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Edwardian Oak Roll Top Desk
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Edwardian Oak Roll Top Desk

1900 - 1920
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A good oak roll top desk from the Edwardian period. With fielded (bevelled) panels almost always a sign of superior quality, this desk is equally at home on or off the wall with it's polished finish all round. The interior is nicely fitted with pigeon holes and drawers and working lock to the tambour. It's dark oak finish is original and has been refinished in place by a French Polisher where there was slight fading whilst keeping everything else original as possible. The piece breaks into three main pieces for easy transportation and will go through the narrowest of doorways for room access. In the course of their lives all tambours weaken and eventually break and as such all of our roll top desks have the tambours either strengthened or completely re-backed. Height to Worktop - 77cm = 30 1/4 inches Kneehole Height - 62cm = 24 1/4 inches Width 50cm = 19 3/4 inches

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Height
127cm (50.00")
Width
127cm (50.00")
Depth
82cm (32.28")
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witchantiques.com has dated this Edwardian Oak Roll Top Desk to the Edwardian era.

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SA916121
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B-473
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Description
A good oak roll top desk from the Edwardian period.
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With fielded (bevelled) panels almost always a sign of superior quality, this desk is equally at home on or off the wall with it's polished finish all round.
witchantiques.com

The interior is nicely fitted with pigeon holes and drawers and working lock to the tambour. It's dark oak finish is original and has been refinished in place by a French Polisher where there was slight fading whilst keeping everything else original as possible. The piece breaks into three main pieces for easy transportation and will go through the narrowest of doorways for room access. In the course of their lives all tambours weaken and eventually break and as such all of our roll top desks have the tambours either strengthened or completely re-backed. Height to Worktop - 77cm = 30 1/4 inches Kneehole Height - 62cm = 24 1/4 inches Width 50cm = 19 3/4 inches

Height
127cm (50.00")
Width
127cm (50.00")
Depth
82cm (32.28")
Date of Manufacture

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

Reference Numbers
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SA916121
Dealers Internal Ref
B-473
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An Edwardian dark oak roll top desk featuring an open slatted tambour hood, fitted interior pigeonhole compartments, and twin pedestals with carved wooden drawer handles.
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An Edwardian dark oak roll top desk featuring an open slatted tambour hood, fitted interior pigeonhole compartments, and twin pedestals with carved wooden drawer handles.
Edwardian Oak Roll Top Desk
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An Edwardian dark oak roll top desk featuring an open slatted tambour hood, fitted interior pigeonhole compartments, and twin pedestals with carved wooden drawer handles.
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Emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these desks feature a flexible slatted wooden curtain, known as a tambour, that slides along curved tracks to conceal internal pigeonhole compartments and a writing surface.

These desks were predominantly crafted from durable hardwoods such as oak, walnut, and mahogany, using canvas backing affixed to wooden slats to construct the flexible roll mechanism.

Authentic pieces generally display dovetail drawer joinery, period-correct brass or wooden pulls, panelled sides, and natural age-related patina on the handles and working surfaces.

Positioned within a dedicated home office or library, an antique oak desk introduces warm wood tones and architectural structure that contrast effectively with contemporary light walls and minimalist decor.

To preserve the timber, wax the exterior surfaces regularly with beeswax and apply paraffin wax or candle wax along the wooden side tracks to keep the tambour mechanism sliding smoothly.
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