19thc French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat Desk with Ormolu in Diminutive Size
Located in Savannah, GA
Handsome diminutive size French Louis XVI lady's writing table constructed of mahogany and featuring a black leather top with gold Greek key border, foliate bronze ormolu mounts and ...
Ormolu
French 19th C.Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk Attr. Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Large French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Three-Drawer Bureau Plat - After a model by Joseph Baumhauer (died 1772) - Attributed to Paul Sorman...
Bronze, Ormolu
French Bureau Plat Desk Antique Parquetry Writing Table Napoleon III
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous antique French bureau plat in the Napoleon III manner Features intricate parquetry inlay designs Gilt fixtures are original including the female maiden mas...
Wood
$10,000
"Buerau Plat" Desk by Linke
Located in Madrid, ES
"Buerau Plat" desk by Linke "Bureau Plat" desk by linke elegant 19th century desk in light and stained wood. line of sinuous curves.measures:120x66x75cm.
Fruitwood
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk with bronze trim and ornate ormolu mounts and embossed leather top.
Leather, Walnut
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat
Located in Huntington, NY
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat/Desk, Louis XV period 3 working drawers on one side.
Ormolu
Louis XVI-Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XVI-style ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat / desk with rectangular blue-grey leather inset top (new / recently installed) and brass mounted molded edge above three drawers...
Ormolu
French Louis XV Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk With Mounted Bronze Ormolu
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A gorgeous French Louis XV style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk Mahogany, with bronze/bronze trim and ormolu mounts, and embossed green leather top.
Bronze
20th Century Louis XV Style Ladies Bureau Plat or Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant ladies bureau plat desk in the Louis XV style, rosewood and shaded precious wood, veneered.
Bronze
Theodore Alexander French Louis XV Walnut Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk
By Theodore Alexander
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk By Theodore Alexander Vietnam, Early 21st Century Carved walnut, with bronze ormolu mounts, and embossed black le...
Bronze
$4,983Sale 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
1960s Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Walnut Brass Leather Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
A gorgeous and absolutely classic regency style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk in carved wood, with embossed leather top, original brass handles in the two drawers and ba...
Brass
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bois-Satiné Writing Table
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A fine French kidney shaped bureau plat desk, having an inset beige leather top.
Ormolu
French, Early 19th Century, Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Kingwood, Rosewood, exotic wood, and ormolu bureau plat desk. The desk is raised by cabriole legs with fine pierced fitted wrap around ormolu sabots and striking richly chased foliat...
Ormolu
C19th French Louis XV style oak desk with three drawers
Located in London, GB
A handsome solid and understated c19th French Louis XV style country house oak bureau plat desk. It has a spacious top that is comfortable to sit at over three drawers on stylised sp...
Oak
$3,064Sale Price|20% Off
Impressive antique writing desk, ebonized/black around 1870, Napoleon III
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive antique desk, ebonized around 1870, Napoleon III Elegant bureau plat/desk Extremely fine, floral, bronze fittings. slightly curved, three-edged frame base with wide knee...
Brass
$4,838Sale Price|20% Off
Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bronze Dore, Bureau Plat, Writing Desk!
Located in Austin, TX
Plat, Writing Desk, Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bureau Plat, Desk!!
Ormolu
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 and wood.
Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and very high quality French 18th century Louis XV period Tulipwood, Kingwood, and ormolu Bureau Plat desk. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole leg with exquisite pi...
Ormolu
Sligh Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Carved Walnut Writing Desk, Circa 1960s
By Sligh Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style writing desk or bureau plat desk By Sligh Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Carved walnut, with black leather top, and original brass hardware.
Brass
Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted French Leather Top Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exquisite Louis XV style French bronze mounted bureau plat desk exemplifies refined craftsmanship and timeless elegance.
Bronze
Baker Furniture French Regency Chinoiserie Red Lacquered Hand Painted Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Chinoiserie style writing desk or bureau plat desk By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Red lacquered walnut, with hand-painted Asian nature scenes, embos...
Brass
Paul Sormani Style Antique French Louis XV Kingwood Executive Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding antique French Louis XV style bombay form executive desk or bureau plat desk In the manner of Paul Sormani France, Circa Early 20th Century Kingwood and burl wood, ...
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Mahogany, Satinwood & Gilt-Bronze Mounted Cartonnier Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French Louis XV Style Mahogany, Rosewood and Satinwood Gilt-Bronze Mounted Figural Cartonnier Bureau-Plat (Desk). The shaped rectangular top inset with a recent tooled le...
Bronze, Ormolu
Mid 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Tulipwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period tulipwood and ormolu bureau plat desk. The three drawer desk is raised by four fine square tapered legs with beautifu...
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk. Our outstanding antique French Louis XV style Boulle inspired bureau plat, desk or writing table was expertly crafted in the mid 19th ...
Brass, Bronze
$4,602Sale Price|25% Off
Gorgeous Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bronze Dore, Bureau Plat, Writing Desk!
Located in Antwerp, BE
Plat, Writing Desk, Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bureau Plat, Desk!!
Bronze, Ormolu
$5,401Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century French Kingwood Ormolu Mounted Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality large 19th century French Kingwood and ormolu mounted bureau-plat desk, having a rectangular shaped top with an ormolu moulded edge, decorative shell engraved corner...
Kingwood
$32,955Sale Price|61% Off
Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Cartonnier, Antoine Krieger
By Antoine Krieger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style bureau plat (Desk - Writing Table - Ladies Desk) Cartonnier by Antoine Krieger, the quarter-veneer satiné with fruitwood stringing, the...
Bronze, Ormolu
Large French Louis XVI Ebonized Writing Table or Desk with Embossed Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and large scale French writing table or executive bureau plat desk of ebonized mahogany with gilt accents in the Louis XVI style.
Metal, Brass, Bronze
French Louis XV St. Tulipwood, Kingwood, And Ormolu Desk, Signed By Krieger
By Maison Krieger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tulipwood, Kingwood, and Ormolu desk, signed by Krieger. The Bureau Plat desk is raised by elongated cabriole legs with fine pierced fitted foliate ormolu sabots and Tulipwood fillets.
Ormolu
A French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood and Ormolu desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and grand scale French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood and Ormolu desk. This wonderful Bureau Plat desk is raised by four handsome cabriole legs decorated by bottom...
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ebonized Wood and Gilt Bronze-Mounted Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Louis XV style ebonized wood and gilt bronze-mounted figural bureau plat (desk) with three drawers and leather top.
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Desk
By Gervais Durand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. tulipwood and kingwood bureau plat desk, possibly by G. Durand. The desk is raised by four elegant slender cabriole legs ...
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent 19th Century Large Antique French Louis XV Style figural gilt bronze mounted kingwood and marquetry double-sided Bureau Plat/Desk of very unique shape. This spectacular...
Bronze
John Vesey Steel Bronze Neoclassical Library Table Desk
By John Vesey
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Glamorous and opulent 1960s stainless steel clad writing table, library table, or bureau plat desk designed by John Vesey (American 1924-1992).
Brass, Bronze
Kingwood, Tulipwood and Ormolu desk, modeled after Charles Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Kingwood, Tulipwood and Ormolu desk, modeled after Charles Cressent. This stunning Bureau Plat desk is attributed to cabinetmaker E.
Ormolu
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor: An Exquisite Ormolu and Églomisé Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
One such masterpiece is the Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Verre Églomisé Mirrored and Leather Lined Bureau Plat Desk, believed to be crafted by Maison Jansen around 1938, owned ...
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Tulipwood, Kingwood, Ebony and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tulipwood, Kingwood, Ebony and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk. This exceptionally detailed three drawer Mazarin style desk, with two pullouts, is raised on eight square tapered legs with ve...
Ormolu
Fine Leather Top Dore' Bronze Ormolu French Louis XVI Desk Theodore Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
**French Gilt Doré Bureau Plat Desk by Maison Millet – Exquisite 1890–1920s Ormolu Masterpiece** This exceptional **French gilt doré and mahogany bureau plat** is attributed to the ...
Brass
$3,355
Bureau Plat
Located in London, England
French mahogany three drawer bureau plat with original fittings on tapered legs with original / aged leather inset top. Circa 1890.
Leather, Mahogany
20th Century French Bureau Plat/ Writing Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century French bureau plat/ writing desk In Bois Satiné veneer, mirror veneer covering all sides with rocaille applications.
Brass
Louis XV Style Fruitwood Bureau Plat - Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
Louis XV Fruitwood Bureau Plat. This writing desk features a dark green leather inset top with expansive rectangular writing surface and gold gilt tooled border.
Fruitwood
19th Century French Kingwood Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
19th century French kingwood Bureau plat writing desk. Beautiful Louis XV Form.
Bronze
Royal desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style flamed birch veneer on solid beech wood with rocaille applications. extremely fine, floral, gilded bronze fittings in the form of chutes.
Bronze
$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
Royal Empire Desk/Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal Empire Desk/Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze Mahogany with gilded bronze fittings in the form of female figures, incense burners, acanthus decoration and garlands.
Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The iconic Coco chancel lived with a Rococo writing desk just like this one and indeed this Bureau plat is the perfect addition to a tasteful study.
Bronze
French Antique Desk Directoire Bureau Plat 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous antique French Directoire desk Desk expands either side with extra surface area - please see photos Very useful for extra space for books etc Circa 1880 th...
Giltwood
$92,759
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A French kingwood bureau plat late 19th/early 20th century in Louis XV style, with applied gilt-bronze mounts, the serpentine rectangular top with a green tooled leather inset above ...
Kingwood
Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A striking Victorian satinwood bureau plat, of shaped rectangular form inset with the original oval burgundy leather, with a disguised frieze drawers, decorated with purple heart and...
Satinwood
Vintage Ebonized Leather-top French Bureau Plat Faux-Partner's Desk
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Ebonized French Bureau Plat Faux-Partner's Desk with Tooled Red Leather Top and Tapered Legs on Brass Sabots.
Brass
$1,925Sale Price|30% Off
Louis XV-Style Bureau Plat
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a great example of a 20th century Provincial Louis XVI Bureau Plat. The desk features a solid walnut frame with an inset leather writing surface.
Bronze
$5,414Sale Price|20% Off
Royal desk/bureau plat in Louis XV style with veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal desk/bureau plat in Louis XV style with Kingveneer Kingveneer on solid beech wood with rocaille applications. extremely fine, floral, gilded bronze fittings in the form of chu...
Brass
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk, Rosewood and Ormulu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Antique Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk, rosewood and Ormulu mounts, raised on cabriole legs.
Bronze
19th Century French Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th century French bureau plat featuring beautifully veneered wood surface and black leather top.
Leather, Wood
French Writing Desk Louis XVI Bureau Plat Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning French Louis XVI style desk or writing table Covered on all surfaces with intricate marquetry inlay work, very detailed Mainly floral motifs and arabesques, very well crafte...
Mahogany
Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Duchesse de Mazarin, Comtesse du Barry, Marie-Antoinette and the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna of Russia are all known to have exquisite collections of Sèvres-mounted furniture....
Bronze
Antique Bureau Plat French Inlay Desk Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality antique French desk or bureau plat Classic look crafted from kingwood with original ormolu fixtures Good size at five feet - 154 CM - wide Great for a home office set up Boug...
Kingwood
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Attractive Louis XV style bureau plat, gilt embossed tanned leather top writing surface centered on a beautiful satinwood veneered panel and marquetry finished frame, fine rocaille m...
Wood
Vintage desks and writing tables span centuries of design. The writing table came first, a simple surface built for correspondence, while the drawered desk followed as record-keeping at home and in the office grew more demanding.
Styles to Know
Any desk at least 20 years old falls under this broader vintage category. If you want a tapered-leg, mid-century look specifically, browse mid-century modern desks; Louis XVI and Art Deco secretary desks bridge the writing-table and desk forms. A vintage table lamp adds task lighting to either.
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