Jorge Zalszupin desk  

Post a picture.

I will do, I'm going to collect it tomorrow night.

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/tables/desks-writing-tables/mid-centur...

It looks like this, but with just one stack of drawers on the right hand side.

Not solid. For some reason I think it is possible that the veneer is thicker than usual, like 2mm, but it is probably just the usual very thin veneer. It is flat cut veneer, not rotary cut.

This is a beast... Had to borrow my mum's garage to house it! I don't think there's the possibility of me fitting it in my flat.

Definitely needs some work done to it too, the top drawer is virtually falling apart the the stack of drawers is every so slightly away from the roof of the desk. But nothing impossible once dismantled and reassembled.

Cording my chair is gonna have to wait.

Here we go again...

I literally just dropped it off yesterday. Today I had a chance to go over it and if it weren't for the drawer cabinet it's in wonderful shape. Unfortunately and arguably it's the drawers that make this desk interesting and a desk at all.

So this really will be taking up all my attention.

The top drawer was incomplete itself, so I've already ordered some mahogany strips to make one like the ones that are there already. It also lacked the original runners. On the other drawers they're a white plastic. So before I go and get some 3D printed (I've already CAD'ed them up and am waiting for hear back for quotes), does anyone know of some magical place where I might stumble upon a spare like this?

Extra bonus is it appears the runners are the same for the cabinet walls and the drawers, so if I order a couple then I have some back up!

And the cabinet itself needs repair. The runner in the top part of one, appears to be holding it (or at least a piece) together and it's chipboard, any advice as to a seamless fix? I was thinking epoxy putty?

Thankfully it looks like once I have the runner off it'll be a not too horrendous fix, the rest of the cabinet itself looks to have sagged for some reason. But again, I am hopeful this will be a fairly simple fix once it's all dismantled.

I am guessing that there was a second drawer cabinet originally, and it broke so thoroughly that it got tossed in the trash....

You could probably have a woodworker make those drawer slides out of HDPE plastic sheet material with standard wood working tools. Or they could be made out of wood.

Speaking of which, is there any actual documentation that this is Jorge Zalszupin? I don't know Brazilian design well, but I remember Zalszupin pieces being much more delicate than this.

I am going exclusively by listings I've seen online. Certainly not the most reliable source. I think however, that some of Zalszupin's later designs seem fairly chunky in contrast to the earlier ones. My extensive knowledge is of course after a 48 hour crash-course on him courtesy of the internet... So again not the most reliable insight.

And as for there being a second drawer cabinet, I can say it's a distinct possibility. There are wonderful inset fixings for a cabinet on both sides under the desk top. The majority listed online don't have two drawer cabinets.

However they could have just been designed to be modular. The drawer cabinet I have actually has a hole for the lock on both sides of the cabinet and the locking system can be switched either side of the cabinet.

Also, thank you for the tip, wouldn't even have thought about that as an option ( asking someone to 'carve' plastic). I'd like it if they were wood originally, but since they're plastic I feel I'd better stay consistent.