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Le Bureau de Paolo Wooden Desk with several drawers
By Sam Baron
Located in Roma, IT
Le bureau de Paolo is a desk constituted of wide variety of boxes and drawers.
These boxes have a
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
$38,076 / item
Early Victorian Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Bureau-Plat
Located in London, GB
A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU-PLAT ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Kingwood
Victorian Gilt-Bronze Bureau Plat with Leather
Mahogany, Circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Palatial Victorian Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat.
This palatial bureau plat is of grand
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional Louis XV-Style Rosewood Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This exceptional Louis XV-style Rosewood bureau plat features a hand-tooled leather top and its
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French, Early 19th Century, Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
wood, and ormolu bureau plat desk. The desk is raised by cabriole legs with fine pierced fitted wrap
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
A signed piece with rectangular top with inset green leather, possibly original , over a frieze with one central drawer flanked by drawers each with round original wreath rings with ...
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Maison-Jansen Attributed French Leather, Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Vintage French leather top bureau plat desk with pull-out slides.
The table extends 12.5" on each
Category
Vintage 1950s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Elegant veneered bureau plat / desk in Louis XV style
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant veneered bureau plat / desk in Louis XV style
Solid beech wood and veneer. Very fine
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Multi Laminated and Lacquered Wood Bureau, Argentina, circa 1970
By Stilka
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Multi laminated and lacquered wood bureau. Argentina, circa 1970.
Attributed to Stilka.
Category
Vintage 1970s Argentine Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Bureau italien moderniste avec bibliothèque étagère string modulable teck métal
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau avec bibliothèque étagère string intégrée vintage des années 60, design italien moderniste
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage French Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat Desk 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous vintage French Louis Revival walnut, ormolu mounted, marquetry bureau plat
Category
Late 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Louis XVI style (19th-20th century) gilt bronze mounted 3-drawer bureau plat desk having a center
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Mahogany Bureau Plat, After Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Mahogany Bureau plat, after Henry Dasson, having an inset
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Marquetry
Ormolu Bonheur de Jour Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Ladies writing desk, circa 1860 in date.
The gorgeous grain and colour of the burr walnut, the fabulous
Category
Antique 1860s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Parquetry, Ormolu and Leather Bureau Plat by Ross
By Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
Antique parquetry, ormolu and leather bureau plat by Ross
English, 19th Century
Height 76cm
Category
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Quality Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat. Having an inset leather top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$30,785 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Ebonized Leather-top French Bureau Plat Faux-Partner
s Desk
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Ebonized French Bureau Plat Faux-Partner's Desk with Tooled Red Leather Top and Tapered
Category
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Writing Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A large late 19th century French Louis XVI style painted writing table or bureau plat. With fluted
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Marquetry Bureau Plat
By Jacques Dubois
Located in Forney, TX
marquetry inlaid bureau plat.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in the manner of important French master ébéniste
Category
20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Black Lacquered Louis XV Style Writing Table
Located in Kent, Dover
A French Louis XV style black lacquered writing table or bureau plat. With three working drawers
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Bureau vintage en verre fumé et métal chromé des années 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 70, plateau rectangulaire en verre fumé, pieds design en forme de
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
19th C. Louis XV Style French Bureau with Sèvres Porcelain, ALIX
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR
Elegant Louis XV style French bureau desk, made in Paris circa 1850, crafted in fine precious woods
Category
Antique 1850s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI style marquetry bureau in the manner of Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Kingwood marquetry inlaid Cylinder bureau. Having the three
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Kingwood Parquetry and Gilt-Bronze Bureau Plat by Schmit
By Frédéric Schmit
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine kingwood parquetry and gilt-bronze bureau plat by Schmit, Paris, circa 1890
Gilt bronze
Category
Antique 1890s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Very Fine Mid-20th Century Inlaid Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine Mid-20th Century fruitwood bureau plat, fabulously carved, ormolu mounted, cross banded
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted amaranth bureau plat, Circa
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Royal desk/bureau plat in Louis XV style with veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal desk/bureau plat in Louis XV style with Kingveneer
Kingveneer on solid beech wood with
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$5,511 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood bureau plat.
Late 19th century. The replaced
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Baker Furniture Egyptian Revival Rosewood Leather Top Executive Bureau Plat Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Egyptian Revival, Neoclassical, or Empire style executive writing desk or bureau plat
Category
Late 20th Century American Egyptian Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Regence Style Ebonised Bureau Plat by Sormani, circa 1880
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Regence style ebonised and gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Sormani.
Paris, circa 1880
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bureau de Dame, Walnut
Leather, England, Circa 1840
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
chutes.
England, Circa 1840/50.
The design of this bureau de dame is indebted to the work Bernard II
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style French Marquetry Roll Top Bureau De Damme
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine 19th century roll top bureau de damme in the Louis XVI style, with fine veneers and panels
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Louis XV Style Ladies Bureau Plat or Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant ladies bureau plat desk in the Louis XV style, rosewood and shaded precious wood, veneered
Category
20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted French Leather Top Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exquisite Louis XV style French bronze mounted bureau plat desk exemplifies refined
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Maitland Smith Tessellated Penshell Desk or Bureau Plat Louis IV Style
By Maitland Smith
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Maitland Smith Tessellated Penshell Desk or Bureau Plat, American, circa 1970s. Executed in
Category
Vintage 1970s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A fine 19th c French Louis XV signed Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
A very Fine 19th century French Louis XV mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureau blat signed Jemont
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bureau Plat with Floral and Blue Porcelain Plaques
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in London, GB
A very fine bureau plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock.
After a model by C.C. Saunier
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Walnut Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Southampton, NJ
Louis XVI style Regency Bureau Plat writing desk on brass casters boasting striking tooled leather
Category
20th Century American Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Doge Bureau with Red Chinoiserie
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Doge Bureau
Category
2010s Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine late 18th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid walnut
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Fine Antique French Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk After Linke 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A fine antique French wood, porcelain and ormolu mounted bureau plat, in the manner of Linke, Circa
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Circa 1780-1800 George III Slant Front Bureau or Desk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1780-1800 George III slant front bureau or desk, English. Mahogany. A handsome example - the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$3,160 Sale Price
20% Off
French Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style After Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Berlin, DE
French bureau plat in Louis 15th style after Francois Linke
Solid beechwood and oak. Maple rood
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Bureau Plat
By Philippe Claude Montigny
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the style of Montigny (Philippe-Claude Montigny, mai^tre in 1770), the rectangular tooled leather-lined top surrounded with a later ormolu border, above two frieze drawers and sim...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$20,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Bureau vintage en bois de noyer et métal chromé des années 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 70, design dans le style de Gordon Russell ou de Jules Wabbes, plateau
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
1800
s Antique French Empire, Bronze MTD, Leather Slides, Mahogany, Desk, Bureau
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 800's Antique French Empire, Bronze MTD, Leather Slides, Mahogany. Desk, Bureau!!
Antique
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Bureau Plat / Desk in Louis XV, Paris, circa 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
French Bureau plat / desk in Louis XV, Paris, circa 1880.
Solid beech wood veneer. Extremely
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Baker Collector
s Edition Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
and mounts, true to Louis XV form.
This bureau plat is ideal as a statement writing desk, executive
Category
Vintage 1980s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany
Gold Bronze "Bureau Plat" Desk.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fine Quality Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany & Gold Bronze "Bureau Plat" Desk.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
1940s Petite Mahogany Ornate Painted Secretary Bureau with Flip Leather Top
Located in Germantown, MD
Beautifully painted and decorated mahogany Secretary Bureau writing table with Flip green Leather
Category
Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
Original Louis Seize Style Bureau Mahogany Table, Early 20th Century
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Perfect craftsmanship, inlaid mahogany and bronze application, early 20th century, a secret drawer on one side, freestanding.
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Magnificent Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
proportions, this Louis XV style bureau plat makes a bold statement as an executive desk, writing table, or
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Expressionist Rococo Berlin Deko Bureau-Plat/Desk, Lacquered in Saffron Yellow
By Bruno Paul
Located in Petershagen, DE
This Berlin Deko Bureau-Plat represents the evolution of women's writing furniture from the private
Category
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple
A Regence Style Bureau Plat After The Model by Charles Cressent
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Bureau Plat à Têtes De Guerriers Antiques‘ - An Important Regence Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Marquetry, Ormolu and Jasperware Bureau du Roi by Beurdeley
By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Antique French marquetry, ormolu and jasperware Bureau du Roi by Beurdeley
French, c. 1890
Height
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre By François Linke
François Linke – Index Number 242
Surmounted by a
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat After Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Parquetry Bureau Plat
The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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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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