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Magnificent 19th century French Louis XVI bureau plat retailed by Rinck Paris
By Rinck
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine late 19th century French mahogany and gilt bronze mounted bureau plat. Original leather
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Walnut Louis XVI Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
surface. French Louis XVI bureau plat table desk with five spacious drawers and lovely classic inlaid
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Walnut Louis XVI Desk
19th Century French Walnut Louis XVI Desk
$3,200
H 29.75 in W 55 in D 30.75 in
Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat
Located in Huntington, NY
Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat Finely crafter late 19th century Mahogany, oak & Gilt
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Antique Late 19th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu, Gold Leaf

Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Style Ebonized Bureau Plat
$4,800
H 30 in W 44.25 in D 25.75 in
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
By A.M.E Fournier
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze and Jasperware mounted mahogany Bureau plat. Stamped 'FOURNIER' to
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Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat
$82,173
H 31.11 in W 66.54 in D 37.01 in
Louis XVI style Bureau plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having an inset leather
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XVI style Bureau plat, 19th Century
Louis XVI style Bureau plat, 19th Century
$21,912 Sale Price
20% Off
H 29.93 in W 55.12 in D 27.56 in
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with inset deep burgundy leather with bronze outer border over three drawers and opposing false drawers raised on cabriole legs and sabot feet. With key.
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Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Bureau Plat
$9,800
H 30 in W 56 in D 31 in
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat, with a Breche d'Alep marble top. The bureau
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
$38,347
H 29.93 in W 62.21 in D 35.04 in
Louis XVI-Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XVI-style ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat / desk with rectangular blue-grey leather
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Louis XVI-Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat
Louis XVI-Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat
$14,995
H 30.75 in W 55.5 in D 29 in
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood and Purpleheart bureau plat. An original furnishing from the Waldorf
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Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
A signed piece with rectangular top with inset green leather, possibly original , over a frieze with one central drawer flanked by drawers each with round original wreath rings with ...
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Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
$14,000
H 28 in W 50.5 in D 25.5 in
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, on a case with three drawers in front, having wreath escutcheons, and reverse of ...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Tulipwood

Louis XVI Style Leather Top Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Chicago, US
Bureau Plat desk in the style of Louis XVI. Original inset brown leather writing surface with
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Style Leather Top Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Louis XVI Style Leather Top Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
$7,500
H 29.5 in W 55.25 in D 28 in
Fine Quality Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat. Having an inset leather top
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Fine Quality Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Fine Quality Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
$30,678 Sale Price
20% Off
H 31.89 in W 51.58 in D 29.53 in
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
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI style bureau plat.
French 19th Century Louis XVI style bureau plat.
$8,217 Sale Price
20% Off
H 30.32 in W 64.57 in D 35.44 in
Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat, 19th Cenury
Located in Spencertown, NY
The rectangular desk with Greek key tooled black leather top, with 3 drawers below and tapering legs and gilt bronze sabots and casters.
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Bureau Plat Louis XVI Style in Marquetry and Gilt Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
Elegant Louis XVI style Bureau Plat in mahogany and marquetry in rosewood frieze. Beautiful
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Bureau Plat Louis XVI Style in Marquetry and Gilt Bronze
Bureau Plat Louis XVI Style in Marquetry and Gilt Bronze
$6,658
H 29.14 in W 51.58 in D 27.56 in
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...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Style French Desk or Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Style French Desk or Bureau Plat
$11,900
H 30 in W 51 in D 27.5 in
Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Mahogany Parquetry Bureau Plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 19th Century Louis XVI gilt bronze mahogany parquetry bureau plat. Rectangular trellis work
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Antique Late 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat, After Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style bureau plat, having wonderful floral
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat, After Zweiner
Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat, After Zweiner
$13,147 Sale Price
20% Off
H 29.93 in W 51.97 in D 27.56 in
19th Century Louis XVI Style Leather Top Writing Table / Bureau Plat
Located in Madrid, ES
A 19th century Louis XVI style French writing table or desk, known as a "bureau plat”. It has a
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Louis XVI style French bureau plat after Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality, elegant late 19th century French Louis XV style Kingwood serpentine shaped bureau
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Louis XVI style French bureau plat after Zweiner
Louis XVI style French bureau plat after Zweiner
$13,147 Sale Price
20% Off
H 29.14 in W 34.26 in D 22.84 in
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany & Gold Bronze "Bureau Plat" Desk.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fine Quality Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany & Gold Bronze "Bureau Plat" Desk.
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Frederic Schmit, Paris, Large Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
By Frédéric Schmit
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century marquetry inlaid French Louis XVI style bureau plat. Having an inset
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood, Mahogany

Frederic Schmit, Paris, Large Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Frederic Schmit, Paris, Large Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
$41,634 Sale Price
20% Off
H 31.5 in W 60.24 in D 33.47 in
Late 1900's Louis XVI Style, Ormolu, Bureau Plat, Cartonnier, Writing Desk!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous Late 1900's Louis XVI Style, Ormolu, Bureau Plat, Cartonnier, Writing Desk! Late 1900's
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20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Walnut Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Southampton, NJ
Louis XVI style Regency Bureau Plat writing desk on brass casters boasting striking tooled leather
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20th Century American Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Style French Bureau Plat, Circa 1860 - 1890 for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XVI style mahogany writing desk with satinwood and French walnut marquetry with bronze
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Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Louis XVI style (19th-20th century) gilt bronze mounted 3-drawer bureau plat desk having a center
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
$42,500
H 29.5 in W 78.75 in D 39.25 in
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...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat with Ormolu Bronze Mounts
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This elegant Louis XVI-style bureau plat, crafted from rich mahogany wood and adorned with
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
An antique Louis XVI style writing desk with beautiful patina. Hand crafted in France in the early
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Ormolu

Mid 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Tulipwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period tulipwood and ormolu bureau plat
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Inlaid Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome and impressive French 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu inlaid
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Monumental bureau plat
Located in Wien, AT
France, Louis XVI period, ca. 1780, by the ebenist Pierre Garnier (master from 1742), predominantly
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Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ebony, Mahogany, Oak

Monumental bureau plat
Monumental bureau plat
$30,914
H 31.11 in W 67.33 in D 37.01 in
20th Century imperial Bureau Plat / Desk in the Style of Louis XVI
Located in Berlin, DE
Exotic veneer on solid oak and wood. Extremely finely chased and rich bronze applications. Rectangular body. A hand painted picture badge on the front and side view. Gilded bronze de...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk, stamped by
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Bureau Plat
By Philippe Claude Montigny
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the style of Montigny (Philippe-Claude Montigny, mai^tre in 1770), the rectangular tooled leather-lined top surrounded with a later ormolu border, above two frieze drawers and sim...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Bureau Plat
$20,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 29.5 in W 39.5 in D 22.75 in
19thc French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat Desk with Ormolu in Diminutive Size
Located in Savannah, GA
Handsome diminutive size French Louis XVI lady's writing table constructed of mahogany and
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Ormolu

French Tortoise Wood Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Partners Desk or Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
Tortoise wood Louis XVI style Maison Jansen partners desk or bureau plat. The finest of quality and
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

A French Louis XVI style Leather Top Bureau Plat / Writing Desk, C. 1920.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
. The Louis XVI style emphasizes linear lines and a sense of refined sophistication making it a perfect
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

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
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Vintage 1930s French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Bureau Plat, by Pierre Garnier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and very high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period kingwood, Charnwood
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Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Desks

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

RESTORED ANTiQUE LATE 19TH CENTURY LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MOUNTED BUREAU PLAT DESK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
, fully restored Antique late 19th Century circa 1890-1900 French Louis XVI Ormolu mounted writing table
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Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Desks

Materials

Bronze

RESTORED ANTiQUE LATE 19TH CENTURY LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MOUNTED BUREAU PLAT DESK
RESTORED ANTiQUE LATE 19TH CENTURY LOUIS XVI ORMOLU MOUNTED BUREAU PLAT DESK
$6,519 Sale Price
20% Off
H 31.89 in W 59.06 in D 29.53 in
French Bureau Plat Desk Ladies Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French desk or bureau plat in the Louis XVI manner Elegant design with
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Antique 1870s Louis XVI 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
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Antique French Inlaid Bureau Plat Desk
Antique French Inlaid Bureau Plat Desk
$2,259
H 28.75 in W 41.74 in D 27.17 in
20th Century Imperial Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in the Style of Louis XVI
Located in Berlin, DE
Imperial bureau plat / desk in the style of Louis XVI Piano black polished veneer on solid oak and
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20th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Bureau Plat, by Zweiner
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite Louis XVI style bureau plat, crafted in the 19th century by Zweiner, showcases the
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

French 19th Century Bureau Plat, by Zweiner
French 19th Century Bureau Plat, by Zweiner
$41,634 Sale Price
20% Off
H 30.32 in W 48.04 in D 26.78 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
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

French Linke Influenced Bureau Plat, circa 1890
French Linke Influenced Bureau Plat, circa 1890
$10,956 Sale Price
20% Off
H 28.75 in W 37.41 in D 24.02 in
A Fine Quality Louis XVI style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat by Alexandre
By Alexandre Chevrié, Paris 1
Located in New York, NY
Contains gilt ornaments and a frieze of putti in heaven on either side. Topped with blind-tooled leather, an inset writing surface. Contains one large drawer that runs the width of ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Rococo Revival Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Gold Leaf

Early 19th Century French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An impressive early 19th Century French Louis XVI style, black lacquered bureau plat. With is
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Early 19th Century French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
Early 19th Century French Black Lacquered Bureau Plat
$9,532
H 29.93 in W 59.85 in D 31.89 in
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
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
$5,204
H 28.35 in W 29.53 in D 18.9 in
French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plate by Krieger
By Antoine Krieger
Located in Brighton, Sussex
.A fine quality late 19th century Mahogany Louis XVI style bureau plat, having wonderful scrolling
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Ormolu

French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plate by Krieger
French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plate by Krieger
$15,749
H 29.53 in W 49.22 in D 29.53 in
Fine marquetry bureau plat, after Edward Holmes Baldock
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th Century English Victorian marquetry inlaid bureau plat in the French style
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Antique 19th Century English Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Fine C19th French Thuya wood & Marquetry Bureau Plat
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine C19th French Thuya wood & Marquetry Bureau Plat Top with Green inset Leather writing surface
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Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Burl

Fine C19th French Thuya wood & Marquetry  Bureau Plat
Fine C19th French Thuya wood & Marquetry  Bureau Plat
$2,739 Sale Price
20% Off
H 28.94 in W 35.44 in D 22.84 in
Antique Petite French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
bureau plat, circa 1850 in date. This fantastic bureau plat features an ornate serpentine crossbanded top
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Antique 1850s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

20th Century France Bureau Plat in the antique Louis Quinze Style exotic Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Light and dark exotic Veneer, on the four-sided passively curved zest base on high, elegantly curved squares. Slightly overlaid tabletop with profiled decorated bronze lining and gol...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

20th Century, France Bureau Plat in the antique Louis Quinze Style Exotic Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Light and dark exotic veneer, on the four-sided passively curved zest base on high, elegantly curved squares. Slightly overlaid tabletop with profiled decorated bronze lining and gol...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Exceptional Louis XV Mazarin Bureau Plat with Fine Marquetry and Gilt Bronze
Located in Antwerp, BE
High-Quality Italian Louis XV / Louis XVI Style Mazarin Bureau Plat — Hand-Finished Reproduction
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20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

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Louis Xvi Bureau Plat For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the louis xvi bureau plat you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each louis xvi bureau plat for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and animal skin. There are 351 variations of the antique or vintage louis xvi bureau plat you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a louis xvi bureau plat — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right louis xvi bureau plat, those designed in Louis XVI, neoclassical and louis xv styles are of considerable interest. A well-made louis xvi bureau plat has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Maison Jansen, Baker Furniture Company and A.M.E Fournier are consistently popular.

How Much is a Louis Xvi Bureau Plat?

The average selling price for a louis xvi bureau plat at 1stDibs is $7,813, while they’re typically $1,200 on the low end and $347,625 for the highest priced.

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.