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Antique French Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted bureau plat, Circa 1860 in date
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Kingwood Louis XV Bureau Plat Desk Ormolu Mounts
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Fit for a French Aristocrat. A large and impressive Louis XV Kingwood and mahogany bureau plat the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
French Ebonized Writing Table or Desk with Embossed Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant French bureau writing desk (or table) of ebonized mahogany, in the Louis XVI style
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Fine Maison Jansen French Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat or Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Birmingham, AL
An exceptional mid-20th century Maison Jansen attributed French Louis XVI style bureau plat or desk
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Rosewood Escritoire/Bureau/Desk by Arne Wahl Iversen for Vinde Mobelfabrik
By Arne Wahl Iversen, Vinde Møbelfabrik
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
with four drawers either side of a drop down flap which has a black melamine writing surface, and two
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Empire Bureau Plat / Partner Desk with Six Drawers, Walnut, France, circa 1810
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful, rare and unadorned neoclassical Empire Bureau plat / writing desk with 6 drawers, France
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Louis XVI Style Desk/ Bureau Plat, Mahogany with Black Leather Top
Located in Houston, TX
Late 19th century, the rectangular top with an inset leather writing surface within a molded edge
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis Revival Kingwood
Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze-mounted serpentine kingwood bureau plat
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis Revival Kingwood
Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted kingwood bureau plat, circa
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Louis Revival Kingwood Marquetry Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb antique 19th century French kingwood, marquetry and ormolu mounted bureau plat, circa 1860
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis Revival Kingwood
Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted serpentine kingwood bureau plat
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Ormolu-Mounted Bureau a Cylindre Roll Top Desk Signed H. Fourdinois
Located in Queens, NY
French ormolu-mounted bureau a cylindre roll top desk signed H. Fourdinois.
Veneered in walnut
Category
Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Régence Napoleon III Ebonized Desk/Bureau Plat Stamped Gros/Paris
By Benjamin Gros
Located in Berlin, DE
stamped “GROS/PARIS”.
Beautiful and rare writing desk or so-called “bureau plat” made by the well-known
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century English 2-Drawer Leather Top Bureau Desk w/ Bronze Wheels
Located in Marbella, ES
Antique 19th century English 2-drawer leather top bureau desk with bronze wheels.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Maison Jansen Stainless Steel Nickel-Plated Bronze Desk or Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
stunning Hollywood Regency writing table or desk leaves no stone Un-turned as its sleek and timeless lines
Category
Late 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Antique French Carved Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak secretary desk bureau drop front Louis XV Style.
Direct from France, a
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
French Louis XVI Ebonized Mahogany Desk or Bureau Plat With Original Leather
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Early 20th century French bureau plat in ebonized mahogany (not to be confused with black lacquer
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
French Louis XV Ormolu Mounted Bureau Black Leather Top Executive Plat Desk
Located in Southampton, NJ
Louis XV style bureau plat desk having exquisite mahogany wood grain and fine bronze castings
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Walnut Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Recency Louis XVI style executive writing desk
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa
Category
Vintage 1960s American Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Superb Bronze Mounted French Louis XV Kingwood Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb French Louis XV style desk of smaller size. The desk features a gorgeous kingwood
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Fine French 19th Century Victorian Parquetry and Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine French 19th century Victorian parquetry and ormolu-mounted bureau plat desk. This exceptional
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XIV Kingwood, Mahogany, Ormolu
Satinwood Bureau Plat Desk 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French Louis XIV style writing desk offers kingwood and mahogany construction with satinwood
Category
20th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
French Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A vintage French mahogany-and-leather Louis XVI-style ‘Bureau Plat’ desk, with leather top and pull
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$4,975
Danish Rosewood Bureau
Located in London, GB
A very fine Brazilian rosewood bureau produced in Denmark circa 1960.
Excellent grain. Superb
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Palisander, Rosewood
$1,638
Mid Century Modern Vintage Teak Secretaire Desk Bureau by Jentique Danish Style
By Jentique
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Mid Century Modern Vintage Teak Desk Secretaire by Jentique is a stunning addition to any mid
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
French 19th Century Bureau Plat and Desk Chair, Possibly by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
bureau plat and its matching desk chair, after a model by Charles Cressent, possibly by Francois Linke
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Louis XV Burl Wood Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk With Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding Italian Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk
Italy, Circa 1940s
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Franch Bureau Plat
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant and fine made French Directoire bureau plat, circa 1900. Mahogany with bronze mounts on top
Category
Antique 1890s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$11,251
English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small 18th century English painted oak bureau with original brass handles. 1780.
Height to
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$3,414
French Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk With Mounted Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk
France, Circa 1940s
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat Leather Top 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 Late
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Gustavian bureau-plat
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish late Gustavian style brass-mounted mahogany bureau-plat with cartonnier, Second Half 19th
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Small Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat or Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
A 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry bureau plat, with a brass banded tooled
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Louis XV Style Chinoiserie and Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a wonderful piece! It is a French Louis XV style chinoiserie and gilt bronze bureau plat
Category
Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Danish Bureau-Plat
By C.B.Hansen
Located in New York, NY
A Danish birchwood writing desk, Circa 1910, possibly by C.B. Hansens cabinetmakers. the
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Desks and Writing Tables
$8,500
Danish Bureau Plat
By C.B.Hansen
Located in New York, NY
A Danish birchwood writing desk, Circa 1900, possibly by C.B. Hansens cabinetmakers. the
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
$8,500
19th Century French Louis XV Bronze-Mounted Kingwood Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This exceptional French Louis XV style kingwood parquetry writing desk or bureau plat features a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Ornate French Boulle Inlay Bureau Plat Desk with Glass Top
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful and gorgeous 19th century serpentine shaped French Boulle desk with brass inlay. Rare and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Luxurious Mahogany and Green Tooled Leather Writing Desk with Brass Decoration
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A stunning mahogany bureau plat writing desk that has inset brass ends and a brass molding surround
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Country French Louis XV Style Ladies Roll Top Desk or Bureau à Cylindre
Located in Birmingham, AL
Charming Country French Louis XV style ladies tambour roll top desk or bureau à cylindre of walnut
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century French Mahogany Wood Bureau Plat or Desk with Leather Top
Located in London, GB
A fine early 19th century mahogany bureau plat of outstanding color, with black leather writing
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century English painted pine bureau, 1780.
Dimensions:
36 inches (91 cms) wide
22 inches
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
$2,116
Ornate French Louis XV Style Two Sided Walnut and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An impressively elegant French Louis XV style walnut and ormolu mounted figural bureau plat desk
Category
Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A fine early nineteenth century mahogany bureau plat of good colour retaining the original leather
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
$9,423
Swedish Serpentine Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 19th century, Swedish original painted Swedish Bureau, 1890
Reference: 5303
Dimensions
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
"Bureau Plat" desk in ebonized wood with gilt brass mounts and embossed leather
By Maison Jansen
Located in Madrid, España
"Bureau Plat" desk in ebonized wood with gilt brass mounts and embossed leather top - Atr. Maison
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Polychrome Decorated Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
Polychrome-decorated bureau of small proportions, in the Italian manner having a hinged fall
Category
Early 20th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique French Louis XV Walnut Ormalu Inlaid Ladies Library Vanity Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Louis XV / Quinze style petitle ladies writing table, desk or bureau . Made of burl walnut
Category
Antique 19th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Louis XV Kingwood and Burl Wood Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk with Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Louis XV style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk
France, circa
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French XIX Louis XVI Kingwood and Tulipwood Bureau Desk with Tooled Morocco Top
Located in Santa Monica, CA
French 19th century Louis XVI kingwood and tulipwood bureau with tooled morocco leather top.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Bodart Louis XV Mahogany and Gold Gilt Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk, Circa 1960s
By Jacques Bodart
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Provincial Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk
By Jacques Bodart
Category
Vintage 1960s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat or Desk with Ormolu Tri
Located in Birmingham, AL
A fine late 19th century French Louis XVI style bureau plat or desk handcrafted of mahogany with
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Gianfranco Frattini Bureau, Bernini
By Gianfranco Frattini, Bernini
Located in London, GB
Limited edition Gianfranco Frattini designed rolltop bureau for `Bernini. Italy. Ebonised Ash
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ash
Fine American-Made Leather Top Brass Ormolu Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful American-made desk with age -crackled leather and a nice original ebonized
Category
Vintage 1980s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Burl Wood Bureau Plat Desk on Parson
s Frame In the Manner of Milo Baughman
By Tomlinson, Milo Baughman
Located in Peabody, MA
A mid century, bureau plat desk in the manner of Milo Baughman by Tomlinson, ca. 1960s. Burl wood
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
French Transitional Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine French Louis XV / XVI transitional leather top mahogany bureau plat with a tooled border-top
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XV Bureau Plat Desk with Ormolu and Faux Marble Top by Drexel
By Drexel
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Louis XV style bureau plat desk
By Drexel
USA, 1960s
Original antiqued
Category
Vintage 1960s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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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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