H.M.S. Resolute Desk


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H.M.S. Resolute Desk

$12,000.00

For over a century, American Presidents have conducted the country's business across the desk built from timbers of a British ship, the H.M.S. Resolute, a goodwill gift to the country from Queen Victoria. To build a faithful reproduction of the Resolute Desk, History Company employs a team of cabinetmakers and wood-carvers who have studied the drawings of William Evenden, designer and builder of the original desk at Chatham dockyard.

Assembly and finishing is assigned to the craftsmen at Kittinger Company of Buffalo, New York. It measures 72-inches in length x 48-inches in width x 31-inches in height. Functional drawers and cupboard doors open from both sides of the desk. And, like the original, an attached brass plate is inscribed with the message from Queen Victoria.

Every President since Hayes, except Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Ford, has used the Resolute Desk. It remains unchanged from the original except for the addition of a central panel, carved with the Presidential Seal, ordered by President Franklin Roosevelt to conceal his leg braces from view. President Kennedy cherished the fabled desk. It became lodged in the national memory when young John Kennedy Jr. was photographed peering from behind the kneehole panel as his father worked above.

Materials: 100% of construction is in solid Oak, with antique hand-dyed gold gilded leather tops in Burgundy, Green, Brown and Black. The desk is hand-finished and stained in a traditional rich, antique finish as shown, or custom-stained to match your decor. Total weight is 500 pounds.

History Company's reproduction of the H.M.S. Resolute Desk has been installed in the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the George and Barbara Bush Center at the University of New England, near Kennebunkport, Maine. Other desks have been custom-built for motion picture studios and private offices.

Please consider the purchase of the H.M.S. Resolute Desk as a once-in-a-lifetime investment. We will provide you with a detailed package of information to read carefully. Everything you need to know about this extraordinary reproduction. To request the Resolute Desk portfolio, phone (800) 891-0466

H.M.S. Resolute Desk
Item #01699

Availability: Ships in 12 to 15 weeks

This is an oversized item.
Additional shipping charge: $695.00

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