escritoire
A writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.
To surprise him, by finding on his table the books he liked, or the escritoire he had occasion for, gave Louisa the most delightful moments life had hitherto afforded her;...
Where it comes from
From French escritoire, from escrire (“to write”) (obsolete forms of écritoire and écrire, respectively) + -oire (“a tool or object”). Doublet of scriptorium.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry escritoire (CC BY-SA 4.0).