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.
Unusual Antique Victorian Quality Figured Mahogany Kneehole Architects Desk
Superb Quality Antique Regency Mahogany Free Standing Writing Desk
Antique 18th Century Rosewood Bureau Bookcase
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Carved Mahogany Desk Chair
Antique Victorian Quality Carved Mahogany Desk Chair
Oak Music Filing Cabinet
A superb Chippendale design mahogany Gothic revival desk
Pair of Antique George III Quality Mahogany Desk Chairs
Antique Victorian French Quality Rosewood Marquetry Inlaid Bureau
Antique Queen Anne Fantastic Quality Burr Walnut and Featherbanded Bureau Bookcase
Pair of Antique George III Quality Mahogany Desks Chairs
Outstanding Quality Antique 18th Century French Walnut Inlaid Parquetry Bombe Shaped Bureau
Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Freestanding Davenport
Antique Edwardian Quality Burr Walnut Freestanding Oval Shaped Writing Table
Antique Willian IV Quality Mahogany Desk Chair
Antique Victorian Quality Carved Mahogany Desk/Console Table
Outstanding Quality Antique Italian Marquetry Inlaid Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Antique Victorian Quality Figured Mahogany Writing Table/Desk
Outstanding Quality Pair of Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Desk Chairs
Fine Early 18th Century Walnut Cabinet On Chest
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.