A Louis XIV Style Bureau Plat By Cueunières, Paris, After the Model by Cressent
By L. Cueunieres Ebeniste.
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XIV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat, By Cueunières, Paris.
Ormolu
$128,885
C18th Boulle Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
Exceptional Boulle Bureau Plat Decorated with boulle Marquetry made from Bronze and Tortoise Male mask front centre and back
Brass
$8,140Sale Price|20% Off
French 19th Century Louis XVI style bureau plat.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French parquetry inlaid Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having an inset leather tooled top, gilded ormolu mouldings and classical monopodia mounts ...
Ormolu
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 over a two drawer case decorated with bronze ormolu and inlaid marquetry on elegant ta...
Bronze
A French Louis XVI style three drawer mahogany bureau plat desk C 1930
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Louis XVI style French three drawer mahogany bureau plat desk having extensive bronze decoration, finished rear and gilt embossed leather top circa 1930. Kneehole Dimensions: 26" X...
Bronze
$8,133 / item
Outstanding Pair of Red Laquered Bureau Plat Desks
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A wonderful pair of French red laquered partners bureau platt desk, with outstanding ormolu mounts, three opening drawers to one side and dummy drawers to the opposite side, dark bro...
Oak
20th Century Bureau Plat Desk According to the Style of Andre Charles Boulle
Located in Berlin, DE
Piano black polished veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-embossed leather insert, flanked by a grotesque...
Beech
Unavailable
H 31.5 in W 74.5 in D 44.5 in
French Boulle Bureau Plat / Library Table, Late 18th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Charleston, SC
Exceptional French Boulle bureau plat has the English feel of a library table with the four rams head mounted bronze fluted legs terminating in a bronze caster stylized as a beehive....
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Writing Desk
Located in London, Park Royal
19th century, French writing desk designed in the Louis XIV Bureau Plat style made in ebonised wood.
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XIV-Style Boulle Bureau Plat
Located in New Orleans, LA
The elegance of Boulle marquetry is fully realized in this Louis XIV-style bureau plat, which represents the finest of 19th-century French furnishing.
Wood
Unusual Louis XIV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Westwood, NJ
Unusual Louis XIV style leather top carved, painted and parcel gilt Bureau Plat.
Paul Sormani Louis XIV Style Bureau Plat
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Paul Sormani Louis XIV style bureau plat. French, circa 1870.
Wood
Sold
H 31 in W 43 in D 25 in
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 scroll and foliate marquetry throughout, three upper drawers, cast ormolu mounts and r...
Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
Louis XIV - XV Walnut Leather Top Bureau Plat, 18th century
Located in Westwood, NJ
Louis XIV - XV walnut leather top bronze mounted bureau plat.
Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Brown Wood Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat, with original leather top with gilt tooling, and slides extending to each side. The front with three drawers with shield form...
Brass
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 1930’s. This is of outstanding quality, with beautifully cast ormolu mounts through...
Leather, Walnut
19th Century French Mahogany Inlaid Bureau Plat
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Fine quality French bureau plat of small proportions, circa 1870. Beautifully inlaid to the top, drawer front, sides and reverse. Freestanding in design, with ormolu mounts on the ...
Mahogany
Sold
H 32 in W 56 in D 31 in
Antique French Louis XIV Style Mahogany Satinwood Parquetry & Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in Big Flats, NY
French Louis XIV style bureau plat writing desk features mahogany construction with three drawers and panels of satinwood parquetry inlay; ormolu mounts including female masks, bandi...
Metal, Ormolu
Italian Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Asheville, NC
Ladies desk or dressing table, dove gray painted finish with gold decoration, one drawer in the scalloped apron, hoof foot beneath curved and molded X stretchers with a carved diamon...
Marble
Antique Shaped Bureau Plat with Brass Gilt Mounts
Located in Benington, Herts
A fine quality antique French kingwood shaped bureau plat/desk with well cast brass mounts, circa 1920. The shaped top with a newly inset gilt tooled leather enclosed by a kingwood...
Leather, Kingwood
Louis XIV style bureau plat
Located in Hudson, NY
Louis XIV style bureau plat. French 19th Century.
Brass
Sold
H 31.5 in W 62.5 in D 27.2 in
French Louis XIV Style Pewter Inlaid Rosewood Bureau Plat, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
An exquisite French Napoleon III period pewter inlaid rosewood bureau plat in the Louis XIV Mazarin style, circa 1880.
Pewter
18th Century Louis XVI Tulipwood Bureau Plat or Writing Table
Located in London, GB
The black leather inset top with cross-banded border and brass edging over a frieze veneered on all sides with cross-banded panels and having three raised on square tapering legs wit...
Brass
$6,682
H 31.5 in W 40.56 in D 25.6 in
20th Century Louis XV Style French Bureau Plat or Desk after Francois Linke
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Louis XV style French Bureau plat or desk after Francois Linke Table top covered with genuine high quality leather and gold embossing Tulip wood and shadowed noble w...
Bronze
$125,000
H 30.5 in W 79.5 in D 38 in L 30.5 in
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Bureau-Plat Desk
By H. Conquet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century Louis XV style ormolu mounted (gilt bronze) kingwood and walnut bureau plat by H. Conquet after a model by Charles Cressent. The shaped rect...
Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique French desk crafted in mahogany and tulipwood, featuring a top with three tooled leather panels banded in brass on a case with two pullout leather top trays and tw...
Brass, Ormolu
$4,538
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
Small Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
This refined Louis XVI–style desk is crafted in blond mahogany and exemplifies the elegance and symmetry associated with the style. The desk opens in the belt with two drawers, each ...
Leather, Wood
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat, 20th century, the rectangular inset leather top above a frieze drawer on masque head mounted cabriole legs and hairy paw feet....
Metal
Louis XV Style Desk, 19th century
Located in Leimen, DE
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat, France, 19th Century This elegant Louis XV style bureau plat was crafted in France during the 19th century and exemplifies the refined craftsmanship and g...
Kingwood
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fine quality 19th Century French, Louis XV Style bureau plat. With ormolu mounts and moulded serpentine top.
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb French 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu desk. The desk is raised by slender tapered legs with ormolu trim finished with ormolu sabots and top crown. The impr...
Ormolu
Large 19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Partners Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A very large French Louis XV style bureau plat partners desk from the late 19th century with an old black leather tooled top. This desk is beautifully veneered in kingwood and rosewo...
Bronze
A fine 19th c French Louis XV signed Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
A very Fine 19th century French Louis XV mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureau blat signed Jemont Paris. Finest gilt bronze mounts with two side pull outs . Original leather top . ...
Bronze
Louis XV Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Pomona, CA
Very nice Louis XV style Bureau Plat Writing Desk. Parquetry panels all around inside an ebony pinstripe inlay. Cabriole legs with gilt metal mounts on the knees and feet. The top i...
Kingwood
$5,955
H 28.35 in W 35.44 in D 21.66 in
20th Century Elegant Veneered Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant veneered bureau plat or desk in Louis XV style Solid beechwood and veneer. Very fine, floral bronze fittings. Curved and pronounced or arched wooden body. Frame base with...
Bronze
Louis XV-Style Bureau Plat
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a great example of a 20th century Provincial Louis XVI Bureau Plat. The desk features a solid walnut frame with an inset leather writing surface. The desk is finished on the ...
Bronze
Outstanding Louis XV-Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An outstanding Louis XV-style mahogany bureau plat after a model by Jacques B. Dubois, from the estate of Phyllis McGuire, the shaped leather-inset top above an elaborate frieze with...
Ormolu
A magnificent 19th century French Louis XV bureau plat
Located in Dallas, TX
An extremely fine late 19th century French kingwood and gilt bronze mounted bureau plat attributed to Zwiener. Original leather top
Bronze
Pair of Antique Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Vases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of fine antique Chinese porcelain vases In the Rose Medallion style. With 4 gilt handles around the neck in the form of foo dogs and lizards. The mouth/rim of the vase is f...
Porcelain
$5,950 / item
H 14 in W 72 in D 8 in
6-foot Pendant Light in Black Walnut with Brass Fixtures by Hinterland Design
By Hinterland Design
Located in Vancouver, BC
It’s believed that ancient Egyptians may have had the technology to harness electricity and create light thousands of years ago. This technology is referred to as the light of the De...
Brass
$2,723
H 10.75 in W 5.25 in D 4.4 in
Striking Art Nouveau Ceramic and Bronze-Mounted Vase in Victor Horta Style
By Victor Horta
Located in Lisse, NL
Top condition and pure elegance Art Nouveau vase. For the collectors of museum quality and condition Art Nouveau ceramics. This stunning Art Nouveau vase is decorated with the mos...
Bronze
Unavailable|$699
H 1.5 in W 8.75 in D 1.75 in
Antique French Lorgnette Binoculars or Opera Glasses in Brass & Mother of Pearl
By LeRoy
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique lorgnette opera glasses were made by LeRoy of France in approximately 1880 in the period Victorian style. These binoculars are composed of brass with very good o...
Brass
$9,650 / set
H 20.5 in W 13.5 in D 4.5 in
Pair of 19th Century French Empire Porphyry and Gilt Bronze Lamps
Located in Larkspur, CA
Pair of beautiful 19th century French Porphyry lamps with gilt bronze accents in the form of Ram's heads and Classical beaded banding. The pair are mounted on a gold leafed stepped b...
Porphyry
$38,000 / set
H 29 in W 13 in D 9 in
Exceptional Late 19th Century Three-Piece Clock Set by Ferdinand Gervais
By Ferdinand Gervais
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptional late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted marble three-piece clock set By Ferdinand Gervais The lyre shaped case surrounded with bronze roses, acanthus and lilys, a ...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$14,749
H 27.56 in W 94.49 in D 39.38 in
Gianfranco Frattini Brown Velvet Sesann Three-Seater Sofa for Cassina, 1972
By Cassina, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Vicenza, IT
Sesann three-seater sofa, designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1970 and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina. It features brown alpaca velvet upholstery and a chrome tubular ca...
Chrome
$150,000 / set
H 67 in Dm 40 in
Pair Louis XV Style 16-Light Bronze & Cut-Glass Chandeliers, Manner of Baccarat
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass sixteen-light chandeliers. The solid bronze frames surmounted with pendants, molded towers, fleur de lis and a central suppor...
Crystal, Bronze
$1,049Sale Price|64% Off
H 30 in W 49.5 in D 31.5 in
20th Century Carved and Painted Neoclassical Style Centre Table
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
20th century carved and painted neoclassical style centre table Paint finish is new in a soft oyster white finish, subtle distressed edges, and antique glazed patina. Table is stro...
Wood
$5,500
H 34.4 in W 24 in D 12 in
19 century French Birth of Pegasus spelter Sculpture After Emile Picault
Located in New York, NY
Patinated Spelter sculpture on oval marble base depicting the Birth of Pegasus after the original model by Emile Picault (1833-1922) exhibited at the Salon des Beaux Arts in Paris. ...
Marble, Spelter
Liceu de Artes e Ofícios. 19th Century Daybed
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This recamier/daybed was conceived and executed with utmost quality and expertise, showing a style that incorporates many influences from the eigtheenth and ninetheenth century. Made...
Wood
$7,987Sale Price|20% Off
H 37.41 in W 95.67 in D 24.41 in
Sofa Louis XV, Covered with Authentic Perfect Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
1910/M, I hope You can understand what it is from some photos only. Museum quality antique sofa, coating with an authentic Aubusson old tapestry: everything perfectly restored.. Uni...
Wood
19th C Anglo Indian Carved Camel Table
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th c Anglo Indian carved camel table. Original bone horn in the Camel's nose.
Teak
$17,500 / set
H 38 in W 20 in D 13.5 in
Large and Elaborate Pair of Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Five-Light Sconces
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large and elaborate pair of early 20th century gilt bronze five-light sconces Each backplate shaped as a lyre, centered with a mask of Apollo, the top with a bow knotted ribbon,...
Bronze
$29,500
H 31.5 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
A Fine Pair of Russian Empire Period Malachite And Ormolu Obelisks, Early 1800's
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental and Quite Rare Pair of 19th Century Russian Empire Ormolu Mounted Malachite Obelisks with Maiden Ormolu Mounts. Each obelisk is complete with four sides which terminate...
Malachite, Ormolu
$149,777Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.64 in W 84.65 in D 20.08 in
Louis XV Style Antique Rococo Fireplace in Fleur de Pecher Marble
Located in London, GB
A charming and imposing Louis XV style antique Rococo chimneypiece in Fleur de Pecher Marble with exceptional ormolu mounts by Francois Linke (1855-1946). The serpentine shelf rests ...
Marble, Ormolu
Vintage desks and writing tables span centuries of design. The writing table came first, a simple surface built for correspondence, while the drawered desk followed as record-keeping at home and in the office grew more demanding.
Styles to Know
Any desk at least 20 years old falls under this broader vintage category. If you want a tapered-leg, mid-century look specifically, browse mid-century modern desks; Louis XVI and Art Deco secretary desks bridge the writing-table and desk forms. A vintage table lamp adds task lighting to either.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Piece
Writing tables often carry little to no storage of their own, so a separate file cabinet or desk organizer may be worth planning for, alongside a close look at the surface dimensions against the space available. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and every purchase is covered by the 1stDibs Promise.