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Bureau-Plat, Paris 1785, Lebesque, 18th Century Writing Desk, French, Signed
Located in Bamberg, DE
renewed, gold-stamped leather writing surface. The desk with strikingly beautifully grained veneer has
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Très beau bureau d
époque Art-Déco en acajou
By Art de France
Located in CANNES, FR
Très beau bureau d'époque Art-Déco en acajou
1 Grand tiroir + 4 petits tiroirs sur les cotés + 1
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
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
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
French Oak Bureau Plat
Located in Chicago, IL
This piece was purchased in Paris and has fine carvings and a lovely proportion. The oak has a warm caramel color that highlights the distressed old leather of the top. The piece has...
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Leather
$15,000
17th Century French Bureau Mazarin
Located in Antwerp, BE
The ‘Bureau Mazarin’ is a 17th century desk form named in memory of Cardinal Mazarin, premier
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Antique 17th Century French Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
Magnifique bureau Art-Déco en placage d
ébène de macassar
By Art de France
Located in CANNES, FR
Magnifique bureau en placage d'ébène de macassar d'époque Art-Déco
Entièrement restauré
6 tiroirs
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Macassar
Antique French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Walnut Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Highly charming French Empire writing table or bureau plat
handcrafted from walnut with ebonized
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Antique 1880s French Empire Desks
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
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
Early 19th Century French Bureau Plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An early 19th century French mahogany bureau plat with embossed black leather top. This desk has
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Antique Early 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
18th c southern french bureau plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
old french desk waxed wood with antique french hardware .
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French French Provincial Desks and Writ...
French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in Natchez, MS
French Louis XVI style bureau plat, mahogany with bronze mounts and leather top.
Three drawer
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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
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
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
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
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Rustic French Fruitwood Bureau Plat, circa 1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rustic French fruitwood bureau plat, circa 1840; with single drawer.
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French Mahogany and Fruitwood Inlaid Bureau Plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
French Mahogany and Fruitwood Inlaid Bureau Plat circa 1870
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Kingwood Marquetry Bureau
Located in Applyby Magna, Staffordshire
A good French kingwood and marquetry bombe shaped bureau, lovely burr walnut interior with well, in
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Vintage 1920s French Desks
Materials
Kingwood
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 Early 19th Century Elm Bureau Plat
Located in Sydney, AU
French early 19th century solid elm bureau plat with five drawers to front pull-out slides and
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Antique 1820s French First Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm, Sycamore
Early 20th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Large, excellent quality, very elegant French kingwood bureau plat with brass Ormolu mounts, oak
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique 18th Century Louis XVI Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk from France
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant freestanding antique French cylinder writing desk veneered with polished Acajou
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Louis XVI style mahogany desk/bureau plat
Located in Kensington, MD
French Louis XVI style mahogany desk/bureau plat with three working drawers on one side, three faux
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Bronze
French black lacquered two-drawer bureau plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French black lacquered two-drawer bureauplat with leather top and bronze dore mounts.
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Dactylo Desk, Bureau Dactylo, Jean Prouvé, circa 1941, France, Oak and Metal
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Paris, FR
Dactylo desk par Jean Prouvé, circa 1941, France, Chêne and metal
Bureau Dactylo par Jean Prouvé
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks
Materials
Metal
Antique French Empire Escritoire 1880 Desks Bureau Chest Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous French Empire antique escritoire or desk.
These are great and practical space saving
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Antique 1880s Empire Desks
Louis XVI Ladies Writing Table Desk Bureau Book Match Walnut Wood
Located in Amsterdam, NL
patina spots on the desk. This antique French Bureau is a beautiful addition to any home.
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Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Charles X Brass Inlaid Rosewood Bureau Plat
Located in Natchez, MS
French Charles X rosewood brass inlaid bureau plat with tooled leather top. Three drawers.
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Antique 19th Century French Charles X Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XV Beechwood Fauteuil de Bureau (Desk Chair)
Located in New York, NY
The shaped arched crestail above a caned back and seat, the seat with loose cushion cover in beige cotton over a serpentine foliate and shell-carved seatrail, on foliate-headed cabri...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Wood
French provencial bureau a cylindre
Located in San Francisco, CA
French provincial grained walnut and ebonized bureau a cylindre (desk), the cylinder simulated as a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
French 1940s Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Excellent quality, 1940s kingwood bureau plat with rare fitted cabinet back and stunning ormolu
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Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Amarante Bureau Plat
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Lieutaud, maitre in 1749. A similar bureau is in:
Le mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle de Pierre
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Art Deco Bureau Desk with Three-Thin Drawers in Black Piano Lacquer
Located in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg
is well protected for the daily use!
Original French Art Deco desk with three-thin drawers
High
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Wood
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
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Second Empire Figured Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Asheville, NC
19th century French Second Empire figured mahogany bureau plat, black tooled leather top, turned
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Napoleon III Rosewood French Bureau de Dame
Located in Tricase, Italia
France, 19th century. Small and elegant Bureau de Dame in rosewood and kingwood with gilded bronze
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Important Louis XVI Bureau a Cylindre, French, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
An important Louis XVI ormolu-mounted acajou mouchete and mahogany "Bureau à Cylindre" The
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
French Empire Period, Mahogany Fauteuil de Bureau
By François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Charleston, SC
An important and rare French Empire period, mahogany fauteuil de bureau à assise tournante with a
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Antique 19th Century French Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
French Fruitwood Bureau Plat, circa 1800
Located in San Francisco, CA
French fruitwood bureau plat, circa 1800.
With two drawers and two book pulls.
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Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century French Tulip Wood and Mahogany Bureau-Plat
Located in Salisbury, GB
Late 19th century French Tulip wood and mahogany bureau-plat with gilt tooled leather skiver.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Tulipwood
French Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in Charleston, SC
An important and rare French Louis XV period bureau plat made of solid mahogany, mahogany veneer
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
French 19th Century Japanese Lacquer Bureau Plat in Napoleon III Style
By Napoléon III
Located in Vilnius, LT
Very rare 19th century French desk in ebony with bronze. French Napoleon III bureau plat - desk. It
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rococo Style Bureau Plat with Gilt Bronze Mounts, France, 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
French Rococo Louis XV style kingwood bureau plat. Serpentine shape gilt top surface with gilt
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Knee Hole Desk Writing Table Bureau
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Come view in our Hertfordshire antiques showroom, just 25 minutes north of London.
Stunning French
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
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
FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU
Located in Banbury, GB
A GOOD MAHOGANY FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU FRENCH C, 1800 THE ARMS TERMINATING IN CARVED RAMS HEADS
Category
Antique 19th Century French Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$8,800
Palatial Neoclassical Style Bureau Plat after Jean-Henri Riesener, France, 1860
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare extra-large French Louis XVI Neoclassical style four-sided bureau plat, after a model by Jean
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Ebonized Three-Drawer Bureau Plat with Embossed Leather Top, French, circa 1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ebonized three-drawer bureau plat with embossed leather top, French, circa 1880.
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French Mid-19th Century Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
French mid-19th century walnut bureau plat.
Standing on swept legs with ormolu toes and finely
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Antique 1860s French Victorian Desks
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Mahogany Veneer and Brass inlaid "Bureau a Cylindre"
Located in Charleston, SC
Interesting Louis XVI style mahogany cylinder desk with a white marble top having a brass gallery
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
A french Louis XV bureau en pente
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
A Louis XV ormoulu mounted bureau en pente, the fall front opening to a writing interior
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Wood, Kingwood
19th Century Louis XV French Bureau Plat
Located in Tricase, Italia
Large and important 19th century French desk in kingwood and rosewood, Louis XV style. It can be
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
Louis XV Style Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat, France circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
A Louis XV Style Carved, Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat, with Gilt Tooled Leather Top
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV style bureau plat
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Louis XV style bureau plat with tooled leather writing surface and three short drawers on cabriole
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Period Bureau-plat
Located in Banbury, GB
A FINE & RARE LATE 18TH.CENTURY LOUIS XVI PERIOD BRASS & EBONY BANDED MAHOGANY BUREAU-PLAT, WRITING
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$17,136
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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.
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Prices for a French bureau desk start at $171 and top out at $1,844,713 with the average selling for $7,727.
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- 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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