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20th Century Louis XVI Oak Small Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Lugi XVI writing desk in oak wood from the first half of the 20th century. It has a smaller shape
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
19th Century Louis XV French Inlaid Bureau Plat
Writing Desk
Located in Tricase, Italia
An elegant "bureau plat" in French Louis XV style inlaid with rosewood and various precious woods
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Figured Walnut Inlaid Bureau Desk, Writing Desk, Scotland 1810, H1166
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Figured Walnut Inlaid Bureau Desk, Writing Desk, Scotland 1810, H1166
Scotland 1810
Solid
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1810s Scottish Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Antique Georgian Tiger Oak Bureau, Desk, Writing Table, Scotland 1810, H975
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Georgian Tiger Oak Bureau, Desk, Writing Table, Secretary, Scotland 1810, H975
Scotland
Category
19th Century North American Georgian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
English Neoclassical Style Leather Inset Mahogany Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Louisville, KY
Second half of the 19th century; rectangular inset top over a three drawer frieze; raised on square tapering legs ending with brass casters. Hardware of later date.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Ladies Writing Table Desk Bureau Book Match Walnut Wood
Located in Amsterdam, NL
This refined little Louis XVI ladies writing desk or writing table with two upper drawers located
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Bureau-Plat, Paris 1785, Lebesque, 18th Century Writing Desk, French, Signed
Located in Bamberg, DE
renewed, gold-stamped leather writing surface. The desk with strikingly beautifully grained veneer has
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
A fine example of a 19th c. French Bureau Plat writing table
Located in Miami, FL
A fine example of a 19th c. French Bureau Plat writing table. The bureau plat is decorated with
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Walnut Leather Bureau Plat Writing Desk Restored
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Beautiful Louis XVI style bureau plat writing desk from early 20th century, totally restored
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Italian Painted Louis XV Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Walnut
Located in Firenze, IT
A charming Italian Louis XV bureau plat or writing desk.
The desk in solid walnut wood features a
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Writing Table/Bureau Plat Bronze-Mounted with Matching Chairs French late 19th C
Located in Uppingham, GB
French bronze-mounted mahogany writing table/bureau plat (19th century)
A superb 'Stand Alone
Category
1890s French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Red Lacquered Toilet Mirror
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
A rare Queen Anne period red lacquer toilet mirror in the form of a fall front writing bureau with
Category
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
Bureau-Plat, Paris, J.-B. Fromageau, c. 1760, Large Writing Desk, French, 18th
By Jean-Baptiste Fromageau
Located in Bamberg, DE
as writing furniture. The original leather top has a finely embossed border. Fromageau is considered
Category
1760s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
English Mahogany Bureau
Located in London, GB
away, once the lid is closed.
Dimensions: full height 109cm, height of the writing surface 80cm.
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
$2,190
18th Century Oak Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Wonderful 18th century English oak bureau in oak, with a great colour and patina, of small and
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
$4,244
Cylinder Bureau, Austria, 1780
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Cylinder bureau Austria, circa 1780, richly inlaid with cherrywood veneered, secret drawer
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1780s Austrian Other Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Cherry
Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
Louis XV desk inlaid with ebony, darkened wood and brass.
This bureau plat is opening with two
Category
Mid-18th Century Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
$23,734
Military Style Spanish Bureau
Located in Alicante, ES
A very handsome, extremely useful Spanish Military style Bureau on separate legs, for ease of
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Writing Bureau
Althorp Mahogany Bureau Desk
Located in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
An ingenious mahogany bureau desk in the George III manner. The sloping fall front encloses an
Category
Early 18th Century Vietnamese George III Antique Writing Bureau
Yew - Wood "Oyster" Bureau
Located in London, GB
green leather writing top.
Category
19th Century Antique Writing Bureau
Louis XVI Period Bureau-plat
Located in Banbury, GB
A FINE & RARE LATE 18TH.CENTURY LOUIS XVI PERIOD BRASS & EBONY BANDED MAHOGANY BUREAU-PLAT, WRITING
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
$17,115
Louis XV style bureau plat
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Louis XV style bureau plat with tooled leather writing surface and three short drawers on cabriole
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19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 18th century to early 19th century writing table.
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
19th Century Louis XV Bureau
Located in London, GB
Napoleon III Bureau depicting scrolling acanthus leaves and flowers throughout. Inlaid in King and
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Salisbury, GB
Mahogany bureau bookcase. Oak drawer linings, secret drawers, swan pediment with finial. Has
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18th Century English George III Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
17th Century French Bureau Mazarin
Located in Antwerp, BE
The ‘Bureau Mazarin’ is a 17th century desk form named in memory of Cardinal Mazarin, premier
Category
17th Century French Renaissance Antique Writing Bureau
French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in Natchez, MS
French Louis XVI style bureau plat, mahogany with bronze mounts and leather top.
Three drawer
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Italian Walnut 18th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian Louis XVI walnut bureau plat with three drawers, having carved rosette and swag decoration
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century French Bureau Plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An early 19th century French mahogany bureau plat with embossed black leather top. This desk has
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Metal
LOUIS XV WALNUT PROVENCAL BUREAU PLAT
Located in Natchez, MS
Louis XV Walnut Provencal Bureau Plat with leather top and original ormolu mounts. Great size.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut, Leather
George III Elm Bureau, circa 1770
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unusual George III elm bureau, circa 1770. The piece has a beautifully figured elm top with
Category
1770s George III Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Elm
Small Proportioned Arts
Crafts Oak Bureau
Located in Buckinghamshire, GB
Small proportioned oak Arts & Crafts bureau having a pierced gallery above a sloping fall front
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Writing Bureau
19th Century Biedermeier Bureau, Germany, 1850s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Below its desk top, the writing desk features a drawer which can be locked. The desk top rests on
Category
1850s German Biedermeier Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Bureau Rognon after Paul-Charles Sormani
By Paul-Charles Sormani
Located in Bergen, NL
A gilt bronze-mounted kingwood parquetry and fruitwood floral marquetry bureau rognon after Paul
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood
Louis XV provincial fruitwood bureau plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XV provincial fruitwood bureau plat, the rectangular leather-inset top with molded edge above
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular shape bureau, mahogany and mahogany veneer.
It comprises three drawers on the front
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
An elegant 19th century mahogany writing desk with inlaid leather writing pad in tabletop, with
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Regence Kingwood Bureau Plat With Ormolu Mounts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Franch regence ormolu-mounted kingwood bureau plat with leather writing surface
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Louis XVI Satinwood parquetry bureau plat
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Italian Louis XVI Satinwood parquetry bureau plat with oblong black leather inlaid writing surface
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19th Century Italian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Inlaid Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century French Pollard walnut marquetry and ormolu centre table. The ornate top inlaid in fruitwood with musical trophies. Supported on cabriole legs.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
Louis XIV Brass-Inlaid Mazarin Bureau
Located in Paris, FR
Boulle marquetry en contrepartie
It contains six drawers in boxes on three rows separated by crossbars, and a drawer en ceinture surmounting a set back leaf.
It rests on light ...
Category
1690s French Louis XIV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze, Copper
18th c southern french bureau plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
old french desk waxed wood with antique french hardware .
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18th Century and Earlier French French Provincial Antique Writing Bureau
Louis XV Period Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A Louis XV period walnut bereau plat with cabriole legs terminating in "pied de biche" feet.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Large, excellent quality, very elegant French kingwood bureau plat with brass Ormolu mounts, oak
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Swedish Bureau in Two Parts, circa 1790
Located in Antwerp, BE
Swedish bureau in two parts, circa 1790. With original locks and keys.
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Writing Bureau
Rustic French Fruitwood Bureau Plat, circa 1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rustic French fruitwood bureau plat, circa 1840; with single drawer.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
French Mahogany and Fruitwood Inlaid Bureau Plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
French Mahogany and Fruitwood Inlaid Bureau Plat circa 1870
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Late 19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
French Early 19th Century Elm Bureau Plat
Located in Sydney, AU
French early 19th century solid elm bureau plat with five drawers to front pull-out slides and
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1820s French First Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Elm, Sycamore
19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Mosman Park, AU
A good quality 19th century French Louis XV style parquetry and ormolu-mounted bureau plat of
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Dutch Walnut Marquetry Inlaid Bureau, circa 1860
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Dutch walnut marquetry inlaid bureau, circa 1860. The flap has a large marquetry urn with flowers
Category
1860s Dutch Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Amarante Bureau Plat
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Rectangular top with tooled light brown leather writing surface within a gilt-surround, above three
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Victorian Franglais Walnut Bureau de Dame
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
A Victorian Franglais figured walnut Walnut Bureau de Dame with tulipwood and fruitwood marquetry
Category
Late 19th Century English Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Fruitwood, Tulipwood
French Charles X Brass Inlaid Rosewood Bureau Plat
Located in Natchez, MS
French Charles X rosewood brass inlaid bureau plat with tooled leather top. Three drawers.
Category
19th Century French Charles X Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XV Style Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Louisville, KY
With inset porcelain plaques.
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
"Bois Clair" Charles X Burled Ash Bureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
An ash veneer and string inlay desk with an embossed leather top over drawers, on finely turned spindle legs, a deep pull-out surface on each end. The desk is finished on both sides...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Writing Bureau
Charming and Rare Early Georgian Mahogany Bureau
Located in London, GB
Almost certainly made by a man schooled in the craft of making walnut bureaux! Although in early 'Cuban' mahogany, it exactly follows the lines and dictums of a walnut veneer piece ...
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Writing Bureau
18th Century Red and Gilt Japanned Lacquer Bureau
Located in London, GB
18th century red and gilt Japanned lacquer Bureau.
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Mid-18th Century Antique Writing Bureau
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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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