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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
Viennese enamel bureau cabinet, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality Viennese late 19th century, gilt-bronze and enamel mounted ebonised bureau-cabinet
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Enamel
English Marquetry Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Victorian gilt-bronze mounted marquetry inlaid Bureau De Dame.
This richly decorated
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19th Century English Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th C.
Located in Astoria, NY
French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th century, with gilt-tooled tan leather top with central
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century French Feminine Boulle Bureau
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French feminine Boulle bureau (office desk, escritoire).
Category
1850s Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Bureau Plat, by Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite Louis XVI style bureau plat, crafted in the 19th century by Zweiner, showcases the
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
$41,660 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine French Burr Walnut Bureau Platt Desk
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A lovely French burr walnut and tulipwood banded bureau platt or dressing table, with gold shaped
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Tulipwood
Louis XV Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Miami, US
refined addition to any elegant interior.
This bureau plat serves not only as a functional writing desk
Category
Mid-18th Century English Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Inlaid Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
An absolutely exquisite antique French inlaid bureau plat desk. This was made in France, it dates
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Small Queen Anne Period Walnut Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A most enchanting Queen Anne period burr walnut bureau of highly desirable small proportions and
Category
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV style bureau plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This late 19th-century French bureau plat is a stunning example of mahogany craftsmanship. The
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Rosewood Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
consisting of two drawers, a baise writing surface and a well. The bureau stands on elegant shaped legs
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Rosewood
19th-century French writing desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
This exquisite 19th-century French writing desk, or bureau de dame, showcases the elegance and
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset deep burgundy leather with bronze outer border over three drawers and opposing false drawers raised on cabriole legs and sabot feet. With key.
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Kingwood
$49,335 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Writing Bureau
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
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
$21,926 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
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
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
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
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
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
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 Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
$10,963 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Large Regence Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
two masks to the sides, with three drawers and a leather writing surface
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
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
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
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 Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Outstanding Pair of Red Laquered Bureau Plat Desks
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A wonderful pair of French red laquered partners bureau platt desk, with outstanding ormolu mounts
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
$8,215 / item
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 Writing Bureau
Materials
Burl
$2,740 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Writing Bureau
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
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
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 ...
Category
1730s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
$13,156 Sale Price
20% Off
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 details and finished on all sides. Condition is original, but can be "cleaned up" for a...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
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
Category
1740s Irish Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Wonderful 18th Century French Roll Top Desk (Cylinder Bureau)
Located in Poole, GB
Wonderful 18th Century French Roll Top Desk ( cylinder bureau )
A very elegant and with great
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
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 Writing Bureau
Materials
Lacquer
Regency Style Bureau Plat Desk with Bronze Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine Bureau Plat with Parquety top and bronze figures all in excellent conditions.
Category
1890s French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
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 Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
$8,222 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th century French Empire Bureau Plat / Desk
Located in Troy, NY
French Empire Bureau Plat of Stately Size, the top inset with a dark leather writing surface
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Leather, Walnut
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 Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
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
Category
1850s French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Tulipwood Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive late 18th century French writing desk with a tooled black leather top, probably original
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Tulipwood
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
Category
1910s Danish Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
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
Category
1770s French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
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
Category
1860s French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
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
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Biedermeier Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
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
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Desk work table, wood , ormolu , Bureau Plat
By Empire Furniture
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind and Amazing Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed black
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
$6,571 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Oak Barley Twist Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular 19th century French bureau plat writing table or desk featuring barley twist legs and
Category
19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Writing Bureau
Materials
Iron
Signed Paul Sormani French Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
A very Fine Writing Desk by Paul Sormani. Sormani, counted among the most elite Parisian
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat, After Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style bureau plat, having wonderful floral
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
$13,156 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
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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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