http://jsfiddle.net/tJkgP/2/
CSS to rotate by 45 degrees:
.desk
{
width: 50%;
height: 400px;
margin: 5em auto;
border: solid 1px #000;
overflow: visible;
}
.desk img
{
behavior:url(-ms-transform.htc);
/* Firefox */
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
/* Safari and Chrome */
-webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
/* Opera */
-o-transform:rotate(45deg);
/* IE9 */
-ms-transform:rotate(45deg);
/* IE6,IE7 */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Matrix(sizingMethod='auto expand', M11=0.7071067811865476, M12=-0.7071067811865475, M21=0.7071067811865475, M22=0.7071067811865476);
/* IE8 */
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Matrix(SizingMethod='auto expand', M11=0.7071067811865476, M12=-0.7071067811865475, M21=0.7071067811865475, M22=0.7071067811865476)";
}
IE6-8 CSS came from here: CSS rotate property in IE