A writing table (French bureau plat) has a series of drawers directly under the surface of the table, to contain writing implements, so that it may serve...

semicircular. A combination of a small round table and a lectern seemed very popular as a writing table. In western Europe, although there was variety...

indented corners", Riesener's French Writing-Tables were normally extremely fine in the modelling of gilt-bronze mounts. Table à écrire, c. 1770s, delivered...

table, drafting table or architect's table) is, in its antique form, a kind of multipurpose desk which can be used for any kind of drawing, writing or...

September 1785 by the usually critical Horace Walpole, he was impressed, writing that when completed, Carlton House would be "the most perfect in Europe"...

The periodic table, also known as the periodic table of the elements, is an ordered arrangement of the chemical elements into rows ("periods") and columns...

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...

and sometimes is also known as a Carlton House writing table. The desk resembles a normal writing table, but small drawers above the surface form a "U"...

The fire screen desk (also known as a screen writing table) is a very small antique desk form meant to be placed in front of a fireplace to keep a user's...

it to facilitate handling. Campaign desk variations of the antique writing table seem to have been rather frequent. This form was usually in one piece...

making the dressing table to become a reality for a middle-class home. For example, a combination writing desk and dressing table by Børge Mogensen (1950)...

Night writing is the name given to a form of tactile writing invented by Charles Barbier de la Serre (1767–1841). It is one of a dozen forms of alternative...

I scorn to retort the obtuse jest of a fool. [Balurdo draws out his writing tables, and writes.] Balurdo: Retort and obtuse, good words, very good words...

gradin Bureau brisé Bureau capucin Bureau Mazarin Bureau plat, see Writing table Butler's desk Campaign desk Carlton house desk Carrel desk Cheveret...

the manufacturer. Earlier (1853), it was "a kind of small ornamental writing table." The proper name is attested from the 12th century, from a place in...

novels. Jane Austen's writing table – the central design in the background is based on the twelve-sided writing table, and writing quills, used by Jane...

The cylinder desk is a desk that resembles a Bureau Mazarin or a writing table equipped with small stacked shelves in front of the user's main work surface...

variants of the secretary desk and the writing table in sheer numbers. The French stayed faithful to the writing table or bureau plat ("flat desk"), which...

A games table desk is an antique desk form which has a writing surface etched or veneered in the pattern of a given board game. It also provides sufficient...

Music-stand and writing table, c. 1775, Waddesdon Manor, UK Music-stand, 1770-75, Getty Museum, United States Music-stand and writing-table, 1786, given...

A writing system comprises a set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. The earliest...

Bureau dressing table is a combination of a dressing table and a writing desk. Later models by Chippendale lost the actual bureau Bureau table is a variant...

spinet desk is an antique desk with an exterior shape similar to a writing table, but slightly higher and is fitted with a single drawer under the whole...

each end of the pedestal. The design evolved from 18th-century library writing tables with drawers on two or more sides. List of desk forms and types Gloag...

An armoire desk is a writing-table built within a large cabinet, usually 1.5–2.0 metres (5–7 feet) high. The cabinet is closed by two to four full-height...

A bureau à gradin is an antique desk form resembling a writing table with, in addition, one or several tiers of small drawers and pigeonholes built on...

Writing about Writing (WAW) is a method or theory of teaching composition that emphasizes writing studies research. Writing about Writing approaches to...

and materials. These included tables for playing cards, tables for writing, and tables de toilette, or dressing tables, which were usually of a simple...

much like the writing table desk form, which offers a simple flat desktop surface with a few drawers underneath it. Unlike the writing table the trestle...

some furniture attributed to the cabinetmaker Pierre Gole, including a writing table held by the Getty Museum. Madame de Montespan at the Trianon de Porcelaine...