This light wooden desk, accompanied by its child’s chair with splayed legs, adds a soft and tidy country touch to a bedroom or a drawing nook. The desk features a drawer to keep pencils, notebooks, or small treasures within reach, while maintaining a light presence. Its wooden lines easily complement an antique decor, light walls, or natural linen. The chair, designed for children, completes the set perfectly and invites playtime as well as first homework sessions. Sourced second-hand, it also lends itself to a simple and charming scene, placed near a window with a pencil holder and some picture books. Desk: Length: 60 cm Width: 45 cm Height: 54 cm Drawer height: 7 cm Chair: Width: 34 cm Depth: 34 cm Height: 63 cm Seat height: 34 cm A brief history of the desk It all begins with the "bure," a thick brown wool cloth that covered the tables of copyist monks to protect their precious manuscripts. By extension, the table itself eventually took on the name of the fabric that covered it: the desk. Unlike the secretary, it is defined by its wide fixed top and visible legs, offering a space for reflection without artifice. Also known as a "flat desk," it remains the centerpiece for grounding a workspace with character.