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.
_thumbnail.jpeg?v=1772104997)
Unusual Antique Victorian Free Standing Walnut Ladies Davenport
Exceptional Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Bureau
A Fine Marquetry Inlaid Writhing Table
Fine Quality Antique Victorian Freestanding Maple & Co. Inlaid Writing Desk
Outstanding Quality Antique Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Exhibition Quality Library Table
A Very Rare Queen Anne Kneehole Desk
A Superb 19th C French Bonheur Du Jour
Antique George III Quality Walnut Kneehole Desk
Outstanding Quality 18th Century Antique Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Antique Victorian Quality Satinwood Freestanding Marquetry Inlaid French Bureau
Antique George I Quality Figured Walnut Bureau Bookcase
A Rare Bold 19th Century Brass Inlaid Arm Chair
18th Century Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Fine Quality French Antique Victorian Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau/Desk
Outstanding Quality Antique George III Mahogany Bureau
Early 18th Century Burr Walnut Bureau
French Tulip Wood Bureau Plat
Early 18th Century Walnut Bureau
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Kneehole Desk by Edwards and Roberts
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.