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Late 19th Century Marquetry and Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Special Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry and Parquetry Bureau a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large Notary Writing Desk Louis XVI Style
Located in BARSAC, FR
Rare Louis XVI style notary writing desk made of mahogany frieze marquetry and light wood and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Louis XV Bonheur Du Jour Desk
Located in Austin, TX
"day's delight" in French, is a type of lady's writing desk popularized in the 18th and 19th centuries
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Leather, Tulipwood
Rolltop Desk after Jean-Henri Riesener Attributed to Maison Beurdeley
By Maison Beurdeley
Located in Paris, FR
Remarkable Louis XVI style rolltop writing desk with marquetry latticework pattern. The front of
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Period Desk Rich Register of Gilded Bronze
Located in Marseille, FR
Napoleon III period desk with rich gilded bronze registers. Leather upper decorated with roulette
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Ziricotte Wood Desk "Litle Shanghai" with Leather Top and Silver Leg
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
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The sides are in zircone and black sycamore marquetry. This desk can be made in other dimensions.
Do
Category
2010s French Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Little Shanghai Desk in Zebrano Wood and Black Sycomore Silver Painted Leg
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
on each side.
The end sides are in zebrano and black sycamore marquetry. This desk can be made in
Category
2010s French Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Shanghai Desk in Ziricotte Wood, Leather Top and Silver Patined Leg
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Shanghai desk in Ziricotte wood, leather top and silver patined leg. The inside is made in Sycomore
Category
2010s French Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Shanghai Desk in Ziricotte Wood, Leather Top and Silver Patined Leg
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Shanghai desk in Ziricotte wood, leather top and silver patined leg. The inside is made in Sycomore
Category
2010s French Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Shanghai Desk in Ziricotte Wood, Leather Top and Silver Patined Leg
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Shanghai desk in Ziricotte wood, leather top and silver patined leg. The inside is made in Sycomore.
Category
2010s French Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Important Art Deco Presidential Desk - André Domin And Marcel Genevriere - Maiso
By Andre Domin
Marcel Genevriere for Maison Dominique
Located in BARSAC, FR
desk of classic french styles and the cubist influence of the art-deco. The top, highlighted by a
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Wood
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI Period Fall Front Desk
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant writing desk, known quirkily as a “bureau à dos d’âne” (donkey’s back desk), is
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Bronze
Maison Forest Signed French Louis XVI Style Writing Table - Late 19th Century
By Maison Forest
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and very fine quality 19th century French bureau plat by renowned Parisian ébéniste Maison
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
New Darck Ziricote wood, Leather Top and Silver Patined Leg Desk Made to Order
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
"Shanghai" desk in Ziricotte wood, leather top and silver patined leg. The inside is made in
Category
2010s French Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
Chic
Stylish Mercier Frères, Paris Nutwood and Gilt Bronze Ladies Writing Desk
By Mercier Freres
Located in Lisse, NL
Finest quality and stunning design Louis XVI style desk, circa 1890.
Owning and using top quality
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Writing Table with Gilt Bronze Mounts, 19th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
neoclassical taste that defined French furniture of the period. Crafted from walnut veneer with a warm patina
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Decorative Occasional Table
Located in London, GB
Square Art Deco side table in macassar ebony veneer, France, 1930s. The table features a bold
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony
19th Century, Bureau Plat, by Francoise Linke.
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality French kingwood and marquetry, ormolu-mounted Bureau plat, signed Linke.
Having
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
$49,610 Sale Price
20% Off
Paul SORMANI (1817-1877) Bonheur de Jour in Marqueterie Stampigliato
By Paul Sormani
Located in Pistoia, IT
Uno scrittoio di superba fattura proveniente dai rinomati laboratori parigini di Paul Sormani. Realizzato con legni esotici locali e d'importazione, presenta intricati intarsi geome...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Secrétaire à abattant d
époque French Louis XVI Style Secretary c. Late 19th C.
Located in Westfield, MA
This Secrétaire à Abattant, crafted in the French Louis XVI style in the late 19th century, remains
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass
Bureau Plat by Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Wien, AT
Paris, late 19th century, elegantly curved hardwood frame, rosewood veneered, inlaid with various precious woods in the form of cubes and leaves, polished in traditional craftsmanshi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Cylinder Bureau by François Linke in the Louis XV Style
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
French cabinetmaker in the 18th century, known for his exceptional skill in marquetry. He crafted
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century French Louis XVI Marquetry Secretaire or Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Louis XVI marquetry secretaire, or secretary desk with bookcase. Beautifully
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Provincial Style Secretary Desk with Marquetry Inlays and Key
Located in Soquel, CA
French Provincial Style Walnut Secretary Desk with Marquetry Inlays and Key. Original Finish.
Category
Antique 1860s Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
French Desk Empire Centre Table Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant antique French desk or centre table
Lovely shaped top with elegant top on cabriole legs
Category
Antique 1880s Empire Center Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Large Transitional Style Bureau Plat After Oeben
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in BARSAC, FR
display at the Louvre Museum. This desk uses the same basics as the famous desk of the King of Versailles
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Bureau Mazarin d
époque Louis XIV
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in PARIS, FR
Bureau Mazarin en marqueterie Boulle. II repose sur huit pieds réunis par deux entretoises en X, montants à pan en décrochement. Plateau marqueté cerclé d'une lingotière en bronze ci...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks
Materials
Bronze
French 18th Century Large Louis XVI Marquetry Desk or Bureau à Cylindre
By Jean Kisling
Located in Berlin, DE
French 18th century large Louis XVI marquetry desk or bureau à Cylindre
An exceptional marquetry
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Exquisite Pariser Poudreuse aus der Transition-Epoche um 1770
Located in Berlin, DE
Dieses exquisite Kabinettmöbel stammt aus der kunsthistorisch spannenden Übergangszeit zwischen dem verspielten Rokoko und dem frühen Neoklassizismus. Die elegante Poudreuse verbinde...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Ormolu Tulipwood and Kingwood Parquetry Leather Top Lady
s Bureau
Located in Germantown, MD
is attributed to Millet, (Maison Millet), a 19th Century French Cabineter known for it details and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$28,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Roll Top Secretary Desk, French Walnut with Marquetry Inlay
Located in Toronto, CA
Elegant Edwardian Cylinder Roll Top Secretary Desk, French Walnut with Marquetry & Parquetry Inlay
Category
20th Century English Edwardian Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Pair French Ormolu Marble Kingwood Rosewood Marquetry Desks Side Tables
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Identical Pair of French Single Drawer Kingwood Writing Desks or Side Tables of oval form
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Directoire Inlaid Marquetry Side Table or Desk with Meticulous Inlay
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Antique Directoire table is adorned with intricate diamond marquetry details on the top and
Category
Vintage 1910s French Directoire Game Tables
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Ladies Desk with Fine Marquetry, Attributed to Beurdeley, Paris, circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Finely marquetry ladies' desk, attributed to Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley
Paris
Rosewood and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Side Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique French Secretary Desk, France 1770-80
Located in Belmont, MA
Antique French Secretary Desk from the Late 18th Century
Explore this French 18th century secretary
Category
Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Satinwood
$11,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Quality Inlaid Marquetry Petite Louis XVI Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exquisite French Louis XVI secretary desk embodies the refined elegance and timeless
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Secretary Desk, France 18th century
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite 18th-Century Louis XV Secretary Desk
This stunning Louis XV Secretary Desk, dating back
Category
Antique 1760s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
$11,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Roll Top Desk, France 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique Louis XVI Roll Top Desk was made in France around 1780. The outside of the secretary
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Yew
Fine Quality Bronze Mounted Cherubs Putti Marquetry Inlaid Kingwood Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This fine quality writing desk exemplifies the elegance and refinement of French neoclassical
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Secretary Desk, France 18th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
This original 18th century Louis XVI Secretaire has a stunning veneer and marquetry. The elegant
Category
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Maple, Walnut
Nightstands with French Marquetry Inlaid, 1920s, Set of 2
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of nightstands or secretary desk with French marquetry on the top, each one slightly oval in
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Night Stands
Materials
Walnut
Original French Louis XV Secretary Desk, Paris 1760
Located in Belmont, MA
This French Louis XV secretary desk dates back to around 1760 and comes from Paris. This exquisite
Category
Antique 1760s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany
$13,200 Sale Price
40% Off
Bonheur du Jour, litterally "Happiness of the Day" Desk in Boulle Marquetry
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful Bonheur du Jour, litterally "Happiness of the day" desk is made of a Boulle
Category
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Drop Front Child Size Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 18th century Country French child's Size drop front desk from Alsace. Made of solid oak with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Brass
François Linke, Louis XV, Rare Desk, Brown Marquetry, Bronze, Sothebys NYC Prov.
By François Linke
Located in Manhasset, NY
exquisite bronze mounts along with detailed marquetry inlay, featuring one single push button spring
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Center Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Secretary Desk, Jean-Georges SCHLICHTIG, Master from 1765
By Jean-Georges Schlichtig
Located in Wien, AT
, with marquetry panels, ornamental motifs and lattice pattern with partly dyed precious woods, polished
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Style Dore Bronze Mounted Boulle Marquetry Secretary Desk or Cabinet
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous Louis XV style French dore bronze mounted Boulle Marquetry secretary desk or cabinet
Category
Antique 1830s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
French Restauration Kidney-Shaped Side Table or Small Desk, 1820s
Located in Leimen, DE
standout piece for any interior.
Key Features:
Top Design: Adorned with lozenge-shaped marquetry and a
Category
Antique 1820s French Restauration Side Tables
Materials
Cherry, Elm, Mahogany
Louis XV Secretary Desk, Paris 1750-60
Located in Leimen, DE
This stunning French Louis XV secretary desk, crafted in Paris around 1750, is a remarkable example
Category
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
20th Century French Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
low door with compartment, beautiful marquetry oakwood . The wood inside opens to a central
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Oak
$3,440 Sale Price
20% Off
French marquetry desk by Linke
By François Linke
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Flat desk, called in French "bureau plat de milieu", with inlaid cubes in rosewood veneer frames
Category
Antique 1890s French Régence Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Superb French Kingwood Marquetry and Parquetry Desk
Located in Applyby Magna, Staffordshire
A very good French freestanding five-drawer desk. With central fitted leather writing surface
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks
Materials
Kingwood
18th French Satinwood and Marquetry Inlaid Desk
Located in London, GB
A French satinwood and marquetry inlaid Bonheure du Jour, late 18th century. The upper portion
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Marquetry Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XV Style walnut and marquetry desk. Center clock flanked with bookcase facade compartments on
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Marquetry
Guilt Bronze Desk Table, France, circa 1850
Located in Roubaix, FR
One drawer little desk or center table, Louis XV style in very fine marquetry on oak and original
Category
Antique 1850s European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Napoleon III French Boulle Marquetry Desk
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Round Top, TX
Stunning Napoleon III French boulle marquetry desk.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks
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French Marquetry Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic French marquetry desk available at 1stDibs. Each French marquetry desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and bronze. Find 568 options for an antique or vintage French marquetry desk now, or shop our selection of 21 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect French marquetry desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each French marquetry desk bearing louis xv, Louis XVI or modern hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one French marquetry desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Aymeric Lefort, François Linke and André-Charles Boulle produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a French Marquetry Desk?
A French marquetry desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,875, while the lowest priced sells for $180 and the highest can go for as much as $1,919,381.
Questions About French Marquetry 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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