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18th Century George II Writing Bureau
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century George II mahogany ladies writing bureau topped by brass pierced gallery. The sloped
Category
Mid-18th Century Irish George II Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
A superb antique burr walnut writing bureau, made in England and dating from the 1920-30’s.
It is
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1920s British Georgian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Leather, Walnut
19th Century Swedish Country Folk Art Writing Bureau
Located in Kramfors, SE
Country home writing bureau in folk art from northern Sweden. The bureau is from around 1820 to
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Pine
Fine circa 1800 Pollad Oak Writing Bureau Desk Claw
Ball Hand Carved Legs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
writing bureau with ornately hand carved claw & ball feet.
This has to be the best looking bureau I
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
EXQUISITE EARLY GEORGIAN CIRCA 1760 WRITING BUREAU DESK WiTH GREEN LEATHER TOP
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
English circa 1760 Oak writing bureau with green leather writing surface
Please note the delivery fee
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1760s English Georgian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Leather, Oak
Victorian Figured Walnut Ladies Writing Bureau or Bonheur de Jour
Located in Montreal, QC
complemented by delicate inlays. It is diminutive and interestingly designed. Instead of a fixed writing slope
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
Antique 18th Century American Chippendale Maple Secretary Desk Writing Bureau
Located in Dayton, OH
Exquisite and Rare antique American Chippendale Period secretary writing desk or Escritoire. Made
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18th Century American Chippendale Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Maple
$3,374 Sale Price
42% Off
Antique Bureau Desk in Walnut Cartonnier Writing Office Table Provencal Rustic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Antique Bureau Desk in Walnut Cartonnier Writing office Table Provencal Rustic . An exquisite
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18th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Metal
$15,840 Sale Price
20% Off
English Decorative Chinoiserie Bureau Writing Desk
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1900
English decorative chinoiserie bureau writing desk - Bonheur Du Jour. Great colour and
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Early 1900s English Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century French Kingwood Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
19th century French kingwood Bureau plat writing desk. Beautiful Louis XV Form. Lacquered Bronze
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
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The iconic Coco chancel lived with a Rococo writing desk just like this one and indeed this Bureau
Category
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
1870s French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
$3,844 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat in the style of the Louis XV Napoleon III Paris, circa 1850-1880.
In Bois-Satiné
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood, Beech
Antique Fall Front Bureau, Scottish, Writing Desk, Georgian Revival, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fall front bureau. A Scottish, mahogany writing desk in Georgian revival taste
Category
Late 19th Century Scottish Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk, Rosewood and Ormulu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Antique Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk, rosewood and Ormulu mounts, raised on cabriole
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Gustavian Neoclassical Mahogany Writing Chest / Bureau on High Stand, 1800s
Located in Lucenec, SK
Swedish Gustavian mahogany writing cabinet. The writing part is covered with a black patent leather
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
$6,290 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique French Louis XV Tulipwood Marquetry Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique 19th century French Louis XV tulipwood and marquetry, ormolu mounted bureau plat
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Georgian 18th Century Satin Walnut Bureau Desk Writing Table Elegant
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Georgian 18th Century Satin Walnut Bureau Desk Writing Table – a rare and exquisite piece
Category
18th Century Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
$2,878 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Table / Bureau Plat
Located in Madrid, ES
A 19th century Louis XVI style French writing table or desk, known as a "bureau plat”. It has a
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century French Cherrywood
Bureau de Pente
Slant Top Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Larger than the typical Louis XV writing desk, this cherrywood bureau de pente was hand-carved in
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Antique Monumental French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French Empire ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat, circa 1870 in date.
The
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1870s French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Mahogany Davenport Desk or Bureau With Faux Red Leather Sloped Writing area.
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, GB
Mahogany Davenport Desk or Bureau With Faux Red Leather Sloped Writing area. Circa 1900, 16 drawers
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Bureau Plat, French, Walnut, Writing Desk, Louis XV Revival, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau plat. A French, walnut and boxwood writing desk in Louis XV revival taste
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Boxwood, Walnut
Large Antique Fall-Front Bureau, English, Oak, Writing Cabinet, Georgian, C.1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique fall-front bureau. An English, oak five-drawer writing cabinet, dating to
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1750s British Georgian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
French Louis XV Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk. Item
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Travel Lap Desk Walnut 19th C. on Stand as Side Table Decorative Gift Antique LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
English lap traveling desk portable. Countryside writing bureau in good condition considering the usage of
Category
19th Century English Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Burr Walnut Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat c.1870 114x65cm
Located in London, GB
king wood banding, the shaped top with an inset gold tooled green leather writing surface and
Category
1870s Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
French Bureau Plat 20th C. with Black Gilt Trim Writing Surface
Located in Houston, TX
This exquisite desk is very well made with beech wood and oak with
Kingwood marquetry decorative motifs. Gilt bronze mounts decorate
The edge and gilt masks embellish each corner....
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Beech
French 19th Century Leather Top Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French writing desk beautifully finished in walnut, leather and inlaid burlwood veneer, is a
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
A French Louis XVI style Leather Top Bureau Plat / Writing Desk, C. 1920.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Features a stunning combination of banded woods giving a glow to this desk. Having a gilt tooled leather top within banded edges and bound with brass, the top rests above an apron wi...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Rare Napoleon III French Empire Bureau De Plat Gilt Bronze Writing Table Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Napoleon III French Empire desk with gilt bronze oversized fittings
A very decorative and collectible desk in period lightl...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
$5,766 Sale Price
30% Off
English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small 18th century English painted oak bureau with original brass handles. 1780.
Height to
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18th Century English George III Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
$3,432
Antique Oak Drop Front Secretary Desk Bookcase Bookshelf Console 65"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Early American style secretary desk / bookcase / writing bureau / larkin / chalet . Made
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Early 20th Century American Colonial Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
$822 Sale Price
30% Off
Monumental bureau plat
Located in Wien, AT
France, Louis XVI period, ca. 1780, by the ebenist Pierre Garnier (master from 1742), predominantly oak, mahogany veneered and with ebony marquetry, matted, double-sided drawer desig...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Oak
$30,976
Small Oak Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A rare 18th century oak bureau of particularly small and diminutive proportions. the fall with a
Category
Early 18th Century English George II Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
$7,688
Superb Burr
Mulberry
Bureau
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine and rare burr veneer bureau with the most wonderful colour and patina.
Circa 1730.
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
$11,670
George I Walnut Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality early 18th century George I walnut bureau, having a fall front opening
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
$5,491
Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau
Located in Milano, IT
Rare solid wood desk dating from the early 1700s, fine French manufacture.
The bureau is very
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
$8,578 Sale Price
20% Off
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A French kingwood bureau plat late 19th/early 20th century in Louis XV style, with applied gilt
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Kingwood
$93,360
Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A striking Victorian satinwood bureau plat, of shaped rectangular form inset with the original oval
Category
1850s English Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small 19th century English painted oak bureau with brass swan neck handles. 1820.
Code: 9064
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
writing desk, or bureau plat, is a stunning 19th century example of this treasured decorative art
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th century French bureau plat featuring beautifully veneered wood surface and black leather top
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th c. French Bureau de Dame
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant 18th-century French lady’s writing desk, or bureau de dame, crafted in warm walnut with
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat
Located in Huntington, NY
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat/Desk, Louis XV period
3 working drawers on one side. Back side
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Bureau Plat by Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Wien, AT
Paris, late 19th century, elegantly curved hardwood frame, rosewood veneered, inlaid with various precious woods in the form of cubes and leaves, polished in traditional craftsmanshi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Sheraton Revival Satinwood Cylinder Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
Sheraton revival satinwood and rosewood crossbanded cylinder bureau, the raised three-quarter
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Satinwood
$16,475 Sale Price
33% Off
19th century bronze mounted bureau plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century bronze mounted crossbanded bureau plat, the shaped top with gilt bronze border and
Category
19th Century British Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Directoire-Style Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Chicago, US
Directoire/Napoleon III style desk composed of one large center and two side dovetailed drawers. The right drawer has a divided back section with an inset tray and a horizontal panel...
Category
Early 20th Century Directoire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Sheraton Revival marquetry inlaid cylinder bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
A substantial Sheraton Revival flame mahogany and satinwood crossbanded cylinder bureau, the ornate
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
A Nineteenth Century French Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A mid nineteenth century French bureau plat of good scale, in mahogany with kingwood veneer
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 19th century French gilt metal mounted marquetry bombé bureau de dame
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Rosewood
Fine French Marquetry bureau, circa 1880.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite 19th-century French marquetry bureau showcases exceptional craftsmanship and
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
Located in Sheffield, MA
Paris." Leather inset writing surface, drawer fronts with contrasting veneer.
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Empire Bureau Plat, France, Early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Elegant Empire writing desk (Bureau Plat) in mahogany. The desk stands on tapered, smooth legs with
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Antique bureau, Northern Europe, ca. 1910.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique bureau, Northern Europe, ca. 1910.
Very good condition, after renovation in our workshop
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Biedermeier Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
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Antique Writing Bureau For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique writing bureau you’re looking for. Each antique writing bureau for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and animal skin. There are many kinds of the antique writing bureau you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique writing bureau, designed in the Louis XV, Louis XVI or Georgian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one antique writing bureau that is appealing in its simplicity, but François Linke, Paul Sormani and Maison Kriéger produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Antique Writing Bureau?
The average selling price for an antique writing bureau at 1stDibs is $6,878, while they’re typically $347 on the low end and $1,733,426 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Desks-writing-tables for You
Choosing the perfect writing desk or writing table is a profoundly personal journey, one that people have been embarking upon for centuries.
Queen Atossa of Persia, from her writing table circa 500 B.C., is said to have been the originator of the art of handwritten letters. Hers was reportedly the first in a long and colorful history of penned correspondence that grew in popularity alongside literacy. The demand for suitable writing desks, which would serve the composer of the letters as well as ensure the comfort of the recipient naturally followed, and the design of these necessary furnishings has evolved throughout history.
Once people began to seek freedom from the outwardly ornate styles of the walnut and rosewood writing desks and drafting tables introduced in the name of Queen Victoria and King Louis XV, radical shifts occurred, such as those that materialized during the Art Nouveau period, when designers longed to produce furniture inspired by the natural world’s beauty. A prime example is the work of the famous late-19th-century Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí — his rolltop desk featured deep side drawers and was adorned with carved motifs that paid tribute to nature. Gaudí regularly combined structural precision with decorative elements, creating beautiful pieces of furniture in wood and metal.
Soon afterward, preferences for sleek, geometric, stylized forms in furniture that saw an emphasis on natural wood grains and traditional craftsmanship took hold. Today, Art Deco desks are still favored by designers who seek to infuse interiors with an air of luxury. One of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco movement was French decorator and furniture designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. With his use of neoclassical motifs as well as expensive and exotic materials such as imported dark woods and inlays of precious metals for his writing desks, Ruhlmann came to symbolize good taste and modernity.
The rise in appreciation for Scandinavian modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary writing desks. It employs the “no fuss” or “less is more” approach to creating a tasteful, sophisticated space. Sweden’s master cabinetmaker Bruno Mathsson created gallery-worthy designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto never viewed himself as an artist, but, like Mathsson, his furniture designs reflected a fondness for organic materials and a humanistic approach. Danish designers such as Hans Wegner introduced elegant shapes and lines to mid-century desks and writing tables, often working in oak and solid teak.
From vintage desks to contemporary styles, 1stDibs offers a broad spectrum of choices for conducting all personal and business writing and reading activities.
Questions About Antique Writing Bureau
- 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.
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