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Antique Fall Front Bureau, Scottish, Writing Desk, Georgian Revival, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fall front bureau. A Scottish, mahogany writing desk in Georgian revival taste
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 41.15 in W 38.39 in D 20.87 in
An Exceptional 19th Century Irish Fall Front Bureau by Butlers of Dublin
By Butler's of Dublin
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional 19th Century Irish, finely carved and richly patinated mahogany fall front bureau by
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Desks
Materials
Brass
19th c. Swedish Rococo Painted Fall Front Desk
Located in Wichita, KS
A 19th century Swedish fall-front bureau in the Rococo style wearing beautiful black paint, circa
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Rococo Desks
Materials
Wood, Paint
French marquetry inlaid Ladies bureau, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
and mirror above. A fall front bureau opening to reveal compartments within, drawers and an inset
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early 18th Century French Petite Secretaire or Bureau with Projecting Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 18th-century French dark wood secretary or fall-front bureau cabinet with charming
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Wood
H 65 in W 27.5 in D 16 in
18th c. Swedish Gustavian Period Painted Fall Front Desk
Located in Wichita, KS
An 18th century Swedish fall-front bureau from the Gustavian period wearing beautiful black paint
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Victorian Walnut Ladies Desk, 1860
Located in Brighton, Sussex
either side, an inlaid fall front bureau, opening to reveal compartments, drawers and a well. Raised on
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Brighton, Sussex
French 19th Century ladies fall front bureau de dame, having wonderful Amboyna, veneers with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Bureau Desk Fall Front Japanning Tortoishell Gilding Chinoiserie
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, late-17th century / early-18th century, fall front bureau with gilded Chinoiserie Japanning
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Lacquer
18th Century Louis XV Bureau Italian Genoese Walnut Marquetry Drop-Front Desk
Located in Milan, IT
An exceptional Italian Genoese walnut veneered and inlaid fall front bureau secretaire desk, dating
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
H 44.1 in W 45.28 in D 21.66 in
Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730
Located in Portland, OR
A very rare antique Dutch Colonial V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company) fall front bureau/desk on
Category
Antique 1730s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 44 in W 38.25 in D 22.25 in
Georgian Mahogany Slant Front Bureau / Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
George III figured mahogany slant front bureau/desk. Fall has moulded edge and mahogany
Category
Antique 18th Century British George III Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
George II Staircase Fall Front Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A George II style flame mahogany bureau, the sloping fall enclosing a fitted interior of faux book
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George II Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Walnut Desk, Slant Front Desk, Drop Front Bureau, Scotland 1910
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Walnut Desk, Inlaid Walnut Slant Front Desk, Drop Front Bureau, Antique Furniture, Scotland
Category
Vintage 1910s Scottish Desks
Materials
Walnut
1930s Weimar Republic Bauhaus German Modernist Secretaire Bookcase Suite Walnut
By Georg Schoettle
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
doors. Below this, a fall front bureau section lined in maple, a small cupboard, a pair of drawers and a
Category
Vintage 1920s German Bauhaus Bookcases
Materials
Nickel
H 63 in W 160.64 in D 15.75 in
18th Century Chinese Export Lacquer Chinoiserie Bureau Desk for the Dutch Market
Located in Amsterdam, NL
made clear by its slightly organ-curved front. From 1730, these fall-front bureaus were quite popular
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Cypress, Lacquer
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H 46.46 in W 40.36 in D 24.81 in
18th Century Italian Drop Front Bureau Burl Walnut Marquetry Cabinet
Located in Milan, IT
An Italian bureau with flap dating back to the second half of 18th century. A slightly curved front
Category
Antique 1770s Italian Directoire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry, Walnut, Burl
H 39.77 in W 42.13 in D 20.87 in
Antique Georgian Oak Bureau Slant Front Desk, Scotland 1810, H802
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Georgian oak Bureau slant front desk, Scotland 1810, H802
Scotland 1810
Solid oak
Category
Antique 19th Century North American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian Inlaid Slant Front Desk Bureau, Scotland 1900, H227
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian Inlaid Slant front desk Bureau, Scotland 1900, H227
Scotland 1900
Solid walnut
Category
Antique Early 1900s Scottish Victorian Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Georgian Walnut Slant Front Desk, Bureau, Scotland 1810, H528
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Georgian walnut slant front desk, bureau, Scotland 1810, H528
Scotland 1810
Solid walnut
Category
Antique 1810s Scottish Georgian Desks
Materials
Walnut
Circa 1760-80 George III Period Slant Front Bureau, English
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1760-80 George III period slant front bureau, English. Deep rich Cuban mahogany timbers. The
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique Bureau Bookcase, Slant Front Desk, Bookcase Top, Scotland 1910, H244
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Bureau bookcase, Slant front desk, bookcase top, Scotland 1910, H244
Scotland 1910
Solid
Category
Vintage 1910s Scottish Bookcases
Materials
Oak
H 71.5 in W 30 in D 16 in
Antique English Inlaid Figured Mahogany Georgian Style Small Slant-Front Bureau
Located in Charleston, SC
-front bureau with handsome fitted interior and leather writing surface
Please note extraordinary
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English George III Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
H 41.5 in W 30 in D 18.5 in
Antique English Geo.III Inlaid Red Walnut Chipp. style "Adam" Slant Front Bureau
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Charleston, SC
"Adam" style, this is one of the most perfectly proportioned and well made slant front bureaus or desks
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Adam Style Desks
Materials
Leather, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut
H 40.5 in W 40.5 in D 21.5 in
Continental Oak Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
Continental oak bureau, the serpentine shaped top to the fall front opening to reveal a fitted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Desks
Materials
Oak
Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Cheshire, GB
- slides below. The bureau base has a lip-molded fall front on side lopers, enclosing a stepped interior of
Category
Early 20th Century British Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Bureau/ Commode
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Bureau/ Commode made of oak,walnut, fruitwood and maple. Fall front writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Dutch Bureau/Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Dutch Bureau/Desk polychrome painted with elaborate scrolls, dutch harbor and country scenes. Fall
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Small Oak Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A rare 18th century oak bureau of particularly small and diminutive proportions. the fall with a
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George II Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
18th Century Italian Bureau
Located in Kettering, GB
An 18th century Italian bureau with beautiful inlay detailing and a fall front that opens to form a
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique Figured Walnut Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality antique figured walnut bureau, having a fall front opening to a fitted
Category
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Walnut
George I Walnut Bureau
Located in Kettering, GB
A George I Walnut Bureau, a beautiful and very original example. The fall-front over two short and
Category
Antique 18th Century British George I Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Small Georgian Elm Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
figured
fall front enclosing drawers and pigeon holes over
two short and three long drawers with
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George I Desks
Materials
Elm
18th Century Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Stunning 18th C painted bureau with unusual serpentine fronted drawers and fall front. 1780
Category
Antique 18th Century German Desks
Materials
Oak
18th Century Mahogany Bureau
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 18th Century mahogany Georgian bureau, the hinged fall lifting down to reveal a
Category
Antique 1780s British Georgian Desks
Materials
Mahogany
George I Walnut Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality early 18th century George I walnut bureau, having a fall front opening
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Edwardian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
bookcase has a swan neck pediment to the top, over two glazed doors with a fall front below, opening to
Category
Antique 19th Century English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Small Georgian Mahogany Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
, Retaining Exceptional Untouched Colour And Patina Throughout, The Sloping Fall Front Enclosing Fitted
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Inlaid Bureau Bookcase
Located in Cheshire, GB
to reveal adjustable shelved interior. To the fall front, profusely inlaid with flowers and swags
Category
Early 20th Century British Bookcases
Materials
Wood
18th century Georgian bureau bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, GB
keys for the top section ,fall front and cubby hole .
It comes in two sections for transport .
Category
Antique 1780s English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
George III inlaid mahogany bureau
Located in Salisbury, GB
boards running front to back, rather than side to side.
The mahogany fall with shell inlay to each corner
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Walnut Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Located in Cheshire, GB
. The fall front encloses a fitted interior and inset writing surface having a long drawer below. All
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Walnut Inlaid Bureau de Dame
Located in Cheshire, GB
. The fall front encloses a fitted interior and inset writing surface. All raised up on four slender
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Georgian Oak Bureau
Located in Billingshurst, GB
a fall front flap good writing surface. The interior has eight drawers and one central door with two
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Georgian Bureau Bookcase Mahogany Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase.
Standing on Bracket Feet with an arrangement of 2
Category
Vintage 1980s Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
, both opening to reveal adjustable shelves. Below this is the bureau section, with a fall front, opening
Category
Antique 19th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
English Satinwood Painted Bureau Bookcase
Located in Bradenton, FL
two adjustable shelves for display, a fall front opening to reveal a fully fitted interior, over two
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Sheraton Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
A miniature George III mahogany bureau
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A miniature George III mahogany bureau, of rectangular form with a fall front and fitted secretaire
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George II Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Early 18th Century Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 18th century walnut bureau bookcase, the shaped cornice above a mirrored front bookcase with
Category
Antique 1740s British George II Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bombé Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
all over with various birds and flowers, butterflies etc. The fall front opens to reveal a nicely
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century George II Writing Bureau
Located in Dublin 8, IE
fall front enclosing six drawers above a shaped frieze incorporating scrolls flanking a central scallop
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Irish George II Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
cornice, two panel doors, a fall front and bombe shaped base. The wonderfully bold and fine quality inlaid
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Desks
Materials
Walnut
English Marquetry Inlaid Bureau De Dame
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
fall front enclosing a fitted interior with pigeon holes flanked by short drawers and a tooled leather
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Bureau Bookcase
Located in Martlesham, GB
, standing on bracket feet. The front, sides and inside of the bureau and bookcase lacquered depicting
Category
Vintage 1920s British Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century French Rosewood Bureau De Dame
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
gallery above a fall front, decoratively inlaid with marquetry, opening to reveal a fitted interior
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
18th century Norwegian carved oak bureau bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
open to 5 shelves and 4 fitted drawers. Fall front with matching carvings opens to reveal a fully
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Norwegian Baroque Revival Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Early 19th century carved mahogany bureau bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
work, 3 adjustable shelves. Harvest and musical decoration carved in the solid on the front of the fall
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Glass
French 19th Century Ladies bureau, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
doors above, a fall front opening to reveal drawers and pigeon holes within and an inset velvet writing
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Miniature George III Mahogany Bureau Apprentice Piece
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A miniature George III mahogany bureau apprentice piece, of rectangular form with a fall front and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century European George III Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Walnut Queen Anne Period Writing Bureau
Located in Cheltenham, GB
configuration includes a well, adding both practicality and charm to this piece. The fall front gracefully
Category
Antique Early 18th Century British Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Walnut
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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the fall front bureau you’re looking for. A fall front bureau — often made from wood, metal and oak — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer fall front bureau, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A fall front bureau is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XVI, Arts and Crafts and Georgian styles are sought with frequency.
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