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French 19th Century Directoire Style Mahogany Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This French 19th century Directoire style mahogany bureau plat, circa 1890, features a richly
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A French Directoire style Leather Top Mahogany Writing Desk, C. 1950.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Crafted in mahogany with a leather writing surface, this elegant desk features five drawers, bronze
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Mid-20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French Directoire Style Cerused Mahogany Desk, circa 1940
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Directoire style three-drawer cerused mahognay desk having gilt embossed leather top and
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Directoire Roll-Top Writing Desk From Savoy Hotel In London
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique cylinder desk from the London Savoy Hotel, label no 968.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Directoire Style 20th Century Desk with Leather Top and Five Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Directoire style wooden desk from the 20th century, with leather top, five drawers
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20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Directoire Secrétaire á Abattant
Located in Sheffield, MA
French antique secretary bureau is made of merisier (prune wood). It has a Provincial Directoire
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Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century French Mahogany and Brass Inlaid Directoire Writing Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century French mahogany and brass inlaid directoire writing desk, the brass moulded edge top
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Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Directoire Carved Walnut Desk Armchair with Beige Leather
Located in Dallas, TX
The sophisticated antique armchair would make an elegant yet subtle statement behind a man's desk
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Directoire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Louis XVI Directoire Style Desk by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Southampton, NJ
Beautifully detailed mahogany writing table or desk made by Maitland Smith in the grand French
Category
20th Century American Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Carved Painted Desk Armchair with Leather
Located in Dallas, TX
statement behind a man's desk. Crafted in France, circa 1960, the carved armchair has curved legs, a rounded
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Mid-20th Century French Directoire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
Sophisticated French Louis XVI Directoire Leather Top Writing Desk Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
2 drawers. Leather top. Gilt accents. Measures: 30 1/2"H x 45"W x 25 1/2"D.
Condition
Scratches. Chip in wood on top.
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Vintage 1950s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage French Directoire Style Black Lacquered Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
The Vintage French Directoire Style Black Lacquered Writing Desk is a stylish piece of furniture
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Mid-20th Century French Desks
Materials
Wood
Handsome Gold Dore
Bronze Ormolu Directoire Maison Jansen Executive Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is the quintessential Maison Jansen executive desk in classic original original ebony and gold
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Vintage 1950s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Directoire Period Hand Carved Painted Bureau De Pente or Secretary Desk
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This exceptional rare Directoire period bureau de pente or writing desk features intricately
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Antique Late 18th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century French Directoire Mahagony Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
A late 18th century Directoire mahogany bureau plat or writing desk. The rectangular brass banded
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Antique Late 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French XIX Walnut Desk
Located in Santa Monica, CA
French XIX walnut two large drawer Directoire desk.
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Antique 1880s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$5,500
French 19th Century Mahogany Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A handsome Directoire style desk from 19th century France. Made from a beautiful mahogany that’s
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Antique 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Directoire Style Mahogany Writing Table
By Henri Jansen
Located in Essex, MA
Attributed to Jansen, Paris. Rectangular top with inset leather over five drawers and same configuration on the reverse but all false drawers, slide outside shelves, raised on square...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Mahogany Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This handsome desk was handcrafted in France during the 19th century with both form and function in
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Antique 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Directoire Style Fruit Wood Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Directoire style fruit wood writing table, 19th century. With a slightly
rectangular top
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Antique 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French 1940s Ebonized and Rectangular Table Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s ebonized and rectangular table desk with bronze edge and trim having two drawers over
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Directoire Style Writing Table, 1940s, Attributed to Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Doylestown, PA
A French Directoire style writing or side table in black lacquer with a white marble top and brass
Category
20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Exquisite Antique French Partners Desk with Tooled Leather Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Antique walnut French Louis XVI style desk having its original embossed leather work area with a
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Antique 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Directoire Style Mahogany and Brass Inlaid Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a beautiful new tooled black leather top with crossbanded and brass mounted edge over a pair of drawers, the back finished, circular brass inlaid fluted circular tapered legs en...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Mahogany and Brass Desk Chair
Located in Benington, Herts
A fine quality French mahogany and brass desk chair with bergère seat, circa 1900.
This large well
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Antique Early 1900s French Directoire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Directoire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat with Leather Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century French Directoire style mahogany bureau plat with leather top, 5 drawers with fitted
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Fine Antique French Mahogany and Brass Desk
Located in Benington, Herts
A very good quality and fine plum pudding mahogany and brass French Directoire style pedestal
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Antique 1850s French Directoire Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French bronze mounted leather top writing desk / tric trac table
Located in Richmond, VA
19th Century French bronze mounted leather top writing desk / tric trac table featuring a removable
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Antique 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Stunning Brass Inlaid French Leather Top Walnut Writing Desk with Pull Out Trays
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a spectacular French-made Directoire or Louis XVI style desk. The desk features two pull
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Vintage 1940s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis Philippe Carved Elm and Leather Desk Armchair
Located in Dallas, TX
woman's desk. Crafted in France circa 1880 and made of elm, the carved armchair sits on front cabriole
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Antique Late 19th Century French Directoire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Elm, Leather
Jansen Red Lacquered Writing Table Desk with White Leather Top
By Maison Jansen
Located in Queens, NY
French Directoire style (1940s) red lacquer and gilt trimmed writing table desk with a centered
Category
Vintage 1940s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf
Late 18th Century French Chestnut Table
Located in High Point, NC
Late 18th century table made from chestnut in France. The top is banded and is of pegged
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Antique Late 18th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chestnut
19th Century French Empire Oak Bronze Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive 19th century French oak and bronze mounted writing table or desk. Transitional French
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century Mahogany Veneered Architect
s Table, workshop of J.J. Chapuis
Located in Berlin, DE
A late 18th century Directoire mahogany architect's table, attributed to the workshop of Jean
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Antique 1790s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Creme Painted Gilded French Directoire Style Office or Desk Armchair, Circa 1950
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
this chair, this may be perfect for your Directoire desk. The chair is painted in a creme finish and
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Vintage 1950s French Directoire Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Directoire Carved Walnut and Brown Leather Desk Armchair
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique fruitwood armchair was crafted in Paris, France, circa 1850, the comfortable
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Directoire Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Bronze Inkwell "Un Fleuve" Signed Barbedienne After Jean-Jacques Caffieri, 19th
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Paris, FR
Gilt bronze and red Griotte marble inkwell featuring an allegory of a River. This old writing box from the end of the 19th century is composed of a penholder hollowed out of marble a...
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Antique 19th Century French Directoire Inkwells
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
French Cane Back Louis XVI, Directoire Style Desk Armchair
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Cane Back Louis XVI - Directoire style desk armchair
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
French Period Directoire Table with Carved Apron and Palmette Motifs, circa 1805
Located in Atlanta, GA
carved rosettes on the knees. Perfect to be used as a side table or desk, this French Directoire table
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Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Maison Jansen Style Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary.
Maison Jansen style 2-drawer desk with
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20th Century French Directoire Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
$1,600
Edward Ferrell French Style Slipper Chair
By Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman 1
Located in Southampton, NJ
beautifully with our French Directoire Style Leather Top Desk. For further details see separate listing. No
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2010s American Neoclassical Slipper Chairs
Materials
Abalone, Upholstery, Cherry, Mahogany
French Directoire Style Desk
By G. None
Located in Newark, GB
This beautiful quality mahogany and brass French Directoire style pedestal desk will make a lovely
Category
20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Directoire Style Ebonized Writing Desk by Jansen
By Maison Jansen, Alain Delon
Located in Hudson, NY
Stunning French writing desk in the Directoire style, circa 1940s, matching black leather top with
Category
20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
French Directoire Style Desk with Leather Top, 1900s
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeous desk in the Directoire style made of walnut wood with an embossed black leather top. The
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Directoire Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Directoire cherry bureau plat, French or Italian
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
$5,950
Grange Signed Directoire French Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
A tres chic Grange signed Directoire French desk. Handcrafted cherry wood with green leather top
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20th Century American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Directoire Style Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
French Directoire style desk with leather top. 1940's Fruitwood.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks
19th c. French Directoire style desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Directoire' style partners desk with lovely worn leather top with slides on either side
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Directoire desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Solid mahogany late 18th century 'bureau plat'
with gilt-tooled green leather
with gilt-tooled green leather
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
$12,000
Circa 1920 "Banque de France" Oak Directoire Style Desk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Circa 1920 "Banque de France" Directoire Style Desk. Formerly furnishing a Banque de France agency
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Directoire Fruitwood Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Directoire Fruitwood desk/bureau plat. It has a single drawer with four
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Fruitwood
French Directoire Double Pedestal Writing Desk
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A large and elegant early 19th c. French brass-bound double pedestal writing desk with inset green
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks
Materials
Wood
Directoire Desk / Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Directoire desk with a removable leather top that is finished on both sides. France circa 1800
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
$4,950
Black Directoire Desk
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Black Directoire Desk from France circa 1790
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$6,500
French Directoire Swivel Desk Chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
A MAHOGANY SWIVEL DESK CHAIR WITH UPHOLSTERED LIFT OUT SEAT, BRASS CAPPED LEGS
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Brass
French Directoire Beech Desk with Leather Top
Located in New Orleans, LA
FRENCH DIRECTOIRE BEECH (THE COLOR OF MAHOGANY & CHERRY) DESK (BUREAU PLAT) WITH LEATHER TOP, TWO
Category
French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Directoire Writing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A French Mahogany Directoire Writing Table With Two Drawers And A Pull Out Writing Surface With A
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Antique 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
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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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