Everything about The Cylinder Desk totally explained
The
cylinder desk is a form of
desk which resembles a
Bureau Mazarin or a
writing table equipped with small stacked shelves in front of the user's main work surface, and a revolving cylinder part which comes down to hide and lock up the working papers when the day is done. Like the
rolltop desk which was invented much later, the cylinder desk usually has a fixed work surface. This means that unlike a
secretary desk the paperwork doesn't have to be stored before shutting up the desk. Some designs however, have the capacity to slide out the desk surface a few inches to expand the available working area.
The cylinder desk is also called "bureau Kaunitz", as it was allegedly introduced in
France in the first half of the
18th century by
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, then the ambassador of the
Habsburg Empire to the French court. Regardless of the authenticity of its origin, the French court adopted this type of desk with great enthusiasm. The difficulty of producing wooden cylinder sections which wouldn't warp over the years ensured that such desks were reserved for the rich and the very rich. A few variants of this form have slats instead of a one piece cylinder section.
The most famous cylinder desk, and perhaps the most famous desk of all times is the
Bureau du Roi manufactured for the French royalty in the 18th century.
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