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Mid-Century Solid Teakwood Bureau with Secretary Desk, Germany, 1950
Located in Madrid, ES
This mid-century bureau was produced in Germany in the 1950s and is crafted entirely from solid
Category

Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Antique Bureau, French, Marble Top, Kingwood, Marquetry Desk, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau. A French, marble top, kingwood, marquetry desk dating to the turn of the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Desks

Materials

Kingwood

Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
writing desk, or bureau plat, is a stunning 19th century example of this treasured decorative art
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Antique Bureau, Mahogany, English, Georgian, Desk, 18th Century, circa 1770
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau in light mahogany. An English, Georgian desk dating to the mid-18th
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Bureau PJ-BU-08-B
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Paris, FR
Provenance: Chandigarh, India Student desk in solid teak. Rectangular top with drooping sides. Pair
Category

20th Century Indian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

Theodore Alexander French Louis XV Walnut Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk
By Theodore Alexander
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk By Theodore Alexander Vietnam
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Desks

Materials

Bronze

Bureau Plat by Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Wien, AT
Paris, late 19th century, elegantly curved hardwood frame, rosewood veneered, inlaid with various precious woods in the form of cubes and leaves, polished in traditional craftsmanshi...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Sheraton Revival Satinwood Cylinder Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
Sheraton revival satinwood and rosewood crossbanded cylinder bureau, the raised three-quarter
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Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Satinwood

18th c. French Bureau de Dame
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant 18th-century French lady’s writing desk, or bureau de dame, crafted in warm walnut with
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Antique Georgian Style Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
A smart and beautifully designed antique Georgian style bureau. This was made in England, it dates
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Vintage 1950s British Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Wood

Le Corbusier LC16 Writing Wood Desk and Shelve by Cassina
By Cassina, Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
maintaining the utmost respect for its original design, Cassina re-edits the LC16 Bureau desk, designed in
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout antique Louis XVI style desk crafted in walnut and mahogany featuring a banded leather top
Category

20th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Antique Georgian Style Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
A smart and useful antique Georgian style writing bureau. This was made in England, it dates from
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Vintage 1950s British Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Wood

Large Antique French Louis XV Bureau Plat Desk After Charles Cressent
Located in New York, NY
Monumental antique bureau plat (desk) in the French Louis XV style after the original design by
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Bureau Plat Desk in Kingwood Att. to Francois Linke
Located in New York, NY
A sublime Bureau Plat Desk in Kingwood with crisp ormolu mounts in the Louis XV style. A set of
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Attractive Louis XV style bureau plat, gilt embossed tanned leather top writing surface centered on
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Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Fine French Marquetry bureau, circa 1880.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite 19th-century French marquetry bureau showcases exceptional craftsmanship and
Category

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

Materials

Mahogany

French 19th century Louis XV st. Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bureau Plat desk. This large scale desk is raised by impressive cabriole legs with wrap around sabots of
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Bureau PJ-BU-08-B
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Paris, FR
Signed on the left side. Rectangular top with drooping sides. Pair of compass-type side legs joined by a rear crosspiece supporting the open-case frame.
Category

Vintage 1960s Indian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
Located in Sheffield, MA
Directoire Maison Jansen style desk. Label inside drawer inscribed "A. Alavoine and Co., NY and
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Bureau cylindre
Located in PARIS, FR
Bureau à cylindre en acajou et placage d'acajou moucheté toutes faces, filets d'ébène et
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Antique Late 18th Century European Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Bronze

Sheraton Revival marquetry inlaid cylinder bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
A substantial Sheraton Revival flame mahogany and satinwood crossbanded cylinder bureau, the ornate
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Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

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
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th century bronze mounted bureau plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century bronze mounted crossbanded bureau plat, the shaped top with gilt bronze border and
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Antique 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Antique bureau, Northern Europe, ca. 1910.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique bureau, Northern Europe, ca. 1910. Very good condition, after renovation in our workshop
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Early 20th Century Scandinavian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Large Antique Quality Kingwood Ornate Ormolu Mounted Partners Bureau Plat-Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large Antique Victorian quality freestanding kingwood ornate ormolu mounted partners bureau plat
Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks

Materials

Other

19th Century French Feminine Boulle Bureau
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French feminine Boulle bureau (office desk, escritoire).
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Antique 1850s Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

20th C. Vintage/Antique Bureau, Bookcase, Chinese, Painted Red Roll-Top Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 20th C. Vintage/Antique Bureau, Bookcase, Chinese, Painted Red Roll-Top Desk! Roll-Top
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walnut Ash Desk Bureau Secretary, 1950s, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage secretary desk bureau Ico Parisi style from walnut and ash veneers
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Ash, Walnut

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
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

A Nineteenth Century French Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A mid nineteenth century French bureau plat of good scale, in mahogany with kingwood veneer
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 19th century French gilt metal mounted marquetry bombé bureau de dame
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Karges French Louis XV Chinoiserie Cream Lacquered Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Karges Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Louis XV Chinoiserie style writing desk or bureau plat desk By Karges USA
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Vintage 1980s American Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass

Gorgeous Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bronze Dore, Bureau Plat, Writing Desk!
Located in Antwerp, BE
with age. Gorgeous Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bronze Dore, Bureau Plat, Writing Desk! Louis XV
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Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

François Linke French Louis XVI Ormolu Kingwood Bureau Plat Desk, c.1889
By François Linke
Located in King s Lynn, GB
1889, this bureau plat represents one of François Linke’s earlier works. The desk bears his workshop
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

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
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Antique 19th Century Austrian Desks and Writing Tables

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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Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

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

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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
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Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

RESTORED ANTiQUE LATE 19TH CENTURY LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MOUNTED BUREAU PLAT DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Bureau Plat with new hand dyed brown leather, gold leaf embossed writing surface Please note the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Desks

Materials

Bronze

18th Century George II Writing Bureau
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century George II mahogany ladies writing bureau topped by brass pierced gallery. The sloped
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Antique Mid-18th Century Irish George II Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

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
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

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
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Bureau Baumann vintage en bois des années 50
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau Baumann vintage des années 50, structure et pieds compas en bois de hêtre clair, plateau en
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Vintage 1960s French Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730
Located in Portland, OR
A very rare antique Dutch Colonial V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company) fall front bureau/desk on
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Antique 1730s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Secretaires

Materials

Brass

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

Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Schonbuch Bureau Console Table by Earnest Studio
By Earnest Studio, Schönbuch
Located in New York, NY
The table from the BUREAU line melds clear modernity with timeless class, its rounded lines being a
Category

2010s German Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Beech

Early Paint Antique French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk Stool
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
style Bureau plat writing table with later stool This is a wonderful find, the bureau plat is a
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass

Reprodux Bevan Funnell Lovely Campaign Style Bureau
By Bevan Funnell Ltd.
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer this lovely campaign style small bureau with brass handles and four drawers on
Category

Mid-20th Century British Campaign Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

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

Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood

19th Century French Rosewood Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality French rosewood Bureau De Dame. The top of the bureau has a nice brass
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

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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Antique 18th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Oak Writing Bureau by Didier Rozaffy for Oscar
By Didier Rozaffy
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
This is a rare model writing bureau designed by Didier Rozaffy for OSCAR, a French furniture
Category

Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

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

Materials

Mahogany

Continental Oak Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
Continental oak bureau, the serpentine shaped top to the fall front opening to reveal a fitted
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Desks

Materials

Oak

Continental Oak Bureau
Continental Oak Bureau
$1,154 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Boulle Ormolu and Ebony Bureau Plat/Desk by Mathieu Béfort, France
By Mathieu Béfort, Befort Jeune, André-Charles Boulle
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 19th century Regency Boulle-style ormolu and ebony wood bureau plat/desk by Mathieu Béfort
Category

Antique 1880s French Regency Desks

Materials

Metal, Silver, Bronze, Copper, Ormolu

French Louis XV Style Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage midcentury French walnut bureau plat with parquetry top & pull outs on each side. Bronze
Category

20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

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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.