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Antique Swedish Inlaid Marquetry Writing Bureau
Antique Swedish Inlaid Marquetry Writing Bureau

Antique Swedish Inlaid Marquetry Writing Bureau

Located in London, GB

A stunning antique French Style writing bureau, with a cylinder top & beautifully inlaid with

Category

Vintage 1930s Swedish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique Country French Walnut Bureau Plat
Antique Country French Walnut Bureau Plat

Antique Country French Walnut Bureau Plat

Located in Bridgeport, CT

Outstanding classic French walnut writing desk with breadboard top, turned legs and beautiful soft

Category

Antique 19th Century French Country Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Directoire Bureau Plat, France, circa 1800
Directoire Bureau Plat, France, circa 1800

Directoire Bureau Plat, France, circa 1800

Located in Greding, DE

Mahogany veneered French Directoire desk standing on square pointed feet, with four drawers and

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XVI Parquetry Bureau À Cylindre
Louis XVI Parquetry Bureau À Cylindre

Louis XVI Parquetry Bureau À Cylindre

Located in Chicago, IL

This desk features a galleried, coromandel lacquer inset top depicting a river village scene. The

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Directoire Bureau Plat, France circa 1800, Mahogany
Directoire Bureau Plat, France circa 1800, Mahogany

Directoire Bureau Plat, France circa 1800, Mahogany

Located in Belmont, MA

Directoire Bureau Plat, France, circa 1800. Spacious and chic Directoire desk and the perfect piece

Category

Antique 1790s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Mid Century Modern Teak Danish Bureau Secretaire by Dyrlund Work Desk Vintage
Mid Century Modern Teak Danish Bureau Secretaire by Dyrlund Work Desk Vintage

Mid Century Modern Teak Danish Bureau Secretaire by Dyrlund Work Desk Vintage

By Dyrlund

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A 1970s Dyrlund of Denmark teak bureau with tambour front. Lovely quality by the well known Danish

Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Very Rare Solid Rarewood French Louis Phillipe 19th Century Campaign Desk Bureau
Very Rare Solid Rarewood French Louis Phillipe 19th Century Campaign Desk Bureau

Very Rare Solid Rarewood French Louis Phillipe 19th Century Campaign Desk Bureau

By Army & Navy CSL

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

solid rare wood Campaign desk bureau with vintage certificate This desk is very special and really

Category

Antique 19th Century French Campaign Desks

Materials

Harewood

19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat

19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

19th Century Louis XVth Style Bureau Plat crafted of exotic woods - kingwood veneers, solid

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

19th Century Louis Philippe Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Secretary Desk
19th Century Louis Philippe Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Secretary Desk

19th Century Louis Philippe Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Secretary Desk

Located in Winter Park, FL

A 19th century Louis Philippe period French bureau à cylindre, or roll top secretaire with bookcase

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks

Materials

Brass

Danish Craftsman Mid-Century Bureau/Secretaire, 1960s
Danish Craftsman Mid-Century Bureau/Secretaire, 1960s

Danish Craftsman Mid-Century Bureau/Secretaire, 1960s

Located in London, GB

High quality craftsman produced bureau/secretaire, Denmark, circa 1960. Pull-out desk/surface with

Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

French Empire Bureau Plat, Early 19th Century
French Empire Bureau Plat, Early 19th Century

French Empire Bureau Plat, Early 19th Century

Located in Greding, DE

Beautiful French mahogany Empire Bureau Plat / Writing Desk, 1st Quarter 19th Century. Unrestored

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Grand Louis XVI Leather Top "Bureau Plat"
Grand Louis XVI Leather Top "Bureau Plat"

Grand Louis XVI Leather Top "Bureau Plat"

Located in Austin, TX

Antique French Louis XVI style "bureau plat" (writing desk) in ebonized mahogany with original

Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Mahogany Bevan Funell Desk Bureau Chest of Drawers Drop Front Green Leather
Mahogany Bevan Funell Desk Bureau Chest of Drawers Drop Front Green Leather

Mahogany Bevan Funell Desk Bureau Chest of Drawers Drop Front Green Leather

By Bevan Funnell Ltd.

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

desk bureau sitting on a chest of drawers A very good looking multi functional piece of furniture

Category

20th Century English Modern Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Louis XVI Maison Jansen Style Bronze Mounted Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Maison Jansen Style Bronze Mounted Writing Desk or Bureau Plat

Louis XVI Maison Jansen Style Bronze Mounted Writing Desk or Bureau Plat

By Maison Jansen

Located in Stamford, CT

A Spectacular Fully Refurbished Louis XVI Maison Jansen Style Bronze Mounted Writing Desk or Bureau

Category

Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks

French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th C.
French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th C.

French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th C.

Located in Astoria, NY

French Empire Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th century, with gilt-tooled tan leather top with central

Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

French Napoleon III Style Ebonized Bureau Plat
French Napoleon III Style Ebonized Bureau Plat

French Napoleon III Style Ebonized Bureau Plat

Located in Astoria, NY

Napoleon III style ebonized bureau plat, the desk with foliate decoration to the top within striped

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Early 20th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Early 20th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat

Early 20th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat

Located in Martlesham, GB

Early 20th century French kingwood bureau plat / desk, the brass moulded edge top having decorative

Category

Vintage 1910s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood

Georgian Painted Bureau
Georgian Painted Bureau

Georgian Painted Bureau

Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Very small 18th century painted bureau with a stepped interior and secret drawers, 1780 Height

Category

Antique 18th Century English George III Desks

Materials

Oak

An Art Nouveau Fruitwood Bureau Plat
An Art Nouveau Fruitwood Bureau Plat

An Art Nouveau Fruitwood Bureau Plat

Located in Sheffield, MA

The rectangular top with tooled leather over two sided frieze with one side having three drawers, while the other is faux fronted, all over cabriole legs ending with hoof feet.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

French 19th Century Walnut Bureau Plat
French 19th Century Walnut Bureau Plat

French 19th Century Walnut Bureau Plat

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

This antique walnut writing table was found in France and features a writing surface covered in black leather with a unique leather framed trim around the writing surface. A bank of ...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Other Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Louis XVI Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Style Kingwood Bureau Plat

Louis XVI Style Kingwood Bureau Plat

Located in Essex, MA

Rectangular inset tooled black leather top with cross banded edge and brass border over a frieze with a central and two flanking drawers, raised on square tapered legs headed by gilt...

Category

Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood

Neoclassical Style Leather Top Bureau Plat
Neoclassical Style Leather Top Bureau Plat

Neoclassical Style Leather Top Bureau Plat

Located in Stamford, CT

An one-of-a-kind Neoclassical style writing table, circa 1950s, the embossed and tooled leather top writing surface over a narrow frieze fitted with two drawers, leather veneer all a...

Category

Vintage 1950s American Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Louis XV Style Walnut Bureau Plat
Louis XV Style Walnut Bureau Plat

Louis XV Style Walnut Bureau Plat

Located in Essex, MA

Rectangular inset tooled red leather top over a long drawer flanked by drawers, reverse with faux drawers, and raised on cabriole legs, sabot feet.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables

Louis XV Provincial Walnut Bureau Plat
Louis XV Provincial Walnut Bureau Plat

Louis XV Provincial Walnut Bureau Plat

Located in Essex, MA

Rectangular top with original tooled brown leather with distressed sections over three drawers with elaborate bronze handles and false opposing drawers, raised on cabriole legs and b...

Category

Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th c. Louis XVI Italian Marquetry Bureau de Pente or Slanted Desk
18th c. Louis XVI Italian Marquetry Bureau de Pente or Slanted Desk

18th c. Louis XVI Italian Marquetry Bureau de Pente or Slanted Desk

Located in Winter Park, FL

A period Louis XVI Italian Desk with veneers of mahogany, walnut and cherry, having two dovetailed

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Louis XVI Desks

Charles X Walnut Bureau Plat, circa 1830
Charles X Walnut Bureau Plat, circa 1830

Charles X Walnut Bureau Plat, circa 1830

Located in Berlin, DE

. Walnut veneer on oakwood corpus, a large and impressive bureau plat. The candle slide measure 17,7

Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Bureau Plat á Gradin with Napoleonic Theme
Bureau Plat á Gradin with Napoleonic Theme

Bureau Plat á Gradin with Napoleonic Theme

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful French bureau plat á gradin Second Empire period writing desk, circa 1870s. Figuring

Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Boulle Style Bureau de Plat
Louis XV Boulle Style Bureau de Plat

Louis XV Boulle Style Bureau de Plat

Located in Dallas, TX

Presenting a lovely Louis XV Boulle style Bureau de Plat. This is a desk or Bureau de Plat in

Category

20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

19th Century Country French Cherrywood Bureau Plat
19th Century Country French Cherrywood Bureau Plat

19th Century Country French Cherrywood Bureau Plat

Located in Hixson, TN

A fine country French bureau plat with leather top which is blind tooled and gold tooled. There are

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Country Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry, Leather

Louis XV Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts
Louis XV Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts

Louis XV Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts

Located in Hixson, TN

A Louis XV kingswood and burl walnut bureau plat from France. The four sides are shaped bombé style

Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau A Cylindre (Desk) Attributed to Leleu
Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau A Cylindre (Desk) Attributed to Leleu

Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau A Cylindre (Desk) Attributed to Leleu

By Jean-François Leleu

Located in Kittery Point, ME

its mahogany (Daguerre, 20 June 2014, Lot 176). A larger bureau a cylindre with the same corner

Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Important French Bureau a Cylindre and Fauteuil de Bureau
Important French Bureau a Cylindre and Fauteuil de Bureau

Important French Bureau a Cylindre and Fauteuil de Bureau

Located in New Orleans, LA

The finest ormolu fixtures swathe this Restoration-period roll-top desk (bureau à cylindre) and

Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Antique French Regence Carved Oak Bureau Plat
Antique French Regence Carved Oak Bureau Plat

Antique French Regence Carved Oak Bureau Plat

Located in New Orleans, LA

Antique French Regence carved oak bureau plat, circa 1880.

Category

Antique 1880s French Régence Desks and Writing Tables

French bleached oak bureau plat c.1900
French bleached oak bureau plat c.1900

French bleached oak bureau plat c.1900

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

French bleached oak bureau plat with leather top c.1900

Category

Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Louis XV Green Bureau Plat by Baker
Louis XV Green Bureau Plat by Baker

Louis XV Green Bureau Plat by Baker

Located in Tarrytown, NY

Louis XV green bureau plat by Baker. Leather top, brass trim.

Category

Vintage 1960s Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

18th Century George III Period Oak Bureau
18th Century George III Period Oak Bureau

18th Century George III Period Oak Bureau

Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB

This charming late 18th-century George III period oak bureau showcases exquisite craftsmanship and

Category

Antique Late 18th Century British George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Oak Bureau de Mazarin, Netherlands Circa 1750
Oak Bureau de Mazarin, Netherlands Circa 1750

Oak Bureau de Mazarin, Netherlands Circa 1750

Located in Culver City, CA

Oak Bureau de Mazarin Netherlands Circa 1750 Measures: 61.25” W x 25.25” D x 33.5” H.

Category

Antique 18th Century Dutch Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Early 19th Century Figured Mahogany Bureau Plat
Early 19th Century Figured Mahogany Bureau Plat

Early 19th Century Figured Mahogany Bureau Plat

Located in London, GB

An early 19th century Directoire period figured mahogany free standing Bureau Plat, with extending

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

A Louis XV Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Bureau
A Louis XV Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Bureau

A Louis XV Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Bureau

Located in Palm Beach, FL

A Louis XV Red Lacquered Bureau with Chinoiserie Landscape Detail and Scalloped Apron on Cabriole

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Early 20th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat

Early 20th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Large, excellent quality, very elegant French kingwood bureau plat with brass ormolu mounts, oak

Category

20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

French Empire Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat
French Empire Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat

French Empire Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat

Located in Westwood, NJ

A fine French Empire figured mahogany bureau plat with gold tooled black leather writing surface

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Antique Burr Maple and Walnut Writing Bureau
Antique Burr Maple and Walnut Writing Bureau

Antique Burr Maple and Walnut Writing Bureau

Located in London, GB

Slim proportioned antique burr maple and walnut bureau of a George III design, in good condition

Category

Vintage 1930s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Maple

19th c French F Linke bureau plat
19th c French F Linke bureau plat

19th c French F Linke bureau plat

Located in Dallas, TX

19th c signed F Linke leather top French Louis XVI bureau plat. Large bronze dore fine Figural

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Ebonised and Brass Mounted French Bureau Plat
Ebonised and Brass Mounted French Bureau Plat

Ebonised and Brass Mounted French Bureau Plat

By Maison Jansen

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

A mid-20th century French ebonized and brass-mounted bureau plat of the style and quality

Category

Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

An Ebonised Bureau Plat Attributed to Jansen
An Ebonised Bureau Plat Attributed to Jansen

An Ebonised Bureau Plat Attributed to Jansen

By Maison Jansen

Located in London, GB

An mid-20th century ebonised bureau plat of small proportions with Morocco leather writing surface

Category

Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
19th Century Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat

19th Century Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat

Located in Buchanan, MI

Very nice 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and bronze mounted Bureau Plat with original

Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Figured Walnut Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Figured Walnut Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat

Figured Walnut Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat

Located in Cheshire, GB

Figured walnut, kingwood, tulipwood gilt bronze mounted bureau Plat of serpentine form having inset

Category

Antique 19th Century British Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

French Art Deco Style Fall Front Bureau
French Art Deco Style Fall Front Bureau

French Art Deco Style Fall Front Bureau

Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB

FRENCH ART DECO BUREAU This exquisite fall front bureau showcases the exceptional quality of French

Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

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Bureau Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the bureau desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and mahogany, every bureau desk was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a bureau desk, we have 1475 options in-stock, while there are 12 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer bureau desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A bureau desk made by Louis XV designers — as well as those associated with Louis XVI — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made bureau desk over the years, but those crafted by François Linke, Maison Jansen and Scarlet Splendour are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Bureau Desk?

A bureau desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $6,113, while the lowest priced sells for $171 and the highest can go for as much as $1,844,713.
Questions About Bureau Desk
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A bureau with respect to furniture is a chest of drawers or a writing desk having drawers and a slanted top. Both are used for storing items. A bureau with only drawers is usually placed in the bedroom while a bureau that is styled like a writing desk lives in an office or library. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage bureaus.