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.
19th Century mahogany two drawer writing table
19th Century walnut partners desk
Early 19th Century mahogany tambour desk
George III 18th Century Period Secretaire Cabinet
Regency Rosewood Library Table
19th Century English Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Desk
19th Century French Brass Inlaid Mahogany Writing Table
Exceptional Early 18th Century Burr Elm Bureau
Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport
Early 19th Century Anglo-Indian carved partners desk
Hepplewhite Period Mahogany Writing Table
George III Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Georgian walnut bureau
19th Century French Satinwood Bonheur Du Jour With Ormolu Mounts
18th Century Period Secretaire Bookcase
William IV Flame Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Sheraton Period 18th Century Writing Table
19th Century Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
French Marquetry Bureau Plat in the Louis XV Style
Victorian Oak 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.