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19th Century French Louis XV Style Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Miami, FL
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This fine quality writing desk or bureau plat, is circa 1880.
It has been recently rewaxed.
Measures
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
$3,500 Sale Price
53% Off
English Mahogany George III Slant Top Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This charming late 18th-century George III period Mahogany bureau showcases exquisite craftsmanship
Category
Antique 1770s British George III Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaire Desk with Secret Compartment
Located in Greven, DE
in the interior of high-quality writing furniture, became established.
The bureau shown here is an
Category
Antique 1820s German Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
French Empire Revival Green Leather Top Bronze Griffin Mahogany Desk
Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Empire Revival Style Green Leather Top Mahogany Bureau Plat Executive Writing Desk
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Empire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Grey Swedish Gustavian Two Part Pine Secretary - Scandinavian Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, white antique Sweden Gustavian two part bureau with a writing flap made of hand
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Brass
Charles X Cartonnier Chest Drawers French Antique Mahogany 1815
Located in Potters Bar, GB
the period. Often part of a bureau or writing desk ensemble, cartonniers helped organize important
Category
Antique 1810s Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Side or Entry Table Biedermeier Fruitwood Blonde
Black Wood Night Stand LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
small bureau writing desk . End table , console , serving table , or a sofa table. It's not an oak
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Side Tables
Materials
Metal
$8,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Modern Vintage Green Teal Cherry Brass Dining Table Italy 1940s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage dining table or writing desk or bureau plat very similar to Ico Parisi
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Glass, Cherry
American Hepplewhite Virginian Secretary Chest with Civil War Provenance
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Dallas, TX
secretary and writing area.
The Bureau/Secretary Gallery has 6 drawers and 6 cubbies, a central tabernacle
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American American Classical Historical Memora...
Materials
Brass
Bureau Black Writing Desk by Esa Vesmanen
By Horm
Located in Milan, IT
Functional and elegant at once, this writing desk boasts a modern and versatile allure. Designed by
Category
2010s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$4,355 / item
Bureau White Writing Desk by Esa Vesmanen
By Horm
Located in Milan, IT
This modern piece of functional decor designed by Esa Vesman boasts a clean, elegant allure. Versatile and innovative, it stands on Canaletto walnut wood with a white-lacquer finish ...
Category
2010s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$3,960 / item
19th Century English Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Mid-19th century English writing bureau with oriental detailing. Red painted oak body with 3
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Secretaires
Edwardian Oak Writing Bureau Possibly by Shoolbred
Co., London
By Jas Shoolbred
Co.
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
A handsome Edwardian oak writing bureau possibly by Shoolbred & Co., London. The upper bookshelf
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Georgian Writing Bureau
Located in Inverness, GB
Back in the UK after a trip abroad in Connecticut this stunning piece of Georgian furniture is in great condition and comes with original keys and a secret drawer that the Georgians ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Georgian Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$1,711
English Georgian Figured Mahogany Writing Bureau
Located in Macclesfield, GB
An exceptionally fine quality small Georgian Honduras figured mahogany bureau stood on its original
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
PS Wall Unit Danish Shelving System Writing Bureau Floating Randers
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
PS system teak shelving unit.
Peter Sorensen for Randers Møbelfabrik.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Teak
English Bureau Mahogany Writing Desk Chest
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive early 20th century walnut writing bureau.
The marquetry adorned fall flap enclosed
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks
Materials
Mahogany
English Antique Oak Bureau Arts
Crafts Writing Desk Chest
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive early 20th century solid oak writing bureau.
The fall flap enclosed writing surface
Category
Early 20th Century English Desks
Materials
Oak
English Vintage Teak Bureau Writing Desk Retro Mid-Century Modern, 1960s-1970s
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive mid-20th century teak writing bureau.
The angled paneled fall flap enclosed a fitted
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Secretaires
Materials
Teak
English Antique Oak Bureau Tambour Roll-Top Writing Desk Chest Edwardian
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive Edwardian solid oak roll-top writing bureau.
The tambour fall flap enclosed
Category
Early 20th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Sheraton Revival Rosewood Cylinder Bureau - Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn3169 Exceptional Sheraton revival - Edwardian rosewood bureau - writing table, having original
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Late 19th Century French Bureau, Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Hove, GB
A lovely Bureau de Dame (ladies writing desk)
It has beautiful cabriole legs, gilt metal ormolu
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
André Arbus Sycamore Desk, Writing Table, Bureau Plat
By André Arbus
Located in Hollywood, FL
The rectangular top over 3 frieze drawers with finely crafted bronze pulls over square tapering legs terminating in sabots.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
André Arbus Sycamore Desk, Writing Table, Bureau Plat
Located in Hollywood, FL
The rectangular top over 3 frieze drawers with finely crafted bronze pulls over square tapering legs terminating in sabots.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early 18th c. Mahogany Centre Writing Table / Bureau Plat .
Located in Milan, IT
Very elegant ,early 18th France centre bureau plat, with leather top, also in the two pull out
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
MARGE CARSON Whitewashed Oak French Provincial Bureau Plat Writing Desk
By Marge Carson
Located in Charlotte, NC
A French Provincial style bureau plat writing desk by Marge Carson, of Pamona, California, USA
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American French Provincial Desks and Writi...
Materials
Oak, Paint
English Desk Glazed Bureau Writing Cabinet Glazed, 19th Century
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive rare form 19th century bow front glazed desk cabinet.
The bow front form desk with fitted drawer above astragal glazed doors enclosed storage and raised on a plinth ba...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass
Antique Large Georgian 19th Century Mahogany Bureau Desk Writing Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique large Georgian / Regency early 19th century mahogany bureau desk writing table.
This is
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
20th Century Louis XVI Oak Small Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Lugi XVI writing desk in oak wood from the first half of the 20th century. It has a smaller shape
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century Louis XV French Inlaid Bureau Plat
Writing Desk
Located in Tricase, Italia
An elegant "bureau plat" in French Louis XV style inlaid with rosewood and various precious woods
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Figured Walnut Inlaid Bureau Desk, Writing Desk, Scotland 1810, H1166
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Figured Walnut Inlaid Bureau Desk, Writing Desk, Scotland 1810, H1166
Scotland 1810
Solid
Category
Antique 1810s Scottish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Georgian Tiger Oak Bureau, Desk, Writing Table, Scotland 1810, H975
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Georgian Tiger Oak Bureau, Desk, Writing Table, Secretary, Scotland 1810, H975
Scotland
Category
Antique 19th Century North American Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Ant. Oak Jacobean Style Slant Front Desk Bureau, Writing, Scotland 1910
Located in Vancouver, BC
Ant. Oak Jacobean style slant front desk bureau, writing desk, Scotland 1910, H880
$1250
Category
20th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
English Neoclassical Style Leather Inset Mahogany Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Louisville, KY
Second half of the 19th century; rectangular inset top over a three drawer frieze; raised on square tapering legs ending with brass casters. Hardware of later date.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Ladies Writing Table Desk Bureau Book Match Walnut Wood
Located in Amsterdam, NL
This refined little Louis XVI ladies writing desk or writing table with two upper drawers located
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bureau-Plat, Paris 1785, Lebesque, 18th Century Writing Desk, French, Signed
Located in Bamberg, DE
renewed, gold-stamped leather writing surface. The desk with strikingly beautifully grained veneer has
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
A fine example of a 19th c. French Bureau Plat writing table
Located in Miami, FL
A fine example of a 19th c. French Bureau Plat writing table. The bureau plat is decorated with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Walnut Leather Bureau Plat Writing Desk Restored
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Beautiful Louis XVI style bureau plat writing desk from early 20th century, totally restored
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Italian Painted Louis XV Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Walnut
Located in Firenze, IT
A charming Italian Louis XV bureau plat or writing desk.
The desk in solid walnut wood features a
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Writing Table/Bureau Plat Bronze-Mounted with Matching Chairs French late 19th C
Located in Uppingham, GB
French bronze-mounted mahogany writing table/bureau plat (19th century)
A superb 'Stand Alone
Category
Antique 1890s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Red Lacquered Toilet Mirror
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
A rare Queen Anne period red lacquer toilet mirror in the form of a fall front writing bureau with
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Table Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Bureau-Plat, Paris, J.-B. Fromageau, c. 1760, Large Writing Desk, French, 18th
By Jean-Baptiste Fromageau
Located in Bamberg, DE
as writing furniture. The original leather top has a finely embossed border. Fromageau is considered
Category
Antique 1760s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
English Mahogany Bureau
Located in London, GB
away, once the lid is closed.
Dimensions: full height 109cm, height of the writing surface 80cm.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$2,190
18th Century Oak Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Wonderful 18th century English oak bureau in oak, with a great colour and patina, of small and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$4,244
Cylinder Bureau, Austria, 1780
Located in Salzburg, Salzburg
Cylinder bureau Austria, circa 1780, richly inlaid with cherrywood veneered, secret drawer
Category
Antique 1780s Austrian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
Louis XV desk inlaid with ebony, darkened wood and brass.
This bureau plat is opening with two
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
$23,734
Military Style Spanish Bureau
Located in Alicante, ES
A very handsome, extremely useful Spanish Military style Bureau on separate legs, for ease of
Category
Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Althorp Mahogany Bureau Desk
Located in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
An ingenious mahogany bureau desk in the George III manner. The sloping fall front encloses an
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Vietnamese George III Desks and Writing Tables
Yew - Wood "Oyster" Bureau
Located in London, GB
green leather writing top.
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XVI Period Bureau-plat
Located in Banbury, GB
A FINE & RARE LATE 18TH.CENTURY LOUIS XVI PERIOD BRASS & EBONY BANDED MAHOGANY BUREAU-PLAT, WRITING
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$17,115
Louis XV style bureau plat
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Louis XV style bureau plat with tooled leather writing surface and three short drawers on cabriole
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Oak Bureau Plat
Located in Chicago, IL
This piece was purchased in Paris and has fine carvings and a lovely proportion. The oak has a warm caramel color that highlights the distressed old leather of the top. The piece has...
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Leather
$15,000
Late 18th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 18th century to early 19th century writing table.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Jean Prouve "Bureau Surveillant" Desk
By Jean Prouvé
Located in lyon, FR
Jean Prouve "Bureau Surveillant" desk, France, circa 1950. Oak effect melamine top, oak structure
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century Louis XV Bureau
Located in London, GB
Napoleon III Bureau depicting scrolling acanthus leaves and flowers throughout. Inlaid in King and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Salisbury, GB
Mahogany bureau bookcase. Oak drawer linings, secret drawers, swan pediment with finial. Has
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
17th Century French Bureau Mazarin
Located in Antwerp, BE
The ‘Bureau Mazarin’ is a 17th century desk form named in memory of Cardinal Mazarin, premier
Category
Antique 17th Century French Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
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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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