What is a Spinet Desk? A spinet desk is an antique desk which has the exterior shape of a slightly higher than usual writing table, fitted with a single drawer under the whole length of the flat top surface. The spinet desk is so named because when closed it resembles a spinet, a musical instrument of the harpsichord family. The single drawer, however, is a dummy. It is a hinged panel which is meant to be folded in, at the same time as half of the hinged top surface is folded back on to the top, revealing an inner desktop surface of normal height, with small drawers or pigeonholes in the back. In certain spinet desks the inner desktop surface can be drawn out a few inches, adding more working space. By this capacity of hiding or revealing the main working surface of the desk one could say that the distant cousin would be the roll top desk and the cylinder desk. Like them it can be closed up without disrupting too much paperwork and various documents. The spinet desk that we just acquired was made in the early 1920s and has three extra drawers. One at each end and a long narrow center drawer. These pieces of furniture are excelent today for our smaller computer devices and will work in any home decor.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:16:20 +0000
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