The Wooton Patent Desk was first produced in 1875 by William S. Wooton of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Wooton desk, akin to the fall front desk or cupboard desk, is an example of Victorian Renaissance Revival furniture, and period pieces were produced for less than 25 years.
The Wooton Patent Desk usually opens from the center to display a breathtaking number of drawers, shelves, and cubbyholes. Usually made of walnut and walnut burl inlay, the Wooton Desk had a fold-out desktop and was mounted on casters.
Despite being beautiful and expensive, the Wooton Patent Desk was somewhat impractical in that the exact layout of a given desk seldom matched the needs of its specific user. Unlike present-day office furniture, the Wooton Desk was not modular in nature, and thus not adaptable.
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Wooton Patent Desks came in Ordinary, Standard, Extra, and Superior grades - each grade increasingly ornate. Examples of the top grade sold for nearly ten times the price of the lowest grade. Today, many sell for a comparable price to that of a luxury automobile.
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