Perpetual calendar - Perpetual desk calendar - France - No reserve price
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French-made vintage desk perpetual calendar with a leather, metal and plastic finish, featuring a manual roller mechanism for day, date and month, in good condition with minor wear (14.6 × 8 × 4.5 cm).
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French-made vintage desk perpetual calendar, with leather finish and roller mechanism, handmade.
This calendar is a fine example of mid-20th-century French desk accessories. Thanks to its functional design and the leather finish pleasant to the touch, this type of object was an essential accessory on the desks of executives in the 1950s and 1960s.
Its mechanism allowing manual scrolling of the day of the week, the date and the month perfectly illustrates the era's taste for durability, functionality and understated elegance.
Retro accessory enthusiasts particularly appreciate these objects for their typical Mad Men universe aesthetic, as well as for their practicality in a contemporary office.
Period: Mid-20th century (1950s–1960s).
Origin: France.
Materials: Leather, metal, plastic.
The calendar is generally in very good condition. It presents, however, a few small scratches on the leather as well as signs of aging visible on the corners of the object. Please look closely at the photographs, which show its condition in detail.
Dimensions: 14.6cm × 8cm × 4.5cm.
Weight: 137.90g.
French-made vintage desk perpetual calendar, with leather finish and roller mechanism, handmade.
This calendar is a fine example of mid-20th-century French desk accessories. Thanks to its functional design and the leather finish pleasant to the touch, this type of object was an essential accessory on the desks of executives in the 1950s and 1960s.
Its mechanism allowing manual scrolling of the day of the week, the date and the month perfectly illustrates the era's taste for durability, functionality and understated elegance.
Retro accessory enthusiasts particularly appreciate these objects for their typical Mad Men universe aesthetic, as well as for their practicality in a contemporary office.
Period: Mid-20th century (1950s–1960s).
Origin: France.
Materials: Leather, metal, plastic.
The calendar is generally in very good condition. It presents, however, a few small scratches on the leather as well as signs of aging visible on the corners of the object. Please look closely at the photographs, which show its condition in detail.
Dimensions: 14.6cm × 8cm × 4.5cm.
Weight: 137.90g.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Weight
137.9 g
Title additional information
No reserve price
Number of objects
1
Model
Perpetual desk calendar
Material
Leather, Metal, Plastic
Country of origin
France
Style
Modern
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
4.5 cm
Width
14.6 cm
Depth
8 cm
Estimated period
1950-1960
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