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20th Century imperial Bureau Plat / Desk in the Style of Louis XVI
20th Century imperial Bureau Plat / Desk in the Style of Louis XVI

20th Century imperial Bureau Plat / Desk in the Style of Louis XVI

Located in Berlin, DE

consist of climbing leaves. Beautiful patina, with shellac hand polish. The inside of the desk was

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20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique Louis XV Style Inlaid Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Antique Louis XV Style Inlaid Bureau Plat Writing Desk

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

Category

Early 20th Century Louis XV Desks

Materials

Leather

1950s French Louis XIV Style Desk / Bureau Plat With Gilt Bronze Ormolu
1950s French Louis XIV Style Desk / Bureau Plat With Gilt Bronze Ormolu

1950s French Louis XIV Style Desk / Bureau Plat With Gilt Bronze Ormolu

Located in Kennesaw, GA

This is a French Louis XIV style desk that is in very good condition. The desk is marked. The

Category

Mid-20th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

bureau d'écrivain
bureau d'écrivain

bureau d'écrivain

By Steelclin

Located in VIRY-CHÂTILLON, FR

Bureau de Marie-hélène clin Très graphique, de forme légère malgré le poids de ce plateau en

Category

2010s French Streamlined Moderne Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Cut Steel

Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk antique According to Andre C. Boulle bronzed
Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk antique According to Andre C. Boulle bronzed

Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk antique According to Andre C. Boulle bronzed

Located in Berlin, DE

Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-imprinted leather insert, flanked by a grotesque mask on each c...

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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

20th Century Desk Bureau Plat in Antique Louis XV Style Mahogany Veneer
20th Century Desk Bureau Plat in Antique Louis XV Style Mahogany Veneer

20th Century Desk Bureau Plat in Antique Louis XV Style Mahogany Veneer

Located in Berlin, DE

In Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round full-length mirror veneer with seed beads. Extremely fine, floral, bronze fittings in the form of chutes, handmade patinated bronze. Rosewood veneere...

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Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Erling Tortvits Large Bureau
Erling Tortvits Large Bureau

Erling Tortvits Large Bureau

Located in London, GB

This wonderful bureau was designed by Erling Tortvits and produced by HNJ Mobelfabrik in Denmark

Category

Mid-20th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

A French Louis XVI style three drawer mahogany bureau plat desk C 1930
A French Louis XVI style three drawer mahogany bureau plat desk C 1930

A French Louis XVI style three drawer mahogany bureau plat desk C 1930

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A Louis XVI style French three drawer mahogany bureau plat desk having extensive bronze decoration

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Vintage 1930s French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Fine 19th Century François Linke Bronze Mounted Bureau a Cylindre Roll Top Desk
Fine 19th Century François Linke Bronze Mounted Bureau a Cylindre Roll Top Desk

Fine 19th Century François Linke Bronze Mounted Bureau a Cylindre Roll Top Desk

By François Linke

Located in Miami, FL

Bureau a Cylindre or roll top desk is a splendid creation. Mahogany with a deep plum color and richly

Category

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

Materials

Bronze

A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk

A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

An impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk, stamped by

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Louis XVI Style French Desk or Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Style French Desk or Bureau Plat

Louis XVI Style French Desk or Bureau Plat

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Impressive 19th century French desk with the original tooled leather top now aged to perfection

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Bureau Modèle B40
Bureau Modèle B40

Bureau Modèle B40

By Pierre Chapo

Located in Paris, FR

Solid elm desk

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Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Elm

French 19th Century Leather Top Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
French 19th Century Leather Top Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Bureau Plat

French 19th Century Leather Top Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Bureau Plat

Located in Hopewell, NJ

French writing desk beautifully finished in walnut, leather and inlaid burlwood veneer, is a

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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the Empire Style
20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the Empire Style

20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the Empire Style

Located in Berlin, DE

Bird's-eye maple wood on massive beechwood, partially carved and framed. The pedestal is arched on profile shaped washers. Above the four large winged, polygonal standing heads. Thre...

Category

20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birdseye Maple

A French Louis XVI style Leather Top Bureau Plat / Writing Desk, C. 1920.
A French Louis XVI style Leather Top Bureau Plat / Writing Desk, C. 1920.

A French Louis XVI style Leather Top Bureau Plat / Writing Desk, C. 1920.

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Features a stunning combination of banded woods giving a glow to this desk. Having a gilt tooled

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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Monumental bureau plat
Monumental bureau plat

Monumental bureau plat

Located in Wien, AT

France, Louis XVI period, ca. 1780, by the ebenist Pierre Garnier (master from 1742), predominantly oak, mahogany veneered and with ebony marquetry, matted, double-sided drawer desig...

Category

Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ebony, Mahogany, Oak

18th Century walnut bureau
18th Century walnut bureau

18th Century walnut bureau

$2,701Sale Price|20% Off

18th Century walnut bureau

Located in Martlesham, GB

18th Century walnut bureau inlaid with herringbone, having a wonderful figured fall opening to

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Antique 1750s British Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Louis XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon
18th Century Louis XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon

18th Century Louis XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon

By Pierre Migeon

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon is absolutely breathe taking! If you look at

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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

20th Century Bureau Plat Desk According to the Style of Andre Charles Boulle
20th Century Bureau Plat Desk According to the Style of Andre Charles Boulle

20th Century Bureau Plat Desk According to the Style of Andre Charles Boulle

Located in Berlin, DE

Piano black polished veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-embossed leather insert, flanked by a grotesque...

Category

20th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Beech

20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the Empire Style
20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the Empire Style

20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the Empire Style

Located in Berlin, DE

Bird's-eye maple wood on massive beechwood, partially carved and framed. The pedestal is arched on profile shaped washers. Above the four large winged, polygonal standing heads. Thre...

Category

20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Small Oak Bureau
Small Oak Bureau

Small Oak Bureau

Located in Folkestone, GB

A rare 18th century oak bureau of particularly small and diminutive proportions. the fall with a

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Antique Early 18th Century English George II Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

20th Century Louis XV Style Womens Tulip Veneer, Bureau Plat or Desk
20th Century Louis XV Style Womens Tulip Veneer, Bureau Plat or Desk

20th Century Louis XV Style Womens Tulip Veneer, Bureau Plat or Desk

Located in Berlin, DE

Tulip wood veneered. Extremely fine, floral, bronze fittings. Four-sided, slightly curved, three-edged frame base with wide knee patch on elegantly curved squares in sabots. Slightly...

Category

20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Georgian Burl Walnut Bureau
Georgian Burl Walnut Bureau

Georgian Burl Walnut Bureau

Located in Woodbury, CT

Georgian burl walnut bureau on stand with fall front and fitted interior with serpentine drawers

Category

Antique 18th Century English George II Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut, Burl

Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk Mahogany Writing Table 1890
Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk Mahogany Writing Table 1890

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

Category

Antique 1890s Napoleon III Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XVI Style Leather Top Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Louis XVI Style Leather Top Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk

Louis XVI Style Leather Top Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk

Located in Chicago, US

Bureau Plat desk in the style of Louis XVI. Original inset brown leather writing surface with

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Flamed Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Flamed Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Flamed Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A magnificent French 19th century Louis XV style flamed mahogany and ormolu Bureau plat desk. The

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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Napoleon III Ladies Bureau Plat Desk
19th Century Napoleon III Ladies Bureau Plat Desk

19th Century Napoleon III Ladies Bureau Plat Desk

Located in Berlin, DE

shaded precious wood, veneered. Extremely fine, floral, bronze fittings. On slanting, curved legs, on all sides with perforated corner fittings. On the other hand, a fully curved, si...

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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks

Materials

Bronze

French Tortoise Wood Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Partners Desk or Bureau Plat
French Tortoise Wood Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Partners Desk or Bureau Plat

French Tortoise Wood Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Partners Desk or Bureau Plat

By Maison Jansen

Located in Stamford, CT

Tortoise wood Louis XVI style Maison Jansen partners desk or bureau plat. The finest of quality and

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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat Desk
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat Desk

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat Desk

By H. Conquet

Located in Los Angeles, CA

bureau plat by H. Conquet after a model by Charles Cressent. The shaped rectangular top inset with a

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French inlaid Kidney-shape Bureau-Plat/Library-Table/Desk
French inlaid Kidney-shape Bureau-Plat/Library-Table/Desk

French inlaid Kidney-shape Bureau-Plat/Library-Table/Desk

Located in Folkestone, GB

Superb early 19th century French Bureau Plat or Library table veneered in Sycamore inlaid with

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Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Desks

Materials

Kingwood, Sycamore

Bureau or Desk, Rosewood, Wood, Metal, Jeanselme Fils Godin et Cie, 19th Century
Bureau or Desk, Rosewood, Wood, Metal, Jeanselme Fils Godin et Cie, 19th Century

Bureau or Desk, Rosewood, Wood, Metal, Jeanselme Fils Godin et Cie, 19th Century

By Jeanselme Pere & Fils

Located in Madrid, ES

Bureau or desk. Rosewood, wood, metal. Jeanselme Fils Godin et Cie, Paris, France, 19th century

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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique Louis XV Bureau Plat or Leather Top Desk
Antique Louis XV Bureau Plat or Leather Top Desk

Antique Louis XV Bureau Plat or Leather Top Desk

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Impressive 18th Century Louis XV bureau plat handcrafted in classic style with mahogany and

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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass

Rare Napoleon III French Empire Bureau De Plat Gilt Bronze Writing Table Desk
Rare Napoleon III French Empire Bureau De Plat Gilt Bronze Writing Table Desk

Rare Napoleon III French Empire Bureau De Plat Gilt Bronze Writing Table Desk

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Napoleon III French Empire desk with gilt

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Desk Bureau A Cylinder Roll Top Roi Louis XV
French Desk Bureau A Cylinder Roll Top Roi Louis XV

French Desk Bureau A Cylinder Roll Top Roi Louis XV

Located in Potters Bar, GB

A very decorative French Louis XV style bureau à cylindre, finished in richly figured mahogany

Category

Vintage 1980s Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the antique Empire Style
20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the antique Empire Style

20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the antique Empire Style

Located in Berlin, DE

Bird's-eye maple wood on massive beech wood, partially carved and framed. The pedestal is arched on profile shaped washers. Above the four large winged, polygonal standing heads. Th...

Category

20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Superb Burr 'Mulberry' Bureau
Superb Burr 'Mulberry' Bureau

Superb Burr 'Mulberry' Bureau

Located in Lincolnshire, GB

A fine and rare burr veneer bureau with the most wonderful colour and patina. Circa 1730.

Category

Antique Early 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

1960s Bureau, AEJM Møbler
1960s Bureau, AEJM Møbler

1960s Bureau, AEJM Møbler

Located in Neuss, NW

Classic bureau from the 1960s. High-quality corpus in teak veneer with hinged writing surface, two

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

Materials

Teak

French 19th Century Transitional St. Bureau À Cylindre Desk
French 19th Century Transitional St. Bureau À Cylindre Desk

French 19th Century Transitional St. Bureau À Cylindre Desk

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

ormolu Bureau à Cylindre desk. The exceptional thirteen drawer roll top desk is raised by elegant

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Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Ormolu

20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the Antique Empire Style
20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the Antique Empire Style

20th Century, French Desk or Bureau Plat with Lions in the Antique Empire Style

Located in Berlin, DE

Bird's-eye maple wood on massive beech wood, partially carved and framed. The pedestal is arched on profile shaped washers. Above the four large winged, polygonal standing heads. Th...

Category

20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

20th Century Bureau Plat or Desk by the Model of Andre Charles Boulle
20th Century Bureau Plat or Desk by the Model of Andre Charles Boulle

20th Century Bureau Plat or Desk by the Model of Andre Charles Boulle

Located in Berlin, DE

This model was built by Charles Boulle, the most important and historian of Louis XV. veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profile...

Category

20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau
Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau

Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau

$8,596Sale Price|20% Off

Antique Elegant Wooden Bureau

Located in Milano, IT

Rare solid wood desk dating from the early 1700s, fine French manufacture. The bureau is very

Category

Antique 1890s French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

George I Walnut Bureau
George I Walnut Bureau

George I Walnut Bureau

Located in Chelmsford, Essex

For sale is a good quality early 18th century George I walnut bureau, having a fall front opening

Category

Antique Early 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

French Empire Desk Marquetry Inlay Harrods Bureau Plat Writing Table
French Empire Desk Marquetry Inlay Harrods Bureau Plat Writing Table

French Empire Desk Marquetry Inlay Harrods Bureau Plat Writing Table

Located in Potters Bar, GB

You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire style bureau plat or desk Piece was originally purchased

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Vintage 1980s French Provincial Desks

Materials

Wood

Le Corbusier LC16 Writing Wood Desk and Shelve by Cassina
Le Corbusier LC16 Writing Wood Desk and Shelve by Cassina

Le Corbusier LC16 Writing Wood Desk and Shelve by Cassina

By Le Corbusier, Cassina

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

maintaining the utmost respect for its original design, Cassina re-edits the LC16 Bureau desk, designed in

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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Victorian Period Walnut Bureau Plat Desk with Maroon Leather Top
Victorian Period Walnut Bureau Plat Desk with Maroon Leather Top

Victorian Period Walnut Bureau Plat Desk with Maroon Leather Top

Located in Pasadena, TX

This is a nice Victorian period bureau. Its made of walnut and has fluted legs. The stretcher has

Category

Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase

18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase

Located in Richmond, Surrey

A very high quality 18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase. The upper section with moulded cornice

Category

Antique 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Bureau De Roi - French Roll Top Desk Louis XV Monumental
Bureau De Roi - French Roll Top Desk Louis XV Monumental

Bureau De Roi - French Roll Top Desk Louis XV Monumental

Located in Potters Bar, GB

Stunning French Louis XV style desk - or Bureau Du Roi - hand crafted from kingwood This is based

Category

Vintage 1980s Louis XV Desks

Materials

Kingwood

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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.