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French Bureau Plat / Desk in Louis XV, Paris, circa 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
French Bureau plat / desk in Louis XV, Paris, circa 1880.
Solid beech wood veneer. Extremely
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Bureau Plat Desk Kingwood Antiques
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This quality bureau plat stands upon elegant shaped legs with ormolu mounts.
circa 1930
The
Category
Vintage 1930s Desks
Materials
Kingwood
French Bureau Plat Desk, Empire Dummy Partners Desks
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous French Empire bureau plat
Classic French antique desk in kingwood with ormolu fixtures
Category
Vintage 1930s French Empire Desks
Materials
Kingwood
20th Century Louis XV Style French Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
Monumental French bureau plat in Louis XV style.
Tulip veneer on solid pinewood. Cube marquetry
Category
20th Century Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass
Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk According to Andre C. Boulle
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Three-wheeled frame base with wide knee-section on four cabriole legs with forward looking, imposing Espagnolet...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk antique According to Andre C. Boulle bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-imprinted leather insert, flanked by a grotesque mask on each c...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 30.32 in W 59.06 in D 32.68 in
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 in finely chiseled brass fittings. Slightly protruding tabletop with profiled decora...
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
H 29.53 in W 40.95 in D 18.9 in
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
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
Antique French Inlaid Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
An absolutely exquisite antique French inlaid bureau plat desk. This was made in France, it dates
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
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
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
Boulle Bureau Plat Desk French Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Beautiful library size French bureau plat in the Boulle manner
Great size to this desk perfect for
Category
Vintage 1970s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
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
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 Bureau Plat
Located in Wilson, NC
French bureau plat, the drawers cross banded with boxwood string inlay surrounding four book
Category
Vintage 1920s French Desks
Materials
Brass
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
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
19th Century French Renaissance Barley Twist Desk ~ Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Renaissance Barley Twist Desk ~ Bureau Plat is a splendid example of the period
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Ta...
Materials
Oak
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
French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
, allowing this bureau plat to be freestanding, the cabriole legs with sabot feet headed by female masks
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Rococo Style Bureau Plat
Located in Kastrup, 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
Antique French Mahogany & Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French bureau plat writing desk offers shaped mahogany construction with paneled case
Category
Early 20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Shaped Boulle Bureau Plat Desk French Interiors
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant French bureau plat in the Boulle manner
The first thing that really attracted us to this
Category
Vintage 1980s Desks
Materials
Brass
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
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
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
Neoclassical Bureau Plat, France around 1800
Located in Greding, DE
French bureau plat on square tapered legs with brass sabots and small castors. The desk is veneered
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Famous French Bureau Plat or Desk Napoleon III, circa 1870
Located in Berlin, DE
Famous French bureau plat or desk Napoleon III, circa 1870
In Bois Satiné veneer, mirror veneer
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Large French Empire Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A fine large sized flat desk otherwise referred to as a "bureau de ministre" or ministers flat desk
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis Revival Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted amaranth bureau plat, Circa
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Bureau Plat Style Italian 3 Drawer Desk, Bronze Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
French Bureau Plat style Italian 3 Drawer Desk, Bronze Mounts
Offered for sale is a fine-quality
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century French Empire style bureau plat, or executive desk, with five dovetailed
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style French Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century French desk with the original tooled leather top now aged to perfection
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks
Materials
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
Category
Vintage 1920s Desks
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century French Ladies Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French, ormolu mounted Kingwood veneered small ladies bureau
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Porcelain, Mahogany
Regency Style Bureau Plat Desk with Bronze Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine Bureau Plat with Parquety top and bronze figures all in excellent conditions.
Category
Antique 1890s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bureau Plat, French, Walnut, Writing Desk, Louis XV Revival, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau plat. A French, walnut and boxwood writing desk in Louis XV revival taste
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Boxwood, Walnut
H 30.71 in W 36.23 in D 20.28 in
Late 19th Century French Mahogany Louis XV Style Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 19th century French 'bureau plat' or writing desk, each pedestal with two drawers and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
20th Century Imperial French Bureau Plat or Desk by Charles Boulle
Located in Berlin, DE
Imperial French bureau plat or desk by Charles Boulle
This model was built by the most important
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
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
Antique French Ladies Desk Bureau Plat Circa 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Wonderful French antique ladies desk in walnut
- Circa 1890
- Hand carved details on drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
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
Category
Early 2000s French Expressionist Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
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
H 32.29 in W 71.66 in D 36.23 in
French Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Desk or Bureau Plat By Baker
Located in Houston, TX
French Louis XV Style chinoiserie desk or Bureau plat By Baker.
Outstanding and unusual 20th
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20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Antique Art Deco Macassar Bureau Plat Writing Desk circa 1930
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ART DECO MACASSAR EBONY, PARCHMENT AND BRASS BUREAU PLAT
Likely French, circa 1930
Item # 111PZN03Z
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Regence Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 18th century French Regence Bureau Plat. Four drawers, with pieced leather top with
Category
Antique 18th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
French Louis XV Style Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage midcentury French walnut bureau plat with parquetry top & pull outs on each side. Bronze
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
-drawer bureau plat attributed to Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). The shaped rectangular top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality small late 19th century French Boulle inlaid bureau plat, having an inset leather
Category
Antique 19th Century 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
Louis XV Style French Kingwood Parquetry and Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat 'Desk'
By Jean-Pierre Latz
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 19th century French Bureau Plat in kingwood and amaranth parquetry with three drawers to one
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
An 18th century
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31.11 in W 40.95 in D 29.14 in
French Linke Influenced Bureau Plat, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat, in the manner of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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
French Louis XV Bureau Plat Desk or Writing Table with Embossed Leather
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An outstanding French Louis XV desk having embossed leather top and a faux front on its back so
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 29.5 in W 55 in D 27.25 in
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
French Louis XIV Kingwood, Mahogany, Ormolu & Satinwood Bureau Plat Desk 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French Louis XIV style writing desk offers kingwood and mahogany construction with satinwood
Category
20th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
H 31 in W 43 in D 25 in
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French Bureau Plat Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic French bureau plat desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and animal skin, every French bureau plat desk was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a French bureau plat desk — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A French bureau plat desk, designed in the Louis XV, Louis XVI or Empire style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made French bureau plat desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Maison Jansen, François Linke and Paul Sormani are consistently popular.
How Much is a French Bureau Plat Desk?
Prices for a French bureau plat desk start at $1,295 and top out at $247,737 with the average selling for $8,500.
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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