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18th Century George II Writing Bureau
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century George II mahogany ladies writing bureau topped by brass pierced gallery. The sloped
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Mid-18th Century Irish George II Antique Writing Bureau

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Mahogany

Antique Georgian Writing Bureau Desk
Located in London, GB
A lovely antique Period Georgian writing bureau. This was made in England, it dates from around the
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Brass

Antique Arts & Crafts Oak Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and petite antique Arts & Crafts period writing bureau in oak. This was made in England
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1880s British Arts and Crafts Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Oak

Antique Arts & Crafts Oak Writing Bureau
Antique Arts & Crafts Oak Writing Bureau
H 33.08 in W 18.12 in D 8.67 in
19th Century Swedish Country Folk Art Writing Bureau
Located in Kramfors, SE
Country home writing bureau in folk art from northern Sweden. The bureau is from around 1820 to
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Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Writing Bureau

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Pine

Antique 18th Century American Chippendale Maple Secretary Desk Writing Bureau
Located in Dayton, OH
Exquisite and Rare antique American Chippendale Period secretary writing desk or Escritoire. Made
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18th Century Chippendale Antique Writing Bureau

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Maple

Antique 19thC English Victorian Hobbs Kneehole Cylinder Roll Writing Bureau Desk
By Hobbs & Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th Century Hobbs & Co London kneehole cylider writing desk. Made of oak featuring seven
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19th Century Victorian Antique Writing Bureau

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Leather, Oak

Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Writing Bureau or Secretaire
Located in Kramfors, SE
Painted writing bureau or secretaire from Sweden made during the early 1800s, 1810 to 1820. The
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Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Pine

Antique Walnut Queen Anne Period Writing Bureau
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This exquisite English walnut bureau hails from the remarkable Queen Anne period, dating back to
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Early 18th Century British Queen Anne Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Walnut

Antique Walnut Queen Anne Period Writing Bureau
Antique Walnut Queen Anne Period Writing Bureau
H 37.41 in W 37.41 in D 21.66 in
Fine circa 1800 Pollad Oak Writing Bureau Desk Claw & Ball Hand Carved Legs
Located in GB
writing bureau with ornately hand carved claw & ball feet. This has to be the best looking bureau I
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Writing Bureau

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Oak

Italian Baroque Walnut and Bone Inlaid Writing Bureau / Chest
Located in Essex, MA
An impressive piece recently purchased from a local family that had it for many years and had inherited it from their grandparents. With rectangular top decorated with trailing flowe...
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1740s Italian Baroque Antique Writing Bureau

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Bone, Walnut

Antique Bureau Desk in Walnut Cartonnier Writing Office Table Provencal Rustic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Antique Bureau Desk in Walnut Cartonnier Writing office Table Provencal Rustic . An exquisite
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18th Century French Antique Writing Bureau

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Metal

English Decorative Chinoiserie Bureau Writing Desk
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1900 English decorative chinoiserie bureau writing desk - Bonheur Du Jour. Great colour
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Early 1900s English Antique Writing Bureau

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Hardwood

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
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

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Bronze

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
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1860s French Antique Writing Bureau

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Ormolu

Antique English Mahogany Secretair Bureau Desk With Cabinets
Located in EDENSOR PARK, NSW
Prince of Wales feather carved detail, flame mahogany, drop front writing bureau comes with key
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Late 19th Century Antique Writing Bureau

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Leather, Mahogany

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
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Early 20th Century Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Ormolu

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
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau

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Walnut

French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
. The iconic Coco chancel lived with a Rococo writing desk just like this one and indeed this Bureau
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Writing Bureau

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Bronze

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
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19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Bureau

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Mahogany

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
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

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Wood, Beech

Antique Fall Front Bureau, Scottish, Writing Desk, Georgian Revival, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fall front bureau. A Scottish, mahogany writing desk in Georgian revival taste
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Late 19th Century Scottish Antique Writing Bureau

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Wood

Antique Campaign Bureau, Anglo Indian, Teak, Colonial Writing Desk, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique campaign bureau. An Anglo-Indian, teak and brass colonial writing desk, dating
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Late 19th Century British Antique Writing Bureau

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Teak

Antique Georgian 18th Century Satin Walnut Bureau Desk Writing Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Georgian 18th century satin walnut bureau desk writing table. Veneer on oak and elm
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18th Century Antique Writing Bureau

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Wood

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
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

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Bronze

A Biedermeier Antique Writing Cylinder Bureau/Desk with Drawers c1880
Located in Oak Park, MI
A sophisticated antique Danish (?) cylinder bureau desk with drawers. A great piece! Rare
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Mid-19th Century British Biedermeier Antique Writing Bureau

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Wood

Gustavian Neoclassical Mahogany Writing Chest / Bureau on High Stand, 1800s
Located in Lucenec, SK
Swedish Gustavian mahogany writing cabinet. The writing part is covered with a black patent leather
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Writing Bureau

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Brass

Antique Figured Walnut Inlaid Bureau Desk, Writing Desk, Scotland 1810, H1166
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Figured Walnut Inlaid Bureau Desk, Writing Desk, Scotland 1810, H1166 Scotland 1810 Solid
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1810s Scottish Antique Writing Bureau

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Walnut

18th Century French Cherrywood 'Bureau de Pente' Slant Top Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Larger than the typical Louis XV writing desk, this cherrywood bureau de pente was hand-carved in
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

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Brass

Antique Georgian Tiger Oak Bureau, Desk, Writing Table, Scotland 1810, H975
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Georgian Tiger Oak Bureau, Desk, Writing Table, Secretary, Scotland 1810, H975 Scotland
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19th Century North American Georgian Antique Writing Bureau

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Oak

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
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

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Boxwood, Walnut

19th Century Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Table / Bureau Plat
Located in Madrid, ES
A 19th century Louis XVI style French writing table or desk, known as a "bureau plat”. It has a
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Writing Bureau

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Ormolu

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
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1860s French Antique Writing Bureau

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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
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1870s French Empire Antique Writing Bureau

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Ormolu

19th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
frame with slightly recessed and elevated knee compartment. Protruding, profiled and curved writing
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

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Wood

Travel Lap Desk Walnut 19th C. on Stand as Side Table Decorative Gift Antique La
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisite English lap traveling desk portable. Countryside writing bureau in good condition
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19th Century English Antique Writing Bureau

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Brass

French Bureau Plat 20th C. with Black Gilt Trim Writing Surface
Located in Houston, TX
This exquisite desk is very well made with beech wood and oak with Kingwood marquetry decorative motifs. Gilt bronze mounts decorate The edge and gilt masks embellish each corner....
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

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Beech

Antique Georgian early 18th Century cross banded walnut bureau desk writing tabl
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Georgian walnut and fruitwood drop well bureau desk writing table early 18th Century. This
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18th Century Antique Writing Bureau

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Wood, Walnut

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
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

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Brass

Antique 19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat in the style of the Louis XV Napoleon III Paris, circa 1850-1880. In Bois-Satiné veneer
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19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Wood

Antique 19th Century Louis XV Bureau Writing Table in Wood and Bronze
Located in BILBAO, ES
, with four looking forward, imposing curly legs, on all sides scalloped. Profiled and curved writing
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

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Wood

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
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

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Cherry

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
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

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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 bronze oversized fittings A very decorative and collectible desk in period lightl...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Writing Bureau

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Bronze

Small Oak Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A rare 18th century oak bureau of particularly small and diminutive proportions. the fall with a
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Early 18th Century English George II Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Oak

Small Oak Bureau
Small Oak Bureau
H 33.5 in W 27 in D 18 in
George I Walnut Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality early 18th century George I walnut bureau, having a fall front opening
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Early 18th Century Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Walnut

George I Walnut Bureau
George I Walnut Bureau
H 39.38 in W 38.98 in D 21.26 in
Francoise Linke cylinder bureau.
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A magnificent, fine quality late 19th Century French Mahogany cylinder bureau, by Francoise Linke
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Late 19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau

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Ormolu

Francoise Linke cylinder bureau.
Francoise Linke cylinder bureau.
H 48.82 in W 54.73 in D 31.89 in
Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau
Located in Milano, IT
Rare solid wood desk dating from the early 1700s, fine French manufacture. The bureau is very
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1890s French French Provincial Antique Writing Bureau

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Brass

Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau
Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau
H 41.34 in W 56.3 in D 19.3 in
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
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Early 20th Century French Antique Writing Bureau

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Brass

Boulle Work Bureau Plat
Boulle Work Bureau Plat
H 30.5 in W 61 in D 31.5 in
19th Century Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
19th Century French Bureau De Dame in good condition with brass gallery to the top and decorative
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1890s Antique Writing Bureau

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Walnut

19th Century Bureau De Dame
19th Century Bureau De Dame
H 36.03 in W 28.75 in D 17.72 in
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
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19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Kingwood

French Kingwood Bureau Plat
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
H 31.5 in W 73.23 in D 38.98 in
Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A striking Victorian satinwood bureau plat, of shaped rectangular form inset with the original oval
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1850s English Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Satinwood

Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
H 30 in W 62.75 in D 35 in
Sheraton Revival Rosewood Cylinder Bureau
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn3169 Exceptional Sheraton revival - Edwardian rosewood bureau - writing table, having original
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Writing Bureau

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Rosewood

Sheraton Revival Rosewood Cylinder Bureau
Sheraton Revival Rosewood Cylinder Bureau
H 25.98 in W 25.98 in D 21 in
A Dutch Bombe Bureau Desk
Located in Edenbridge, GB
Stylish Dutch 19th Century painted bombe bureau desk with wonderful carved lions paw feet and
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1880s Dutch Country Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Wood

A Dutch Bombe Bureau Desk
A Dutch Bombe Bureau Desk
H 44.3 in W 53.94 in D 25.2 in
Walnut Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th-Century French gilt metal mounted walnut and marquetry bombe bureau de dame, in Louis XV style
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Late 19th Century French Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Walnut

Walnut Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Walnut Inlaid Bureau De Dame
H 39 in W 29.5 in D 18.5 in
Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
writing desk, or bureau plat, is a stunning 19th century example of this treasured decorative art
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Bronze

Sheraton Revival Satinwood Cylinder Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
Sheraton revival satinwood and rosewood crossbanded cylinder bureau, the raised three-quarter
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Late 19th Century British Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Satinwood

Early 18th Century Oak Bureau
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 18th century oak bureau, the fall opening to reveal a lovely fitted interior with various
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1740s British Georgian Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Oak

Early 18th Century Oak Bureau
Early 18th Century Oak Bureau
H 40.5 in W 35 in D 20 in
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A mid to late 18th century Dutch marquetry bureau of bombe form and of exceptional quality. The
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18th Century Antique Writing Bureau

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Walnut

18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau
H 41.74 in W 48.43 in D 25.6 in
George II Walnut & Oyster Veneer Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
leather writing surface. Below this the bureau has an arrangement of four graduated drawers, each with
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18th Century Antique Writing Bureau

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Walnut

George II Walnut & Oyster Veneer Bureau
George II Walnut & Oyster Veneer Bureau
H 41.74 in W 37.8 in D 20.48 in
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Bureau Having Well Figured Fall Flap Above Four Long Drawers
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Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Writing Bureau

Materials

Mahogany

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Antique Writing Bureau For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique writing bureau you’re looking for. Each antique writing bureau for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and animal skin. There are many kinds of the antique writing bureau you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique writing bureau, designed in the Louis XV, Louis XVI or Georgian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one antique writing bureau that is appealing in its simplicity, but François Linke, Paul Sormani and Maison Kriéger produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Antique Writing Bureau?

The average selling price for an antique writing bureau at 1stDibs is $6,878, while they’re typically $347 on the low end and $1,733,426 for the highest priced.
Questions About Antique Writing Bureau
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021
    An antique bureau is any bureau that is 100 years old or older. The term bureau today is typically used as another word for a dresser or a chest of drawers. This word has also been used to refer to a writing desk. Find a collection of antique bureaus on 1stDibs today.