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Louis XV Style Ormolu Tulipwood and Sevres Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Louisville, KY
Circa 1880; shaped leather inset top with a metal banding over a single drawer frieze and raised on cabriole legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Charles X Burr Elm Desk Chair - attributed to JJ Werner c1830
Located in London, GB
A very fine French Charles X burr elm “Fauteuil de Bureau” desk chair c1830.
The curved backrail
Category
Antique 19th Century French Charles X Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Ormolu
Empire Style Mahogany Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Asheville, NC
A French Empire mahogany console desk with finely cast gilt bronze mounts. A finely veneered, gilt
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Neoclassical Empire Style Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in Essex, MA
A fine quality French Empire style neoclassical desk, in richly figured mahogany with a gilt tooled
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French 19th Century Sienna Marble and Ormolu Clock Garniture
Located in Darwen, GB
A French 19th century sienna marble and ormolu clock garniture. The central portico clock with a
Category
Antique 1880s French Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Ormolu Mounted Writing Table Louis XVI Style
Located in Houston, TX
Louis XVI style ormolu mounted writing table with one drawer. There is fabulous quality bronze
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Transitional Cylinder Desk / Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
18th & 19th century the French Louis XV & XVI bureau plat, a flat top desk with three horizontal
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
A Louis XV Gilt Bronze Emerald Lacquered Desk
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A Louis XV Gilt Bronze Emerald Lacquered Desk. A gorgeous Emerald Green lacquered desk with gilt
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
A Directiore Style Black Lacquered Desk, By JANSEN
Located in Riverdale, NY
the rectangular inset gilt-tooled green leather surface above a stepped frieze inset with three drawers on tapering saber legs with a swollen turned cross-stretcher, stamped JANSEN
Category
Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Ormolu Pendulum Clock by S. Marti
Cie
By S. Marti
Cie
Located in Firenze, IT
An amazing French Napoleon III gilt bronze pendulum clock retaining its original structure made
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
A Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Riverdale, NY
framing and fitted with a drawer on ormolu molded cabriole legs with foliate cat sabots
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French Empire Bureauplat
Located in Kirkland, WA
French Empire Bureauplat
This is a wonderful two drawer French Empire style Mahogany
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Granite, Ormolu
$12,000
French Bureau Plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautifully made Louis XVI style bureau plat made of mahogany inlaid with satinwood and gilt metal mounts. Attributed to Jansen.
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$8,950
A Directiore Style Ormolu Mounted Birch Bureau Plat, By Jansen
Located in Riverdale, NY
the quarter veneered rectangular top above a conforming shaped frieze fitted centrally with a drawer flanked by two graduated short drawers on molded square tapering legs with applie...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Period Ebonized Desk with Gilt Bronze Mounts, Stamped
Bonnemain,
1760
Located in London, GB
desk opens with three drawers with gilt bronze handles on one side, the other side looks the same but
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Art Nouveau Tray by G. Flamand
Located in Fairfax, VA
A French Art Nouveau gilt bronze figural tray by Georges Flamand. This desk tray features an
Category
Early 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu
French Napoleon III Neo-Classical Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
French Napoleon III Neo-Classical Plum-Pudding Mahogany Bureau Plat with Neo-Classical Ormolu
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Lady’s Writing Desk with Chinoiserie
Located in Bergen, NL
This is a very elegant example of a small writing desk with beautiful chinoiserie (Chinese
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Small Louis XV Blue Horn and Ormolu Table Clock
By J. D. Cornellis 1
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
Small table clock from the Louis XV period, circa 1760, signed J.D. Cornellis à Paris.
Single barrel movement with pull-repeat on the right side for quarter-strike on three bells...
Category
Antique 1760s French Louis XV Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Jules Leleu: A Gilt Bronze, Mother of Pearl, and Bois Satine Desk
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
Sumptuous, finely detailed and of the highest quality. The inset leather writing surface above three drawers each with floral mother of pearl marquetry, on tapering octagonal legs jo...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
A Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat, by J F Leleu
Located in Riverdale, NY
the eared rectangular inset gilt-tooled brown leather top above a shaped frieze fitted with a central drawer flanked by a fitted deep drawer and two drawers opposed by a similarly pa...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Fine Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Lady
s Writing Table by Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A lovely, elegant Louis XV style bronze-mounted mahogany lady's writing table, or side table, with one drawer,
by Francois Linke. Bronzes stamped FL on the reverse.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Very Fine French Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
French Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat in the manner of Jean-Henri
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire-Style Encrier
Located in Dallas, TX
French Empire-Style Encrier Crafted from Italian Siena & Black Marble with Ormolu Mounts, an inset
Category
Antique 19th Century French Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Ebonised Bureau Plat with Leather Top by Batistin Spade c1940
By Baptistin Spade
Located in London, GB
An incredibly elegant and stylish French gilt bronze mounted ebonised bureau plat with leather top
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Napoleon III, Louis XV Style Black Lacquered Bureau Plat, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
A magnificent French Napoleon III, Louis XV style black lacquered bureau plat, circa 1870.
The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Neoclassical Style Writing Table in the Charles X Taste
Located in New York, NY
This French neoclassical style writing table has a rectangular top with painted motifs, simulating
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine 19th Century French Kingwood Serpentine Shaped Writing Table
Located in London, west Sussex
This superb and beautiful 19th century French Kingwood writing table features a single top drawer
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Rosewood Ladies Writing Bureau or Bureau De Dame
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
cabriole legs with decorative ormolu mounts to knees and feet. The height to top of the opening is 62cm. A
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau Plat circa 1790
Located in Sheffield, MA
Louis XVI period mahogany and ormolu mounted bureau plat with dark green gilt-tooled leather
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Brass
French Bronze and Marble Inkwell
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautifully cast and gilt bronze inkwell with various coloured marble inlay, French 19th C;
Category
20th Century French Inkwells
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Important Mahogany and Bronze Desk by Jules Leleu, 1946.
By Jules Leleu
Located in Paris, FR
Important mahogany desk, with gilt bronze handles and rings around columns, by Jules LELEU,
Signed
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat from The Movie "Scarface"
Located in Birmingham, AL
Louis XV Style Ebonized Antique Bureau Plat With Ormolu Mounts
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Early 19th French Empire Mahogany and Gilt Mounted Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century French Empire flame mahogany and gilt metal mounted with inset rectangular black
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Malachite and Bronze Inkwell
Located in Midlothian, VA
Louis XV Style Malachite and Gilt Bronze Inkwell on Paw Feet
Category
Early 20th Century French Inkwells
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
A Charles X Ormolu-mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular top inset with a gilt-tooled green leather writing surface above a frieze fitted with three drawers and opposed by one drawer and two shams, the ends fitted with slid...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
French Rosewood Bureau
Located in London, GB
French Transitional Rosewood Bureau plat with leather top and ormolu mounts, c1770
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$25,000
Napoleon III French Marquetry Drop-Leaf Salon or Writing Table with Drawer, 1860
Located in San Francisco, CA
wonderfully executed marquetry and ormolu decorations throughout.
Ebonized mahogany top, frame, and turned
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Large Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted "Bureau Plat", circa 1880
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
We are pleased to present you, a beautiful rectangular form large desk, called “Bureau Plat” in a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
French Gilt Mounted Oriental Lacquer Inkstand
Located in Vancouver, BC
A finely cast and gilded bronze desk set in the Louis XVI style, the lacquer stand Japanese; the
Category
Antique 19th Century Inkwells
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Quality Rare Ormolu Mounted Double Sided Chariot Clock w Cherubs, Vincenti
By Vincenti et Cie
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very fine quality white marble and ormolu mounted chariot clock, with several jovial cherubs, the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French Directoire Mantle Clock of Cupid and Psyche
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Dating from the last decade of the 18th century, this ormolu clock with silk-suspension movements
Category
Antique 18th Century French Directoire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Kingwood and Mahogany Bonheur Du Jour
Located in London, west Sussex
type of lady’s writing desk and features detailed ormolu mounts, a pierced gallery around the top and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French Astronomical Table Regulator, 19th Century
By Maux Lacroix
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
.
Typical French movement of superior quality and finish from an éBauche by Marti & Cie with half-rollers
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Gilt Bronze Clock with Cupid
Located in Lyngby, DK
A very beautiful French gilt bronze clock with Cupid playing on lyre, base is on four lions paw
Category
Antique 1820s French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Napoleon III Mahogany Bureau Plat, France, Mid 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Gilt Bronze Keys and Escutcheons. France, Mid 19th Century
59 inches wide (closed) x
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Ormolu
A Louis XVI Style Black Lacquer Bureau, By JANSEN
Located in Riverdale, NY
the rectangular ormolu molded top inset with a gilt-tooled black leather writing surface above a
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Regence Style Ebonised Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
French Regence Style Ebonised Bureau Plat with Brass Line Inlay, Ormolu Mounts and Handles and a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV "Bureau de Dames" by Jeanselme
Located in London, GB
French Louis XV Style Light Rosewood Bureau Plat with finely chased Ormolu Mounts & Red Leather Top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Precision Table Regulator Clock by Lépine, 19th Century
By Lepine
Located in Braine-le-Chateau, BE
intervals. Breguet style blued-steel hour and minute hands. Ormolu turned bezel.
Chased gilt-bronze case
Category
Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Bureau plat
Located in London, GB
A large French Empire bureau plat in faded mahogany with a leather-lined top and ormolu mounts
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$18,960
NAPOLEON III BOULLE BUREAU PLAT
Located in Natchez, MS
French Napoleon III Boulle Bureau Plat with ormolu mounts and ebony inlaid brass. Exceptional
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Louis XV style marquetry bureau plat/hall table
Located in Vancouver, BC
An 18thC inspired French bureau plat in overall lozenge marquetry; of serpentine form, with three
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Rare French 18th Century Horse Clock, Paris, circa 1760-1770
Located in Isle sur la Sorgue, Provence
Rare Louis XV "horse" Clock, Paris Circa 1760-1770
Bronze model of a horse galloping black patina, carrying on his back a cylindrical box decorated rococo acanthus. containing movem...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Table Clocks and Desk C...
Materials
Ormolu
Small 19th Century Figured Walnut Writing Table
Located in Hungerford, Berkshire
enhanced with ormolu mounts and a brass moulding around the top edge. The inset leather top, like the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fantastic 19thc. Sevres Style Inkwell on Etched Crystal Stand
Located in Redding, CA
This is the only example like this we have seen. It is just wonderful with its little gilt bronze dolphin form candle holders that are finely
cast, as are the other mounts involved ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu
Gilt Bronze and Lacquer Ecrire (Inkwell)
Located in Woodbury, CT
A CARTOUCHE SHAPED ECRIRE IN LACQUER, DECORATED WITH FLOWERS, FRUITS AND LEAVES. THE FOOTED FRAME OF GILT BRONZE AS ARE THE LIFT TOPS OF THE INK WELLS. THERE IS A CHINESE OR JA...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu
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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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