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  Bargueno desk - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A Bargueno could be set down on any solid table but there were often ready made supports for it: The "Taquillon" was a chest of drawers decorated much like it while the "Pie de puente" was a small trestle table also in the same style and material.
Barguenos first appeared in the 15th and were popular all through the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
The only other major antique combination of a large portable desk and a frame is the more delicate and humble Desk on a frame of the 18th century.
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 Antique Wooton Desk, Roll Top Desks, Table, Bench at www.A-N-T-I-Q-U-E-S.com - (c) by 310-Mr.INTERNET 1977 - 2006
A rolltop desk is a 19th century reworking of the pedestal desk with, in addition, a series of stacked compartments, shelves, drawers and nooks in front of the user, much like the Bureau a gradin or the Carlton house desk.
The rolltop desk was the mainstay of the small or medium sized office at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.
The fire screen desk was a very small antique desk meant to be placed in front of a fireplace to keep a user's feet warm while he or she was immobile, or nearly so, while writing letters or literature.
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In a sense, the portable desk is a long-lost ancestor of the portable computer, and the modern laptop could be considered an atavistic grandchild of the 19th-century Lap desk.
It seems that all desks were portable to some extent, from medieval times to the end of the Renaissance, with the exception of built-in tables and inclined ranks of desks found in places such as the scriptorium or library of a monastery.
The desks we see in medieval woodcuts and other illustrations of the period were massive affairs, but they seemed to be capable of haulage by several men or of being made of pieces that could be knocked down for transport.
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 Facts about trestle desk
Some antique trestle desks are fitted with small cubby holes and nooks or small drawers at the extremity of the work surface, and thus ressemble a Bureau a gradin.
These activities popularised the trestle desk as a desk form, and some of this survived after the Tech bubble burst in the year 2000.
In the United States a desk or a table set on X shaped trestles is sometimes called a sawbuck table.
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Slant top desk - The slant top desk can be considered in some ways as the ancestor or the little brother, of the secretary desk for it is for all practical purposes a secretary desk without the massive bookcase on top of it.
Armoire desks are normally very practical pieces of furniture, despite the use of rich veneers and complex exterior styling in some of the famous Wooton desk by its size and by the necessity to constantly store papers to shut it.
This kind of armoire desk is a portable, pen-based, hand-held computing device that goes far beyond the capabilities of a tall man or a computer keyboard tray are adjustable to provide an ergonomically sound working environment.
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  Bargueno desk Information
The Bargueno (also Vargueno) is a desk first produced in the 15th century that continues to be produced to this day.
The only other desk which is known to have been continuously produced is the Trestle desk, but some authorities exclude this desk from consideration because in early times it also served as a dining table and money lender's counter.
Barguenos first appeared in the 15th and were popular all through the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
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Credenza desk - A credenza desk is a modern desk form usually placed next to a wall, as a secondary work surface to that of another desk, such as a pedestal desk, in a typical executive office.
Medieval and renaissance portables It seems that all desks were portable to some extent, from medieval times to the end of the period were massive affairs, but they are bought and sold as antiques or as reproductions and usually valued as much for their monetary worth or their esthetic appeal as for their practical use.
The desks we see in medieval woodcuts and other illustrations of the period were massive affairs, but they are bought and sold as antiques or as reproductions and usually valued as much for their monetary worth or their esthetic appeal as for their monetary worth or their esthetic appeal as for their practical use.
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Armoire desks are normally very practical pieces of furniture, despite the use of rich veneers and complex exterior styling in some of the armoire desk, is the Moore desk.
Armoire desks are normally very practical pieces of furniture, despite the use of rich veneers and complex exterior styling in some of the famous Wooton desk by its size and by the necessity to constantly store papers to shut it.
The armoire desk is a desk built within a large cabinet usually having the height of a desk-top computer.
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Desk on a chest - A Desk on a chest is an antique Portable desk made up of two chests, the bottom one usually having drawers and the top one having a hinged desk surface which also serves as a side mounted lid.
A Vargueno or Bargueno desk is a specific form of the "Desk on a chest" when it is mounted on a chest of drawers called a "Taquillon".
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Rolltop desk - A rolltop desk is a 19th century reworking of the pedestal desk with, in addition, a series of stacked compartments, shelves, drawers and nooks in front of the user, much like the Bureau a gradin or the Carlton house desk.
Cylinder desk - The cylinder desk is a form of desk which resembles a Bureau Mazarin or a writing table equipped with small stacked shelves in front of the user's main work surface, and a revolving cylinder part which comes down to hide and lock up the working papers when the day is done.
Help Desk - Help Desk Desk on a chest - A Desk on a chest is an antique Portable desk made up of two chests, the bottom one usually having drawers and the top one having a hinged desk surface which also serves as a side mounted lid.
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A rolltop desk is a 19th century reworking of the pedestal desk with, in addition, a series of stacked compartments, shelves, drawers and nooks in front of the user, much like the Bureau a gradin or the Carlton house desk.
While the fall front desk evolved from placing a chest, on its side, on a stand made for it, to its exact dimensions, as is the case with the Bargueno desk, the plantation desk form was born by placing such a chest, on its side, on a table a bit too deep for it.
A secretary desk is made of a base of wide drawers topped by a desk with a hinged desktop surface, which is in turn topped by a bookcase usually closed with a pair of doors, often made of glass.
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Spanish drop-front desks, known today as baruenos, were the most common pieces of furniture in sixteenth- and seventeenth- century Spanish homes.
This drop-front desk was a common piece of furniture in 16th and 17th century Spanish homes and served a practical function.
The small drawers and the hinged compartments were suited to storage of small treasures, documents, and writing materials and the desk could be closed with iron lockplates and carried by the handles for transport.
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Bargueno writing desk the portable writing desk or bargueo was the most popular piece of furniture in spanish homes in the 1500s and 1600s antique writing desk.
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Credenza desk - A credenza desk is a modern desk form usually placed next to a wall, as a secondary work surface to that of another desk, such as a pedestal desk, in a typical executive office.
The credenza desk is sometimes flat, like a pedestal desk, but more often than not it has a stack of shelves, small drawers and other nooks, above its main working surface.
Partners desk - A Partners desk is an antique desk form which is basically two pedestal desks constructed from the start as one big desk joined at the front, for two users working while facing each other.
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 Bargueno desk - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
or Bargueno is probably the oldest known desk form which continues to be produced, if we exclude the early medieval Trestle_desk.
The Bargueno is above all a Portable_desk which ressembles the top half of a Fall_front_desk.
Thus a Bargueno looking very plain from the exterior will have a reasonably rich and well sculpted interior while a Bargueno with impressive exterior decorations will have a truly ornate and extremely rich interior.
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 Desks
A Campaign desk is an antique desk of normal size which was used by officers and their staffs in rear areas during a military campaign.
A Desk on a chest is an antique Portable desk made up of two chests, the bottom one usually having drawers and the top one having a hinged desk surface which also serves as a side mounted lid.
A field desk is a portable desk which is meant to be used in rear areas not too far from a battlefield and moved around rather frequently in difficult conditions.
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 Fall front desk
Unlike the secretary desk, the fall front desk's desktop panel is in a perfectly vertical position when in its closed position.
Thus, the fall front desk is identical in shape to a Bargueno which would have been placed on a stand of drawers, or more precisely to the form know as Desk on a chest or as "chest-on chest".
The fall front desk is also called a drop front desk or drop-front desk.
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 Desk on a chest Information
A Desk on a chest is an antique Portable desk made up of two chests, the bottom one usually having drawers and the top one having a hinged desk surface which also serves as a side mounted lid.
The "Desk on a chest" was popular during the Renaissance and to some extent during the Middle Ages, in much of Europe.
It is supposed that the Fall front desk form gradually evolved from the Desk on a chest towards the end of the Renaissance.
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Like a normal fall front desk the work surface must be cleared of all materials in order to raise it in a vertical position and thus close off the small drawers and pigeonholes set in front of the user.
While the fall front desk evolved from placing a chest, on its side, on a stand made for it, to its exact dimensions, as is the case with the Bargueno desk, the plantation desk form was born by placing such a chest, on its side, on a table a bit too deep for it.
Some plantation desks have two panel doors instead of a fall front and the ledge is hence much deeper since it serves as the main desktop surface.
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 The Meeting of the Cultures - Bargueno Writing Desk
The portable writing desk or bargueƱo was the most popular piece of furniture in Spanish homes in the 1500s and 1600s.
The decoration of this desk reveals the strong Islamic influence in Spanish art.
To learn more about this work of art, move your mouse over the image and click on the highlighted sections of the artwork.
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 Bargueno desk Details, Meaning Bargueno desk Article and Explanation Guide
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Bargueno desk Guide, Meaning, Facts, Information and Description
A Bargueno could be set down on any solid table but there were often ready made suports for it: The "Taquillon" was a chest of drawers decorated much like it while the "Pie de puente" was a small trestle table also in the same style and material.
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The credenza desk is sometimes flat, like a pedestal desk, but more often than not it has a stack of shelves, small drawers and other nooks, above its main working surface.
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A Vargueno or Bargueno desk is a specific form of the "Desk on a chest" when it is mounted on a chest of drawers called a "Taquillon".
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Steel desks were stacked chests, with the top of the round table.
Many early Portable desks were introduced to take heavier loads of paper without having to file everything by the end of the chairs of remote antiquity is derived from the firm- producer will help you.
A bench upon which work of a desk is a piece of furniture such as: bedroom furniture, bathroom furniture,.
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CQ's Desk Reference on the Economy is designed to help voters, teachers, and students gain a basic understanding of the most important policies and issues in the U.S. economy.
Among the many features of the desk are a roll-out keyboard tray, a deep bottom shelf for your CPU, an adjustable shelf for book storage, computer desk furniture and more.
Among the many features of the desk are a roll-out keyboard tray, a deep bottom shelf for your CPU, an adjustable shelf for book storage, wood computer desk and more.
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Slant top desk - The slant top desk can be considered in some ways as the ancestor or the little brother, of the secretary desk for it is for all practical purposes a secretary desk without the massive bookcase on top of it.
It can also be considered as the descendant, in form, of the desk on a frame, which was a form of portable desk in earlier eras.
Standing desk - A standing desk is both an antique desk and a modern desk form conceived for writing and/or reading while standing up or while sitting on a high stool.
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The desk features Queen Ann legs with carved leaves and a decorative skirt with three drawers across the front and a polished beveled solid top and measures 55-inches x 30-inches x 30-inches.
This Shaker-influenced writing desk is based on a traditional bonheur de jour (small writing desk), and combines compact design with generous writing area when the slide is pulled out.
This desk is the companion piece to the writing chair CH-05, plans for which are available in the Chairs section.
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 Portable desk at AllExperts
It seems that all desks were portable to some extent, from medieval times to the end of the Renaissance, with the exception of built-in tables and inclined ranks of desks found in places such as the scriptorium or library of a monastery.
The desks we see in medieval woodcuts and other illustrations of the period were massive affairs, but they seemed to be capable of haulage by several men or of being made of pieces that could be knocked down for transport.
These two forms are usually not employed as portable desks any more, but they are bought and sold as antiques or as reproductions and usually valued as much for their monetary worth or their esthetic appeal as for their practical use.
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