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Empire Style Bureau

French Empire Desk Marquetry Inlay Harrods Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire style bureau plat or desk Piece was originally purchased
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Vintage 1980s French Provincial Desks

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Wood

20th Century Empire Style Writing Table or Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
Writing table or bureau plat in Empire style after Jacob Desmalter. Solid, ebonized beech
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20th Century Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

20th Century Empire Style Writing Table or Bureau Plat
20th Century Empire Style Writing Table or Bureau Plat
$9,390
H 32.68 in W 37.41 in D 37.41 in
Russian Early 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany Bureau a Cylindre
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality and spectacular Russian early 19th century Empire style mahogany ' Bureau a
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Antique 19th Century Russian Empire Desks

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Brass, Ormolu

French 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French 19th century Empire st. mahogany and ormolu Bureau Plat. The desk is raised
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks

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Ormolu

Empire Style Mahogany Library Tub Fauteuil de Bureau or Desk Chair
Located in Nashville, TN
Of generous proportions and presence . The front mounted with well cast bronze mounts (of some size and weight ). The top with French interpretations of the Greek Caryatids (very att...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Wood

Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Forest, circa 1900
By Maison Forest
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Empire style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Maison Forest. Paris, circa 1900. Bearing
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Baker Furniture Egyptian Revival Rosewood Leather Top Executive Bureau Plat Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Egyptian Revival, Neoclassical, or Empire style executive writing desk or bureau plat
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Late 20th Century American Egyptian Revival Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

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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 stamped outer acanthus leaf border and inner gold embossed fretwork border with additi...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

French Empire Style Desk Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Wonderful French Empire style writing desk in kingwood with ormolu fittings. Hope the photos do
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Vintage 1970s European Empire Desks

French Empire Style Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat Kingwood
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous French Empire style desk or bureau plat. Elegant piece handcrafted from Kingwood with
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2010s Empire Desks

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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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Ormolu

Louis XV Style Walnut Bombe Partners Desk Empire Bureau Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Wonderful Louis XV style bombe bureau plat or writing desk. This is a dummy partners desk i.e
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Early 2000s French Louis XV Desks

Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Extending Desk
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous Louis XV Style bureau plat or desk. Classic piece of French furniture that just shouts
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Late 20th Century Empire Desks

20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the Antique Empire Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Bird's-eye maple wood on massive beech wood, partially carved and framed. The pedestal is arched on profile shaped washers. Above the four large winged, polygonal standing heads. Th...
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20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

French Empire Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Impressive 19th century fine Empire style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany five drawer bureau plat with
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks

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Bronze

French Bureau Plat Desk Empire Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire style bureau plat desk Good size to this clean and minimal
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Vintage 1980s Empire Desks

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Kingwood

Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French gilt-bronze mounted mahogany Empire style bureau plat, circa 1900 in
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Antique Early 1900s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Continental Empire Style Karelian Birch Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
The black tooled leather inset top over a frieze drawer flanked by two drawers, all with diamond stringing and escutcheons set between ebonized pilasters with foliated capitals, with...
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Antique Early 19th Century European Empire Desks and Writing Tables

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Empire Bureau
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century Mahogany Empire influenced cylinder bureau. Having a marble top, ormolu
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Desks

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Ormolu

Empire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat, Probably France, circa 1900
Located in Greding, DE
Large Empire style, mahogany veneered desk. The desk stands on tall square legs with brass sabots
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Antique Early 1900s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

French Walnut Empire Style Desk or Bureau Plat, Early 20th Century
Located in Houston, TX
Rectangular top with an inset leather surface with bronze banding, Above a case fitted with a single center drawer flanked by two Additional drawers on either side, all with bronze...
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Early 20th Century French Furniture

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Wood

American Empire Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Sheffield, MA
American Empire style bureau with handsome details. Four large drawers with replacement metal
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Antique Late 18th Century American Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

American Empire Style Chest of Drawers
American Empire Style Chest of Drawers
H 43.5 in W 41.5 in D 20 in
Empire Style 3 Drawer Bureau Plat with Bronze Winged Lions
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stunning Empire style bureau plat has an inset leather top over three drawers and pull out side
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Antique Early 19th Century Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French Bureau Plat or Desk with Gilt Griffin Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Empire Style Bureau Plat or Desk, France, circa 1950s. Elegant design in black lacquered
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Vintage 1950s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal, Brass

Vintage Fruitwood Leather Topped Extending Bureau De Plat Desk Writing Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Napoleon III French Empire style Bureau De Plat
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20th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Fruitwood

20th Century Empire Style Writing Table or Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
Writing table or bureau plat in Empire style after Jacob Desmalter. Solid, ebonized beech
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20th Century Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French Vintage Empire Style Mahogany Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Empire style mahogany veneer desk, or bureau plat, with four dovetailed drawers. Green
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Mid-20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

19th Century French Empire Style Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Forney, TX
construction, executed in Neoclassical inspired Napoleonic First Empire style, richly figured mahogany and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal, Ormolu, Bronze, Brass

French Directoire Neoclassical Green Leather Top Mahogany Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Directoire Neoclassical / Empire style green leather top mahogany bureau plat
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Empire style bureau plat
Located in New Orleans, LA
Empire style bureau plat with lyre-shaped legs and distressed leather top
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

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Cherry, Leather

Empire style bureau plat
Empire style bureau plat
H 30 in W 55 in D 28.5 in
#3118 Empire Style Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Empire Style Bureau Plat with Mahogany Veneers on Drawer fronts and Finished Back. Top has Leather
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Vintage 1940s French Desks

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Mahogany

#3118 Empire Style Bureau Plat
#3118 Empire Style Bureau Plat
H 29.75 in W 51.25 in D 25.75 in
Empire Style Bureau Plat by Mercier Freres
Located in London, GB
French Empire Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat by Mercier Freres, Paris c.1900 The
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Early 20th Century French Desks

Empire Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Port Chester, NY
An impressive empire-style bureau, custom made in England for Briggs House. Handsome ebony and gilt
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21st Century and Contemporary English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Mahogany

Empire Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Empire Mahogany Chest of Drawers
H 36 in W 42 in D 22.5 in
Empire Style Writing Bureau
Located in Stamford, CT
Swedish grey painted Empire style three drawer writing bureau with reeded trim and a drop-leaf desk
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Antique 19th Century Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Wood

Empire Style Writing Bureau
Empire Style Writing Bureau
H 44 in W 46 in D 20 in
French Empire Style Walnut Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Nashville, TN
This French Empire Style Writing Desk or Bureau Plat features a green tooled leather top with slide
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Early 20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Walnut

Empire Style Fauteuil de Bureau by Mercier Freres
Located in London, GB
French Empire Style Ormolu Mounted Leather ‘Fauteuil de Bureau’ (desk chair) by Mercier Freres
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Early 20th Century French Bergere Chairs

Pair of Empire Style French Lacquered End Tables / Bureaus
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant pair of most likely Jansen empire style end tables, which were lacquered to spec in a high
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Vintage 1940s French Night Stands

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Brass

Empire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat, France, Late 19th c.
Located in New York, NY
Fine Empire Style Flame Grain Mahogany Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze Mounts, Two "Tirette" Slides
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Empire Style Oak Bureau with Brass Rails and Bronze Mounts
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Empire style desk is very comfortable for work and will add an elegant feel to an
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Vintage 1940s French Desks

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Brass, Bronze

Black lacquered desk
Located in New York, NY
An Empire style partial gilt black lacquer bureau plat, with an inset red leather top, 2 drawers
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Black lacquered desk
Black lacquered desk
H 30 in W 52 in D 30 in
French Empire Style Bureau Plat or Writing Desk
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lovely Empire style bureau plat with green top and painted black finish. The front of the desk
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Mid-20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

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Located in Mobile, AL
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Antique Early 19th Century American American Empire Drawings

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19th Century Lifesize Bronze Bust of Othello after Gaston Veuvenot Leroux
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Biedermeier Secretary Desk, Mid-19th Century
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Empire Style Bureau For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the empire style bureau you’re looking for. Each empire style bureau for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and mahogany. Your living room may not be complete without an empire style bureau — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An empire style bureau, designed in the Empire style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made empire style bureau has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Maison Forest are consistently popular.

How Much is a Empire Style Bureau?

Prices for an empire style bureau can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,600 and can go as high as $55,000, while the average can fetch as much as $8,969.
Questions About Empire Style Bureau
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The Classical world is primarily what influenced French Empire furniture. Greek and Roman motifs appear on many pieces. In addition, the opulence of Egyptian furniture inspired furniture makers active during the period. On 1stDibs, shop a range of French Empire furniture.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024
    The difference between the Biedermeier and Empire styles lies largely in the characteristics most commonly associated with them. Although these two furniture styles both emerged around 1815 and persisted into the 1840s, pieces associated with them have differing features. Developed in France, the Empire style emphasized ornamentation and grandeur, with furniture makers often drawing inspiration from ancient Roman forms. Dark woods were the most commonly used materials of the style. In Germany and other parts of Central Europe, artisans working in the Biedermeier style favored simplicity. They also tended to source woods locally and chose light finishes for their pieces. Explore a selection of Biedermeier and Empire furniture on 1stDibs.