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20th Century Lacquered and Painted Wood Italian Bureau Desk, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Lombard bureau from 20th century. Furniture in lacquered and hand painted wood with figures of
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Wood
Vintage Oriental Bureau Inlaid Chinoiserie Hand Painted Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Vintage Oriental Bureau Inlaid Chinoiserie Hand Painted
Category
20th Century British Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Walnut
Hand-Painted Writing Bureau Desk of Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria Germany
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for auction this lovely hand painted writing Bureau depicting
Category
20th Century German Modern Desks
Materials
Pine, Paint
20th Century Lacquered Painted and Giltwood Italian Bureau Desk, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian bureau from 20th century. Furniture in lacquered, gilded and painted wood with very
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Wood
Swedish Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Tall 19th century painted Swedish bureau bookcase with mirrored panels, 1880
Dimensions:
38
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Desks
Materials
Wood
$3,358
20th Century Lacquered Gilt and Painted Wood Italian Bureau, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian bureau from 20th century. Furniture in carved, lacquered, gilded and hand painted wood with
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Wood
Swedish Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th century Swedish bureau with original painted interior.
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
$5,420
20th Century Lacquered and Painted Wood Italian Bureau Desk, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Tuscan bureau from the mid-twentieth century. Sculpted, lacquered and chiseled wooden furniture of
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Wood
Serpentine Danish Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Fabulous 18th century Danish serpentine bureau, 1760.
Dimensions:
46.5 inches (118 cms) wide
Category
Antique 18th Century Danish Desks
Materials
Oak
$5,476
Museum Quality Victorian Hand-Painted Royal Navy Chatham Writing Bureau
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Wimbledon-Furniture
We are delighted to offer for sale this one of a kind hand painted Victorian
Category
Antique 19th Century British High Victorian Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Excavated Bureau ‘EB-2’ in Painted Maple, Silver Plated Bronze, Cast Pewter
By Jeff Martin Joinery
Located in Vancouver, BC
Unique excavated bureau offered by the studio at Jeff Martin Joinery. Measures: 84" W x 27" H x 19
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Cabinets
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze, Pewter
Gustavian Style Bureau in Original Paint and Guilt, Early 19th Century
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Gustavian style bureau in original paint and guilt, with old locks and hardware, early 19th century
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Cabinets
In Her Bureau
By David Collins
Located in Dallas, TX
David Collins earned a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and currently lives and works in New York. Collins has exhibited nationally and internationally. Collins has an ong...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Wood
18th Century Baroque Bureau That
s Been Dry Scraped to Original Paint
Located in Kramfors, SE
Bureau with three big drawers. Marbled tabletop. The handles on the sides are original to the
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Painted French Bureau with
Trompe L
Oeil
Leather Top, circa 1820
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique, painted French bureau or desk has a most unusual painted top surface. The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Charles X Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century English Black Lacquered and Gold Painted Wood Bureau Chest
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind Chinese exports black lacquered chinoiserie and golded painted with flowers, animals
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Chinese Chippendale Commodes and Chest...
Materials
Bronze
18th Century English Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C English painted oak bureau. Original brass fittings. 1780.
Height to underside of desk is
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Swedish Pine Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th C Swedish pine bureau bookcase with floral painted panels. 1841.
This piece can be painted
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Bookcases
Materials
Pine
18th Century English Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 18th C English painted oak bureau / writing desk. 1780.
Dimensions
37.5 inches (95 cms
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 18th C painted English oak bureau / writing desk. Awaiting leather insert. 1780.
Reference
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C English painted oak bureau. Original brass fittings. 1780.
Height to underside of desk is
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C English painted oak bureau with numerous secret drawers and original brass fittings. 1780
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks
Materials
Oak
Swedish Late Baroque Bureau
Located in Ljungby, SE
Swedish late baroque bureau, probably made in Stockholm during the 1750s-60s. The bureau has three
Category
Antique 1750s Swedish Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze, Iron
$11,100
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretary Bureau Desk with Original Red Paint
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique secretary desk from Sweden dated 1897, with original paint and floral decorations made in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
English Writing Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th century English painted writing bureau, 1820.
Dimensions:
33.5 inches (85 cms) wide
Category
Antique 19th Century English George III Desks
$1,713
Swedish Serpentine Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 19th century, Swedish original painted Swedish Bureau, 1890
Reference: 5303
Dimensions
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique French Louis XV Black Painted Desk, Bureau Plat with Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XV black painted desk, Bureau plat with bronze mounts is a stunning look with
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Excavated Bureau, Unique Edition of 1 in Cork Formed Pewter and Painted Maple
By Jeff Martin, Jeff Martin Joinery
Located in Vancouver, BC
Our team researched historical casting methods in order to develop a process unique to our studio.
We use agglomerated cork as our blanks for our molds because:
1. The 6mm-14m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Credenzas
Materials
Pewter
18th Century Swedish Baroque Bureau
Located in Kastrup, DK
Baroque bureau, Sweden, circa 1750. Black-painted pine with gray-lined fillings. Behind the writing
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Bureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
This lovely 19th century Gustavian slant front bureau features a painted lid with sleek paneling
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks
Materials
Wood
20th Century Venetian Lacquered Bureau
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
-painted wood with floral decorations, of great taste and enjoyment. Bureau of high proportion, it can be
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Wood
A Dutch Bombe Bureau Desk
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Stylish Dutch 19th Century painted bombe bureau desk with wonderful carved lions paw feet and
Category
Antique 1880s Dutch Country Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
20th Century Venetian Lacquered Bureau
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
and painted with floral decorations wood of great taste and nice decoration. Bureau with high leg
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Stunning 18th C Swedish bureau bookcase with good carved detail. 1780.
Height to desk is 69cm
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Bookcases
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish Bureau
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th Century Swedish bureau.
With a fall front desk, opening to nine drawers this makes the
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Bureau
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Elegant 18th Century Swedish bureau.
The exterior and interior of this lovely piece are painted
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Cylinder Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Very rare 19th century English original painted cylinder bureau bookcase, 1860
Dimensions
Category
Antique 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
20th Century French Lacquered Chinoiserie Bureau
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Small French bureau of the 20th century. Lacquered and painted wooden furniture with chinoiserie
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks
Materials
Wood
Spanish Lacquered Bombe Bureau Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A stylish Spanish mid-20th century cream lacquer bookcase in the Chinese style. Of bombe form terminating in handsome lions paw feet.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Chinoiserie Bookcases
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Writing Bureau
Located in Mckinney, TX
wooden knobs that retain their original black paint. The body of the bureau has been meticulously dry
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Pine
18th Century Chinese Export Bureau Cabinet
Located in Conwy, GB
(replaced).
This bureau cabinet was produced in Canton (Guangzhou) in southern China, which in the 18th
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
18th Century English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty 18th C English painted pine bureau bookcase. 1780.
Dimensions
38 inches (97 cms) wide
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Bookcases
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Bureau
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Early 19th Century fall front bureau.
This lovely bureau is in a sturdy condition with very few
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Bureau
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
decorated with oval reeded fronts. The inside is scraped original paint with two shelves. The bottom half
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
19th Century Blue Oak Secretary Bureau from Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
professional custom layered blue painted finish which has been gently distressed to reveal the original oak
Category
Antique 19th Century Danish Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Paint
Vintage French Provincial Petit-Bureau de Dame
Located in Forney, TX
A beautiful petit-bureau de dame (also known as bonheur de jour or lady's secretary desk). Born in
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Queen Anne Black Japanned Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
A beautiful piece reputedly purchased by the previous owner from Kentshire Antiques in New York for 185,000 in the 1980s. With flat top over a pair of beveled mirror doors enclosing ...
Category
Antique 1710s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Decorated Bureau on Stand
Located in Cheshire, GB
Black lacquer chinoiserie decorated bureau on stand. Painted with typical chinoiserie landscapes
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Paint
20th Century Venetian Lacquered and Gilt Bureau
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
and hand-painted wood with floral decorations, of very pleasant and fabulous decor. High leg bureau
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Wood
Unusual Louis XIV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
Unusual Louis XIV style leather top carved, painted and parcel gilt Bureau Plat.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Swedish Baroque Bureau from the Mid-18th Century
Located in Kramfors, SE
Small charming bureau in baroque manufactured during the mid-1700s in northern Sweden. The bureau
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
George III Japanned Slant Lid Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Double arch top with three giltwood finials over a pair of beveled mirror doors opening to a fitted interior, the base with slant lid writing surface opening to a fitted interior, ov...
Category
Antique 1760s English George III Bookcases
Materials
Oak
18th Century Black Forest White Bureau Bookcase, German
By Black Forest
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing corner cabinet or Bureau-bookcase with two parts. Germany, Baroque, Black Forest style
Category
Antique 1780s German Black Forest Corner Cupboards
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Vernis Martin Style Bureau de Dame
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV style bureau de dame / ladies desk with Vernis Martin style lacquer decoration and bronze
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
White Swedish Oak Secretary Bureau, circa 1800-20
Located in Round Top, TX
This oak secretary or "bureau" reflects the grace and class of Swedish styling from the early 1800
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Oak Secretary Bureau, Denmark circa 1800-40
Located in Round Top, TX
, professionally applied yellow/mustard painted finish with brown undertones and a contrasting black interior
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Country Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Tall Swedish Oak Secretary Bureau, circa 1780-1800
Located in Round Top, TX
/striated painted finish which has been gently distressed to reveal the original oak underneath, adding both
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Paint
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Painted Bureau For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the painted bureau you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, pine and softwood, every painted bureau was constructed with great care. Find 122 options for an antique or vintage painted bureau now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect painted bureau — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right painted bureau, those designed in Louis XV, Georgian and Louis XVI styles are of considerable interest. A well-made painted bureau has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Jeff Martin Joinery, Baker, Knapp
Tubbs and Jeff Martin are consistently popular.
How Much is a Painted Bureau?
The average selling price for a painted bureau at 1stDibs is $4,300, while they’re typically $602 on the low end and $78,500 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Storage-case-pieces for You
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
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