魯班經匠家鏡雖有對「桌」訂出家具條款,但桌的形式始於何時,甚難定論,主要係中國家具從几、案到桌的演繹極為多元化,且種類繁多,而現有文獻報告或相關書籍對於書桌的介紹或可供參考之實物照片甚少,因此,清代早期的抽屜桌被認為是較早出現的專用書桌。日治時期臺灣傳統書桌除承襲明式或清式風格外,又引進西洋風格,形成臺灣傳統書桌特有之風格與特色,但有關臺灣傳統書桌之相關時代或文化背景甚少探究,因此,本文共收集14件外觀及結構較為完整之日治時期臺灣傳統書桌,透過參考相關文獻及實物對照方式,從造型、主要結構、設計元素及金屬裝飾應用等,深入探討其風格與特色,期能對臺灣傳統書桌做有系統分類,並提供家具修復之參考依據。
Although Luban Jing defined the table item, it is also difficult to conclude the beginning of table form clearly. The reason is that the progress of Chinese furniture was various in addition to many types of table form. However, little information is available on traditional Chinese desk or real matter of desk. Therefore, the table with drawers of Qing dynasty was recognized as the earlier desk. Traditional Taiwanese desk during Japanese colonial not only followed the style of Qing dynasty, but also adopted western style to form a unique characteristic. However, little relative literature or culture background are concerned regarding on the traditional Taiwanese desk. Therefore, fourteen objects of traditional Taiwanese desk which has the complete construction and appearance were collected in this study. We went to explore deeply it's style and characteristics by form, main construction, design elements and hardware application according to the relative literature and compared to the practical examples of desk. The primary objective of this study was to sort systematically on traditional Taiwanese desk that could be used as reference in the repairing furniture.