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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
Category

20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

  • 20th Century French Bureau Plat/ Writing Desk
  • 20th Century French Bureau Plat/ Writing Desk
  • 20th Century French Bureau Plat/ Writing Desk
  • 20th Century French Bureau Plat/ Writing Desk
H 31.5 in. W 63 in. D 30.32 in.
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
Category

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

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Roma, RM
Fantastic and rare French Bureau Plat writing desk from the late LUIGI XV era , circa 1840. This
Category

Antique 1840s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

  • 19th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
  • 19th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
  • 19th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
  • 19th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
H 29.93 in. W 59.85 in. D 29.53 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

20th Century Luxurious White Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style Solid beechwood
Category

20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

20th Century Luxurious White Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style Solid beechwood
Category

20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

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
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Antique Art Deco Macassar Bureau Plat Writing Desk circa 1930
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A very fine Art Deco period bureau plat, it features chaotically grained Macassar ebony veneers
Category

20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Late 19th Century French Walnut Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late-19th century French carved walnut Louis XV style breakfront ‘bureau plat’ or writing desk
Category

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

Materials

Walnut

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

19th Century French Kingwood Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
19th century French kingwood Bureau plat writing desk. Beautiful Louis XV Form. Lacquered Bronze
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

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

  • Louis XV Style Desk Bureau Plat Vintage
  • Louis XV Style Desk Bureau Plat Vintage
  • Louis XV Style Desk Bureau Plat Vintage
  • Louis XV Style Desk Bureau Plat Vintage
H 32 in. W 70 in. D 32 in.
Early Paint Antique French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk & Stool
Located in GB
style Bureau plat writing table with later stool This is a wonderful find, the bureau plat is a
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Napoleon Italian Rosewood 5 Drawers Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Carimate, Como
A very good quality Italian 20th century Napoleon 3 / Louis XVI style rosewood bureau plat writing
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Napoleon III Bureau Plat - Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning and very fine 19th century French Napoleon III bureau plat - writing desk. Masterfully
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

  • French Napoleon III Bureau Plat - Desk
  • French Napoleon III Bureau Plat - Desk
  • French Napoleon III Bureau Plat - Desk
  • French Napoleon III Bureau Plat - Desk
H 29.5 in. W 51.38 in. D 33.5 in.
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

French Rococo Style Bureau Plat
Located in Nordhavn, DK
An elegant French rococo style bureau plat writing desk made in walnut with ormolu accents
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

  • French Rococo Style Bureau Plat
  • French Rococo Style Bureau Plat
  • French Rococo Style Bureau Plat
  • French Rococo Style Bureau Plat
H 29.93 in. W 47.25 in. D 27.96 in.
Bodart Louis XV Mahogany and Gold Gilt Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk, Circa 1960s
By Jacques Bodart
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Provincial Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk By Jacques Bodart
Category

Vintage 1960s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Kindel Furniture French Louis XV Mahogany and Gold Gilt Bureau Plat Desk
By Kindel Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk By Kindel Furniture USA
Category

Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Leather Top Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Louis XV style fine deep rosewood bureau plat writing desk, the leather inset brass
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

  • Louis XV Leather Top Desk
  • Louis XV Leather Top Desk
  • Louis XV Leather Top Desk
  • Louis XV Leather Top Desk
H 30 in. W 65 in. D 32.5 in.
20th Century Impressive Writing Desk / Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive desk / Bureau Plat, 20th century Castle-like desk, solid wood. Engraved bronze
Category

20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

  • 20th Century Impressive Writing Desk / Bureau Plat
  • 20th Century Impressive Writing Desk / Bureau Plat
  • 20th Century Impressive Writing Desk / Bureau Plat
  • 20th Century Impressive Writing Desk / Bureau Plat
H 31.5 in. W 70.87 in. D 35.44 in.
André Arbus Sycamore Desk, Writing Table, Bureau Plat
By André Arbus
Located in Hollywood, FL
The rectangular top over 3 frieze drawers with finely crafted bronze pulls over square tapering legs terminating in sabots.
Category

Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

André Arbus Sycamore Desk, Writing Table, Bureau Plat
Located in Hollywood, FL
The rectangular top over 3 frieze drawers with finely crafted bronze pulls over square tapering legs terminating in sabots.
Category

Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Large Empire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat or Writing Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
A large Empire style mahogany bureau plat or writing desk with a dark green leather writing surface
Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XV Rococo Mahogany, Satinwood and Bureau Plat Executive Writing Desk
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage midcentury era Louis XV Rococo style executive writing desk made from mahogany, satinwood
Category

Vintage 1950s Spanish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

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 Louis Revival Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted wood bureau plat, Circa 1860 in
Category

Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Monumental French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French Empire ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat, circa 1870 in date. The
Category

Antique 1870s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Louis XV Style Bureau Plat or Writing Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Barntrup, DE
This fine Louis XV-style desk has a leather top framed by bronze borders. The writing desk is
Category

Vintage 1950s European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Nice Quality Embossed Leather Top Figured Walnut Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This French Louis XV style leather top desk with brass accents is made of the highest quality and
Category

Vintage 1950s European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

19th Century French Bureau Plat Parquetry Writing Table
Located in London, GB
This is an antique bureau plat parquetry writing table of French manufacture dating from Around
Category

Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Large Desk / Bureau-Plat by Jacob Kjær
By Jacob Kjaer
Located in Nordhavn, DK
Jacob Kjær (1896-1957) A rare one-of-a-kind freestanding Jacob Kjaer bureau-plat or desk
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

  • Large Desk / Bureau-Plat by Jacob Kjær
  • Large Desk / Bureau-Plat by Jacob Kjær
  • Large Desk / Bureau-Plat by Jacob Kjær
  • Large Desk / Bureau-Plat by Jacob Kjær
H 29.93 in. W 74.81 in. D 37.41 in.
Black Leather Top French Directoire Style Writing Desk Bureau Plat, Circa 1960
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful and very handsome vintage desk. The desk measures 51 wide x 27 inches deep x 30
Category

Vintage 1960s American Directoire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique French Renaissance Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Renaissance walnut desk ~ Bureau plat was found along the southern coast of France
Category

Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Kidney Desk Bureau Plat Antique Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
French style mahogany kidney shaped writing table. This wonderful writing table stands upon turned
Category

Antique Early 1900s Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

20th Century Elegant Veneered Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant veneered bureau plat or desk in Louis XV style Solid beechwood and veneer. Very fine
Category

20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

A French Louis XVI style three drawers writing desk or bureau plat, 19th C.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Louis XVI style three drawers writing desk or bureau plat. The desk has a leather top
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Wood

20th Century Empire Style Writing Table or Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
Writing table or bureau plat in Empire style after Jacob Desmalter. Solid, ebonized beech
Category

20th Century Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Dark Mahogany French Louis XVI Gilt Trim Brass Ormolu Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fantastic double side desk with one side having three drawers, each dovetailed and one
Category

Vintage 1950s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat in the style of the Louis XV Napoleon III Paris, circa 1850-1880. In Bois-Satiné
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Beech

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

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
Category

20th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

  • Royal desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
  • Royal desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
  • Royal desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
  • Royal desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
H 31.89 in. W 54.73 in. D 30.12 in.
Louis Cane, Bronze and Walnut Desk, Bureau Plat
By Louis Cane
Located in East Hampton, NY
Louis Cane, patinated bronze and oak bureau plat, c. 2001, France. The walnut parquet top over
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Early 2000s French Expressionist Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Henry Dasson Bureau Plat
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality French kingwood, ormolu-mounted bureau plat by Henry Dasson Having a three quarter
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

  • Henry Dasson Bureau Plat
  • Henry Dasson Bureau Plat
  • Henry Dasson Bureau Plat
  • Henry Dasson Bureau Plat
H 29 in. W 36 in. D 21 in.
Maison-Jansen Attributed French Leather, Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Vintage French leather top bureau plat desk with pull-out slides. The table extends 12.5" on each
Category

Vintage 1950s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Boulle Work Bureau Plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
A fine Régence style Bureau plat in the Manner of André-Charles Boulle, inlaid all over with
Category

Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

  • Boulle Work Bureau Plat
  • Boulle Work Bureau Plat
  • Boulle Work Bureau Plat
  • Boulle Work Bureau Plat
H 30.5 in. W 61 in. D 31.5 in.
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
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood

  • French Kingwood Bureau Plat
  • French Kingwood Bureau Plat
  • French Kingwood Bureau Plat
  • French Kingwood Bureau Plat
H 31.5 in. W 73.23 in. D 38.98 in.
19th Century French Oak Barley Twist Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular 19th century French bureau plat writing table or desk featuring barley twist legs and
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A striking Victorian satinwood bureau plat, of shaped rectangular form inset with the original oval
Category

Antique 1850s English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Satinwood

  • Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
  • Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
  • Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
  • Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
H 30 in. W 62.75 in. D 35 in.
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

Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French mahogany Napoleon III desk or ‘bureau plat’ with brass details and trim to the panels and
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI style (19th-20th century) gilt bronze mounted 3-drawer bureau plat desk having a center
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Table / Bureau Plat
Located in Madrid, ES
A 19th century Louis XVI style French writing table or desk, known as a "bureau plat”. It has a
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Baker French Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
Baker Furniture Company French Louis XV style chinoiserie desk, writing table or bureau plat. This large
Category

20th Century American Chinoiserie Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood, Leather

19th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
Castle worthy desk, solid wood. Rosewood veneer edged by finely engraved brass fittings. On angled
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Elegant antique Louis XV Style Veneered lady Bureau Plat / Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
Exclusive Louis XV style ladies bureau plat/desk Solid beech wood with exotic root veneer
Category

20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
writing desk, or bureau plat, is a stunning 19th century example of this treasured decorative art
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

  • Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
  • Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
  • Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
  • Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
H 32 in. W 53 in. D 31 in.
Stamped Maurice Hirsch Louis XVI Ebonized Desk Bureau Plat, 1960s
By Maurice Hirsch
Located in Paris, IDF
sleek rectangular bureau plat shape, fluted feet with brass sabots and handles, this desk is typical of
Category

Vintage 1960s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

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
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Beech

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
Category

Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

  • Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
  • Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
  • Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
  • Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
H 30.25 in. W 60 in. D 31.5 in.
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Bureau Plat Writing Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the bureau plat writing desk you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and animal skin, every bureau plat writing desk was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a bureau plat writing desk, we have 879 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer bureau plat writing desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A bureau plat writing desk made by Louis XV designers — as well as those associated with Louis XVI — is very popular. A well-made bureau plat writing desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Baker Furniture Company, Maison Jansen and François Linke are consistently popular.

How Much is a Bureau Plat Writing Desk?

The average selling price for a bureau plat writing desk at 1stDibs is $7,738, while they’re typically $1,140 on the low end and $184,500 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.