Desks and Writing Tables
Evolving from a simple writing box, the original desk was a small chest with sloping lid covering a storage compartment of writing materials and valuables. Over time, a stand was attached elevating the writing surface.
During the period of Louis XIV, furniture designers began placing this slant front desk box atop a chest of drawers or a cabinet. First appearing in the Queen Anne era, knee-holes were explored tremendously by Chippendale leading to many of the pedestal desk designs presented here.
Table desks developed naturally from simple writing tables.
Burl Walnut Executive Pedestal Desk
Kidney Desk
Mahogany Rent Table
Boat Shaped Conference Table
Mahogany Chippendale Typewriter Table
Mahogany Queen Anne Reading Table
Hepplewhite Writing Table
Sheraton Fruitwood Writing Table
Mahogany Chippendale Credenza
Mahogany Chippendale Execute Desk
Yew Wood Writing Table
Queen Anne Writing Table
Chippendale Mahogany Executive Desk
Chippendale Computer Station
Chippendale Mahogany Desk With Return
Chippendale Kneehole Credenza
Long Chippendale Kneehole Credenza
Elm Burl Campaign Pedestal Desk
Georgian Partners Writing Table
Sheraton Executive Desk
