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Rare Louis XV Style Bureau Plat, After a Model by J. Dubois, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
enrichments made of rococo motifs. Topped with a tooled red leather writing surface. Raised on four ormolu
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Bureau Plat or Writting Table by the Model of Andre Charles Boulle
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Berlin, DE
This model was built by Charles Boulle, the most important and historian of Louis XV.
Piano white Polished veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Upright Secrétaire Design Dry Bar, Siding Tambour Doors, Marble Top
Located in Madrid, ES
bureau could definitely see use as a dry bar, with evening cocktails mixed on the slide-out writing
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Large Italian Bureau 18th Century Inlayed Walnut Chest of Drawers with Flap
Located in Milano, MI
and writing bureau, Ancona is in Marche, one of the most beautiful Italian regions located in the
Category
Antique 1770s Italian Directoire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry, Maple, Walnut
$7,713 Sale Price
50% Off
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Leather Top Desk
By François Linke
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Elevate your interior with this exquisite French Louis XV style bureau plat (writing desk), a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Baker Furniture French Regency Chinoiserie Red Lacquered Hand Painted Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Chinoiserie style writing desk or bureau plat desk
By Baker Furniture
Category
Vintage 1960s American Chinoiserie Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Ebonized Desk
Located in Houston, TX
desk, writing table, bureau plat or center table with a single drawer, solid bronze legs and the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine 19th Century French Neoclassical Style Amboyna and Gilt Bronze Mounted Writ
Located in Benington, Herts
An extremely fine and unusual French Amboyan and gilt bronze bureau plat - writing table inspired
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Maison Jansen Attributed Cerused Oak Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Houston, TX
, writing table, bureau plat or center table with a single drawer attributed to Maison Jansen.
With
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
IMPORTANT ANTiQUE GEORGE II 1740 FIGURED WALNUT
HARDWOOD BROWN LEATHER BUREAU
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
English circa 1740 Figured Walnut, Rosewood & Boxwood writing bureau with brown leather gold leaf tooled
Category
Antique 1740s English George II Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood, Walnut
Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Desk By Baker
Located in Houston, TX
Company French Louis XV style chinoiserie desk, writing table or bureau plat. This large beautiful desk is
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
John Vesey Stainless Steel Bronze Neoclassical Desk
By John Vesey
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Extraordinary mid-century modern stainless steel and bronze writing table, desk, or bureau plat
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
John Vesey Steel Bronze Neoclassical Library Table Desk
By John Vesey
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Glamorous and opulent 1960s stainless steel clad writing table, library table, or bureau plat desk
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Walnut Louis XVI Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful 19th Century French Walnut Louis XVI Desk with immaculate new embossed leather writing
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Marble Top Library Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand French 19th century library table, writing table, or bureau plat featuring an Italian Carrara
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Maison Jansen Attributed Neoclassical Steel Quartz Marble Top Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent stainless steel mahogany writing table, bureau plat, or desk attributed to Maison Jansen
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Quartz, Brass, Steel
Rare Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener Marble Top Dore
Bronze Mounted Louis XV Desk
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
.
Designed as a bureau plat or writing desk, this rare masterpiece captures the grandeur and sophistication
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
George III Mahogany Architect’s Desk attr. Gillows of Lancaster circa 1790
Located in Shippensburg, PA
employed in designs published by Gillows, such as the 'bureau writing-table' with a double-ratcheted top
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English Mahogany Writing Desk, Bureau
Located in Schellebelle, BE
English Mahogany Writing Desk Bureau with nice old patina
9 drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Fine Harrods London Kennedy Chest of Drawers Brown Leather Writing Slope Desk
By Kennedy Furniture For Harrods London, Harrods
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Harrods London Kennedy Military Campaign chest of drawers which doubles as a writing bureau desk with
Category
20th Century English Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Leather, Hardwood, Oak
French Bureau Plat Desk Ladies Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French desk or bureau plat in the Louis XVI manner
Elegant design with
Category
Antique 1870s Louis XVI Tables
Materials
Wood
Victorian Ladies Writing Desk Mahogany Bureau 1900
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant Victorian ladies writing desk
Cute piece, very good condition and finish in mahogany
Desk
Category
Antique Early 1900s Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Bureau Desk Walnut Antique Writing Table 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut bureau writing desk with herring bone crossbanding
Circa 1890
The
Category
Vintage 1980s Victorian Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Bureau Plat French Inlay Desk Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality antique French desk or bureau plat
Classic look crafted from kingwood with original ormolu
Category
Vintage 1920s Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Antique Gentleman
s Bureau, English, Walnut, Writing Desk, Secretaire, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman's bureau. A fine English, walnut writing desk or secretaire, dating
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century British Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk Mahogany Writing Table 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A Napoleon III mahogany bureau plat desk on cabriole legs
Circa 1890
The desk has been finished
Category
Antique 1890s Napoleon III Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Walnut Cylinder Bureau Bookcase with Writing Desk
Cupboard
Located in King
s Lynn, GB
A Victorian Walnut Cylinder Bureau Bookcase. This 3 in 1 piece has a bookcase, writing area, and
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Bookcases
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique Georgian Flame Mahogany Slant Front Secretary Writing Desk Bureau
Located in Dayton, OH
Exquisite antique early 19th century secretary writing storage desk. Made of flame mahogany
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Mahogany
$2,625 Sale Price
30% Off
Baker Furniture Modern Regency Writing Desk or Bureau Plat Desk
By Baker Furniture Company, Michael Vanderbyl
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional modern Regency style writing desk or bureau plat desk
By Michael Vanderbyl for
Category
1990s American Modern Desks
Materials
Nickel
Italian walnut bureau with writing surface, tuscan cabinetmaking, mid-1700s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A beautiful 18th-century Italian walnut bureau with writing surface, internal drawers, and hidden
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Directoire Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
20th Century writing Desk Louis XV Piano-Black Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century writing Desk Louis XV Piano-Black Bureau Plat
Majestic bureau plat in Louis XV style
Category
20th Century Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Desk Marquetry Inlay Harrods Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire style bureau plat or desk
Piece was originally purchased
Category
Vintage 1980s French Provincial Desks
Materials
Wood
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk.
With a grey marble top over
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$23,734 Sale Price
20% Off
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk.
With a grey marble top over
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$23,734 Sale Price
20% Off
Sheraton Revival Cylinder Bureau, writing Desk with marquetry, circa 1890
Located in Miami, FL
A very good quality late 19th century satinwood Sheraton revival cylinder bureau with ebony string
Category
Early 20th Century European Sheraton Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$5,160 Sale Price
20% Off
French Bureau Plat Desk Antique Parquetry Writing Table Napoleon III
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous antique French bureau plat in the Napoleon III manner
Features intricate
Category
Antique Early 1900s Napoleon III Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Bureau Cabinet, English, Walnut, Writing Desk, Tambour, Edwardian, 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau cabinet. An English, walnut drop-front writing desk with tambour, dating
Category
Early 20th Century British Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
18th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Desk. Slant Front Writing Secretary.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Desk. Slant Front Writing Secretary.
This 18th century
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Baroque Inlaid Walnut Drop-Front Secretary Desk / Commode
Located in Miami, FL
scrollwork. This beautifully proportioned bureau combines the function of a writing desk with the storage
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Walnut Burl Carved Secretary Writing Desk Bookcase Bureau Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid Century Secretaire with bookcase, Circa 1940s. Features a rectangular frame made from walnut with burlwood front that opens via a drop front for use as a desk. Secretary desk i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Walnut, Burl
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Gorgeous Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bronze Dore, Bureau Plat, Writing Desk!
Located in Antwerp, BE
with age.
Gorgeous Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bronze Dore, Bureau Plat, Writing Desk!
Louis XV
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Early Paint Antique French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Stool
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
style Bureau plat writing table with later stool
This is a wonderful find, the bureau plat is a
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass
ANTiQUE CIRCA 1940
S HAND CARVED CHINESE BUREAU WRITING DESK
MATCHING ARMCHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
's Chinese Export hand carved Bureau desk with matching armchair
Please note the delivery fee
Category
Vintage 1940s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Early 18th Century Queen Anne Walnut Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming And Very Good Quality Early 18th Century Queen Anne Period Walnut Bureau, Or Writing
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th century English oak secretary / bureau
Located in Eindhoven, NL
A very fine antique secretary/ bureau.
With writing desk, 2 large and 2 small drawers and hidden
Category
Antique 19th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Two Part Pine Bureau, Scandinavian Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th - 19th Century, dark-grey antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau with a writing flap made
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century Inlaid Burr Walnut Bonheur de Jour Bureau Desk - Quality
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th Century Inlaid Burr Walnut Bonheur de Jour Bureau Desk / Writing Table
Full of
Category
Antique 19th Century British Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Theodore Alexander French Louis XV Walnut Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk
By Theodore Alexander
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk
By Theodore Alexander
Vietnam
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Style Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
-stretcher centered with a turned finial. While designed as a writing table or small bureau plat, its
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Walnut
Baker Furniture French Provincial Louis XV Carved Oak Leather Top Bureau Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Provincial Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk
By Baker Furniture
Category
Vintage 1960s American French Provincial Desks
Materials
Brass
Karges French Louis XV Chinoiserie Cream Lacquered Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Karges Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Louis XV Chinoiserie style writing desk or bureau plat desk
By Karges
USA
Category
Vintage 1980s American Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass
RESTORED ANTiQUE LATE 19TH CENTURY LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MOUNTED BUREAU PLAT DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Bureau Plat with new hand dyed brown leather, gold leaf embossed writing surface
Please note the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Desks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau de Dame, by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
small drawers and a tooled red leather writing surface. The bureau has a shaped apron enlivened with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Jules Leleu Attributed French Art Deco Dining Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic French Art Deco dining table, writing table, or bureau plat attributed to Jules Leleu
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Dining Room Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Writing Desk, Gilt-Bronze Mounted, Circa 1900, France
By Maison Millet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Walnut and Bois Satiné Parquetry Writing Desk, ‘Bureau en
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
John Vesey, Louis XVI Style, Steel, Bronze, Rare Writing Desk, USA, 1960s
By John Vesey
Located in Manhasset, NY
John Vesey, Hollywood Regency, Louis XVI Style, Steel, Bronze, Rare Bureau Plat Writing Desk, USA
Category
Vintage 1960s American Hollywood Regency Desks
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Antique French Hand Carved Wood Writing Desk / Center / Side Table Rustic Farm
Located in West Hollywood, CA
, to mount a table lamp . It can be used as a night table as well. Or as a small bureau writing desk
Category
Antique 18th Century French Farm Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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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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