Chinese Wood Pedestal Desk

Six drawers, two doors, and not one thing you need to plug in.

This pedestal desk comes from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is built of elmwood. Desks like this served merchants, officials and scholars in northern China, with drawers and cupboards to keep papers and writing tools in order. The top is a flat framed panel, paler than the rest. Round metal ring pulls hang from each drawer, and each lower door carries a leaf-shaped plate. The wood is a warm reddish brown, with dark figure running through the drawer fronts. About 44 inches long and 31.5 high.

Your laptop will look very young on it.