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French Antique Directoire Period Writing Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful antique French Directoire period writing desk in solid walnut with a single dovetailed
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Directoire Style Leather Top Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Antique French Directoire style desk in ebonized mahogany with a leather top with gilt embossed
Category
Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
French Directoire Style Desk by Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
Beautiful French Directoire style writing table or desk, circa 1940s, overall ebonized, the
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Stunning Inlaid Mahogany Marquetry Bronze Mounted Directoire French Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This desk is absolutely stunning with gorgeous mahogany done in marquetry inlay and bright bronze
Category
Vintage 1920s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Directoire Style Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Directoire style mahogany leather top desk with gilt bronze mounts, circa 1920. This desk features
Category
Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$2,500
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Style Desk
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Mid-20th century French Directoire style desk.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Leather, Cherry
French Directoire Style Leather Top Desk
By Maison Jansen, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Southampton, NJ
French Directoire style desk handcrafted of solid walnut with three dovetailed drawers finished on
Category
Mid-20th Century American Directoire Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Mahogany Directoire Style Desk Writing Table Library Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Vintage French Directoire style desk in mahogany, having a gilt-tooled leather top and further drop
Category
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Directoire Style Leather Top Desk
By Sligh-Lowry Furniture Co.
Located in Southampton, NJ
Striking French Directoire style walnut desk by Sligh Lowrey with three dovetailed drawers finished
Category
Mid-20th Century American Directoire Desks
Materials
Brass
Directoire Leather Top French Style Desk
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s Directoire French style leather top desk, with brass accents.
Leather top has some scratches
Category
Vintage 1950s Desks and Writing Tables
C1930 French Directoire Style Ebonized Mahogany Desk
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Circa 1920-1930 French ebonized solid mahogany desk with its original green leather top and pull
Category
Vintage 1930s French Directoire Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
Antique French Directoire Ormolu Mounted Pedestal Desk
Armchair, 19th C
Located in London, GB
A superb French Directoire Ormolu mounted pedestal desk & armchair set, Circa 1850 in date.
The
Category
Antique 1850s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Ebonized Directoire-Style Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An elegant and refined French Directoire-style ebonized mahogany desk, c. 1800's, with inset tanned
Category
Antique 19th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French Directoire Style Ebonized Bureau Plat Desk with Leather Top
Located in New York, NY
Oversized French Directoire-style ebonized bureau plat desk with leather top on tapered legs ending
Category
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Mahogany Directoire Writing Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century French mahogany directoire writing desk, the moulded edge top having a green leather
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Directoire Three-Drawer Figured Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
styles, Directoire style reflects a pivotal time in French history through a general paring-down of the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Signed French Directoire Style Ebonized Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
leather top with gold embossed trim. The desk is from teh 1940s era and is a perfect size for a New York
Category
Vintage 1940s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Directoire Style Writing Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A timeless French directoire style mahogany and parcel-gilt two-drawer writing desk adorned with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Exceptional French Directoire Partners Desk
Located in Austin, TX
French Directoire ebonized mahogany partners desk (drawers one side, faux facade on the other side
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Directoire Style Black Leather-Top Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Antique French Directoire style desk of ebonized, solid mahogany with a hand-rubbed French polish
Category
Vintage 1940s French Directoire Desks
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Directoire-Style Desk France, Second Half of the 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Table in Directoire style, standing on four conical, fluted legs with baluster-shaped brass feet
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Maison Jansen French Directoire Style Writing Desk
Located in Manhasset, NY
Beautiful Maison Jansen French Directoire style writing table, circa 1940s, overall ebonized, the
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 18th Century Directoire Roll Top Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A handsome and classically designed French Directoire “D” roll top desk. The desk is topped with a
Category
Antique 18th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Marble
French Directoire Style "Bureau Plat" Desk in Cherry with Leather Top
Located in Round Top, TX
French Directoire style "Bureau Plat" desk in cherry with leather top. This desk features two pull
Category
Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Leather
Cherry Directoire Style Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pretty French cherrywood Directoire style writing desk with three drawers and brass details
Category
Vintage 1920s French Directoire Desks
Materials
Brass
French Mahogany Leather Top Directoire Writing Desk with Pull Out Trays
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a very good French mahogany Directoire desk with bronze ormolu and restrained and simple
Category
Vintage 1930s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Painted Directoire Style Writing Desk
Located in Austin, TX
French Directoire style antique painted writing desk in a “Trianon” gray color. A waxed Moroccan
Category
Vintage 1910s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Ebonized Brass Trimmed French Directoire Style Executive Writinig Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous Baker quality brass trimmed desk with a wonderful gold embossed and tooled
Category
Early 2000s Unknown Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis XVI Neoclassical Walnut Directoire Executive Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
"Antique French Louis XVI Directoire writing desk. Made of walnut featuring Neoclassical styling
Category
Antique 19th Century Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Directoire Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A painted directoire writing desk.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Late 19th Century French Walnut Directoire Style Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Burton, TX
Found in the South of France, this Late 19th Century French Directoire Style Writing Desk was
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Directoire Style Leather Top Desk
Located in Southampton, NJ
Directoire style desk hand-crafted of solid mahogany or cherrywood features three dovetailed
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Directoire Style Leather Top Desk
Located in Southampton, NJ
Directoire style desk hand-crafted of solid mahogany or cherrywood features three dovetailed
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Brass
Leather Top Antique 1920s Era French-Made Directoire Style Solid Walnut Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful desk and French-made with a gorgeous leather top and entirely original in
Category
Vintage 1920s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Directoire Writing Table
Located in Madrid, ES
Directoire writing table in solid cherrywood with a large side drawer and iron handle, classic legs
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique French Directoire Style Desk in an Ebonized Finish
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Antique French Directoire style desk, or writing table was found in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Category
Antique 1890s French Directoire Desks
Antique 18th Century French Directoire Style Cylinder Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 42 3/4in W: 36 1/2in D: 20 3/4in
This antique 18th century French Directoire style
Category
Antique 18th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Brass
Directoire Style Painted Desk with Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
Painted Directoire style desk with leather top. This piece is made of solid mahogany and hand
Category
Vintage 1910s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Directoire Cherry and Brass Adorned Kidney Shaped Ladies Vanity Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is superb French Louis XVI or Directoire style desk or ladies vanity for makeup. The desk is
Category
Vintage 1950s American Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Directoire Louis XVI Leather Top Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous smaller writing desk in the Directoire taste, circa 1940. The desk is made of
Category
Vintage 1940s American Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Directoire Style Ebonized and Bronze Mounted Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
bronze sabots. The desk is finished on all sides with bronze beaded frieze and legs. The corners are
Category
Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 1940
s Directoire Style Desk
Located in Buchanan, NY
A Newly Restored French 1940's Directoire Style Ebonized Desk with Brown Leather Top and Brass
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Directoire Style Bronze Mounted Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
form of this writing desk or bureau plat is specifically Directoire - a period which took components
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Directoire Period Writing Desk of Walnut and Mahogany with Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French Directoire period writing table or desk of walnut and mahogany from the late 18th
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
French 40
s Directoire Inspired Desk
Located in Doylestown, PA
A "Directoire" inspired 1940’s - 50’s French bureau plat, in beechwood with two drawers, a pull out
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks
Materials
Brass
French Directoire Mahogany Lady
s Fire Screen Fall Front Bureau or Writing Desk
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This French Directoire brass trimmed Mahogany Lady's petite bureau dates to the early 19th century
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Directoire-Style Leather-Top Desk
Located in New York, NY
Directoire-Style Leather-Top Desk
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French Directoire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Manhasset, NY
French Directoire style mahogany bureau plat, circa 1940s, the black tooled leather insert top over
Category
Vintage 1940s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Antique French Directoire Ormolu Mounted Pedestal Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb French Directoire Ormolu Mounted Pedestal Desk, Circa 1850 in date.
The desk has a
Category
Antique 1850s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Directoire Writing Table
Located in Austin, TX
Antique French Directoire style writing desk of mahogany, ebonized with a lustrous French polish
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine French Bronze Mounted Leather Top French Directoire Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This fine French Directoire bureau plat desk captures the timeless sophistication of early 19th
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Superb Green Leather Top Baker French Directoire Writing Desk with Tablet Trays
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous Baker Desk in the French Directoire style. The desk is beautifully made of
Category
1990s American Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Directoire Mahogany Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
Fine Directoire bureau a cylindre or roll top desk made of solid mahogany, with a cylinder top, a
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
$6,500
French Directoire-Style Leather Top Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Compact size bureau plat fitted with two (2) locking drawers and side pull-out writing tablets; the hardware is brass with a gilded and tooled green leather top.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desks
Materials
Brass
A Fine Directoire Fruitwood Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
The rectangular top with a tooled leather surface
Over 3 drawers all resting on straight tapered legs ending in bronze sabots
Over 3 drawers all resting on straight tapered legs ending in bronze sabots
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Antique French Mahogany Directoire-Style Leather Top Desk, circa 1940
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A large French Directoire-style mahogany desk, with a beautifully accented and tooled gilt-and
Category
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Leather, Ebony, Mahogany
Black Leather Top French Directoire Style Writing Desk Bureau Plat, Circa 1960
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
vintage desk. The desk measures 51 wide x 27 inches deep x 30 tall and has a kneehole of 23 inches. The
Category
Vintage 1960s American Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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Find many varieties of an authentic French directoire desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and animal skin, every French directoire desk was constructed with great care. There are 195 variations of the antique or vintage French directoire desk you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer French directoire desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right French directoire desk, those designed in Louis XVI, Mid-Century Modern and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. A well-made French directoire desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Maison Jansen, Kittinger Furniture Company and Louis Jacques Vaillant are consistently popular.
How Much is a French Directoire Desk?
Prices for a French directoire desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,100 and can go as high as $42,500, while the average can fetch as much as $4,820.
Questions About French Directoire 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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