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Regence Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat
By Charles Cressent
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
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The desk has a shaped frieze fitted with three drawers, each with parquetry inlay and gilt-bronze
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine quality Louis XVI Bonhuer du juer, circa 1880.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French LOUIS XVI style, Sevres style porcelain mounted Bonheur du
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Quality Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
, wonderful gilded ormolu mounts, the single frieze drawer having a drop front, opening to reveal a secretaire
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$30,785 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Style Bureau Plate, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
ormolu mounts, three frieze drawers to one side, dummy drawers to the reverse, raise on cabriole legs
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Exhibition Bureau a Cylindre by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Long Island City, NY
compartments and two letter trays, with pull-out black leather-lined writing slide, above a knee-hole with a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large Louis XV Style 19th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French kingwood parquetry inlaid Louis XV style freestanding
Category
Antique Mid-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
to all sides, with tulipwood crossbanding and mahogany, supported on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat After Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in Long Island City, NY
rectangular top with gilt-tooled leather writing-surface within a molded border and with shell-cast mounts to
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Francois Linke Louis XV Carved Wood
Marble Top Console
By François Linke
Located in Tarzana, CA
FRANCOIS LINKE LOUIS XV CARVED WOOD MARBLE TOP CONSOLE TABLE, CIRCA 1890, By Francois Linke.
The table is composed of a veined marble top raised on two curved gilt wood legs, the re...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat
Located in Huntington, NY
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat/Desk, Louis XV period
3 working drawers on one side. Back side
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat with Gilt-Bronze
Breche d
Alep Marble
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
on tapering legs with foliate mounts and terminating in gilt-bronze caps.
French, circa 1880.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
pull-out gilt-tooled maroon leather-lined writing surface and fitted with three alcoves above two trays
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Rare Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Attributed to Zwiener
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Long Island City, NY
leather writing-surface within a molded border above a quarter-veneered frieze, three drawers to the front
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$95,000 Sale Price
24% Off
Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Bureau by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
; the lower case with leather writing inset over a frieze drawer centered by a rocaille and flanked by a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany and Ormolu Writing Desk
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI St. mahogany and ormolu writing desk, attributed to F
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Palais Royal French Ormolu Mounted Desk Writing Set with Pen
By Palais Royal
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very finely made antique French Palais Royal ormolu mounted mother of pearl desk stand with pen
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Revival Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Mahogany and Ormolu Desk/Writing Table
By Conrad Mauter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period mahogany and ormolu desk or writing table
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Gorgeous Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bronze Dore, Bureau Plat, Writing Desk!
Located in Antwerp, BE
with age.
Gorgeous Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bronze Dore, Bureau Plat, Writing Desk!
Louis XV
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
French porcelain and gilt bronze mounted writing desk
French, 19th Century
Height 116cm, width
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th C. Louis XV Style Kingwood Marquetry
Ormolu Bonheur Du Jour Writing Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century French Louis XV Style kingwood and Walnut marquetry, ormolu mounted and galleried
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Side Table/Writing Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XV St. Charnwood, tulipwood, and ormolu side table or writing
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Marquetry Slant Top Ladies Writing Desk, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
French marquetry ladies slant top three-drawer writing desk with floral motif inlay, flanking step
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Gold, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Writing Desk/ Bonheur du Jour
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Writing Desk / Bonheur du Jour—Circa 1900s
This exquisite French
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Ladies Writing Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XV St. tulipwood and kingwood ladies writing desk. The desk is
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Writing Table
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French Louis XVI style bureau plat, having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$6,376 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany and Ormolu Side Table/Writing Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany and ormolu side table / writing desk. The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Side Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Writing Desk by Beurdeley, France, Circa 1880
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Pasadena, CA
A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted tulipwood, amaranth, satinwood and marquetry lady's writing table
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Desk by J Werner
By Jean Werner
Located in Antrim, GB
Exhibition quality antique French ormolu mounted Kingwood desk stamped by the important Paris
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Grand French Desk
Located in New York, NY
Grand Desk with Leather top surface, Gilt Bronze Detail, in the style of Louis XVI
Category
Vintage 1960s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$10,000
Sophisticated 18th Century French Louis XV Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A sophisticated 18th century French Louis XV kingwood and ormolu bureau plat desk, with one long
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Early 20th Century, French Kingwood Writing Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
A highly decorative early 20th century two-drawer, French writing table veneered in Kingwood with
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 1940s Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Excellent quality, 1940s kingwood bureau plat with rare fitted cabinet back and stunning ormolu
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Amarante Bureau Plat
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Rectangular top with tooled light brown leather writing surface within a gilt-surround, above three
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Unique Regence Ormolu-Mounted Ebonized-Walnut Desk, circa 1720
Located in Bordeaux, FR
A beautiful and unique large Regence desk, in blackened walnut and ornamentation of chased and
Category
Antique 1720s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Burr Walnut Gilt Metal Mounted Centre Writing Table
Located in London, GB
19th century French burr walnut ,line inlaid, tulipwood crossbanded and gilt metal mounted with
Category
Antique 1880s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Marquetry Writing Table
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A large French 19th century Louis XV style kingwood, tulipwood and ormolu desk or writing table
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Late 19th Century by Au Gros Chene, Paris
By Au Gros Chene
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
for its age. An antique French parquetry and bronze Cartonnier writing desk with clock from the same
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Regence Kingwood Bureau Plat With Ormolu Mounts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Franch regence ormolu-mounted kingwood bureau plat with leather writing surface
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Fruitwood and Marquetry Writing Table,
Mid-18th Century
Located in London, GB
A Louis XV ormolu-mounted bois satine and fruitwood marquetry writing table. Adjustable writing
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Louisville, KY
Second Half of the 19th Century; featuring an inset rectangular top over a two drawer frieze with side pulls; raised on square tapering legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
A 19th Century Black Lacquered and Ormolu-Mounted Bureauplat
By Jacques Dubois
Located in Armadale, Victoria
An exceptionally fine 19th century black lacquered and ormolu-mounted Bureuplat in the style
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style Double-Sided Black Lacquered Desks
By Romeo
Located in London, GB
Pair of ebonized lacquered desks with gilt ormolu mouldings and tooled red Moroccan leather tops.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat and Cartonnier
By Mathieu-Guillaume Cramer
Located in London, Middlesex
Veneered in rosewood and stained wood of hearts and diamonds intertwined, ornamentation ormolu; the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
French Empire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
An elegant 19th century mahogany writing desk with inlaid leather writing pad in tabletop, with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine and Highly Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Cylinder-Bureau
By G. None
Located in Dallas, TX
-tooledgreen leather-inset writing surface, the frieze drawers with ormolu mounts above an arched kneehole
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
ormolu mounts.
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Empire Gilt Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat with a Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A Empire gilt bronze-mounted mahogany bureau plat, the top with a green leather writing surface
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
1790-French Empire Writing Desk Secretaire Gilt Ormolu-manner Thomire/Desmalter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
interior drawer.
This most extraordinary period French Empire secrétaire slide top desk displays superb
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ladies Writing Desk Marquetry Inlay
Located in Wells, ME
French Louis XVI style fall front serpentine lady's writing desk in rosewood with elaborate
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Kidney-Shaped, Ormolu-Mounted Writing Desk, France, circa 1880
By Maison Millet
Located in Pasadena, CA
A Magnificent French Ormolu Mounted Desk Attributed To Maison Millet. Last Quarter Of 19th Century
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Tulip Wood Chest of Drawers Writing Cabinet
Located in Macclesfield, GB
An extremely good quality French Louis XV style quarter veneered feather banded tulip wood and king
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Mahogany and oak writing table (bureau-plat) by Fidelys Schey
By Fidelys Schey
Located in New York, NY
This desk has a rectangular gilt and tooled brown leather-inset top with molded surround. Each side
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Boulle Bureau Plat / Library Table, Late 18th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Charleston, SC
marquetry writing desk is finished on both sides with three drawers on the front and faux drawers on the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Desk Ormolu Black and Gold Vintage French Writing Brass Curves Wood Ornate
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lovely ornate vintage black and gold with ornate brass metal details on the legs French ormolu
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Mahogany
Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French bureau plat writing desk offers shaped mahogany construction with paneled case
Category
Early 20th Century 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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