The Wilson Desk in the Oval Office, with Gerald Ford
The C&O desk in the Oval Office of the White House

A partners desk, partner's desk or partners' desk (also known as a double desk) is a mostly historical form of desk, a large pedestal desk designed and constructed for two users working while facing each other. The defining features of a partner's desk are a deep top and two sets of drawers, one at each end of the pedestal.

The design evolved from 18th-century library writing tables with drawers on two or more sides.

See also

  • Gloag, John; Edwards, Clive (1991). (Rev. ed.). Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-414-0.

External links

  • Media related to Partners desks at Wikimedia Commons