Best Writing Desk

By way of a disclaimer, I am certainly not an authority when it comes to antique furniture. I have had very little to do with it, and I am not really aware of which piece of furniture comes from which century. However I do know there are many people who are genuinely interested in purchasing antique furniture. It seems that there is also a huge interest in antique desks and bureaus for example. So while I may not be able to describe in detail all about different antique writing desks, I can give you a few pointers and tips on basic styles and even where you can find them.

One thing that is always good to take into consideration when you are thinking about adding some antique style furniture to your home or office is whether or not it has actually be antique furniture or if antique style furniture would be sufficient. In other words, it is very easy to purchase antique style furniture; most furniture shops sell antique style desks that are often times almost exact replicas of the original desk but of course they are a lot cheaper.

Some of the properties of antique writing desks which make them different from their contemporary models are things such as having a leather writing insert on top of the desk. Many antique writing desks also have a raised shaped pen and ink holder at the back of the desk or at the back corner of the desk. Some even slant downwards for better ease of writing. Most of these details are missing from more modern style writing desks although of course it is possible to find them, especially with the desks that are trying to replicate closely the older styled antique desks.

There a few different favourite styles of antique writing desks that I have seen people buy. There is the regular flat, small writing desk that most people are very familiar with which has a few small drawers along the front and four legs that are very often slightly curved.

The cylinder desk is also a very common style of writing desk. It has a rounded lid that rolls back and rotates into the actual desk, revealing the writing section of the desk as it does so. It usually has pigeonholes at the back or a small draws built into the recessed part of desk. This is a very common style and it is great to work on, because if you want to leave your writing all work out but you do not want anyone to be able to see what you have been working on, you can simply just roll down the cylinder lid and everything is immediately out of sight.

The bureau writing desk, sometimes referred to as the drop lid writing desk, has a lid that drops down towards you. To me, this isn’t as convenient as the cylinder desk because you have to actually stack up your papers or whatever you are working on and then stick them back inside the bureau so that you can flip the writing desk back up to close the bureau. One good point with this style of desk, though, is that it takes up a lot less room when it is not in use yet still gives you plenty of writing space when the lid is down.

If you are interested in finding out about the different types of antique writing desks I would suggest you do a search online. There are some excellent sites that give very detailed information on the history of the writing desk and desks in general, and other sites that explain more specifically the details about furniture from different periods of history and what it was like.

Naturally it is not very cheap to buy genuine antique writing desks. Prices vary according to how old the desk is, what state it is in, whether it still has all the original latches, keys and other peripheral items. You can either buy these from online antique dealers or even occasionally find them on eBay for example.

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