$11,535Sale Price|20% Off
Large Antique Fall-Front Bureau, English, Oak, Writing Cabinet, Georgian, C.1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique fall-front bureau. An English, oak five-drawer writing cabinet, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1750.
Oak
Rare 18th Century Mahogany Bureau Cabinet on Stand
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A rare example of an 18th century mahogany bureau bookcase, the whole with finely carved mouldings and a swan neck pediment above the two doors. Good flame mahogany to the doors, fal...
Mahogany
Diminutive George III Walnut Block Front Slant Front Bureau Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Germantown, MD
A mid 19th century, fully professionally restored Diminutive George III Walnut And Block Front Slant Front secretary Bureau Bookcase Cabinet in great vintage condition. Restored thro...
Glass, Walnut
$2,344Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Bureau Cabinet, English, Walnut, Writing Desk, Tambour, Edwardian, 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau cabinet. An English, walnut drop-front writing desk with tambour, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Walnut
Antique Fall Front Bureau, English, Walnut, Writing Cabinet, Georgian, C.1750
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique fall-front bureau. An English, walnut six-drawer writing cabinet, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1750.
Brass
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 1830 and has a writing desk with interior drawers with brass drawer pulls. Underneath ...
Pine
18th-century style Georgian mahogany slant-front writing bureau
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
This 18th-century style Georgian mahogany slant-front writing bureau dates to approximately 1800. It features a slant lid that opens to reveal a fitted interior with compartments for...
Mahogany
Antique Bureau Plat French Inlay Desk Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality antique French desk or bureau plat Classic look crafted from kingwood with original ormolu fixtures Good size at five feet - 154 CM - wide Great for a home office set up Boug...
Kingwood
Antique Louis XV Style Inlaid Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Louis XV Style Kingwood Inlaid Bureau Plat Writing Desk with Bronze Ormolu & Leather Top Elegant early 20th-century Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk featuring kingwoo...
Leather
Antique French Walnut Marquetry Inlaid Freestanding Writing Desk Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
A beautiful antique French walnut freestanding writing desk of exceptional decorative quality. The shaped top is finely inlaid with floral marquetry depicting roses, foliage and trai...
Walnut
$9,958Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Gentleman's Bureau, English, Walnut, Writing Desk, Secretaire, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman's bureau. A fine English, walnut writing desk or secretaire, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1760. Wonderful Georgian example, with a delightful v...
Walnut
Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk Mahogany Writing Table 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A Napoleon III mahogany bureau plat desk on cabriole legs Circa 1890 The desk has been finished with ormolu mounts and the legs with winged lions At each end is an intricate laurel r...
Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Writing Bureau in Dry-Scraped Pine
Located in Mckinney, TX
18th-century Swedish bureau crafted in pine with a fixed, writing-height top and original dry-scraped surface. Multiple small drawers over deeper storage below, finished with simple ...
Pine, Paint
19th Century Handcrafted Pine Swedish Writing Bureau with Dragged Paint
Located in Mckinney, TX
Classic Swedish provincial form with a beautifully timeworn presence. This slant-top bureau retains its dry-scraped white paint across the front, revealing soft undertones of earlier...
Pine, Paint
Italian walnut bureau with writing surface, tuscan cabinetmaking, mid-1700s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A beautiful 18th-century Italian walnut bureau with writing surface, internal drawers, and hidden compartment – tuscan cabinetmaking, mid-1700s Some pieces of furniture carry their ...
Walnut
Victorian Figured Walnut Ladies Writing Bureau or Bonheur de Jour
Located in Montreal, QC
This desk is both highly decorative and unusually functional. The well-figured walnut is complemented by delicate inlays. It is diminutive and interestingly designed. Instead of a fi...
Wood
$23,410Sale Price|20% Off
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk. With a grey marble top over three drawers, the fall enclosing a sliding tan leather writing surface, an interior...
Mahogany
Exceptional Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Carved Paw Foot Bureau Writing Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Exceptional antique Victorian burr walnut bureau writing desk of outstanding quality, dating to circa 1860 and displaying superb cabinetmaking, wonderful proportions and exceptional ...
Walnut
$23,410Sale Price|20% Off
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk. With a grey marble top over three drawers, the fall enclosing a sliding tan leather writing surface, an interior...
Mahogany
$5,160Sale Price|20% Off
Sheraton Revival Cylinder Bureau, writing Desk with marquetry, circa 1890
Located in Miami, FL
A very good quality late 19th century satinwood Sheraton revival cylinder bureau with ebony string inlay, five walnut frieze drawers, the cylinder opening to reveal pigeon hole compa...
Walnut
Antique Georgian Flame Mahogany Slant Front Secretary Writing Desk Bureau
Located in Dayton, OH
Exquisite antique early 19th century secretary writing storage desk. Made of flame mahogany featuring Georgian styling with three large dovetailed drawers and a drop front that open...
Birdseye Maple, Mahogany
Antique French Louis XV Cylinder Marquetry & Ormolu Bureau Writing Desk 1880
Located in Portland, OR
To the top are three drawers, below the cylinder roll encloses a fitted interior with six drawers, below is a slide out writing surface fitted with a tooled and gilded chocolate brow...
Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Antique Bureau Plat Writing Desk circa 1880
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRENCH LOUIS XVI REVIVAL GOÛT-GREC BUREAU PLAT Probably France, second half of the nineteenth century 30 1/4" H x 37 1/4" D x 72 3/4" W 23" knee clearance Kingwood, tulipwood, and ...
Bronze
18th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Desk. Slant Front Writing Secretary.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Desk. Slant Front Writing Secretary. This 18th century English bureau desk has 3 rows of graduated hand dovetailed drawers and is raised on 4...
Brass
18th Century Serpentine Bow Front Bureau, Butler's Desk, Hidden Writing Surface
Located in Madrid, ES
This is a beautiful example of a "Butler's Desk" which was used in the 18th and 19th centuries by the head servant of a household. Basically a bureau combined with a standing desk, c...
Walnut
French Louis XV Style Burl Wood and Marquetry Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Nottingham, GB
A highly unusual and decorative antique French bureau plat fitted as an oversized tea caddy, combining the proportions and elegance of a writing table with an exceptionally distincti...
Brass
EXQUISITE EARLY GEORGIAN CIRCA 1760 WRITING BUREAU DESK WiTH GREEN LEATHER TOP
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original English circa 1760 Oak writing bureau with green leather writing surface Please not...
Leather, Oak
Early Paint Antique French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk & Stool
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning early painted circa 1880-1900 French Louis XV style Bureau plat writing table with later stool This is a wonderful find, the burea...
Brass
Fine circa 1800 Pollad Oak Writing Bureau Desk Claw & Ball Hand Carved Legs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite circa 1800 English made Pollard oak writing bureau with ornately hand carved claw & ball feet. This has to be the best...
Oak
$7,608Sale Price|50% Off
Large Italian Bureau 18th Century Inlayed Walnut Chest of Drawers with Flap
Located in Milano, MI
It comes from a private palazzo, it was part of the furnishings of a famous doctor psychoanalyst of Ancona, who used it both as storage cabinet and writing bureau, Ancona is in March...
Cherry, Maple, Walnut
Unavailable
H 40.95 in W 28.47 in D 20.36 in
English Desk Glazed Bureau Writing Cabinet Glazed, 19th Century
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive rare form 19th century bow front glazed desk cabinet. The bow front form desk with fitted drawer above astragal glazed doors enclosed storage and raised on a plinth ba...
Glass
Georgian Writing Bureau
Located in Inverness, GB
Back in the UK after a trip abroad in Connecticut this stunning piece of Georgian furniture is in great condition and comes with original keys and a secret drawer that the Georgians ...
Mahogany
19th Century English Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Mid-19th century English writing bureau with oriental detailing. Red painted oak body with 3 drawers and slanted writing surface. A truly unique piece with a variety of drawers with ...
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 tooled leather writing surface and fitted interior comprising miniature drawers an...
Mahogany
English Georgian Figured Mahogany Writing Bureau
Located in Macclesfield, GB
An exceptionally fine quality small Georgian Honduras figured mahogany bureau stood on its original bracket feet with original decorative swan neck handles and key escutcheons. The i...
Mahogany, Oak
English Mahogany Writing Desk, Bureau
Located in Schellebelle, BE
English Mahogany Writing Desk Bureau with nice old patina 9 drawers
Wood
Bureau/Writing Desk Walnut Biedermeier, circa 1840
Located in Uppingham, GB
Bureau/writing desk walnut Biedermeier, circa 1840. Roll top front, opening to a draw out sliding desk surface, with central cupboard flanked by two columns, pigeon holes and vari...
Walnut
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 panel above a tambour front enclosed a fitted interior comprising tooled leather writin...
Mahogany
Charles X Bureau-Plat, France 1825, Writing Desk
Located in Bamberg, DE
France, around 1825 This unusually large, free-standing piece of writing furniture stands on eight columnar legs with two elegant pedestals, the frame has threedrawers on the work...
Wood
Remarkable Folk Art Paint Decorated Writing Desk/ Bureau
Located in London, GB
Of Delightful Shallow Proportions and Rare Integrity. Retaining the Original Stylised “Wild Grain” Painted and Stylised Floral Decoration. The fall front retains traces of the origin...
Pine
Unavailable
H 39.73 in W 30.79 in D 13.98 in
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 and fitted interior comprising shelving and cubby holes. Fitted a long graduated ca...
Oak
Antique French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Walnut Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Highly charming French Empire writing table or bureau plat handcrafted from walnut with ebonized plaques and floral inlay to the top Ormolu fixtures include sabots, trim and intric...
Unavailable
H 40 in W 36 in D 21 in
Antique Georgian Bureau, Oak Desk, Writing Table, Scotland 1800, H163
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Georgian Bureau, oak desk, writing table, Scotland 1800, H163 Scotland 1800 Solid oak Original finish Rectangular top with moldings Carved fold down lid Opens to reveal two ...
Oak
Unavailable
H 40.16 in W 38.59 in D 20.08 in
Antique Georgian 18th Century Crossbanded Oak Bureau Desk Writing Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique Georgian 18th century oak bureau desk or writing table. Attractive mahogany crossbanding. There is a key to the small internal central door (a little sticky). This i...
Oak
Unavailable
H 43.08 in W 43.9 in D 21.38 in
Antique Swedish Gustavian Bureau 19th Century Painted Writing Desk Serpentine
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
Large 19th century Swedish painted and carved bureau in the Gustavian manner. The carved fall flap enclosed a fitted interior comprising four columns of miniature drawers and stor...
Paint
Antique Empire Bureau De Dame Ladies Desk Writing Table, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning French Empire antique ladies desk or bureau de dame Great look to this piece with intricate marquetry inlay work mainly floral motifs Various cubby hole and drawers so lot...
Mahogany and oak writing table (bureau-plat) by Fidelys Schey
By Fidelys Schey
Located in New York, NY
This desk has a rectangular gilt and tooled brown leather-inset top with molded surround. Each side has a writing slide above a three-paneled frieze of drawers with cartouche-shaped,...
Ormolu
Unavailable
H 46.3 in W 23.63 in D 23.98 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 adjustable writing surface and fitted interior comprising miniature drawers and storage. Fi...
Oak
Unavailable
H 49.22 in W 55.91 in D 38.19 in
Antique 18th Century Louis XVI Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk from France
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant freestanding antique French cylinder writing desk veneered with polished Acajou moucheté (fly mahogany) from the Louis XVI period. Beneath the roll top are five drawers ...
Marble, Brass
19th Century Burr Walnut Bureau de Dame or Writing Desk c. 1890
Located in East Sussex, GB
A most attractive bureau de dame c. 1890. The elegant cabriole legs with brass sabots to the feet, the knees with gilt brass mounts and the top with further mounts and a delicate c...
A fine 19th century Louis XIV rosewood bureau cabinet
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century Louis XIV rosewood bureau cabinet of unusually small proportions. The stepped upper section opening to a sliding writing surface with two sunken drawers and three...
English Writing Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th century English painted writing bureau, 1820. Dimensions: 33.5 inches (85 cms) wide 19 inches (48 cms) deep 38 inches (97 cms) high.
English Painted Writing Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century English painted oak writing bureau with a nice fitted interior. 1780. Height to underside of fall front is 29.5" (75cm). Code: 8681 Dimensions: W: 34.5" (87.6 cm) H: ...
Oak
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
This antique walnut writing bureau has nice slim proportions and is in excellent condition, dating from the 1910s-1920s period. The burr walnut veneers on the drop flap and on the dr...
Walnut
18th C Painted Writing Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 18th C painted writing bureau. Good fitted interior with secret drawers. 1790. Desk height is 31". Dimensions 37.5 inches (95 cms) Wide 20.5 inches (52 cms) Deep 42 inc...
Oak
18th Century Painted Writing Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century English painted oak writing bureau with original brass handles. Good fitted interior. 1780. Height to the underside of fall front is 30.5" (77.5cm). Code: 8680 Dimens...
Oak
Antique Burr Walnut writing Bureau
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
Antique Walnut Veneered Bureau with 6 pigeon holes and lockable dropdown writing surface with inlaid blue leather surface, two lower drawers on shaped cabriole legs. A beautiful exam...
Walnut
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Antique burr walnut bureau dating from circa 1910s-1920s period and in good condition. It’s high quality, having fine dovetails on the drawers and a nice interior. The top and slope ...
Walnut
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
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