It is at that very desk that President Biden will be sitting today signing ‘executive orders.’ President Hayes as a ‘thank you’ for the return of the vessel to Britain. When HMS Resolute was ‘broken up’ a desk made from her timber was made at Chatham Dockyard and presented to U.S. Purchased by the United States Congress, Resolute was refitted and sailed to England where she was presented to Queen Victoria, “as a token of comity.” In September 1855, Resolute was found adrift by an American whaler and towed to Connecticut, she had been found 1200 miles from where she was abandoned. Spring of 1854 saw HMS Resolute trapped in an ice floe and her crew were ordered to abandon ship. A gift from Queen Victoria made from the oak of HMS Resolute, a barque purchased by the Royal Navy, to search for Sir John Franklin, who had disappeared attempting to find the North-West Passage.įormerly known as Ptarmigan, Resolute was fitted out for arctic duties at Blackwall Yard and in 1850 proceeded to the Canadian Arctic with six other Royal Navy ships in search of the Franklin expedition. Call us today.Yesterday afternoon President Joe Biden entered the Oval Office and sat down at the Resolute Desk. Please let us help you make your special product. It normally takes from 45 to 60 days for a delivery from the factory. Currently we ship to the Los Angeles area where the container passes through customs, is taken to a local warehouse, unloaded and prepared for inland delivery by motor freight.
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Your item will be packed with other customer items in a full container for delivery to the United States. Then the item is packed using padding and crating for ocean shipping. After the item is completed, but before it is packed, you will be asked to approve the images of the finished product to confirm the item has been completed properly. Production can take two to four months depending on the season and the factory workload. The Resolute desk is a large, nineteenth-century partners’ desk often chosen by presidents of the United States for use in the White House Oval Office as the Oval Office desk. Once the order is approved, the wood is kiln dried to reduce warping and splitting. Once we approve your order our factory will confirm your exact specifications including color, finish and any special features. It can be finished in an assortment of colors and finishes, and finished with a plain top or with leather inlays.Īll of our products are by special order. Indonesian mahogany is a very workable wood allowing intricate carvings including those on the Resolute Presidential Desk.
Our Resolute Presidential Desk is made from plantation grown and certified legal mahogany. Hayes in 1880 where it was used by several Presidents in the Oval Office including FDR, John Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. It was retired in 1879 and its timbers were used for salvage.įrom the timbers, Queen Victoria ordered four desks built. It was sailed to New London, Connecticut, later purchased by the US Government, refitted and returned to Britain in 1856. In September 1855 the ship was discovered adrift by an American whaler. While the British Government claimed ownership of the vessel, no salvage operation was undertaken. When the ship was still stuck the following spring, it was ordered abandoned. The HMS Resolute was one of the ships on expedition and became encased in an ice flow in August 1853. After several years without word from Franklin or his party, the British organized search expeditions to try and determine what had happened to Franklin’s mission. Franklin had been on a search for the fabled Northwest Passage. Hayes by British Queen Victoria in appreciation for the return to Great Britain of HMS Resolute, a British Arctic exploring ship which became encased in the Arctic ice on a mission to find British Arctic explorer Rear Admiral John Franklin. The desk was originally given to President Rutherford B.
Grinnell funded one of the rescue expeditions. One of the desks, a small lady’s desk, was presented as a gift to Henry Grinnell’s widow in honor of his efforts to rescue the Franklin party. The Resolute Presidential Desk is a gorgeous replica of the Presidential Desk used in the Oval Office of the White House. According to Resolute historian Elizabeth Matthews, author of HMS Resolute, there were at least four desks made from the Resolute. This item can be customized ANY way you like - Request A Quote!ĦFT Solid Mahogany Presidential Resolute Office Desk It was presented to President Rutherford Hayes in 1880 as a thanks for returning the HMS Resolute lost in ice in Nova Scotia.