A tambour desk is a desk with desktop-based drawers and pigeonholes, in a way resembling a bit that of a bureau a gradin. A desk is a Furniture form and a class of table often used in a work or Office setting for reading or Writing on or using a Computer A Bureau a gradin or bureau à gradin is basically an antique Desk form resembling a Writing table with in addition one or several tiers of small drawers and pigeonholes The small drawers and nooks are covered, when required, by reeded or slatted shutters which usually retract in the two sides, left and right. It is a flatter and "sideways" version of the rolltop desk. A rolltop desk is a 19th century reworking of the Pedestal desk with in addition a series of stacked compartments shelves drawers and nooks in front of the user much like
Unlike the rolltop desk, the tambour desk uses straight, perfectly vertical rows of shutters, and the work surface rests on a few drawers, which in turn are supported by short legs instead of pedestals. In addition, half of the desktop folds back on itself when not in use. The desktop is supported by sliders, like a secretary desk or a slant top desk when it is unfolded. A secretary Desk is made of a base of wide drawers topped by a desk with a hinged desktop surface which is in turn topped by a Bookcase usually closed with a The slant top Desk can be considered in some ways as the ancestor or the little brother of the Secretary desk for it is for all practical purposes a secretary desk
The tambour desk is an antique form indigenous to the United States of America, and should not be confused with the British Tambour writing table. An antique ( Latin: antiquus; old is an old Collectible item It is collected or desirable because of its age rarity condition utility or other unique The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
See also
- List of desk forms and types. Any list of desk forms and types encountered in the modern Office or home and in antique stores is incomplete and contradictory given the variations in the naming
References
- Gloag, John. A Complete Dictionary of Furniture. Woodstock, N. Y. : Overlook Press, 1991.
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