partners desk
Illustration — The Wilson Desk in the Oval Office, with Gerald Ford • Illustration — 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.
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partners desk
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Illustration — The Wilson Desk in the Oval Office, with Gerald Ford • Illustration — 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.
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