BH | Studio Céret Scalloped Writing Desk

Painted furniture in soft grey, pale green and white was the signature of the Gustavian style in late eighteenth-century Sweden, an elegance borrowed from France, since Gustav III came home from Paris with a taste for Louis XVI neoclassicism. The provincial cabinetmakers of southern France, meanwhile, loved a shaped, curving apron, and the writing table, a flat top on four legs with one drawer for paper and pens, belongs to that same century.

This desk is a clean rectangle in Dove, Willow or White on four round legs, joined low down by stretchers that keep the frame steady. Its front apron is cut into a row of gentle scallops, and the same wavy edge trims the single centre drawer, which runs on full-glide slides so it pulls all the way out and you can reach the pens at the very back. The top is close to four feet across, room for a laptop, a lamp and a notebook, and the smooth laminate finish is easy to wipe down. Non-marking glides on the feet protect the floor. Assembly is required.

Use it as a writing desk in a bedroom or a home office, or as a dressing table with a mirror propped against the wall and makeup tucked in the drawer. Each colour is calm and grown-up: pair it with a cane-back chair, a lamp with a pleated shade, a linen pinboard and a jug of white tulips, against pale grey or white paneled walls. This listing is for the desk only.