Skip to main content

Bureau Chest Desk

2
to
13
256
122
245
174
90
83
50
42
38
36
27
24
24
19
17
16
14
10
7
5
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
3
3
2
2
Sort By
George I Bureau Desk Walnut Chest Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George I Walnut Bureau. This Bureau Stands Upon Bracket Feet and Features an Arrangement of 2 Over
Category

Antique 18th Century George I Desks

Materials

Walnut

George I Bureau Desk Walnut Chest Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George I walnut bureau. This bureau stands upon bracket feet and features an arrangement of 2 over
Category

Antique Early 1800s George I Desks

Materials

Walnut

Mid-Century Teak Chest of Drawers / Writing Desk / Bureau by Meredew
By Meredew
Located in London, GB
Beautiful vintage teak chest of drawers / writing desk / bureau by Meredew. Very compact piece
Category

Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Cylinder Desk/Bureau 18 Th Century, Bombe’ Chest Form
Located in Houston, TX
Stepped drawers, a double interior door that opens to a mirror Lined interior, above a bombe’ chest
Category

Antique Late 18th Century German Desks

Materials

Walnut

17th Century Spanish Walnut Bureau/Desk, circa 1690, Chest of Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
17th century Spanish walnut bureau/desk, circa 1690. Chest of drawers.
Category

Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Commodes and Chests o...

Materials

Walnut

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, with visible traces of use. The inner drawers have bone handles. The upper part i...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

English Mahogany Writing Desk, Bureau
Located in Schellebelle, BE
English Mahogany Writing Desk Bureau with nice old patina 9 drawers
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

English Mahogany Writing Desk, Bureau
English Mahogany Writing Desk, Bureau
H 31.5 in W 59.06 in D 39.38 in
Bureau Desk Fall Front Japanning Tortoishell Gilding Chinoiserie
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, late-17th century / early-18th century, fall front bureau with gilded Chinoiserie Japanning
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Chinoiserie Desks

Materials

Lacquer

Early 18th Century English Walnut Veneered Stepped Interior Georgian Bureau Desk
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional condition for this English secretaire/chest/desk of George I period. The finish in
Category

Antique Early 18th Century English George I Desks

Materials

Metal

Antique Anglo Indian Military Campaign Camphor Wood & Brass Bureau Desk Drawers
Located in GB
with brass inlay Military bureau desk This piece really is exquisite. It’s a genuine campaign made
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Indian Campaign Desks

Materials

Brass

MATURIN - Bureau en forme d'âne / Donkey desk
By Benoît Convers
Located in FONTAIN, FR
Iconic symbol of labor as it was understood in rural areas, Maturin the donkey retains its function while taking on an eminently contemporary dimension. A very unique connected secre...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Laminate

MATURIN  - Bureau en forme d'âne / Donkey desk
MATURIN  - Bureau en forme d'âne / Donkey desk
H 61.42 in W 78.75 in D 23.63 in
Italian Baroque Walnut and Bone Inlaid Writing Bureau / Chest
Located in Essex, MA
serpentine slant lid desk section inlaid with central cherub and birds, opening to a fitted interior, the
Category

Antique 1740s Italian Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bone, Walnut

Important Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Attributed to G. Durand, France, Circa 1880
By Gervais Durand
Located in PARIS, FR
Large veneered wood flat desk attributed to G. Durand, opening with three frieze drawers. Mounted
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Cassetone Bureau Desk Ebonised Rosewood Bone Rome Baroque Bird Flower Lion Tulip
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
into the cassetone as does the top The geometric inlay of the desk is mirrored and held by the
Category

Antique 1690s Italian Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bone, Ebony, Rosewood

Small George I Walnut Bureau on Stand
Located in Lymington, GB
George I period walnut bureau or desk on stand, of compact proportions, ca 1720. This small early
Category

Antique Early 18th Century English Georgian Desks

Materials

Walnut

Small George I Walnut Bureau on Stand
Small George I Walnut Bureau on Stand
H 40.16 in W 29.93 in D 19.3 in
Régence Style Marquetry Writing Desk
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A magnificent and very rare Régence style marquetry inlaid grand bureau plat or writing desk
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Régence Style Marquetry Writing Desk
Régence Style Marquetry Writing Desk
H 37.41 in W 87.8 in D 43.31 in
Fine Harrods London Kennedy Chest of Drawers Brown Leather Writing Slope Desk
By Harrods, Kennedy Furniture For Harrods London
Located in GB
Harrods London Kennedy Military Campaign chest of drawers which doubles as a writing bureau desk with
Category

20th Century English Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Leather, Hardwood, Oak

19th Century Empire Mahogany Bureau Secretary with Bookcase
Located in Miami, FL
. Cylinder top opens to a pull-out desk which offers an adjustable baize-lined lectern or writing surface
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Danish Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

18th-19th Century Grey Swedish Gustavian Two Part Pinewood Bureau, Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th-19th century, light-grey, white antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau made of hand
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal, Bronze

18th-19th Century Grey Russian Two Part Bureau - Antique Baroque Oak Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th - 19th Century, antique Russian two part bureau made of hand crafted painted Oakwood
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Russian Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Antique English Edwardian Mahogany Chest of Drawers Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Edwardian Mahogany Chest of Drawers Secretary Desk Bureau. Item features a fall
Category

Antique 19th Century Edwardian Secretaires

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Antique Yew Wood Bachelors Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
so this can be used as a desk / bureau. It stands on nicely shaped bracket feet, the drawers and top
Category

Vintage 1920s British Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Yew

Antique Yew Wood Bachelors Chest of Drawers
Antique Yew Wood Bachelors Chest of Drawers
H 29.93 in W 25.2 in D 14.97 in
Antique Secretaire Cabinet, English, Chest of Drawers, Bureau, Desk, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique secretaire cabinet. An English, mahogany chest of drawers with drop front
Category

Antique Late 18th Century British Cabinets

Materials

Wood

Antique Italian Venetian Olive Burl Serpentine Secretary Slant Desk Bureau Chest
Located in Dayton, OH
An impressive antique Italian Venetian drop front secretary desk. Made from olive burl with a
Category

Early 20th Century Neoclassical Secretaires

Materials

Olive, Burl

Antique Dutch Marquetry Walnut Seven Drawer Chest, Early 19th Century
Located in London, GB
occurrence and size, larger veneers were hard to source and often on bigger furniture (tables, desks, bureaus
Category

Antique Early 1800s Dutch Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Paolo Buffa (Milan 1903/1970) Italian Double Chest of Drawers Cabinet Published
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Madrid, ES
Paolo Buffa ( Milan 1903 / Milan 1970 ) Italian Double Chest of Drawers Cabinet - Published
Category

20th Century Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

George III Bureau Desk or Secretary Chest of Mahogany from the 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine George III slant top desk or bureau secretary chest of patinated mahogany, c.1770 - an
Category

Antique 18th Century English George III Secretaires

Materials

Metal, Brass

Antique English Miniature Salesman Sample Bureau Desk
Located in Forney, TX
space provided by the drop-front desk supported by a pair of functional pull out slides, over a chest of
Category

Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Brass

Antique Louis XVI Desk Cabinet "bureau à pente"
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Louis XVI style antique desk chest of drawers called "bureau à pente". Three dovetailed drawers
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Tall Walnut Cabinet with a Bureau Desk Compartment
Located in Dubai, AE
Tall walnut desk cabinet in Baroque style with gilded brass ornamentation. The upper glazed part
Category

Antique 19th Century German Baroque Secretaires

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode after Jean-Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the famous bureau du roi (“king’s desk”), begun by Oeben. In 1774 he was made royal cabinetmaker and
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Commode after the Model by Jean-Henri Riesener, circa 1880
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
monarchy with the roll-top desk for Louis XV placed in his inner study. Commissioned in 1760 from his
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Neoclassical Commode in the Manner of Riesener, circa 1890
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
apartment at Compiègne. Examples of the second type, with trapezoidal panels, include a chest of drawers
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Style Commode after Jean-Henri Riesener by François Linke, circa 1905
By François Linke, Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
lattice work, as appears on this commode, used on the desk for the Comte d'Orsay, talks of 'mosaic
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

Antique English Period Oak Mahogany-Banded Bureau
Located in Port Chester, NY
This slanty-top chest is a good example of the style that was so popular in the 18th century when a
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires

Materials

Wood

18th Century Northern European Tortoiseshell Lacquer Japanned Bureau Cabinet
Located in Southampton, NY
18th Century Northern European Tortoiseshell Lacquer Japanned Bureau Cabinet Secretary A rare and
Category

Antique 18th Century Unknown Secretaires

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

STUNNiNG ANTIQUE CIRCA 1840 SHERATON REVIVAL LIBRARY BUREAU BOOKCASE ON DRAWERS
By Sheraton Revival
Located in GB
England, Sheraton Revival, Library Bureau bookcase circa 1840 Please note the delivery fee listed is just
Category

Antique 1840s English Victorian Secretaires

Materials

Glass, Hardwood

18th C. Louis XV Bureau Scriban Bibliotec Secretary Cabinet Mahogany Antiques LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
or store documents . A great deal of Writing surface desk , underneath the cabinet book case a chest
Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

Materials

Wrought Iron, Metal, Metallic Thread

American Hepplewhite Virginian Secretary Chest with Civil War Provenance
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a FANTASTIC and HISTORIC Early 19C American Hepplewhite Virginian Secretary Chest with
Category

Antique Early 19th Century American American Classical Historical Memora...

Materials

Brass

Lee Radziwill in Lanvin Castillo White Satin with Gold Chest, 1962.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
standing next to a brown bureau desk with gold decorations. She is resting her hand on the desk and the
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Lee Radziwill in Lanvin Castillo White Satin with Gold Chest, 1962.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
. She is standing next to a brown bureau desk with gold decorations. She is resting her hand on the desk
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Lee Radziwill in Lanvin Castillo White Satin with Gold Chest, 1962.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
standing next to a brown bureau desk with gold decorations. She is resting her hand on the desk and the
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Lee Radziwill in Lanvin Castillo White Satin with Gold Chest, 1962.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
standing next to a brown bureau desk with gold decorations. She is resting her hand on the desk and the
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Lee Radziwill in Lanvin Castillo White Satin with Gold Chest, 1962.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
standing next to a brown bureau desk with gold decorations. She is resting her hand on the desk and the
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Late 19th Century Italian Walnut Burl Inlaid Louis XIV Secretary Drop Leaf Desk
Located in Encinitas, CA
bureau chest featuring secretary drop lid with lock and key revealing small drawers and compartments
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Louis XIV Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

Secretaire à la Bourgogne, Transformation Table, Louis XV Style, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Very rare antique desk or secretary, so-called bureau à transformation "à la Bourgogne" in Louis XV
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

Materials

Bronze

ANTIQUE SHERATON REVIVAL BUREA BOOKCASE LEATHER TOP HARDWOOD WALNUT & SATiNWOOD
By Sheraton Revival
Located in GB
Revival Walnut, Mahogany & Satinwood Bureau bookcase with brown leather drop front desk Please note the
Category

20th Century English Sheraton Secretaires

Materials

Leather, Hardwood, Satinwood, Walnut

Armchair, Hunting Trophy, Antler, Red Deer, Fallow, Wild Boar, Hide
Located in Zevenaar, NL
1851, chairs, chests of drawers and a sofa made of horns were exhibited at the Great Exhibition Of The
Category

20th Century European Black Forest Chairs

Materials

Antler, Animal Skin

Armchair, Pair, Hunting Trophy, Antler, Red Deer, Fallow, Wild Boar, Hide
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
1851, chairs, chests of drawers and a sofa made of horns were exhibited at the Great Exhibition Of The
Category

Antique Late 19th Century European Victorian Armchairs

Materials

Antler, Hide

English Bureau Mahogany Writing Desk Chest
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive early 20th century walnut writing bureau. The marquetry adorned fall flap enclosed
Category

Early 20th Century English Desks

Materials

Mahogany

English Bureau Mahogany Writing Desk Chest
English Bureau Mahogany Writing Desk Chest
H 40.48 in W 31.42 in D 18.27 in
English Georgian Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk Chest
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive George IV mahogany cylinder bureau. The rectangular top with inlaid marquetry
Category

Antique 19th Century English Desks

Materials

Mahogany

English Antique Oak Bureau Arts & Crafts Writing Desk Chest
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive early 20th century solid oak writing bureau. The fall flap enclosed writing surface
Category

Early 20th Century English Desks

Materials

Oak

Antique French Empire Escritoire 1880 Desks Bureau Chest Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
devices, perfect for modern urban living. Both a desk and chest of drawers so good storage options. Top
Category

Antique 1880s Empire Desks

Bureau, Provincial Style, 19th Century, Country Piece, Desk
Located in South Cotswolds, GB
A lovely English 19th century English bureau painted in old Tuscany style. A very well made
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British French Provincial Commodes and Chests o...

Materials

Mahogany

Bureau, Provincial Style, 19th Century, Country Piece, Desk
Located in South Cotswolds, GB
A lovely English 19th century english bureau painted in old ¨Tuscany style. A very well made
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British French Provincial Commodes and Chests o...

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XIV Bureau
Located in Genova, IT
Louis XIV bureau with moved form on the front and sides, veneered in burr tuja with pyrography
Category

Antique Early 18th Century Italian Louis XIV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Louis XIV Bureau
H 42.52 in W 50.4 in D 22.84 in
Swedish Gustavian Bureau, circa 1760
Located in Charlotte, NC
Swedish Gustavian beautifully shaped block front desk. Light blue paint has had some touch up. The
Category

Antique 18th Century Swedish Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Swedish Gustavian Bureau, circa 1760
Swedish Gustavian Bureau, circa 1760
H 42.5 in W 46.3 in D 25.5 in
English Antique Oak Bureau Tambour Roll-Top Writing Desk Chest Edwardian
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive Edwardian solid oak roll-top writing bureau. The tambour fall flap enclosed
Category

Early 20th Century English Secretaires

Materials

Oak

Very Fine and Rare Chinese Export Black and Gold Bureau Cabinet
Located in London, Middlesex
was described in an inventory as a black lacquered Chinese chest of drawers with a secretary desk and
Category

Antique 1730s Chinese Chinese Export Cabinets

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Writing Desk Bureau Chest English Georgian Mahogany Quality, circa 1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
A very pleasing original Georgian writing bureau desk presented in good antique condition Mid-size
Category

Antique Early 1800s Great Britain (UK) Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

  • 1
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Bureau Chest Desk", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.

Bureau Chest Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic bureau chest desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and animal skin, every bureau chest desk was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer bureau chest desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each bureau chest desk bearing Georgian, Victorian or Baroque hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one bureau chest desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Bevan Funnell Ltd. and Brights of Nettlebed produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Bureau Chest Desk?

Prices for a bureau chest desk start at $290 and top out at $16,000 with the average selling for $2,010.