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Jansen French Louis XVI Style Ebonized and Black Leather Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (1940s) ebonized
gilt bronze trim desk / cartonnier with 2 drawers and
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold Leaf, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany Lady’s Cylinder Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, brass, ormolu, and Sarrancolin marble
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Table Desk with Parquetry Inlay
By François Linke
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) kingwood table desk with parquetry inlay and floral marquetry
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique French desk crafted in mahogany and tulipwood, featuring a top with three tooled
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20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Napoleon III Period Mounted Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th Century Louis XV st. Napoleon III period ebony, brass inlaid and ormolu
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Mahogany, Satinwood
Gilt-Bronze Mounted Cartonnier Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cartonnier Bureau-Plat (Desk). The shaped rectangular top inset with a recent tooled leather writing panel
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Desk, Signed
Escalier de Cristal, Paris
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. tulipwood, kingwood and ormolu desk, signed
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Side Table/Desk, Signed F. Linke
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
/writing desk, signed F. Linke. The table is raised by elegant slender cabriole legs with wrap around
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Large Regence Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
Of classical rectangular form, the four cabriole legs capped by ormolu female masks, with a further
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI-Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XVI-style ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat / desk with rectangular blue-grey leather
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted Leather Top Desk Signed Billen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
of high-end French furniture. The leather top not only provides a practical and durable writing area
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ebony, Tortoiseshell, Brass, and Leather Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Boulle st. desk. The desk is raised by four elegant cabriole legs with fine fitted foliate ormolu sabots
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Writing Table, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat. Having an inset
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bois-Satiné Writing Table
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A fine French kidney shaped bureau plat desk, having an inset beige leather top. Two side drawers
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Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Very Fine Mid-20th Century Inlaid Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine Mid-20th Century fruitwood bureau plat, fabulously carved, ormolu mounted, cross banded
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Table / Bureau Plat
Located in Madrid, ES
A 19th century Louis XVI style French writing table or desk, known as a "bureau plat”. It has a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat Attributed To Wassmus
Located in Essex, MA
The identical desk and possibly the same one pictured in Les Ebenistes Du XIX Siecle by Denise
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Antique 1860s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
A Black Lacquer and Ormolu Mounted Bureauplat with Leaf Slide, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Black Lacquer and Ormolu Mounted Bureauplat with Leaf Slide, 19th Century
Provenance: Private
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Bonheur du Jour by Winckelsen
By Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen
Located in London, GB
Antique Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu bonheur du jour by Winckelsen
French, 1864
Height 105cm
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century, Louis XV Revival Ormolu-Mounted Bonheur Du Jour by Diehl
By Charles-Guillaume Diehl
Located in London, by appointment only
inkwells. The ormolu edged writing flap again centrally set with both a male
female figure now seated
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$36,965 Sale Price
40% Off
An Empire Style Mahogany Pedestal Desk, By Kahn, Paris
By Kahn
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
the back of the mounts.
France, Circa 1900.
This Empire-style pedestal desk is inspired by the
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional Louis XV 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Secretaire By Befort Jeune
By Befort Jeune
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Louis XV style 19th century marble top mahogany sceretaire desk with bronze mounts is something to be
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$12,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Writing Table by Beurdeley After a Model by Adam Weisweiler
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Antique writing table by Beurdeley after a model by Adam Weisweiler
French, c. 1880
Height 74cm
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Vintage 1980s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel, Ormolu
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor: An Exquisite Ormolu and Églomisé Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Queens, NY
Leather Lined Bureau Plat Desk, believed to be crafted by Maison Jansen around 1938, owned by the
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A Black Lacquered and Ormolu Mounted Bureuplat, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Black Lacquered and Ormolu Mounted Bureuplat, 19th Century
Description:
An exceptionally fine
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Regence Ebonized And Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset black tooled leather surrounded by a brass inlaid ebonized border with brass edge. The frieze with three drawers with cast bronze handles and three ...
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Antique 1730s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
backplates , the reverse of the desk finished with false drawers. All raised on square tapered legs headed by
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Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Very Fine 19th Century Marquetry Inlaid Desk or Library Centre Table
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 19th century marquetry inlaid bird’s-eye maple desk or library centre table, finely
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Bureau Plat
By Philippe Claude Montigny
Located in Kittery Point, ME
leather-lined top surrounded with a later ormolu border, above two frieze drawers and simulated drawers to
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$20,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Mid-19th Century Ebonised Wood, Gilt Bronze and Pietra Dura Desk
Located in London, GB
Antique Mid-19th century ebonised wood, gilt bronze and Pietra Dura desk,
French, c. 1860s
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Ormolu
A Very Fine C19th Ormolu Mounted Bureau de Dame by Maison Mottheau
By Maison Mottheau et Fils
Located in London, GB
A French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood , Tulipwood and Parquertry Bureau De Dame dated C1880s
The mount
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Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
$24,096 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Bureau Plat, by Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
writing desk but also as a stunning example of period craftsmanship and opulence in furniture design
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$41,620 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Mid-19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Desk by Guillaume Lexcellent
By E. Guillaume-Edmond Lexcellent
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fine Mid 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Desk By Guillaume-Edmond
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Krieger
By Maison Krieger
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous quality 19th century ormolu-mounted bureau by Maison Krieger.
Serpentine top with brown
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Tall Standing Desk / Table by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdley
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XV style Second Empire (Napoleon III) small writing desk / table (lectern, stand, or podium
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fine quality 19th Century French, Louis XV Style bureau plat.
With ormolu mounts and moulded
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Louis XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon
By Pierre Migeon
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon is absolutely breathe taking! If you look at
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI style French bureau plat after Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
plat, having an inset suede covered writing surface, a single frieze drawer, wonderful gilded ormolu
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$13,143 Sale Price
20% Off
French, Early 19th Century, Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
wood, and ormolu bureau plat desk. The desk is raised by cabriole legs with fine pierced fitted wrap
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
ormolu Bureau Plat desk. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole leg with exquisite pierced fitted ormolu
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite quality French Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted tulipwood and kingwood bureau plat
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood, Kingwood
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood Inlaid Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. Rosewood, ormolu, and Brocatelle d’Espagne marble
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Linke Influenced Bureau Plat, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat, in the manner of
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$10,952 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Louis XVI style bureau plat.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French parquetry inlaid Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$8,214 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Louis Philippe St. Crouch Mahogany Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive French mid-19th century Louis Philippe period flamed Mahogany and ormolu secretary
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Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
19th Century French bureau plat featuring a high-gloss black" lacquer like" painted finish, bronze
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XVI style marquetry bureau in the manner of Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Kingwood marquetry inlaid Cylinder bureau. Having the three
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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
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
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
An antique Louis XVI style writing desk with beautiful patina. Hand crafted in France in the early
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat by A.M.E Fournier, France, 1870
By A.M.E Fournier
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
the reverse of the bronze mount to the drawer apron. .
This fine bureau plat or writing table is
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Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Parquetry Bonheur du jour
Located in Forney, TX
graceful bonheur du jour (writing table - petite / lady's desk) with beautifully aged patina.
Finely
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Early 20th Century Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A fine late 19th century Kingwood Bureau Plat in the French Régence style
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine late 19th century Kingwood Bureau Plat in the French Régence style after models by Charles
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Cartonnier, Antoine Krieger
By Antoine Krieger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style bureau plat (Desk - Writing Table - Ladies Desk
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$32,955 Sale Price
61% Off
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Marquetry Bureau Plat
By Jacques Dubois
Located in Forney, TX
French Perfection! A most impressive and very fine quality vintage Louis XV style ormolu mounted
Category
20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV style bureau plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This late 19th-century French bureau plat is a stunning example of mahogany craftsmanship. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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French Ormolu Writing Desks For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of French ormolu writing desks for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique French ormolu writing desks was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and ormolu. There are all kinds of French ormolu writing desks available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. French ormolu writing desks bearing Louis XV or Louis XVI hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Many French ormolu writing desks are appealing in their simplicity, but Paul Sormani, Henry Dasson and François Linke produced popular French ormolu writing desks that are worth a look.
How Much are French Ormolu Writing Desks?
Prices for French ormolu writing desks can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, French ormolu writing desks begin at $645 and can go as high as $225,000, while the average can fetch as much as $9,933.
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.
Questions About French Ormolu Writing Desks
- 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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