French Tortoise Wood Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Partners Desk or Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Tortoise wood Louis XVI style Maison Jansen partners desk or bureau plat. The finest of quality and gilt metal bronze mounts are seen on this stunning monumental partners desk that c...
Wood
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor: An Exquisite Ormolu and Églomisé Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
One such masterpiece is the Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Verre Églomisé Mirrored and Leather Lined Bureau Plat Desk, believed to be crafted by Maison Jansen around 1938, owned ...
Bronze, Ormolu
$17,596Sale Price|20% Off
Dore' Bronze Mounted Signed Maison Jansen Leather Blue-Green Bureau Plat Desk
By Maurice Hirch
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is an extraordinary desk by Maurice Hirch, a famous French designer made for Maison Jansen of Paris. The desk is solid mahogany that was stained a beautiful blue-green hue. The ...
Bronze
Directoire Style Gold Mirrored Top Desk by Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
A very sleek directoire style gold mirrored top bureau plat by Jansen. Bronze mounted with two drawers.
Wood, Mirror
Maison Jansen Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Long Island City, NY
A handsome French writing desk with five drawers and two pull-out extensions. Gilt and ebonized wood, with faux bamboo legs and brass hardware. The top wears its original embossed le...
Brass
20th Century Maison Jansen Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Fabulous black lacquered and ormolu mounted bureau plat, attributed to Maison Jansen. A chic double-sided free-standing bureau writing table.
Ormolu
Maison Jansen Bureau Plat Desk, Mid-Century Modern, French
By Maison Jansen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Maison Jansen French ebonized Louis XVI style bureau plat.
Bronze
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...
Brass
Louis XVI Style Bronze-Mounted Bureau Plat by Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XVI style bronze-mounted bureau plat. This wonderfully bronze-mounted and ebonized desk having tapering legs support a desk top writing surface.
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H 29.93 in W 59.06 in D 29.93 in
Stamped Maison Jansen Louis XVI Ebonized Desk Bureau Plat, 1950s
By Maison Jansen
Located in Paris, IDF
With its sleek rectangular bureau plat shape, fluted feet with brass sabots, rich gilt bronze decorations, this desk is typical of the French neoclassical work of Maison Jansen, Loui...
Brass, Bronze
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.
Wood
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H 30.5 in W 63 in L 30.5 in
French Maison Jansen Stainless Steel Nickel-Plated Bronze Desk or Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Lot 84 property from the estate of Nancy Ann chandler (lots 48-94) A French ormolu-mounted steel bureau plat Second half 20th century Price realised USD 28,750.
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H 30.5 in W 48.5 in D 25.5 in
Louis XVI Maison Jansen Style Bronze Mounted Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
A Spectacular Fully Refurbished Louis XVI Maison Jansen Style Bronze Mounted Writing Desk or Bureau Plat / Vanity.
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H 30.5 in W 78.75 in D 39.25 in
Fine Maison Jansen French Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat or Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Birmingham, AL
An exceptional mid-20th century Maison Jansen attributed French Louis XVI style bureau plat or desk, circa 1930s.
Brass
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H 29.5 in W 64 in L 29.5 in
Signed Maison Jansen Leather Top Louis XVI Directoire Writing Desk Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous signed Maison Jansen desk from France. The desk is made of solid walnut and has subtle brass details and wonderful design. The beautiful original leather top has g...
Walnut
Jansen Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in Doylestown, PA
A nicely proportioned Louis XVI-style writing desk by Jansen, circa 1940, in black lacquer with brass mounts and hardware and a cream colored tooled leather writing surface and pull-...
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 and quality level of Maison Jansen.
Leather
Ebonized Leather Top Bureau Plat Stamped JANSEN
Located in Stamford, CT
A very charming ebonized and bronze mounter French Louis XVI style partner's desk, circa 1940s, tooled black leather top over a frieze fitted with three drawers, standing on tapering...
Bronze
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 associated with Maison Jansen manufacture during this period.
Brass
Elegant Bureau Plat Desk with Brass Hardware
By Maison Jansen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Bureau Plat Desk with Brass Hardware, in the style of Maison Jansen, French, circa 1950's.
Brass
Elegant Bureau Plat Desk with Brass Hardware
By Maison Jansen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Bureau Plat Desk with Brass Hardware, in the style of Maison Jansen, French, circa 1950's.
Brass
Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat Desk, circa 1940
By Maison Jansen
Located in Doylestown, PA
A very nice Louis XVI Style bureau plat in matte ebonized wood, with brass trim and mounts, retaining its original hardware and tooled brown leather top. The desk is finished on the...
Wood, Leather
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 border, over a central drawer flanked by two pairs of drawers, the back with false ...
Wood
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H 30.25 in W 48.25 in D 24.5 in
Signed French Directoire Style Ebonized Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a stunning signed Maison Jansen bronze mounted ebonized lacquer bureau plat with a black leather top with gold embossed trim.
Bronze
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H 27.96 in W 63 in D 31.5 in
"Bureau Plat" desk in ebonized wood with gilt brass mounts and embossed leather
By Maison Jansen
Located in Madrid, España
"Bureau Plat" desk in ebonized wood with gilt brass mounts and embossed leather top - Atr.
Brass
Fine Quality 19th Century Louis XV Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
By Zwiener Jansen Successeur
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine quality 19th century French Louis XV bureau plat. Fine gilt bronze mounts. Original leather top.
Kingwood
Jansen Stamped Etched Mirror with Ebony Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Amazing Ebony Painted Louis XVI Style Desk with etched mirror Desk - Bureau Plat. Stamped Jansen. Bronze hardware. A similar desk having in Sotheby's April 3, 2009 auction #NO8531 ...
Mirror
Russian Neoclassical Style Mahogany Desk by Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Attractive Russian Neoclassical style mahogany bureau plat by Jansen, circa 1940s, the embossed green leather writing surface and bronze trim top with pull-out slides, over an oblong...
Bronze
Jansen Neoclassical Style Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Handsome mahogany bureau plat with white leather top with Greek key hold embossed edge design.
Leather
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 side for a total of overall W 72.25" when slides are fully open.
Brass
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H 56.25 in W 57 in D 25 in
Maison Jansen Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Cartonnier with Lighted Sconces
By Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully detailed Louis XVI style bureau plat desk with side cabinet by Maison Jansen.
Gold Leaf
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H 29.5 in W 64 in D 38 in
Mahogany Maison Jansen Louis XVI Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Table Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Maison Jansen Louis XVI style leather top desk with three drawers and two slide out extensions. Extends to 94" W.
Brass
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H 29.14 in W 44.1 in D 20.48 in
Elegant "Bureau Plat" with His Green Leather Top by Maison Jansen, France, 1950
By Maison Jansen
Located in Brussels, BE
Elegant double -side "bureau plat"with his original green leather top.
Wood, Palisander
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Desk, Bronze Doré
By Maison Jansen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A French Louis XV style ebony and ormelu bureau plat. The desk is raised on elegant cabriole legs dressed in ormelu wraparound sabot and an ormelu band that continues up to a beautif...
Bronze
Elegant Black Lacquer and Brass French Style Desk or Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Black Lacquered French Style Bureau Plat or Desk, probably American, circa 1950s. It has recently been refinished in a black lacquer. The brass hardware and sabots retain the...
Metal, Brass
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H 29.5 in W 59 in D 31 in
Signed Maison Jansen Ebonized Leather-Top Bureau Plat Desk on Tapered Legs
Located in New York, NY
Signed Maison Jansen ebonized leather-top bureau plat desk on tapered legs ending in bronze sabots.
Bronze
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H 31.5 in W 64 in D 30 in
A French Louis XV Style Ebonized Bureau Plat in the Manner of Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
A French Louis XV style ormolu-mounted and ebonized fruitwood bureau plat, finished on four sides with five drawers in kneehole and 5 drawers on opposing sides, gilt tooled leather w...
Bronze
Large Scale French Maison Jansen Style Black Lacquered Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine large scale French Maison Jansen style black lacquered bureau plat desk. Nice green leather on the top of the desk.
Wood
Maison Jansen Bureau Plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Steel and gilded bronze bureau plat with glass plateau. Ball claw foot detail, lower cross stretchers with central medallion.
Steel
Jansen Mahogany Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Dallas, TX
Jansen mahogany bureau plat with inset leather top over three shaped drawers.
Bronze
Maison Jansen Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Paris, FR
Ebonized and black lacquered writing desk. Ormolu mounts and cabochon to the corners. Three drawers. One front with simulated drawers. Black inset leather top, France, 1940.
Mahogany And Inset Leather Paneled Bureau Plat By "Jansen"
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Mahogany and leather inset bureau plat with stenciled boreders and brass pulls.
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H 29.53 in W 43.31 in D 23.63 in
French Louis XV Style Lacquered Bureau-Plat Attributed To Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Paris, FR
French black lacquered Louis XV style bureau-plat with three drawers, decorated with Oriental court scenes. Top with a rounded rectangular ormolu-molded top inset with a gilt-toole...
Bronze
Signed Jansen Ebonized and Mirrored Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Ebonized and Mirrored Bureau Plat with Drawers to Front and Mirrored Back, Signed Jansen, Paris, Mid 20th Century 68.5 inches long x 33 inches deep x 31 inches high
Brass
A Directiore Style Ormolu Mounted Birch Bureau Plat, By Jansen
Located in Riverdale, NY
the quarter veneered rectangular top above a conforming shaped frieze fitted centrally with a drawer flanked by two graduated short drawers on molded square tapering legs with applie...
Louis XVI Style Bronze Mounted Mirrored Bureau Plat, by Jansen
Located in San Francisco, CA
The rectangular top with inset gilt embossed leather writing surface above long central drawer flanked two short drawers raised on tapered legs ending in brass caps; overall inset wi...
Wood, Mirror, Leather
A Louis XVI Style Black Lacquered Bureau Plat, by Jansen
Located in Riverdale, NY
the rectangular moulded top inset with a gilt-tooled green leather surface above a conforming paneled frieze fitted with three drawers on chamfered square tapering legs with bronze feet
$114,868
H 42.5 in W 76.5 in D 21.5 in
Rare English 'Grand Tour' Cabinet with 18th Century Italian Pietra Dura Panels
Located in London, GB
A Rare English 'Grand Tour' Cabinet with Florentine Pietra Dura Panels The 19th century black marble top inlaid with a central cartouche of Sicilian Jasper surrounded by Brocatelle...
Marble
$16,892 / set
H 85.83 in W 96.86 in D 27.17 in
An Early 20th Century Pair of French Neoclassical Style Bookshelves
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A pair of large neoclassical style gilt and painted pine open bookcases, early 20th century, circa 1900-1910, simulated Portor and Siena marble decor, each with a moulded cornice abo...
Pine
Pair of Regency Style Hall Benches
Located in Westwood, NJ
A pair of carved mahogany and parcel-gilt hall bench, the reeded solid seat with lapette carved and scroll end supports, loose button upholstered seat cushion, on turned fluted and t...
Mahogany
French Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Crafted with figured flame mahogany, this writing desk features a luxurious leather inlaid surface. The meticulously designed structure includes five drawers surrounding a generous k...
Wood
$99,095
H 101.19 in W 137.8 in D 19.3 in
19th Century Walnut Pair of Bookcases Boiserie de Bibliothèque
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A rare pair of heliocodal French Directoire library bookcases in solid walnut. This type of bookcases is also known as 'boiseries de Bibliothèque' as they often, together with pannel...
Walnut
$4,674
H 29.53 in W 59.85 in D 29.53 in
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, with four looking forward, imposing female busts on curly legs, on all sides scall...
Wood
Rare Egyptian Revival Carved and Inlaid Rosewood Loveseat
Located in Buffalo, NY
Egyptian Revival loveseat composed of hardwood inlaid with bone,ebony, Upholstered in a very rare felt hand stitched applique fabric in Egyptian motif,,original,The loveseat features...
Fabric, Bone, Hardwood, Ebony
Empire Style Painted Iron Bench, 19th Century, French
Located in El Monte, CA
A highly decorative and unique 19th century French empire painted and parcel gilt cast iron upholstered bench. Parcel gilt border is of a rich gold with warm red undertone painting ...
Iron
$18,000 / set
H 80 in W 23 in D 13 in
Hollywood Regency Palm Tree Wall Torchères, Dorothy Draper Inspired, US Wired
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Hollywood Regency Dorothy Draper inspired palm tree form wall torchères from the Midcentury, wired for the USA. This striking pair of Hollywood Regency Dorothy Draper inspi...
Wood
$76,799Sale Price|20% Off
W 187 in L 247 in
Palace-Size Antique Oushak Carpet, Turkish Handmade Oriental Rug Gray Blue Coral
Located in Port Washington, NY
West Anatolia is one of the largest weaving regions in Turkey. Since the 15th century, Turkish rugs have always been on top of the list for having fine oriental rugs. Oushak rugs su...
Wool
Pair of Early 19th Century French Boulle Cabinets
By Etienne Levasseur
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An important pair of early 19th century French cabinets, made by Pierre-Étienne Levasseur. gilt bronze mounted ebony and ebonised, cut-brass, pewter and faux tortoiseshell marquetry...
Brass
John Vesey Steel Bronze Neoclassical Library Table Desk
By John Vesey
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Glamorous and opulent 1960s stainless steel clad writing table, library table, or bureau plat desk designed by John Vesey (American 1924-1992). Made in the grand neoclassical French ...
Brass, Bronze
$36,758Sale Price|20% Off
H 44 in W 54 in D 2 in
Portrait of Putti Playing - French 17th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning French 17th century Old Master oil painting is by Baroque artist Laurent de la Hyre. It was painted circa 1645 and has excellent provenance from Christie's. The painti...
Oil
English Regency Style Canopy Library Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency-style (19th Century) hooded mahogany library arm chair with adjustable chaise attachment and leather cushion.
Leather, Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Regency Neoclassical Parcel-Gilt Sofa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An outstanding Regency sofa in neoclassical taste. The couch is supported by Curule form legs with gilt edges. The arms of the piece exhibit eagle armrests and lion masks. The headra...
Velvet, Wood
$125,000
H 31.88 in W 75 in D 38.5 in
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted mahogany and kingwood three-drawer bureau plat attributed to Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). The shap...
Bronze, Ormolu
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.
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