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French black lacquered two-drawer bureau plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French black lacquered two-drawer bureauplat with leather top and bronze dore mounts.
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Early 20th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Pair of Boulle Bureau De Dame or Desks
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Matched pair of freestanding Boulle bureau de dame, circa 1860. The ebonized tops have a fretted
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19th Century Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Ebony
$4,450 / set
Grunderzeit Bureau with wood Inlays, Germany, circa 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Below its desk top, the writing desk features a drawer which can be locked. The desk top rests on
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Early 1900s German Renaissance Revival Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Dutch Marquetry and Inlaid Walnut Bureau
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Dutch marquetry and inlaid walnut bombe fronted bureau, circa 19th century. Covered all over with
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19th Century Dutch Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Early Georgian Chippendale Bureau Bookcase Desk in Carved Mahogany
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Dorking, GB
An unusual and possibly unique example of a Chippendale design for a carved mahogany bureau
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Late 17th Century English Georgian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Napoleon III Boulle Work Writing Table
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Elegant Napoleon III Boulle Work Writing Table (petit bureau plat) with red-stained tortoise shell
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19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Important Louis XVI Bureau a Cylindre, French, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
An important Louis XVI ormolu-mounted acajou mouchete and mahogany "Bureau à Cylindre" The
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Fine and Highly Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Cylinder-Bureau
By G. None
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Empire style ormolu-mounted mahogany Cylinder-Bureau. A marble toped rectangular top above
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Napoleon III Rosewood French Bureau de Dame
Located in Tricase, Italia
France, 19th century. Small and elegant Bureau de Dame in rosewood and kingwood with gilded bronze
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Rosewood
Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A late 19th century Louis XV style Kingwood Bureau plat with cabriole legs, inset leather top and
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Second Empire Figured Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Asheville, NC
19th century French Second Empire figured mahogany bureau plat, black tooled leather top, turned
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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
A Fine Neoclassic Mahogany and Brass Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Having a row of 3 drawers on each side. One drawer having an inscription from the eboniste.
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18th Century and Earlier Swedish Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Lovely French Antique Bureau, Original Desk with Bronze Work
Located in Lingfield, West Sussex
This is a beautiful french dressing Bureau/desk that has numerous drawers and flap down. As you can
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19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat With Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
A kingwood marquetry Louis XV bureau plat with gilt bronze mounts and cabriole legs, ending in gilt
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Kingwood and Tulipwood Parquetry Serpentine Bureau-Plat
Located in London, GB
The shaped, moulded rectangular top inset with a green tooled leather writing surface above a long
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1760s Dutch Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Antique Georgian Oak Bureau Slant Front Desk, Scotland 1810, H802
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Georgian oak Bureau slant front desk, Scotland 1810, H802
Scotland 1810
Solid oak
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19th Century North American Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat and Cartonnier
By Mathieu-Guillaume Cramer
Located in London, Middlesex
bureau plat, having a rectangular top with a black Moroccan leather, the frieze having two drawers and
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Rosewood
Antique 18th Century Bureau In Cuban Mahogany ( REF AF-3093 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
Beautiful Georgian Bureau In Cuban Mahogany
Consisting of four drawers in total ( two small over
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Early 18th Century English Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
George I Walnut Antique Bureau of Small Proportions, Circa 1720
Located in Antrim, GB
An early George I Walnut Antique
Bureau of small proportions.
Circa 1720.
Fitted Interior with
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1720s European George I Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Tulip Wood and Mahogany Bureau-Plat
Located in Salisbury, GB
Late 19th century French Tulip wood and mahogany bureau-plat with gilt tooled leather skiver.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany, Tulipwood
Rococo Style Bureau Plat with Gilt Bronze Mounts, France, 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
French Rococo Louis XV style kingwood bureau plat. Serpentine shape gilt top surface with gilt
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Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Antique 18th Century Heavily Carved Bureau In Oak ( REF AF-3520 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This exceptional 18th-century antique oak bureau is a remarkable piece of furniture, featuring
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18th Century British Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Revival French Bureau Plat / Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good quality and of elegant proportions French, Louis XVI style, brass-mounted mahogany bureau
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Early 20th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Louis XV "Bureau Plat" Stamped by Delorme and Lardin
By Adrien Delorme
Located in Paris, FR
Great desk inlaid with amaranth and tulipwood. Its belt opens with three drawers ornamented with gilt bronze. Its top is covered with leather and lined with gilt bronze. This desk is...
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18th Century Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Antique 18th Century Great Quality Bureau In Oak ( REF AF-3519 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This impressive 18th-century antique oak bureau is a stunning example of classic craftsmanship and
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
Antique 19th Century Good Quality Bureau In Mahogany ( REF AF-3581 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
A remarkable 19th-century mahogany bureau of exceptional quality, showcasing timeless elegance and
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Empire Gilt Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat with a Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A Empire gilt bronze-mounted mahogany bureau plat, the top with a green leather writing surface
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Victorian Arts
Crafts Oak Twin Pedestal Clerks Desk Bureau
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique Victorian Arts & Crafts oak twin pedestal clerks desk or bureau.
Wonderful patinated
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Late 19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Japanese Lacquer Bureau Plat in Napoleon III Style
By Napoléon III
Located in Vilnius, LT
Very rare 19th century French desk in ebony with bronze. French Napoleon III bureau plat - desk. It
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Antique 17th Century Bureau Of Finest Quality In Oak ( REF AF-3666 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This exceptional late 17th-century oak bureau is a rare and breathtaking piece, embodying the
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17th Century British Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Louisville, KY
Second Half of the 19th Century; featuring an inset rectangular top over a two drawer frieze with side pulls; raised on square tapering legs.
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19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Sophisticated 18th Century French Louis XV Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A sophisticated 18th century French Louis XV kingwood and ormolu bureau plat desk, with one long
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Writing Bureau
Antique 18th Century Bureau of Small Proportions In Mahogany ( REF AF-3506 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This exquisite 18th-century antique bureau in rich mahogany is a perfect blend of elegance and
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18th Century British Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Mahogany Veneer and Brass inlaid "Bureau a Cylindre"
Located in Charleston, SC
drawers, open space and a black leather covered writing surface that has to be pulled forward to
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Palatial Neoclassical Style Bureau Plat after Jean-Henri Riesener, France, 1860
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare extra-large French Louis XVI Neoclassical style four-sided bureau plat, after a model by Jean
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Mahogany and Leather Small Bureau Plat RESTORED
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Elegant small Louis XVI writing desk with wheels, leather top with two side drawers and one central
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Louis XVI Cherry Tree Ebony Wood Bureau Desk RESTORED
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Beautiful French Louis XVI center writing desk, early 20th century. Restored, cherry tree, ebony
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
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Bronze
Ebonized Three-Drawer Bureau Plat with Embossed Leather Top, French, circa 1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ebonized three-drawer bureau plat with embossed leather top, French, circa 1880.
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19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau
Louis XV Style Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat, France circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
A Louis XV Style Carved, Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat, with Gilt Tooled Leather Top
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1920s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century Continental King Wood and Gilt Metal Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
A free standing mid-19th century Continental king wood and gilt metal mounted bureau plat of Louis
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Mid-19th Century European Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Brass
Fine Quality Mid-19th Century Goncalo Alves Bureau Plat in the French Style
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine quality mid-19th century (1840) Goncalo alves freestanding bureau plat in the French style
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Zebra Wood
French Louis XV Petite Kidney-Shaped Writing Table, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
reading or writing table or it could be used as a vanity with a mirror. 18th century bureau plats or
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
French Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Late 19th Century by Au Gros Chene, Paris
By Au Gros Chene
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
A fine French kingwood and ormolu-mounted bureau plat by the renowned and luxury Parisian
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Writing Table, Desk, Side Table, Bed Table, English Early Victorian 19th Century
Located in South Cotswolds, GB
Lovely small black early Victorian bureau writing table with mahogany top.
The drawers have
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Early 19th Century British Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Rococo Petite Desk with Gold Bronze Mounts by Edward Holmes Baldock, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
will fit comfortably into small spaces. 18th century bureau plats or writing tables were also called
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Writing table or ‘bureau plat’
Located in Dommelen, NL
Writing table or ‘bureau plat’
Dutch
Louis XV, third quarter of the 18th Century, ca. 1760-1770
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1760s Rococo Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Bureau/Writing Desk Walnut Biedermeier, circa 1840
Located in Uppingham, GB
Bureau/writing desk walnut Biedermeier, circa 1840.
Roll top front, opening to a draw out
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1830s German Biedermeier Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Walnut
English Georgian Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk Chest
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive George IV mahogany cylinder bureau.
The rectangular top with inlaid marquetry
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19th Century English Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Charles X Bureau-Plat, France 1825, Writing Desk
Located in Bamberg, DE
France, around 1825
This unusually large, free-standing piece of writing furniture stands on
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Wood
Remarkable Folk Art Paint Decorated Writing Desk/ Bureau
Located in London, GB
strap iron hinges and when opened for writing, is supported on original twin pull-out lopers, with
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1820s Swedish Folk Art Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Pine
Antique French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Walnut Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Highly charming French Empire writing table or bureau plat
handcrafted from walnut with ebonized
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1880s French Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Antique Georgian Bureau, Oak Desk, Writing Table, Scotland 1800, H163
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Georgian Bureau, oak desk, writing table, Scotland 1800, H163
Scotland 1800
Solid oak
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Early 1800s Scottish Georgian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
Antique Georgian 18th Century Crossbanded Oak Bureau Desk Writing Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique Georgian 18th century oak bureau desk or writing table.
Attractive mahogany crossbanding
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18th Century British Georgian Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Oak
Antique Swedish Gustavian Bureau 19th Century Painted Writing Desk Serpentine
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
Large 19th century Swedish painted and carved bureau in the Gustavian manner.
The carved fall
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19th Century Swedish Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Paint
Antique Empire Bureau De Dame Ladies Desk Writing Table, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning French Empire antique ladies desk or bureau de dame
Great look to this piece with
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1880s Empire Antique Writing Bureau
Mahogany and oak writing table (bureau-plat) by Fidelys Schey
By Fidelys Schey
Located in New York, NY
has a writing slide above a three-paneled frieze of drawers with cartouche-shaped, scrolled, laurel
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Ormolu
Antique 18th Century Louis XVI Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk from France
Located in Vienna, AT
. Inside the bureau is a removable leather-covered writing pad and partially gilt embossing and three
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau
Materials
Marble, Brass
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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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