Desk

15th and 16th-century writing desks in art

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  Standing desk
  early 14th century

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  1438

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  15th century

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  15th century

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  15th century

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  15th century

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  15th century (second half)

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  After 1500

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  1504

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  1516

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  reconstitution

Portable writing desks / writing boxes

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  Henry VIII's writing box
  c. 1525

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  Jefferson's writing box
  1776

17th-century desks

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  Louis-treize desk
  17th century

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  Mazarin desk
  17th century

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  Mazarin desk
  c. 1690-1700

18th-century writing tables and desks

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  Writing table
  c. 1740

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  Writing table
  1730-1735

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  Writing table
  1745

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  Writing table
  1745

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  Writing table
  c. 1754-1757

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  Writing table
  c. 1770

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  Writing table of Marie-Antoinette
  1783
  by Jean-Henri Riesener

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  Secretary desk
  c. 1780

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  Secretary desk
  1792

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  Chippendale : Writing table
  18th century

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  Louis XV's cylinder desk
  1760-1769

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  David Roentgen : cylinder desk
  c. 1785

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  Cylinder desk
  18th century

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  Rolltop desk and bookcase
  c. 1790

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  Rolltop desk
  c. 1791

19th and 20th-century desks

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  Secretary desk
  19th century

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  Secretary desk
  1840-1860

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  Pedestal desk
  19th century

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  Pedestal desk
  19th century

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  Pedestal desk
  19th century

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  Partners desk

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  Rolltop desk

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  Rolltop desk

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  Desk of China

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  Stalin's desk

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  Arne Jacobsen

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Contemporary office desks

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  A home office in 22 West, a luxury condominium, located in the West End neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

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  A desk in an office