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Technique: Gilt
A Fine Black Louis XVI Style Leather Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat ca. 1950
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EBONIZED TOOLED-LEATHER BUREAU PLAT IN THE NEOCLASSICAL TASTE
France, circa 1940
Attributed to Maurice Hirsch
29 1/2" H x 27 1/2" D x 51" W; knee clearance is 23 3/4" from ground to...
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20th Century French Hollywood Regency Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Petite Inlaid Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A lovely, petite desk from 19th Century France made of luxurious mahogany and a leather writing surface with gold tooling. The small scale of this table would be interesting as a con...
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19th Century French Directoire Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Russian Empire Writing Table Desk After Antique Heinrich Gambs Bureau-Jardinière
Located in Forney, TX
Magnificent Russian Empire style gilt bronze mounted marquetry and malachite inlaid solid and flame mahogany bureau-jardinière after an important model by the Heinrich Gambs...
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20th Century Russian Neoclassical Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Malachite, Brass, Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted Leather Top Desk Signed Billen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 29 1/4 in W: 39 3/4 in D: 23 1/2 in
An outstanding Antique French Louis XV style bronze-mounted leather top desk, dating to the turn of the 20th century and signed ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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 frieze drawer flanked by two short drawers on each side with faux partners desk back o...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Writing Table with Gilt Bronze Mounts, 19th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant Louis XVI style writing table, dating from the late 19th century, embodies the refined neoclassical taste that defined French furniture of the period. Crafted from walnu...
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19th Century French Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Joan Busquets Workshop Masterpiece Modernist Arts And Crafts Cabinet, ca. 1898
Located in South Burlington, VT
From Spain's Catalan Modernist Furniture Maker Joan Busquets Studio
Workshop
A Unique work of Cabinetry Art.
JOAN BUSQUETS I (Barcelona, 1874-1949). Modernist Cabinet and Desk, ca. 1898.
Modernist desk and cabinet finely crafted from walnut wood with golden polychrome and pyrography. Keyholes, handles and decorative appliques in golden brass. Signed on the front in the lower left corner of the right door.
Dimensions: 66 inches high and 46 inches wide and 24 inches deep; 165cm x 116cm x 60 cm
This remarkable and unique Catalan modernist cabinet designed by famed furniture designer and maker, Joan Busquets was crafted at Studio Busquets. Barcelona, Spai ca 1898 from walnut wood with fine polychrome gold and decorated with pyrography- the first time in European history that saw this craftsmanship combination of fine studio furniture with fine pyrographic artistic technique. The keyholes, handles and decorative fixtures are made of gilded brass. This Catalan Modernist cabinet was constructed into two (2) sections. The lower cut-out base support section is raised on four stylized legs, with a perpendicularly placed table top- all creatively imagined in a totally sinuous form providing dynamism and originality to this unique design. The upper desk cabinet section has a triple opening, two with hinged doors, one from top to bottom that opens as a desk and the other from left to right revealing two drawers, as well as a top slide out drawer. The interior features several drawers of different sizes all beautifully embellished on their fronts in a golden color pyrography. The entire body of this cabinet desk furniture is richly decorated with typically art nouveau modernist stylized vegetal motifs executed with the artist Busquet's personal pyrography technique, and finally framed with sinuous moldings in relief.
This is a superb furniture cabinet within the Catalan modernism genre, given that it was produced by one of the best studio workshops of that time, as well as for the perfection and meticulousness with which each of its details have been executed by artrist designer Busquet.
Busquets' workshop was known to have crafted most of the furniture for Antoni Gaudí Casa Calvet, with this being a prime example.
About Studio Busquet
In 1898 Busquets y Jané introduced for the first time a new technique of polychrome pyrography. This replaced classical marquetry hand craft traditionally applied to furniure of the 19th century. This new design technique was first applied to this cabinet and dates circa 1898. The artist, designer, and decorator Joan Busquets personally hand applied pyrography to his furniture designs and was actively involved in this pyrographic technique widely known of that period as the "Busquets style".
About La Casa Busquets:
Furniture designer and decorator, Joan Busquets is currently considered one of the most representative artists of Spain's Catalan modernism. He began his training in his family workshop, and then studied at the Escuela de La Llotja in Barcelona, where his teachers were Guitart and Lostaló. In the 1895-96 academic year he obtained a scholarship that allowed him to travel around Spain, which he obtained thanks to a project for a Renaissance-style bookcase-cabinet. He exhibited furniture projects for the first time at the Barcelona Exhibition...
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19th Century Spanish Arts and Crafts Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Leather Top Desk by Baker Furniture
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 31 in W: 48 in D: 24 1/4 in
This Louis XV Style Bronze and Leather Top Desk by Baker is truly an incredible piece! Crafted of the highest quality this piece is bound...
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20th Century Unknown Louis XV Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Elm Wood Partners Desk with Embossed Leather Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant 19th century double-sided desk is crafted from richly toned elm wood, admired for its warm honey color and naturally swirling grain. Its rectangular top features an inse...
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19th Century French Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Venetian Painted Italian Louis XV Style Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming vintage, circa 1960, Italian Venetian writing table (desk - vanity - console) with beautifully aged heavily worn distressed pati...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
French Ebonized Louis XVI Bureau Plat or Writing Desk with Embossed Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and large scale double-sided French bureau plat writing desk or table of ebonized mahogany with gilt accents in the Louis XVI style.
Featuring an embossed burgundy leath...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Tulipwood Marquetry Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique 19th century French Louis XV tulipwood and marquetry, ormolu mounted bureau plat, serpentine shaped writing table, circa 1880.
The table having an inset brown & red hu...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Ormolu Rosewood Marquetry Partner
s Writing Table Desk
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine quality antique French rosewood & kingwood marquety inlaid & ormolu mounted partner's writing table or Bureau Plat, in the manner of Jacques Dubois, circa 1860.
This very...
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1860s French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Mahogany, Satinwood
Gilt-Bronze Mounted Cartonnier Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French Louis XV Style Mahogany, Rosewood and Satinwood Gilt-Bronze Mounted Figural Cartonnier Bureau-Plat (Desk). The shaped rectangular top inset with a recent tooled le...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century Louis XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 38 1/4in W: 32 1/2in D: 18in
This extremely rare and Important 18th Century Louis XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon is absolutely breathe taking! If you look at the photos provided you will see the attention to detail within the intricately done hand painted Chinoiserie gold and scarlet lacquered decorations as well as the extremely fine and crisp bronze ormolu mounts. The piece is also signed underneath of the desk. Pierre Migeon (1696-1758) Was one of the most prominent furniture makers of the 18th century and was known for for his impeccable quality as well as his ability to work with a variety of other extremely well known cabinet makers of the 18th C. Throughout his career a few very important people took a liking to his works and commissioned pieces from him such as Madame de pompadour and the Master of the Revels! The piece is equipped with a drop front writing area and 6 drawers and a secret compartment on the inside of the desk as well as two lockable drawers on the outside front of the desk. This piece was at one point a part of the inventory of the Hartman Galleries...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Mid Century Maison Jansen Manner Brass
Leather Top Desk Writing Table 1950s
Located in Norwich, GB
Elegant Mid Century brass and ebonised three drawer desk with leather inset, in the Maison Jansen manner. French - Circa 1950.
This Directoire style desk is made in bright solid bra...
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Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat “à Têtes De Guerriers Antiques”
Located in Dallas, TX
Modeled after the original period Louis XV bureau plat by Charles Cressent (circa 1740), this amazing French desk would be the focal point for any home office or executive business s...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique French Marquetry Ormolu Side Table 3 Drawer Cabinet Commode Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Portland, OR
An important antique French Louis XV transitional style gilt-bronze mounted amaranth & kingwood marquetry table à écrire, by Paul Sormani, Paris, circa 1870.
A beautiful bombe shape...
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1870s French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Campaign Style Maple Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
Campaign Style Maple Writing Desk, with gilt-tooled green leather top above three drawers upon two supports with three drawers each. 31.25 H x 27 W x 23" D. Provenance: From a New Yo...
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20th Century Campaign Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Maple
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Lady
s Secretary Desk, Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very fine French 19th century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Fruitwood Parquetry Kidney-Shaped secrétaire de dame (Lady's desk or writing table) with an enam...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
George III Style Yewood Pedestal Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
George III Style Yewood Pedestal Desk, with gilt tooled green leather top above central long drawer flanked by eight drawers. 30.5" H x 59.75" W x 36" D. Provenance: From an East 63r...
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20th Century British George III Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Yew
Rare Louis XV Style Bureau Plat, After a Model by J. Dubois, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare double-side Louis XV style flat desk, made of veneered wood, opening with three drawers decorated with a beautiful flower motif end-cut wood marquetry. With fine chased and gi...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Desk and Dressing Table, with Mirror Style of Ulrich, circa 1936, Vanity Table
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Guglielmo Ulrich manner desk and dressing table;
Desk in walnut, elm and elm burl. Feet in golden brass
A wonderful and very useful desk repr...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Roll Top Desk in the Style of Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
Antique French ormolu mounted roll top desk in the style of Riesener
French, 19th Century
Height 120cm, width 146cm, depth 73cm
This magnificent 19th-century bureau à cylindre, als...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Marquetry, Ormolu and Jasperware Bureau du Roi by Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Antique French marquetry, ormolu and jasperware Bureau du Roi by Beurdeley
French, c. 1890
Height 151cm, width 190cm, depth 100cm
The Bureau du Roi, also known as the secrétaire à cylindre, is among the most celebrated masterpieces of 18th century furniture design—an unparalleled example of French craftsmanship and regal opulence. Originally commissioned by King Louis XV in 1760, the project was entrusted to ébéniste du roi Jean-François Oeben (1721–1763). However, Oeben passed away before its completion and his successor, Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806), finalised the desk in 1769.
During the 19th century, several master cabinetmakers sought to replicate this extraordinary creation, including the esteemed Emmanuel Alfred Beurdeley (1847–1919). The present example, produced circa 1890, was exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, where it garnered admiration for its exceptional artistry. Following the exhibition, it was acquired by financier George Jay Gould I (1864–1923) and later photographed in the Lakewood, New Jersey residence of his wife, actress Edith Kingdon Gould (1864–1921).
This magnificent desk is crowned with a decorative clock, draped in festoons and accompanied by two playful putti and a finely sculpted dog. Twin ormolu urns rest atop an openwork gallery, leading to additional flower-filled ormolu vases. Flanking the central roll-top panel are finely cast ormolu figures of Apollo and Calliope, each supporting a twin-light scrolling acanthus candelabrum.
With a turn of a key, the roll-top slides open to reveal an exquisite arrangement of three pull-out shelves and three drawers, each front panel adorned with delicate ormolu banding and intricate floral trellis parquetry. A gilt-tooled leather writing surface unfolds, featuring a pop-up central panel that lifts to reveal a folding folio stand alongside three additional storage compartments. Below, a central kneehole drawer, embellished with an ormolu bow, is flanked by twin-divided drawers, all decorated with finely detailed floral marquetry.
Every aspect of this Bureau du Roi is a testament to superior craftsmanship, featuring elaborate marquetry and parquetry designs. The upper section consists of three panels, with the tambour roll-top inlaid with intricate mythological motifs. Two side medallions bear Latin inscriptions drawn from Cesare Ripa’s Iconologia (1555–1622): NON. NISI. GRANDIA. CANTO. / IRRIDENS. CUSPIDE. FIGO. and BREVI. COMPLECTOR. SINGULA. CANO / PASTORUM. CARMINA. LUDO. These decorative elements, along with the marquetry on the roll-top and upper surfaces, celebrate the arts, literature, and architecture.
The bombé sides of the desk are richly decorated with marquetry panels depicting symbols of both naval and terrestrial warfare, framed by elegant ormolu laurel swags. These ornamental details complement a series of exquisite blue and white Wedgwood Jasperware medallions...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI-style Writing Table, After Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in San Francisco, CA
When Queen Marie-Antoinette of France desired her own suite for overnights at the convenient Tuileries Palace in Paris—while her husband King Louis XVI remained out at Versailles—the...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th C.Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk Attr. Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Large French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Three-Drawer Bureau Plat - After a model by Joseph Baumhauer (died 1772) - Attributed to Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). The serpentine shaped rectangular top enclosing a gilt tooled burgundy leather writing surface (worn) within a molded border above a long central drawer flanked by two drawers, with scrolled ormolu drawer-pulls, ormolu floral encadrements and acanthus corners co-raised on elegant cabriolet legs. (Unsigned - Unmarked). Circa: Paris, 1880.
Paul Sormani (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Carlton House Style Mahogany Desk
By Sahon Tradition Furniture
Located in Astoria, NY
Carlton House Style Mahogany Desk, with gilt-tooled green leather writing surface above a secret compartment, Sahon Furniture label to right side drawer interior. 34" H x 44.5" W x 2...
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20th Century American George III Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
A French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Marquetry Writing Table/Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Marquetry and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Ladies Writing Table or Desk. The single drawer center table surmounted on each corner with...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
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Bronze, Ormolu
$11,286 Sale Price
24% Off
English Antique Adjustable Architect’s Writing Drafting Desk Table circa 1870
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ADJUSTABLE ARCHITECT’S STAND WITH GILT-TOOLED LEATHER TOP, CONVERTING TO A WRITING TABLE
English, circa 1870
Oak, elm, pine and gilt-tooled leather
34 1/4" H (flattened) x 20" D x ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Elm, Oak, Pine
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 20th century, featuring a rich mahogany finish adorned with gilt bronze ormolu moun...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Impressive Louis XV Style Bureau Plat/Writing Desk, after Riesener
J.Oeben
Located in Berlin, DE
AN IMPRESSIVE LOUIS XV STYLE BUREAU PLAT /DESCRIPTION - AFTER THE BUREAU DU ROI AT VERSAILLES BY J.-F. OEBEN AND J.-H. RIESENER
The rectangular top, with the outline of an arc-en-arbalète, is fitted with an embossed leather writing surface and is fitted with four short drawers on the moulded apron with opposing false drawers. It stands on cabriole legs fitted with oval biscuit panels on the sides representing the Three Graces and inlaid with marquetry panels depicting bouquets of ribbons, foliage and floral tendrils, shells, coral and draped pearls, all with berry and foliage tendrils of ribbons, the cabriole legs fitted with lion skin loops hanging down to form spiral patterned clogs.
Footnotes
The Bureau du Roi at Versailles is perhaps the most famous piece of furniture in the world and certainly one of the most luxurious furniture creations of the 18th century. Louis XV ordered this cylinder-topped desk from Jean-François Oeben (1721-1763), who had already completed the design and much of the production by the time of his early death in 1763. Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806), who married Oeben's widow and took over his business, completed the desk in 1769. The final price was 62,000 livres, one of the highest prices ever paid for a piece of furniture up to that time (for comparison, the average annual salary of a worker in the 18th century was almost 300 livres).
The office kept Riesener busy for the rest of his career, as evidenced by his numerous invoices for polishing and cleaning the bronzes and maintaining the extremely complicated mechanisms (the cylinder apparently opened and the writing slide moved forward, all with a simple turn of a key - modified in the 19th century, no one has since been able to reconstruct the original mechanism). At the height of the revolutionary excitement, Riesener even covered the royal double-L monogram...
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20th Century French Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Marquetry Kingwood Escritoire
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Floral Marquetry Kingwood Escritoire, the top with gilt-tooled brown leather writing surface and drawers, gilt metal mounts and inlaid decoration atop four cabriole le...
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20th Century Louis XV Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
A 19th Century Lady
s Desk in Marquetry and Gilt Bronze, Louis XV Style.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th century lady's desk in marquetry and gilt bronze, Louis XV style.
A 19th century Napoleon III period lady's desk with a clock and two ormolu candelabras in precious wood marq...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Desk by Grimard
By G. Grimard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu-mounted writing table by G. Grimard "Meubles d'Art" 5 rue de Charonne, Paris. After a model by Adam Weisweiler (Fr...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
$14,625 Sale Price
25% Off
Sweep Desk by Piegatto, a Sculptural Contemporary Desk
Located in Guatemala, GU
A sweep desk typically refers to a style of desk that has a smooth, minimalist design, often featuring a streamlined surface with few visible drawers or compartments. The term "sweep...
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2010s Guatemalan Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
$10,296 / item
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th century Louis XV Style gilt-bronze mounted fruitwood floral marquetry center table or desk with drawer, by Ébéniste Louis Gradé, Gr...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$24,980 Sale Price
41% Off
English Red Lacquer Faux Bamboo 19th Century Desk with Gilded Chinoiserie Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English faux bamboo red lacquer desk from the 19th century with gilt Chinoiserie décor and two drawers. Born in England during the 19th century, this exquisite faux bamboo desk fe...
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19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Bamboo
Regency Mahogany Partners Writing Table In The Manner Of George Smith
By George Smith
Located in Benington, Herts
An Important Regency period mahogany, ebonised and parcel gilt partners writing table on monopodia legs of exceptional quality and design, in the manner of George Smith, stamped Chas...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
18th Century, French Louis XV Wood Flap Writing Desk
Located in IT
18th Century, Franch Louis XV Wood Flap Writing Desk
Measures: cm H 94 x W 83,5 x D 46; D with the open panel 82 cm, H of the desk top 69,5 cm
This elegant desk was made in France ...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted mahogany and kingwood three-drawer bureau plat attributed to Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). The shaped rectangular top enclosing a gilt tooled brown leather writing surface within a molded border above a long central drawer enclosing a fine modeled mask of Hercules wearing the Nemean lion pelt centered by flat cast encadrements and rosewood veneered a quatre faces flanked by two short drawers with reticulated escutcheons of scantly clad frolicking putti and doves over gadrooned "C" scrolls, trellis patterned panels on a stylized shell within similarly framed encadrements raised on elegant cabriole legs surmounted by bearded satyr masks ending in acanthus case hairy paw feet beneath sides centering bacchic masks. Lock mechanism stamped W S M, 6068, a key (lacking skeleton key), and 148. Veuve Paul Sormani Et Fils was the widow of the highly esteemed furniture maker Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). After his death around 1877 she and her son took over the management of the company continuing the tradition of producing fine French furniture of the highest calibre. An escutcheon and several mounts were examined on the reverse, and each was found to have the bronze master model initials "SJ:. Blue chalk inscription on underside Glle 117, Paris, circa 1880.
Paul Sormani (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Writing Desk with Frieze Drawer and Baluster Turned Legs
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An absolutely charming 19th century French writing desk, crafted from walnut and featuring exquisitely baluster turned and tapering legs, and a beautifully curved X-form stretcher wi...
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19th Century French Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Center, Writing Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Louis XVI style ebonized gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood, kingwood and fruitwood floral marquetry single-drawer center table, desk or writing table. The ornately decorated marquetry top, centered with a floral bouquet, butterflies, scrolls and acanthus. The raised on four fluted ebonized legs surmounted with gilt-bronze spigots...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$14,850 Sale Price
24% Off
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 ormolu mounts, three frieze drawers to one side, d...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Impressive Louis XV Desk/Reception Table, After F. Linke, Paris
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive Louis XV desk/reception table, after F. Linke, Paris
Solid beech wood and veneered. Multiple curved and cambered body with fine inlay wo...
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20th Century French Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
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.
Features a top with a tooled leather writing-surface w...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Marquetry
Gilt Bronze-Mounted Secretary Desk with Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style tulipwood and mahogany marquetry gilt bronze-mounted petit-bureau de dame (secretary). The bombe´ structure surmounted by a pair o...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
$12,950 Sale Price
31% Off
Andre Arbus Library Table, France, c1940
By André Arbus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tremendous designer, amazing table.
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1940s French Vintage Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Special and Palatial Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Bois Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre By François Linke
François Linke – Index Numbe...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Lady
s Secretary Desk, Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very fine French 19th century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Fruitwood Parquetry Kidney-Shaped secrétaire de dame (Lady's Desk) with an enamel dial clock and...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Kanam Desk
Located in Paris, FR
Desk Kanam with wooden structure in walnut matte fiinsh,
with polished stainless steel trim in gold finish. With 3 drawers
with easy glide system.
Also available on request in grey ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
$8,090 / item
19th Century Masonic Table with Leather Bible Compartment Flip Lid Compass Legs
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Rare and fabulous 19th century faux book with compass legs as legs. Mustard paint on the legs with Gilt on the pages of the leather bound book. Looks to be original tassle.. Possibly...
Category
1860s American Folk Art Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Hardwood, Paint
Maitland Smith Vintage Egyptian Style Writing Desk
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
An impressive stylized writing desk by Maitland Smith. Great Egyptian Revival design. Faux Ostrich finish with wonderful iron cat legs. 2 deep shallow drawers with faux leather finis...
Category
20th Century Philippine Egyptian Revival Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Large Italian Modern Neoclassical Carved Wood
Glass Console, Attr to G. Ulrich
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Exquisite Italian Midcentury console or writing table attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich, circa 1940-1950 uniting Modern, Neoclassical and Art Deco sensibilities. The console ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style Writing Desk with Green Leather Top, circa 1950s
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A refined Louis XVI–style writing desk dating from around the 1950s, crafted in solid cherry wood with a warm golden patina. The rectangular top features an elegant green leather wri...
Category
20th Century French Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in New Orleans, LA
Form and function converge in this exceptional Louis XV-style bureau plat graced with eight elegant Sèvres Porcelain plaques. Framing these delightful, hand painted floral and fowl-themed plaques is a network of exquisite gilt bronze. Supporting the leather-topped table are graceful cabriole legs, a hallmark of fine Louis XV taste, that are crowned by gilt bronze caryatids and terminate in gilt bronze mounts. What makes this desk even more stunning is the inclusion of three concealed drawers that are opened only by the spring-loaded secret release mechanisms located underneath.
The first porcelain mounted furnishings appeared sometime in the mid-18th century in the shops of the foremost Parisian art dealers. These furnishings successfully, and quite beautifully, married renowned Sèvres Porcelain with fine furniture to create a new segment of the decorative arts that appealed greatly to the aristocracy, especially women. The Duchesse de Mazarin, Comtesse du Barry, Marie-Antoinette and the Grand Duchess Maria...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Jules Leleu Attributed French Art Deco Dining Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic French Art Deco dining table, writing table, or bureau plat attributed to Jules Leleu (French 1883-1961). The rectangular table features dramatic round column corners and a...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Parquetry Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Tulipwood Parquetry and Figural Ormolu Mounted Ladies Writing Desk with Figures of Ram-Heads. The lockplate by Thomas Elsley Lt...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$9,462 Sale Price
24% Off
Exceptional Louis XV 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Secretaire By Befort Jeune
By Befort Jeune
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: Height: 42 3/4 in Width: 29 3/4 in Depth: 16 1/2 in
This exceptional Befort Jeune Louis XV style 19th century marble top mahogany sceretaire desk with bronze mounts is ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$12,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Louis XVI style (19th-20th century) gilt bronze mounted 3-drawer bureau plat desk having a center plaque depicting an allegorical putti scene with a gold embossed leather top.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gilt Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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