Antique Office Furniture
Working from home becomes a genuine pleasure when your desk has been standing since Gladstone was in office. Our dealers stock antique pedestal desks, writing tables, bureau bookcases, filing cabinets, captain's chairs, partners' desks and library tables in mahogany, oak and walnut.
Antique office furniture was built for daily use over decades, if not centuries. The result is a quality of construction and materials that makes modern office furniture look decidedly temporary.
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Antique 18th Century Rosewood Bureau Bookcase
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Antique George III Quality Mahogany Bureau
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Serpentine Shaped Mahogany Writing Table
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Antique Pair of Victorian Carved Mahogany Spider Web Back Desk Chairs
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A superb Chippendale design mahogany Gothic revival desk
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A Rare Bold 19th Century Brass Inlaid Arm Chair
Mahogany Swivel Office Desk Chair
Super Queen Anne Burr Walnut Bureau
Super Burr Walnut Queen Anne Bureau
19th Century Regency Style Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Victorian Burr Walnut Pedestal Desk
Antique Walnut Queen Anne Style Bureau Bookcase
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Style Parquetry & Ormolu Cylinder Desk c1869
Exceptional Antique French Louis XV Large Freestanding Kingwood Ormolu Partners Bureau Plat Desk
A Rare William & Mary Burr Elm Bureau Bookcase
Victorian Kidney Shaped Rosewood Writing Table
18th Century Walnut Kneehole Desk
Superb Georgian Mahogany Desk
Queen Anne Figured Walnut Bureau
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Walnut Bureau
19th Century Oak Kneehole Desk
French Neoclassical Office Set by Mercier Frères – Desk, Cabinet & Chair
Inlaid Mahogany Carlton House Desk
Antique Regency Mahogany Desk Chair
Edwardian Mahogany Kidney Shaped Desk
19th Century Satin Birch Heal And Son Desk
Working at an Antique Desk
The rise of home working has transformed the market for antique office furniture. A Victorian pedestal desk with leather-lined top, brass handles and deep filing drawers does everything a modern desk does, but with the added satisfaction of working at something genuinely well made. Partners' desks, designed for two people to work facing each other, are magnificent pieces that make a statement in any study or office.
Kneehole desks are more compact and suit smaller rooms. Carlton House desks, with their distinctive U-shaped gallery of drawers and compartments, are the Rolls-Royce of writing desks and highly sought after. Davenport desks, small and slope-topped, were designed for correspondence and work perfectly as laptop stations.
Office Chairs
The captain's chair, with its curved back and arms on a swivel base, was the standard office chair of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. They remain supremely comfortable and are well suited to long hours of desk work. Look for examples with the original leather or consider having a worn seat re-upholstered.
Desk chairs on castors, library chairs and reading chairs all serve office purposes and can be found in a range of styles and sizes to suit your space and working habits.
Technology and Antique Desks
Modern technology integrates well with antique desks. Cable management can be discreetly handled through existing holes (originally for inkwell holders) or through the back of the kneehole. Many antique desks offer more drawer space than any modern equivalent, which is useful for storing chargers, papers and stationery.