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Small Bureau Plat

Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
Located in Sheffield, MA
Directoire Maison Jansen style desk. Label inside drawer inscribed "A. Alavoine and Co., NY and Paris." Leather inset writing surface, drawer fronts with contrasting veneer.
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
H 29.75 in W 36.5 in D 22 in
Baroque 17th Century Italian or Maltese Marquetry Center table or Desk
Located in Troy, NY
Very unusual and rare small Bureau Plat, the frieze containing one drawer, finished all around and
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Antique Late 17th Century Maltese Baroque Center Tables

Materials

Walnut, Olive

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
H 28.35 in W 29.53 in D 18.9 in
Neoclassical Bureau Plat, France around 1800
Located in Greding, DE
French bureau plat on square tapered legs with brass sabots and small castors. The desk is veneered
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Antique Early 1800s French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Ladies Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French, ormolu mounted Kingwood veneered small ladies bureau
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Porcelain, Mahogany

19th Century French Ladies Bureau Plat
19th Century French Ladies Bureau Plat
H 28.75 in W 26.38 in D 16.54 in
Francois Linke Bureau Plat, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Francois Linke Bureau plat, circa 1900. Signed Linke on the right side of the gilt bronze chute
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Early 20th Century Desks

Materials

Wood

French Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French gilt bronze-mounted bureau plat Late 19th century. The rectangular top with inset leather
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Antique Late 19th Century Console Tables

Large French Empire Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A fine large sized flat desk otherwise referred to as a "bureau de ministre" or ministers flat desk
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Napoleon III Period Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
small dovetailed drawers, and a black inset leather writing surface that can be slide out to extend the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

French 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French 19th century Empire st. mahogany and ormolu Bureau Plat. The desk is raised
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Bureau Plat with Floral and Blue Porcelain Plaques
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in London, GB
A very fine bureau plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock. After a model by C.C. Saunier
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Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Regence Style Trellis Parquetry Bureau Plat by François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Magnificent Regence Style gilt bronze Mounted Trellis Parquetry Bureau Plat by François Linke
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Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts French Flat Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine large sized flat desk otherwise referred to as a "Bureau de Ministre", Bureau Plat or
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Bronze

French Mid-19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French mid 19th century Louis XV st. tulipwood and kingwood Bureau Plat. The desk
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor: An Exquisite Ormolu and Églomisé Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
A Timeless Masterpiece: The Exquisite Bureau Plat of The Duke and Duchess of Windsor In the
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Flamed Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent French 19th century Louis XV style flamed mahogany and ormolu Bureau plat desk. The
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

A Fine Quality Louis XVI style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat by Alexandre
By Alexandre Chevrié, Paris 1
Located in New York, NY
storefront shop . He was a manufacturer of art furniture, small style furniture and artistic fantasies. He
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Antique Mid-19th Century Rococo Revival Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Gold Leaf

French 19th Century Empire Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Troy, NY
Elegant French Empire bureau-plat or partners desk, The top, inlaid with a center-star-motive and
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century French Louis XIV Style Carved Walnut Library Table Writing Desk
Located in Forney, TX
different uses, including as a bureau plat / writing desk, library table, work table, card games table
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Faux Leather, Walnut

19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Walnut Partner Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
rectangular in shape, the bureau plat stands on cabriole legs dressed with figural and caryatid ormulu
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Régence Style Marquetry Writing Desk
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
desk, features working drawers to each side. This model of bureau plat was made by a small number
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Régence Style Marquetry Writing Desk
Régence Style Marquetry Writing Desk
H 37.41 in W 87.8 in D 43.31 in
18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
Located in IT
The very unusual and particular center desk, called also bureau plat, was made in France, at Paris
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
18th Century Louis XV Wood French Writing Table
H 35.44 in W 24.41 in D 15.75 in
18th Century French Louis XIII Style Barley Twist Desk with Green Leather Top
Located in Birmingham, AL
A fine 18th century carved French Louis XIII style bureau plat or desk handcrafted of solid oak by
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

An Exceptional George Iv Period Boulle Games Table Attributed to Thomas Parker
By Thomas Parker
Located in Benington, Herts
a pair of bureau plat attributed to Parker (one sold Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 46
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Antique 1820s English Louis XVI Game Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Antique French Parquetry and Bronze Cartonnier Writing Desk with Clock
Located in London, GB
now be seen in the Chateau de Chantilly. The bureau plat was copied by notable 19th century ebenistes
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Bronze

Louis XV Style Marquetry Commode, Possibly by François Linke, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Commode Louis XV à trois tiroirs avec marquetery Violette' no. 245 and the Bureau Plat, no. 132. It might
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

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By laura gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Original chair in golden oak, satin finish. Flared legs, backrest and seat upholstered in a textured cream fabric by Dedar.
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2010s French Modern Chairs

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Oak

Mawu Sculpted Oak Chair by Laura Gonzalez
Mawu Sculpted Oak Chair by Laura Gonzalez
H 35.44 in W 18.12 in D 19.69 in
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Textile, Wood

19th Century Louis Philippe Bureau Plat, or Writing Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Louis Philippe style bureau plat, or desk made of solid and veneer of mahogany. Double sided, the back has false drawers so this desk may be free floated in a room. Four dov...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Italian 1940s Art Deco Midcentury Walnut Burl and Mirror Mosaic Dry Bar Cabinet
By Vittorio Dassi, Guglielmo Ulrich, Paolo Buffa, Gio Ponti, Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern drinks dry bar cabinet in beautiful veneer walnut briar burl wood, two doors with great wooden decor craftmanship and handles. When o...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Italian 17th Century Walnut Rustic Trestle Refectory Dining or Library Table
Located in Firenze, IT
This charming 17th Century massive scale rectangular refectory table, dating back to Baroque period, is a magnificent example of Tuscan rustic craftsmanship. The top consists of four...
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Dining Room Tables

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Wood, Walnut

Sleek Pair of Continental Empire Chests of Drawers
Located in Westport, CT
A fine pair of mahogany veneer chest comprised of three drawers finishing on high straight tapered legs and adorned with bronze pulls. Shown with a refurbished black glass top creati...
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Antique 1820s German Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century French Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode after Jean-Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Superb 19th century French Louis XVI style gilt- bronze mahogany, kingwood and fruitwood marquetry armorial commode with Sycamore Marquetry and magnificent quality gilt bronze moun...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Ormolu

Pair of Louis XVI Style Marquetry Night Tables
Located in New York, NY
Elegant pair of Italian tables in the manner of G. Maggiolini. Side tables veneered in marquetry fruitwood, walnut and other wood inlay.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Night Stands

Materials

Wood, Fruitwood

Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XV Rococo Style Gilt Wood Carved Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine set of four French 19th century Louis XV Rococo style giltwood carved Fauteuil à la Reine armchairs, the arched upholstered paneled backs with foliate scroll cresting and simi...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Giltwood

19th Century Solid Oak Baroque Trestle Desk Writing Table or Console
Located in Miami, FL
An 19th century Spanish baroque desk, or writing table made of solid oak with lyre shaped legs joined by solid wood stretched. Two drawers with original iron drawer pulls. The top is...
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Antique 1890s Spanish Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Iron

Elegant French Style Writing Desk
Located in Riverdale, NY
Elegant French style writing desk with Louis XV lines in blond wood with silver leaf-painted table edge and feet. 3 drawers. Fitted glass top included (no image). Measures: 20" deep...
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Vintage 1950s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Elegant French Style Writing Desk
Elegant French Style Writing Desk
H 29 in W 47 in D 20 in
19th century French Carved Oak Sofa Dessert Table Serving Tray Louis XV Cherub
Located in Shreveport, LA
19th century French carved oak sofa dessert table serving tray Louis XV Cherub ~Direct from France~ ~Gorgeous 19th century French dessert table with it’s original serving tray!~ ~Op...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

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Oak

Pair of Large Ormolu Mounted Pedestals After François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of ormolu mounted marquetry pedestals. After a model by Francois Linke. Each with a marble top above bombé sides inlaid with loose floral bouquets, the angles mounted with li...
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20th Century European Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

Materials

Ormolu

Regency Writing Table Mahogany Desk, 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Mahogany Regency Revival 1 Drawer Writing Table. This Rather Petite Writing Table is of a Bow Form. Featuring 1 Oak Lined Drawer With Cast Brass Swan Neck Handles. The Ring Turned...
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Antique 1890s Regency Tables

Materials

Mahogany

French Empire style mahogany bronze mounted writing desk, leather top circa 1940
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Empire style mahogany bronze mounted writing desk with leather top, circa 1940.
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Vintage 1940s Argentine Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Late 19th Century Spanish Walnut Side Table
Located in Miami, FL
Walnut side table from the 19th century from Spain with a plank top, around the chest of drawers a hand-carved decorated molded edge and a drawer with very old iron handles, on the s...
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Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Side Tables

Materials

Walnut

Late 19th Century Spanish Walnut Side Table
Late 19th Century Spanish Walnut Side Table
H 20.67 in W 26.19 in D 11.23 in

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20th Century Louis XVI Oak Small Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
than other desks of this style. Perfect for an office not too large to accommodate a large bureau plat
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

19th Century Louis XVI Mahogany and Leather Small Bureau Plat RESTORED
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Elegant small Louis XVI writing desk with wheels, leather top with two side drawers and one central
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Directoire brass-mounted fruitwood bureau plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Directoire brass-mounted fruitwood bureau plat of small size, the facade apron fitted with two
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Antique 19th Century French Sofa Tables

Materials

Brass

Fine Quality Mid-19th Century Goncalo Alves Bureau Plat in the French Style
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine quality mid-19th century (1840) Goncalo alves freestanding bureau plat in the French style
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Zebra Wood

Rococo Petite Desk with Gold Bronze Mounts by Edward Holmes Baldock, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
will fit comfortably into small spaces. 18th century bureau plats or writing tables were also called
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Small Louis XVI Bureau PLat
Located in Berlin, DE
A small bureau plat or writing desk, the rectangular gilt-bronze banded top quarter veneered in
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Antique 1770s Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood

Small Louis XVI Bureau PLat
Small Louis XVI Bureau PLat
H 30.71 in W 42.52 in D 27.56 in
Rare Small Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plat or Side Table
Located in Berlin, DE
A rare and small 19th century, Louis XVI style bureau plat veneered in burr mahogany on an oak
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This beautifully finished Louis XV style bureau plat has a gold tooled black leather top. The front
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Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
H 30 in W 48.5 in D 26 in
19th Century Painted Bureau Plat
Located in Charleston, SC
Charming small 19th century French Louis XVI style Bureaux plat with drawers with carved tapered
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Antique Late 19th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak, Paint

19th Century Painted Bureau Plat
19th Century Painted Bureau Plat
H 29.5 in W 32.25 in D 19.5 in
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in Kittery Point, ME
two small drawers, and simulated drawers to the reverse, raised on straight tapering legs ending in
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau Plat
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau Plat
H 30 in W 54.5 in D 26.75 in
French 19th Century Empire Bureau Plat
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stately Empire bureau plat with a tooled leather top, c. 1830. The three-piece green leather top
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

French 19th Century Empire Bureau Plat
French 19th Century Empire Bureau Plat
H 31.13 in W 61.13 in L 31.13 in
19th Century French Small Louis XV Trelliswork Ladies' Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
19th century French small Louis XV Style Napoleon III Trelliswork marquetry ladies' desk or bureau
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French 19th Century Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
sized drawers are found in the apron, just below the top. All three drawers have a small drop ring pull
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Antique 19th Century French Other Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

French 19th Century Walnut Bureau Plat
French 19th Century Walnut Bureau Plat
H 29.5 in W 78.13 in D 35 in
Small Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat or Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
A 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry bureau plat, with a brass banded tooled
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Brass

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

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Mahogany

French 19th Century Bureau Plat, signed Rinke
By Rinck
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French late 19th century ebony and ormolu mounted three drawer Bureau Plat, signed Rinke
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ebony

French 19th Century Bureau Plat, signed Rinke
French 19th Century Bureau Plat, signed Rinke
H 30.25 in W 52.5 in D 28.25 in
Provincial Louis XV style Ebonized Bureau Plat
Located in Hanover, MA
above a single drawer and a wavy apron, raised on cabriole legs ending in sabots. Charming small
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

20th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Exceptional 20th Century kingwood marquetry Louis XV-style Bureau Plat. This smaller-scale desk
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century Louis XVI Style Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century walnut and gilt metal mounted freestanding bureau plat, in the Louis XVI style
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Louis XV Style Kingwood Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
An elegant Louis XV style Kingwood gilded ormolu mounted Bureau plat with insert red leather top
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Kingwood, Leather

Highly Decorated Louis XV Style Rosewood Bureau Plat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine small French Louis XV Rosewood writing table from the period of Napoleon III. The serpentine
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Antique French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful and rare antique ormolu mounted French bureau plat, circa 1860 in date. It
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Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Antique French Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous large antique French ormolu-mounted kingwood and flame mahogany bureau plat
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Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables

French Directoire Style Black Lacquer and Brass Bureau Plat
Located in Danville, CA
large central drawer and two smaller side drawers are concealed in the apron. Hardware has been
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Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Brass Inlaid Mahogany Bureau Plat Stamped Hazard
By Hazard
Located in Kittery Point, ME
large frieze drawer flanked on each side with a single smaller drawer, the right drawer with a coffre
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Neoclassical Desks and Writing T...

French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk, circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
This Louis XV style Bureau plat writing desk from France will be perfect in any room. It has
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

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
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Vintage 1940s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Neoclassical Mahogany & Ormolu-Mounted Antique Writing Desk Bureau Plat, France
Located in Shippensburg, PA
This inordinately fine bureau plat from the last quarter of the 19th century is a powerful and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Brass

Antique Louis XV Kingwood Writing Table Bureau Plat, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A 19th century Louis XV style kingwood Bureau Plat with brass edging to the shaped top, fitted
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Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables

Antique Monumental French Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine and rare antique ormolu mounted French kingwood bureau plat after Charles Cressent
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Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Antique French Writing Table Desk or Bureau Plat, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French ormolu mounted kingwood bureau plat or writing table with
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Antique French Kingwood Parquetry Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb antique 19th century French kingwood, parquetry and ormolu-mounted bureau plat, circa 1860
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Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

19th Century French Ormolu-Mounted Louis Revival Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French kingwood Louis revival bureau plat with highly decorative ormolu
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Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Napoleon III Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Rosewood Parquetry Bureau Plat
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This elegant bureau plat of attractive smaller proportions is surmounted by a shaped gilt-tooled
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Louis Revival Kingwood & Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze-mounted serpentine kingwood bureau plat
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Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Antique French Louis Revival Kingwood & Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted kingwood bureau plat, circa
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Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Antique French Louis Revival Kingwood & Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted serpentine kingwood bureau plat
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Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Louis Revival Kingwood Marquetry Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb antique 19th century French kingwood, marquetry and ormolu mounted bureau plat, circa 1860
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Antique 1860s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Antique French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French ormolu mounted Louis Revival kingwood bureau plat, circa 1880 in
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Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

French Directoire Louis XVI Leather Top Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous smaller writing desk in the Directoire taste, circa 1940. The desk is made of
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Vintage 1940s American Directoire Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Decorated Writing Desk Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
scenes with stunning Oriental architecture while figures stroll down paths, boat through small lakes or
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Antique Mid-19th Century European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French 1790s Walnut Bureau Plat with Drawers, Scalloped Apron and Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
France during the last decade of the 18th century, this walnut bureau plat features a rectangular planked
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Antique Late 18th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

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
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

A French late 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany signed bureau plat
By Gervais Durand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
ormolu mounted bureau plat signed by G. Durand. The bureau is raised by four circular fluted tapered legs
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

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Brass, Ormolu

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bronze Antique Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
With some of the finest marquetry inlays, this exquisite bureau plat is a defining piece for the
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Ornate French Louis XV Style Two Sided Walnut and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An impressively elegant French Louis XV style walnut and ormolu mounted figural bureau plat desk
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Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

19th Century French Louis XV Marquetry and Bronze Bureau Plat with Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
center embossed medallion. The bureau plat is in excellent condition commensurate with age and use and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

19th century French Carved Oak Side Table Small Writing Desk Renaissance Gothic
Located in Shreveport, LA
elegant antique French carved library table or "bureau plat" desk, with ornate carvings throughout (very
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Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Mid-Century, Louis XVI Style Writing Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
A mid-century modern bureau plat (writing table), Louis XVI style in ebonized mohagany with 5 small
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XVI Style Desk By Jansen
Located in Doylestown, PA
A nice small-scale bureau plat in ebonized wood with inset white leather top and 5 drawers, one
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Vintage 1940s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Louis XVI Style Desk By Jansen
Louis XVI Style Desk By Jansen
H 29.5 in W 43 in D 22 in
Tulip form Faux Bamboo Table by Phyllis Morris
Located in Danville, CA
breakfast room or small dining room, or as a Bureau Plat/Writing table.
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Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Tables

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Aluminum

French Directoire Style Ebonized Desk by Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
French Directoire style bureau plat, overall ebonized with parcel-gilt banding, the rectangular
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Vintage 1960s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables

French Walnut Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
19th C. French walnut writing table or bureau plat. Beautiful polished burled walnut desk with
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

French Walnut Writing Table
French Walnut Writing Table
H 29 in W 53 in D 29 in
Russian Neoclassical Style Mahogany Desk by Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Attractive Russian Neoclassical style mahogany bureau plat by Jansen, circa 1940s, the embossed
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Vintage 1940s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Louis XV Kingwood and Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
writing table or bureau plat with shaped top. Ornately mounted with gilt bronze acanthus leaf appointments
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Louis XV Writing Table in Walnut with Faux Marble Top
Located in Doylestown, PA
An elegant Louis XV style "Bureau Plat" circa 1800 in walnut with a grey painted faux marble top
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

19th Century French Louis Philippe Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
bureau plat is a smaller ladies style of table from an estate in Santa Barbara, CA.
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Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Petite French Carved Oak Sofa Side Table Renaissance Black Forest
Located in Shreveport, LA
France~ ~A wonderful antique French carved oak table or “bureau plat” desk~ ~Unique, very petite size
Category

Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Sofa Tables

Materials

Oak

French 1940s Louis XVI Style Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Doylestown, PA
A nice French 1940's Louis XVI style bureau plat in ebonized wood with an inset tooled brown
Category

Vintage 1940s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

French 1940s Louis XVI Style Desk
French 1940s Louis XVI Style Desk
H 30 in W 51 in D 27.5 in
19th century English Victorian Carved Oak Library Table Desk Renaissance Gothic
Located in Shreveport, LA
Direct from England, a wonderful antique English carved oak table or “bureau plat” desk, commonly
Category

Antique 1890s English Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

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Small Bureau Plat For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the small bureau plat you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each small bureau plat for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and brass. Your living room may not be complete without a small bureau plat — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right small bureau plat, those designed in Louis XVI, Louis XV and Neoclassical styles are of considerable interest.

How Much is a Small Bureau Plat?

A small bureau plat can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $6,000, while the lowest priced sells for $1,900 and the highest can go for as much as $18,000.

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.