Restored Walnut Executive Desk by Jens Risom

Jens Risom is often credited as being one of the first to bring contemporary Scandinavian design to America.  The wood and webbing chair he designed for Knoll in 1941 is his most well known design and considered a classic.  His importance and influence in contemporary home and office furniture design guarantees they will all become classics.  Risom is one of the few founders of the modern movement that is still alive.  He will be 100 years old next year and continues to design furniture.

This walnut executive desk from the 1960's has just been completely restored.  Stunning from every angle, it defines the modern design ethos of combining simple, well proportioned design with beautiful materials to create timeless pieces that defy trends or styles.  All the materials in this desk are of the highest quality.  The legs, drawer pulls and case edges are created from solid walnut.  The walnut veneers used in the case panels are well figured with great color variation.  The drawer boxes are made of mahogany and are all supported on 100 lb capacity roller bearing drawer slides.  The file drawer can hold either legal or letter sized files and they are supported on sturdy aluminum rails.  Fine craftsmanship is evident throughout the piece, it was built to be as functional and durable as it is beautiful.

The desk in configured with 2 floating pedestals, the left pedestal having a small upper drawer and a lower file drawer.  The right pedestal has a small upper and 2 medium drawers.  There is a thin drawer above the knee well.  Inside the kneewell is a foot rest shelf.

This desk also comes with a 1/4" thick piece of heavy glass to keep the top protected.  I did not photograph with the glass in place as the reflections obscure the view of the wood top and it is too heavy for me to put in place alone.

Dimensions:  68"W x 34"D x 28 1/2"H

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