s intent with the publication was to remove the alienation of the creator and manufacturer from the end product by teaching anyone to develop a critical eye for production.
Artek relaunched kits based on the blueprints in the manual in an exhibition at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in 2010. The subsequent collectability of his work was reportedly irksome for Mari because he abhorred the industrial production for which he was becoming known.
Mari’s meager upbringing heavily influenced his politics, and even in childhood, he would come up with ingenious ways to support the family financially. As a designer, the desire to envision and build significant pieces was more important to Mari than devising new marketing and retail sales tactics. He optimistically believed objects could change the world. This view went against the rising consumer mania for every next trend that surfaced in the late 20th century. Not surprisingly, his ecological and economical stance led him to produce fewer objects.
Mari's philosophy did not stop people from desiring his creations, nor prevent other designers from wanting to collaborate with him. Following World War II, he worked for companies like Danese, Olivetti, Artemide, Driade and Alessi, who brought his prodigious designs to the public, and Mari’s work was widely celebrated.
The Golden Compass, Italy's highest honor for industrial design, was awarded to Mari four times before he died from COVID in 2020, and New York’s Museum of Modern Art has a permanent collection of his objects on display.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Enzo Mari decorative objects, folk art and serveware.
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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