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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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Antique Early 18th Century English George II Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Small Oak Bureau
Small Oak Bureau
H 33.5 in W 27 in D 18 in
17th C. Provencal Hand Carved Antique Side Table Walnut Desk Drawers Farm LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
, between two chairs, to have a chinoiserie piece of art on top . Or as a small bureau desk . End table
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Antique 17th Century European Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
Located in Sheffield, MA
Directoire Maison Jansen style desk. Label inside drawer inscribed "A. Alavoine and Co., NY and
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
H 29.75 in W 36.5 in D 22 in
Small Queen Anne Period Walnut Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A most enchanting Queen Anne period burr walnut bureau of highly desirable small proportions and
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Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Small Queen Anne Period Walnut Bureau
Small Queen Anne Period Walnut Bureau
H 35 in W 29 in D 19.5 in
Small Georgian Elm Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful early 18th century George I Period Elm  bureau of diminutive proportions having well
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Antique Early 18th Century English George I Desks

Materials

Elm

Small Georgian Elm Bureau
Small Georgian Elm Bureau
H 41 in W 30.5 in D 19 in
Antique Small Georgian Inlaid Mahogany Slant Front Secretary Desk Bureau 1780
Located in Portland, OR
An unusually diminutive Georgian inlaid mahogany bureau, slant front desk, circa 1780. This is a
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Antique 1780s English Georgian Desks

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Brass

Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality small late 19th century French Boulle inlaid bureau plat, having an inset leather
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
H 28.35 in W 29.53 in D 18.9 in
Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
This walnut slant front bureau/desk of generous proportions is most likely American. It has an
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Antique 19th Century American Chippendale Desks

Materials

Walnut, Pine

Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk
Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk
H 44 in W 51 in D 27 in
19th Century Bureau Leather Desk from Maison Mercier Frères
By Mercier Freres
Located in NICE, FR
This elegant small desk is a creation of the esteemed Maison Mercier Frères of the renowned
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

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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Antique Late 19th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

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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Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

20th Century Inlaid Walnut, Maple and Fruitwood Italian Bureau Desk, 1920s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian bureau from the first half of the 20th century. Antique-style furniture carved and inlaid
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Vintage 1920s Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Maple, Walnut

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
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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
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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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Roll-Top Desk, English, Bureau, Aesthetic Period, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique roll-top desk. An English, mahogany and leather tambour bureau in Aesthetic
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Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Ant. Oak Jacobean Style Slant Front Desk Bureau, Writing, Scotland 1910
Located in Vancouver, BC
Ant. Oak Jacobean style slant front desk bureau, writing desk, Scotland 1910, H880 $1250
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20th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

19th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine early 19th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Magnificent Grand Bureau / Writing Desk Louis XV, After Francois Linke, Paris
Located in Berlin, DE
Magnificent grand bureau/writing desk Louis XV, After Francois Linke The desk has an estimated
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Late 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

18th Century Spanish Bureau Desk Walnut Wood
Located in Madrid, ES
four drawers, a desk with a hinged lid, which when opened reveals smaller drawers and others hidden in
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Antique Mid-18th Century Spanish Baroque Desks

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Spanish Bureau Desk Walnut Wood
18th Century Spanish Bureau Desk Walnut Wood
H 48.43 in W 47.25 in D 20.48 in
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Bureau a Cylindre Gentleman's Desk
Located in Forney, TX
cylinder desk features a tambour roll top, opening to reveal an interior gallery fitted with small drawers
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Wood and Marble Antique French Secrétaire Bureau Desk, 1820
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
with 6 small drawers, 5 document compartments and desk top covered in leather with various signs of
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Antique 1820s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble

Childs Exceptionally Rare Satinwood Bureau Desk circa 1770
Located in Lincoln, GB
This small satinwood bureau desk circa 1770 is only 75cm tall, making it a very unique piece. It is
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Antique 18th Century British George II Desks

Materials

Satinwood

20th Century Inlaid Wood French Bureau Desk, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
desk (see photo). Furniture adorned with chiseled bronze complete with a working key. Bureau that can
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Mid-20th Century French Desks

Materials

Wood

19th Century Biedermeier Mahogany Cylinder-Top Bureau Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good north Germany (possibly Hamburg) Biedermeier Cylinder Bureau overall of beautifully figured
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Antique 1820s German Biedermeier Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Large French Empire Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A fine large sized flat desk otherwise referred to as a "bureau de ministre" or ministers flat desk
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks

Materials

Bronze

Rare 19th Century French Museum Quality Dore Bronze Louis XV Table Desk Bureau
Located in New York, NY
Kingwood Bureau Desk Drawer Masterpiece. The Rounded Rectangular Top with an Ormolu Banding and with an
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Flamed Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent French 19th century Louis XV style flamed mahogany and ormolu Bureau plat desk. The
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

English Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk with String Inlay
Located in Woodbury, CT
Proportioned in a smaller scale than most, this slant front bureau / desk in walnut has parallel
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Antique 19th Century British Georgian Desks

Materials

Walnut

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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Antique 1890s French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau
Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau
H 41.34 in W 56.3 in D 19.3 in
French 19th Century Transitional St. Bureau À Cylindre Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
ormolu Bureau à Cylindre desk. The exceptional thirteen drawer roll top desk is raised by elegant
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Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Bureau, French, Marble Top, Kingwood, Marquetry Desk, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau. A French, marble top, kingwood, marquetry desk dating to the turn of the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Desks

Materials

Kingwood

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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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Sheraton Revival Rosewood Cylinder Bureau
Sheraton Revival Rosewood Cylinder Bureau
H 54.14 in W 25.99 in D 21.07 in
Neoclassical Bureau Plat, France around 1800
Located in Greding, DE
French bureau plat on square tapered legs with brass sabots and small castors. The desk is veneered
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Antique Early 1800s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Bureau de Dame Napoleon III Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Milan, IT
Bureau de Dame or Bonheur du Jour, a ladies writing desk with cartonnier which opens up by sliding the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks

Materials

Bronze

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walnut Ash Desk Bureau Secretary, 1950s, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage secretary desk bureau Ico Parisi style from walnut and ash veneers
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Ash, Walnut

19th Century French Bureau de Dame Napoleon III Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Milan, IT
Bureau de Dame or Bonheur du Jour, a ladies writing desk with cartonnier which opens up by sliding the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks

Materials

Bronze

Dresden Porcelain Mounted Ebonised Bureau Cabinet
Located in London, by appointment only
A rare 19th century ebonised bureau cabinet in the high Napoleon III style, the desk is ebonised
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Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century French Ladies Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French, ormolu mounted Kingwood veneered small ladies bureau
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Porcelain, Mahogany

19th Century French Ladies Bureau Plat
19th Century French Ladies Bureau Plat
H 28.75 in W 26.38 in D 16.54 in
Antique English Inlaid Figured Mahogany Georgian Style Small Slant-Front Bureau
Located in Charleston, SC
Exceptional quality antique English fabulously inlaid figured mahogany Georgian style small slant
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Antique Late 19th Century English George III Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood

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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Antique 1880s British Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables

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
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts French Flat Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine large sized flat desk otherwise referred to as a "Bureau de Ministre", Bureau Plat or
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

18th century Bureau
Located in Penzance, GB
Here we have a very petite red walnut 1780 bureau, this piece is only 27 inches on the Carcas and
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Antique Late 18th Century English Desks

Materials

Walnut

18th century Bureau
18th century Bureau
H 40 in W 28 in D 18 in
Vintage French Provincial Petit-Bureau de Dame
Located in Forney, TX
A beautiful petit-bureau de dame (also known as bonheur de jour or lady's secretary desk). Born in
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Paint

Compass Writing Desk Bureau by Pedro Miralles Claver for Punt Mobles, circa 1990
Located in Barcelona, Cataluna
place to store small items. In contrast, the closed desk keeps a balanced and symmetrical profile
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1990s European Post-Modern Desks

Materials

Cherry

Scottish, George III Mahogany and Sycamore Banded Cylinder Bureau
Located in Woodbury, CT
Scottish George III mahogany and sycamore banded cylinder bureau / desk. The revolving cover
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Sycamore, Satinwood, Yew, Burl

Chinese Export 18th Century Lacquer Bureau on Stand
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare mid 18th century Chinese Export lacquer bureau on stand. Probably made in Canton
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Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century French Napoleon III Period Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
A French Napoleon III Second Empire period mahogany writing desk. Handcrafted in the third quarter
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Antique Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

A Very Fine 19th Century Marquetry Inlaid Bureau Du Dame
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 19th Century richly patinated fruitwood Bureau Du Dame. This gorgeous writing desk is
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Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Lacquered and Veneered Bureau de Dame, 18th to 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
desk put on later legs perfect for a small console or unique side table
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Hardwood

George III inlaid mahogany bureau
Located in Salisbury, GB
George III inlaid mahogany bureau This George III inlaid mahogany bureau was made circa 1780. It
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks

Materials

Mahogany

George III inlaid mahogany bureau
George III inlaid mahogany bureau
H 43 in W 41 in D 22 in
20th Century Palisander Mahogany Wood Marble French Napoleon III Bureau, 1870s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
inside a removable desk top covered in good-sized leather, four small drawers and four document
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Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble

Georgian Mahogany Bureau, 18th Century
Located in Southall, GB
18th Century Georgian Mahogany Bureau A small 18th century Georgian mahogany bureau. The
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Antique 18th Century English Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Georgian Mahogany Bureau, 18th Century
Georgian Mahogany Bureau, 18th Century
H 42.72 in W 38.39 in D 21.46 in
Late 19th Bureau Antique Cartonnier Sliding Top for Hidden Storage
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian smaller-sized writing desk with storage hidden beneath top from the 19th century. This
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Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Queen Anne Burr Walnut Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A superior quality Queen Anne period, burr walnut bureau in superb condition and of outstanding
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Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks

Materials

Walnut

Queen Anne Burr Walnut Bureau
Queen Anne Burr Walnut Bureau
H 39 in W 36 in D 22 in
19th Century Bureau Plat with Floral and Blue Porcelain Plaques
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in London, GB
A very fine bureau plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock. After a model by C.C. Saunier
Category

Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass, Bronze

18th century burr walnut bureau
Located in Penzance, GB
Here we have a very good quality early 18th century burr walnut bureau, with a well and stepped
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Antique 17th Century English Desks

Materials

Walnut

18th century burr walnut bureau
18th century burr walnut bureau
H 40 in W 37 in D 21 in
Gustavian Neoclassical Mahogany Writing Chest / Bureau on High Stand, 1800s
Located in Lucenec, SK
upper lock is fully functional with the original key. The bottom drawer key is missing. There are small
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre by François Linke François Linke – Index Number 242 Surmounted
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Bureau by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
bureau by Franc¸ois Linke. The upper case with shaped top, surmounted by a serpentine three quarter
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Regence Style Trellis Parquetry Bureau Plat by François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Magnificent Regence Style gilt bronze Mounted Trellis Parquetry Bureau Plat by François Linke
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Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

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  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A small writing table is also called a davenport table or davenport desk. They normally feature a sloped or inclined top attached with hinges to the back of the table. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage davenport desks.