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Louis XV Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Turn of the century bureau plat with shaped rectangular top inset with tooled brown leather, above
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Contemporary Handmade Blue and Pink Bureau Desk by Superpoly
By Superpoly
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Contemporary handmade blue and pink bureau desk by Superpoly
Ceramics displayed inside are not
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Desk or Bureau Plat, Louis XV Style, 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis XV style ormolu mounted kingwood bureau plat, 19th c., France, the shaped top with inset
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine and rare antique ormolu mounted French mahogany and amboyna bureau plat in the
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Satinwood and Inlaid Bureau de Dame Desk
Located in London, GB
A superb late Victorian satinwood, black line inlaid and crossbanded, cylinder bureau, circa 1880
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Satinwood
Exquisite Ebonized Antique French Louis XVI Desk/Bureau Plat
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Louis XVI bureau plat a must have. Functionality is no slouch either with 4 smooth functioning drawers
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Napoleon III Mahogany Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An excellent quality French mahogany Napoleon III desk with brass detailing to the drawers and
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Antique French Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk, circa 1840
Located in London, GB
This is a elegant antique French walnut bureau plat with decorative ormolu mounts, circa 1840 in
Category
Antique 1840s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful and rare antique ormolu mounted French bureau plat, circa 1860 in date.
It
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Mid Century Modern Vintage Secretaire Bureau Desk Danish Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautiful secretaire desk is a real stand out piece as well as being great for working at with
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Lady
s Marquetry Inlaid Cylinder Bureau Desk, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A superb late Victorian rosewood and marquetry cylinder front desk, circa 1880.
The retractable
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique French Desk/Bureau Plat with Black Paint/Polished Finish
Located in Round Top, TX
This original Bureau Plat, with leather top and ormolu mounts in excellent condition. It has been
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Style Bureau De Pente Ladies Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XV Style Bureau De Pente Ladies Desk
Antique Louis XV style ormolu mounted
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Mahogany Bevan Funell Desk Bureau Chest of Drawers Drop Front Green Leather
By Bevan Funnell Ltd.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
desk bureau sitting on a chest of drawers
A very good looking multi functional piece of furniture
Category
20th Century English Modern Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
French Ebonized Louis XVI-Style Leather-Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in New York, NY
French ebonized Louis XVI-style leather-top bureau plat desk on tapered legs ending in bronze
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Directoire Style Ebonized Bureau Plat Desk with Leather Top
Located in New York, NY
Oversized French Directoire-style ebonized bureau plat desk with leather top on tapered legs ending
Category
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century "Bureau Plat" - French Provencal Two Drawer Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
Late 18th century "Bureau Plat" - French Provencal Louis XV desk. This lovely desk has two drawers
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
19th Century French Louis XV Marquetry Gilt-Bronze Writing Table or Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
Large 19th Century French Louis XV Marquetry and Gilt-Bronze Writing Table or Bureau Plat
A
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Danish Kjærnulf/Baroque style Oak Secretary Bureau, Slant Front Desk
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
you to rediscover the art of writing. Functional yet decorative, this bureau offers ample storage and
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture French Louis XV Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Louis XV style bureau plat desk
By Baker Furniture
USA, circa 1980s
Category
Late 20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Stamped Maison Jansen Louis XVI Ebonized Desk Bureau Plat, 1950s
By Maison Jansen
Located in Paris, IDF
This rare Louis XVI style ebonized desk stamped Maison Jansen has been made in the early 1950s with
Category
Vintage 1950s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Signed French Directoire Style Ebonized Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a stunning signed Maison Jansen bronze mounted ebonized lacquer bureau plat with a black
Category
Vintage 1940s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Black Lacquered Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in West Hartford, CT
rococo motifs. The desk's top is adorned with a supple leather writing surface, perfect for both
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Restored Ebonized Antique French Bureau Plat/Desk w/Gilt Accents
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Breathtaking antique French ebonized bureau plat with a gorgeous 3 panel black leather top. This
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Elegant French LXVI Ebonized Mahogany 3 Drawer Bureau Plat/Desk
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Sophisticated and elegant, this gorgeous desk emphasizes fine French craftsmanship and design
Category
Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
Rare Italian Mid-18th Century Lacca Povera Desk or Bureau
Located in Berlin, DE
A rare mid-18th century Lacca Povera desk or bureau, profusely decorated with decoupage vignettes
Category
Antique 1740s French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Georgian Antique Bureau, English 18th Century Mahogany Desk, circa 1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a beautiful Georgian antique bureau, an English piece from the late 18th century in
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XIII Style Barley Twist Bureau Plat or Writing Table
Located in Birmingham, AL
A fine 19th century French Louis XIII style bureau plat with a banded top and beveled edge. This
Category
Antique 1850s French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Late 19th Century English Carved Oak Green Man Bureau Desk
Located in Norwich, GB
An antique English carved golden oak green man bureau/desk, circa 1890.
The bureau has a
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Leather
Antique Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk Hopilliart Paris 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine and rare antique ormolu mounted French wood and marquetry bureau plat, Circa 1790 in
Category
Antique 1790s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Louis XV Kingwood and Inlaid Marquetry Bureau Plat Executive Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Italian Louis XV style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk.
Italy, circa Late
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Directoire Style Leather-Top Bureau Plat Desk on Tapered Legs
Located in New York, NY
Directoire Style Leather-Top Bureauplat Desk on Tapered Legs
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables
Antique French Louis XV Bureau Plat Desk With Mounted Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Louis XV or French Continental style writing desk or bureau plat desk
France
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Luxurious Theodore Alexander Castle Bromwich Mahogany
Leather Writing Desk
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An antiqued mahogany writing table, desk or bureau plat having serpentine parquetry planked top
Category
1990s North American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Antique French Louis Revival Ormolu 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 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Mahogany Louis XV Style Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 19th century French 'bureau plat' or writing desk, each pedestal with two drawers and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis XV Revival mahogany bureau plat with highly decorative
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine French Bronze Mounted Leather Top French Directoire Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This fine French Directoire bureau plat desk captures the timeless sophistication of early 19th
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Monumental French Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine and rare antique ormolu mounted French kingwood bureau plat after Charles Cressent
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Bureau "Pigeonnier"
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Paris, FR
Library desk in teak wood with vegetable leather covering by Swiss designer Pierre Jeanneret, 1950
Category
20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Teak
$26,647
19th Century French Ormolu-Mounted Louis Revival Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French kingwood Louis revival bureau plat with highly decorative ormolu
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Kingwood Parquetry Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb antique 19th century French kingwood, parquetry and ormolu-mounted bureau plat, circa 1860
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Cherrywood Cylinder Desk/ Rolltop Bureau Secretary, France C. 1780
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
handcrafted in France, this very special rolltop secretary bureau desk shows a fine cherrywood veneered
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Walnut
Parquetry Bureau De Dame Desk, 19th C
Located in London, GB
A superb Victorian burr walnut parquetry and ormolu mounted Bureau De Dame, circa 1870 in date
Category
Antique 1870s French Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Style "Bureau Plat" Desk with Leather Top
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An elegant antique French desk/writing table in Louis XV style. Also called "Bureau Plat". The desk
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Directoire Style "Bureau Plat" Desk in Cherry with Leather Top
Located in Round Top, TX
French Directoire style "Bureau Plat" desk in cherry with leather top. This desk features two pull
Category
Early 20th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry, Leather
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Desk, Black with Gilded Bronze Details
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Louis XV style bureau plat desk, black with gilded bronze details. Tooled leather top. Ebonized
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Ornate Original French "Bureau Mazarin" Ebonized Mahogany Desk or Dressing Table
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Stately original 1920's French Bureau Mazarin. This fine example offers an ebonized mahogany case
Category
Early 20th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Danish Rosewood Desk/ Bureau/ Secretaire by Nils Jonsson for Møbelfabrik, 1960s
By Nils Johnsson
Located in London, GB
stylish and practical piece, perfect for smaller spaces. The fall flap front encloses a writing space with
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique French Library Table Desk Bureau Plat Renaissance Carved Oak Gothic
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Library Table Desk Bureau Plat Renaissance Carved Oak Gothic.
Direct from France
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Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Northern Italian Biedermeier Double-Sided Desk or Bureau Plat, c. 1820
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Elegant early 19th century northern Italian Biedermeier desk or bureau plat of solid mahogany frame
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat or Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
A 19th century gilt-bronze mounted and marquetry desk of freestanding form. With a brass banded
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Swedish Birch Biedermeier Secretary Desk Bureau, Sweden circa 1840-60
Located in Round Top, TX
Birch Swedish country biedermeier chest of drawers that also serves as a secretary or bureau
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Birch
French Louis XV Kingwood Executive Bureau Plat Desk With Mounted Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Louis XV style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk
France, circa Mid
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Kindel Furniture French Louis XV Mahogany and Gold Gilt Bureau Plat Desk
By Kindel Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk
By Kindel Furniture
USA
Category
Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Small Louis XV Trelliswork Ladies
Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
19th century French small Louis XV Style Napoleon III Trelliswork marquetry ladies' desk or bureau
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Curved Bureau Plat Desk in Rio Rosewood by C.B. Hansen
Located in Kastrup, DK
A very rare and exceptional desk made in Rio rosewood. Likely to be one of a kind, made by
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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Writing Desk Bureau For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the writing desk bureau you’re looking for. Each writing desk bureau for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and animal skin. If you’re shopping for a writing desk bureau, we have 899 options in-stock, while there are 12 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the writing desk bureau you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A writing desk bureau is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XV, Louis XVI and Georgian styles are sought with frequency. François Linke, Maison Jansen and Scarlet Splendour each produced at least one beautiful writing desk bureau that is worth considering.
How Much is a Writing Desk Bureau?
The average selling price for a writing desk bureau at 1stDibs is $6,670, while they’re typically $171 on the low end and $1,844,713 for the highest priced.
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.
Questions About Writing Desk Bureau
- What is a writing desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A writing desk may refer to a desk with a top, often sloping, for writing on or to a portable case with compartments to hold writing materials and a surface for writing.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A small writing table is also called a davenport table or davenport desk. They normally feature a sloped or inclined top attached with hinges to the back of the table. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage davenport desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021A writing desk with drawers is also called a secretary. It is a desk with drawers, one of which can be pushed out and the front of the desk lowered to create a flat writing surface. These writing desks have been made in a variety of styles over the years. Shop for a variety of writing tables with drawers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023What an old-fashioned writing desk is called varies by design. Pieces with drop-down fronts are secretary desks (these are typically made of two parts: a chest of drawers on the bottom and a hutch or cupboard with shelves on the top), while ones that rest on two pillars, cabinets or bookcases are pedestal desks. A desk with a small writing surface positioned in front of drawers and cubbies is a bureau à gradin. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.
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