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Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat
The shaped rectangular top with a leather
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique bureau with storage compartments, Northern Europe, ca. 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique bureau from the end of the 19th century, Northern Europe.
Furniture in very good condition
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th century Swedish pine bureau with iron side handles
Located in London, GB
A charming and more unusual C19th swedish fall front pine bureau on bracket feet.
The top drawer
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat, 20th century, the rectangular inset leather
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Large Louis XV Style 19th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
bureau plate. Having an inset leather top, five oak lined drawers to one side, dummy drawers to the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional Louis XV-Style Rosewood Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
meticulously detailed to enhance the desk’s luxurious presence. A tooled green leather writing surface is
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French, Early 19th Century, Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
wood, and ormolu bureau plat desk. The desk is raised by cabriole legs with fine pierced fitted wrap
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Boulle Centre Table Bureau Plat C.1860
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique French Boulle Centre Table Bureau Plat C.1860
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
backplates , the reverse of the desk finished with false drawers. All raised on square tapered legs headed by
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Parquetry, Ormolu and Leather Bureau Plat by Ross
By Donald Ross
Located in London, GB
Antique parquetry, ormolu and leather bureau plat by Ross
English, 19th Century
Height 76cm
Category
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th C. Louis XV Style French Bureau with Sèvres Porcelain, ALIX
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR
Elegant Louis XV style French bureau desk, made in Paris circa 1850, crafted in fine precious woods
Category
Antique 1850s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early Victorian Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Bureau-Plat
Located in London, GB
A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN PORCELAIN AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU-PLAT ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Kingwood
Antique Victorian Marquetry
Ormolu Bonheur de Jour Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Ladies writing desk, circa 1860 in date.
The gorgeous grain and colour of the burr walnut, the fabulous
Category
Antique 1860s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Gilt-Bronze Bureau Plat with Leather
Mahogany, Circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Palatial Victorian Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat.
This palatial bureau plat is of grand
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Multi Laminated and Lacquered Wood Bureau, Argentina, circa 1970
By Stilka
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Multi laminated and lacquered wood bureau. Argentina, circa 1970.
Attributed to Stilka.
Category
Vintage 1970s Argentine Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine Kingwood Parquetry and Gilt-Bronze Bureau Plat by Schmit
By Frédéric Schmit
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
mounted desk
Kingwood and mahogany veneer. Black leather writing surface,
three drawers, lock stamped
Category
Antique 1890s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Bureau italien moderniste avec bibliothèque étagère string modulable teck métal
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau avec bibliothèque étagère string intégrée vintage des années 60, design italien moderniste
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Mahogany Bureau Plat, After Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Mahogany Bureau plat, after Henry Dasson, having an inset
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Quality Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat. Having an inset leather top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$30,707 Sale Price
20% Off
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Marquetry Bureau Plat
By Jacques Dubois
Located in Forney, TX
marquetry inlaid bureau plat.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in the manner of important French master ébéniste
Category
20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Bureau de Dame, Walnut
Leather, England, Circa 1840
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
interiors, such as bedrooms, in mind. Consequently his pursed a more feminine form for such writing desks
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Bureau vintage en verre fumé et métal chromé des années 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 70, plateau rectangulaire en verre fumé, pieds design en forme de
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
French Louis XVI style marquetry bureau in the manner of Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Kingwood marquetry inlaid Cylinder bureau. Having the three
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Baker Collector
s Edition Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
and mounts, true to Louis XV form.
This bureau plat is ideal as a statement writing desk, executive
Category
Vintage 1980s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Fine Mid-20th Century Inlaid Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine Mid-20th Century fruitwood bureau plat, fabulously carved, ormolu mounted, cross banded
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Doge Bureau with Red Chinoiserie
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Doge Bureau
Category
2010s Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood bureau plat.
Late 19th century. The replaced
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Bureau Antique Cartonnier Sliding Top for Hidden Storage
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian smaller-sized writing desk with storage hidden beneath top from the 19th century. This
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Regence Style Ebonised Bureau Plat by Sormani, circa 1880
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Regence style ebonised and gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat by Sormani.
Paris, circa 1880
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style French Marquetry Roll Top Bureau De Damme
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine 19th century roll top bureau de damme in the Louis XVI style, with fine veneers and panels
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1940s Petite Mahogany Ornate Painted Secretary Bureau with Flip Leather Top
Located in Germantown, MD
Beautifully painted and decorated mahogany Secretary Bureau writing table with Flip green Leather
Category
Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
A Regence Style Bureau Plat After The Model by Charles Cressent
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Bureau Plat à Têtes De Guerriers Antiques‘ - An Important Regence Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Marquetry, Ormolu and Jasperware Bureau du Roi by Beurdeley
By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Antique French marquetry, ormolu and jasperware Bureau du Roi by Beurdeley
French, c. 1890
Height
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
A fine 19th c French Louis XV signed Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
A very Fine 19th century French Louis XV mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureau blat signed Jemont
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bureau Plat with Floral and Blue Porcelain Plaques
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in London, GB
A very fine bureau plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock.
After a model by C.C. Saunier
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat Attributed To Wassmus
Located in Essex, MA
The identical desk and possibly the same one pictured in Les Ebenistes Du XIX Siecle by Denise
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Louis XV Style Marquetry Bureau Plat Attributed to François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Montreal, QC
writing surface of the desk is inset with the original tooled leather top retaining a beautiful aged
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style After Francois Linke
By François Linke
Located in Berlin, DE
French bureau plat in Louis 15th style after Francois Linke
Solid beechwood and oak. Maple rood
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Bureau vintage en bois de noyer et métal chromé des années 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 70, design dans le style de Gordon Russell ou de Jules Wabbes, plateau
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Bureau Plat
By Philippe Claude Montigny
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the style of Montigny (Philippe-Claude Montigny, mai^tre in 1770), the rectangular tooled leather-lined top surrounded with a later ormolu border, above two frieze drawers and sim...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$20,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat After Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Parquetry Bureau Plat
The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Original Louis Seize Style Bureau Mahogany Table, Early 20th Century
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Perfect craftsmanship, inlaid mahogany and bronze application, early 20th century, a secret drawer on one side, freestanding.
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat, Circa 1860 - 1890 for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XVI style mahogany writing desk with satinwood and French walnut marquetry with bronze
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre By François Linke
François Linke – Index Number 242
Surmounted by a
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Palatial Louis XV Gilt Bronze Bureau-Plat Cartonnier
19th Century
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palatial French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Inlaid Bureau-Plat Cartonnier with signed clock by Le Roy
Category
Antique 1870s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Rosewood, Tulipwood
Nice Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Nice Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
The rectangular top with
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A fine late 19th century Kingwood Bureau Plat in the French Régence style
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Cressent
This fine bureau plat or writing table is decorated with quartered kingwood veneers except for on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Bureau by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bureau By François Linke
François Linke
The upper case with shaped top, surmounted by a serpentine
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Bureau vintage de Louis Sognot en rotin et bois des années 60
By Louis Sognot
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 60, très joli design attribué à Louis Sognot, en rotin, plateau et
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rattan
French 20th C. Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted-Kingwood
Plaque-Inset Bureau Plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptional and richly mounted Louis XV style bureau plat, crafted in kingwood with exquisite
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Royal French Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style After Francois Linke, Paris
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal French Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style After Francois Linke, Paris
Solid Mahogany rood and
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$6,680 Sale Price
51% Off
Diminutive George III Walnut Block Front Slant Front Bureau Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Germantown, MD
Slant Front secretary Bureau Bookcase Cabinet in great vintage condition. Restored throughout to the
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Antique Mid-19th Century American George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Bureau vintage Marcello Gacita et Pierre Tiberi pour Rodet verre fumé, plexiglas
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Bureau vintage des années 70, design de Marcello Gacita et Pierre Tiberi pour les éditions Rodet
Category
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Smoked Glass, Plexiglass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
An antique Louis XVI style writing desk with beautiful patina. Hand crafted in France in the early
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Bureau de direction pieds traîneau vintage en pin des années 60 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Grand bureau type bureau de direction vintage des années 60 70, en bois de pin, pieds traîneau, un
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique French Louis XVI Bronze Mounted Writing Table
By Claude Michel Clodion, François Linke, Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Forney, TX
, petite bureau plat writing desk, library table or center table, lamp stand, hall console or sofa table
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
1950s Oak Bureau in JM Frank Style from Cartier Paris – Exquisite Craftsmanship
By (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in IT
This stunning 1950s oak bureau, crafted in the style of renowned designer Jean-Michel Frank, comes
Category
Antique 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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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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