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19th Century French Bureau Plat with Black Leather Top
Located in London, GB
This very elegant and superb quality, 19th century. French bureau plat is comprised of tulipwood
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Secretary in the Style of Jacques Dubois
By Jacques Dubois
Located in Miami, FL
drawers there is a secret space hidden by a flat writing area.
The four legs and the outline are curved
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Belle Époque Louis XV Style Bureau Plat in Kingwood with Bronze Doré Mounts
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
and working locks. Original brown tooled leather and ormolu mounts and key plates. Paris, France
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Sèvres Mounted Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Spectacular mid-19th century French Louis XV style Sèvres and bronze mounted Kingwood veneered
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Louis XV Style Bureau Plat by Zweiner
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century Louis XV style, ormolu-mounted, kingwood bureau plat, stamped 'Zwiener
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Secretary, Attributed to Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted kingwood and tulipwood parquetry
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Louis XV style French kingwood, ormolu-mounted bureau de-dame. Having six
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Fine small frestanding writing table/desk
Located in New York, NY
Fine small freestanding writing table/desk. Probably by Leon Jallot (1874-1967). Rosewood and gilt
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20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine
Rare Writing Table by Leleu
Located in New York, NY
& clear glass.
This writing table was shown in the exhibition “Leleu 50 ans de mobilier
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Steel
Rare
Early Art Deco Writing Table By E.J. Ruhlmann
By Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in New York, NY
Rare & Early Burled elm writing Table with gilt bronze Sabot and details, by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Art Deco Writing Table/ Desk by Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
Fruitwood Art Deco writing table / desk by Jules Leleu with three drawers and original gilt bronze
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Ormolu
LouisXV style writing desk with ormolu mounts
Located in Hudson, NY
LouisXV style writing desk with ormolu mounts with 3 drawers.New gilt embossed leather top
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Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
French Ormolu-Mounted Leather-Top Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
French ormolu-mounted leather-top desk with two inlaid drawers and matching false drawers on
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century French Fruitwood Veneered Desk with Bronze Ormolu
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century French Fruitwood Veneered Desk with Bronze Ormolu
51"W x 27.5"D x 29.5"H (23.5
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century French Fruitwood Veneered Desk with Bronze Ormolu
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century French Fruitwood Veneered Desk with Bronze Ormolu
51"W x 27.5"D x 29.5"H (23.5
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
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
French Ormolu-Mounted Black Lacquer Bureau Plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED Black Lacquer BUREAU PLAT, circa 1860 with leather inset top
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Desk
Located in New York, NY
19th Century French, Mahogany and Ormolu Desk with Two Slides
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$9,750
A Régence Style Ormolu Mounted Black Lacquer Desk, by Jansen
Located in Riverdale, NY
the rounded rectangular ormolu molded top inset with a gilt-tooled light brown leather surface
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Style Desk
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A fine quality late 19th century French Empire mahogany partners writing table with retractable
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Antique 1890s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$11,652
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
Excellent Quality Large 1960s French Desk
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Impressive, large, 1960s French desk with excellent quality ormolu moulding and mounts. Very much
Category
Mid-20th 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
French Kingwood Parquetry Bureau Plat with Rococo Ormolu Mounts c.1870
Located in London, GB
A very fine French Napoleon III kingwood parquetry bureau plat with Rococo ormolu mounts c.1870
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Rosewood Ladies Writing Bureau or Bureau De Dame
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
A lovely 19th century rosewood ladies writing bureau, circa 1880. The serpentine top with inlaid
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Napoleon III Burr Walnut Neo Classical Bureau Plat With Ormolu Mounts
Located in London, GB
Elegant French Napoleon III burr walnut neo-classical bureau plat with ormolu mounts c1870.
The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
A Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood and Marquetry Desk
Located in Riverdale, NY
the ormolu-moulded kidney shaped top inlaid with flowering vines above a conforming similarly
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Maitland Smith French Empire Style Desk
Located in Sarasota, FL
A French Empire style desk with 2 drawers upholstered in gold tooled leather, ormolu mounted winged
Category
Late 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Rosewood and Ormolu Mounted Vernis Martin Escritoire
Located in Darwen, GB
A French Louis XVI Style rosewood, marquetry & ormolu Vernis Martin escritoire. With a rectangular
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
19thC FRENCH ORMOLU MOUNTED BUREAU PLAT
Located in Atlanta, GA
19thC FRENCH ORMOLU MOUNTED BUREAU PLAT WITH LEATHER TOP
AN ATLANTA RESOURCE FOR FINE
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
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
Rare marquetry French desk with gilded bronze candle holders
Located in Vancouver, BC
Rich Louis XV style writing desk of ovoid form inlaid all round, one long drawer below a leather
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Natchez, MS
French Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat with leather top and ormolu mounts.
Most of the gilt is worn
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Napoleon III French Marquetry Drop-Leaf Salon or Writing Table with Drawer, 1860
Located in San Francisco, CA
A mid-19th century Napoleon III drop-leaf salon or writing table with drawer, displaying
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Napoleon III Black Lacquered Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts
Located in London, GB
French Napoleon III black lacquered bureau plat of generous proportions, with well cast ormolu
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
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
Louis XVI Mahogany Writing Table or Bureau
Located in London, GB
repairs,
France, circa 1790.
Category
Antique 1790s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Small one-drawer parquetry desk with ormolu in the Louis XVI style
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
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
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
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 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
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
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
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Antique 19th Century French 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
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
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
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 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
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
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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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