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French 19th Century Louis XV Style Napoleon III Period Boulle Bureau Plat
By Befort Jeune
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
and ormolu Boulle Bureau Plat stamped Befort Jeune. The desk is raised by beautiful cabriole legs with
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Ormolu-Mounted Ladies Desk
By Maison Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century tulipwood, mahogany and ormolu-mounted Bureau de Dame Lady's
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Inlaid Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bureau Plat. The desk is raised on tapered legs with square ormolu topie feet and ormolu acanthus leaf
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Maison Dominique Domin, Genevriére Art Deco Veneer Writing Desk or Vanity Table
By Andre Domin Marcel Genevriere for Maison Dominique
Located in Firenze, IT
serve as striking writing table, vanity table, vanity desk, small bureau, ladies desk, entry table
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Early 20th Century Walnut and Elm Bureau in the Queen Anne Style
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 20th Century walnut and elm bureau in in the Queen Anne style, having a lovely figured and
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Vintage 1910s British Queen Anne Desks

Materials

Elm, Walnut

An Exceptional 19th Century Irish Fall Front Bureau by Butlers of Dublin
By Butler s of Dublin
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional 19th Century Irish, finely carved and richly patinated mahogany fall front bureau by
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Antique 19th Century Irish Desks

Materials

Brass

Jean Prouvé, Bureau "Surveillant" Bois Métal Laqué Et Plateau Formica Noir 50 s
By Jean Prouvé
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
jean Prouvé (1901-1984, France) : Bureau " Surveillant" Rare modèle du bureau "surveillant
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Vintage 1950s French Modern Desks

Materials

Metal

French Chestnut and Oak Desk from Le Grand Monarque À Chartres, circa 1720
Located in Dallas, TX
bureau caissiers (“cashier’s desk”), the desk sits on two block feet in the back and four ¾ round feet in
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Antique 1720s French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Leonard Wyburd for Liberty Co. An Arts Crafts oak bureau with iron hinges
By Leonard Wyburd, Liberty Co.
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co. Leonard Wyburd. An oak bureau with drop down writing area held in place by slides
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Antique Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Desks

Materials

Oak

19th Century French Kingwood Parquetry Bureau à Cylindre Attributed To F.Linke
By François Linke
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning late 19th century kingwood, parquetry and ormolu mounted Louis XVI style Bureau à
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Bureau "Nomos" Norman Foster plateau bois et pieds aluminium par Vitra XX Siècle
By Sir Norman Foster, Vitra
Located in London, England
Le bureau "Nomos", conçu par le célèbre architecte et designer Norman Foster en 1935, représente
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Late 20th Century Swiss Space Age Desks

Materials

Aluminum

19th Century English Bureau Plat in the Manner of Edward Holmes Baldock
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine 19th century Louis XV style Walnut, Ebony and floral marquetry Bureau Plat in the manner of
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Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Neoclassical Marquetry Bureau De Dame in the Style of Giuseppe Maggiolini, Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian Neoclassical style freestanding slant front desk, in the manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks

Materials

Brass

18th Century French Louis XIII Style Barley Twist Desk with Green Leather Top
Located in Birmingham, AL
A fine 18th century carved French Louis XIII style bureau plat or desk handcrafted of solid oak by
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk Chair, Leather Upholstered, France, 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'presidential' armchair is large and comfortable, making it perfect to complement a bureau plat or desk. The
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Ormolu

Arts and Crafts Golden Oak Stained Glass Students Bureau, Book Case This is a b
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Golden Oak Stained Glass Students Bureau, Book Case This is a beautiful and very
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Antique 1890s Arts and Crafts Desks

Materials

Oak

A Louis XIV Style Bureau Plat By Cueunières, Paris, After the Model by Cressent
By L. Cueunieres Ebeniste.
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XIV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat, By Cueunières, Paris. After the Model
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ebonized Wood and Gilt Bronze-Mounted Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Louis XV style ebonized wood and gilt bronze-mounted figural bureau plat
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in London, GB
A Fine Bureau Plat in the Manner of André-Charles Boulle Constructed in ebony with arabesque
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

French Empire Revival Green Leather Top Bronze Griffin Mahogany Desk Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Empire Revival Style Green Leather Top Mahogany Bureau Plat Executive Writing Desk
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Late 20th Century Unknown Empire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Bronze

Walnut Wood Desk The Netherlands By Sordile
Located in DE MEERN, UT
reflected in the round part of the desk. Bureau de maastunnel has a clean appearance due to the lines in
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2010s Dutch Arts and Crafts Desks

Materials

Plexiglass, Walnut

Fine 19th Century Ormolu Mounted KPM Porcelain Desk Set - Inkwell Candlesticks
By Berlin Royal Porcelain Factory
Located in Forney, TX
presence, the perfect finishing touch to your French bureau de dame (ladies desk). circa 1880s
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Antique Late 19th Century Louis XV Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze

Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Slant-Top Desk
Located in Pembroke, MA
A stunning, petite French slant-top desk or "bureau de pente" in the Louis XV style, turquoise and
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Baker Furniture French Provincial Louis XV Carved Walnut Secretary Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase
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Vintage 1980s American Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Style Writing Desk, Gilt-Bronze Mounted, Circa 1900, France
By Maison Millet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Walnut and Bois Satiné Parquetry Writing Desk, ‘Bureau en
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Georgian Cherry Wood Drop Front Secretary Desk With Bookcase Hutch
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Georgian or Chippendale style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch
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Late 20th Century American Georgian Desks

Materials

Brass

Henredon Georgian Walnut Drop Front Secretary Desk With Bookcase Hutch
By Henredon
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Georgian or Queen Anne style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch
Category

Late 20th Century American Georgian Desks

Materials

Brass

Maddox French Provincial Louis XV Painted Secretary Desk With Mirrored Bookcase
By Maddox Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style bureau with drop front secretary desk and mirrored
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Vintage 1970s American French Provincial Desks

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Desk
By Gervais Durand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. tulipwood and kingwood bureau plat
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

John Vesey, Louis XVI Style, Steel, Bronze, Rare Writing Desk, USA, 1960s
By John Vesey
Located in Manhasset, NY
John Vesey, Hollywood Regency, Louis XVI Style, Steel, Bronze, Rare Bureau Plat Writing Desk, USA
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Vintage 1960s American Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Bronze, Steel

English Chippendale Period George II Red Walnut Kneehole Desk Dressing Table
Located in Glasgow, GB
), originally this would have been called a ‘bureau dressing table’, rather than a kneehole desk, these bureaus
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Desks

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebonized Fruitwood And Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. ebonized Fruitwood and ormolu desk. The Bureau Plat is
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

John Stuart Georgian Burl Wood Drop Front Secretary Desk with Bookcase Hutch
By John Stuart
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Georgian or Queen Anne style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch
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Vintage 1960s American Georgian Desks

Materials

Brass

French Louis XV St. Tulipwood, Kingwood, And Ormolu Desk, Signed By Krieger
By Maison Krieger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Krieger. The Bureau Plat desk is raised by elongated cabriole legs with fine pierced fitted foliate ormolu
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Ebony, Ormolu, Pewter and Tortoiseshell Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Boulle Bureau Mazarin desk. The seven drawers, one door desk is raised by eight striking square tapered
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks

Materials

Ormolu, Pewter

Large Empire French Writing Desk with Embossed Brown Leather Top Column Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed brown leather top, bronze dore mounts
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks

19th Century French Louis XV Style Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Miami, FL
. This fine quality writing desk or bureau plat, is circa 1880. It has been recently rewaxed. Measures
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Early American Solid Maple and Birch Drop Front Secretary With Bookcase Hutch
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful American Colonial or Chippendale style bureau with drop front secretary desk and
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Vintage 1970s American American Colonial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bois-Satiné Writing Table
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A fine French kidney shaped bureau plat desk, having an inset beige leather top. Two side drawers
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Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

English Mahogany Writing Desk, Bureau
Located in Schellebelle, BE
English Mahogany Writing Desk Bureau with nice old patina 9 drawers
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Antique Late 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
Located in IT
The very unusual and particular center desk, called also bureau plat, was made in France, at Paris
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique French Louis XVI Bronze Mounted Writing Table
By Claude Michel Clodion, François Linke, Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Forney, TX
, petite bureau plat writing desk, library table or center table, lamp stand, hall console or sofa table
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass, Bronze

Fine Harrods London Kennedy Chest of Drawers Brown Leather Writing Slope Desk
By Kennedy Furniture For Harrods London, Harrods
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Harrods London Kennedy Military Campaign chest of drawers which doubles as a writing bureau desk with
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20th Century English Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Leather, Hardwood, Oak

17th Century Hand Carved Antique Side Farm Table Desk Center Drawer Los Angeles
Located in West Hollywood, CA
bureau desk. End table, farm table, console, game table, serving table, or a sofa table. Dramatic yet
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Antique 17th Century English William and Mary End Tables

Materials

Metal

Victorian Bureau Bookcase Desk Satinwood, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning Satinwood Bureau Cabinet. Here we have a very good quality satinwood cabinet of
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Antique 1880s Bookcases

Materials

Satinwood

Rare Piero Fornasetti Mid-Century Ceramic Paperweight Occhio , Italy 1950s.
By Gio Ponti, Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Malmö, SE
the early 1950s, they created a striking a series of desks, bureaus and secretaries that pair Ponti’s
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Biedermeier Bureau Secretary Desk
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This early 19th century mahogany Biedermeier secretary bureau was made in two sections, circa 1830
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Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

Federal Cherrywood Bureau Cabinet / Desk, circa 1790
Located in Houston, TX
This Federal Cherrywood Bureau cabinet dates to 1790. It is a beautifully preserved example of
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Antique Late 19th Century American Federal Secretaires

Materials

Cherry

18th Century Satin Mahogany and Rosewood Secretary
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a secretary / bureau/ desk made in England, circa 1780. The top and the fall have a
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Antique 1780s English George III Secretaires

Materials

Satinwood

Sheraton Bureau Bookcase Mahogany Revival Cabinet Desk
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Sheraton Revival mahogany bureau bookcase This bureau bookcase is raised upon shaped bracket feet
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Vintage 1980s Anglo-Indian Bookcases

Materials

Abalone, Mahogany

French Bureau Plat Desk Ladies Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French desk or bureau plat in the Louis XVI manner Elegant design with
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Antique 1870s Louis XVI Tables

Materials

Wood

Paolo Buffa Italian Mid-Century Brass Inlaid Secretary
By Giovanni Gariboldi, Marelli Colico, Paolo Buffa
Located in Atlanta, GA
bureau desk when open is 32”.
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Secretaires

Materials

Brass

Victorian Ladies Writing Desk Mahogany Bureau 1900
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant Victorian ladies writing desk Cute piece, very good condition and finish in mahogany Desk
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Antique Early 1900s Furniture

Materials

Mahogany

Italian Florentine Giltwood Bureau Secretary Butlers Desk Chest
Located in Forney, TX
A Florentine carved cream painted parcel gilt slant-top desk bureau with nicely aged dark warm
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Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Secretaires

Materials

Brass

18th Century 2 Piece Secretary Desk Writer’s Bureau
Located in Pasadena, TX
48" Victorian secretary desk writer’s Bureau Crafted from solid cherry, this multi-function piece
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Antique Late 18th Century North American Victorian Secretaires

Materials

Cherry

Antique Gentleman s Bureau, English, Walnut, Writing Desk, Secretaire, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman's bureau. A fine English, walnut writing desk or secretaire, dating
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Antique Mid-18th Century British Georgian Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

Early 19th Century French Empire "Bureau a Gradin" Desk
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
female torsos continuing to leaf carved paw feet. This same desk was featured in a Sotheby's New York
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Furniture

Materials

Mahogany

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Bureau Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the bureau desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and mahogany, every bureau desk was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a bureau desk, we have 1475 options in-stock, while there are 12 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer bureau desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A bureau desk made by Louis XV designers — as well as those associated with Louis XVI — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made bureau desk over the years, but those crafted by François Linke, Maison Jansen and Scarlet Splendour are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Bureau Desk?

A bureau desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $6,113, while the lowest priced sells for $171 and the highest can go for as much as $1,844,713.
Questions About Bureau Desk
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A bureau with respect to furniture is a chest of drawers or a writing desk having drawers and a slanted top. Both are used for storing items. A bureau with only drawers is usually placed in the bedroom while a bureau that is styled like a writing desk lives in an office or library. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage bureaus.