What is the most common Victorian desk?

The mahogany pedestal desk, by a wide margin. Roughly two fifths of titles carry the word pedestal, and mahogany appears in more titles than any other timber. After that come walnut and oak pedestals, then davenports, which account for about one in six pieces listed.

How does a partners desk differ from a pedestal desk?

A partners desk is a pedestal desk finished and fitted on both sides, so two people can sit facing each other and both have drawers. It shows up in the listings at 5ft and 6ft widths. Double-sided construction sits above single-sided in the range. A plain pedestal desk is usually finished at the back but has drawers on one side only.

What is a davenport desk?

A compact writing cabinet with a sloping lid over a bank of drawers running down one side. It emerged around 1800 and became a standard drawing-room piece through the Victorian decades. Listings name several variants: pop-up and piano-top davenports with rising stationery compartments, slide tops, freestanding examples finished on all four sides, and Tunbridge ware inlaid ones.

Which woods were used for Victorian desks?

Mahogany, walnut and oak carry the overwhelming bulk of the category, in that order. Burr walnut is a large group in its own right, and golden oak turns up mostly late in the period. The archive also throws up ash, pitch pine, satin birch, teak, yew, pollard oak, birdseye maple, satinwood, coromandel, padauk, thuya and amboyna.

Are Victorian desks always dated to a year?

No. Most listings on Sellingantiques simply say Victorian or 19th century rather than giving a year. Where a decade is stated, the 1860s is the busiest, followed by the 1880s, then the 1890s, 1870s and 1850s. Numbers thin sharply after 1900.

Do unusual forms of desk turn up?

They do, though sparingly. Kidney-shaped desks, Carlton House desks with a raised tier of drawers and pigeonholes, cylinder and roll-top desks, bonheurs du jour and ladies' writing desks all appear. Odder things surface too: a railway signalman's desk in pine, a Green Man carved oak pedestal desk, a harlequin davenport and a 'Jack in a Box' davenport.

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Victorian writing furniture, most often a mahogany pedestal desk with a leather-inset top and a kneehole between two banks of drawers, made for offices, libraries and studies.

19th century

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Mid-19th Century Burr Walnut Davenport Desk with Satinwood Interior, Circa 1860

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£1,450

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19th century

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Antique Victorian Oak Desk C1880-1900

From Mews Antiques

£475

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Rare C19th Teak Military Three Part Desk with Inset Leather Top

19th century

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Rare C19th Teak Military Three Part Desk with Inset Leather Top

From Beresford Antiques LTD

£2,450

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Arts & Crafts Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk C1885-95

19th century

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Arts & Crafts Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk C1885-95

From Mews Antiques

£475

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Victorian Mahogany Kneehole Writing Desk

19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Kneehole Writing Desk

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

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A Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Desk.

19th century

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A Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Desk.

From Long Melford Antiques

£1,295

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Victorian Mahogany Kneehole Pedestal Writing Desk.

19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Kneehole Pedestal Writing Desk.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£165

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Exceptional Antique Victorian Oak Pedestal Office Partners Writing Desk

19th century

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Exceptional Antique Victorian Oak Pedestal Office Partners Writing Desk

From Richardsons Antiques

£695

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Mahogany Partner’s Pedestal Desk with Tooled Leather Top

19th century

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Mahogany Partner’s Pedestal Desk with Tooled Leather Top

From Shackladys Antiques

£4,875

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19th century

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Superb Quality 19th Century Mahogany Secretaire Desk

From Martlesham Antiques

£3,650

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Mahogany, walnut and oak carry the bulk of the titles on Sellingantiques, but the archive also holds satin birch, pollard oak, coromandel, thuya and amboyna.

19th century

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19thc. Burr Walnut Davenport Desk

From Piers Pisani Ltd Antiques and Furniture

£1,650

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1900 - 1920

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Superb Mahogany Partners Desk

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£2,750

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Davenport Desk

19th century

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Davenport Desk

From Penderyn Antiques

£695

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Panelled Oak Tambour Top Roll Top Pedestal Desk.

1900 - 1920

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Panelled Oak Tambour Top Roll Top Pedestal Desk.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£365

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19th century

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Antique Mid 19th Century Burr Walnut Pedestal Desk

From Patrick Sandberg Antiques

£28,500

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Leather Top Pedestal Desk

19th century

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Leather Top Pedestal Desk

From Marylebone Antiques

£1,290

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Antique Victorian Desks

Mid-19th Century Burr Walnut Davenport Desk with Satinwood Interior, Circa 1860

Antique Victorian Oak Desk C1880-1900

Rare C19th Teak Military Three Part Desk with Inset Leather Top

Arts & Crafts Victorian Mahogany Pedestal Desk C1885-95

Victorian Mahogany Kneehole Writing Desk

A Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Desk.

Victorian Mahogany Kneehole Pedestal Writing Desk.

Exceptional Antique Victorian Oak Pedestal Office Partners Writing Desk

Mahogany Partner’s Pedestal Desk with Tooled Leather Top

Superb Quality 19th Century Mahogany Secretaire Desk

19thc. Burr Walnut Davenport Desk

Superb Mahogany Partners Desk

Antique Victorian Mahogany Davenport Desk

Panelled Oak Tambour Top Roll Top Pedestal Desk.

Antique Mid 19th Century Burr Walnut Pedestal Desk

Antique Victorian Mahogany Leather Top Pedestal Desk

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