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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
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Royal Empire Desk/Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal Empire Desk/Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze
Mahogany with gilded bronze fittings in the form of
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Boulle Centre Table Bureau Plat C.1860
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique French Boulle Centre Table Bureau Plat C.1860
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat is a beautifully preserved historical piece
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
19th Century Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Porcelain, Kingwood
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 Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
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
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
A signed piece with rectangular top with inset green leather, possibly original , over a frieze with one central drawer flanked by drawers each with round original wreath rings with ...
Category
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Louis XVI style (19th-20th century) gilt bronze mounted 3-drawer bureau plat desk having a center
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
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 Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Marquetry
Ormolu Bonheur de Jour Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Ladies writing desk, circa 1860 in date.
The gorgeous grain and colour of the burr walnut, the fabulous
Category
1860s Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
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
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Writing Bureau
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 Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
$30,707 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A large late 19th century French Louis XVI style painted writing table or bureau plat. With fluted
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint
Black Lacquered Louis XV Style Writing Table
Located in Kent, Dover
A French Louis XV style black lacquered writing table or bureau plat. With three working drawers
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Kingwood
19th C. Louis XV Style French Bureau with Sèvres Porcelain, ALIX
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR
Elegant Louis XV style French bureau desk, made in Paris circa 1850, crafted in fine precious woods
Category
1850s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI style marquetry bureau in the manner of Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Kingwood marquetry inlaid Cylinder bureau. Having the three
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Kingwood Parquetry and Gilt-Bronze Bureau Plat by Schmit
By Frédéric Schmit
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine kingwood parquetry and gilt-bronze bureau plat by Schmit, Paris, circa 1890
Gilt bronze
Category
1890s Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted amaranth bureau plat, Circa
Category
1860s French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood bureau plat.
Late 19th century. The replaced
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Regence Style Ebonised Bureau Plat by Sormani, circa 1880
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Regence style ebonised and gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Sormani.
Paris, circa 1880
Category
Late 19th Century French Régence Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bureau de Dame, Walnut
Leather, England, Circa 1840
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
chutes.
England, Circa 1840/50.
The design of this bureau de dame is indebted to the work Bernard II
Category
19th Century English Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style French Marquetry Roll Top Bureau De Damme
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine 19th century roll top bureau de damme in the Louis XVI style, with fine veneers and panels
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted French Leather Top Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exquisite Louis XV style French bronze mounted bureau plat desk exemplifies refined
Category
1920s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
A fine 19th c French Louis XV signed Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
A very Fine 19th century French Louis XV mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureau blat signed Jemont
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bureau Plat with Floral and Blue Porcelain Plaques
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in London, GB
A very fine bureau plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock.
After a model by C.C. Saunier
Category
19th Century English Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass, Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine late 18th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid walnut
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Marble, Brass
Fine Antique French Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk After Linke 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A fine antique French wood, porcelain and ormolu mounted bureau plat, in the manner of Linke, Circa
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Circa 1780-1800 George III Slant Front Bureau or Desk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1780-1800 George III slant front bureau or desk, English. Mahogany. A handsome example - the
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
$3,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Bureau Plat
By Philippe Claude Montigny
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the style of Montigny (Philippe-Claude Montigny, mai^tre in 1770), the rectangular tooled leather-lined top surrounded with a later ormolu border, above two frieze drawers and sim...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
$20,000 Sale Price
20% Off
1800
s Antique French Empire, Bronze MTD, Leather Slides, Mahogany, Desk, Bureau
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 800's Antique French Empire, Bronze MTD, Leather Slides, Mahogany. Desk, Bureau!!
Antique
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
French Bureau Plat / Desk in Louis XV, Paris, circa 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
French Bureau plat / desk in Louis XV, Paris, circa 1880.
Solid beech wood veneer. Extremely
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany
Gold Bronze "Bureau Plat" Desk.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fine Quality Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany & Gold Bronze "Bureau Plat" Desk.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Original Louis Seize Style Bureau Mahogany Table, Early 20th Century
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Perfect craftsmanship, inlaid mahogany and bronze application, early 20th century, a secret drawer on one side, freestanding.
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1910s Austrian Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Magnificent Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
proportions, this Louis XV style bureau plat makes a bold statement as an executive desk, writing table, or
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Expressionist Rococo Berlin Deko Bureau-Plat/Desk, Lacquered in Saffron Yellow
By Bruno Paul
Located in Petershagen, DE
This Berlin Deko Bureau-Plat represents the evolution of women's writing furniture from the private
Category
1920s German Art Deco Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Maple
A Regence Style Bureau Plat After The Model by Charles Cressent
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Bureau Plat à Têtes De Guerriers Antiques‘ - An Important Regence Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Marquetry, Ormolu and Jasperware Bureau du Roi by Beurdeley
By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Antique French marquetry, ormolu and jasperware Bureau du Roi by Beurdeley
French, c. 1890
Height
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre By François Linke
François Linke – Index Number 242
Surmounted by a
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat After Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Parquetry Bureau Plat
The
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Palatial Louis XV Gilt Bronze Bureau-Plat Cartonnier
19th Century
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palatial French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Inlaid Bureau-Plat Cartonnier with signed clock by Le Roy
Category
1870s French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood, Rosewood, Tulipwood
Late 19th Bureau Antique Cartonnier Sliding Top for Hidden Storage
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian smaller-sized writing desk with storage hidden beneath top from the 19th century. This
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Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Nice Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Nice Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
The rectangular top with
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A fine late 19th century Kingwood Bureau Plat in the French Régence style
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Cressent
This fine bureau plat or writing table is decorated with quartered kingwood veneers except for on
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Bureau a Cylindre Gentleman
s Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A exceptionally rare Period French Empire (1804-1814) walnut bureau a cylindre.
Exquisitely
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine early 19th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Bureau by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bureau By François Linke
François Linke
The upper case with shaped top, surmounted by a serpentine
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Carved Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak secretary desk Bureau drop front Louis XV style.
Direct from France, a
Category
1920s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
Fine Louis XV Style Marquetry Bureau Plat Attributed to François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Montreal, QC
A fine and Important Louis XV style Bureau plat attributed to François Linke (1855-1946) after a
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat Attributed To Wassmus
Located in Essex, MA
The identical desk and possibly the same one pictured in Les Ebenistes Du XIX Siecle by Denise Ledoux-Lebard. Page 621. Provenance Sothebys London November 27th 1964. A fine desk new...
Category
1860s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Superb Chinoiserie Paint Decorated French Louis XV Mirrored Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This superb Chinoiserie painted decorated French Louis XV bureau plat desk is a stunning example of
Category
1920s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Diminutive George III Walnut Block Front Slant Front Bureau Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Germantown, MD
Slant Front secretary Bureau Bookcase Cabinet in great vintage condition. Restored throughout to the
Category
Mid-19th Century American George III Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Arts and Crafts Oak Bureau Desk Bookcase Students Slim Console Space Saving 1900
Located in London, GB
An attractive and versatile, space-saving Arts & Crafts solid oak bureau-bookcase in lovely antique
Category
Late 19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Metal
A Very Fine C19th Ormolu Mounted Bureau de Dame by Maison Mottheau
By Maison Mottheau et Fils
Located in London, GB
A French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood , Tulipwood and Parquertry Bureau De Dame dated C1880s
The mount
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Kingwood
$24,127 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Style French Kingwood Parquetry and Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat
Desk
By Jean-Pierre Latz
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 19th century French Bureau Plat in kingwood and amaranth parquetry with three drawers to one
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Kingwood
Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat, Circa 1860 - 1890 for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XVI style mahogany writing desk with satinwood and French walnut marquetry with bronze
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood, Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bureau Plat desk. This most handsome desk is raised by four cabriole legs decorated by top Ormolu mounts
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
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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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