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French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in Natchez, MS
French Louis XVI style bureau plat, mahogany with bronze mounts and leather top.
Three drawer
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Robsjohn Gibbings Campaign Style Bureau Plat
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robsjohn gibbings Campaign style bureau plat, simple and beautiful.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables
Italian Walnut 18th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian Louis XVI walnut bureau plat with three drawers, having carved rosette and swag decoration
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Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century French Bureau Plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An early 19th century French mahogany bureau plat with embossed black leather top. This desk has
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Antique Early 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Guillerme et Chambron Votre Maison Bureau
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in London, GB
Solid oak wall-mounted bureau by Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison. The drop down desk surface
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
LOUIS XV WALNUT PROVENCAL BUREAU PLAT
Located in Natchez, MS
Louis XV Walnut Provencal Bureau Plat with leather top and original ormolu mounts. Great size.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Leather
George III Elm Bureau, circa 1770
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unusual George III elm bureau, circa 1770. The piece has a beautifully figured elm top with
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Antique 1770s George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
Small Proportioned Arts
Crafts Oak Bureau
Located in Buckinghamshire, GB
Small proportioned oak Arts & Crafts bureau having a pierced gallery above a sloping fall front
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century Biedermeier Bureau, Germany, 1850s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Below its desk top, the writing desk features a drawer which can be locked. The desk top rests on
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Antique 1850s German Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bureau Rognon after Paul-Charles Sormani
By Paul-Charles Sormani
Located in Bergen, NL
A gilt bronze-mounted kingwood parquetry and fruitwood floral marquetry bureau rognon after Paul
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood
Louis XV provincial fruitwood bureau plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XV provincial fruitwood bureau plat, the rectangular leather-inset top with molded edge above
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular shape bureau, mahogany and mahogany veneer.
It comprises three drawers on the front
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
An elegant 19th century mahogany writing desk with inlaid leather writing pad in tabletop, with
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Regence Kingwood Bureau Plat With Ormolu Mounts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Franch regence ormolu-mounted kingwood bureau plat with leather writing surface
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Louis XVI Satinwood parquetry bureau plat
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Italian Louis XVI Satinwood parquetry bureau plat with oblong black leather inlaid writing surface
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Antique 19th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Inlaid Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century French Pollard walnut marquetry and ormolu centre table. The ornate top inlaid in fruitwood with musical trophies. Supported on cabriole legs.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XIV Brass-Inlaid Mazarin Bureau
Located in Paris, FR
Boulle marquetry en contrepartie
It contains six drawers in boxes on three rows separated by crossbars, and a drawer en ceinture surmounting a set back leaf.
It rests on light ...
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Antique 1690s French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Copper
18th c southern french bureau plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
old french desk waxed wood with antique french hardware .
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French French Provincial Desks and Writ...
Louis XV Period Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A Louis XV period walnut bereau plat with cabriole legs terminating in "pied de biche" feet.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Large, excellent quality, very elegant French kingwood bureau plat with brass Ormolu mounts, oak
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Swedish Bureau in Two Parts, circa 1790
Located in Antwerp, BE
Swedish bureau in two parts, circa 1790. With original locks and keys.
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Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Rustic French Fruitwood Bureau Plat, circa 1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rustic French fruitwood bureau plat, circa 1840; with single drawer.
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French Mahogany and Fruitwood Inlaid Bureau Plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
French Mahogany and Fruitwood Inlaid Bureau Plat circa 1870
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Early 19th Century Elm Bureau Plat
Located in Sydney, AU
French early 19th century solid elm bureau plat with five drawers to front pull-out slides and
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Antique 1820s French First Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm, Sycamore
19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Mosman Park, AU
A good quality 19th century French Louis XV style parquetry and ormolu-mounted bureau plat of
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Danish Teak Bureau Desk Bookshelf Retro, Midcentury
Located in Greater Manchester, GB
bureau is just the ticket with it’s Danish design that gives you a great pull out working space as well
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Dutch Walnut Marquetry Inlaid Bureau, circa 1860
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Dutch walnut marquetry inlaid bureau, circa 1860. The flap has a large marquetry urn with flowers
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Antique 1860s Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Amarante Bureau Plat
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Rectangular top with tooled light brown leather writing surface within a gilt-surround, above three
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Victorian Franglais Walnut Bureau de Dame
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
A Victorian Franglais figured walnut Walnut Bureau de Dame with tulipwood and fruitwood marquetry
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Antique Late 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Tulipwood
French Charles X Brass Inlaid Rosewood Bureau Plat
Located in Natchez, MS
French Charles X rosewood brass inlaid bureau plat with tooled leather top. Three drawers.
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Antique 19th Century French Charles X Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XV Style Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Louisville, KY
With inset porcelain plaques.
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Antique 19th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
"Bois Clair" Charles X Burled Ash Bureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
An ash veneer and string inlay desk with an embossed leather top over drawers, on finely turned spindle legs, a deep pull-out surface on each end. The desk is finished on both sides...
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Antique 19th Century French Charles X Desks and Writing Tables
Charming and Rare Early Georgian Mahogany Bureau
Located in London, GB
Almost certainly made by a man schooled in the craft of making walnut bureaux! Although in early 'Cuban' mahogany, it exactly follows the lines and dictums of a walnut veneer piece ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century Red and Gilt Japanned Lacquer Bureau
Located in London, GB
18th century red and gilt Japanned lacquer Bureau.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
French black lacquered two-drawer bureau plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French black lacquered two-drawer bureauplat with leather top and bronze dore mounts.
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French 1940s Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Excellent quality, 1940s kingwood bureau plat with rare fitted cabinet back and stunning ormolu
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Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Boulle Bureau De Dame or Desks
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Matched pair of freestanding Boulle bureau de dame, circa 1860. The ebonized tops have a fretted
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Ebony
$4,450 / set
Grunderzeit Bureau with wood Inlays, Germany, circa 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Below its desk top, the writing desk features a drawer which can be locked. The desk top rests on
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Antique Early 1900s German Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Dutch Marquetry and Inlaid Walnut Bureau
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Dutch marquetry and inlaid walnut bombe fronted bureau, circa 19th century. Covered all over with
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Très beau bureau d
époque Art-Déco en acajou
By Art de France
Located in CANNES, FR
Très beau bureau d'époque Art-Déco en acajou
1 Grand tiroir + 4 petits tiroirs sur les cotés + 1
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Early Georgian Chippendale Bureau Bookcase Desk in Carved Mahogany
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Dorking, GB
An unusual and possibly unique example of a Chippendale design for a carved mahogany bureau
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Antique Late 17th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Napoleon III Boulle Work Writing Table
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Elegant Napoleon III Boulle Work Writing Table (petit bureau plat) with red-stained tortoise shell
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Important Louis XVI Bureau a Cylindre, French, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
An important Louis XVI ormolu-mounted acajou mouchete and mahogany "Bureau à Cylindre" The
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Fine and Highly Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Cylinder-Bureau
By G. None
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Empire style ormolu-mounted mahogany Cylinder-Bureau. A marble toped rectangular top above
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Napoleon III Rosewood French Bureau de Dame
Located in Tricase, Italia
France, 19th century. Small and elegant Bureau de Dame in rosewood and kingwood with gilded bronze
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A late 19th century Louis XV style Kingwood Bureau plat with cabriole legs, inset leather top and
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Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Second Empire Figured Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Asheville, NC
19th century French Second Empire figured mahogany bureau plat, black tooled leather top, turned
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
A Fine Neoclassic Mahogany and Brass Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Having a row of 3 drawers on each side. One drawer having an inscription from the eboniste.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Lovely French Antique Bureau, Original Desk with Bronze Work
Located in Lingfield, West Sussex
This is a beautiful french dressing Bureau/desk that has numerous drawers and flap down. As you can
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Magnifique bureau Art-Déco en placage d
ébène de macassar
By Art de France
Located in CANNES, FR
Magnifique bureau en placage d'ébène de macassar d'époque Art-Déco
Entièrement restauré
6 tiroirs
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Macassar
Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat With Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
A kingwood marquetry Louis XV bureau plat with gilt bronze mounts and cabriole legs, ending in gilt
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Kingwood and Tulipwood Parquetry Serpentine Bureau-Plat
Located in London, GB
The shaped, moulded rectangular top inset with a green tooled leather writing surface above a long
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Antique 1760s Dutch Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Georgian Oak Bureau Slant Front Desk, Scotland 1810, H802
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Georgian oak Bureau slant front desk, Scotland 1810, H802
Scotland 1810
Solid oak
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Antique 19th Century North American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Bureau Ico
Luisa Parisi pour Mim Roma, Italie, circa 1958
By Ico Parisi
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Bureau ou grande table avec plateau cintré en palissandre, tiroir central, piétement en acier
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Palisander
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat and Cartonnier
By Mathieu-Guillaume Cramer
Located in London, Middlesex
bureau plat, having a rectangular top with a black Moroccan leather, the frieze having two drawers and
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique 18th Century Bureau In Cuban Mahogany ( REF AF-3093 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
Beautiful Georgian Bureau In Cuban Mahogany
Consisting of four drawers in total ( two small over
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
George I Walnut Antique Bureau of Small Proportions, Circa 1720
Located in Antrim, GB
An early George I Walnut Antique
Bureau of small proportions.
Circa 1720.
Fitted Interior with
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Antique 1720s European George I Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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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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