French Tambour Desk
Antique French Walnut Tambour Top Desk
Located in Denton, TX
Rare 19th century French walnut roll top desk in the style of Louis XV. The tambour door locks with
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Art Deco Ebonized Pearwood Two-Tier Tambour Top Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco ebonized pearwood writing desk with a tambour roll top upper section concealing four pairs
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20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather, Fruitwood
French Arts and Crafts Oak Stationary Box with Tambour
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French Arts and Crafts oak stationary box with Tambour
This very attractive French Box is made
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Antique Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Desk Sets
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Bureau a Cylindre Gentleman's Desk
Located in Forney, TX
cylinder desk features a tambour roll top, opening to reveal an interior gallery fitted with small drawers
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 44.25 in W 51.5 in D 24.25 in
Antique French Louis XVI Desk Cabinet Fine Kingwood Parquetry
Located in Rochester, NY
jour (in French, bonheur-du-jour, meaning "daytime delight") is a type of lady's writing desk. It was
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Bronze
Bonheur Du Jour Cylinder Desk Louis XVI Style
By Paul Sormani
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
creativity.
The piece features profuse brass inlay and a rolling tambour desk top.
On opening the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Writing Desk by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New Orleans, LA
desk by François Linke, the most important French ébéniste of his time. Linke is celebrated for
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Parquetry Bureau a Rognon
Located in Montreal, QC
surface is enclosed by a pair of tambour shutters which, when rolled back, reveal small drawers. The desk
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Kingwood & Parquetry Bureau à Cylindre Attributed To F.Linke
By François Linke
Located in Dublin, IE
Cylindre attributed to Francoise Linke, the alabastro a pecorella marble top above a tambour enclosing an
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks
Materials
Ormolu
H 48.23 in W 46.26 in D 27.96 in
19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Exhibition Bureau a Cylindre by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in New York, NY
flowers, sunflowers and acanthus leaves, the shutter tambour opening to reveal an interior fitted with six
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 48 in W 61 in D 32 in
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
by a pierced guilloche acanthus gallery above three frieze drawers and a tambour with a berried
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 49 in W 56 in D 32 in
19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau, After Francoise Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style Mahogany tambour bureau, having a
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Cylinder Bureau
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
bronze mounts 'PB'.
The top of Sarrancolin marble above a tambour with a central mount depicting
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Exceptional Regency Bonheur Du Jour Attributed to John Maclean
Located in Lymington, GB
Fine early 19th century rosewood and brass-inlaid bonheur du jour or writing desk, of the highest
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Rare Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Desk/Cabinet By François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A Very Rare Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Desk/Cabinet By François Linke
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Cabinets
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Rococo Revival Marquetry Secretaire a Abattant
Located in London, GB
Dating from around 1850, this is a wonderful antique French Rococo Revival Secretaire a Abattant
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Antique 1850s French Rococo Revival Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Credenza
Located in Forney, TX
An extraordinary, very fine quality, circa 1920s French gilt bronze ormolu mounted mahogany, burled
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Credenzas
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
H 40 in W 22.25 in D 62.25 in
A Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Sheffield, MA
& parquetry throughout, with tambour shutters revealing a re-fitted interior with 6 graduating drawers, all
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Cabinets
H 41 in W 38 in D 20 in
Dutch-Colonial 18th Century Small Children's or Ladies Bureau with Silver Mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
. 39 cm
The tambour desk or bureau a` cilindre came into fashion in the Dutch East Indies of the
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Antique 18th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Children's Furniture
Materials
Wood
H 50.99 in W 27.56 in D 15.36 in
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H 43.5 in W 38.75 in D 17 in
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Located in Westwood, NJ
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Antique Roll Top Desk Mahogany Bureau, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
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Located in East Hampton, NY
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18th Century French Louis XV Walnut Desk Secretary from Provence
Located in Dallas, TX
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Heavily Carved Oak Desk Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand carved in northern France circa 1860, the "secretaire a abattants" is both stylish and functional. The writing desk is crafted from solid oak wood and stands on cabriole legs en...
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J. Wade Beam "Ponte" Lacquered Desk
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern high gloss navy blue "Ponte" desk with an oval top having a glass top & a single drawer supported on a single side round pedestal base with two drawers. (J. WADE B...
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Rare Diminutive Mahogany Hepplewhite Desk with Tambour Doors, MA, circa 1795
Located in Providence, RI
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18th French Satinwood and Marquetry Inlaid Desk
Located in London, GB
A French satinwood and marquetry inlaid Bonheure du Jour, late 18th century. The upper portion
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French Louis XVI Style Parquetry Desk, circa 1900
Located in Fulton, CA
tambour storage cabinets. Beautiful original finish with warm glow to patina. Desk top measures 30.5" in
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
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Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Writing Desk by Beurdeley, France, Circa 1880
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Pasadena, CA
-eighteenth century entitled Le Tambour de Basque and Le Tambourin by J. Guelard after designs by Christophe
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Antique Late 19th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
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H 29.5 in W 21.25 in D 13.25 in
19th Century French Brass Inlay Rosewood Writing Desk with Cylinder Roll Top
Located in South Newfane, VT
Exquisitely detailed late 18th century French rosewood Campaign style writing desk, inlaid with
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks
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H 34.75 in W 25.25 in D 17 in
George III Period Mahogany and Inlaid Bonheur du Jour
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
two banks of five graduated drawers flanking a central tambour fronted cupboard all above a fold out
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Antique 1770s British Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
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French Directoire Period, Two-Part Bureau Cylindre
Located in Charleston, SC
An important and rare example of a French Directoire period, mahogany and fruitwood, two-part
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
FRENCH INLAID TAMBOUR PULL OUT DESK
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Located in Bridgehampton, NY
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Located in Winter Park, FL
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Located in London, GB
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By SNSA
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Located in Winter Park, FL
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French Tambour Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic French tambour desk available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and oak, every French tambour desk was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer French tambour desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right French tambour desk, those designed in Louis XVI, Arts and Crafts and Louis XV styles are of considerable interest.
How Much is a French Tambour Desk?
Prices for a French tambour desk can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $856 and can go as high as $12,750, while the average can fetch as much as $3,500.
Questions About French Tambour Desk
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In 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.
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