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Early Paint Antique French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Stool
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
style Bureau plat writing table with later stool
This is a wonderful find, the bureau plat is a
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Brass
Early 18th Century Rosewood Fall Front Bureau
Located in High Point, NC
Stunning and rare late 18th century rosewood fall front bureau desk from Italy.
We have never
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Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century, Bureau Plat, by Francoise Linke.
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality French kingwood and marquetry, ormolu-mounted Bureau plat, signed Linke.
Having
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Kingwood
$49,293 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Rosewood Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality French rosewood Bureau De Dame. The top of the bureau has a nice brass
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19th Century French Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Rosewood
18th Century French Regence Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 18th century French Regence Bureau Plat. Four drawers, with pieced leather top with
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18th Century French Regency Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Metal
$53,200 Sale Price
30% Off
Louis XVI style Bureau plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having an inset leather
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$21,908 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Boulle Ormolu and Ebony Bureau Plat/Desk by Mathieu Béfort, France
By Befort Jeune, Mathieu Béfort, André-Charles Boulle
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 19th century Regency Boulle-style ormolu and ebony wood bureau plat/desk by Mathieu Béfort
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1880s French Regency Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Metal, Silver, Bronze, Copper, Ormolu
Continental Oak Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
Continental oak bureau, the serpentine shaped top to the fall front opening to reveal a fitted
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Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Oak
$1,150 Sale Price
20% Off
Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality small late 19th century French Boulle inlaid bureau plat, having an inset leather
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Brass
Italian Empire Painted and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
The boldly proportioned painted and parcel gilt desk. Having 2 large drawers with fine carving
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Mid-19th Century Italian Empire Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Bureau Plate, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XV style bureau plat, having an inset leather top, gilded
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Bureau Writing Table in Louis XV Style
Located in PARIS, FR
typical of French Napoléon III furniture.
This bureau plat can be used as a writing desk, dressing table
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fine quality 19th Century French, Louis XV Style bureau plat.
With ormolu mounts and moulded
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Linke Influenced Bureau Plat, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat, in the manner of
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$10,954 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th-Century Louis XV Style Figural Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
-drawer bureau-plat cartonnier with Dual clock-works by Lenoir, Paris, surmounted with a pair two-light
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Early 19th Century French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An impressive early 19th Century French Louis XVI style, black lacquered bureau plat.
With is
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Cylinder Desk/Bureau 18 Th Century, Bombe’ Chest Form
Located in Houston, TX
The exceptional cabinet work plus the extraordinary marquetry
Art work that is exhibited throughout this piece is very rare to
Find. The cylinder door rolls back to reveal an inte...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Walnut
$12,375 Sale Price
25% Off
Louis XVI-Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XVI-style ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat / desk with rectangular blue-grey leather
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Mahogany, Tulipwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
bureau plat desk. The three drawer desk is raised by elegant cabriole legs with handsome fitted paw feet
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Empire Revival Cylinder Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An Empire Revival mahogany and parcel gilt cylinder bureau, Circa 1880 in date.
The panelled roll
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1880s French Empire Revival Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Mahogany
20th Century French Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A rare example of a French Louis XV style bureau plat with fitted cabinet back. A handsome piece
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1920s French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French bureau plat featuring a high-gloss black" lacquer like" painted finish, bronze
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Regence Ebonized And Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset black tooled leather surrounded by a brass inlaid ebonized border with brass edge. The frieze with three drawers with cast bronze handles and three ...
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1730s French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Regence Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat
By Charles Cressent
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Regence style gilt-bronze mounted parquetry bureau plat, in the manner of Charles Cressent
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19th Century French Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Georgian Inlaid Bureau Bookcase
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Super quality Georgian bureau bookcase with outstanding inlaid fallfront, tulipwood banding to
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19thc French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat Desk with Ormolu in Diminutive Size
Located in Savannah, GA
legs. There are three drawers, one large in the middle with a smaller one on either side. The desk is
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Rococo Style Walnut
Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant French rococo style bureau plat writing desk made in walnut with ormolu accents
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Rare 18th Century Mahogany Bureau Cabinet on Stand
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A rare example of an 18th century mahogany bureau bookcase, the whole with finely carved mouldings
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1740s Irish Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Small English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small 18th Century English bureau with an antiqued painted blue finish and ncie fitted interior
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Leather, Oak
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century glossy ebonized Louis XV style bureau plat with lovely bronze ormolu and black leather
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI style bureau plat.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French parquetry inlaid Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$8,215 Sale Price
20% Off
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
ormolu Bureau Plat desk. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole leg with exquisite pierced fitted ormolu
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Blackened and Gilt Bureau Plat
Located in TOURCOING, FR
This elegant bureau plat features a beautifully shaped serpentine form, crafted in blackened wood
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1880s French Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
also see more desks, bureau and writing tables as well as our range of range of desk chairs and other
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1860s French Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Fine C19th French Thuya wood
Marquetry Bureau Plat
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine C19th French Thuya wood & Marquetry Bureau Plat
Top with Green inset Leather writing surface
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Burl
$2,738 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Petite French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
bureau plat, circa 1850 in date.
This fantastic bureau plat features an ornate serpentine crossbanded top
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1850s French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Wood
Large Regence Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
Of classical rectangular form, the four cabriole legs capped by ormolu female masks, with a further two masks to the sides, with three drawers and a leather writing surface
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Early 20thC Louis XVth Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
By Lysberg, Hansen
Therp
Located in Altrincham, GB
Early 20thC Louis XVth Style Kingwood Bureau Plat with fine gilt bronze mounts applied to cabriole
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1910s Danish Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI style French bureau plat after Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality, elegant late 19th century French Louis XV style Kingwood serpentine shaped bureau
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Late 19th Century French Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$13,144 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart bureau plat. An original furnishing from the Waldorf
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
and marquetry double-sided Bureau Plat/Desk of very unique shape. This spectacular French desk has a
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique bureau with storage compartments, Northern Europe, ca. 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique bureau from the end of the 19th century, Northern Europe.
Furniture in very good condition
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Late 19th Century Unknown Biedermeier Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Export 18th Century Lacquer Bureau on Stand
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare mid 18th century Chinese Export lacquer bureau on stand. Probably made in Canton
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Lacquer
19th century Swedish pine bureau with iron side handles
Located in London, GB
A charming and more unusual C19th swedish fall front pine bureau on bracket feet.
The top drawer
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Early 19th Century Swedish Campaign Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Iron
18th Century Chinoiserie Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 18th century and later decorated chinoiserie bureau. The fall front
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18th Century English Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Oak
Large Louis XV Style 19th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
bureau plate. Having an inset leather top, five oak lined drawers to one side, dummy drawers to the
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Boulle Centre Table Bureau Plat C.1860
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique French Boulle Centre Table Bureau Plat C.1860
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
backplates , the reverse of the desk finished with false drawers. All raised on square tapered legs headed by
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Parquetry, Ormolu and Leather Bureau Plat by Ross
By Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
Antique parquetry, ormolu and leather bureau plat by Ross
English, 19th Century
Height 76cm
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
A Victorian Green Man Carved Oak Bureau The bureau is superbly carved
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Victorian Green Man Carved Oak Bureau
The bureau is superbly carved with acanthus leaves and
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19th Century Gothic Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Oak
18th Century Mahogany Bureau
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 18th Century mahogany Georgian bureau, the hinged fall lifting down to reveal a
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1780s British Georgian Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early Victorian Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Bureau-Plat
Located in London, GB
A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU-PLAT ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD
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19th Century Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Porcelain, Kingwood
French, Early 19th Century, Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
wood, and ormolu bureau plat desk. The desk is raised by cabriole legs with fine pierced fitted wrap
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Fine C19TH French Kingwood
Marquetry Bureau Plat /Writing Table
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine C19TH French Burr Walnut & Marquetry Bureau Plat /Writing Table
Black Leather inset top, gold
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Walnut
$3,833 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Mahogany Bureau Plat, After Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Mahogany Bureau plat, after Henry Dasson, having an inset
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Gilt-Bronze Bureau Plat with Leather
Mahogany, Circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Palatial Victorian Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat.
This palatial bureau plat is of grand
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Quality Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat. Having an inset leather top
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$30,671 Sale Price
20% Off
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Antique Bureau Desks For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique bureau desks available for sale. The range of distinct antique bureau desks — often made from wood, metal and mahogany — can elevate any home. Antique bureau desks have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique bureau desks made by Louis XV designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — are very popular at 1stDibs. François Linke, Paul Sormani and Maison Kriéger each produced beautiful antique bureau desks that are worth considering.
How Much are Antique Bureau Desks?
Prices for antique bureau desks can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique bureau desks begin at $347 and can go as high as $1,733,426, while the average can fetch as much as $6,501.
Questions About Antique Bureau Desks
- What is an antique bureau?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021An antique bureau is any bureau that is 100 years old or older. The term bureau today is typically used as another word for a dresser or a chest of drawers. This word has also been used to refer to a writing desk. Find a collection of antique bureaus on 1stDibs today.
- What is a captain s desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A captain’s desk is sometimes referred to as Davenport desk. It is a small desk with an inclined desktop that can be lifted to access large storage space. It has smaller spaces in the form of small drawers and pigeonholes on the sides. This desk owes its name to Captain Josiah Davenport (1771–1836) who was the first to commission the design. Find a collection of antique and vintage desks on 1stDibs today.
- What is an antique Davenport desk?2 Answers1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022An antique Davenport desk is a small writing desk, usually with four drawers on one side. The desk would have elaborately decorated supports and a recessed space for adequate legroom. Shop a collection of Davenport desks from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A Davenport desk is a type of small desk with a distinct inclined desktop. The desktop covers a large storage compartment meant for keeping paper and other writing materials. Popular in the 19th century, Davenport desks are still sought after today. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique Davenport desks from some of the world’s top sellers.
- What are antique desks called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023What antique desks are called depends on their design. A desk with chair cutouts on both sides is a partner desk, while one with a pull-down writing surface is a secretary. On a Davenport desk, the desktop lifts to reveal a storage area. Find a variety of antique, vintage and contemporary desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022To tell if a roll-top desk is an antique, look closely at the materials. Real antiques feature hardwoods like cherry, mahogany and black walnut. If you detect the use of engineered woods, the desk is a reproduction. Also, early pieces show off irregular dovetail joints. Joints that appear perfectly uniform indicate that a roll-top desk is a more recent mass-produced piece. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of expertly vetted antique roll-top desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021An antique secretary desk will range in value depending on its authenticity and condition. The price can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. On 1stDibs find the antique secretary desk you’re looking for today.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A variety of factors can determine the exact age of an antique roll top desk. Some things to look for is the type of wood and craftsmanship used to create the desk. Typically, older desks will be made from heavier wood. You can also check for a maker’s marks to determine the age. When in doubt, work with a certified appraiser to determine the authenticity of your roll top desk. You’ll find a variety of expertly vetted roll top desks on 1stDibs.
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