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19th Century French Louis XV Style Desk-Bureau Plat
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix, Georges Jacob, François Linke, Jean-Henri Riesener, Paul Sormani
Located in Houston, TX
Napoleon III kingwood desk, writing table, or bureau plat is finely detailed with the original brown gilt
Category
Antique 1860s European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Inlaid Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
French inlaid Louis XVI style kingwood and walnut bureau plat, with four banded drawers to one side
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood
Tulipwood Bureau Plat
After Model By Cressent
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Sheffield, MA
A French Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood And Tulipwood Bureau Plat
After The Model By Charles Cressent
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
French Louis XV Style Writing or Side Table with Parquetry, Leather and Ormolu
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
cabriole legs and one-drawer. This Belle Époque table which likely served various duties, as a writing
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Kidney Shaped Desk, France 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Small kidney shaped Louis XVI style desk made in France around 1860.
Beautiful rosewood and king
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
French 19th Century Louis XIV Style Ladies Desk Stamped G.Durand
By Gervais Durand
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Finest quality late 19th C French ladies writing desk stamped twice G Durand. on the underside of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Black Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk by Simón Loscertales Bona
By Simón Loscertales Bona 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XVI Style Black Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk by Simón Loscertales Bona. Item
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Shaped Bureau Plat with Brass Gilt Mounts
Located in Benington, Herts
A fine quality antique French kingwood shaped bureau plat/desk with well cast brass mounts, circa
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Kingwood
Late 19th Cent. Louis XV French Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Louis XV style Kingwood bureau plat with extensive ormolu mounts. Top with wonderful marquetry
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A Fine Quality Régence Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood and Satinwood Parquetry Writing Table
with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Satinwood
Antique French Louis XV Revival Cylinder Bureau Howard
Sons, 19th Century
By Howard
Sons Ltd
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis XVI style kingwood bureau a cylindre, in the manner of
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Marquetry
Ormolu Bonheur Du Jour
Located in London, GB
French, Bonheur-du-jour, meaning "daytime delight") is a type of lady's writing desk. It was introduced
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian 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
French Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Marvellous French Louis XV kingwood and gilt bronze bureau plat. Having three drawers, lustrous
Category
Vintage 1910s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Important Signed 19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Cypress, CA
Important fine signed 19th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood five-drawer bureau plat
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Revival Marquetry Bureau, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique French kingwood and walnut marquetry Louis Revival secretaire a
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Bronze-Mounted and Marquetry Bureau Plat
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
French bureau plat with marquetry design and bronze mounts. One-drawer.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in Hixson, TN
A very nice Louis XVI style bureau Plat with ormolu mounts. This piece is made of Kingswood and an ebonized mahogany. There are three drawers on onside and breakfront apron on the ot...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Style Rosewood
Kingwood Demilune Writing Desk, c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XVI offers rosewood and kingwood construction in demilune form with
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Victorian Traveling Desk Mahogany Wooden Burl Walnut Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Gents Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of the
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Brass Bound Traveling Desk Mahogany Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of the 19th century.
The
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Brass Burl Walnut Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
writing slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of the nineteenth century
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Traveling Desk Birds Eye Maple Writing Slope Edwards Roberts
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of the Nineteenth
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Louis XVI Century King Wood and Ebony Leather Top Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
Louis XVI Style Ebony and Kingwood Bureau Plat or Writing Desk
Laurel Ormolu Drawewr Handles
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ebony, Kingwood
Antique Victorian Turnbridge Ware Burl Walnut Traveling Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Ladies or Gents Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
late 19th century Louis X V- Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Larkspur, CA
late 19th century Louis X V- Style Kingwood Bureau Plat with Rounded Rectangular Top Featuring a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Late 19th Century Very Fine Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Larkspur, CA
Late 19th Century Very Fine Louis XV Style Bureau Plat with Beautifully Bookmatched Kingwood and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Kingwood, Mahogany
19th Century Louis XV Kingwood Rosewood Writing Desk Table Vernis Martin Style
By Vernis Martin
Located in Roma, RM
Fantastic and rare writing desk table in the style of Vernis Martin, Napoleon III era, circa 1860
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century France Louis XV Kingwood Inlaid Marquetry Desk and Writing Table
By Charles Topino
Located in Roma, RM
Purple ebony centre desk - France, 20th century, in the manner of CHARLES TOPINO, XIX century
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood
19th Century Kingwood Writing Table by Gillows
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A quite exceptional Kingwood Writing table in the French taste by Gillows of Lancaster. English
Category
Antique 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century French Kingwood and Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A 19th century French kingwood and rosewood writing table. Particularly fine and original gilt
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
Louis XV / XVI Rosewood
Kingwood Writing Table, Circa 1880
Located in Lake Forest, IL
Louis XV / XVI Transitional Style Rosewood and Kingwood Writing Table, Circa 1880
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Kingwood
French Kingwood and Rosewood Parquetry Cylinder Desk
Located in Edinburgh, GB
French kingwood and rosewood parquetry cylinder desk, circa 1920. The parquetry pattern continues
Category
Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
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
Writing Desk with Floral Inlay
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis XVI style writing desk in mahogany with kingwood inlays throughout, having a pull-out writing
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Kingwood and Walnut Writing Table with Gilded Handles
Located in Salisbury, GB
Louis XVI style Kingwood and walnut centre standing kneehole writing table with gilded handles and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Ladies Desk
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
A very special, ladies writing table in kingwood with bronze mounts and scrollwork. The top is
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Satinwood, Satin
George III Writing Desk with marquetry
Located in Kensington, MD
Petite Writing Desk in the manner of Pierre Langlois. Inlay of floral sprays, moths/butterflies
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Paolo Buffa Kingwood Parquetry Kneehole Desk, Italy, circa 1940
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Paolo Buffa Kingwood Parquetry Kneehole desk, Italy, circa 1940??
This exceptional Paolo Buffa
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Ladies Writing Desk Louis XVI Style
Located in New Haven, CT
This elegant lady's writing desk has bookmatched marquetry inlays throughout. Ormolu mountings
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French 19th Century Kingwood Desk Top Drawer Set with Brass Mounts
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
Fantastic quality and very decorative French Louis XV style kingwood and walnut desk top drawer set
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Sheffield, MA
French Louis XV style kingwood and gilt metal mounted marquetry bureau plat with molded outline top
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Sheffield, MA
French Louis XV style kingwood bureau plat with cross-banded molded outline top with three shaped
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Leather
Graceful Louis XVI Style Kingwood One-Drawer Flat Top Desk/Bureau Plat
Located in New Haven, CT
This Louis XVI style flat top desk is of desirable proportion and design and it's outlines are
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Petit Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Santander, ES
Elegant small writing desk in the Louis XV style with serpentine outline and profuse kingwood and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century French Regency Style Rose and Kingwood Office Desk, after Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in Brussels, BE
Large and beautiful Regence style desk called "bureau plat" or "bureau ministre" in rose and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Rosewood and Kingwood Writing Table, 1850s
Located in Roma, RM
French Bonheur du Jour writing table, Napoleon III era (1847-1870) in rosewood and kingwood
Category
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century French Rosewood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The shaped top inset with a beige tooled leather writing surface above three drawers , raised on
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI style kingwood and ormolu mounted bureau plat
By Donald Ross
Located in Fresno, CA
Late 19th Century kingwood and ormolu mounted bureau plat, in the style of Louis XVI. The top
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XVI 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
A Regency writing table. Circa 1810.
Located in Salisbury Wiltshire, GB
A fine quality Regency standard end writing table having gilded and ebonized lion monopodia to the
Category
Antique 19th Century British Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Pewter
19th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat with Brass Mounts and Leather Top
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
An exceptionally good quality French circa 19th Louis XV style bureau plat in kingwood throughout
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Louis XVI Style 1900s Grand Scale Kingwood and Tulip Inlaid Bureau Plat
Located in Atlanta, GA
century (19th to 20th) features a dark leather lined writing desk above three dovetailed drawers with ring
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fine antique French ( circa 1890) parquetry inlaid tulipwood and kingswood leather top desk, with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood, Kingwood
$5,250
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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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