- A
desk is a
piece of
furniture intended for
writing on,
hence writing desk is redundant. It is
usually found in an
office or study. Traditionally, a desk...
- Party", the
Hatter asks a much-noted riddle: "Why is a
raven like a
writing desk?" When
Alice gives up
trying to
figure out why, the
Hatter admits "I...
-
professional or
domestic activities such as reading,
writing, or
using equipment such as a computer.
Desks often have one or more drawers, compartments, or...
-
Henry VIII's
writing desk is a
portable writing desk, made in
about 1525-26 for
Henry VIII, and now in the
Victoria and
Albert Museum. The
desk is a product...
- see
Writing table Butler's
desk Campaign desk Carlton house desk Carrel desk Cheveret desk Computer desk Credenza desk Cubicle desk Cylinder desk Davenport...
- The slant-top
desk, also
called secretary desk, or more properly, a bureau, is a
piece of
writing furniture with a lid that
closes at an
angle and opens...
- The
Resolute desk, also
known as the
Hayes desk, is a nineteenth-century
partners desk used by
several presidents of the
United States in the
White House...
- A
partners desk, partner's
desk or partners'
desk (also
double desk) is a
mostly historical form of
desk, a
large pedestal desk designed and constructed...
- 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...
- "Fragments from a
Writing Desk",
written when
Melville was 20,
scholar Sealts sees "a
number of
elements that anti****te Melville's
later writing, especially...