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.
Chippenale Mahogany Library Writing Desk
Antique Exceptional 18th Century George I Figured Walnut Bureau Bookcase Secretaire Cabinet
William 4th Freestanding Mahogany Desk
Quality Oak Pedestal Desk
Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Satine & Parquetry Desk by François Linke, No. 484
W.R. Simkin Solid Oak Knee Hole Desk
Fine Quality Antique Edwardian Freestanding Mahogany Inlaid Cylinder Desk By Maple & Co. London
Fine Quality Antique Victorian French Kingwood Bonheur Du Jour Desk
Outstanding Quality Antique George III Mahogany Inlaid Bureau Bookcase
Antique Dutch Marquetry Walnut Bureau Bookcase Desk Cabinet
Fine 18th Century Mahogany Secrataire Bookcase
Antique Regency Figured Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Desk With Glazed Doors and Fitted Interior
Unusual Antique Burr Walnut Marquetry Inlaid Bureau
Antique Victorian Quality Walnut Freestanding Davenport
Gillows Early Victorian Mahogany Davenport
Gillows George IV Mahogany Davenport
19th Century William IV Rosewood Writing Table
19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Pedestal Desk
19th Century Chinese Padouk Wood Desk
Walker And Hall Silver Plated Ink Stand Desk Stand
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.