The desk has undergone many incarnations over the centuries. At its most ornate in the 19th Century, it became a thing of modern beauty in the Art Deco era but has turned steadily more functional ever since.

The Greyshott overturns that expectation with a design that is both minimalist and feature-heavy. A true original, it boasts a desktop and twin drawers crafted in a plain, shallow box shape but finished in startling faux-crocodile.

This structure perches on vanishingly slender legs with the tiniest of footprints. The gold finish of the legs is cleverly picked up in the accent of its discreet drawer handles.

Dimensions: L:130 x D: 50x H: 78 cm