| As we continue to unleash the architectural function, | | | | ample storage space for paper and other writing |
| form and styles of the most common desk variations | | | | implements. |
| produced, let's examine the designs of the following | | | | 9. Escritoire: A small, portable writing desk with a |
| writing desks: Bible Box, Rolltop, Desk and Bench, Desk | | | | sloping front door, hinged at the bottom edge that can |
| on a Chest, Desk on a Frame, Moore Desks, Cubicle, | | | | be opened to provide a writing surface. It is usually |
| Davenport, Escritoire, Fall Front Desk, Partners Desk | | | | larger than a lap desk. |
| and Chinese Altar Table. | | | | 10. Fall Front Desk: Considered the cousin of the |
| 1. Bible Box: This type of desk was small and originally | | | | Secretary Desk and has a main working surface or |
| meant for storing and using a bible. | | | | desktop which does double duty as a cover to seal up |
| 2. Rolltop Desk: A series of stacked compartments, | | | | papers and other items located in small shelves or |
| shelves, drawers and the desktop surface can be | | | | small drawers before the desk is closed. |
| covered by means of wooden slats that roll or slide | | | | 11. Partners desk: An antique desk which is basically |
| through slots in the raised sides of the desk. | | | | two pedestal desks, initially constructed as one big |
| 3. Desk and Bench : Sometimes used to describe a | | | | desk joined at the front, for two users working while |
| school desk which has a built-in seat. It is also called a | | | | facing each other. |
| "Desk and stool". | | | | 12. Chinese Altar Table: The versatility of this table can |
| 4. Desk on a Chest: An antique portable desk made | | | | be used as an altar, dining room buffet, sofa table, or |
| up of two chests: the bottom one usually has drawers | | | | office computer credenza. It is designed with two end |
| and the top one has a hinged desk surface. | | | | tables or bed-sized tables, joined together with a solid |
| 5. Desk on a Frame: An antique form made up of two | | | | piece of cypress wood. Each table has a storage |
| pieces of furniture: a fairly large and closable portable | | | | drawer carved on all four sides. |
| desk and a stand made of it out of the same material | | | | The increase of paper usage and correspondence, |
| and in the same style. | | | | prompted the need for producing more complex and |
| 6. Moore Desk: Comes in two antique forms - The | | | | specialized desks. Steel desks were introduced to |
| "Moore Office Queen" (a large desk, that has a single | | | | take heavier loads of paper and withstand the |
| large door to lock up the main work surface with | | | | pounding dished out on typewriters. Refinements to |
| drawers and nooks around it; and The "Moore | | | | those first desk forms were considerable through the |
| Insurance Desk" (nearly twice as big as the "Office | | | | 19th century. The new desks can be transformed into |
| Queen" and also opens up by means of a single large | | | | many different shapes and angles, which is ideal for |
| door, with its internal work surface sliding in and out). | | | | artists. |
| 7. Cubicle Desk: An economical way of putting more | | | | Writing desks, depending on whether you purchase |
| desk workers in the same space without actually | | | | one from an office supply store, a furniture store or an |
| shrinking the size of their working surfaces. The cubicle | | | | antique shop, can range in price anywhere from one |
| walls are used to house papers and other items once | | | | hundred dollars to thousands of dollars. Your choice |
| left on the horizontal desktop surface. | | | | depends on what type of personal statement you |
| 8. Davenport desk: A small desk with an inclined lifting | | | | prefer to make. |
| desktop giving access to a large compartment with | | | | |