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French Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome French Louis XV kingwood three-drawer bureau plat with parquetry inlays. Having lovely
Category
Vintage 1970s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Kingwood
Vintage French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Desk, 20th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A most attractive writing table from the second quarter of the 20th century, this desk was crafted
Category
Mid-20th Century European Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Inlaid Louis XV Style Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Highly inlaid French Louis XV style desk or ‘bureau plat’ in kingwood, bird’s-eye maple, burl
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Louis XVI Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular inset tooled black leather top with cross banded edge and brass border over a frieze with a central and two flanking drawers, raised on square tapered legs headed by gilt...
Category
Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mahogany and Tulipwood Mounted Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Fine petite writing desk with curved sides and gracefully carved legs in mahogany and
tulipwood
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood, Kingwood
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mahogany and Tulipwood Mounted Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Fine petite writing desk with curved sides and gracefully carved legs in mahogany and
tulipwood
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Wood
French Louis XV-Style Gilt Bronze Mahogany and Tulipwood Mounted Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Fine petite writing desk with curved sides and gracefully carved legs in mahogany and
tulipwood
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood, Kingwood
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
20th Century Inlaid Wood French Writing Desk, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
, palisander, kingwood, ebonized wood and fruitwood. Writing desk with shelf adorned with gilded and chiseled
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Marquetry Ladies Writing Desk Vanity With Stool
Located in West Hartford, CT
Gorgeous French writing desk in kingwood with intricate marquetry inlay work on all sides, amazing
Category
Mid-20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A diminautive kingwood Louis XV bureau plat with ormolu mounts. The top is gold tooled dark red
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Early 20th Century Kingwood and Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 20th Century Kingwood and marquetry bonheur du jour of exceptional quality, the desk inlaid
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Louis XV Style Kingwood Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
An elegant Louis XV style Kingwood gilded ormolu mounted Bureau plat with insert red leather top
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Leather
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
An elegant kingwood and amaranth veneered bureau plat with a brass banded top and raised corner
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Louis XV-Style Kingwood Console, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Attractive French Louis XV style kingwood vanities console with mirror.
19th century.
The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Stamford, CT
A French kingwood bureau plat with herringbone frieze to the top and bronze mounts.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
$18,000
Louis XV Style Kingwood and Marquetry Bureau Plat
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Gilt Brass Mounted Kingwood and Marquetry Bureau Plat, 20th century, the scalloped
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French XIX Louis XVI Kingwood and Tulipwood Bureau Desk with Tooled Morocco Top
Located in Santa Monica, CA
French 19th century Louis XVI kingwood and tulipwood bureau with tooled morocco leather top.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted Kingwood and Parquetry Bureau Plat, early 20th century, the
Category
Early 20th Century European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
French Empire Style Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very fine quality French Empire style writing table in kingwood, boxwood and other inlays
Category
Vintage 1950s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Small Writing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
A fine small scale kingwood and bronze mounted writing table or small end table. The gilt and
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Louis XVI Style Writing Table
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XVI style writing table with parquetry top with various woods and rosewood trim around top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Satinwood, Kingwood
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
French Kingwood Bureau Plat, 19th Century, Regence-Style with Leather Top
Located in Houston, TX
This desk is 19 th century and has the original aged patina. The writing surface is rectangular and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Kingwood
Inlaid French Bureau Plat / Writing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This early 20th century inlaid bureau plat features an attractive inlaid kingwood harlequin pattern
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Kingwood, Boxwood
Very Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat
By Charles Cressent
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very fine late 19th century gilt bronze mounted kingwood bureau plat
Surmounted by a shaped
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
English 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Writing Table
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A very smart 19th century kingwood and ormolu mounted writing table with square tapering legs below
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Bronze Mounted Kingwood Table C1780
Located in valatie, NY
A Louis XV Bronze Mounted Kingwood Table C1780, the serpentine top with inset leather writing
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
A Louis XV Style Ormulu-Mounted Veneered Writing Table
Located in Kittery Point, ME
opening to reveal a velvet-lined writing surface lifting to show a mirror and with a pen container on each
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Louis XVI style kidney-shaped desk with book-matched kingwood veneer and the original
Category
Vintage 1920s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th c signed F. Linke kingwood bureau plat
Located in Dallas, TX
beautiful 19th c signed F Linke bureau plat. Made from beautiful kingwood and ornate and finely
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Transitional Parquetry Inlaid Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Fantastic French transitional kingwood two-drawer desk with parquetry inlays. Having lovely
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
& kingwood. There’s a long drawer on the front & the back is finished & polished too. There is a gilt metal
Category
Antique 1890s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Kingwood
Very Fine and Large Napoleon III Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A very fine and large Napoleon III kingwood bureau plat,
The leather-inset top with rounded ends
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
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
Empire Escritoire Desk Antique French Inlay 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stylish French Empire escritoire desk we date to circa 1880
Elegant inlay on the all sides shows
Category
Antique 1880s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Kingwood and Tulipwood Table Ecrire
Located in New York, NY
French table a Ecrire with writing surface over drawers raised on cabriole legs. After the model by
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Style Kidney Shaped Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French style kidney shaped desk, dating from around the 1930’s period.
It is
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
French Inlaid Kidney Shaped Desk C.1910
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
French inlaid kidney shaped desk with book-matched veneered panels and crossbanding. Finished on
Category
Vintage 1910s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Extraordinary 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Magnificent 19th century French Louis XVI style kingwood kidney shaped desk. Having exquisitely
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Bonheur Du Jour Desk
Located in London, GB
This is an antique French style Bonheur Du Jour desk in kingwood and mahogany, with finely cast
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany
English Writing Table with Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Mounts by Gillow
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in London, GB
, constructed using a finely grained circassian burr walnut, with kingwood cross banding and gonçalo alves
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Antique Monumental French Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine and rare antique ormolu mounted French kingwood bureau plat after Charles Cressent
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Ormolu-Mounted Louis Revival Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French kingwood Louis revival bureau plat with highly decorative ormolu
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Palatial Victorian Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Partner’s Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
with the Buccleuch family at Bowhill House. Another virtually identical kingwood bureau plat is in the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Bureau Plat and Desk Chair, Possibly by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV St., kingwood and ormolu
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XIV Satinwood, Ormolu
Mahogany Inlaid Lady
s Desk c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
French Louis XIV Satinwood, Ormolu & Mahogany Inlaid Lady's Desk with Foliate Cast Ormolu Mounts, Floral
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
18th Century Poudreuse and Ladies Desk - Table d
Accouchée, France, circa 1760
Located in Greven, DE
neatly arranged grain patterns in light rosewood and dark contrasting kingwood.
In the front frame we
Category
Antique 1760s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
Fine French 19th Century Victorian Parquetry and Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine French 19th century Victorian parquetry and ormolu-mounted bureau plat desk. This exceptional
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Small Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat or Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
A 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry bureau plat, with a brass banded tooled serpentine brown leather top with molded edge above three frieze drawers, each fin...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Small Louis XVI Bureau PLat
Located in Berlin, DE
A small bureau plat or writing desk, the rectangular gilt-bronze banded top quarter veneered in
Category
Antique 1770s Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Fine 19th Century French Bureau Plat by Frederic Schmit
Cie Paris
By F. Schmidt
Located in Dallas, TX
mounted desk
Kingwood and mahogany veneer. Black leather writing surface,
three drawers, lock stamped
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
20th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Southampton, NJ
Exceptional 20th Century Kingwood Louis XV-style Bureau Plat featuring original gold-embossed
Category
20th Century Romanian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1960s vintage desk in Rosewood Italian design
Located in None, IT
Rosewood veneer desk, Italian design, 1960s.
CONDITION:
In good, working condition, may show signs of wear given by time.
SIZING:
Height 95 cm; Width 136 cm; Length 66 cm
MATERIA...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
20th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Exceptional 20th Century kingwood marquetry Louis XV-style Bureau Plat. This smaller-scale desk
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century French Kingwood parquetry inlaid Bureau plat. Having ormolu mounts
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
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Kingwood Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic kingwood writing desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and metal, every kingwood writing desk was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a kingwood writing desk — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A kingwood writing desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XV, Louis XVI and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one kingwood writing desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Paul Sormani, François Linke and Frédéric Schmit produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Kingwood Writing Desk?
Prices for a kingwood writing desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $746 and can go as high as $210,617, while the average can fetch as much as $9,800.
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 Kingwood Writing Desk
- What is a writing desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A writing desk may refer to a desk with a top, often sloping, for writing on or to a portable case with compartments to hold writing materials and a surface for writing.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021A writing desk with drawers is also called a secretary. It is a desk with drawers, one of which can be pushed out and the front of the desk lowered to create a flat writing surface. These writing desks have been made in a variety of styles over the years. Shop for a variety of writing tables with drawers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A small writing table is also called a davenport table or davenport desk. They normally feature a sloped or inclined top attached with hinges to the back of the table. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage davenport desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023What an old-fashioned writing desk is called varies by design. Pieces with drop-down fronts are secretary desks (these are typically made of two parts: a chest of drawers on the bottom and a hutch or cupboard with shelves on the top), while ones that rest on two pillars, cabinets or bookcases are pedestal desks. A desk with a small writing surface positioned in front of drawers and cubbies is a bureau à gradin. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of 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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