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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
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George II Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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
Category
Antique 1880s British Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
Located in Sheffield, MA
Paris." Leather inset writing surface, drawer fronts with contrasting veneer.
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 41.15 in W 38.39 in D 20.87 in
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
H 41.93 in W 40.95 in D 17.72 in
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 48.43 in W 34.26 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
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
Category
20th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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
Category
Late 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 66.93 in W 78.35 in D 45.67 in
Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau
Located in Milano, IT
compartments, represented by 4 small drawers with handles.
This writing desk is suitable for high-class
Category
Antique 1890s French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Sheraton Revival Rosewood Cylinder Bureau
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn3169, exceptional Sheraton Revival, Edwardian rosewood bureau, writing table, having original
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
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
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Mahogany
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Porcelain
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
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
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
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lacquer
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
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
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
small dovetailed drawers, and a black inset leather writing surface that can be slide out to extend the
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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
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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
20th Century Palisander Mahogany Wood Marble French Napoleon III Bureau, 1870s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French bureau from the end of the 19th century. Finished for the center furniture from the Napoleon
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
H 42.52 in W 33.86 in D 21.26 in
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
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood
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
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Maple, Walnut
H 42.13 in W 49.22 in D 22.84 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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Bureau a Cylindre Gentleman's Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A exceptionally rare Period French Empire (1804-1814) walnut bureau a cylindre.
Exquisitely
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 44.25 in W 51.5 in D 24.25 in
Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Bureau by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
leather writing inset over a frieze drawer centered by a rocaille and flanked by a pair of small drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 49 in W 56 in D 32 in
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 39.97 in W 35.44 in D 21.66 in
18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
Located in IT
The very unusual and particular center desk, called also bureau plat, was made in France, at Paris
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Category
Antique 1820s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
Mid 19th Century Mahogany Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Roll bureau or roll secretary. Mid 19th century. Solid mahogany and veneered on oak.
Standing
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31.11 in W 66.93 in D 37.8 in
Petit Bureau En Forme De Libre, by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
corners, create a small island waiting to be explored that accentuates the fine Cassina woodworking skills
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor: An Exquisite Ormolu and Églomisé Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
A Timeless Masterpiece:
The Exquisite Bureau Plat of The Duke and Duchess of Windsor
In the
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
H 31 in W 61 in D 36 in
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30 in W 56 in D 30 in
1750s Gilt Bronze Mounted Writing Lady Desk, by Adrien DELORME
By Adrien Delorme
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Dating back to the Louis XV period, this exquisite petite writing table bears the hallmark of
Category
Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
No Reserve
H 27.96 in W 31.5 in D 18.71 in
A François Linke Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre
Located in New York, NY
lined writing slide, fitted with three small drawers in the upper structure, above five frieze drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 46 in W 60.5 in D 32 in
Petit Bureau en forme de libre PRO, by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Devoid of sharp angles, the rounded asymmetrical shape of the Petit Bureau En Forme Libre designer
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 28.75 in W 65.36 in D 30.71 in
A Fine Quality Louis XVI style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat by Alexandre
By Alexandre Chevrié, Paris 1
Located in New York, NY
leather, an inset writing surface. Contains one large drawer that runs the width of the table.
Maker
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Rococo Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
H 28.5 in W 49 in D 26 in
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
H 31 in W 65.25 in D 36.5 in
Rare Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Bureau de Dame François Linke, circa 1980
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare and unusual Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted and marquetry inlaid Bureau de Dame by
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31.5 in W 34.65 in D 21.26 in
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
18th Century Provencal Hand Carved Walnut Wood Antique Writing Desk Side Table
Located in West Hollywood, CA
table as well. Or as a small bureau writing desk. End table, farm table, console, game table, serving
Category
Antique 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
H 29.5 in W 34.5 in D 24 in
Maison Dominique Domin, Genevriére Art Deco Veneer Writing Desk or Vanity Table
By Andre Domin & Marcel Genevriere for Maison Dominique
Located in Firenze, IT
serve as striking writing table, vanity table, vanity desk, small bureau, ladies desk, entry table
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
H 39.77 in W 51.19 in D 36.23 in
Louis XV Style Parquetry Inlaid Writing-Table by François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style gilt bronze-mounted parquetry inlaid writing-table, by François Linke.
French
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 29.53 in W 41.74 in D 27.56 in
Exhibition Quality Mahogany Cylinder Desk, Maple & Co
By Maple & Co.
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
inkwells, pen tray and leather writing section, the base having long frieze drawer flanked by two small
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Superb Sheraton Revival Satinwood Desk
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
holes, small inlaid drawers and slide out, green leather writing surface, all above 2 string inlaid
Category
Antique 1890s English Sheraton Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Walnut Partner Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
rectangular in shape, the bureau plat stands on cabriole legs dressed with figural and caryatid ormulu
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30.5 in W 61.25 in D 32.5 in
19th Century American Birdseye Maple Desk
Located in New York, NY
) Vermont 1850-60. Beautiful writing desk consisting of three stepped upper panels (left, right, back) and
Category
Antique 1860s American American Classical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple
French 19th Century Empire Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Troy, NY
Elegant French Empire bureau-plat or partners desk, The top, inlaid with a center-star-motive and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
A rare French Louis XIV large pewter and fruitwood inlaid marquetry desk
By Pierre Gole
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare French Louis XIV large pewter and fruitwood inlaid marquetry desk called “bureau Mazarin
Category
Antique Late 17th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Pewter
H 32.68 in W 70.8 in D 35.43 in
Antique French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Desk by Maison Léger
By Maison Léger
Located in London, GB
bureau du Roi (‘King’s Desk’) crafted for Louis V by Jean-Henri Riesener (1734–1806) and Jean-François
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
H 31.5 in W 72.84 in D 38.59 in
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
Located in Berlin, DE
writing surface, four drawers, pigeon-holes and a secret door, with two small drawers and one full-length
Category
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Louis XIII Style Barley Twist Desk with Green Leather Top
Located in Birmingham, AL
A fine 18th century carved French Louis XIII style bureau plat or desk handcrafted of solid oak by
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
H 30.75 in W 45.5 in D 30 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
Category
Antique 17th Century European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
H 32 in W 40 in D 22 in
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The average selling price for a small writing bureau at 1stDibs is $2,446, while they’re typically $671 on the low end and $47,123 for the highest priced.
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- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A 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.
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