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.
Fine Early 18th Century Walnut Cabinet On Chest
Antique Victorian Outstanding Quality Burr Walnut Secretaire Bookcase
Large Antique Edwardian Quality Inlaid Mahogany Freestanding Kidney Shaped Desk
Fine 18th Century Mahogany Secretaire Cabinet
Important Early 18th Century Walnut Kneehole Desk
Antique Edwardian Quality Mahogany Partners Desk
Fine Early 18th Century Walnut Secretaire Cabinet
18th Century Mahogany Bureau
Antique George III Quality Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Unusual Antique George III Quality Mahogany Writing Desk
18th Century Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Victorian Burr Walnut Piano Top Pop Up Davenport
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau
François Linke French Louis XVI Ormolu Kingwood Bureau Plat Desk
A Quality Mahogany Partners Writing Table
Small Mid 18th Century Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Small Early 18th Century Burr Walnut Bureau
Early 18th Century Oak Bureau Bookcase
Antique Mahogany Davenport Desk By Gillows Of Lancaster
A Small Regency Rosewood Writing Table
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.