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A fine 18th century Regence kingwood and gilt bronze mounted Louis XV desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Regence period 18th c leather top bureau plat. Kingwood with fine gilt bronze mounts. Black
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Empire Greek Vanity or Ladies
Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
female caryatids, above a folded leather lined writing surface and a frieze drawer, raised on square legs
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Blackened and Gilt Bureau Plat
Located in TOURCOING, FR
with delicate gilt bronze mounts and ornate detailing. The desk is topped with a glass-protected
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Ladies Desk, after Francoise Linke, 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style ladies writing desk, having an inset
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Queens, NY
plaque depicting an allegorical putti scene with a gold embossed leather top.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Bronze Age Desk by Mark Zeff
By Mark Zeff
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bronze Age desk by Mark Zeff, hot rolled steel with wood tanned top.
Bronze Age collection by
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
$4,200 / item
Louis XVI Style Brass Inlaid Mahogany Desk, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Louis XVI brass inlaid mahogany desk with parcel-gilt and green leather inset top. The mahogany
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Small Louis XV Style Marquetry Desk, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
- Marquetry wood
- Gilt and chiseled bronze
- 1880 period
- Leather top
- Three drawers.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Rococo Style Walnut
Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant French rococo style bureau plat writing desk made in walnut with ormolu accents
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Lovely George III circa 1780 Double Sided Walnut Partner Desk Original Handles
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
cleaned waxed and polished it from top to bottom, as mentioned the desk leather has normal patina, there
Category
Antique 1780s English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ostrich Leather, Walnut
18th Century French Regence Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 18th century French Regence Bureau Plat. Four drawers, with pieced leather top with
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Antique 18th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$53,200 Sale Price
30% Off
Original George III circa 1780 Double Sided Walnut Partner Desk Lion Head Handle
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
assistant. The desk comes complete with all original Lion head handles and brown leather top which is
Category
Antique 1780s English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century glossy ebonized Louis XV style bureau plat with lovely bronze ormolu and black leather
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Center Table or Desk in Lacquered and Gilded Wood, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
. This versatile piece can serve as an elegant writing desk, a display table, or a refined centerpiece in
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Antique 1860s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
Jacques Adnet, Art Deco Modernist Desk and Chair, Lacquered Wood, Opaline Glass
By Jacques Adnet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
rosewood, with a black faux leather seat.
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Desk Dimensions: Height: 31.1 in (79 cm), Largest front arc
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Opaline Glass, Wood, Lacquer, Rosewood
GEORGINAN STYLE ANTiQUE CIRCA 1860 VICTORIAN HAND PAINTED OCCASIONAL TABLE DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
style mid Victorian Circa 1860 hand painted Pine occasional table or small desk with lovely early carved
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Antique 1860s English High Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
EXQUISITE EXTRA LARGE DOUBLE SiDED MILITARY CAMPAIGN TWIN PEDESTAL PARTNER DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Flamed Mahogany which have been bleached from new and French polished this golden brown colour, the desk
Category
20th Century English Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
-bronze mounts, the serpentine rectangular top with a green tooled leather inset above three drawers
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
$93,109
A fine 19th c French Louis XV signed Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Paris.
Finest gilt bronze mounts with two side pull outs . Original leather top . French polished
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Marquetry, Ormolu and Jasperware Bureau du Roi by Beurdeley
By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
and intricate floral trellis parquetry. A gilt-tooled leather writing surface unfolds, featuring a pop
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Bureau Plat, by Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
elegance of French design. Featuring a luxurious inset leather top, the piece is adorned with intricate
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$41,625 Sale Price
20% Off
Magnificent 19th century French Louis XVI bureau plat retailed by Rinck Paris
By Rinck
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine late 19th century French mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureau plat. Original leather
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat “à Têtes De Guerriers Antiques”
Located in Dallas, TX
even a version that French Presidents have used.
The top of the shapely desk is mostly covered with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Rare Louis XV Style Bureau Plat, After a Model by J. Dubois, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
enrichments made of rococo motifs. Topped with a tooled red leather writing surface. Raised on four ormolu
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Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Very Fine Gilt Bronze Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Desk by L. Cueunieres
Located in Madrid, ES
moulded rectangular top with gilt-tooled yellow leather-lined writing surface above three frieze drawers
Category
Antique 1880s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Original Thomas Chippendale George III Hardwood Architect
s Work Desk Table
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Architects writing table or desk
A very fine, highly collectable and rare piece of English Georgian
Category
Antique 1780s English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
ORIGINAL STAMPED GIANCARLO DE ASTIS T-28 A TROJAN AEROPLANE WiNG AVIATOR DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
it is sublime. The desk comes with power and internet points at the foot and top, these are set up
Category
20th Century English Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Fine Quality Victorian Kidney-Shaped Desk in Richly Figured Walnut by Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine quality Victorian kidney-shaped desk in richly figured burr walnut by Gillows, the leather
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Antique 1850s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
A French Gilt-Metal Bureauplat, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
in 1980s.
Description:
The shaped rectangular top inset with a tooled leather writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat, Circa 1860 - 1890 for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XVI style mahogany writing desk with satinwood and French walnut marquetry with bronze
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Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Marquetry Bonheur du Jour 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Bonheur du Jour, or Ladies Writing Desk, for sale.
Our experts have dated it to around 1850 and have
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Antique 1850s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
A fine late 19th century Kingwood Bureau Plat in the French Régence style
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
of luxury. The table retains its original gilt tooled leather top, surrounded by a large leaf
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine C19th French Thuya wood
Marquetry Bureau Plat
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine C19th French Thuya wood & Marquetry Bureau Plat
Top with Green inset Leather writing surface
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Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
$2,738 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Empire Revival Cylinder Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
top enclosing a green inset leather writing surface and an arrangement of drawers and pigeon holes
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Antique 1880s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Walnut Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
lower three drawers. The front of the desk opens to reveal the writing surface and interior storage. The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
Antique Petite French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
inset with a gold tooled green leather writing surface and finished with a stylish ormolu border.
The
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Antique 1850s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
original leather top and bronze mounts.
Circa 1800.
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Mahogany Bonheur du Jour
Located in London, GB
from a selection of high quality materials. This type of writing desk was first introduced in France in
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
ormolu, black leather top and two drawers.
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality small late 19th century French Boulle inlaid bureau plat, having an inset leather
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
suggest that you also take a look at our range of leather desk chairs and other chairs suitable for use
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine 19th Century French Neoclassical Style Amboyna and Gilt Bronze Mounted Writ
Located in Benington, Herts
by the Neoclassical designs.
French circa 1880-1900.
A superb amboyna writing desk having
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI style bureau plat.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
an inset leather tooled top, gilded ormolu mouldings and classical monopodia mounts and mask
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$8,215 Sale Price
20% Off
French Linke Influenced Bureau Plat, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Francoise Linke. Having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu mouldings, three frieze drawers with dummy
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$10,954 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood Inlaid Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, the pull-out with its original fitted leather writing surface, and all original hardware. The sides
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Mahogany Bureau Plat, After Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, Sussex
leather top with a three quarter ormolu gallery, three Mahogany line freize drawers, each with gilded
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
A French Directoire Style Ormolu Parquetry Bureauplat, Early 20th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A French Directoire Style Ormolu Parquetry Bureauplat, Early 20th Century
Provenance: Private
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Mid 19th Century Transitional St. Kingwood, Marble, and Ormolu Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
leather writing surface, two drawers with fine ormolu pulls, and one shelf. Above is the original Brèche
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Bureau a Cylindre, Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in Houston, TX
19th century desk with a Cylindre roll top opening to a leather top that pulls out for ease
In use
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Furnitue Gilt Bronze Bureau a Cylinder by A. Chevrie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and its ends with bronze clogs, the top of the desk has a marble surrounded by an openwork bronze belt
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French, 19th Century, Transitional Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Transitional st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, ormolu, and Rouge Royale
French Empire Style Mahogany Writing Desk W/ Red Leather Top
Located in Astoria, NY
Handsome mid-20th century French writing desk, made in French Empire style and sourced from
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Brass
Notary office table
Located in TOURCOING, FR
interior. This high-quality desk is crafted from wood with a green leather top embossed with exquisite gold
Category
Antique 1890s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
$8,307
Exceptional Louis XV-Style Rosewood Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
meticulously detailed to enhance the desk’s luxurious presence. A tooled green leather writing surface is
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat Attributed To Wassmus
Located in Essex, MA
new leather. Purchased from a Palm Beach estate. With shaped top with conforming leather and bronze
Category
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
green gilt embossed tooled leather writing skiver surface with a beautiful gilt foliate and scroll motif
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Nice Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Long Island City, NY
gilt-tooled leather writing-surface within a molded border, above a quarter-veneered serpentine frieze
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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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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