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.

Neat Size Late Victorian Mahogany Knee Hole Desk

19th century

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Neat Size Late Victorian Mahogany Knee Hole Desk

From Georgian Antiques

£1,150

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Victorian Burr Walnut Ladies Writing Desk

19th century

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Victorian Burr Walnut Ladies Writing Desk

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

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Victorian Burr Walnut and Ormolu-mounted Pedestal Desk with Cabinet Top

19th century

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Victorian Burr Walnut and Ormolu-mounted Pedestal Desk with Cabinet Top

From FB Antiques

£2,750

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19th century

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19th Century Mahogany Writing Table

From Shackladys Antiques

£1,845

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Mahogany Folding Travelling-military Desk

1900 - 1920

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Mahogany Folding Travelling-military Desk

From Georgian Antiques

£1,750

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Victorian Inlaid Satin Walnut Twin Pedestal Desk

19th century

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Victorian Inlaid Satin Walnut Twin Pedestal Desk

From Prior and Willis

£1,046

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Figured Walnut Marquetry Inlaid Davenport Desk

19th century

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Figured Walnut Marquetry Inlaid Davenport Desk

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£1,250

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19th century

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Victorian Walnut Writing Desk

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£1,750

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19th century

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19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Desk

From Martlesham Antiques

£2,950

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18th century

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Country House Library Partners Desk

From Hansord Antiques

£6,800

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The most expensive Victorian desk ever sold on Sellingantiques, in March 2019, was an exhibition quality mahogany, satinwood and marquetry inlaid Carlton House desk.

19th century

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Small 19th Century Pedestal Desk

From Thakeham Furniture

£1,500

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Victorian Burr Walnut Piano Top Davenport

19th century

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Victorian Burr Walnut Piano Top Davenport

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£1,850

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Antique 1890s Clarks Desk Made by Simpsons of Kendall for the Town Hall

19th century

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Antique 1890s Clarks Desk Made by Simpsons of Kendall for the Town Hall

From Pendle Antiques

£695

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19th century

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Sheraton Revival Mahogany Writing Desk

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£1,695

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Antique Victorian Inlaid Mahogany Pedestal Desk 19th C

19th century

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Antique Victorian Inlaid Mahogany Pedestal Desk 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£2,900

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Victorian Rosewood Pop Up Davenport Writing Desk

19th century

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Victorian Rosewood Pop Up Davenport Writing Desk

From John Howkins Antiques

£1,350

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Antique Victorian Desks

Neat Size Late Victorian Mahogany Knee Hole Desk

Victorian Burr Walnut Ladies Writing Desk

Victorian Burr Walnut and Ormolu-mounted Pedestal Desk with Cabinet Top

19th Century Mahogany Writing Table

Mahogany Folding Travelling-military Desk

Victorian Inlaid Satin Walnut Twin Pedestal Desk

Figured Walnut Marquetry Inlaid Davenport Desk

Victorian Walnut Writing Desk

19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Desk

Country House Library Partners Desk

Small 19th Century Pedestal Desk

Victorian Burr Walnut Piano Top Davenport

Antique 1890s Clarks Desk Made by Simpsons of Kendall for the Town Hall

Sheraton Revival Mahogany Writing Desk

Antique Victorian Inlaid Mahogany Pedestal Desk 19th C

Victorian Rosewood Pop Up Davenport Writing Desk

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