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Antique French Louis XVI Style Pair of Console, Brass Details
Leather Top
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique Pair of Louis XVI style console, with cognac leather top and gold brass and bronze details
Category
Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Directoire style handcrafted Desk in solid wood, with leather pad
Located in Landivy, FR
This desk with top storage compartments is a craft-handed re-interpretation of the French
Category
2010s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Diminutive Leather Top Desk with Pull-Out Sides and Bronze Mounts Stamped Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
An early Louis XVI style leather top desk with pull-out sides and bronze mounts with a single
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
1800
s Antique French Empire, Bronze MTD, Leather Slides, Mahogany, Desk, Bureau
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 800's Antique French Empire, Bronze MTD, Leather Slides, Mahogany. Desk, Bureau!!
Antique
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Leleu Mahogany Kneehole Desk
By Jules Leleu
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco large mahogany kneehole desk with bronze column design trim and leather top. (JULES
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Directoire style desk in oak
Located in Landivy, FR
black leather desk pad equips the top.
The top is sliding and gives access to the drawers also from
Category
2010s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
$3,192 / item
French Art Nouveau Desk
By Ecole de Nancy
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau mahogany desk by l'Ecole de Nancy, featuring a hand-tooled leather top, letter
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$22,000
French Directoire style handcrafted lacquered desk with solid wood
leather pad
Located in Landivy, FR
This desk is a craft-handed reproduction of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th
Category
2010s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Wood, Oak, Lacquer
French 19th Century Kidney Shaped Mahogany Writing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and large-scale French 19th century kidney-shaped mahogany writing table with one
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
Located in IT
The very unusual and particular center desk, called also bureau plat, was made in France, at Paris
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI style writing table, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
an inset leather top, a frieze drawer, gilded ormolu mounts and raised on elegant cabriole legs
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Satinwood, Ebony and Ormolu Writing Desk by D. Ross
By Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI style mahogany, satinwood, ebony and ormolu writing desk by Donald Ross
English, Late
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Roll-Top Desk Attributed to P. Bernard
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
three-quarter galleried rectangular top above a roll-top, opening to reveal a leather-lined writing
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Large Francois Linke Roll Top Desk
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large and very fine Francois Linke roll top desk
French late 19th-early 20th century
Bureau a
Category
Antique Early 1900s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
20th Century Luxurious White Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style
Solid beechwood
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Kingwood Demilune Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (18/19th Century) kingwood demilune shaped desk with bronze dore trim and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Luxurious White Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style
Solid beechwood
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Jacques Quinet Two Tiered Desk, France 1950
s
By Jacques Quinet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional leather desk with oak top with it’s original leather and patina
Chair separate
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebony, Tortoiseshell, Brass, and Leather Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and unique French 19th century Louis XV st. ebony, tortoiseshell, brass, and leather
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
The Desk by Tatjana von Stein, France
By Tatjana von Stein
Located in London, GB
MISE EN SCÈNE.
Designed in England. Made in France.
*Our items are customisable in finish and size
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Neoclassical Walnut Desk ~ Double Faced
Located in Dallas, TX
interest below. The fully gadrooned top, all hand-carved of course, surrounds the leather top desk which
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Desks and Writing ...
Materials
Faux Leather, Walnut
Fine C19TH French Kingwood
Marquetry Bureau Plat /Writing Table
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine C19TH French Burr Walnut & Marquetry Bureau Plat /Writing Table
Black Leather inset top, gold
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$3,833 Sale Price
20% Off
Jacques Adnet Iron and Oak Desk, 1950s France
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental Art Deco era desk by French Modernist designer Jacques Adnet. Black iron 'A' frame with
Category
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
French Directoire Style gray desk in solid oak wood with a leather pad
Located in Landivy, FR
the rear of the top of the desk are symbolized an inkpot hole (left) and grooves to place your writing
Category
2010s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Cherry, Oak, Lacquer
Beautiful Louis XVI Style Writing Table, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Louis XVI style wooden writing table. The rectangular top, surrounded on three sides by a
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th century French Empire Bureau Plat / Desk
Located in Troy, NY
French Empire Bureau Plat of Stately Size, the top inset with a dark leather writing surface
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
A Fine French 1940s Louis XVI Style Cherrywood Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Neoclassical cherry writing table in the style of Louis XVI with one drawer, bronze
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Maison Jansen Attributed Louis XVI Style Ebonized Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Houston, TX
Louis XVI style ebonized desk or bureau plat with a red leather top embossed with gilt, three drawers
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Jacques Adnet President Oak Desk, France 1940
s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
green leather top, details abound in this piece such as the guest facing end with its intricate moldings
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine late 18th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid walnut
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Empire Desk work table, wood , ormolu , Bureau Plat
By Empire Furniture
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind and Amazing Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed black
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$6,560 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Elegant Veneered Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
protruding, profiled table top and gold-embossed and high-quality leather insert (real leather).
Very nice
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
Located in IT
19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
Measures: cm H 103 x W 52 x closed D 9. Open D 59 cm
This
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Marquetry inlaid Lady
s desk, 1890.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
floral marquetry inlaid decoration, drawers above, an inset leather top, drawers beneath, raised on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Paul Sormani Style Antique French Louis XV Kingwood Executive Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding antique French Louis XV style bombay form executive desk or bureau plat desk
In the
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Empire Revival Ormolu Mounted Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
beautifully crafted from flame mahogany. The top has a striking gold tooled black leather inset writing
Category
Antique 1880s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Samantha Todhunter Design Matilda Leather Sawhorse Campaign Desk
By Samantha Todhunter
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic campaign style sawhorse desk or work table designed by Samantha Todhunter London, England
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1950
s Dark Brown Stitched Leather Desk by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in North Miami, FL
This three-drawer Jacques Adnet desk in dark brown stitched leather with ring pulls and brass
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Writing table
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular top with rounded corners and beautiful tooled brown leather writing surface with
Category
Antique 1830s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
1790 Gillows Cuban Hardwood Library Secretaire Desk Writing Table I Bramah Lock
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1790 George III Library writing desk
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$19,169 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique French Louis XVI Style Cylinder Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking antique French cylinder desk with many drawers and compartments. Pull out leather writing
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Kingwood Ormolu Mounted Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality large 19th century French Kingwood and ormolu mounted bureau-plat desk, having a
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
English Patinated Large Desk, Double Side, Wood, Leather
Iron circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
English large desk or side table, circa 1900.
The top is recovered of a large piece of laether
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine French Burr Walnut Bureau Platt Desk
Located in Swadlincote, GB
leather top, ormolu mounts, single drawer, in very nice overall condition.
29" high
36" wide
20" depth
25
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood
Large Empire desk, France, circa 1870. After renovation.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An antique Empire desk from the second half of the 19th century, France.
This piece of furniture
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Gilt Bronze-Mounted table / Desk
Located in Tarzana, CA
A fine 19th century French Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted wood leather top ladies desk. The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French 19th century Napoleon III Period Fruitwood and Ormolu desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fruitwood, Leather and Ormolu Boulle desk. This stunning three drawer desk is raised by four cabriole legs
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Art Deco Desk in Pommelle Sapelle
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
An exceptional quality French Art Deco desk, produced around 1925 using solid Pomelle Sapele the
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Other
French 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Mounted Writing Table of Fine Quality
Located in Benington, Herts
dame or ladies writing table.
The rectangular top having an inset gilt tooled leather writing
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Early Louis XV Ebonized Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with inset reddish brown leather and gilded outer edge. The frieze with single
Category
Antique 1740s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Houston, TX
desk has two drawers with two keys and a lovely tooled leather embossed top. Our French writing table
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Alexandre Chevrie, Museum French Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Royal Executive Desk
By Alexandre Chevrié, Paris 1
Located in Queens, NY
throughout. With original red leather top.
Truly the best quality desk with the most sophisticated design
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine French Empire Design Oak Twin Pedestal Desk
Located in Crawley, GB
pedestal desk, rectangular top with inset tooled writing surface above three frieze, three further drawers
Category
Early 20th Century British Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$5,312 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Desk and Armchair by Jacques Adnet, Stitched Leather and Skaï, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Paris, FR
good: worth signaling are cuts on the desk top which are barely visible under the glass panel (see
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Belle Époque Period Desk
By Henry Dasson
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
mahogany, ormolu and leather desk, signed Henry Dasson 1877. The desk is raised by elegant circular tapered
Category
Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Antique French Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk After Linke 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
1860 in date.
The shaped ormolu mounted serpentine top is fitted with a gold toold green leather
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Jacques Adnet - A French 1950s Desk with Lamp by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Adnet - A fine French Mid-Century rectangular desk and lamp, with a black lacquered metal
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
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French Leather Top Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the French leather top writing desk you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, animal skin and leather, every French leather top writing desk was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer French leather top writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A French leather top writing desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XVI, Louis XV and Empire styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one French leather top writing desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Maison Jansen, Baker Furniture Company and Karges Furniture produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a French Leather Top Writing Desk?
Prices for a French leather top writing desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,000 and can go as high as $63,779, while the average can fetch as much as $4,622.
Finding the Right Desks-writing-tables for You
Choosing the perfect writing desk or writing table is a profoundly personal journey, one that people have been embarking upon for centuries.
Queen Atossa of Persia, from her writing table circa 500 B.C., is said to have been the originator of the art of handwritten letters. Hers was reportedly the first in a long and colorful history of penned correspondence that grew in popularity alongside literacy. The demand for suitable writing desks, which would serve the composer of the letters as well as ensure the comfort of the recipient naturally followed, and the design of these necessary furnishings has evolved throughout history.
Once people began to seek freedom from the outwardly ornate styles of the walnut and rosewood writing desks and drafting tables introduced in the name of Queen Victoria and King Louis XV, radical shifts occurred, such as those that materialized during the Art Nouveau period, when designers longed to produce furniture inspired by the natural world’s beauty. A prime example is the work of the famous late-19th-century Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí — his rolltop desk featured deep side drawers and was adorned with carved motifs that paid tribute to nature. Gaudí regularly combined structural precision with decorative elements, creating beautiful pieces of furniture in wood and metal.
Soon afterward, preferences for sleek, geometric, stylized forms in furniture that saw an emphasis on natural wood grains and traditional craftsmanship took hold. Today, Art Deco desks are still favored by designers who seek to infuse interiors with an air of luxury. One of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco movement was French decorator and furniture designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. With his use of neoclassical motifs as well as expensive and exotic materials such as imported dark woods and inlays of precious metals for his writing desks, Ruhlmann came to symbolize good taste and modernity.
The rise in appreciation for Scandinavian modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary writing desks. It employs the “no fuss” or “less is more” approach to creating a tasteful, sophisticated space. Sweden’s master cabinetmaker Bruno Mathsson created gallery-worthy designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto never viewed himself as an artist, but, like Mathsson, his furniture designs reflected a fondness for organic materials and a humanistic approach. Danish designers such as Hans Wegner introduced elegant shapes and lines to mid-century desks and writing tables, often working in oak and solid teak.
From vintage desks to contemporary styles, 1stDibs offers a broad spectrum of choices for conducting all personal and business writing and reading activities.
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