BH | Premier Saint-Antoine Shagreen Writing Cabinet — In Navy

The cabinetmakers of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine made writing furniture for people with a great deal to keep: letters, ledgers, seals and the good paper, all within reach of the chair. This long writing cabinet is made for keeping things in that same good order. It is covered in shagreen, the pebbled finish the French still call galuchat, and inside it opens to a natural teak interior with lined drawers, so the everyday clutter of a desk finally has a proper home.

The lined drawers come in two depths, shallow ones for pens, stationery and chargers and deeper ones for notebooks and files, and a large interior compartment takes boxes, albums and the things you only need now and then. It stands eight inches clear of the floor, which keeps it light in the room and makes cleaning underneath easy, and accents in a gold finish catch the lamplight. At seven feet long it reads as one calm line along a wall.

Run it along the wall of a study or home office with a lamp and a framed print above, or use it in a living room for photo albums and games, with a pair of bowls on top. This listing is for one writing cabinet.