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Antique Burr Walnut Bureau
Located in London, GB
Antique burr walnut bureau on well defined shaped legs and dating from around the 1920s period. It
Category
Vintage 1920s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine quality French ‘bureau plat’ of grand proportions with book-matched and banded walnut panels
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Provincial Bureau Plat
Located in Hixson, TN
An early 19th century French Provincial bureau plat, having one drawer. This writing table has a
Category
Antique 1820s French Country Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
18th Century Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small 18th century English painted oak bureau with a fitted interior including a well and a secret
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Frits Henningsen Bureau-Plat
By Frits Henningsen
Located in New York, NY
A Danish mahogany bureau-plat by Frits Henningsen, Furniture designer and Cabinet Maker (1889-1965
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Vintage 1930s Danish Desks and Writing Tables
Late 19th century Bureau
Located in Bronx, NY
Late 19th century Bureau.black leather top and great details.4 side drawers and 1 wide middle
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
$14,500
18th Century Swedish Bureau
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Elegant 18th Century Swedish bureau.
The exterior and interior of this lovely piece are painted
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Antique 18th Century Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Provincial Fruitwood Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
Provincial cherry wood five drawer Bureau Plat
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Black Lacquer Bureau Plat
By Auffray Furniture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elegant black lacquer Bureau Plat with brass trim and pulls.
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Antique French Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French black lacquer Bureau Plat with dore bronze accents and brown leather top.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Stamford, CT
A French kingwood bureau plat with herringbone frieze to the top and bronze mounts.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
$18,000
Antique Mahogany Miniature Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful late 18th century mahogany miniature
bureau having attractive interior and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Louis XV style serpentine mahogany bronze-mounted bureau plat with inset leather top, the frieze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
$8,500
Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
Large Louis XV parquetry Bureau Plat with a tooled leather top elaborate bronze figural mounts
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
$22,500
Antique Georgian Mahogany Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Delightful George II Period Mahogany Bureau Of Diminutive
Proportions Having Superbly Figured
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Regence Style Bureau Plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
A Fine Regence Style Bureau Plat in the Manner of André-Charles Boulle, inlaid all over with
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$11,540
Antique Victorian Inlaid Bureau
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique Victorian bureau, dating from around the 1880’s period.
It is of extremely fine
Category
Antique 1890s French Late Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Mahogany Bureau
Located in Eindhoven, NL
18th century mahogany desk in beautiful original condition. Impressive interior, warm colour. Super
Category
Antique 1780s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Doylestown, PA
A French Provincial Louis XV bureau plat desk, late 18th century, in cherrywood, with 2 large
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
$11,500
Fine Louis XVI Bureau Plat
Located in Westport, CT
Rare late 18th century Louis XVI mahogany bureau plat (writing desk). The rectangular top having a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
$17,800
Small Louis XVI Bureau PLat
Located in Berlin, DE
A small bureau plat or writing desk, the rectangular gilt-bronze banded top quarter veneered in
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Antique 1770s Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Louis XV Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Louis XV acajou bureau plat with gilt bronze mounts and a tooled leather writing surface.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
19th Century Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
19th Century French Bureau De Dame in good condition with brass gallery to the top and decorative
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Antique 1890s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bureau Plat, late 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small ebonized bureau plat from the later 19th century with red leather-covered writing surfaces
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Antique Late 19th Century European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
Ebonised Bureau Plat Stamped Jansen
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century ebonised bureau plat with tan leather writing surface and bronze mounts, all
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
20th Century Burl Walnut Bureau
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Dutch bureau of the 20th century. Furniture moved on the front and straight on the sides carved in
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Walnut Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th-Century French gilt metal mounted walnut and marquetry bombe bureau de dame, in Louis XV style
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This beautifully finished Louis XV style bureau plat has a gold tooled black leather top. The front
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Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Painted Bureau Plat
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century painted bureau plat, flat-top writing table in LXVI style with banks of drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Early 19th Century Swedish Bureau
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Early 19th Century fall front bureau.
This lovely bureau is in a sturdy condition with very few
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Walnut Inlaid Bureau de Dame
Located in Cheshire, GB
A 19th century French gilt metal mounted walnut and marquetry bombe bureau de dame, in Louis XV
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
A sturdy and substantial 19th century French bureau plat, Louis XV style, black lacquer with gilt
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Bureau Plat, France, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
French bureau plat standing on fluted conical legs with three drawers underneath the leather
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI style Bureau Plat
Located in Westport, CT
Handsome French Louis XVI style writing desk of elegant proportions, containing three working
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Oak
Louis XVI Period Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Despite its clean, simple lines, this Louis XVI period bureau plat has real star power. In mahogany
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Quality Burr Walnut Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique quality burr walnut bureau having a quality burr walnut top above a burr walnut crossbanded
Category
Vintage 1920s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
It is the lovely details on this mahogany French writing table that make it stand out. The desk
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
1930s French Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A great quality 1930s French walnut bureau plat with a tooled leather insert, and moulded edging
Category
Vintage 1930s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Swedish Roll Top Bureau
Located in London, GB
A wonderful vintage Swedish roll top bureau, dating from the 1960’s.
This is of superb quality, it
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Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Oak Bureau
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 18th century oak bureau, the fall opening to reveal a lovely fitted interior with various
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Antique 1740s British Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century Biedermeier Bureau Commode
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
19th Century biedermeier bureau commode.
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Antique 1820s Austrian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Hixson, TN
An exquisite mahogany bureau plat in the French Empire style. The mahogany is French polished to a
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
1920s French Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An early 20th century French walnut and inlaid bureau plat in Louis XV style.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Style Marquetry Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lovely marquetry Bureau plat with dark red leather top and excellent ormolu mounts and pulls.
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
French Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine and unusual French Louis XV leather top bureau plat with bronze trim and mounts.
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
$15,500
Fine Louis XVI Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
Louis XVI bronze-mounted leather top bureau plat with two slides, square tapered legs and bronze
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
$16,000
Napolean III style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Black lacquered and gilt trim Bureau Plat adorned with brass trim and fittings with caramel leather
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Vintage 1970s American Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Pomona, CA
Louis XV style bureau plat rosewood with king-wood drawer fronts. Ornately decorated with brass
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat of Tulip Wood with rare bronze mounts. Replaced black leather top with
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$14,500
Karges Louis XV bureau plat
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV style chinoiserie decorated bureau plat with a red leather top, raised chinoiserie
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Late 20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Louis XV ebonized and lacquered red leather top bureau plat with bronze mounts and pulls
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Napoleon III Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Leather top with Bronze Ormolu ,French Polish Bureau Plat
Finish on all sides ,Fitted with
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An early 20th century French bureau plat in Louis XVI style with brass-bound tooled leather top and
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$11,130
Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI style, one-drawer, hand-painted bureau plat with bronze edging. Tapered legs ending in
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XV style bureau plat of fruitwood with leather top. Three drawers on one side, faux drawers
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood, Leather
Danish Late Empire Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A Danish Late Empire mahogany line inlaid bureau plat, Circa 1830, the rectangular top with rounded
Category
Antique 1830s Danish Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
Louis XV style black lacquered bureau plat with bronze hardware and gold tooled inset red leather
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
$12,750
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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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