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From the mid- 18th century onwards, a pedestal desk often has a top that is inlaid with a large panel of leather (sometimes with a gold- or blind-stamped border) or baize for a writing surface, within a cross-banded border. If the desk has a wooden top surface, it may have a pull-out lined writing drawer, or the pull-out may be fitted with a folding horse to serve as a bookrest.
Very few non-specialists call this form a pedestal desk. Most people usually refer to it as an executive desk, in contrast with the cubicle desk which is assigned to those who work under the executive. However, the term executive desk has been applied to so many desk forms as to be misleading, so the less-used but more precise "pedestal desk" has been retained here.
The pedestal desk appeared, especially in England, in the 18th century but became popular in the 19th and the 20th, overtaking the variants of the secretary deskA secretary desk is made of a base of wide drawers topped by a desk with an hinged desktop surface, which is in turn topped by a bookcase usually closed with a pair of doors, often made of glass. The whole is a single, tall and heavy piece of furniture, n and the writing tableA writing table is usually a desk with a series of drawers directly under the surface of the table, to contain writing implements. Antique versions have the usual divisions for the inkpot, the blotter and the sand or powder tray in one of the drawers, and in sheer numbers. The FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. stayed faithful to the writing table or bureau plat ("flat desk"), which might have a matching paperPaper is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibres. The fibers used are usually natural and based upon cellulose. The most common material is wood pulp from pulpwood (largely softwood) trees such as pines, but other vegetable fiber mater-case (cartonnier) that stood upon it.
There were at least two precursors to the pedestal desk: The French Bureau MazarinThe bureau Mazarin is a 17th century desk form named more or less in memory of Cardinal Mazarin, regent of France from 1642 to 1661. It is the earliest predecessor of the pedestal desk and differs from it by having only two tiers of drawers or three tiers (a desk named for Cardinal MazarinJules Mazarin born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino but best known as Cardinal Mazarin ( July 14 1602 March 9 1661) served as the chief minister of France from 1642, until his death. Mazarin succeeded his mentor, Cardinal Richelieu. Mazarin's early military and) of the late 17th century16th century 17th century 18th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601- 1700. During this period, the power of England and the United Provinces increased; while that of and the ChineseThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute Jumu desk or scholar's desk, which Europeans knew almost entirely at second-hand, largely from illustrations on porcelain. Unlike the pedestal desk however these precursors had an incomplete stack of drawers and compartments holding up the two ends. The cases of drawers were raised about 6 to 12 inches from the floor on legs.
When a pedestal desk is doubled in size to form a nearly square working surface, and drawers are put on both sides to accommodate two users at the same time, it becomes a partners desk. Thomas Chippendale gives designs for such tables, which were generally used in libraries, as writing tables in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director ( 1753– 4 and 1762).
When the pedestal desk form is cut to about two thirds of its normal width, and one of the pedestals is replaced by legs, this is then called a right pedestal desk or a left pedestal desk, depending on the position of the pedestal. This kind of form is common for a student desk.
The pedestal desk is also one of the two principal forms of the big campaign desk, used by the military in days gone by. It can then be considered a portable desk in a limited way.
See also the List of desk forms and types, computer table.
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