18th Century Louis XVI Period Bureau à Cylindre or Cylinder Desk

A rare 18th century French Louis XV period chateau bonheur du jour or secrétaire handcrafted of walnut by very talented artisans in Lyon for a wealthy chateau owner near Villeurbanne, circa 1750s. This impressive antique French secretary features a chapeau de gendarme crown above a pair of carved serpentine doors with brass mesh grilles and beautiful green and gold damask fabric backings that open to reveal a painted interior with two display shelves. Three carved drawers are below. The lower section features a flat serpentine shaped writing surface that lifts opens to reveal plenty of storage above a carved, scalloped apron with C-scrolls and a center carved shell motif. Raised on four elegant cabriole legs ending in scrolled French toes. This grand Lyonnaise French library desk...

A handsome 18th century Spanish side table or desk handcrafted in the late 1700s of solid walnut in the Catalan region having a rectangular plank top above a single large drawer. Raised on hand carved lyre shaped legs joined by a carved stretcher. The handcrafted details and rich patina add to the quality and character of this beautifully aged antique Spanish table...

A 19th century French Provincial Louis XV style bureau plat or writing desk handcrafted of solid cherry wood in Dinan, a beautiful medieval-walled town in the Brittany region, circa ...

A fine 18th century carved French Louis XIII style bureau plat or desk handcrafted of solid oak by skilled Breton artisans, circa 1730s. The rectangular top with a gadrooned beveled ...

Wonderful 18th century French Louis period XVI carved tabletop giltwood altar pedestal with garland and foliate motifs. Used for the display of a saint...

A fine French Empire period bibliotheque handcrafted from select French walnut by skilled artisans from Lyon during the First Empire of Napoleon, circa early 1800s. The upper bookcas...

French 18th century large Louis XVI marquetry desk or bureau à Cylindre An exceptional marquetry secrétaire in the form of a bureau with a cylinder front and on a stand with four ...

The desk with a 1/4 cylinder top that opens to reveal a leather writing surface with pigeon holes and drawers. The gallery with white Carrara marble top.

This elegant writing desk, known quirkily as a “bureau à dos d’âne” (donkey’s back desk), is beautifully veneered in rosewood, including reverse diamonds and butterfly-wings, which a...

An exceptional French 18th century Louis XVI Period Marquetry Desk. This desk is known as a “bureau a cylindre”, referring to its curved pivoted opening in the middle. The woodwork o...

18th century Louis XVI Cylinder Top Secretaire, Paris 1780. The secretaire stands out for its elaborate kingwood and satinwood marquetry. The inside is embellished with several dra...

A exceptionally rare Period French Empire (1804-1814) walnut bureau a cylindre. Exquisitely hand-crafted in France, most likely Parisian work, dating to the early 19th century, the large antique cylinder desk...