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20th Century French Bureau Plat/ Writing Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century French bureau plat/ writing desk
In Bois Satiné veneer, mirror veneer covering all
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Mahogany & Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French bureau plat writing desk offers shaped mahogany construction with paneled case
Category
Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk, Rosewood and Ormulu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Antique Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk, rosewood and Ormulu mounts, raised on cabriole
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis XV ebonized black lacquer bronze figural Ormolu Bureau plat writing desk. Item
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30 in W 49 in D 25.5 in
20th Century Luxurious White Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style
Solid beechwood
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.35 in W 35.44 in D 21.66 in
20th Century Luxurious White Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style
Solid beechwood
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.35 in W 35.44 in D 21.66 in
20th Century Elegant Black Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV, Beech
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century elegant black bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV, beech
Exclusive bureau plat
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.35 in W 35.44 in D 21.66 in
French Louis XV Style Figural Bronze Ormolu Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style Figural Bronze Ormolu Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk. Item
Category
Late 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31 in W 69 in D 40 in
French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
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The iconic Coco chancel lived with a Rococo writing desk just like this one and indeed this Bureau
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Art Deco Macassar Bureau Plat Writing Desk circa 1930
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ART DECO MACASSAR EBONY, PARCHMENT AND BRASS BUREAU PLAT
Likely French, circa 1930
Item # 111PZN03Z
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
20th Century Imperial Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in the Style of Louis XVI
Located in Berlin, DE
Imperial bureau plat / desk in the style of Louis XVI
Piano black polished veneer on solid oak
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31.5 in W 68.9 in D 35.83 in
19th Century French Kingwood Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
19th century French kingwood Bureau plat writing desk. Beautiful Louis XV Form. Lacquered Bronze
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Desk Bureau Plat Vintage
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage black lacquer bureau plat writing desk. Gilt bronze details. Elaborate figures on four
Category
Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Early Paint Antique French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk & Stool
Located in GB
style Bureau plat writing table with later stool
This is a wonderful find, the bureau plat is a
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass
H 30.32 in W 51.19 in D 26.78 in
French Napoleon III Bureau Plat - Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning and very fine 19th century French Napoleon III bureau plat - writing desk. Masterfully
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French Jacques Adnet Brass Mounted Black Lacquered Writing Desk
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s brass mounted black lacquered bureau plat /writing desk with tan leather inset top
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Rococo Style Walnut & Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant French rococo style bureau plat writing desk made in walnut with ormolu accents
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Italian Patch Burl Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand-made Italian bombe burl bureau plat (writing desk) in the style of Louis XV. Patch olive and
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive, Walnut, Burl
French Louis XVI Style Flame Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning French mahogany bureau plat writing desk.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in France in the
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XIV Style Carved Walnut Library Table Writing Desk
Located in Forney, TX
different uses, including as a bureau plat / writing desk, library table, work table, card games table
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Walnut
H 28.25 in W 51.25 in D 30.25 in
20th Century Impressive Writing Desk / Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive desk / Bureau Plat, 20th century
Castle-like desk, solid wood. Engraved bronze
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Empire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat or Writing Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
A large Empire style mahogany bureau plat or writing desk with a dark green leather writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk with bronze trim and ornate
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique French Louis XVI Bronze Mounted Writing Table
By François Linke, Jean-Henri Riesener, Claude Michel Clodion
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
Antique Bureau Plat, French, Walnut, Writing Desk, Louis XV Revival, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau plat. A French, walnut and boxwood writing desk in Louis XV revival taste
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Boxwood, Walnut
H 30.71 in W 36.23 in D 20.28 in
Louis XV Rococo Mahogany, Satinwood and Bureau Plat Executive Writing Desk
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage midcentury era Louis XV Rococo style executive writing desk made from mahogany, satinwood
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Designer Writing Desk / Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style, Piano Black
Located in Berlin, DE
Black designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
Piano black polished veneer on solid
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted wood bureau plat, Circa 1860 in
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Monumental French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French Empire ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat, circa 1870 in date.
The
Category
Antique 1870s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
H 32.29 in W 71.66 in D 36.23 in
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat or Writing Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Barntrup, DE
This fine Louis XV-style desk has a leather top framed by bronze borders. The writing desk is
Category
Vintage 1950s European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Walnut Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French walnut bureau plat desk, dating from around the 1900-1910 period.
It is
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Inlaid Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
An absolutely exquisite antique French inlaid bureau plat desk. This was made in France, it dates
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Bureau Plat Parquetry Writing Table
Located in London, GB
This is an antique bureau plat parquetry writing table of French manufacture dating from Around
Category
Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Bureau Plat Desk or Writing Table with Embossed Leather
Located in Hopewell, NJ
will look lovely in the center of any room. The writing desk has three spacious drawers, and is raised
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 29.5 in W 55 in D 27.25 in
Black Leather Top French Directoire Style Writing Desk Bureau Plat, Circa 1960
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
vintage desk. The desk measures 51 wide x 27 inches deep x 30 tall and has a kneehole of 23 inches. The
Category
Vintage 1960s American Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 30 in W 51 in D 27 in
Boulle Bureau Plat Desk French Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Beautiful library size French bureau plat in the Boulle manner
Great size to this desk perfect for
Category
Vintage 1970s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique French Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French leather top bureau plat desk, made in France and dating from around the
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Provincial Louis XV Style Cherry Bureau Plat or Writing Desk
Located in Birmingham, AL
A 19th century French Provincial Louis XV style bureau plat or writing desk handcrafted of solid
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
H 30.5 in W 66.5 in D 26.5 in
French 19th Century Leather Top Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French writing desk beautifully finished in walnut, leather and inlaid burlwood veneer, is a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30.5 in W 55 in D 30.25 in
Antique French Renaissance Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Renaissance walnut desk ~ Bureau plat was found along the southern coast of France
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.35 in W 35.44 in D 21.66 in
Fine C19TH French Kingwood & Marquetry Bureau Plat /Writing Table
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine C19TH French Burr Walnut & Marquetry Bureau Plat /Writing Table
Black Leather inset top, gold
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XV Style Figural Maple Burl Writing Desk Napoleon Bureau Plat 72"
Located in Dayton, OH
Monumental Louis XV / Napoleon III style office desk. A serpentine form made from birdseye maple
Category
Late 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 32.5 in W 73 in D 40 in
20th Century Empire Style Writing Table or Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
Writing table or bureau plat in Empire style after Jacob Desmalter.
Solid, ebonized beech
Category
20th Century Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rare Napoleon III French Empire Bureau De Plat Gilt Bronze Writing Table Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Napoleon III French Empire desk with gilt
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 29.53 in W 58.67 in D 30.91 in
19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat in the style of the Louis XV Napoleon III Paris, circa 1850-1880.
In Bois-Satiné
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech
Regency Style Bureau Plat Desk with Bronze Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine Bureau Plat with Parquety top and bronze figures all in excellent conditions.
Category
Antique 1890s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Royal desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
flamed birch veneer on solid beech wood with rocaille
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Tulipwood Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive late 18th century French writing desk with a tooled black leather top, probably original
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood
Louis Cane, Bronze and Walnut Desk, Bureau Plat
By Louis Cane
Located in East Hampton, NY
Louis Cane, patinated bronze and oak bureau plat, c. 2001, France. The walnut parquet top over
Category
Early 2000s French Expressionist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Royal Empire Desk/Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal Empire Desk/Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze
Mahogany with gilded bronze fittings in the form of
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat is a beautifully preserved historical piece
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Maison-Jansen Attributed French Leather, Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Vintage French leather top bureau plat desk with pull-out slides.
The table extends 12.5" on each
Category
Vintage 1950s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Elegant veneered bureau plat / desk in Louis XV style
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant veneered bureau plat / desk in Louis XV style
Solid beech wood and veneer. Very fine
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Oak Barley Twist Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular 19th century French bureau plat writing table or desk featuring barley twist legs and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI style (19th-20th century) gilt bronze mounted 3-drawer bureau plat desk having a center
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Boulle Work Bureau Plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
A fine Régence style Bureau plat in the Manner of André-Charles Boulle, inlaid all over with
Category
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Bureau Plat or Desk with Gilt Griffin Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Empire Style Bureau Plat or Desk, France, circa 1950s. Elegant design in black lacquered
Category
Vintage 1950s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Metal
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A French kingwood bureau plat late 19th/early 20th century in Louis XV style, with applied gilt
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A striking Victorian satinwood bureau plat, of shaped rectangular form inset with the original oval
Category
Antique 1850s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
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Bureau Plat Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the bureau plat writing desk you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and animal skin, every bureau plat writing desk was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a bureau plat writing desk, we have 879 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer bureau plat writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A bureau plat writing desk made by Louis XV designers — as well as those associated with Louis XVI — is very popular. A well-made bureau plat writing desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Baker Furniture Company, Maison Jansen and François Linke are consistently popular.
How Much is a Bureau Plat Writing Desk?
The average selling price for a bureau plat writing desk at 1stDibs is $7,738, while they’re typically $1,140 on the low end and $184,500 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.
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