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Fine Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A fine early nineteenth century mahogany bureau plat of good colour retaining the original leather
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Antique Early 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
$9,423
Early 19th Century, French, Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Birmingham, AL
An early and very well crafted Louis XV style floating bureau plat, this fine writing desk is
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chestnut
Antique French Vernis Martin Bureau de Dame, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Believed to date from circa 1880, this compact and attractive French antique bureau de dame is made
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Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French "Chaise De Bureau", Beechwood and Caning
Located in Doylestown, PA
A Louis XV style fauteuil de bureau (desk chair) in carved beechwood with caned seat and back
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Cane, Beech
French Bureau Plat or Desk, Mahogany with Black Leather Top by J Sargues
Located in Houston, TX
French bureau plat with bronze ormolu mounts in the Louis XV style. The
Wood is mahogany, The
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Mahogany
"Bureau Plat" desk in ebonized wood with gilt brass mounts and embossed leather
By Maison Jansen
Located in Madrid, España
"Bureau Plat" desk in ebonized wood with gilt brass mounts and embossed leather top - Atr. Maison
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A Black Lacquered French Louis XV-style Bureau-Plat
Located in New York, NY
A black lacquered French Louis XV-style bureau-plat with three drawers in apron, each having
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Vintage 1960s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French Carved Tiger Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Table Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Direct from France, a lovely antique French carved “drop front” secretary/desk with quintessential
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Vintage 1910s French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Oak
Small Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat or Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
A 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry bureau plat, with a brass banded tooled
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
20th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Southampton, NJ
Exceptional 20th Century Kingwood Louis XV-style Bureau Plat featuring original gold-embossed
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20th Century Romanian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Vernis Martin Bureau de Dame, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique French mahogany and ormolu mounted Vernis Martin cylinder bureau de dame
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century French Louis XV Style Rosewood and Ormolu Bureau or Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Spectacular antique French desk in precious rosewood. The line is typical of the Louis XV style
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Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Walnut and Bronze Writing Desk / Bureau Plat Leather Top
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The large Louis XV style writing desk / bureau plat has fine inlaid veneer and is decorated with
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Plum Pudding Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fine and handsome 19th century, plum pudding mahogany, French bureau plat, having a nice old
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bureau, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French kingwood and marquetry Louis XV Revival secretaire a cylindre
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bureau, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French kingwood and rosewood marquetry Louis XV Revival secretaire a
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Antique 1870s French Desks and Writing Tables
Ebonized Louis XV Style Leather-Top Bureau plat/desk
Located in New York, NY
Ebonized Louis XV Style Leather-Top Bureau plat/desk
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20th Century French Desks
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
Materials
Brass
20th Century French Bronze Mounted, Ormolu, Leather Top, Vintage, Bureau Plat!!
Located in Austin, TX
four legs and designed in ornate French styles, like Art Nouveau or Louis XVI.
Most bureau plat desks
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20th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
20th Century French Lacquered Chinoiserie Bureau
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Small French bureau of the 20th century. Lacquered and painted wooden furniture with chinoiserie
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Mid-20th Century French Desks
Materials
Wood
Large Russian Baltic Mahogany French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat Partners Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a rare size, extra deep French Louis XVI style, Russian-made 1840s era writing desk with
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Antique 1840s Russian Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass
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
Antique French Rococo Style Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
An elegant antique French Rococo style walnut bureau plat desk / writing table. circa 1900-1920
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Early 20th Century Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Bureau in Inlaid Walnut, Rosewood, Maple, Tulipwood and Fruitwood
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French bureau from the first half of the 20th century. Furniture pleasantly inlaid in walnut
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Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Maple, Rosewood, Tulipwood, Walnut
French Louis XVI Leather-Top "Bureau"
Located in Austin, TX
French antique, Louis XVI style "bureau" desk of solid mahogany, ebonized with a lustrous French
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bureau, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French kingwood and walnut marquetry Louis XV Revival secretaire a
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Antique 1870s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Restauration Period Freestanding Bureau Plat
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
French Restauration period freestanding Bureau plat in flame mahogany raised on solid mahogany lion
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Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
Fine French neoclassic mahogany leather top bureau plat with double slides, brass ball sabots
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks
A 19th Century French Bureau Plat
Located in CH
An Early 19th Century French Bureau Plat with Gilded Bronze Mounts
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Tambour Top Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Exquisite small antique French writing bureau in mahogany with many fine features, dating from
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Antique 1890s French Victorian Desks
Materials
Mahogany
20th Century French Macassar Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Striking 1940s French bureau plat in Macassar ebony with leather inset top.
Featuring three frieze
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20th Century French Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Macassar
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Stamford, CT
A French Louis xv style, leather top, rosewood and bronze mounted bureau plat.
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
A French Marqueterie Bureau De Dame
Located in Rome, IT
A French Ormolu-Mounted Marqueterie Bureau De Dame.
Transition Louis XV-Louis XVI, vers 1760
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks
19th Century Hardwood and Brass Drop Front Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A hardwood slant-front desk or bureau on carved stand, embellished with ornate pierced brass
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Teak
Ebonized Antq. French Louis XVI Bureau Plat w/Black Leather
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Spectacular antique French Louis XVI style ebonized desk resting on its original fluted legs and
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Outstanding Antique French Bureau Plat w/Ormolu Trim (as-is)
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Absolutely awesome, original un-restored antique French bureau plat with tons of ornate ormolu trim
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Very Fine 19th Century French Bureau Plat by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Louis XV -XVI transitional kingwood and gilt bronze mounted bureau
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Fine French Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Wonderful French Louis XV kingwood 5-drawer bureau plat. Having lovely gilt bronze mounts and
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Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Superb French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Wonderful French three-drawer bureau plat with silvered bronze mounts. Having foliate and fauna
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Vintage 1970s French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality French mahogany Louis XVI style bureau plat, having an inset leather top, gilded
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Fine French Bureau Plat in Tulipwood
Purple-Heart, c. 1840
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine bureau plat of large size, the body veneered in exotic Tulip-wood and Purple-Heart, and
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Late 19th century Bureau
Located in Bronx, NY
Late 19th century Bureau.black leather top and great details.4 side drawers and 1 wide middle
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
$14,500
Bureau Plat in Mahogany with Leather Top, France circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
French desk on high square legs with brass sabots, five drawers and discreet fire-gilded fittings
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Antique Early 1800s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Provincial Fruitwood Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
Provincial cherry wood five drawer Bureau Plat
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Black Lacquer Bureau Plat
By Auffray Furniture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elegant black lacquer Bureau Plat with brass trim and pulls.
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20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau Plat with Leather Top
Located in London, GB
An outstanding quality French Louis XV style Kingwood Bureau Plat with an inset leather top with
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style French Mahogany Bureau Plat or Writing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat or writing table with black embossed leather top
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
French kingwood and rosewood marquetry Louis XV Revival secretaire a cylinder which is decorated
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Louis XVI Provincial bureau plat desk, fruitwood. Ca. 1780.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French bureau plat with two pull-out work surfaces. There is a lockable hidden compartment behind
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Louis XVI-Style, leather-top desk/bureau plat
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Louis XVI-Style, leather-top desk/bureauplat with bronze trim, on tapered legs
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20th Century French Desks
19th Century Beechwood French Bureau Plat
Located in Charlottesville, VA
This table has all the style. Perfect for a desk or hall table.
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Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th-C.French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat / Desk W/ Gilt Bronze, Leather, Lacquer
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This late 18th century French bureau plat received a show stopping make over along the way
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A lovely and useful French Louis XV-style leather-top desk. Graceful lines and stunning brass
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Leather, Boxwood, Kingwood
Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat Desk
By Charles Cressent
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat, after a model by Charles Cressent (French, 1685
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Leather, Kingwood
18th Century French Louis XVI Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Late 18th century French Louis XVI leather top mahogany and gilt bronze bureau plat.
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Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Louis XV style serpentine mahogany bronze-mounted bureau plat with inset leather top, the frieze
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
$8,500
Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
Large Louis XV parquetry Bureau Plat with a tooled leather top elaborate bronze figural mounts
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
$22,500
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal French bureau desk for your home. Frequently made of wood, metal and animal skin, every French bureau desk was constructed with great care. There are 881 variations of the antique or vintage French bureau desk you’re looking for, while we also have 3 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer French bureau desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A French bureau desk, designed in the Louis XV, Louis XVI or Empire style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one French bureau desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but François Linke, Maison Jansen and Paul Sormani produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a French Bureau Desk?
Prices for a French bureau desk start at $171 and top out at $1,844,713 with the average selling for $7,727.
Questions About French Bureau Desk
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.
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