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Huge Edwardian Roll Top Desk
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Huge Edwardian Roll Top Desk

1900 - 1920
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A truly magnificent golden oak roll top desk acquired from a stately home property in Scotland. Of exceptionally large proportions and absolutely top of the range in quality as you would expect of titled landed gentry.. The fully fitted interior comes complete with original slide out writing companion and mass of drawers and compartments. When the roll is down, all the side pedestal drawers automatically lock. Polished to all sides, this desk can be used off the wall just as easily as against. Due to it's large size and extra additions like it's sliding ink and pen tray and small locking cupboard and we would expect that the whole desk was a bespoke commission as suited to it's surroundings. Considering it was made in the Edwardian period it's condition is superb, with working locks and keys present.

Kneehole

Width - 83cm = 32 1/2 inches

Height - 64cm = 25 1/2 inches

Working Height - 79cm = 31 1/4 inches

Physical Dimensions
Height
131cm (51.57")
Width
184cm (72.44")
Depth
97cm (38.19")
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witchantiques.com has dated this Edwardian Oak Roll Top Desk to the Edwardian era.

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SA1032942
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B-361
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A truly magnificent golden oak roll top desk acquired from a stately home property in Scotland.
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Of exceptionally large proportions and absolutely top of the range in quality as you would expect of titled landed gentry.
witchantiques.com

. The fully fitted interior comes complete with original slide out writing companion and mass of drawers and compartments. When the roll is down, all the side pedestal drawers automatically lock. Polished to all sides, this desk can be used off the wall just as easily as against. Due to it's large size and extra additions like it's sliding ink and pen tray and small locking cupboard and we would expect that the whole desk was a bespoke commission as suited to it's surroundings. Considering it was made in the Edwardian period it's condition is superb, with working locks and keys present.

Kneehole

Width - 83cm = 32 1/2 inches

Height - 64cm = 25 1/2 inches

Working Height - 79cm = 31 1/4 inches

Height
131cm (51.57")
Width
184cm (72.44")
Depth
97cm (38.19")
Date of Manufacture

witchantiques.com has dated this Edwardian Oak Roll Top Desk to the Edwardian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1032942
Dealers Internal Ref
B-361
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A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles.
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Archive I A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles.

Huge Edwardian Roll Top Desk

Archive II A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View II
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Archive V A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View V
Archive VI A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View VI
Archive VII A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View VII
Archive VIII A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View VIII
Archive IX A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View IX
Archive X A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View X
Archive XI A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View XI
Archive XII A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View XII
Archive XIII A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View XIII
Archive XIV A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View XIV
Archive XV A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles. View XV
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Unit 22 B
2nd Floor
Higher Walton Mill
Higher Walton Rd
Higher Walton
Preston
Lancashire
PR5 4DJ
United Kingdom

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A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles.
Huge Edwardian Roll Top Desk
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A large Edwardian golden oak roll-top desk featuring a slatted tambour cover, an extensive fitted interior with small drawers and pigeonholes, and twin pedestals with carved wooden handles.
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An Edwardian roll-top desk features a flexible slatted wooden tambour door that slides along curved side tracks to conceal a multi-compartment interior of pigeonholes and small drawers, representative of early 20th-century office design.

These desks were primarily built using solid oak, golden oak veneers, and canvas backing to support the flexible tambour slatted mechanism, often constructed with dovetail joinery and cast metal or carved wooden handles.

Authentic period examples display hand-cut dovetail joints, original locking mechanisms, age-consistent patination across the timber, and a woven canvas backing behind the wooden tambour slats.

Position the desk in a dedicated home office or library, pairing its solid proportions with a structured leather chair and traditional brass lighting to create a balanced workspace.

Apply a high-quality beeswax polish along the wood grain to maintain timber hydration, while keeping the tambour sliding tracks free of wax buildup to prevent sticking.
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