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Louis XV Ebonized and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Louis XV Ebonized and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat

Louis XV Ebonized and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat

Located in New York, NY

Louis XV ebonized and ormolu mounted bureau plat French, 19th century Measures: Height: 30 3/4 in

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Fine French Ebonized and Brass Inlaid Bureau Plat by Etienne Vieux
Fine French Ebonized and Brass Inlaid Bureau Plat by Etienne Vieux

Fine French Ebonized and Brass Inlaid Bureau Plat by Etienne Vieux

By Etienne Vieux

Located in Sheffield, MA

A fine French ebonized and brass inlaid bureau plat By Etienne Vieux Maitre, 1855-1880, circa

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Wood

Vintage Louis XV Style Ebonized Wood and Gilt Bronze Bureau
Vintage Louis XV Style Ebonized Wood and Gilt Bronze Bureau

Vintage Louis XV Style Ebonized Wood and Gilt Bronze Bureau

Located in Astoria, NY

A mid 20th century writing desk or bureau in ebonized wood with inset leather writing surface and

Category

20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Regency Style Ebonised and Gilt Writing Desk
19th Century Regency Style Ebonised and Gilt Writing Desk

19th Century Regency Style Ebonised and Gilt Writing Desk

Located in Troy, MI

Regency style writing desk in ebonised finish with locking center drawer and leather top, circa

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Neoclassical Ebonised Desk
Neoclassical Ebonised Desk

Neoclassical Ebonised Desk

Located in London, GB

An ebonised and brown leather top bureau plat France, Circa 1940

Category

Vintage 1940s French Neoclassical Desks

Materials

Leather

Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Desk, Black with Gilded Bronze Details
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Desk, Black with Gilded Bronze Details

Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Desk, Black with Gilded Bronze Details

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Louis XV style bureau plat desk, black with gilded bronze details. Tooled leather top. Ebonized

Category

20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Louis XV Gilt-Bronze Mounted Ebonized Bureau Plat
Louis XV Gilt-Bronze Mounted Ebonized Bureau Plat

Louis XV Gilt-Bronze Mounted Ebonized Bureau Plat

Located in New York, NY

Louis XV gilt bronze mounted ebonized bureau plat Mid-19th century Measures: Height 31 ¼ in

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk
Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Located in Kent, Dover

A fine French Louis XVI style desk in ebonized walnut, with a leather top with Greek key border

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Desks and Writing Tables

Louis XV Style Ebonized Bureau Plat Attributed to Jansen
Louis XV Style Ebonized Bureau Plat Attributed to Jansen

Louis XV Style Ebonized Bureau Plat Attributed to Jansen

Located in Essex, MA

With beautiful brown leather inset top with fine gold tooling surrounded by an ebonized and bronze

Category

Antique 1760s French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Wood

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk
Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Located in Kent, Dover

A fine French Louis XVI style desk in ebonized walnut, with a leather top with Greek key border

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Desks and Writing Tables

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk
Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Located in Kent, Dover

A fine French Louis XVI style desk in ebonized walnut, with a leather top with Greek key border

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk
Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Located in Kent, Dover

A fine French Louis XVI style desk in ebonized walnut, with a leather top with Greek key border

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk
Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Located in Kent, Dover

A fine French Louis XVI style desk in ebonized walnut, with a leather top with Greek key border

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk
Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Located in Kent, Dover

A fine French Louis XVI style desk in ebonized walnut, with a leather top with Greek key border

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk
Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Located in Kent, Dover

A fine French Louis XVI style desk in ebonized walnut, with a leather top with Greek key border

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk
Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Fine Louis XVI Style Desk

Located in Kent, Dover

A fine French Louis XVI style desk in ebonized walnut, with a leather top with Greek key border

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Maison Jansen Desk
Maison Jansen Desk

Maison Jansen Desk

Located in Stamford, CT

A beautiful French writing desk, circa 1940s, overall ebonized and parcel-gilded, the gilt banded

Category

Vintage 1940s Argentine Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Louis XIV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Boulle Inlay Writing Desk
Louis XIV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Boulle Inlay Writing Desk

Louis XIV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Boulle Inlay Writing Desk

By André-Charles Boulle

Located in London, GB

This splendid writing desk is an example of skilled craftsmanship of the highest order, and

Category

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

Materials

Ormolu, Pewter, Bronze

Mid-Century French Telephone Table
Mid-Century French Telephone Table

Mid-Century French Telephone Table

Located in Austin, TX

French Mid-Century Modern period telephone table on a chrome pedestal base. Ebonized wood lacquered

Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Chrome

Antique French Directoire Writing Table
Antique French Directoire Writing Table

Antique French Directoire Writing Table

Located in Austin, TX

Antique French Directoire style writing desk of mahogany, ebonized with a lustrous French polish

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

A Fine Black Louis XVI Style Leather Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat ca. 1950
A Fine Black Louis XVI Style Leather Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat ca. 1950

A Fine Black Louis XVI Style Leather Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat ca. 1950

By Maurice Hirsch

Located in Shippensburg, PA

EBONIZED TOOLED-LEATHER BUREAU PLAT IN THE NEOCLASSICAL TASTE France, circa 1940 Attributed to

Category

20th Century French Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

A Louis XV Style Ebonized Writing Table in the Manner of Jansen
A Louis XV Style Ebonized Writing Table in the Manner of Jansen

A Louis XV Style Ebonized Writing Table in the Manner of Jansen

Located in New York, NY

A Louis XV style ebonized writing table with cabriole legs and bronze pulls having two drawers in

Category

Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Wood

Louis XV Ebonized Bureaux Plat
Louis XV Ebonized Bureaux Plat

Louis XV Ebonized Bureaux Plat

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Superb Louis XV ebonised bureau plat with original leather and a good patina. This bureau plat has drawers on both sides and its original key. With fine ormolu mounts all around.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Metal

Ebonised and Brass Mounted French Bureau Plat
Ebonised and Brass Mounted French Bureau Plat

Ebonised and Brass Mounted French Bureau Plat

By Maison Jansen

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

A mid-20th century French ebonized and brass-mounted bureau plat of the style and quality

Category

Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat

Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat

By Maison Jansen

Located in Stamford, CT

Louis XVI style ormolu mounted ebonized bureau plat having gilt tooled leather top. In the manner

Category

20th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Leather

Charles X Gilt Bronze Mounted Ebonized Walnut Inkstand
Charles X Gilt Bronze Mounted Ebonized Walnut Inkstand

Charles X Gilt Bronze Mounted Ebonized Walnut Inkstand

Located in Kittery Point, ME

Of circular form with round cast and chased serpent handle on a baluster stem and circular base mounted with paired turned rings enclosing three cylindrical cut glass containers alte...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Inkwells

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Neoclassical French Marquetry Writing Table
19th Century Neoclassical French Marquetry Writing Table

19th Century Neoclassical French Marquetry Writing Table

Located in Dallas, TX

Featuring an ebonized walnut backdrop providing a canvas for the intricate marquetry detail, this

Category

Antique 1880s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Satinwood, Walnut

French Louis XV Red Leather Top "Bureau Plat"
French Louis XV Red Leather Top "Bureau Plat"

French Louis XV Red Leather Top "Bureau Plat"

Located in Austin, TX

Antique French Louis XV style "bureau plat" (writing desk) of ebonized rosewood with a lustrous

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Ebonised Bureau Plat
19th Century French Ebonised Bureau Plat

19th Century French Ebonised Bureau Plat

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

19th century French ebonised bureau plat with brass mouldings, fluted legs and nicely worn original

Category

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

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Ebonized Bureau Plat, 18th Century
Louis XV Ebonized Bureau Plat, 18th Century

Louis XV Ebonized Bureau Plat, 18th Century

Located in Westwood, NJ

Louis XV Ebonized Leather Top Bronze Mounted Buerau Plat

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks

Louis XV Gilt Mounted Ebonized and Marquetry Table
Louis XV Gilt Mounted Ebonized and Marquetry Table

Louis XV Gilt Mounted Ebonized and Marquetry Table

Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL

A beautifully marquetry inlaid center or writing table. This highly polished ebony case piece is decorated with gilt metal, late 19th century.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Metal

Antique French Boulle Writing Box
Antique French Boulle Writing Box

Antique French Boulle Writing Box

Located in Northampton, GB

Edged In Brass From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this French Boulle Writing

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Large French Ebonised Bureau Plat
Large French Ebonised Bureau Plat

Large French Ebonised Bureau Plat

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Very smart French Empire ebonised desk. This desk retains its original worn rouge leather inset

Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Brass

French Louis XVI Leather-Top "Bureau"
French Louis XVI Leather-Top "Bureau"

French Louis XVI Leather-Top "Bureau"

Located in Austin, TX

French antique, Louis XVI style "bureau" desk of solid mahogany, ebonized with a lustrous French

Category

Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Boulle Cut Brass Inlaid Inkstand
19th Century French Boulle Cut Brass Inlaid Inkstand

19th Century French Boulle Cut Brass Inlaid Inkstand

Located in London, GB

This is a lovely antique French ebonised cut brass Boulle work encrier, circa 1840 in date and

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Period Desk in the Manner of Andre Arbus
Art Deco Period Desk in the Manner of Andre Arbus

Art Deco Period Desk in the Manner of Andre Arbus

Located in Austin, TX

French vintage desk in solid, ebonized elm, in the manner of Andre Arbus. Three dovetailed drawers

Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks

Materials

Brass

French Art Deco Period Ebonized Desk or Vanity
French Art Deco Period Ebonized Desk or Vanity

French Art Deco Period Ebonized Desk or Vanity

Located in Austin, TX

Elegant French Art Deco period vanity or desk of ebonized fruitwood, finished on all sides with a

Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Vanities

Materials

Brass

Ebonised Bureau Plat Stamped Jansen
Ebonised Bureau Plat Stamped Jansen

Ebonised Bureau Plat Stamped Jansen

Located in London, GB

An early 20th century ebonised bureau plat with tan leather writing surface and bronze mounts, all atop tapering legs and bronze sabots. Stamped Jansen.

Category

Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

French Napoleon III Ebonized Console Table/Desk, France, 19th Century
French Napoleon III Ebonized Console Table/Desk, France, 19th Century

French Napoleon III Ebonized Console Table/Desk, France, 19th Century

Located in New York, NY

desk. Traditional ebonized finish. Green leather top. Classic decorative bronze details. When

Category

Antique 19th Century French Console Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Bureau Plat
19th Century Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Bureau Plat

19th Century Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Bureau Plat

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

An exceptionally fine example of late 19th Century French chinoiserie on a handsome and grand scale

Category

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

Materials

Leather

A Large Ebonised and Ormolu Mounted Bureauplat, 19th Century
A Large Ebonised and Ormolu Mounted Bureauplat, 19th Century

A Large Ebonised and Ormolu Mounted Bureauplat, 19th Century

Located in ARMADALE, VIC

Large Ebonised and Ormolu Mounted Bureauplat, 19th Century Provenance: Private Italian Collection. Description: The black lacquered and ormolu mounted bureauplat...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

An Ebonised Bureau Plat Attributed to Jansen
An Ebonised Bureau Plat Attributed to Jansen

An Ebonised Bureau Plat Attributed to Jansen

By Maison Jansen

Located in London, GB

An mid-20th century ebonised bureau plat of small proportions with Morocco leather writing surface, gilt tooled. Below two drawers, all supported fluted, tapering feet, terminating i...

Category

Mid-20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

A Rare Bourdon and Richards Clock Barometer
A Rare Bourdon and Richards Clock Barometer

A Rare Bourdon and Richards Clock Barometer

Located in Amersham, GB

of the clock. The French engineer Eugene Bourdon (1808-1884) was an early rival of Lucien Vidie, the

Category

Antique 1850s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass, Enamel, Steel

A Rare Bourdon and Richards Clock Barometer
A Rare Bourdon and Richards Clock Barometer

A Rare Bourdon and Richards Clock Barometer

Located in Amersham, GB

of the clock. The French engineer Eugene Bourdon (1808-1884) was an early rival of Lucien Vidie, the

Category

Antique 1850s French Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass, Enamel, Steel

Ebonized Secretary Desk on fluted legs
Ebonized Secretary Desk on fluted legs

Ebonized Secretary Desk on fluted legs

Located in New York, NY

Ebonized Secretary Desk on fluted legs

Category

20th Century French Secretaires

French Ebonized Console Table or Desk with Gilt Glass Top Jansen Style
French Ebonized Console Table or Desk with Gilt Glass Top Jansen Style

French Ebonized Console Table or Desk with Gilt Glass Top Jansen Style

By Maison Jansen

Located in Stamford, CT

French ebonized console table or desk with gilt glass top Jansen style. Bringing Hollywood Regency

Category

Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Console Tables

French Empire Desk Armchair
French Empire Desk Armchair

French Empire Desk Armchair

Located in Austin, TX

Antique French Empire style desk armchair with tan leather seat, finely cast bronze décor and claw

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Empire Armchairs

Materials

Bronze

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French Desk Ebonized For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic French desk ebonized available at 1stDibs. A French desk ebonized — often made from wood, metal and animal skin — can elevate any home. Find 341 options for an antique or vintage French desk ebonized now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer French desk ebonized, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each French desk ebonized bearing Louis XVI, Louis XV or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made French desk ebonized over the years, but those crafted by Maison Jansen, Baker Furniture Company and Marcel Breuer are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a French Desk Ebonized?

A French desk ebonized can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,400, while the lowest priced sells for $587 and the highest can go for as much as $108,928.
Questions About French Desk Ebonized
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023
    In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.