Editing Partners desk (section)

{{Short description|Double desk for two people}}
[[File:Ford Wilson Desk (cropped).jpg|thumb|The [[Wilson Desk]] in the [[Oval Office]], with [[Gerald Ford]]]]
[[File:Oval Office during the Bush Administration (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|The [[C&O desk]] in the [[Oval Office]] of the [[White House]]]]

A '''partners desk''', '''partner's desk''' or '''partners' desk''' (also known as a '''double desk''') is a mostly historical form of [[desk]], a large [[pedestal desk]] designed and constructed for two users working while facing each other. The defining features of a partner's desk are a deep top and two sets of drawers, one at each end of the pedestal.{{sfn|Gloag|Edwards|1991|p=495}}

The design evolved from 18th-century library writing tables with drawers on two or more sides.{{sfn|Gloag|Edwards|1991|p=495}}