Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
LOUIS XV STYLE
The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.
Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.
Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.
During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.
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Style: Louis XV
Bureau Plat by Francois 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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
An Impressive Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat, 19th/20th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An Impressive Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat, 19th/20th Century
Description:
With three drawers, dummy to the reverse and raised on cabriole legs, with gilt bronze t...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener Marble Top Dore
Bronze Mounted Louis XV Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exceptional Louis XV style desk is attributed to the renowned 19th-century ébéniste Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener, celebrated for his masterful craftsmanship and extraordinary use of ...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Distressed Painted Desk Writing Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This French Louis XV style distressed painted desk writing table is a stunning example of antique-inspired craftsmanship blended with rustic charm. The desk features graceful cabriol...
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1990s Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
$2,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk antique According to Andre C. Boulle bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-imprinted leather insert, flanked by a grotesque mask on each c...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
A French Gilt-Metal Bureauplat, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A French Gilt-Metal Bureauplat, 19th Century
Provenance:
Private Australian Collection Acquired in 1980s.
Description:
The shaped rectangular top inset with a tooled leather writ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Leather Top Cocobola Wood Writing Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable Louis XV style ladies writing desk handcrafted in exotic cocobola wood with a leather top on a one drawer case over elegant cabriole legs with ormolu front feet.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cocobolo
Mid Century Louis XV Bombe Hand-Carved Paint Decorated Marble-Top Desk
Chair
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful five-drawer desk with hand carvings (see thumbnail photos) and paint decorated in the Louis XV style. Top quality workmanship in every phase. Original matching chair with this desk that is finished on all sides and can be placed in the middle of a room, bombe on all sides. Serpentine marble top...
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1950s American Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
$1,756 Sale Price / set
29% Off
H. Nelson, Writing Table, France, Circa 1880
By Henri Nelson
Located in PARIS, FR
Stamped H. Nelson
Charming Louis XV-inspired scalloped-shaped writing table decorated with a fine gilded and chiseled bronze mount. The tray, surrounded by a gilded bronze mold, is ...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
Huge Gilded Ebonized Period French Louis XV Marble Top Butlers Desk Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This monumental French Louis XV period butler’s desk commode is a masterpiece of 18th-century-inspired design, blending elegance, opulence, and utility in one commanding piece. Craft...
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1770s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
$7,960 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted and Leather Cartonnier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted, leather, tulipwood and kingwood parquetry cartonnier with clock. The circular clock with elaborate pi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$9,850 Sale Price
64% Off
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Mount Marquetry Inlay 1 Drawer Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted Marquetry Inlay One Drawer Small Writing Desk. Item features fine satinwood and kingwood marquetry inlay throughout, figural bronze mount...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Double-Sided Desk with Brass Inlay and Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant French double-sided writing desk in the Louis XV–Transition style, France circa 1880.
This refined model features five drawers on each façade – four small drawers and one cen...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Louis XV Style Provincial Walnut End / Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XV provincial walnut occasional / writing table, 19th century. With a rectangular overhanging top, serpentine shaped frieze apron with a drawer , resting on finely carved cabriole legs. Nice old color. Formerly sold by John Nelson Antiques...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early 20thC Louis XVth Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Altrincham, GB
Early 20thC Louis XVth Style Kingwood Bureau Plat with fine gilt bronze mounts applied to cabriole legs by - Lysberg & Hansen – Copenhagen - 56"w x 30"h x 30"d - The Copenhagen firm of Lysberg & Hansen and later Lysberg, Hansen & Therp A/S, was an important Danish furniture maker and upholstery company holding both Danish and Swedish Royal Warrants. Founded in 1841 by the saddler Arentz , it was taken over in 1879 by AJ Lysberg (1840-1901). The company became Lysberg & Hansen in 1911, when cabinetmaker Waldemar Hansen joined the company and later in 1933 Lysberg, Hansen & Therp. The company enjoyed continued success throughout the 20th century and was responsible for many important commissions including the decoration for the wedding of Princess Margrethe and Henri de Laborde...
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1910s Danish Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th century Louis XV ITALIAN Writing Table with Drawers
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant desk perfect for the center of the room, with drawers in solid walnut and walnut feather veneer on the sides, interiors in poplar. The drawers are all equipped with locks. Tu...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Louis XV Provincial Style Leather Top Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XV provincial style leather top writing / games table, late 19th century. With an old tooled leather top, carved aprons, with carved c scrolled...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Oak
$1,400 Sale Price
37% Off
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 Ledoux-Lebard. Page 621. Provenance Sothebys London Nove...
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1860s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Black French Louis XV Lacquered Desk Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
The 18th century French Louis XV style is known for its luxurious and ornate design, featuring curved lines, intricate carvings, and elegant finishes. A black lacquered Louis XV tabl...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Bureau Plat Marquetry Leather Top Desk with Orig. Ormolu Mounts, C. 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
French bureau plat marquetry leather top three drawer desk with hearing bone inlays, three opposite side faux drawers, original floral ormolu mounts, brass escutcheons, brass knobs, ...
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1770s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu, Brass
Louis XV Style French Black Lacquer Bonheur du Jour, Late 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A very fine black laquer refinished 19th century French Louis XV style with ormolu mounted Bonheur du Jour.
A twin panel door applied with oval Sevres porcelain panels, enclosing she...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$17,948 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Desk With Steps In Carved Walnut – France, Late 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Crafted in France at the end of the 18th century, this exquisite « bureau à gradin » embodies the elegance and refinement of the Louis XV style. Its beautifully sculpted walnut showc...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Diminutive Kingwood Writing Table by J. Lapie/ Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Christies label- London, 1994. A finely made French 18th c. writing table with ormolu mounts and beautiful variegated marble top. The three fine drawers with shaped front inlays and ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine French Country Style Leather Top Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Louis XV country style writing table in a distressed white on pale wood finish overall. Finely carved leafy top cabriole legs, the shaped frieze in a mesh pattern with a working ce...
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
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 Paris.
Finest gilt bronze mounts with two side pull outs . Original leather top . French polished . Jemont exhibited alongside the likes of Francois Linke at the 1900 Paris Exposition .
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Exquisitely Carved Early Italian Petite Writing Desk or Accent Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful Italian petite desk having 3 upper dovetailed drawers and one spacious lower dovetailed drawer. Lovely carved apron and "X" stretcher between tapered cabriole legs with esc...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th century French oak desk with three drawers
Located in London, GB
C19th French country house oak desk with three deep drawers.
This is a solid and understated bureau Plat in an earlier C18th style.
The central drawer being shallow with later hardwa...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Style Ebonized Writing Desk
Located in Locust Valley, NY
An ebonized writing desk in Louis XV style with cabriole legs and ormolu mounts to the feet, two drawers, a curved apron and a glass top.
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20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Lovely Louis XV Style Kidney Shaped Writing Table
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sake this lovely antique walnut and gilt metal mounted kidney shaped writing table in Louis XV style, late 19th century; the top with inset gilt tooled leathe...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV style inlaid writing table
Located in Cesena, FC
French Louis XV style inlaid writing table
French writing table, elegant in form, Louis XV style, with drawer and decorative bronzes in the legs and contour of the top.
Era: late 18...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Rococo Louis XV Distress Paint Dressing Table Vanity Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Rococo Louis XV Style Distress Painted Dressing Table / Writing Desk. Item features a shaped turtle top with diamond sunburst veneer, single hand dovetailed drawer, pu...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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 top above a frieze drawer on masque head mounted cabriole legs and hairy paw feet....
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Early 20th C. French Louis XV Style, Inlaid, Ormolu Mounted, Kingwood Secretary!
Located in Austin, TX
Early 20th C. French Louis XV Style, Inlaid, Ormolu Mounted, Kingwood Secretary!
Gorgeous Secretary, French Louis XV Style Inlaid Ormolu Mounted, Kingwood, Early 20th C!!
This stun...
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique mid 19th century satinwood, marquetry, and calamander writing table
Located in London, GB
An unusual fine quality mid-19th Century serpentine-shaped Writing Table, having coromandel end-grain moulded edge top and tulipwood crossbanding throughout. The Table, profusely in...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Louis XV Style Parquetry Inlaid Writing-Table by François Linke, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style gilt bronze-mounted parquetry inlaid writing-table, by François Linke.
French, circa 1890.
Stamped 'FL' to the reverse of the centre bronze mounts to the front...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XV Monumental Solid Carved Gilt Wood Marble Desk
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Indulge in the timeless elegance of this exquisite Louis style desk, dating back to the 19th Century. Hand crafted and carved with meticulous attention to detail, this piece showcas...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Side Table or Writing Table from the XVIII Century in Walnut
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely side table or small writing table from the 18th century Louis XV in walnut
Very nice little table which has a drawer in the belt and a beautiful walnut table top with a sup...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV 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 piece features a rich mahogany finish and an elegant inset leather top, enhancing its s...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Veneer End Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) kingwood veneer end table with 2 drawer (top drawer for writing) with an inlaid top and gilt bronze trim.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Table Desk with Parquetry Inlay
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) kingwood table desk with parquetry inlay and floral marquetry border and a single drawer with gilt bronze trim (signed: LINKE)
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Ormolu
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Table by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Table by François Linke.
Signed to the bronze rim ‘Linke’.
Linke Index Number. 593.
This rare table can serve as a desk, dressing table or o...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
French 1800s Louis XV Style Walnut Desk with Green Leather and Lifting Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style walnut desk from the early 19th century, with lifting panel, green leather writing surface and cabriole legs. This French Louis XV-style walnut desk, dating b...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut, Leather
French Louis XV Style Walnut Table Desk
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19/20th Century) walnut table desk with gilt trim and stretcher.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Walnut
Exceptional Louis XV-Style Rosewood Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This exceptional Louis XV-style Rosewood bureau plat features a hand-tooled leather top and its adorned with elaborate ormolu (gilt bronze) mounts. The ormolu mounts, finely cast and...
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Brass, Ormolu
A Black Lacquer and Ormolu Mounted Bureauplat with Leaf Slide, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Black Lacquer and Ormolu Mounted Bureauplat with Leaf Slide, 19th Century
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
Description:
The shaped rectangular black lacquer top inset ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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.
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Louis XV Period Walnut Chateau Bonheur Du Jour or Secretary
Located in Birmingham, AL
A rare 18th century French Louis XV period chateau bonheur du jour or secrétaire handcrafted of walnut by very talented artisans in Lyon for a wealthy chateau owner near Villeurbanne, circa 1750s. This impressive antique French secretary features a chapeau de gendarme crown above a pair of carved serpentine doors with brass mesh grilles and beautiful green and gold damask fabric backings that open to reveal a painted interior with two display shelves. Three carved drawers are below. The lower section features a flat serpentine shaped writing surface that lifts opens to reveal plenty of storage above a carved, scalloped apron with C-scrolls and a center carved shell motif. Raised on four elegant cabriole legs ending in scrolled French toes. This grand Lyonnaise French library desk...
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1750s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
French 19th Century Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Table
Located in London, GB
A ladies writing table in the Louis XV transitional manner.
Of freestanding form, constructed in kingwood, with good marquetry inlays, and having gilt bronze mounts; rising from swept cabriole legs with foliate form bronze sabots, and foliate espagnolettes over; the apron houses a lockable central drawer, with gilt bronze handles and a keyhole escutcheon; the shaped serpentine platform having a centrally situated floral bouquet, within a trellis delineated ground, the whole having a gilt bronze guard...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Reading Table Attributed to H. Dasson, France, Circa 1885
By Henry Dasson
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Louis XV style reading table attributed to H. Dasson. It opens on one side by a compartmental drawer and by a sliding shelf, forming a writing board and being able to switch...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$18,290 Sale Price
30% Off
Large flat desk in inlaid rosewood veneer in the Louis XV style
Located in Paris, FR
Large flat desk in inlaid rosewood veneer, opening with three drawers and resting on curved legs. Double-sided desk simulating false drawers on the visitor's side. Bronze lingotière ...
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1870s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Desk in Cherry Early 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful desk in Louis XV cherrywood from the beginning of the 19th century
very beautiful curved legs
Elegant sculpted frieze
two drawers in the frieze
Very beautiful pati...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
20th Century Desk Bureau Plat in Antique Louis XV Style Mahogany Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
In Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round full-length mirror veneer with seed beads. Extremely fine, floral, bronze fittings in the form of chutes, handmade patinated bronze. Rosewood veneere...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Mahogany
French, Early 19th Century, Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most elegant French early 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Rosewood, exotic wood, and ormolu bureau plat desk. The desk is raised by cabriole legs with fine pie...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Elegant antique Louis XV Style Veneered lady Bureau Plat / Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
Exclusive Louis XV style ladies bureau plat/desk
Solid beech wood with exotic root veneer.
Extremely fine, floral bronze fittings.
Cambered and ...
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
20th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Piano Black
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat writing table in the style of Louis XV style, silvered bronze fittings. Piano lacquer black on solid beech wood. Heavily arched, four-sided passively curved tripod frame ...
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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Beech
20th Century Elegant Veneered Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant veneered bureau plat or desk in Louis XV style
Solid beechwood and veneer. Very fine, floral bronze fittings.
Curved and pronounced or arched wooden body. Frame base with...
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Bureau Plat / Desk in Louis XV, Paris, circa 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
French Bureau plat / desk in Louis XV, Paris, circa 1880.
Solid beech wood veneer. Extremely fine, floral bronze fittings.
Cambered and pronounced / arched wooden body. Four-side...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Veneered and Inlaid Wood Italian Louis XV Writing Desk
Located in IT
The elegant antique north Italian (Genoa) Louis XV period writing desk, called also bureau plat, is made of veneered and inlaid woods. It have a beautiful wavy line with slender but ...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Large Regence Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
Of classical rectangular form, the four cabriole legs capped by ormolu female masks, with a further two masks to the sides, with three drawers and a leather writing surface
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$26,671 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century English Bureau Plat in the Manner of Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine 19th century Louis XV style Walnut, Ebony and floral marquetry Bureau Plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock, the serpentine shaped top inset with a panel of tooled leather within a border of scroll work and floral trails, the corners with shell and cabochon and foliate clasp mounts, above two frieze drawers decorated with floral marquetry and similar opposing dummy drawers, on cabriole legs applied with scrolling foliate and rocaille mounts trailing to sabots.
Footnotes:
Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845) is documented in London Trade Directories of the period in various capacities but first appears listed at 7 Hanway Street, London in 1805 described as a '..dealer in china and glass'. But by 1826 the various facets of the business included '..buying and selling, exchanging and valuing china, cabinets, screens, bronzes etc'. Baldock's business seems to have largely involved trading in foreign items and between 1832-7 he was the purveyor of earthenware and glass to William IV and later purveyor of china to Queen Victoria from 1838 until his death. He is known to have repaired, re-modelled and adapted furniture...
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19th Century English Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis Xv desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage desks and writing tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV desks and writing tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original desks and writing tables, popular names associated with this style include François Linke, Baker Furniture Company, Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley, and L. Cueunieres Ebeniste.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for desks and writing tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $486 and tops out at $1,000,000 while the average work can sell for $6,433.
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