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Mid-Century Bureau by Herbert Gibbs
Mid-Century Bureau by Herbert Gibbs

Mid-Century Bureau by Herbert Gibbs

By Herbert Gibbs

Located in Raleigh, NC

Use as a small scale desk or would make a perfect spot for mixing a drink.

Category

Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Wood, Teak

Bureau vintage moderniste en palissandre, mélaminé et métal des années 60 70
Bureau vintage moderniste en palissandre, mélaminé et métal des années 60 70

Bureau vintage moderniste en palissandre, mélaminé et métal des années 60 70

Located in BESANÇON, FR

Bureau vintage des années 60 70, style moderniste, design dans le goût de Joseph-André Motte, Georges Frydman, Florence Knoll ou Pierre Paulin, en palissandre, plateau en mélaminé bl...

Category

Vintage 1970s French Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Louis XV Style French Yellow Painted Bureau Plat with Green Leather Top
Louis XV Style French Yellow Painted Bureau Plat with Green Leather Top

Louis XV Style French Yellow Painted Bureau Plat with Green Leather Top

Located in Atlanta, GA

The Louis XV style French yellow painted bureau with embossed green leather top, 3 drawers and cabriole legs terminating in hoofed feet.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Paint

18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bombé Bureau
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bombé Bureau

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

Italian Writing Table Desk
Italian Writing Table Desk

Italian Writing Table Desk

Located in San Francisco, CA

Large carved solid oak bureau plat or desk with one drawer. Wood has a cerused finish.

Category

20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Marquetry and Bronze Bureau Plat
19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Marquetry and Bronze Bureau Plat

19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Marquetry and Bronze Bureau Plat

By François Linke

Located in Dallas, TX

Place this unique desk in a man's office or study for the ultimate Louis XV elegance.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Antique Bureau, Georgian Mahogany, circa 1780
Antique Bureau, Georgian Mahogany, circa 1780

Antique Bureau, Georgian Mahogany, circa 1780

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique bureau dating to the late 18th century, circa 1780.

Category

Antique Late 18th Century British Georgian Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Antique French Tambour Top Writing Bureau
Antique French Tambour Top Writing Bureau

Antique French Tambour Top Writing Bureau

Located in London, GB

Exquisite small antique French writing bureau in mahogany with many fine features, dating from around the 1890-1910 period.

Category

Antique 1890s French Victorian Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Victorian Burr Walnut Marquetry and Ormolu Bonheur de Jour Bureau, 19th Century
Victorian Burr Walnut Marquetry and Ormolu Bonheur de Jour Bureau, 19th Century

Victorian Burr Walnut Marquetry and Ormolu Bonheur de Jour Bureau, 19th Century

Located in London, GB

This is a fabulous antique Victorian burr walnut and inlaid Bonheur Du Jour, or Ladies writing desk, circa 1860 in date. The gorgeous grain and colour of the burr walnut, the fabul...

Category

Antique 1860s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Grand bureau en orme 1970's
Grand bureau en orme 1970's

Grand bureau en orme 1970's

Located in TOURCOING, FR

Grand bureau en orme 1970's

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Desks

Materials

Elm

Bureau vintage en teck années 60
Bureau vintage en teck années 60

Bureau vintage en teck années 60

Located in BESANÇON, FR

Bureau vintage des années 60, en teck, 1 tiroir central et 2 portes avec étagère. Chaque porte et tiroir possède sa clé. Très bon état général. Peut être utilisé au centre d’une pièc...

Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

20th Century Dutch Bureau in Burl
20th Century Dutch Bureau in Burl

20th Century Dutch Bureau in Burl

Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont

Stylish Dutch bureau of the 20th century. Furniture of high quality, moved and curved in woods of burl, walnut, mahogany, maple and boxwood. Bureau with three external drawers of goo...

Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Desks

Materials

Boxwood, Burl, Mahogany, Maple, Walnut

18th Century Original Painted Serpentine Bureau
18th Century Original Painted Serpentine Bureau

18th Century Original Painted Serpentine Bureau

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

18th Century Original Painted Serpentine Bureau. Danish c.1760.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Danish Desks

Louis XVI Leather Top Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Leather Top Bureau Plat

Louis XVI Leather Top Bureau Plat

Located in Westwood, NJ

Louis XVI Acajou Leather Top Bureau Plat with slides

Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks

Antique 18th Century Georgian Walnut Bureau
Antique 18th Century Georgian Walnut Bureau

Antique 18th Century Georgian Walnut Bureau

Located in Bedfordshire, GB

A delightful early George II period walnut bureau of superb color and patination having superbly figured fall front enclosing well fitted interior above four long drawers with repl...

Category

Antique Early 18th Century English George II Desks

Materials

Walnut

Louis XV Fauteuil De Bureau, Mid-18th Century
Louis XV Fauteuil De Bureau, Mid-18th Century

Louis XV Fauteuil De Bureau, Mid-18th Century

Located in Spencertown, NY

The floral carved walnut desk chair with caned back and seat, upholstered with zebra pattern dyed calfskin, with floral carving. small opening in the caning which is visible in the p...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Wood, Walnut

A 19th Century French Bureau Plat
A 19th Century French Bureau Plat

A 19th Century French Bureau Plat

Located in CH

An Early 19th Century French Bureau Plat with Gilded Bronze Mounts

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Bronze

George III Mahogany Slant-Front Bureau
George III Mahogany Slant-Front Bureau

George III Mahogany Slant-Front Bureau

Located in Huntington, NY

George III mahogany slant-front bureau, English, 18th century with brass accents.

Category

Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Bureau Plat, signed Bernard
Louis XVI Bureau Plat, signed Bernard

Louis XVI Bureau Plat, signed Bernard

Located in Westwood, NJ

Louis XVI acajou leather top bronze mounted bureau plat with 2 slides

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks

French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat

French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat

Located in Stamford, CT

A French Louis xv style, leather top, rosewood and bronze mounted bureau plat.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Elegant Bureau Attributed to Paolo Buffa
Elegant Bureau Attributed to Paolo Buffa

Elegant Bureau Attributed to Paolo Buffa

By Paolo Buffa

Located in Piacenza, Italy

Elegant bureau with four drawers in the front and two inside. Inlaid on the front.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

A French    Marqueterie   Bureau De Dame
A French    Marqueterie   Bureau De Dame

A French Marqueterie Bureau De Dame

Located in Rome, IT

A French Ormolu-Mounted Marqueterie Bureau De Dame. Transition Louis XV-Louis XVI, vers 1760

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks

20th Century Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Bureau
20th Century Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Bureau

20th Century Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Bureau

Located in Chelmsford, Essex

For sale is an Edwardian mahogany inlaid bureau. The fall front has a banded edge and is inlaid with swags and urns, opening to reveal a fitted interior. Below this there are three g...

Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Louis Quinze Style Bureau Plat, France, Second Half of the 19th Century
Louis Quinze Style Bureau Plat, France, Second Half of the 19th Century

Louis Quinze Style Bureau Plat, France, Second Half of the 19th Century

Located in Greding, DE

Large bureau plat in Louis Quinze style with espagnolettes of gilded bronze on the legs and north wind mascarons placed centrally on each side. In the frame there are three drawers a...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Louis Quinze Bureau Plat
19th Century Louis Quinze Bureau Plat

19th Century Louis Quinze Bureau Plat

Located in Atlanta, GA

19th Century Louis Quinze Bureau Plat. One of a kind. Visit our site at www.jadamsantiques.com

Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks

Louis XV Style White-Painted Bureau Plat or Lady's Writing Table
Louis XV Style White-Painted Bureau Plat or Lady's Writing Table

Louis XV Style White-Painted Bureau Plat or Lady's Writing Table

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Walnut; un-stamped or signed; brown leather writing surface mounted in a scalloped and gilded molding; this surface is above a serpentine apron with carved and gilded light rococo fl...

Category

20th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut, Leather

French Louis XV-Style Ormolu-Mounted Rosewood and Elmwood Bureau Plat
French Louis XV-Style Ormolu-Mounted Rosewood and Elmwood Bureau Plat

French Louis XV-Style Ormolu-Mounted Rosewood and Elmwood Bureau Plat

Located in Houston, TX

Mid-20th century, the serpentine top with bronze edge moldings and decorative corners, and An inset tooled leather top, the front fitted with three side by side drawers, raised o ca...

Category

Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

A Louis XV Parisian Bureau Plat of Rosewood Veneer, Leather Top
A Louis XV Parisian Bureau Plat of Rosewood Veneer, Leather Top

A Louis XV Parisian Bureau Plat of Rosewood Veneer, Leather Top

Located in Atlanta, GA

finished on all sides and retaining original cast bronze sabots, the (later) tooled and decorated leather inset top within a rectangular rounded edge framework above three drawers, r...

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables

Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau en Pente, attributed to Migeon
Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau en Pente, attributed to Migeon

Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau en Pente, attributed to Migeon

By Pierre Migeon

Located in Kittery Point, ME

The hinged fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior with drawers above a slide enclosing a concealed well with two drawers, raised on cabriole legs headed by scrolling chutes r...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

20th Century French Mahogany Writing Desk
20th Century French Mahogany Writing Desk

20th Century French Mahogany Writing Desk

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

20th Century French mahogany bureau plat or writing desk. With black leather inset and brass decoration.

Category

20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Bureau double-face vintage style Guillerme et Chambron en bois de chêne
Bureau double-face vintage style Guillerme et Chambron en bois de chêne

Bureau double-face vintage style Guillerme et Chambron en bois de chêne

Located in BESANÇON, FR

Bureau vintage des années 60, double-face pour être placé au centre d’une pièce, superbe style au design scandinave dans le goût des meubles Guillerme et Chambron, en bois de chêne, ...

Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

George III Oak and Elm Bureau
George III Oak and Elm Bureau

George III Oak and Elm Bureau

Located in Chelmsford, Essex

For sale is a good quality, George III oak and elm bureau. The fall front opens to reveal a fitted interior with a green leather writing surface, with decorative gold tooling. This i...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century English George III Desks

Materials

Elm, Oak

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

French Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat

Located in Westwood, NJ

Fine French neoclassic mahogany leather top bureau plat with double slides, brass ball sabots, bronze escutcheons and a fitted double drawer.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks

Bureau de direction double-face pieds traîneau style scandinave vintage en teck
Bureau de direction double-face pieds traîneau style scandinave vintage en teck

Bureau de direction double-face pieds traîneau style scandinave vintage en teck

Located in BESANÇON, FR

Grand bureau de direction style scandinave vintage des années 60, en teck, pieds traîneau, double-face pour être placé au centre d’une pièce, 7 tiroirs à l’avant dont un avec clé, be...

Category

Vintage 1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat

Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat

By Maison Jansen

Located in Stamford, CT

Louis XVI style ormolu mounted ebonized bureau plat having gilt tooled leather top. In the manner and quality level of Maison Jansen.

Category

20th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Leather

1930s Art Deco Blonde Writing Bureau
1930s Art Deco Blonde Writing Bureau

1930s Art Deco Blonde Writing Bureau

Located in Devon, England

Fabulous 1930s Art Deco blonde walnut bureau in the most wonderful shape. Not only does this great bureau look great its very functional too. The top opens up to reveal everything yo...

Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Desks

Materials

Walnut

Fine French Louis XV Bureau Plat
Fine French Louis XV Bureau Plat

Fine French Louis XV Bureau Plat

Located in Dallas, TX

Wonderful French Louis XV kingwood 5-drawer bureau plat. Having lovely gilt bronze mounts and hardware, tooled leather top, and resting on cabriole legs.

Category

Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Superb French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
Superb French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat

Superb French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat

Located in Dallas, TX

Wonderful French three-drawer bureau plat with silvered bronze mounts. Having foliate and fauna inlays, finely cast bronze mounts and hardware, and tooled black leather top.

Category

Vintage 1970s French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Antique 19th Century Marquetry Bureau Plat
Antique 19th Century Marquetry Bureau Plat

Antique 19th Century Marquetry Bureau Plat

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

A fine French kingwood, rosewood, and mahogany marquetry Louis XV-style ‘bureau plat’, having three-drawers, standing on four cabriole legs, and with fine quality ormolu mounts, circ...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Quality Burr Walnut Shaped Bureau
Antique Quality Burr Walnut Shaped Bureau

Antique Quality Burr Walnut Shaped Bureau

Located in Suffolk, GB

Antique quality burr walnut shaped bureau having a quality crossbanded burr walnut top above a shaped burr walnut crossbanded fall opening to reveal a beautiful fitted interior consi...

Category

Vintage 1920s English Desks

Materials

Walnut

Louis XVI Style Bureau, 1 Armchair and 3 Chairs Louis XVI Style
Louis XVI Style Bureau, 1 Armchair and 3 Chairs Louis XVI Style

Louis XVI Style Bureau, 1 Armchair and 3 Chairs Louis XVI Style

Located in Brussels, Brussels

Superb set including a flat desk with drawers double sided Louis XVI style, 1 office chair and 3 chairs Louis XVI style Parisian work Faubourg early 20th century Beautiful Lo...

Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cherry

French Restauration Period Freestanding Bureau Plat
French Restauration Period Freestanding Bureau Plat

French Restauration Period Freestanding Bureau Plat

Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire

French Restauration period freestanding Bureau plat in flame mahogany raised on solid mahogany lion monopodia feet. With original morocco tan leather gilt tooled hide. circa 1830. ...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Mahogany

20th Century French Macassar Bureau Plat
20th Century French Macassar Bureau Plat

20th Century French Macassar Bureau Plat

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Striking 1940s French bureau plat in Macassar ebony with leather inset top. Featuring three frieze drawers and two writing slides. An elegant blend of Classical lines with contempo...

Category

20th Century French Neoclassical Desks

Materials

Macassar

Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau
Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau

Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau circa 1790. Fine quality George III period walnut bureau, fitted with a fall and 2 over 3 drawers. Fall drops down onto pull out slides to ...

Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Desks

Materials

Walnut

Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau
Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau

Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Late 18th century Georgian walnut bureau circa 1790. Fine quality George III period walnut bureau, fitted with a fall and 2 over 3 drawers. Fall drops down onto pull out slides to ...

Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Desks

Materials

Walnut

Antique 18th Century Small Mahogany Bureau
Antique 18th Century Small Mahogany Bureau

Antique 18th Century Small Mahogany Bureau

Located in Bedfordshire, GB

A very good quality 18th century mahogany bureau of diminutive proportion Retaining exceptional rich untouched color and patina throughout having Sloping fall front enclosing pigeo...

Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Chippendale Desks

Materials

Mahogany

French 1890s Louis XVI Style Mahogany Two-Drawer Bureau Plat with Leather Top
French 1890s Louis XVI Style Mahogany Two-Drawer Bureau Plat with Leather Top

French 1890s Louis XVI Style Mahogany Two-Drawer Bureau Plat with Leather Top

Located in Atlanta, GA

A petite French Louis XVI style mahogany and mahogany veneer desk from the late 19th century, with brown leather top, two drawers and cylindrical legs on bronze feet.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat

French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat

Located in Brighton, Sussex

A good quality French mahogany Louis XVI style bureau plat, having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu ram's head mounts and moulding to the drawer fronts and legs. Dummy drawers to ...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Bureau
Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Bureau

Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Bureau

Located in Cheshire, GB

Queen Anne style burr walnut bureau the sloped edge fall opening to reveal fitted interior with pigeon holes small draws and a central cupboard. Over an arrangement off three short d...

Category

Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Desks

Danish Teak Retro Bureau Vintage, 1970s
Danish Teak Retro Bureau Vintage, 1970s

Danish Teak Retro Bureau Vintage, 1970s

Located in London, GB

A beautiful and practical Danish teak writing bureau, this dates from around the 1970s. The condition is excellent for its age, with only some extremely minor wear and one or two inc...

Category

Vintage 1970s Danish Desks

Materials

Teak

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau a Cylindre by François Linke
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau a Cylindre by François Linke

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau a Cylindre by François Linke

By François Linke

Located in Long Island City, NY

He firmly established his reputation after receiving a gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900 for his extraordinary Grand Bureau. He continued to use international fair...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Superior Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Krieger, Paris
Superior Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Krieger, Paris

Superior Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat by Maison Krieger, Paris

By Maison Krieger

Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

The bronze edged parquetry short sides of the desk center classical gilt bronze masks. Very high quality craftsmanship as expected by this legendary maker.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Antique 19th Century Victorian Walnut Bureau
Antique 19th Century Victorian Walnut Bureau

Antique 19th Century Victorian Walnut Bureau

Located in Suffolk, GB

Antique Victorian figured walnut bureau having a figured walnut cross banded fall with original brass escutcheon opening to reveal a charming fitted interior consisting of two drawer...

Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks

Materials

Walnut

Teak Partnerdesk Bureau mid 20th century
Teak Partnerdesk Bureau mid 20th century

Teak Partnerdesk Bureau mid 20th century

Located in MILL, NL

Large Partner Desk / Desk. Made of solid teak. Very solid and sturdy. Inlaid with green leather. Early/mid 20th century. Each side has a door with shelf on the left and a drawer un...

Category

Vintage 1950s Desks

Materials

Teak

19th Century Beechwood French Bureau Plat
19th Century Beechwood French Bureau Plat

19th Century Beechwood French Bureau Plat

Located in Charlottesville, VA

This table has all the style. Perfect for a desk or hall table.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Leather, Wood

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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.