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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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Antique 1880s Dutch Country Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

A Dutch Bombe Bureau Desk
A Dutch Bombe Bureau Desk
H 44.3 in W 53.94 in D 25.2 in
French Bombe Slant Front Ladies Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
French Bombe slant front ladies desk, the slant front is painted with a figure of a woman holding a
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Desks

Materials

Brass

French Bombe Slant Front Ladies Desk
French Bombe Slant Front Ladies Desk
H 38.5 in W 27 in D 16 in
Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk A
Category

Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Louis XV Bombe Hand-Carved Paint Decorated Marble-Top Desk & Chair
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful five-drawer desk with hand carvings (see thumbnail photos) and paint decorated in the
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Vintage 1950s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble

Dutch Rococo Bombe Marquetry Inlaid Drop Front Desk / Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Dutch Rococo (Late 18th Century) drop front desk / secretary with elaborate foliate marquetry inlay
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Biedermeier Desks

Materials

Wood

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
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Antique Late 18th Century German Desks

Materials

Walnut

Antique Quality Mahogany Floral Marquetry Inlaid Bombe Shaped Burea
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 18th century quality mahogany floral marquetry inlaid bombe shaped bureau having a
Category

Antique 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Other

18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bombé Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a top quality late 18th century Dutch Marquetry Bureau. The bureau is profusely inlaid all over with various birds and flowers, butterflies etc. The fall front opens to r...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Desks

Materials

Walnut

Antique Cylinder Front Desk
Located in Naples, FL
This antique cylinder front desk is a stunning piece of furniture that is sure to catch the eye of
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Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Mahogany, Oak

Antique Cylinder Front Desk
Antique Cylinder Front Desk
H 46 in W 46 in D 22 in
Antique Italian Patch Burl Desk
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Hand-made Italian bombe burl bureau plat (writing desk) in the style of Louis XV. Patch olive and
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20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Olive, Walnut, Burl

Antique Italian Patch Burl Desk
Antique Italian Patch Burl Desk
H 31.5 in W 49.25 in D 27.25 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
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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
Antique Dutch Floral Marquetry Inlaid Bombé Bureau, 18th Century
Located in Glasgow, GB
A 19th century Dutch marquetry inlaid bombé bureau profusely decorated all-over with marquetry
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Desks

Materials

Brass

Antique Quality Burr Walnut Floral Marquetry Inlaid Bombe Shaped Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 18th century quality burr walnut floral marquetry inlaid bombe shaped bureau having a
Category

Antique 18th Century English Desks

Materials

Walnut

19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Ladies Bombe Bureau
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Dublin, IE
A magnificent 19th century French ormolu mounted and brass marquetry inlaid bombe bureau in the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Dutch Model of a Bombe Bureau Inlaid with Fruit Woods, circa 1860
Located in Lincoln, GB
A Dutch walnut and marquetry inlaid salesman's model of a Bombe Bureau inlaid with fruitwoods. With
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Antique 19th Century European Dutch Colonial Desks

Materials

Fruitwood

Antique 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Burr Walnut Bombe Slope-Front Bureau
Located in Charleston, SC
Finest antique Dutch marquetry inlaid burr walnut bombe' shape slope-front bureau with exceptional
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Desks

Materials

Walnut

19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Rosewood Marquetry & Bronze Ladies Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
serpentine front and bombe sides, stands on cabriole legs dressed with gilt bronze foliate mounts at the
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

18th Century French Louis XV Carved Serpentine Cherry Desk with Parquetry Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique partner desk was created in the Poitou region of France, circa 1790. Made of
Category

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

Materials

Bronze

French Inlaid Ladies Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
French inlaid ladies desk, with bombe shaped sides and have elaborate satinwood and boxwood inlays
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Antique 1890s French Desks

Materials

Brass

French Inlaid Ladies Desk
French Inlaid Ladies Desk
H 41 in W 30 in D 19.75 in
French Louis XV Style Marquetry & Gilt Bronze-Mounted Secretary Desk with Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
-mounted petit-bureau de dame (secretary). The bombe´ structure surmounted by a pair of gilt-bronze twin
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Antique Dutch Marquetry Slant Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Dutch marquetry bombe form slant top desk, late 19th century. With exquisite floral marquetry
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass

Antique Dutch Marquetry Slant Top Desk
Antique Dutch Marquetry Slant Top Desk
H 41.5 in W 31.5 in D 21 in
19th Century French Louis XV Cane Five-Leg Desk Armchair
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a study or office with this elegant antique desk armchair. Crafted in Provence, France
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Cane, Walnut

20th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut and Cane Desk Armchair
Located in Dallas, TX
acanthus leaves. Both comfortable seat and back is upholstered with traditional cane, over a bombe
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Late 20th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Cane, Walnut

Hermes Paris 1960 Vintage Golf Motif Desk Magnifier Glass in Silver
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Desk magnifier glass designed by Hermes. Fabulous and highly decorative piece, created in Paris
Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Silver Plate, Silver

Hermes Paris 1960 Vintage Horse Motif Desk Magnifier Glass in Silver
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Desk magnifier glass designed by Hermes. Fabulous and highly decorative piece, created in Paris
Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Materials

Silver, Silver Plate

19th Century French Empire Cherry Wood Desk Barrel Armchair with Gilt Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
bombe apron decorated with a brass laurel leaf motif mount. The rounded rail back over shaped slat, is
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Bronze

Rococo 18th Century Yew and Elm Bureau Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rococo 18th century yew and elm bureau desk circa 1750. Stunning Swedish rococo period bombe
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Desks

Materials

Elm, Yew

Italian Fruitwood and Burl Marquetry Parquet Desk, circa 1950
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Stunning sculptural fruitwood and burl marquetry desk done in a parquet pattern, stunning bombe
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Desks

Materials

Fruitwood, Burl

French 1914 Morgan Triple Calendar Desk Clock In Sterling Gold Platinum & Agate
By J. Morgan & Sons
Located in Miami, FL
French moon phase complication desk clock Morgan by Edouard Clerk. Very important and rare
Category

Vintage 1910s French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Agate, Gold, Platinum, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

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
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Walnut Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Walnut Inlaid Bureau De Dame
H 39 in W 29.5 in D 18.5 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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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau
H 41.74 in W 48.43 in D 25.6 in
Antique French Marquetry Bonheur du Jour 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Bonheur du Jour, or Ladies Writing Desk, for sale. Our experts have dated it to around 1850 and have
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Antique 1850s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat, After Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
marquetry to the top and bombe shaped frieze. Exquisit detail to the gilded ormolu foliate mounts, two
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

English Marquetry Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
bureau de dame is of bombe shape beautifully inlaid overall with marquetry foliate sprays, exotic birds
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Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

English Marquetry Inlaid Bureau De Dame
English Marquetry Inlaid Bureau De Dame
H 40.56 in W 31.5 in D 22.45 in
Frederic Schmit, Paris, Large Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
By Frédéric Schmit
Located in Brighton, Sussex
; Schmit, Paris. Dummy drawers to the reverse. The frieze being bombe shaped all the way round, quartered
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood, Mahogany

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Carved and Painted Upholstered Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
rosette medallions motifs at the shoulder, over a bombe and straight apron. Each armchair with gracious
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

Ottoman Empire Parcel-Gilt Silver Qalamdan
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
rounded ends and a hinged lid attached to a squat, square section, bombé inkwell with a hinged cover and
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Antique Early 18th Century Turkish More Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

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
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Desks

Materials

Walnut

Walnut Inlaid Bureau de Dame
Walnut Inlaid Bureau de Dame
H 37 in W 31 in D 18.5 in
Antique 18th Century Quality Mahogany Floral Marquetry Inlaid Cylinder Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
ten shaped drawers, bookends and a door opening to reveal a single drawer above three long bombe
Category

Antique 18th Century English Desks

Materials

Other

Antique French Louis XV Style Kingwood and Marquetry Bureau de Dame
Located in Glasgow, GB
dame retailed circa 1900 by the renowned firm S & H Jewell of London. Of bombé form and profusely
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass

18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
cornice, two panel doors, a fall front and bombe shaped base. The wonderfully bold and fine quality inlaid
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Desks

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau Bookcase
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau Bookcase
H 96.86 in W 44.49 in D 24.81 in
18th Century Scandanvian Rococo Giltwood and Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
further oak lined drawers beneath in the bombe shaped base, wonderful fretted ormolu carrying handles to
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Antique Late 18th Century Scandinavian Rococo Desks

Materials

Walnut, Giltwood

Late 19th Century Marquetry and Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
recess, with cube parquetry back and bombé sides, the lower section with central recessed drawer with
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks

Materials

Bronze

Antique 18th Century Dutch Oak Drop Front Bombe Secretary Desk Secretaire
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful Dutch Baroque style secretary with a 3-drawer bombe front and carved ball and claw feet
Category

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

Materials

Brass

Antique Italian or Dutch Small Rococo Bombe Secretary Desk w/ Marquetry, c 1870
Located in Miami, FL
An exquisite 19th century Rococo secretary in mahogany with bombe front & sides, with floral
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Rococo Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood, Kingwood, Tulipwood

18th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Bombe Secretary Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
center tabernacle door. Under the desk, there are three bombe drawers with original bronze hardware and
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Bombe Marquetry Secrétaire à Abattant, Marble Top and Bronze Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
19th century bombe marquetry secrétaire à abattant, marble top and bronze mounts. Offered for
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century Dutch Marquetry Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
floral. Quality bombe' form. The desk is raised upon paw feet. A visually dramatic piece.
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Secretaires

Materials

Brass

19th Century Dutch Marquetry Desk
19th Century Dutch Marquetry Desk
H 39 in W 40 in D 23 in
Dutch Rococo Marquetry Miniature Desk
Located in Essex, MA
crafted in a bombe form. Much time and skill went into making this piece. Sometimes these were used to
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Antique 1740s Dutch Rococo Models and Miniatures

Materials

Walnut

Dutch Rococo Marquetry Miniature Desk
Dutch Rococo Marquetry Miniature Desk
H 17 in W 22.63 in D 12 in
Midcentury French Style Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Secretary Desk / Cabinet
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a midcentury French style hand painted chinoiserie secretary with a unique bombe form base
Category

Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Secretaires

Materials

Leather, Glass, Lacquer

Antique Trumeau Burl Wood Style Secretary Writing Desk Chest with Drawers
Located in Greer, SC
. Double bodied with the top part of the cabinet over a slant-front desk with writing compartments
Category

Early 20th Century European Rococo Revival Secretaires

Materials

Wood

18th Century French Louis XV Walnut Desk Secretary from Provence
Located in Dallas, TX
elegant writing desk crafted from solid walnut, stands on cabriole legs over a scalloped apron and dressed
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Inlaid Rosewood Secretaire Abattant Desk Dresser, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
the finest rosewood and of serpentine or bombe shape, with a Carrara marble top, the locking fall
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Marble

Antique Italian Baroque Style Burl Walnut Secretary Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
cabinet over slant-front desk with writing compartments, all-over bombe form two short drawers and three
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Secretaires

Materials

Walnut, Mirror

19th Century French Gothic Brass & Copper Jewelry Box with Repousse Leaf Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
, the miniature trunk-shaped box with bombe top, stands on curved feet, and is embellished with
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Gothic Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Brass, Copper

Italian Rococo Style Walnut Secretary Cabinet
Located in Cypress, CA
of the cabinet over slant-front desk with writing compartments, all-over bombe form two short drawers
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Cabinets

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Louis XV Marble Top Carved Walnut Marquetry Secretary Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
useful compartments, including four large bombe drawers across the front (one at the top, three at the
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Venetian Rococo Style Walnut Secretary Lacquered by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
bombe shaped dresser base with a drop front diminutive writing table. The drop front has two storage
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Secretaires

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Rococo Revival Marquetry Secretaire a Abattant
Located in London, GB
writing-desk, the top part of which resembles an armoire, with a door at its base. The top is usually flap
Category

Antique 1850s French Rococo Revival Secretaires

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Fine 19th Century French Vitrine, by Francoise Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century marquetry inlaid bombe fronted French Louis XVI style Vitrine
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines

Materials

Ormolu

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Bombe Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal bombe desk for your home. Each bombe desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and hardwood. There are many kinds of the bombe desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A bombe desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XV, Rococo and Baroque styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made bombe desk over the years, but those crafted by Ecole Boulle are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Bombe Desk?

The average selling price for a bombe desk at 1stDibs is $6,350, while they’re typically $1,675 on the low end and $18,000 for the highest priced.