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2. Rolltop desk - Wikipedia

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   In contrast to these, the compartments and the desktop surface of a rolltop desk can be covered by means of a tambour consisting of linked wooden slats that roll or slide through slots in the raised sides of the desk. In that, it is a descendant in function, and partly in form, of the cylinder desk of the 18th century.

3. Davenport desk - Wikipedia

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   A Davenport desk, (sometimes originally known as a Devonport desk [1]) is a small desk originating in England with an inclined lifting desktop attached with hinges to the back of the body. Lifting the desktop accesses a large compartment with storage space for paper and other writing implements, and smaller spaces in the forms of small drawers ...

4. Tambour desk - Wikipedia

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   Tambour desk (Boston, 1793-1798) by John Seymour and Thomas Seymour with the tabletop folded up, handles of supporting sliders visible on the sides of the top drawer Pigeonholes behind the left shutters. A tambour desk is a desk with desktop-based drawers and pigeonholes, in a way resembling bureau à gradin.

5. List of desk forms and types - Wikipedia

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   Bench desk; Bible box; Bonheur du jour; Bureau à gradin; Bureau brisé; Bureau capucin; Bureau Mazarin; Bureau plat, see Writing table; Butler's desk; Campaign desk; Carlton house desk; Carrel desk; Cheveret desk; Computer desk; Credenza desk; Cubicle desk; Cylinder desk; Davenport desk; Desk and bench; Desk on a chest; Desk on a frame ...

6. Pedestal desk - Wikipedia

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   A pedestal desk. A pedestal desk or a tanker desk is usually a large, flat, free-standing desk made of a simple rectangular working surface resting on two pedestals or small cabinets of stacked drawers of one or two sizes, with plinths around the bases. Often, there is also a central large drawer above the legs and knees of the user.

7. Resolute desk - Wikipedia

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   The desk was removed from the White House after the Assassination of John F. Kennedy, and went on a traveling exhibition with artifacts of the Kennedy Presidential Library. President Jimmy Carter brought the desk back to the White House in 1977, where it has remained since. Many replicas have been made of the Resolute desk.