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Bureau Plat by Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Wien, AT
Paris, late 19th century, elegantly curved hardwood frame, rosewood veneered, inlaid with various precious woods in the form of cubes and leaves, polished in traditional craftsmanshi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
Located in Sheffield, MA
Directoire Maison Jansen style desk. Label inside drawer inscribed "A. Alavoine and Co., NY and
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Sheraton Revival Satinwood Cylinder Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
Sheraton revival satinwood and rosewood crossbanded cylinder bureau, the raised three-quarter
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
$16,413 Sale Price
33% Off
19th century bronze mounted bureau plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century bronze mounted crossbanded bureau plat, the shaped top with gilt bronze border and
Category
Antique 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Sheraton Revival marquetry inlaid cylinder bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
A substantial Sheraton Revival flame mahogany and satinwood crossbanded cylinder bureau, the ornate
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
A Nineteenth Century French Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A mid nineteenth century French bureau plat of good scale, in mahogany with kingwood veneer
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 19th century French gilt metal mounted marquetry bombé bureau de dame
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Fine French Marquetry bureau, circa 1880.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite 19th-century French marquetry bureau showcases exceptional craftsmanship and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Bureau PJ-BU-08-B
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Paris, FR
Signed on the left side.
Rectangular top with drooping sides.
Pair of compass-type side legs joined by a rear crosspiece supporting the open-case frame.
Category
Vintage 1960s Indian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$23,138
Antique bureau, Northern Europe, ca. 1910.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique bureau, Northern Europe, ca. 1910.
Very good condition, after renovation in our workshop
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Feminine Boulle Bureau
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French feminine Boulle bureau (office desk, escritoire).
Category
Antique 1850s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th C.
Located in Astoria, NY
French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th century, with gilt-tooled tan leather top with central
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Viennese enamel bureau cabinet, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality Viennese late 19th century, gilt-bronze and enamel mounted ebonised bureau-cabinet
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Enamel
English Marquetry Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Victorian gilt-bronze mounted marquetry inlaid Bureau De Dame.
This richly decorated
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Miami, US
refined addition to any elegant interior.
This bureau plat serves not only as a functional writing desk
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Bureau Plat, by Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
writing desk but also as a stunning example of period craftsmanship and opulence in furniture design
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$41,580 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Queen Anne Period Walnut Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A most enchanting Queen Anne period burr walnut bureau of highly desirable small proportions and
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV style bureau plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This late 19th-century French bureau plat is a stunning example of mahogany craftsmanship. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Rosewood Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
consisting of two drawers, a baise writing surface and a well. The bureau stands on elegant shaped legs
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Bureau Baumann vintage en bois des années 50
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau Baumann vintage des années 50, structure et pieds compas en bois de hêtre clair, plateau en
Category
Vintage 1960s French Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset deep burgundy leather with bronze outer border over three drawers and opposing false drawers raised on cabriole legs and sabot feet. With key.
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Schonbuch Bureau Console Table by Earnest Studio
By Schönbuch, Earnest Studio
Located in New York, NY
The table from the BUREAU line melds clear modernity with timeless class, its rounded lines being a
Category
2010s German Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
$1,809 / item
Reprodux Bevan Funnell Lovely Campaign Style Bureau
By Bevan Funnell Ltd.
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer this lovely campaign style small bureau with brass handles and four drawers on
Category
Mid-20th Century British Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century, Bureau Plat, by Francoise Linke.
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality French kingwood and marquetry, ormolu-mounted Bureau plat, signed Linke.
Having
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
$49,239 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century French Regence Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 18th century French Regence Bureau Plat. Four drawers, with pieced leather top with
Category
Antique 18th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$53,200 Sale Price
30% Off
Louis XVI style Bureau plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having an inset leather
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$21,884 Sale Price
20% Off
French Rococo Style Walnut
Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant French rococo style bureau plat writing desk made in walnut with ormolu accents
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage midcentury French walnut bureau plat with parquetry top & pull outs on each side. Bronze
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality small late 19th century French Boulle inlaid bureau plat, having an inset leather
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Italian Empire Painted and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
The boldly proportioned painted and parcel gilt desk. Having 2 large drawers with fine carving
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Empire Revival Cylinder Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An Empire Revival mahogany and parcel gilt cylinder bureau, Circa 1880 in date.
The panelled roll
Category
Antique 1880s French Empire Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Style Bureau Plate, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XV style bureau plat, having an inset leather top, gilded
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fine quality 19th Century French, Louis XV Style bureau plat.
With ormolu mounts and moulded
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Linke Influenced Bureau Plat, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat, in the manner of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$10,942 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An impressive early 19th Century French Louis XVI style, black lacquered bureau plat.
With is
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Large Regence Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
two masks to the sides, with three drawers and a leather writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Bureau vintage en bois de chêne des années 60
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 60, en bois de chêne, très beau design à l’esprit brutaliste, 3 tiroirs
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI-Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XVI-style ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat / desk with rectangular blue-grey leather
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Blackened and Gilt Bureau Plat
Located in TOURCOING, FR
This elegant bureau plat features a beautifully shaped serpentine form, crafted in blackened wood
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
20th Century French Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A rare example of a French Louis XV style bureau plat with fitted cabinet back. A handsome piece
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine C19th French Thuya wood
Marquetry Bureau Plat
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine C19th French Thuya wood & Marquetry Bureau Plat
Top with Green inset Leather writing surface
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
$2,735 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French bureau plat featuring a high-gloss black" lacquer like" painted finish, bronze
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Regence Ebonized And Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset black tooled leather surrounded by a brass inlaid ebonized border with brass edge. The frieze with three drawers with cast bronze handles and three ...
Category
Antique 1730s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Regence Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat
By Charles Cressent
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Regence style gilt-bronze mounted parquetry bureau plat, in the manner of Charles Cressent
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI style French bureau plat after Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality, elegant late 19th century French Louis XV style Kingwood serpentine shaped bureau
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$13,130 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Petite French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
bureau plat, circa 1850 in date.
This fantastic bureau plat features an ornate serpentine crossbanded top
Category
Antique 1850s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Rare 18th Century Mahogany Bureau Cabinet on Stand
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A rare example of an 18th century mahogany bureau bookcase, the whole with finely carved mouldings
Category
Antique 1740s Irish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Style Kingwood
Ormolu Bureau Plat by Simon Loscertales
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A beautifully crafted Louis XV French style bureau plat, made in the 1960s by Simon Loscertales and
Category
Vintage 1960s Spanish Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export 18th Century Lacquer Bureau on Stand
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare mid 18th century Chinese Export lacquer bureau on stand. Probably made in Canton
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century glossy ebonized Louis XV style bureau plat with lovely bronze ormolu and black leather
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI style bureau plat.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French parquetry inlaid Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$8,204 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
also see more desks, bureau and writing tables as well as our range of range of desk chairs and other
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Antique French Marquetry Inlaid Bureau De Dame Circa 1890
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fine and very well made Ladies writing desk in Louis XV style. An antique bureau de dame, with
Category
20th Century European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
and marquetry double-sided Bureau Plat/Desk of very unique shape. This spectacular French desk has a
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
ormolu Bureau Plat desk. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole leg with exquisite pierced fitted ormolu
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Bureau en bois dans le goût de Charlotte Perriand
Located in Paris, FR
Bureau en pin dans le goût de Charlotte Perriand. En très bon état avec quelques traces d'usure
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Early 20thC Louis XVth Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
By Lysberg, Hansen
Therp
Located in Altrincham, GB
Early 20thC Louis XVth Style Kingwood Bureau Plat with fine gilt bronze mounts applied to cabriole
Category
Vintage 1910s Danish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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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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