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.
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Antique Victorian Outstanding Quality Burr Walnut Secretaire Bookcase
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Rare Antique Regency Mahogany Secretaire Sideboard Writing Desk
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Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Desk Writing Table Stationery Cabinet
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Antique Edwardian Quality Burr Walnut Freestanding Oval Shaped Writing Table
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An Attractive French Kidney Shape Desk.
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Antique Pair of Victorian Carved Mahogany Spider Web Back Desk Chairs
Antique 18th Century Quality Burr Walnut Floral Marquetry Inlaid Bombe Shaped Bureau
Antique 18th Century Quality Mahogany Floral Marquetry Inlaid Cylinder Bureau
Antique William and Mary Outstanding Quality Burr Walnut Inlaid Marquetry Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Antique French Kingwood, Rosewood & Tulipwood Ormolu Secretaire Chest, c.1890
Victorian Mahogany Desk
Large Victorian Mahogany Partners Writing Table
Antique French Kingwood Parquetry Freestanding Ormolu Lady’s Writing Desk Bonheur Du Jour
Victorian Walnut & Leather Pedestal Desk
Early Victorian Mahogany Partners Writing Table
19th Century French Parquetry Writing Desk
Victorian Inlaid Burr Walnut Davenport
Small & Very Pretty French Marquetry Writing Table
Victorian Mahogany Revolving Desk Chair
A fine Gillows flame mahogany Davenport
Super Burr Walnut Queen Anne Bureau
Victorian Burr Walnut Pedestal Desk
Antique Walnut Queen Anne Style Bureau Bookcase
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Style Parquetry & Ormolu Cylinder Desk c1869
A Rare William & Mary Burr Elm Bureau Bookcase
Victorian Kidney Shaped 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.