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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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Baker French Louis XV Style Lacquered Writing Table Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent French Louis XV style writing table bureau plat desk crafted by Baker Furniture. The desk
Category
20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Ebonized Desk
Located in Houston, TX
desk, writing table, bureau plat or center table with a single drawer, solid bronze legs and the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Maison Jansen Attributed Cerused Oak Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in Houston, TX
, writing table, bureau plat or center table with a single drawer attributed to Maison Jansen.
With
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Maison Jansen Attributed Neoclassical Steel Quartz Marble Top Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent stainless steel mahogany writing table, bureau plat, or desk attributed to Maison Jansen
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Quartz, Brass, Steel
Fine C19TH French Kingwood & Marquetry Bureau Plat /Writing Table
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine C19TH French Burr Walnut & Marquetry Bureau Plat /Writing Table
Black Leather inset top, gold
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Empire Style Writing Table or Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
Writing table or bureau plat in Empire style after Jacob Desmalter.
Solid, ebonized beech
Category
20th Century Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Bureau Plat Writing Table Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an attractive antique French ormolu mounted Gonçalo Alves and wood bureau plat, dating from
Category
Antique 1860s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
20th Century French Bureau Plat/ Writing Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century French bureau plat/ writing desk
In Bois Satiné veneer, mirror veneer covering all
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat in the style of the Louis XV Napoleon III Paris, circa 1850-1880.
In Bois-Satiné
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech
Bureau Plat
Located in London, England
Paris made French walnut bureau plat / desk.
France Circa 1940
Category
Vintage 1940s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bureau Plat
Located in London, England
French walnut bureau plat with aged leather top and gilded brass mounts. France circa 1880.
Category
Antique 1880s French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Kingwood Writing Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Essex, MA
19th century French kingwood Bureau plat writing desk. Beautiful Louis XV Form. Lacquered Bronze
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Tulipwood Marquetry Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Table
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique 19th century French Louis XV tulipwood and marquetry, ormolu mounted bureau plat
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
H 30 in W 45 in D 23.5 in
Antique Monumental French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French Empire ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat, circa 1870 in date.
The
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Antique 1870s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
H 32.29 in W 71.66 in D 36.23 in
French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An imposing Louis XV ebonized writing table with finely chased gilt bronze mounts. The stepped
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
frame with slightly recessed and elevated knee compartment. Protruding, profiled and curved writing
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 29.53 in W 59.85 in D 29.53 in
20th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Piano Black
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat writing table in the style of Louis XV style, silvered bronze fittings. Piano lacquer
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
H 32.29 in W 55.12 in D 29.93 in
20th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Piano White
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat writing table in the style of Louis XV style, silvered bronze fittings. Piano lacquer
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
H 32.29 in W 55.12 in D 29.93 in
Antique 19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat in the style of the Louis XV Napoleon III Paris, circa 1850-1880. In Bois-Satiné veneer
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 31.5 in W 63 in D 31.5 in
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk with bronze trim and ornate
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk, Rosewood and Ormulu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Antique Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk, rosewood and Ormulu mounts, raised on cabriole
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Regence Style Bureau Plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
A Fine Regence Style Bureau Plat in the Manner of André-Charles Boulle, inlaid all over with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bronze Dore, Bureau Plat, Writing Desk!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous Louis XV Style, Ormolu-Mounted, Bronze Dore, Bureau Plat, Writing Desk!
Louis XV Style
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A French kingwood bureau plat late 19th/early 20th century in Louis XV style, with applied gilt
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Louis XV Style writing desk /bureau plat black lacquered finish
Located in Houston, TX
The unique black lacquered finish on this desk is dramatic
And has great contrast with the silvered bronze mounts.
It has an inset leather top in black with a silver hue medallion
C...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Satinwood Bureau Plat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A striking Victorian satinwood bureau plat, of shaped rectangular form inset with the original oval
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Antique 1850s English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
Antique Bureau Plat, French, Walnut, Writing Desk, Louis XV Revival, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau plat. A French, walnut and boxwood writing desk in Louis XV revival taste
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Boxwood, Walnut
H 30.71 in W 36.23 in D 20.28 in
Designer Writing Desk / Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style, Piano Black
Located in Berlin, DE
Black designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
Piano black polished veneer on solid
Category
20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Rococo Mahogany, Satinwood and Bureau Plat Executive Writing Desk
Located in Van Nuys, CA
, and bureau Plat with hand-cast bronze accents. It features three lockable horizontal frieze drawers in
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Francois Linke Quality Bronze Mounted Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk
By François Linke
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a spectacular bureau plat with the quality level of Francois Linke of Paris. The desk
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30.5 in W 68 in D 35.5 in
French Antique Art Deco Macassar Bureau Plat Writing Desk circa 1930
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ART DECO MACASSAR EBONY, PARCHMENT AND BRASS BUREAU PLAT
Likely French, circa 1930
Item # 111PZN03Z
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Rare Napoleon III French Empire Bureau De Plat Gilt Bronze Writing Table Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Napoleon III French Empire desk with gilt bronze oversized fittings
A very decorative and collectible desk in period lightl...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 29.53 in W 58.67 in D 30.91 in
Bureau Plat, late 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small ebonized bureau plat from the later 19th century with red leather-covered writing surfaces
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Antique Late 19th Century European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
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
H 59.5 in W 80.5 in D 35.5 in
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat or Writing Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Barntrup, DE
This fine Louis XV-style desk has a leather top framed by bronze borders. The writing desk is
Category
Vintage 1950s European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk. Item
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30 in W 49 in D 25.5 in
20th Century Elegant Black Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV, Beech
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century elegant black bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV, beech
Exclusive bureau plat
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.35 in W 35.44 in D 21.66 in
French Louis XV Satinwood and Mahogany Bureau Plat Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk with stunning diamond marquetry on
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Vintage 1970s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
H 32 in W 56 in D 31.5 in
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Attractive Louis XV style bureau plat, gilt embossed tanned leather top writing surface centered on
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th century French bureau plat featuring beautifully veneered wood surface and black leather top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat
Located in Huntington, NY
Ebonized Leather top Bureau Plat/Desk, Louis XV period
3 working drawers on one side. Back side
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French Bureau Plat 20th C. with Black Gilt Trim Writing Surface
Located in Houston, TX
This exquisite desk is very well made with beech wood and oak with
Kingwood marquetry decorative motifs. Gilt bronze mounts decorate
The edge and gilt masks embellish each corner....
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
20th Century Luxurious White Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style
Solid beechwood
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.35 in W 35.44 in D 21.66 in
20th Century Luxurious White Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style
Solid beechwood
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.35 in W 35.44 in D 21.66 in
Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
writing desk, or bureau plat, is a stunning 19th century example of this treasured decorative art
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis XV ebonized black lacquer bronze figural Ormolu Bureau plat writing desk. Item
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30 in W 49 in D 25.5 in
Impressive Louis XV Style Bureau Plat/Writing Desk, after Riesener & J.Oeben
Located in Berlin, DE
AN IMPRESSIVE LOUIS XV STYLE BUREAU PLAT /DESCRIPTION - AFTER THE BUREAU DU ROI AT VERSAILLES BY J
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20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31.11 in W 74.81 in D 37.41 in
Directoire Style Small Bureau Plat
Located in Sheffield, MA
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
Large Scale French Ebonised Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An Excellent Large Scale French Ebonised Bureau Plat or Writing Table c.1950.
This ebonised table
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Vintage 1950s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Designer Writing Desk / Bureau Plat in Louis XV Style, Piano Black and gold
Located in Berlin, DE
Black designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style
Piano black veneer on solid softwood
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 32.68 in W 55.52 in D 30.32 in
Designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style Piano Black with silver
Located in Berlin, DE
Designer writing desk / bureau plat in Louis XV style Piano Black with silver
Piano black
Category
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 32.68 in W 55.52 in D 30.32 in
18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XV bureau plat, France, 18th-19th century.
The bureau plat is decorated with beautiful
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Antique French Boulle Centre Table Bureau Plat C.1860
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique French Boulle Centre Table Bureau Plat C.1860
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
A Nineteenth Century French Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A mid nineteenth century French bureau plat of good scale, in mahogany with kingwood veneer
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style Figural Bronze Ormolu Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style Figural Bronze Ormolu Leather Top Bureau Plat Writing Desk. Item
Category
Late 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31 in W 69 in D 40 in
French 19th Century Leather Top Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
fantastic piece of 19th century French design in the Louis XV style. The bureau plat is set on four
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30.5 in W 55 in D 30.25 in
Black Leather Top French Directoire Style Writing Desk Bureau Plat, Circa 1960
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 30 in W 51 in D 27 in
19th Century French Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A Beautiful 19th Century French Walnut Bureau Plat or Writing Table.
This lovely writing table is
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French Empire Desk work table, wood , ormolu , Bureau Plat
By Empire Furniture
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind and Amazing Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed black
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
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Writing Table Bureau Plat For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the writing table bureau plat you’re looking for. Each writing table bureau plat for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and animal skin. Find 1277 options for an antique or vintage writing table bureau plat now, or shop our selection of 12 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a writing table bureau plat — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A writing table bureau plat is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in louis xv, Louis XVI and Empire styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made writing table bureau plat over the years, but those crafted by Maison Jansen, Baker Furniture Company and François Linke are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Writing Table Bureau Plat?
Prices for a writing table bureau plat start at $1,140 and top out at $750,000 with the average selling for $7,045.
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.
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