$2,960Sale Price|45% Off
Black Lacquered Ormolu Desk / Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
French Louis XV writing desk featuring cabriole legs, exquisite ormolu, and a glossy black lacquered top. The elegant gilt bronze fittings protect the edges and at the same time acce...
Brass
Early 19th Century French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An impressive early 19th Century French Louis XVI style, black lacquered bureau plat. With is original leather top and bronze mounts.
Bronze
20th Century French Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
20th Century French walnut bureau plat with black leather inset. This desk is finished on the rear so can free stand in a room.
Leather, Walnut
Designer Writing Desk / Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style, Piano Black
Located in Berlin, DE
Black designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style Piano black polished veneer on solid softwood with rocaille applications. extremely Fine, floral, silvered bronze fitting...
Wood
20th Century writing Desk Louis XV Piano-Black Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century writing Desk Louis XV Piano-Black Bureau Plat Majestic bureau plat in Louis XV style.
Bronze
20th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Piano Black
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat writing table in the style of Louis XV style, silvered bronze fittings.
Beech
French Louis XV Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk.
Bronze
$5,013Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century Elegant Black Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV, Beech
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century elegant black bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV, beech Exclusive bureau plat / desk in Louis XV style Solid beechwood ebonized/blackened.
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French bureau plat featuring a high-gloss black" lacquer like" painted finish, bronze ormolu, black leather top and two drawers.
Bronze, Ormolu
French Bureau Plat 20th C. with Black Gilt Trim Writing Surface
Located in Houston, TX
This exquisite desk is very well made with beech wood and oak with Kingwood marquetry decorative motifs. Gilt bronze mounts decorate The edge and gilt masks embellish each corner....
Beech
Designer Writing Desk / Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style, Piano Black and gold
Located in Berlin, DE
Black designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style Piano black veneer on solid softwood with rocaille applications. extremely Fine, floral, silvered bronze fittings in the ...
Brass
$4,628Sale Price|20% Off
Designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style Piano Black with silver
Located in Berlin, DE
Designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style Piano Black with silver Piano black polished veneer on solid softwood with rocaille applications. extremely Fine, floral, silv...
Brass
$3,846Sale Price|20% Off
Fine C19TH French Kingwood & Marquetry Bureau Plat /Writing Table
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine C19TH French Burr Walnut & Marquetry Bureau Plat /Writing Table Black Leather inset top, gold tooling decoration, with Walnut cross banding. thumb mould edge.
Walnut
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 Francois Linke. This stunning single drawer desk is raised by four tapered round Maho...
Ormolu
French 19th-Century Louis XV Style Figural Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palatial French 19th-Century Louis XV style figural gilt bronze mounted tulipwood marquetry three-drawer bureau-plat cartonnier with Dual clock-works by Lenoir, Paris, surmounted wit...
Ormolu
French Jacques Adnet Brass Mounted Black Lacquered Writing Desk
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s brass mounted black lacquered bureau plat /writing desk with tan leather inset top above a range of frieze drawers (attributed to Jacques Adnet).
Brass
19th Century French Second Empire Figured Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Asheville, NC
19th century French Second Empire figured mahogany bureau plat, black tooled leather top, turned legs.
Leather, Mahogany
Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
Louis XV desk inlaid with ebony, darkened wood and brass. This bureau plat is opening with two drawers and has four arched feet with gilt bronze bases. Parisian work from the m...
Régence Great Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
These blackened wood and ormolu desk opens with five drawers, the back made as trompe l'oeil. Its lays four curved legs finished by hind hoof. Parisian work from the first half of ...
French black lacquered two-drawer bureau plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French black lacquered two-drawer bureauplat with leather top and bronze dore mounts. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT WWW.CONNOISSEURANTIQUES.COM
Robsjohn Gibbings Campaign Style Bureau Plat
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robsjohn gibbings Campaign style bureau plat, simple and beautiful.
Early 19th Century French Bureau Plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An early 19th century French mahogany bureau plat with embossed black leather top. This desk has brass paw foot casters.
Metal
Regency Lacquer Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Come view this in our Canonbury antiques showroom just north of London in Potters Bar, Herts. Stunning Regency style desk with a black lacquer finish - Love this look at the moment,...
Italian Louis XVI Satinwood parquetry bureau plat
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Italian Louis XVI Satinwood parquetry bureau plat with oblong black leather inlaid writing surface gilt bronze above a conforming frieze with full drawer paneled with gulloche decor...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 31.89 in W 44.69 in D 22.64 in
Early 18th c. Mahogany Centre Writing Table / Bureau Plat .
Located in Milan, IT
Very elegant ,early 18th France centre bureau plat, with leather top, also in the two pull out slides, gilt bronze trim, and two drawers with original key.
Bronze
Unavailable
H 33 in W 73 in D 36 in
Large Boulle Louis XVI Desk Writing Table Bureau Plat Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Absolutely stunning French Boulle style desk or bureau plat. One of the things that attracted us to this desk was it's big size six feet wide. Charles Andre Boulle was renowned for...
Unavailable
H 29.5 in W 45.5 in D 21.5 in
Ebonized Three-Drawer Bureau Plat with Embossed Leather Top, French, circa 1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ebonized three-drawer bureau plat with embossed leather top, French, circa 1880.
Louis XV Style writing desk /bureau plat black lacquered finish
Located in Houston, TX
The unique black lacquered finish on this desk is dramatic And has great contrast with the silvered bronze mounts. It has an inset leather top in black with a silver hue medallion C...
Bronze
Black Lacquer Bureau Plat
By Auffray Furniture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elegant black lacquer Bureau Plat with brass trim and pulls.
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.
Bronze
Neoclassical Black Leather-Top Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Mahogany black leather top bureau plat with 5 drawers and brass sabots finishing tapered legs.
Leather, Wood
Louis XVI Style Black Lacquer Bureau Plat
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XVI style black lacquer bureau plat with brass inlay, gilt bronze hardware and a leather top, circa 1920.
Brass, Ormolu
1940s French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
An early 20th Century Louis XV style black lacquered writing desk. This desk features brass/bronze ormolu, three drawers and a cognac leather top.
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French black lacquer Bureau Plat with dore bronze accents and brown leather top.
Bronze
French Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Louis XV ebonized and lacquered red leather top bureau plat with bronze mounts and pulls with two frieze drawers.
Bureau Plat, late 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small ebonized bureau plat from the later 19th century with red leather-covered writing surfaces and gilded decorative elements on the corners. The table top has writing surfaces tha...
Leather
19c Louis XV Bureau Plat with Black Leather
Located in New Orleans, LA
19c Louis XV Bureau Plat with Black Leather
French Louis XV Style Black Painted Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A French Louis XV style black painted bureau-plat with cabriole legs, having bronze mounts and pulls on four sides.
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
Louis XV style black lacquered bureau plat with bronze hardware and gold tooled inset red leather top, the frieze fitted with three drawers, the reverse with mock drawers.
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This beautifully finished Louis XV style bureau plat has a gold tooled black leather top. The front has two smaller drawers and one larger drawer.
Brass
Large French Ebonised Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Very smart French Empire ebonised desk. This desk retains its original worn rouge leather inset top. To the frieze, a long central drawer is flanked by two shorter drawers. ...
Brass
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
A sturdy and substantial 19th century French bureau plat, Louis XV style, black lacquer with gilt bronze mounts, keyhole eschuchions, and gilt decoration / detail, tan leather writin...
Bronze
18th Century French Ebonised Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A handsome 18th century French, ebonised bureau plat with old leather top. Having three drawers below and a super wavy, carved frieze. Raised on elegantly curved cabriole legs. It ca...
Leather
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.
Leather
Choosing the perfect writing desk or writing table is a profoundly personal journey, one that people have been embarking upon for centuries.
Queen Atossa of Persia, from her writing table circa 500 B.C., is said to have been the originator of the art of handwritten letters. Hers was reportedly the first in a long and colorful history of penned correspondence that grew in popularity alongside literacy. The demand for suitable writing desks, which would serve the composer of the letters as well as ensure the comfort of the recipient naturally followed, and the design of these necessary furnishings has evolved throughout history.
Once people began to seek freedom from the outwardly ornate styles of the walnut and rosewood writing desks and drafting tables introduced in the name of Queen Victoria and King Louis XV, radical shifts occurred, such as those that materialized during the Art Nouveau period, when designers longed to produce furniture inspired by the natural world’s beauty. A prime example is the work of the famous late-19th-century Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí — his rolltop desk featured deep side drawers and was adorned with carved motifs that paid tribute to nature. Gaudí regularly combined structural precision with decorative elements, creating beautiful pieces of furniture in wood and metal.
Soon afterward, preferences for sleek, geometric, stylized forms in furniture that saw an emphasis on natural wood grains and traditional craftsmanship took hold. Today, Art Deco desks are still favored by designers who seek to infuse interiors with an air of luxury. One of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco movement was French decorator and furniture designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. With his use of neoclassical motifs as well as expensive and exotic materials such as imported dark woods and inlays of precious metals for his writing desks, Ruhlmann came to symbolize good taste and modernity.
The rise in appreciation for Scandinavian modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary writing desks. It employs the “no fuss” or “less is more” approach to creating a tasteful, sophisticated space. Sweden’s master cabinetmaker Bruno Mathsson created gallery-worthy designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. Finnish architect Alvar Aalto never viewed himself as an artist, but, like Mathsson, his furniture designs reflected a fondness for organic materials and a humanistic approach. Danish designers such as Hans Wegner introduced elegant shapes and lines to mid-century desks and writing tables, often working in oak and solid teak.
From vintage desks to contemporary styles, 1stDibs offers a broad spectrum of choices for conducting all personal and business writing and reading activities.
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