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Black Lacquered Ormolu Desk / Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
French Louis XV writing desk featuring cabriole legs, exquisite ormolu, and a glossy black
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique French Walnut Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French walnut bureau plat desk, dating from around the 1900-1910 period.
It is
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Desk Bureau Plat Vintage
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage black lacquer bureau plat writing desk. Gilt bronze details. Elaborate figures on four
Category
Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lacquer
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
Category
20th Century Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Francois Linke Bureau Plat, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Francois Linke Bureau plat,
circa 1900. Signed Linke on the right side of the gilt bronze chute
Category
Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Mahogany Bureau Plat, Stamped G. Durand
By Gervais Durand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
style bureau plat (desk) by
Gervais Durand, circa 1880
surmounted by a rectangular gilt-tooled black
Category
Antique 1870s Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French leather top bureau plat desk, made in France and dating from around the
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Elegant Black Stained French Style Bureau Plat or Desk by Kittinger
By Kittinger
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Black Stained French Style Bureau Plat or Desk by Kittinger, American, circa 1960s. It has
Category
Vintage 1960s American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
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. Piano lacquer
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
H 32.29 in W 55.12 in D 29.93 in
Antique Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Red Leather Bureau Plat Writing Table Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Chinoiserie black lacquer red leather bureau plat writing table desk
Additional
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Lacquer
Regence Ebonized And Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset black tooled leather surrounded by a brass inlaid ebonized border
Category
Antique 1730s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century glossy ebonized Louis XV style bureau plat with lovely bronze ormolu and black leather
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.35 in W 35.44 in D 21.66 in
French Bureau Plat 20th C. with Black Gilt Trim Writing Surface
Located in Houston, TX
Is black with gilt embossed edge. It has three frieze drawers on one
Side and three faux drawers on
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
18th C. Continental Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Bureau Plat W Gilt Bronze Ormolu
Located in Southampton, NY
18th C. Continental Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Bureau Plat with Gilt Bronze Ormolu sourced by
Category
Antique 18th Century European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.5 in W 48.63 in D 24.75 in
French Louis XV Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis XV ebonized black lacquer bronze figural Ormolu Bureau plat writing desk. Item
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30 in W 49 in D 25.5 in
Louis XVI Tulipwood Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive late 18th century French writing desk with a tooled black leather top, probably original
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Tulipwood
Black Lacquer Desk or Bureau Plat with Inset Green Leather Top - Refinished
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant French Style Black Lacquer Desk with Inset Green Leather Top, probably American, circa
Category
Vintage 1950s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Black Leather Top French Directoire Style Writing Desk Bureau Plat, Circa 1960
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
desk is made of solid cherry and features a fantastic black leather top desk and embossed as well. The
Category
Vintage 1960s American Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 30 in W 51 in D 27 in
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
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Bureau Plat or Desk with Gilt Griffin Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Empire Style Bureau Plat or Desk, France, circa 1950s. Elegant design in black lacquered
Category
Vintage 1950s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Metal
French Louis XVI Black Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk by Simon Loscertales Bona
By Simón Loscertales Bona 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis Style XVI black leather top bureau plat desk by Simon Loscertales Bona. Item features
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Kingwood, Mahogany
H 30 in W 64 in D 33.5 in
French Boulle Bureau Plat / Library Table, Late 18th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Charleston, SC
Exceptional French Boulle bureau plat has the English feel of a library table with the four rams
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
20th Century French Bureau Plat Desk in the Louis XV Style Black Ebonized Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Black ebonized, four-sided passively curved frame base on high, elegantly curved squares. Encased
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
H 29.53 in W 40.95 in D 18.9 in
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Marquetry Bureau Plat
By Jacques Dubois
Located in Forney, TX
marquetry inlaid bureau plat.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in the manner of important French master ébéniste
Category
20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th Cenury
Located in Spencertown, NY
The rectangular desk with Greek key tooled black leather top, with 3 drawers below and tapering
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
small dovetailed drawers, and a black inset leather writing surface that can be slide out to extend the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Bronze Mounted Tulipwood and Rosewood Crossbanded Bureau Plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century bronze-mounted tulipwood and rosewood crossbanded bureau plat, the shaped top with
Category
Antique 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 31 in W 57.5 in D 29.5 in
Fine Kingwood Parquetry and Gilt-Bronze Bureau Plat by Schmit
By Frédéric Schmit
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine kingwood parquetry and gilt-bronze bureau plat by Schmit, Paris, circa 1890
Gilt bronze
Category
Antique 1890s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French 19th century Empire st. mahogany and ormolu Bureau Plat. The desk is raised
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Bureau Plat with Floral and Blue Porcelain Plaques
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in London, GB
A very fine bureau plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock.
After a model by C.C. Saunier
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Large 19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Partners Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A very large French Louis XV style bureau plat partners desk from the late 19th century with an old
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Baker Collector's Edition Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Furniture "Collector's edition" bureau plat made of solid mahogany with brass inlay and brass and bronze
Category
Vintage 1980s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Kingwood Bureau Plat, 19th Century, Regence-Style with Leather Top
Located in Houston, TX
has a new black leather
With gilt accents that has been added to the top.
The writing surface is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Kingwood
French 19th-Century Louis XV Style Figural Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
-drawer bureau-plat cartonnier with Dual clock-works by Lenoir, Paris, surmounted with a pair two-light
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Ormolu
H 62.5 in W 82 in D 41 in
19th Century Régence Napoleon III Ebonized Desk/Bureau Plat Stamped Gros/Paris
By Benjamin Gros
Located in Berlin, DE
Excellent and rare French 19th century Napoleon III ebonized black lacquer Bureau plat or writing
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 29.93 in W 51.19 in D 30.71 in
John Vesey Mid-Century Modern Desk or Bureau plat, Steel and Bronze
By John Vesey
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-Century Modern bronze and steel writing desk, or bureau plat designed by John Vesey (American
Category
Late 20th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
French Louis XV Kingwood Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk With Gilt Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk
By R. Soriano
Spain, 20th
Category
20th Century Spanish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30.5 in W 59 in D 31.25 in
Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat Baker Collector's Edition Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Furniture "Collector's edition" bureau plat made of solid mahogany with brass inlay and brass and bronze
Category
Vintage 1980s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 30.25 in W 66 in D 29 in
French Louis XV Style Figural Bronze Ormolu Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style Figural Bronze Ormolu Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk. Item
Category
Late 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31 in W 69 in D 40 in
20th Century Imperial Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in the Style of Louis XVI
Located in Berlin, DE
Imperial bureau plat / desk in the style of Louis XVI
Piano black polished veneer on solid oak
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31.5 in W 68.9 in D 35.83 in
French Louis XV Kingwood and Burl Wood Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk with Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Louis XV style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk
France, circa
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 33.75 in W 67 in D 34 in
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
Category
20th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
H 30.71 in W 63 in D 36.23 in
Black Lacquered Desk
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV style black lacquer Bureau plat
French 19th century Louis XV style black lacquer Bureau
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Jacques Adnet Brass Mounted Black Lacquered Writing Desk
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
French 1940s brass mounted black lacquered bureau plat /writing desk with tan leather inset top
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Black Lacquered Louis XV Style Writing Table
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XV style black lacquered writing table or bureau plat. With three working drawers
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Petite circa 1880 French Napoleon III Black Lacquer Two-Drawer Writing Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Striking original Antique French Napoleon III Bureau Plat, Writing Table or Ladies Desk
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 29.38 in W 41.75 in D 28 in
Art Deco Desk in the Style of Jacques Emile Ruhlmann, 1960s
By Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
with original gold border.
Bureau plat Art Déco, galbé sur toutes ses faces, ouvrant par 3 tiroirs
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lacquer
A fine 18th century Regence kingwood and gilt bronze mounted Louis XV desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine Regence period 18th c leather top bureau plat. Kingwood with fine gilt bronze mounts. Black
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XVI desk with sheath legs.
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Beautifully scaled mahogany and mahogany veneer bureau plat from the Louis XVI period Double-sided
Category
Antique 1790s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style Desk By John Vesey
By John Vesey
Located in Stamford, CT
Extraordinary mid-century modern stainless steel and bronze writing table, desk, or bureau plat
Category
Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
19th Century French Louis XIV Style Carved Walnut Library Table Writing Desk
Located in Forney, TX
different uses, including as a bureau plat / writing desk, library table, work table, card games table
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Walnut
H 28.25 in W 51.25 in D 30.25 in
Antique French Carved Oak Dolphin Library Table Desk Renaissance Gothic c1890
Located in Shreveport, LA
, an elegant antique French carved library table or "bureau plat" desk, commonly referred to as a
Category
Antique 1890s French Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
H 30 in W 39 in D 31 in
John Vesey Stainless Steel Bronze Neoclassical Desk
By John Vesey
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Extraordinary mid-century modern stainless steel and bronze writing table, desk, or bureau plat
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
19th Century French Carved Oak Dolphin Library Table Desk Renaissance Gothic
Located in Shreveport, LA
, an elegant antique French carved library table or "bureau plat" desk, commonly referred to as a
Category
Antique 1890s French Renaissance Tables
Materials
Oak
H 30 in W 42 in D 27.5 in
18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
Located in IT
The very unusual and particular center desk, called also bureau plat, was made in France, at Paris
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
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
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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 ...
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Antique 18th Century Desks
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Bureau Plat Black For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic bureau plat black available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and animal skin, every bureau plat black was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a bureau plat black — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A bureau plat black made by Louis XV designers — as well as those associated with Louis XVI — is very popular. Auffray Furniture, John Vesey and Nordiska Kompaniet each produced at least one beautiful bureau plat black that is worth considering.
How Much is a Bureau Plat Black?
The average selling price for a bureau plat black at 1stDibs is $6,724, while they’re typically $1,650 on the low end and $142,500 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right desks-writing-tables for You
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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