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Bureau A Gradin

Mid-20th Century Wood Bureau a Gradin/Writing Desk Table by Jean-Michel Frank
By Jean-Michel Frank
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid-20th century modern wood bureau a gradin/writing desk table designed by Jean-Michel Frank
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Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal

Early 19th Century French Empire "Bureau a Gradin" Desk
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
The rectangular superstructure centred by two drawers above two shelves, flanked by an pair of cupboard doors flanked and separated by patinated and gilt bronze caryatids, the lower ...
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Furniture

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Mahogany

Louis XV Desk With Steps In Carved Walnut – France, Late 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Crafted in France at the end of the 18th century, this exquisite « bureau à gradin » embodies the
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Antique Edwardian Satin wood & Floral Painted Carlton House Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
general bureau à gradin form. This specific form is supposed to have been designed in 1790s for the
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Antique Early 1900s Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

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Satinwood

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu & Vernis Martin Desk, Attr. Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
gilt-lacquer bureau a gradin by Louis Majorelle, Nancy, Circa 1880-1890 (The mount incised beneath the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu & Vernis Martin Desk, Attr. Majorelle
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu & Vernis Martin Desk, Attr. Majorelle
$15,750 Sale Price
20% Off
H 29.38 in W 36.25 in D 21.13 in

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1800's Antique French Henri II Style, Carved, Walnut, Bureau, Writing Desk!!
Located in Austin, TX
, Writing, French Henri II Style, Carved, Walnut, Bureau a Gradin, 1800s, 19th Century!! This antique
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Antique 19th Century French Other Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Antique French Victorian-Style Oak Desk with Turned Legs and Hand Carving C.1880
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This 19th century Victorian-style bureau a gradin is in superior original condition. It is a large
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Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Desks

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Oak

Hepplewhite Inlaid Flame Mahogany Diminutive Tambour Secretary, circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Hepplewhite style Bureau à Gradin Tambour secretary desk offers flame mahogany
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Early 20th Century English Hepplewhite Desks

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Bronze

Antique Marquetry Carlton House Desk Writing Table Druce & Co., 19th Century
By Druce & Co.
Located in London, GB
typical bureau a gradin. Unlike other types of bureau a gradin the Carlton House desk usually offers no
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Antique 1880s English Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

19th Century Unique, Rare French Desk Napoleon III, Boule Style Marquetry
Located in Paris, FR
Unique, rare French bureau à gradins desk, Boulle style marquetry with brass on the drawers. Many
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Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Bronze, Gold Leaf

Antique Edwardian Satinwood and Floral Painted Carlton House Writing Desk, 1900
Located in London, GB
specific antique desk form within the more general bureau à gradin form. This specific form is supposed to
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

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Satinwood

Antique Satinwood Carlton House Desk c1900
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
bureau à gradin form. The carlton House desk form is supposed to have been designed in 1790s for the
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Antique Early 1900s English Other Desks and Writing Tables

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Satinwood

Antique Satinwood Carlton House Desk c1900
Antique Satinwood Carlton House Desk c1900
H 30.32 in W 42.52 in D 22.45 in
Antique Satinwood Carlton House Writing Desk Druce & Co 19th C
By Druce & Co.
Located in London, GB
form within the more general bureau à gradin form. This specific form is supposed to have been designed
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

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Satinwood

Antique Satinwood Carlton House Writing Desk Maple & Co., 19th Century
By Maple & Co.
Located in London, GB
general bureau à gradin form. This specific form is supposed to have been designed in 1790s for the Prince
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Maple & Co Mahogany, Satinwood and Marquetry Inlaid Victorian Carlton House Desk
By Maple & Co.
Located in Benington, Herts
merely facing the user as in a typical bureau à gradin. Unlike other types of bureau à gradin, the
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

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Boxwood, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood

Maple & Co. Mahogany Satinwood and Marquetry Inlaid Victorian Carlton House Desk
By Maple & Co.
Located in Benington, Herts
merely facing the user as in a typical bureau à gradin. Unlike other types of bureau à gradin, the
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

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Boxwood, Ebony, Satinwood, Mahogany

Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood and Ebonized Desk 'Bureau A Gradin'
Located in Kittery Point, ME
tapering faux fluted square legs. One key (for central drawer, the others have ormolu pulls). A bureau a
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks

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Tulipwood

19th Century Louis XV Style Bombe Marquetry and Ormolu-Mounted Bureau a Gradin
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This excellent French Louis XV style bureau à gradin or ladies writing desk features an upper
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

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Bronze

Mid-20th Century Wood Bureau a Gradin/Writing Desk Table
Located in Miami, FL
The piece's clean, rectangular silhouette and streamlined profile convey a refined elegance, expertly constructed from high-quality wood. Featuring six drawers - three on the front ...
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Carlton House Writing Desk of Flame Mahogany from the Edwardian Era
Located in Austin, TX
House desk is a specific antique desk form within the more general bureau à gradin form. This form of
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Early 20th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

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Metal, Brass

Antique Rosewood and Marquetry Carlton House Desk, Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
typical bureau a gradin. Unlike other types of bureau a gradin the Carlton House desk usually offers no
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood, Satinwood

Antique Victorian Satinwood Carlton House Writing Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
typical bureau a gradin. Unlike other types of bureau a gradin the Carlton House desk usually offers no
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Antique 1880s English High Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

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Satinwood

19th Century English Regency Serpentine Walnut Burl Leather Carlton House Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
specific antique desk form within the more general bureau à gradin form. This form of desk is supposed to
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Antique Early 19th Century Regency Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Walnut

Antique Satinwood Carlton House Writing Desk, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Carlton House Desk is a specific antique desk form within the more general bureau à gradin form. This
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Antique Late 19th Century English Tables

A Continental Neo Classical Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
A fine quality bureau à gradin or writing table, with tapered legs and column flanked tier of small
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Early 20th Century Desks

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Walnut

A Continental Neo Classical Desk
A Continental Neo Classical Desk
H 43.5 in W 50.75 in D 29 in
Zwiener Jansen Successeur Ormolu Mounted & Marquetry Tiered Desk
By Zwiener Jansen Successeur
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Fabulous and rare Louis XV style bureau à gradin, or tiered desk, the upper structure of kidney
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20th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Fine Quality George III Style Flamed Mahogany Carlton House Desk
Located in Darwen, GB
form within the more general bureau a gradin form. This specific form is supposed to have been designed
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Antique 1890s George III Desks

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Questions About Bureau A Gradin
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021
    An antique bureau is any bureau that is 100 years old or older. The term bureau today is typically used as another word for a dresser or a chest of drawers. This word has also been used to refer to a writing desk. Find a collection of antique bureaus on 1stDibs today.
  • 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 1, 2024
    The difference between a bureau and a dresser has to do with their location and function: The type of bureau that we associate with getting dressed in the morning is little more than a dresser with a mirror on top. This type of storage furniture is essentially a cabinet with a stack of horizontal drawers. Typically, a bureau-dressing table is waist-high and placed in the bedroom. A dresser is a short case piece with drawers that is also typically located in the bedroom.

    A bureau can also refer to a secretaire, a furnishing with a writing surface. This kind of bureau features a desk with drawers. Much like a traditional secretary but without the upper half, the slant-top desk, also known as a slant-front or bureau desk, originated in the 18th century.

    Find vintage and antique dressers for sale on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024
    The difference between a dresser, a bureau and a chest of drawers is where you place these furnishings and their overall shapes and designs. Usually positioned in a bedroom, a dresser is a wide, low casegood consisting of two or more columns of drawers. When this type of furniture is placed in a living room, office, library or other space beyond the bedroom, people normally refer to it as a bureau. Another type of bedroom furnishing is a chest of drawers, which is a tall vertical column of drawers stacked one above the other. On 1stDibs, shop a diverse assortment of dressers, bureaus and chests of drawers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 26, 2024
    The difference between a bureau, a chest of drawers and a dresser comes down to shape and function. Dressers and chests of drawers are both types of bedroom furniture that feature storage drawers. However, bureaus tend to be wider and shorter, while chests of drawers are narrower and taller. Often used for storage outside of bedrooms, bureaus are usually about the same height as dressers but are shorter than chests of drawers. Find a wide range of casegoods on 1stDibs.