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French Charles X Brass Inlaid Rosewood Bureau Plat
Located in Natchez, MS
French Charles X rosewood brass inlaid bureau plat with tooled leather top. Three drawers.
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Antique 19th Century French Charles X Desks and Writing Tables
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Rosewood
Louis XV Style Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Louisville, KY
With inset porcelain plaques.
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Antique 19th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Charming and Rare Early Georgian Mahogany Bureau
Located in London, GB
Almost certainly made by a man schooled in the craft of making walnut bureaux! Although in early 'Cuban' mahogany, it exactly follows the lines and dictums of a walnut veneer piece ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century Red and Gilt Japanned Lacquer Bureau
Located in London, GB
18th century red and gilt Japanned lacquer Bureau.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
French black lacquered two-drawer bureau plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French black lacquered two-drawer bureauplat with leather top and bronze dore mounts.
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
French 1940s Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Excellent quality, 1940s kingwood bureau plat with rare fitted cabinet back and stunning ormolu
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Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
19th Century Dutch Marquetry and Inlaid Walnut Bureau
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Dutch marquetry and inlaid walnut bombe fronted bureau, circa 19th century. Covered all over with
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Très beau bureau d
époque Art-Déco en acajou
By Art de France
Located in CANNES, FR
Très beau bureau d'époque Art-Déco en acajou
1 Grand tiroir + 4 petits tiroirs sur les cotés + 1
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
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Chrome
Important Louis XVI Bureau a Cylindre, French, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
An important Louis XVI ormolu-mounted acajou mouchete and mahogany "Bureau à Cylindre" The
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Fine and Highly Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Cylinder-Bureau
By G. None
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Empire style ormolu-mounted mahogany Cylinder-Bureau. A marble toped rectangular top above
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
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Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Napoleon III Rosewood French Bureau de Dame
Located in Tricase, Italia
France, 19th century. Small and elegant Bureau de Dame in rosewood and kingwood with gilded bronze
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A late 19th century Louis XV style Kingwood Bureau plat with cabriole legs, inset leather top and
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Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
19th Century French Second Empire Figured Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Asheville, NC
19th century French Second Empire figured mahogany bureau plat, black tooled leather top, turned
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Mahogany
A Fine Neoclassic Mahogany and Brass Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Having a row of 3 drawers on each side. One drawer having an inscription from the eboniste.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
Magnifique bureau Art-Déco en placage d
ébène de macassar
By Art de France
Located in CANNES, FR
Magnifique bureau en placage d'ébène de macassar d'époque Art-Déco
Entièrement restauré
6 tiroirs
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
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Macassar
Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat With Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
A kingwood marquetry Louis XV bureau plat with gilt bronze mounts and cabriole legs, ending in gilt
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
Antique 18th Century Bureau In Cuban Mahogany ( REF AF-3093 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
Beautiful Georgian Bureau In Cuban Mahogany
Consisting of four drawers in total ( two small over
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Antique Early 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
Louis XV "Bureau Plat" Stamped by Delorme and Lardin
By Adrien Delorme
Located in Paris, FR
Great desk inlaid with amaranth and tulipwood. Its belt opens with three drawers ornamented with
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Antique 18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century Kingwood and Tulipwood Parquetry Serpentine Bureau-Plat
Located in London, GB
The shaped, moulded rectangular top inset with a green tooled leather writing surface above a long
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Antique 1760s Dutch Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Bureau Ico
Luisa Parisi pour Mim Roma, Italie, circa 1958
By Ico Parisi
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Bureau ou grande table avec plateau cintré en palissandre, tiroir central, piétement en acier
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Palisander
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat and Cartonnier
By Mathieu-Guillaume Cramer
Located in London, Middlesex
bureau plat, having a rectangular top with a black Moroccan leather, the frieze having two drawers and
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Rosewood
Antique 18th Century Heavily Carved Bureau In Oak ( REF AF-3520 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
authenticity and a touch of classic elegance.
The bureau opens to reveal a beautifully fitted desk interior
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Antique 18th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
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Oak
Antique 18th Century Great Quality Bureau In Oak ( REF AF-3519 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This impressive 18th-century antique oak bureau is a stunning example of classic craftsmanship and
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
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Oak
George I Walnut Antique Bureau of Small Proportions, Circa 1720
Located in Antrim, GB
An early George I Walnut Antique
Bureau of small proportions.
Circa 1720.
Fitted Interior with
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Antique 1720s European George I Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Late 19th Century French Tulip Wood and Mahogany Bureau-Plat
Located in Salisbury, GB
Late 19th century French Tulip wood and mahogany bureau-plat with gilt tooled leather skiver.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany, Tulipwood
Antique 19th Century Good Quality Bureau In Mahogany ( REF AF-3581 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
bureau features a well-fitted desk interior, complete with compartments and storage spaces, making it a
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
Rococo Style Bureau Plat with Gilt Bronze Mounts, France, 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
French Rococo Louis XV style kingwood bureau plat. Serpentine shape gilt top surface with gilt
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
French 19th Century Japanese Lacquer Bureau Plat in Napoleon III Style
By Napoléon III
Located in Vilnius, LT
Very rare 19th century French desk in ebony with bronze. French Napoleon III bureau plat - desk. It
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Macassar Ebony Bureau Plat in the style of Ruhlmann
By Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stunning beautiful.`
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Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables
Empire Gilt Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat with a Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A Empire gilt bronze-mounted mahogany bureau plat, the top with a green leather writing surface
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
Antique 17th Century Bureau Of Finest Quality In Oak ( REF AF-3666 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This exceptional late 17th-century oak bureau is a rare and breathtaking piece, embodying the
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Antique 17th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Mahogany Veneer and Brass inlaid "Bureau a Cylindre"
Located in Charleston, SC
Interesting Louis XVI style mahogany cylinder desk with a white marble top having a brass gallery
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique 18th Century Bureau of Small Proportions In Mahogany ( REF AF-3506 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This exquisite 18th-century antique bureau in rich mahogany is a perfect blend of elegance and
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Antique 18th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
19th Century Louis XVI Mahogany and Leather Small Bureau Plat RESTORED
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Elegant small Louis XVI writing desk with wheels, leather top with two side drawers and one central
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Louisville, KY
Second Half of the 19th Century; featuring an inset rectangular top over a two drawer frieze with side pulls; raised on square tapering legs.
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
Palatial Neoclassical Style Bureau Plat after Jean-Henri Riesener, France, 1860
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare extra-large French Louis XVI Neoclassical style four-sided bureau plat, after a model by Jean
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze
Ebonized Three-Drawer Bureau Plat with Embossed Leather Top, French, circa 1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ebonized three-drawer bureau plat with embossed leather top, French, circa 1880.
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Très beau bureau en palissandre, python et cuir de vachette - Période Art Déco
By Art Decor
Located in CANNES, FR
Très beau et rare bureau d'époque Art-Déco en palissandre, python et cuir de vachette
1 grand
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
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Leather, Palisander, Python
Louis XV Style Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat, France circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
A Louis XV Style Carved, Ebonized and Parcel Gilt Bureau Plat, with Gilt Tooled Leather Top
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century Continental King Wood and Gilt Metal Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
A free standing mid-19th century Continental king wood and gilt metal mounted bureau plat of Louis
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Antique Mid-19th Century European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Fine Quality Mid-19th Century Goncalo Alves Bureau Plat in the French Style
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine quality mid-19th century (1840) Goncalo alves freestanding bureau plat in the French style
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
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Zebra Wood
French Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Late 19th Century by Au Gros Chene, Paris
By Au Gros Chene
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
for its age. An antique French parquetry and bronze Cartonnier writing desk with clock from the same
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Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
English Bureau Mahogany Writing Desk Chest
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive early 20th century walnut writing bureau.
The marquetry adorned fall flap enclosed
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Early 20th Century English Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Bureau/Writing Desk Walnut Biedermeier, circa 1840
Located in Uppingham, GB
Bureau/writing desk walnut Biedermeier, circa 1840.
Roll top front, opening to a draw out
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Antique 1830s German Biedermeier Desks
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Walnut
English Georgian Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk Chest
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive George IV mahogany cylinder bureau.
The rectangular top with inlaid marquetry
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Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Lacquer Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
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Stunning Regency style desk with a black lacquer finish - Love this look at the moment, black lacquer seems
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1990s Regency Desks
French Empire Style Desk Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Wonderful French Empire style writing desk in kingwood with ormolu fittings.
Hope the photos do
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Vintage 1970s European Empire Desks
Georgian Writing Bureau
Located in Inverness, GB
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The drawer handles in the desk tidy are ivory and compliment the Conch Shell inlay design.
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Antique Late 18th Century Georgian Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$1,713
English Antique Oak Bureau Arts
Crafts Writing Desk Chest
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive early 20th century solid oak writing bureau.
The fall flap enclosed writing surface
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Early 20th Century English Desks
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Extending Desk
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous Louis XV Style bureau plat or desk.
Classic piece of French furniture that just shouts
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Late 20th Century Empire Desks
Antique French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Walnut Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Highly charming French Empire writing table or bureau plat
handcrafted from walnut with ebonized
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Antique 1880s French Empire Desks
French Empire Style Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat Kingwood
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous French Empire style desk or bureau plat.
Elegant piece handcrafted from Kingwood with
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2010s Empire Desks
Regency Gillows Style Writing Table Desk Mahogany Bureau Office
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning English Regency Gillows style desk or writing table.
Clean and minimal design perfect for
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2010s Regency Desks
Louis XV Style Knee Hole Desk Writing Table Bureau
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Louis XV style antique knee hole desk.
Covered in intricate marquetry inlay, largely floral motifs
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Antique Georgian Bureau, Oak Desk, Writing Table, Scotland 1800, H163
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Georgian Bureau, oak desk, writing table, Scotland 1800, H163
Scotland 1800
Solid oak
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Antique Early 1800s Scottish Georgian Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Georgian 18th Century Crossbanded Oak Bureau Desk Writing Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique Georgian 18th century oak bureau desk or writing table.
Attractive mahogany crossbanding
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Antique 18th Century British Georgian Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Empire Bureau De Dame Ladies Desk Writing Table, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning French Empire antique ladies desk or bureau de dame
Great look to this piece with
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Antique 1880s Empire Desks
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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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