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Antique 18th Century Heavily Carved Bureau In Oak ( REF AF-3520 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This exceptional 18th-century antique oak bureau is a remarkable piece of furniture, featuring
Category
Antique 18th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Revival French Bureau Plat / Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good quality and of elegant proportions French, Louis XVI style, brass-mounted mahogany bureau
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XV "Bureau Plat" Stamped by Delorme and Lardin
By Adrien Delorme
Located in Paris, FR
Great desk inlaid with amaranth and tulipwood. Its belt opens with three drawers ornamented with gilt bronze. Its top is covered with leather and lined with gilt bronze. This desk is...
Category
Antique 18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Antique 18th Century Great Quality Bureau In Oak ( REF AF-3519 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This impressive 18th-century antique oak bureau is a stunning example of classic craftsmanship and
Category
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique 19th Century Good Quality Bureau In Mahogany ( REF AF-3581 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
A remarkable 19th-century mahogany bureau of exceptional quality, showcasing timeless elegance and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Macassar Ebony Bureau Plat in the style of Ruhlmann
By Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stunning beautiful.`
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Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
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
Antique Victorian Arts
Crafts Oak Twin Pedestal Clerks Desk Bureau
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique Victorian Arts & Crafts oak twin pedestal clerks desk or bureau.
Wonderful patinated
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Japanese Lacquer Bureau Plat in Napoleon III Style
By Napoléon III
Located in Vilnius, LT
Very rare 19th century French desk in ebony with bronze. French Napoleon III bureau plat - desk. It
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique 17th Century Bureau Of Finest Quality In Oak ( REF AF-3666 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This exceptional late 17th-century oak bureau is a rare and breathtaking piece, embodying the
Category
Antique 17th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Compás Desk / Bureau by Pedro Miralles Claver for Punt Mobels, 1990s
Located in Chesham, GB
A cherry wood Bureau by Pedro Miralles Claver For Punt Mobels.
Designer - Pedro Miralles Claver
Category
1990s Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
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
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
Antique 18th Century Bureau of Small Proportions In Mahogany ( REF AF-3506 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This exquisite 18th-century antique bureau in rich mahogany is a perfect blend of elegance and
Category
Antique 18th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Walter Wirtz for Wilhem Renz Secretary Bureau Desk Teak, Germany, 1960s
By Walter Wirz, Wilhelm Renz
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A rare vintage writing desk secretary in teak, designed by Walter Wirtz and manufactured by Wilhem
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Teak
Vintage Danish Bureau/ Desk by Arne Hovmand Olsen for Mogens Kold, 1960s
By Arne Hovmand-Olsen, Mogens Kold Møbelfabrik
Located in Chesham, GB
A teak bureau by Arne Hovmand Olsen for Mogens Kold.
Designer - Arne Hovmand Olsen
Manufacturer
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
French 19th Century Mahogany Veneer and Brass inlaid "Bureau a Cylindre"
Located in Charleston, SC
drawers, open space and a black leather covered writing surface that has to be pulled forward to
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Palatial Neoclassical Style Bureau Plat after Jean-Henri Riesener, France, 1860
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare extra-large French Louis XVI Neoclassical style four-sided bureau plat, after a model by Jean
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Mahogany and Leather Small Bureau Plat RESTORED
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Elegant small Louis XVI writing desk with wheels, leather top with two side drawers and one central
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Louis XVI Cherry Tree Ebony Wood Bureau Desk RESTORED
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Beautiful French Louis XVI center writing desk, early 20th century. Restored, cherry tree, ebony
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Ebonized Three-Drawer Bureau Plat with Embossed Leather Top, French, circa 1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ebonized three-drawer bureau plat with embossed leather top, French, circa 1880.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Très beau bureau en palissandre, python et cuir de vachette - Période Art Déco
By Art Decor
Located in CANNES, FR
Très beau et rare bureau d'époque Art-Déco en palissandre, python et cuir de vachette
1 grand
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Palisander, Python
Louis XV Style Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat, France circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
A Louis XV Style Carved, Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat, with Gilt Tooled Leather Top
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century Continental King Wood and Gilt Metal Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
A free standing mid-19th century Continental king wood and gilt metal mounted bureau plat of Louis
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine Quality Mid-19th Century Goncalo Alves Bureau Plat in the French Style
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine quality mid-19th century (1840) Goncalo alves freestanding bureau plat in the French style
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Zebra Wood
French Louis XV Petite Kidney-Shaped Writing Table, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
reading or writing table or it could be used as a vanity with a mirror. 18th century bureau plats or
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Neb Bureau Contemporary Desk with Flip Door Front in Brass by Per Soderberg
By Per Soderberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Inspired by a Classic Scandinavian secrétaire, this contemporary desk / bureau by Swedish architect
Category
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Late 19th Century by Au Gros Chene, Paris
By Au Gros Chene
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
A fine French kingwood and ormolu-mounted bureau plat by the renowned and luxury Parisian
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Writing Table, Desk, Side Table, Bed Table, English Early Victorian 19th Century
Located in South Cotswolds, GB
Lovely small black early Victorian bureau writing table with mahogany top.
The drawers have
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rococo Petite Desk with Gold Bronze Mounts by Edward Holmes Baldock, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
will fit comfortably into small spaces. 18th century bureau plats or writing tables were also called
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Bureau/Writing Desk Walnut Biedermeier, circa 1840
Located in Uppingham, GB
Bureau/writing desk walnut Biedermeier, circa 1840.
Roll top front, opening to a draw out
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Antique 1830s German Biedermeier Desks
Materials
Walnut
English Georgian Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk Chest
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive George IV mahogany cylinder bureau.
The rectangular top with inlaid marquetry
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Lacquer Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
out - White leather writing surface with gilt embossing - Three drawers to front so ample storage on
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1990s Regency Desks
Charles X Bureau-Plat, France 1825, Writing Desk
Located in Bamberg, DE
France, around 1825
This unusually large, free-standing piece of writing furniture stands on
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Secretaires
Materials
Wood
French Empire Style Desk Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Wonderful French Empire style writing desk in kingwood with ormolu fittings.
Hope the photos do
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Vintage 1970s European Empire Desks
Remarkable Folk Art Paint Decorated Writing Desk/ Bureau
Located in London, GB
strap iron hinges and when opened for writing, is supported on original twin pull-out lopers, with
Category
Antique 1820s Swedish Folk Art Desks
Materials
Pine
Antique French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Walnut Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Highly charming French Empire writing table or bureau plat
handcrafted from walnut with ebonized
Category
Antique 1880s French Empire Desks
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Extending Desk
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous Louis XV Style bureau plat or desk.
Classic piece of French furniture that just shouts
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Late 20th Century Empire Desks
French Empire Style Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat Kingwood
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous French Empire style desk or bureau plat.
Elegant piece handcrafted from Kingwood with
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2010s Empire Desks
Regency Gillows Style Writing Table Desk Mahogany Bureau Office
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning English Regency Gillows style desk or writing table.
Clean and minimal design perfect for
Category
2010s Regency Desks
Antique Georgian Bureau, Oak Desk, Writing Table, Scotland 1800, H163
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Georgian Bureau, oak desk, writing table, Scotland 1800, H163
Scotland 1800
Solid oak
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Antique Early 1800s Scottish Georgian Desks
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Style Knee Hole Desk Writing Table Bureau
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Come view in our Hertfordshire antiques showroom, just 25 minutes north of London.
Stunning French Louis XV style antique knee hole desk.
Covered in intricate marquetry inlay, larg...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Antique Georgian 18th Century Crossbanded Oak Bureau Desk Writing Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique Georgian 18th century oak bureau desk or writing table.
Attractive mahogany crossbanding
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Antique 18th Century British Georgian Desks
Materials
Oak
Ercol Bureau Writing Desk Model 518 Elm Beech Vintage Mcm
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
A rare opportunity to acquire an Ercol model 518 bureau.
The solid elm carcass boasting a well
Category
Mid-20th Century English Desks
Materials
Elm
Antique Swedish Gustavian Bureau 19th Century Painted Writing Desk Serpentine
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
Large 19th century Swedish painted and carved bureau in the Gustavian manner.
The carved fall
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Desks
Materials
Paint
Antique Empire Bureau De Dame Ladies Desk Writing Table, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning French Empire antique ladies desk or bureau de dame
Great look to this piece with
Category
Antique 1880s Empire Desks
Mahogany and oak writing table (bureau-plat) by Fidelys Schey
By Fidelys Schey
Located in New York, NY
has a writing slide above a three-paneled frieze of drawers with cartouche-shaped, scrolled, laurel
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique 18th Century Louis XVI Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk from France
Located in Vienna, AT
. Inside the bureau is a removable leather-covered writing pad and partially gilt embossing and three
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Bureau De Dame Ladies Writing Desk 19th Century Rosewood Satinwood
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
A fine quality French 19th century bureau de dame.
Fine quality floral marquetry panels and
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Boulle Louis XVI Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Absolutely stunning French Boulle style desk or bureau plat.
One of the things that attracted us
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Vintage 1980s Louis XVI Desks
19th Century Burr Walnut Bureau de Dame or Writing Desk c. 1890
Located in East Sussex, GB
A most attractive bureau de dame c. 1890.
The elegant cabriole legs with brass sabots to the feet
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Antique 19th Century Desks
Bureau Bookcase George III Mahogany
Located in Uppingham, GB
.
(Bureau writing surface worn, can be changed to leather of buyers choice.) Fully polished since photo
Category
Antique 1770s English George III Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Chippendale Georgian Mahogany Bureau Desk
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
flap is held open by two slide out rests and has a leather writing surface.
The bureau is very well
Category
Antique 1780s English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
RARE MOGENS KOCH BUREAU, DENMARK, c. 1930
By Mogens Koch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mogens Koch Bureau, Denmark. Rare bureau with writing top/architect's cabinet. Oak with all
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Style Walnut Bombe Partners Desk Empire Bureau Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Wonderful Louis XV style bombe bureau plat or writing desk.
This is a dummy partners desk i.e
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Early 2000s French Louis XV Desks
Maison Millet French Louis XV Style Ebony and Inlaid Centre Table
By Maison Millet
Located in Macclesfield, GB
Bureau plat writing table or centre table inlaid with engraved brass and mother of pearl by Maison Millet
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French Boulle Bureau Plat / Library Table, Late 18th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Charleston, SC
Exceptional French Boulle bureau plat has the English feel of a library table with the four rams
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal writing bureau for your home. A writing bureau — often made from wood, metal and animal skin — can elevate any home. There are 928 variations of the antique or vintage writing bureau you’re looking for, while we also have 13 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a writing bureau — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A writing bureau made by Louis XV designers — as well as those associated with Louis XVI — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one writing bureau that is appealing in its simplicity, but François Linke, Maison Jansen and Scarlet Splendour produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Writing Bureau?
A writing bureau can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $6,497, while the lowest priced sells for $171 and the highest can go for as much as $1,844,713.
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.
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