Today desks have taken a backseat to the computer where so much of what was used on a desk is now internalized in a small machine that can be held ...

The roll-top desk was the mainstay of an office at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. With all of its cubby holes, nooks and compartments, its use was to store all types of ...

Question: A friend closed his law practice during the 1980s and gave me an old oak, roll-top desk that was in his office. It is 49 inches high, 37 inches Gunn roll-top desk popular as 20th century ...

The roll-top desk has been an office favorite since the turn of the century. An office worker could close his desk by rolling down its top, a piece of canvas faced with strips of rounded wood. The ...

The roll-top desk has been an office favorite since the turn of the century. An office worker could close his desk by rolling down its top, a piece of canvas faced with strips of rounded wood.

However, repairing a roll-top isn't always so simple. Sometimes the tambours are wired together. And Willie Conley, owner of Furniture Doctor in Alexandria (703-379-1954; www.furnituredoctor.biz ...

Saul Bellow's mahogany roll-top desk is on sale for $10,000. Photo: Daniel Bellow The desk where dozens of literature’s memorable characters were born is in search of an author.

Back in the late 20th century roll top desks were all the rage and prices were high. Currently interest and popularity has declined. If you were to get $500 for the desk it would be a lucky day.