Tall mahogany desk and bookcase with slant-front desk, paneled doors and a pediment with finials — Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0 (CMA Open Access). View source

Georgian & Colonial Revival · Built-ins & Bookcases

Boston Desk and Bookcase (c. 1780)

A mahogany desk and bookcase made in Boston around 1780, nearly eight feet tall, with a slant-front desk below and a paneled bookcase with a pediment above.

In the 1700s, a desk and bookcase was among the most expensive pieces of furniture a household could own, used to store papers and books in a back parlor or hall. This Boston example stacks a slant-front desk under a two-door bookcase topped with a pediment and gilded finials. Its proportions are a ready guide for a built-in home office: deep drawers at the bottom, a writing surface at standing or sitting height, and taller storage above.

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Built-in desk wall with drawer base, writing surface and paneled upper cases; CNC-cut pediment and mouldings in mahogany or paint-grade wood.

A custom version typically runs $700–$1,050 per linear foot, installed in Colorado.

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