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20th Century Luxurious White Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style
Solid beechwood
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Designer Writing Desk / Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style, Piano Black and gold
Located in Berlin, DE
Black designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
Piano black veneer on solid softwood
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,212 Sale Price
20% Off
Designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style Piano Black with silver
Located in Berlin, DE
Designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style Piano Black with silver
Piano black
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,678 Sale Price
20% Off
French Louis XV Style Figural Bronze Ormolu Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style Figural Bronze Ormolu Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk. Item
Category
Late 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Imperial Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in the Style of Louis XVI
Located in Berlin, DE
Imperial bureau plat / desk in the style of Louis XVI
Piano black polished veneer on solid oak and
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Leather Top Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French writing desk beautifully finished in walnut, leather and inlaid burlwood veneer, is a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A French Louis XVI style Leather Top Bureau Plat / Writing Desk, C. 1920.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Features a stunning combination of banded woods giving a glow to this desk. Having a gilt tooled leather top within banded edges and bound with brass, the top rests above an apron wi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Bureau Plat
Located in London, England
Paris made French walnut bureau plat / desk.
France Circa 1940
Category
Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$3,875
20th Century Elegant Veneered Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant veneered bureau plat or desk in Louis XV style
Solid beechwood and veneer. Very fine
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare Napoleon III French Empire Bureau De Plat Gilt Bronze Writing Table Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Napoleon III French Empire desk with gilt bronze oversized fittings
A very decorative and collectible desk in period lightl...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$5,755 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Oak Drop Front Secretary Desk Bookcase Bookshelf Console 65"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Early American style secretary desk / bookcase / writing bureau / larkin / chalet . Made
Category
Early 20th Century American Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Oak
$822 Sale Price
30% Off
English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small 18th century English painted oak bureau with original brass handles. 1780.
Height to
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$3,426
bureau d
écrivain
By Steelclin
Located in VIRY-CHÂTILLON, FR
Bureau de Marie-hélène clin
Très graphique, de forme légère malgré le poids de ce plateau en
Category
2010s French Streamlined Moderne Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cut Steel
$4,992
Monumental bureau plat
Located in Wien, AT
France, Louis XVI period, ca. 1780, by the ebenist Pierre Garnier (master from 1742), predominantly oak, mahogany veneered and with ebony marquetry, matted, double-sided drawer desig...
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Oak
$30,907
Small Oak Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A rare 18th century oak bureau of particularly small and diminutive proportions. the fall with a
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George II Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$7,674
1960s Bureau, AEJM Møbler
Located in Neuss, NW
Classic bureau from the 1960s. High-quality corpus in teak veneer with hinged writing surface, two
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Bureau Modèle B40
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Paris, FR
Solid elm desk
Category
Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
$23,180
Superb Burr
Mulberry
Bureau
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine and rare burr veneer bureau with the most wonderful colour and patina.
Circa 1730.
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$11,670
George I Walnut Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality early 18th century George I walnut bureau, having a fall front opening
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
$5,481
Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau
Located in Milano, IT
Rare solid wood desk dating from the early 1700s, fine French manufacture.
The bureau is very
Category
Antique 1890s French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$8,558 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV-Style Bureau Plat
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a great example of a 20th century Provincial Louis XVI Bureau Plat. The desk features a
Category
Late 20th Century North American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A French kingwood bureau plat late 19th/early 20th century in Louis XV style, with applied gilt
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
$93,188
Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A striking Victorian satinwood bureau plat, of shaped rectangular form inset with the original oval
Category
Antique 1850s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small 19th century English painted oak bureau with brass swan neck handles. 1820.
Code: 9064
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
writing desk, or bureau plat, is a stunning 19th century example of this treasured decorative art
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th century French bureau plat featuring beautifully veneered wood surface and black leather top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th c. French Bureau de Dame
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant 18th-century French lady’s writing desk, or bureau de dame, crafted in warm walnut with
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat
Located in Huntington, NY
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat/Desk, Louis XV period
3 working drawers on one side. Back side
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Attractive Louis XV style bureau plat, gilt embossed tanned leather top writing surface centered on
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Bureau Plat by Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Wien, AT
Paris, late 19th century, elegantly curved hardwood frame, rosewood veneered, inlaid with various precious woods in the form of cubes and leaves, polished in traditional craftsmanshi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Sheraton Revival Satinwood Cylinder Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
Sheraton revival satinwood and rosewood crossbanded cylinder bureau, the raised three-quarter
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
$16,445 Sale Price
33% Off
19th century bronze mounted bureau plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century bronze mounted crossbanded bureau plat, the shaped top with gilt bronze border and
Category
Antique 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Directoire-Style Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Chicago, US
Directoire/Napoleon III style desk composed of one large center and two side dovetailed drawers. The right drawer has a divided back section with an inset tray and a horizontal panel...
Category
Early 20th Century Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Sheraton Revival marquetry inlaid cylinder bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
A substantial Sheraton Revival flame mahogany and satinwood crossbanded cylinder bureau, the ornate
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Bureau PJ-BU-08-B
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Paris, FR
Provenance: Chandigarh, India
Student desk in solid teak. Rectangular top with drooping sides. Pair of lateral “compass” legs joined by a rear crosspiece supporting the open-case frame.
Category
20th Century Indian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
$23,180
A Nineteenth Century French Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A mid nineteenth century French bureau plat of good scale, in mahogany with kingwood veneer
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 19th century French gilt metal mounted marquetry bombé bureau de dame
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Fine French Marquetry bureau, circa 1880.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite 19th-century French marquetry bureau showcases exceptional craftsmanship and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
Located in Sheffield, MA
Paris." Leather inset writing surface, drawer fronts with contrasting veneer.
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Empire Bureau Plat, France, Early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Elegant Empire writing desk (Bureau Plat) in mahogany. The desk stands on tapered, smooth legs with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Bureau PJ-BU-08-B
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Paris, FR
Signed on the left side.
Rectangular top with drooping sides.
Pair of compass-type side legs joined by a rear crosspiece supporting the open-case frame.
Category
Vintage 1960s Indian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$23,180
Antique bureau, Northern Europe, ca. 1910.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique bureau, Northern Europe, ca. 1910.
Very good condition, after renovation in our workshop
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Viennese enamel bureau cabinet, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality Viennese late 19th century, gilt-bronze and enamel mounted ebonised bureau-cabinet
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Enamel
English Marquetry Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Victorian gilt-bronze mounted marquetry inlaid Bureau De Dame.
This richly decorated
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th C.
Located in Astoria, NY
French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th century, with gilt-tooled tan leather top with central
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century French Feminine Boulle Bureau
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French feminine Boulle bureau (office desk, escritoire).
Category
Antique 1850s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Bureau Plat, by Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite Louis XVI style bureau plat, crafted in the 19th century by Zweiner, showcases the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$41,660 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine French Burr Walnut Bureau Platt Desk
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A lovely French burr walnut and tulipwood banded bureau platt or dressing table, with gold shaped
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood
Louis XV Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Miami, US
refined addition to any elegant interior.
This bureau plat serves not only as a functional writing desk
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Inlaid Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
An absolutely exquisite antique French inlaid bureau plat desk. This was made in France, it dates
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Small Queen Anne Period Walnut Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A most enchanting Queen Anne period burr walnut bureau of highly desirable small proportions and
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV style bureau plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This late 19th-century French bureau plat is a stunning example of mahogany craftsmanship. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Rosewood Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
consisting of two drawers, a baise writing surface and a well. The bureau stands on elegant shaped legs
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
1960
s French Bureau/Secetaire Desk
Located in London, Lambeth
Excellent storage desk with 3 draws, glass top shelve and pull down table
surface. Lockable unit compact design .Cc 1960's French
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satin
19th-century French writing desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
This exquisite 19th-century French writing desk, or bureau de dame, showcases the elegance and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bureau Baumann vintage en bois des années 50
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau Baumann vintage des années 50, structure et pieds compas en bois de hêtre clair, plateau en
Category
Vintage 1960s French Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset deep burgundy leather with bronze outer border over three drawers and opposing false drawers raised on cabriole legs and sabot feet. With key.
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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Writing Bureau For Sale on 1stDibs
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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