What is a partners desk?

A desk with drawers or cupboards to both faces and a kneehole on each side, so two people can work opposite one another. It's finished all round, which means it stands in the room rather than against a wall. It's the defining variant in this category. Ninety-nine titles say partners and sixty-three say partners desk outright, and one sample runs to four pedestals.

Which wood is most common?

Mahogany, by a wide margin. It accounts for 160 of 294 titles, with walnut at 39 and oak at 38 roughly tied behind it. Other timbers appear only once or twice across the samples: pitch pine, teak, satinwood, kingwood, pollard oak and burr oak.

How old are these desks?

The dated field runs from 1700 to 1930, with 121 listings carrying a clean year. The earliest is a George I walnut library table dated 1700. Much of the labelling is broad. "19th Century" is the largest bucket and "Victorian" the next, so half the dating gives a century or a reign rather than a decade.

Do library desks come apart?

The pedestal form is commonly made in three parts: the top lifts off two separate pedestals. That's how a desk of this size gets through a doorway. Because it's finished on all sides, it was meant to be seen from every angle.

How many come up for sale each year?

About twenty-six a year on Sellingantiques, spread across 117 different dealers who have listed one at some point. That means few dealers hold more than a piece or two at a time.

Are French desks found in this category?

Occasionally. Nine bureaux plats appear across the archive, alongside Directoire, Napoleon III and Empire examples, some ebonised or in kingwood. Italian, Anglo-Indian and Chinese pieces turn up in small numbers too. The bulk of the category remains British.

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Large free-standing writing furniture made for the library or study: twin-pedestal desks with banks of drawers, and flat-topped tables on legs, built to be worked at from one side or both.

1900 - 1920

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Leather & Walnut Desk Armchair

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

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19th century

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Fine 19th Century Walnut Writing Table

From Ballinderry Antiques

£2,950

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19th century

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19th Century Victorian Carved Mahogany Desk

From FB Antiques

£3,500

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19th century

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Large Victorian Oak Partners Desk

From Chapel Antiques

£2,750

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Edwardian Mahogany Partners Writing Desk

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Mahogany Partners Writing Desk

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£1,550

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19th century

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Mahogany Partners Desk

From Shackladys Antiques

£3,195

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Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Partners Pedestal Desk 19th C

19th century

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Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Partners Pedestal Desk 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£8,250

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Edwardian Chippendale Revival Styled Writing Desk

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Chippendale Revival Styled Writing Desk

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£695

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Grand Antique Executive Desk, English, Satinwood, 13 Drawer, Office, Victorian

19th century

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Grand Antique Executive Desk, English, Satinwood, 13 Drawer, Office, Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£7,950

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Large Antique Burr Walnut Kneehole Partners Pedestal Writing Desk

1900 - 1920

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Large Antique Burr Walnut Kneehole Partners Pedestal Writing Desk

From The Antique Shop

£7,800

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Gillows of Lancaster is the only name to turn up from three separate dealers on Sellingantiques. Every other cabinetmaker named is one dealer's stock.

Chippendale-style Walnut Desk by Famous London Cabinetmakers Druce & Co., Baker St., London

19th century

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Chippendale-style Walnut Desk by Famous London Cabinetmakers Druce & Co., Baker St., London

From Georgian Antiques

£3,300

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19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk

From Georgian Antiques

£1,650

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Early Georgian (Circa 1780) Mahogany Kneehole Desk.

18th century

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Early Georgian (Circa 1780) Mahogany Kneehole Desk.

From The Dorking Desk Shop

£3,450

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Antique Edwardian Mahogany Pedestal Desk

1900 - 1920

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Antique Edwardian Mahogany Pedestal Desk

From Penderyn Antiques

£695

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Very Rare Gillow 1852-57 Breakfront Library Desk Brass Gallery Burr Amboyna Wood

19th century

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Very Rare Gillow 1852-57 Breakfront Library Desk Brass Gallery Burr Amboyna Wood

From Royal House Antiques

£20,000

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Antique Mahogany Partners Desk - George III (Circa 1800)

19th century

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Antique Mahogany Partners Desk - George III (Circa 1800)

From Culvertons

£4,250

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Antique Library Desks

Leather & Walnut Desk Armchair

Fine 19th Century Walnut Writing Table

19th Century Victorian Carved Mahogany Desk

Large Victorian Oak Partners Desk

Edwardian Mahogany Partners Writing Desk

Mahogany Partners Desk

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Partners Pedestal Desk 19th C

Edwardian Chippendale Revival Styled Writing Desk

Grand Antique Executive Desk, English, Satinwood, 13 Drawer, Office, Victorian

Large Antique Burr Walnut Kneehole Partners Pedestal Writing Desk

Chippendale-style Walnut Desk by Famous London Cabinetmakers Druce & Co., Baker St., London

Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk

Early Georgian (Circa 1780) Mahogany Kneehole Desk.

Antique Edwardian Mahogany Pedestal Desk

Very Rare Gillow 1852-57 Breakfront Library Desk Brass Gallery Burr Amboyna Wood

Antique Mahogany Partners Desk - George III (Circa 1800)

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