The roll top desk was popular at the beginning of the last century.
Repair antique roll top desk.
With a bit of thought you will realize that although the makers of roll top desks delight in making their desks a little complicated they still must be simple enough to assemble and disassemble that furniture repairmen far from the maker can replace parts.
Roll top desks are a common restoration item.
How to replace roll top desk cloth.
Make offer antique mahagany grand rapids company roll top desk chair 37 drawers 1900 roll top antique quarter sawn oak 50 high s raised panel roll top desk 2 800 00.
A roll top desk wihout blemishes is likely an antique reproduction.
I inherited my father s antique rolltop desk and it needed some dust removed from the rolltop to make it open smoothly.
This piece came into the studio nearly destroyed by water damage and age.
I vacuumned the rolltop while closed along every movable part and moved the rolltop up and vacuumed the channels it moved in as much as possible.
Today buying and restoring a roll top desk can be rewarding if you give it careful attention.
Roll tops can start.
They were mass produced to satisfy the demand.
Some people believe that disassembling a roll top desk to make repairs to the tambour is like finding the key to a chinese puzzle box.
How to repair a roll top desk.
There are many markers that can help you identify the age and value of a roll top desk.
Baloncici istock getty images each desk featured a rolling door that slid up and down to reveal or conceal built in pigeonholes shelves and a flat writing surface.