Please help ID my rosewood/teak?/iron frame desk  

Are you
confident that it dates from the mid-century period ?

Thats definitely Teak.
It...
Thats definitely Teak.
It also doesnt look like a desk, unless the camera lens is messing with the proportions. How tall is the top surface?

the guy i got it from told...
the guy i got it from told me he bought it 40 years ago

it's approx 29" to the top,...
it's approx 29" to the top, here is another pic, if it wasn't a desk what should it be then?

Interesting
Looks like a desk to me... sort of Italian maybe.

What have other desks got that this hasn't got?
Looks like a desk... functions like a desk... IS a desk!

Did you guys miss the part...
Did you guys miss the part where I referred to the proportions of the first photo? It looked very tall in the first image, probably an optical illusion. It looked more like a bar unit to me in the photo.
40 years ago would place it right in the early 1970's.
Dont think that decade would still be considered mid-century modern.
It looks like the drawer on the left is missing its base.
If it was designed that way, I would venture to say this was not very high-end.

Doesn't look '70's to me
Even if the previous owner says he bought it "40 years ago": A) he may have bought it secondhand, and B) as people age, they have a queer way of accidentally telescoping time. I do so myself, thinking that such-and-such song or movie is "about 10 years old"... when in fact, it's more like 20 YEARS OLD. Time flies.
This desk looks mid-50's, to me.

i checked again with the guy...
i checked again with the guy i got it from, he bought it from someone else who was stationed in europe in the 50's

the left drawer doesn't have...
the left drawer doesn't have a base like the right one, both sides are veneered though, probably it's designed that way, does an asymmetrical design automatically disqualify as high end? just asking, i'm not an expert

It's Definitely
50s.. despite what anybody says
I like it.