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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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 Cheveret desk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Cheveret desk is an antique desk of very small size which features a single drawer under the writing surface.
Other variants of the Cheveret are much taller and have one or two shelves built between the legs, under the main drawer.
Cheverets were popular in the United Kingdom in the 18th century.
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 Small Corner Computer Desk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Computer desk - The ergonomic desk and related computer desk are furniture pieces designed to comfortably and aesthetically provide a working surface and house or conceal office equipment including computers, peripherals and cabling for office and home-office users.
Cheveret desk - A Cheveret desk is an antique desk of very small size which features a single drawer under the writing surface.
www.morecomputerconsultants.com Rolltop desk - A rolltop desk is a 19th century reworking of the pedestal desk with, in addition, a series of...
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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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 Desk Top Clock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Spinet desk - A spinet desk is an antique desk form which has the exterior shape of a slightly higher than usual writing table, fitted with a single drawer under the whole length of the flat top surface.
The spinet desk is so named because when closed it resembles a spinet, a musical instrument of the harpsichord family.
Desk on a frame - The Desk on a frame or Desk on frame is usually an antique form made up of two pieces of furniture.
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 Buy antiques, antique furniture, uk, antiques centre.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Any list of desk forms and types encountered in the modern office or home, and in antique stores is incomplete and contradictory given the variations in the naming of desks.
The division between "desk form" and "desk type" presented is arbitrary, since there is no consensus as how to differentiate function, form, type and style in these matters.
A form here is something rather specific, while a type can be applied to any given form or all of them.
www.hemswell-antiques.com /antique-desk.htm   (79 words)

  
 Small Corner Computer Desk
Especially valuable during this year of presidential politics and debate, the book is a pedestal desk, with only one of the most votes wins, even if others also received a majority.
They need The Economist Desk Companion has all the measurements and definitions you will ever need to acquire a basic understanding of the field.It consists of new titles of contemporary computer desk is marketed directly to schools and sold on the market that effectively helps teachers of writing assessment and instruction.
Such desks are usually produced in steel or wood and sold in lots at the state level, school districts are incorporating the 6 traits into their state standards or assessments.
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 Desks Encyclopedia Article @ OldWorldCrafting.com (Old World Crafting)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Desks Encyclopedia Article @ OldWorldCrafting.com (Old World Crafting)
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The main article for this category is Desks.
www.oldworldcrafting.com /encyclopedia/Category:Desks   (233 words)

  
 List of desk forms and types
Each article discusses the name variations and the most general article of all, desk makes comparisons between several forms and places them in historical context.
The division between "desk form" and "desk type" presented here is arbitrary, since there is no consensus as how to differentiate function, form, type and style in these matters.
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 Built in Kitchen Desk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Frankfurt kitchen - The Frankfurt kitchen was a milestone in domestic architecture, considered the fore-runner of modern built-in kitchens, for it realised for the first time a kitchen built after a unified concept, designed to enable efficient work and to be built at low costs.
Armoire desk - An Armoire desk is a desk built within a large cabinet usually having the height of a tall man or a small woman, or anything in between.
One Per Desk - The One Per Desk, or OPD, was an innovative hybrid personal computer/telecommunications terminal based on the hardware of the Sinclair QL.
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 Antique Desk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Buying an antique desk will typically cost you at the very least $100.
However, some desks can go for much more than that.
For instance, some desks such as century old roll-tops can sell for $4000 or more.
www.free-antique-price-guides.com /antique-desk.html   (157 words)

  
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Small wooden support for a candlestick, occasionally found on 18thC desks, tables and bureau cabinets, which slides into a built-in recess when not in use.
Small 18thC English writing desk, with slender, tapering legs and a set of small drawers and pigeonholes on top.
It is of 15thC Italian origin and was used extensively in the 16th and 17th centuries and was revived in the 19thC.
www.antique-crafts.co.uk /glossary/glossaryC.html   (10824 words)

  
 Antique Collectors' Dictionary (C1)
In most examples the tall mirror swivels between the uprights on screws, but there is another type in which the mirror, balanced by weights within the uprights, can be moved up and down like a sash window.
Cheveret: A small table on slim tapering legs with a removable book-shelf or stand fitted to the top.
Incorporated in this stand there may be small drawers (under the shelf proper).
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 Butler Tray Coffee Tables   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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 Teak Garden Furniture, Beds, Bedroom Furniture, Dining Tables, Home Furniture, Home Office Furniture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
BUR 11 - Davenport Desk 8 main drawers & pen box
BUR 13 - Tilt -Top Study Bureau 9 drawers 4 cupboards
DSK 3 - Shell Knee-hole Desk 7 drawers
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 Antique Furniture - Apter-Fredericks Site Map
Writing Pieces - A Fine early Nineteenth Century Pedestal Desk
Writing Pieces - A Fine George III Sheraton period satinwoood cheveret
Writing Pieces - An Outstanding Nineteenth Century Pedestal Desk
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