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Desk; c. 1765; mahogany, chestnut and tulip poplar; 87.3 x 92.7 x 52.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A desk or bureau is a piece of furniture with a flat table-style work surface used in a school, office, home or the like for academic, professional or domestic activities such as reading, writing, or using equipment such as a computer.
View of the back of the Theodore Roosevelt desk during the Truman administration in 1946 The Theodore Roosevelt desk is a mahogany pedestal desk and is owned by the White House . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The 30 in (76 cm) high desk has a workspace which measures 90 in (230 cm) wide and 53.5 in (136 cm) deep. [ 1 ]
Chest of drawers from the 18th century, collection King Baudouin Foundation. A chest of drawers, also called (especially in North American English) a dresser or a bureau, [1] is a type of cabinet (a piece of furniture) that has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers generally stacked one above another.
A computer desktop, with various folders and files visible The computer interface is a conceptual metaphor of a writing desk.. In computing, the desktop metaphor is an interface metaphor which is a set of unifying concepts used by graphical user interfaces to help users interact more easily with the computer. [1]
Some presidents, such as Richard Nixon, used the desk in this room only for these ceremonial purposes, while others, including Dwight D. Eisenhower used it as their main workspace. [3] The first desk used in the Oval Office was the Theodore Roosevelt desk. The desk currently in use by Donald Trump is the Resolute desk.
Computer desks in a Fermilab control room An uncommon office computer desk with the screen under the top The top of a typical home computer desk. The computer desk and related ergonomic 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.
A modern home office. A study, also known as a home office, is a room in a house that is used for paperwork, computer work, or reading.Historically, the study of a house was reserved for use as the private office and reading room of a parent/guardian as the formal head of a household, but studies are today generally used to operate a home business or open to the whole family.
The credenza desk is sometimes flat, like a pedestal desk, but more often than not it has a stack of shelves, small drawers and other nooks above its main working surface. The sum of these overhead amenities is usually called a hutch. Hence, the credenza desk is often called a "credenza with hutch".