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Louis XVI Mahogany And Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with inset black tooled leather top and rounded corners , over one central drawer flanked by two drawers and a single double drawer. Finished back also each end has p...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
A Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood, Amaranth, Mahogany Table
Located in valatie, NY
A Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood, Amaranth and Mahogany Table á Ecrire, C1780, the rectangular
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Superb Quality 19th Century French Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau-Plat Des
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 19th century French Kingwood and ormolu mounted bureau-plat desk, having a shaped
Category
Antique 1880s French Empire Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Fine French Ormolu, Marble, and Sevres Style Porcelain "Marie Antoinette" Clock
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine Louis XVI French Ormolu, Marble, and Sevres Style Porcelain "Marie Antoinette" clock, Circa
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Antique 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Empire Revival Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table
Armchair 19th C
Located in London, GB
leather writing surface, the frieze with three spacious drawers. The desk features finely cast ormolu
Category
Antique 1860s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Flamed Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French 19th century Louis XVI style flamed mahogany and ormolu Bureau Plat. The
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
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
A Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Veneered Writing Table
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The serpentine-shaped sliding top inlaid with foliage and scrolls, above a fitted frieze drawer opening to reveal a velvet-lined writing surface lifting to show a mirror and with a p...
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Ormolu and Marble Figural Mantel Clock
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI ormolu and marble figural mantel clock
Roger Vandercruse Lacroix, Paris, circa 1800
Category
Antique 1790s French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Finely Chased Ormolu and Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI style marble and finely chased
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Important And Large Black Lacquered And Stamped FOURNIER Louis XV Desk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
. Black lacquered
. Louis XV style
. Stamped FOURNIER
. Gilded bronze
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XIV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Boulle Inlay Writing Desk
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in London, GB
This splendid writing desk is an example of skilled craftsmanship of the highest order, and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Pewter, Bronze
19th Century Small Louis XV Style Black Lacquered And Gilt Bronze Desk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
. Louis XV style
. Black lacquered
. Gilt bronze
. Circa 1860
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Marble Paperweights with Ormolu Greyhounds
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of paperweights featuring two greyhounds finely crafted in ormolu, or gilt bronze, sitting on
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Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ormolu-Mounted Boulle Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous Louis XV style clock by Japy Freres 8 day movement in a ormolu-mounted boulle
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique French Louis XIV Style Rosewood and Ormolu Bonheur de Jour, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Louis XIV Style Bonheur de Jour (ladies' desk) features bookmatched rosewood with
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
, mounted with ormolu fittings and with a single frieze drawer.
France circa 1950.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Boin-Taburet Paris Soapstone Inkwell, Ormolu and Chinese Lacquer, circa 1880
By Boin-Taburet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Open-Worked Carved Monkey Design Soapstone Inkwell (Steatite)
Resting on a Red and Gold China Lacquer Tray designed with characters on a bridge.
Mount of tray and inkwell bronze go...
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Inkwells
Materials
Soapstone, Ormolu
Pair of French Ormolu Bronze and Italian Pietra Dura Mosaic Figural Bust Clocks
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French ormolu and Italian Pietra Dura mounted table / mantel clocks with female busts in
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Antique 19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Ormolu Inkwell, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Beautiful 19th century Louis XV style ormolu inkwell. The C-scroll and foliate shaped encrier
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Writing Table, 19th Century with Marquetry and Ormolu on All Sides
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Writing table, 19th century, marquetry and ormolu all sides, 1 drawer belt.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Charles Hour 1870 French Neo Classic Miniature Carriage Travel Clock Gilt Ormolu
By Charles Hour
Located in Miami, FL
French miniature travel clock designed by Charles Hour
Beautiful miniature carriage travel clock
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Early 19th Century Ormolu Inkwell with Cornucopias
Located in Paris, FR
Small Restauration inkwell in ormolu or gilt bronze. The inkwell features a young woman holding
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Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Style Marquetry Kingwood Satinwood
Burl Barrel Roll Desk 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XV style ladies desk offers deeply striated kingwood construction with
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
A Louis XV Ormolu Kingwood
Fruitwood Marquetry Table a Ecrire by Chevallier
By Jean-Mathieu Chevallier
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Louis XV Ormolu Mounted Kingwood and Fruitwood Marquetry Table a Ecrire
Mid 18th Century
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Desk Stand on Onyx Base
Located in Montreal, QC
Napoleon III gilt bronze desk stand with central lidded and footed urn having putti form knop over
Category
Antique 19th Century French Inkwells
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
French Ormolu Mantle Clock, Pendule
L
Angelot Endormi
, Reiche, Paris, Ca 1820
Located in Vienna, AT
, minute divisions with Arabic numerals, inscribed ‘Simon à Paris’, French 7-day movement, smooth pendulum
Category
Antique 1820s French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Cylinder Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XVI pear wood cylinder desk, early 19th century. Features on this desk include a marble top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
$7,000
19th Century French Bureau Plat Parquetry Writing Table
Located in London, GB
1860.
We are delighted to offer for sale this very attractive French ormolu mounted parquetry antique
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
A French Napoleon III Ormolu
Marble Three Piece Garniture After Clodion C.1870
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Tarzana, CA
A French Napoleon III Ormolu & Marble Three Piece Garniture After Clodion C.1870
France, Circa
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat, 20th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRENCH LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU PLAT
20th Century, Crafted in Spain
This
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Desks
Early 20th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Large, excellent quality, very elegant French kingwood bureau plat with brass ormolu mounts, oak
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau en Pente, attributed to Migeon
By Pierre Migeon
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The hinged fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior with drawers above a slide enclosing a concealed well with two drawers, raised on cabriole legs headed by scrolling chutes r...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Leather Top Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Very functional green leather-top office desk, with ormolu mounts and four drawers for storage, in
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Ormolu clock : allegory of spring, 19th century circa 1815 - 1820
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
French Empire ormolu mantel clock showing an allegory of spring, early 19th century fine work
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
Louis XV Style Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Pembroke, MA
An elegant, high-quality French parquetry ladies writing desk, in arbalete form with cabriole legs
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Napoleon III Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Rosewood Parquetry Bureau Plat
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This elegant bureau plat of attractive smaller proportions is surmounted by a shaped gilt-tooled and gilt bronze edged black leather writing-surface above a shaped front fitted with ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
1940s French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
An early 20th Century Louis XV style black lacquered writing desk. This desk features brass/bronze
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Rosewood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
A elegant French late 19th century Louis XV style rosewood and ormolu bureau plat. The top is a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Marquetry Bureau Plat Writing Table, French
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French ormolu mounted marquetry burr walnut, bureau plat or centre table
Category
Antique 1850s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Vernis Martin Bureau de Dame, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Believed to date from circa 1880, this compact and attractive French antique bureau de dame is made
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Secretary in the Style of Jacques Dubois, Rosewood and Ormolu
By Jacques Dubois
Located in Miami, FL
and ornate with ormolu.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Bureau à Gradin Desk by Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This fabulous and rare bureau à gradin, or tiered desk, was crafted by the highly respected
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$148,500
19th Century French Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th Century French writing table with worn leather top and ormolu mounts.
This writing table
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
A Fine Louis XV Style Porcelain-Mounted Ormolu Encrier
Located in Sheffield, MA
Of rocaille form set with four covered inkwells and a pentray, surmounted by a smiling boy wearing a buttoned jacket, seated cross legged, his hair in a topknot, holding twin foliate...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Inkwells
Midcentury Cut Crystal and Ormolu Dressing Set Having Butterfly Motif
Located in Winnetka, IL
Midcentury French cut crystal and ormolu dressing set having a butterfly motif.
Category
Vintage 1970s French Louis XIV Desk Sets
Materials
Glass
Vintage French Louis Revival Marquetry Kidney Writing Side Table 20th C
Located in London, GB
If you are looking for an attractive period style desk but have limited space then this could be
Category
Vintage 1980s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Rosewood and Ormolu Cylinder Bureau
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century French rosewood and ormolu cylinder bureau on four cabriole legs, with one long drawer
Category
Antique 1890s French Desks
Materials
Rosewood
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau Plat with Leather Top
Located in London, GB
An outstanding quality French Louis XV style Kingwood Bureau Plat with an inset leather top with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bureau, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
employing shell and brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs.
Ormolu (from French
Category
Antique 1870s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Kingwood Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Milford, NH
A beautifully detailed Louis XV kingwood writing desk with applied ormolu, rectangle leather
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Rococo Chinoiserie Inkwell
Located in Dallas, TX
an 18th century French Rococo chinoiserie inkwell of gilt bronze with gilt bronze happy Buddha
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Rococo Inkwells
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Fine Quality Napoleon III Mahogany Bureau Plat, circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French fine quality Napoleon III mahogany bureau plat, circa 1880.
Category
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Revival Poudreuse Writing Table, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Louis XV Revival marquetry ormolu-mounted Poudreuse or writing
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Charles X Mother-of-Pearl and Ormolu Watch Holder and Inkwell
Located in Paris, FR
Mother-of-pearl and ormolu watch holder and inkwell. The center of the piece is decorated with an
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Large Transition Style Desk with Black Leather Top
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
. Circa 1900
. Gilded bronze
. Black leather top
. Transition style
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Napoleon III Bronze Ormolu Cuffed Hand on Marble Paperweight
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very nice little Napoleon III paperweight or presse papier.
Bronze gilt elegant ruffled shirt cuffed and ringed ladies hand on a black marble.
Could also be used as ring holder or ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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French Ormolu Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal French ormolu desk for your home. A French ormolu desk — often made from metal, ormolu and wood — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the French ormolu desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A French ormolu desk made by Louis XVI designers — as well as those associated with Louis XV — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one French ormolu desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but François Linke, Paul Sormani and Zacharie Raingo produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a French Ormolu Desk?
A French ormolu desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $10,185, while the lowest priced sells for $290 and the highest can go for as much as $247,737.
Questions About French Ormolu 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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