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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
Category
Antique 1880s Dutch Country Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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
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
H 31 in W 51.5 in D 26 in
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
Category
Vintage 1950s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
H 30.5 in W 48 in D 24.5 in
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
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Antique 18th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Other
Antique Cylinder Front Desk
Located in Naples, FL
-quality materials and is perfect for use as a writing desk or for storing important documents. The desk
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Oak
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
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive, Walnut, Burl
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
H 31.75 in W 60.75 in D 29 in
19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Rosewood Marquetry & Bronze Ladies Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique rosewood table was crafted in France, circa 1860. The writing table with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30 in W 36 in D 21 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
H 48 in W 30.5 in D 21.5 in
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
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
Category
Antique 1850s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
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
H 31.5 in W 60.24 in D 33.47 in
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
H 47.25 in W 54.5 in D 27 in
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
Category
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
H 42 in W 53 in D 26 in
French Inlaid Ladies Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
French inlaid ladies desk, with bombe shaped sides and have elaborate satinwood and boxwood inlays
Category
Antique 1890s French Desks
Materials
Brass
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
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Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Desks
Materials
Elm, Yew
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
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
Late 19th Century Marquetry and Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
gilt-tooled leather writing surface and fitted with three compartments over three drawers and a further
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks
Materials
Bronze
H 43 in W 36 in D 24 in
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
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
H 42.13 in W 42.13 in D 21.66 in
Antique Italian or Dutch Small Rococo Bombe Secretary Desk w/ Marquetry, c 1870
Located in Miami, FL
to writing desk with six small drawers & open shelving. Chest rests on cabriole legs ending in leaf
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Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood, Kingwood, Tulipwood
H 43 in W 34 in D 21 in
Antique Trumeau Burl Wood Style Secretary Writing Desk Chest with Drawers
Located in Greer, SC
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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 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
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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
bronze mounts. The secrétaire offers a fall front with a leather top writing desk. The cabinet offers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 51.25 in W 27.75 in D 15 in
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
H 50.5 in W 26.5 in D 13.5 in
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
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 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
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
Antique Walnut Dutch Marquetry Bureau Cabinet Bookcase 18th Century
Located in London, GB
fitted with an inset green leather and gold tooled writing surface.
The bombe' serpentine base has
Category
Antique 1780s Dutch Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau de Dame by Alphonse Giroux et Cie
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in Montreal, QC
producing pieces for the World Exposition of 1855. After buying a writing desk at the 1855 Universal
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Period Bombé Writing Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
Rococo writing desk, Sweden circa 1760, with an exaggerated bombé form. Fitted interior with four
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Rococo French Bombe Desk
Located in Southampton, NY
Massive restored desk. Could be used as a desk or a floating piece in room, like a library table.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Marquetry & Guilt Bronze Desk Table, France, circa 1850
Located in Roubaix, FR
One drawer little desk or center table, Louis XV style in very fine marquetry on oak and original
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Antique 1850s European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Blacksburg, VA
French 20th Century Style Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour. Pull-down front reveals a tooled leather writing
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Cartonnier with Clock
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
bombé shaped cartonnier (an ornamental box for papers usually for placing on a desk), surmounted by a
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood
Located in Paris, Sanit - Ouen
Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood bonheur du jour.
The superstructure of bombé form with
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21st Century and Contemporary Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Mosman Park, AU
kidney and bombe shape, with five drawers. Very good condition, good quality mounts and relatively scarce
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Dutch Marquetry and Inlaid Walnut Bureau
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Dutch marquetry and inlaid walnut bombe fronted bureau, circa 19th century. Covered all over with
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Walnut Bombe Partners Desk Empire Bureau Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Wonderful Louis XV style bombe bureau plat or writing desk.
This is a dummy partners desk i.e
Category
Early 2000s French Louis XV Desks
Walnut Burl Claw Foot Drop Front Bombe Desk or Secretaire
Located in Charlevoix, MI
A magnificent Dutch bombe drop-front desk done in walnut burl on claw and ball feet. Beautiful
Category
Mid-20th Century European Desks
Materials
Burl
Dutch Rococo Bombe Marquetry Inlaid Dropfront Desk, Late 18th Century
Located in Hollywood, FL
The rectangular top above a drop front revealing an interior writing surface with chubby holes and
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Rococo Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Victorian Kingwood and Walnut Bombé Shaped Bureau, Ormolu Mounts
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
A 19th century Victorian bombé shaped bureau with a cabinet top.
The bureau is quarter veneered
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
H 54.7 in W 35.5 in D 21.3 in
19th Century Louis XV Marquetry and Parquetry Inlaid Desk
Located in Miami, FL
19th c. Louis XV style marquetry and parquetry inlaid bombe-form desk, having a slant front opening
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Marquetry Bureau en Pente
By George Blake & Co.
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
and a tooled leather writing surface.
The writing surface is supported on two gilded brass hinges
Category
Antique 1850s English Louis XV Desks
Materials
Sycamore
A fine 19th century marquetry and parquetry 'bureau de dame' by Sormani, Paris.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
second half 19th century. In Louis XV style, of lightly bombe form, the galleried top above a cylindre
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
H 39.97 in W 30.91 in D 20.48 in
Magnificent Swedish Rococo Desk
By Johan Henrik Reimers
Located in Long Island City, NY
This exemplary Swedish Rococo Lady's writing desk attributed to J. H. Reimers - is magnificently
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Chinoiserie Lacquered Bombe Writing Desk or Bureau
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An elegant French Chinoiserie lacquer Louis XV style bombe writing desk, the leather drop-front
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Lacquer
Italian Bombe Shape Caddy Top Olive Oyster Veneered Writing Desk, Mid 20th C
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This wonderfully designed Italian writing desk with three drawers dating to the mid 20th century
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 30 in W 40.5 in D 19.5 in
Italian Olive Wood Bombe' Desk with Center Drawer
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Olive Wood Bombe' Desk with center drawer and 4 side drawers. Fabulous legs and patina.
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Olive
A Fine Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Bombe Desk, 18th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
Top lid, sides and front inlaid with flowers, urns of flowers and trailing vines. Three drawers with slant lid which opens to reveal a wonderful interior including nine drawers and t...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Bombe French Marquetry Inlaid Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
19th-20th century Louis XV style bombe French marquetry inlaid desk. Having bronze mounts. Having
Category
Vintage 1920s Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Fine Louis XV Writing Desk Stamped J Schmitz
By Joseph Schmitz
Located in Benington, Herts
A fine Louis XV mid-18th century French kingwood writing desk stamped J Schmitz. Of serpentine form
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Bombe Cherry Desk with Five Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique fruitwood 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
H 31.75 in W 60.75 in D 29 in
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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the bombe writing desk you’re looking for. A bombe writing desk — often made from wood, metal and walnut — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the bombe writing 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 writing desk, designed in the Louis XV or Rococo style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
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The average selling price for a bombe writing desk at 1stDibs is $4,500, while they’re typically $1,950 on the low end and $12,000 for the highest priced.
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- What is a writing desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A writing desk may refer to a desk with a top, often sloping, for writing on or to a portable case with compartments to hold writing materials and a surface for writing.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021A writing desk with drawers is also called a secretary. It is a desk with drawers, one of which can be pushed out and the front of the desk lowered to create a flat writing surface. These writing desks have been made in a variety of styles over the years. Shop for a variety of writing tables with drawers on 1stDibs.
- 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.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023What an old-fashioned writing desk is called varies by design. Pieces with drop-down fronts are secretary desks (these are typically made of two parts: a chest of drawers on the bottom and a hutch or cupboard with shelves on the top), while ones that rest on two pillars, cabinets or bookcases are pedestal desks. A desk with a small writing surface positioned in front of drawers and cubbies is a bureau à gradin. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.
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