The division between "desk form" and "desk type" presented here is arbitrary, since there is no consensus as how to differentiate function, form, type and style in these matters, as the books in the reference section below show. A form here is something rather specific, while a type can be applied to any given form or all of them.
- Aronson, Joseph. ''The Encyclopedia of Furniture''. 3rd edition. New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1965.
- Bedel, Jean. ''Le grand guide des styles''. Paris: Hachette , 1996.
- Boyce, Charles. ''Dictionary of Furniture''. New York: Roundtable Press, 1985.
- Comstock, Helen. ''American Furniture: 17th, 18th and 19th century styles''. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 1997
- Duncan, Alastair. ''Mobilier art déco''. Paris: Thames and Hudson, 2000
- Forrest, Tim. ''The Bulfinch Anatomy of Antique Furniture''. London: Marshall editions, 1996.
- Hinckley, F. Lewis. ''A Directory of Antique Furniture: The Authentic Classification of European and American Designs''. New York: Bonanza Books, 1988.
- Moser, Thomas. ''Measured Shop Drawings for American Furniture.'' New York: Sterling Publlishing Inc., 1985.
- Nutting, Wallace. ''Furniture Treasury''. New York: Macmillan Publishers , 1963.
- Oglesby, Catherine. ''French provincial decorative art''. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1951.
- Payne, Christopher, Ed. '' Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Furniture''. London: Conran Octopus, 1989.
- Pélegrin-Genel, Elisabeth. ''L'art de vivre au bureau''. Paris: Flammarion, 1995.
- Reyniès, Nicole de. ''Le mobilier domestique: Vocabulaire Typologique''. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1987.
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