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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
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Bureau-Plat, Paris 1785, Lebesque, 18th Century Writing Desk, French, Signed
Located in Bamberg, DE
Paris, C. Lebesgue, circa 1785.
Stamped "IME" and "C. Lebesgue" for Robert-Claude Lebesgue, born 1749, master 1771.
Mahogany veneered on oak with fine, linear brass inlays, origin...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounted
Located in Madrid, ES
Louis XVI mahogany Bureau Plat with ormolu mounted.
Four drawers in front and the back simulated
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Empire Mahogany Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Miami, FL
Empire mahogany bronze-mounted bureau plat with an inset tooled leather top above a center drawer
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat with Medusa Heads
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XV style kingwood bureau plat with cream painted top, the front with five functional drawers
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
A 19th Century Louis XV Style French Floral Marquetry Serpentine Bureau Plat
Located in Toorak, VIC
A 19th Century Louis XV Style French Floral Marquetry Serpentine Bureau Plat.
The incredibly
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
F. Linke Bureau Plat and Bookcase, 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in Paris, FR
in.).
A Regence style bureau plat, in kingwood and satinwood veneer, opening with three frieze
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Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Bookcases
Materials
Ormolu
$53,254 / set
André Arbus Sycamore Desk, Writing Table, Bureau Plat
By André Arbus
Located in Hollywood, FL
The rectangular top over 3 frieze drawers with finely crafted bronze pulls over square tapering legs terminating in sabots.
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Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
André Arbus Sycamore Desk, Writing Table, Bureau Plat
Located in Hollywood, FL
The rectangular top over 3 frieze drawers with finely crafted bronze pulls over square tapering legs terminating in sabots.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early 18th c. Mahogany Centre Writing Table / Bureau Plat .
Located in Milan, IT
Very elegant ,early 18th France centre bureau plat, with leather top, also in the two pull out
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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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Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century, French, Louis XV Style Marquetry Bureau Plat with Bronze Mounts
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A handsome Louis XV style writing desk having a shaped top with a central ebonized ground inland with marquetry of musical instruments and scrolling florals surrounded by contrasting...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
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
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Antique 1890s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Macassar Ebony Bureau Plat in the style of Ruhlmann
By Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stunning beautiful.`
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Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
Bureau-Plat, Paris, J.-B. Fromageau, c. 1760, Large Writing Desk, French, 18th
By Jean-Baptiste Fromageau
Located in Bamberg, DE
Paris, J.-B. Fromageau, c. 1760
Signed with the hallmark Jean-Baptiste Fromageau (born around 1720, active as a master craftsman since 1755).
Rosewood and kingwood veneered on oak,...
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Antique 1760s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Lacquered and Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine, French produced Louis XV style bureau plat, gilt embossed with lacquered frame. With original
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
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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Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Zebra Wood
20th Century Louis XVI Oak Small Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
than other desks of this style. Perfect for an office not too large to accommodate a large bureau plat
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Mahogany and oak writing table (bureau-plat) by Fidelys Schey
By Fidelys Schey
Located in New York, NY
This desk has a rectangular gilt and tooled brown leather-inset top with molded surround. Each side has a writing slide above a three-paneled frieze of drawers with cartouche-shaped,...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Ormolu
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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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Mahogany and Leather Small Bureau Plat RESTORED
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
, decoration and art which developed in France during the 19-year reign of Louis XVI (1774–1793), just before
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bureau Plat by Paul Sormani, Paris, Second Half of the 19th Century
By Paul Sormani
Located in Milan, IT
This bureau plat is veneered in bois de rose and decorated by friezes in gilded bronze.
Stamped: P
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
French marquetry desk by Linke
By François Linke
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Flat desk, called in French "bureau plat de milieu", with inlaid cubes in rosewood veneer frames
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Antique 1890s French Régence Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Boulle Bureau Plat / Library Table, Late 18th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Charleston, SC
Exceptional French Boulle bureau plat has the English feel of a library table with the four rams
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Bureau Plat in the Louis XV Taste
Located in Southampton, NY
A kingwood veneered bureau plat in Louis XV taste with bronze ormolu and inset embossed leather top
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Directoire Bureau Plat, France circa 1800, Mahogany
Located in Belmont, MA
Directoire Bureau Plat, France, circa 1800.
Spacious and chic Directoire desk and the perfect piece
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Antique 1790s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century "Bureau Plat" - French Provencal Two Drawer Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
Late 18th century "Bureau Plat" - French Provencal Louis XV desk. This lovely desk has two drawers
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Bureau Plat, France 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
French bureau plat on fluted legs with brass sabots and four drawers. The filling panels are framed
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Bureau Plat, France, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
French bureau plat standing on fluted conical legs with three drawers underneath the leather
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Neoclassical Bureau Plat, France around 1800
Located in Greding, DE
French bureau plat on square tapered legs with brass sabots and small castors. The desk is veneered
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Antique Early 1800s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Directoire Bureau Plat, France, circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Mahogany veneered French Directoire desk standing on square pointed feet, with four drawers and
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Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis-quinze-style Bureau Plat, France, circa 1900
Located in Greding, DE
Large Louis-Quinze-style desk in mahogany veneered. The writing surface is covered in brown leather, the edges are decorated with brass profiles. The desk has three drawers, which ar...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$10,650 / item
Antique Bureau Plat French Inlay Desk Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality antique French desk or bureau plat
Classic look crafted from kingwood with original ormolu
Category
Vintage 1920s Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Neoclassical Mahogany
Ormolu-Mounted Antique Writing Desk Bureau Plat, France
Located in Shippensburg, PA
This inordinately fine bureau plat from the last quarter of the 19th century is a powerful and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Louis Quinze Style Bureau Plat, France, Second Half of the 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large bureau plat in Louis Quinze style with espagnolettes of gilded bronze on the legs and north
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Ebonized and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV ebonized and ormolu mounted bureau plat
French, 19th century
Measures: Height: 30 3/4 in
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Ormolu and Pietra Dura Mounted Ebonized Bureau Plat
Located in Bradenton, FL
French Ormolu and Pietra Dura Mounted Ebonized Bureau Plat.
French bureau plat circa 1860 with 36
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Paul Sormani Louis XIV Style Bureau Plat
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Paul Sormani Louis XIV style bureau plat.
French, circa 1870.
The lockplate to the central drawer
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Antique 1870s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Neoclassical Ebonised Desk
Located in London, GB
An ebonised and brown leather top bureau plat
France, Circa 1940
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Vintage 1940s French Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Leather
Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI style bronze mounted mahogany parquetry bureau plat.
France, early 20th Century.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$6,551
20th Century French Bronze Mounted, Ormolu, Leather Top, Vintage, Bureau Plat!!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 20th Century French Bronze Mounted, Ormolu, Leather Top, Vintage, Bureau Plat!!
Bureau
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20th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Bureau Plat Mahogany France 1780 Writing Desk with Side Drawers
Located in Epfach, DE
A bureau plat from the late 18th century, made around 1780 in the French style, epitomises the
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
20th Century French Bronze Mounted, Ormolu, Leather Top, Vintage, Bureau Plat!!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 20th Century French Bronze Mounted, Ormolu, Leather Top, Vintage, Bureau Plat!!
Bureau
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20th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XVI Neoclassical Desk Mahogany Colored Marquetry, 1970s
By Mathieu-Guillaume Cramer, Maison Jansen
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful and unique bureau plat French writing desk was made in solid mahogany wood covered
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Vintage 1970s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A vintage French mahogany-and-leather Louis XVI-style ‘Bureau Plat’ desk, with leather top and pull
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,975
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Stamford, CT
A French kingwood bureau plat with herringbone frieze to the top and bronze mounts.
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Antique 19th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
$18,000
French Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
French mahogany bureau plat with original hand-tooled leather top, 19th century.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks
Antique French Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French black lacquer Bureau Plat with dore bronze accents and brown leather top.
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Large French Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Impressive grand scale French tulip and kingwood inlaid bureau plat with wonderful original worn
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks
Materials
Leather, Tulipwood
$6,142
French Ebonised Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Impressive French 20th Century ebonised bureau plat in the Louis XV style.
This beautiful bureau
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20th Century French Desks
Materials
Brass
$14,495
French Transitional Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine French Louis XV / XVI transitional leather top mahogany bureau plat with a tooled border-top
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Provincial Bureau Plat
Located in Hixson, TN
An early 19th century French Provincial bureau plat, having one drawer. This writing table has a
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Antique 1820s French Country Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
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Bureau Plat French For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic bureau plat French available at 1stDibs. A bureau plat French — often made from wood, metal and animal skin — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a bureau plat French — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each bureau plat French bearing Louis XV, Louis XVI or Empire hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made bureau plat French over the years, but those crafted by Maison Jansen, François Linke and Paul Sormani are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Bureau Plat French?
Prices for a bureau plat French start at $1,295 and top out at $247,737 with the average selling for $8,602.
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.
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