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A French Louis XV Style Rosewood Veneered Bureau en Pente
Located in San Francisco, CA
a good French Rococo Style Fall Front Desk having a rectangular top with an undulating herring bone
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Rosewood

Bureau en bois dans le goût de Charlotte Perriand
Located in Paris, FR
Bureau en pin dans le goût de Charlotte Perriand. En très bon état avec quelques traces d'usure
Category

Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Chrome

Large Regence Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
Of classical rectangular form, the four cabriole legs capped by ormolu female masks, with a further two masks to the sides, with three drawers and a leather writing surface
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart bureau plat. An original furnishing from the Waldorf
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Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Large Louis XV Style 19th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French kingwood parquetry inlaid Louis XV style freestanding
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

French Empire Style Desk with Gilt Metal Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
A perfect example of the Bureau Plat. French Empire style desk with wood marquetry and gilt metal
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Early 20th Century Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Louis XV Style Gilt Metal and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat, 20th century, the rectangular inset leather
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
backplates , the reverse of the desk finished with false drawers. All raised on square tapered legs headed by
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Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Large Louis XVI Style French Mahogany Cylindrical Bureau, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XVI Style Cylindrical Bureau with slides, leather writing surface, fitted interior and marble
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Marble

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Signed Sormani
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV style kingwood and tulipwood
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Ladies Bombe Bureau
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Dublin, IE
A magnificent 19th century French ormolu mounted and brass marquetry inlaid bombe bureau in the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Fine Leather Top Dore Bronze Ormolu French Louis XVI Desk Theodore Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
**French Gilt Doré Bureau Plat Desk by Maison Millet – Exquisite 1890–1920s Ormolu Masterpiece
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Exceptional Louis XV-Style Rosewood Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This exceptional Louis XV-style Rosewood bureau plat features a hand-tooled leather top and its
Category

20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Fine Quality Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat. Having an inset leather top
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat in the style of the Louis XV Napoleon III Paris, circa 1850-1880. In Bois-Satiné
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Beech

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Bureau Plat, by Pierre Garnier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, ormolu, and brass Bureau Plat, signed by Pierre Garnier. The desk is raised by impressive square tapered
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Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Desks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Bureau vintage en verre fumé et métal chromé des années 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 70, plateau rectangulaire en verre fumé, pieds design en forme de
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

French 19th Century Brass and Mahogany veneered Directoire Style Cylinder Bureau
Located in Berlin, DE
French 19th Century Brass Inlaid and Mahogany veneered Directoire Style Cylinder Bureau A 19th
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Antique 19th Century French Directoire Desks

Materials

Brass

A Regence Style Bureau Plat After The Model by Charles Cressent
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
has been used by successive Presidents of France. The model of desk was made by several
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat with Ormolu Bronze Mounts
Located in Tarry Town, NY
exquisite ormolu bronze mounts, epitomizes classic French sophistication. The desk features a beautifully
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Parquetry Bureau a Rognon
Located in Montreal, QC
Although of kidney shape, this desk is more substantial than generally found in such a form. The
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Regence Style Ebonised Bureau Plat by Sormani, circa 1880
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Regence style ebonised and gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Sormani. Paris, circa 1880
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Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Table / Bureau Plat
Located in Madrid, ES
A 19th century Louis XVI style French writing table or desk, known as a "bureau plat”. It has a
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Bureau de Dame
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French Louis XV style Kingwood, ormolu mounted bureau de dame with parquetry
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat Attributed To Wassmus
Located in Essex, MA
The identical desk and possibly the same one pictured in Les Ebenistes Du XIX Siecle by Denise
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Antique 1860s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Very Fine Mid-20th Century Inlaid Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine Mid-20th Century fruitwood bureau plat, fabulously carved, ormolu mounted, cross banded
Category

Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Bureau vintage en bois de noyer et métal chromé des années 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 70, design dans le style de Gordon Russell ou de Jules Wabbes, plateau
Category

Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Bureau Plat
By Philippe Claude Montigny
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the style of Montigny (Philippe-Claude Montigny, mai^tre in 1770), the rectangular tooled leather-lined top surrounded with a later ormolu border, above two frieze drawers and sim...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Mid 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Tulipwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period tulipwood and ormolu bureau plat
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Late 19th Bureau Antique Cartonnier Sliding Top for Hidden Storage
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian smaller-sized writing desk with storage hidden beneath top from the 19th century. This
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Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Mid-19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French mid 19th century Louis XV st. tulipwood and kingwood Bureau Plat. The desk
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Fine Louis XV Style Marquetry Bureau Plat Attributed to François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Montreal, QC
A fine and Important Louis XV style Bureau plat attributed to François Linke (1855-1946) after a
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Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Mid-19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French mid-19th century Louis XV style kingwood and ormolu bureau plat
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Fine Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood bureau plat. Late 19th century. The replaced
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

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

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

Bureau vintage de Louis Sognot en rotin et bois des années 60
By Louis Sognot
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 60, très joli design attribué à Louis Sognot, en rotin, plateau et
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rattan

Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre By François Linke François Linke – Index Number 242 Surmounted by a
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Bureau Mazarin d époque Louis XIV
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in PARIS, FR
Bureau Mazarin en marqueterie Boulle. II repose sur huit pieds réunis par deux entretoises en X
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks

Materials

Bronze

A Very Fine C19th Ormolu Mounted Bureau de Dame by Maison Mottheau
By Maison Mottheau et Fils
Located in London, GB
A French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood , Tulipwood and Parquertry Bureau De Dame dated C1880s The mount
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Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat After Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Parquetry Bureau Plat The
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Bureau de direction pieds traîneau vintage en pin des années 60 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Grand bureau type bureau de direction vintage des années 60 70, en bois de pin, pieds traîneau, un
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Pine

Bureau vintage Marcello Gacita et Pierre Tiberi pour Rodet verre fumé, plexiglas
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 70, design de Marcello Gacita et Pierre Tiberi pour les éditions Rodet
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Smoked Glass, Plexiglass

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

Antique 19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat in the style of the Louis XV Napoleon III Paris, circa 1850-1880. In Bois-Satiné veneer
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
Castle worthy desk, solid wood. Rosewood veneer edged by finely engraved brass fittings. On angled
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Frederic Schmit, Paris, Large Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
By Frédéric Schmit
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century marquetry inlaid French Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having an inset
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood, Mahogany

Gustavian Neoclassical Mahogany Writing Chest / Bureau on High Stand, 1800s
Located in Lucenec, SK
Swedish Gustavian mahogany writing cabinet. The writing part is covered with a black patent leather, with visible traces of use. The inner drawers have bone handles. The upper part i...
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

20th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Piano Black
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat writing table in the style of Louis XV style, silvered bronze fittings. Piano lacquer
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Beech

1950s Oak Bureau in JM Frank Style from Cartier Paris – Exquisite Craftsmanship
By (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in IT
This stunning 1950s oak bureau, crafted in the style of renowned designer Jean-Michel Frank, comes
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Antique 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Regence Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat by Zwiener, circa 1890
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Regence style gilt bronze-mounted bureau plat by Zwiener. French, circa 1890. Stamped to
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Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Bureau by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bureau By François Linke François Linke The upper case with shaped top, surmounted by a serpentine
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Regence Style Trellis Parquetry Bureau Plat by François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Magnificent Regence Style gilt bronze Mounted Trellis Parquetry Bureau Plat by François Linke
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Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Nice Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Nice Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat The rectangular top with
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

20th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Piano White
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat writing table in the style of Louis XV style, silvered bronze fittings. Piano lacquer
Category

20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Beech

An Impressive Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat, 19th/20th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An Impressive Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat, 19th/20th Century Description: With
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Cylinder Bureau by François Linke in the Louis XV Style
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
the tradition of exquisite French furniture, even completing the world-famous Bureau de Roi which had
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

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French Bureau Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

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, 2023
    In 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.