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Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

LOUIS XV STYLE

The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.

Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.

Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.

During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.

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Style: Louis XV
Period: 20th Century
French Louis XV Walnut Side Table or Small Writing Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Louis XV style side table made of solid walnut with hidden desk. Table top slides forward and back lifts up to reveal compartments for letters with two small drawers. Elegan...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

French Louis XV Bureau Plat Desk or Writing Table with Embossed Leather
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An outstanding French Louis XV desk having embossed leather top and a faux front on its back so will look lovely in the center of any room. The writing desk has three spacious drawer...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Antique French Walnut Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French walnut bureau plat desk, dating from around the 1900-1910 period. It is of outstanding quality, this has fantastic gilt metal ormolu mounts all over, inclu...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Early 20thC Louis XVth Style Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Altrincham, GB
Early 20thC Louis XVth Style Kingwood Bureau Plat with fine gilt bronze mounts applied to cabriole legs by - Lysberg & Hansen – Copenhagen - 56"w x 30"h x 30"d - The Copenhagen firm ...
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1910s Danish Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Antique French Carved Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak secretary desk bureau drop front Louis XV Style. Direct from France, a lovely antique French carved “drop front” secretary/desk with quintessential French ...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

French Louis XV Kingwood Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk With Gilt Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk By R. Soriano Spain, 20th Century Gorgeous kingwood, with ornate gilt bronze ormolu mounts, and embossed blac...
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20th Century Spanish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Antique French Louis XV Oak Partner's Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XV Oak Partner's Desk is perfect for two working simultaneously, or for one with two businesses! One side is four drawers, while the other is a drawer and two c...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Vintage Louis XV style desk 1950s
Located in Catania, IT
Vintage desk in the Louis XV style with decorations and inlays lacquered wood and gilt bronzes, with 3 capacious drawers. In good condition, writing surface to be re-done.
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1940s Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

French Louis XV Style Kidney Shaped Leather Top Bronze Mounted 3 Drawer Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style Kidney Shaped Leather Top Bronze Mounted 3 Drawer Desk. Item features finished back with bronze accents, beautiful wood grain, very pretty desk. Circa L...
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Late 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Wood

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 ormolu mounts and embossed leather top. The desk is finished on all sides and could ...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Leather, Walnut

Vintage French Louis XV Style Walnut Leather Top Bronze Ormolu Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style Walnut Leather Top Bronze Ormolu Writing Desk. Item features a working lock and key, 3 faux drawers to rear, bronze ormolu, tooled leather top, beautifu...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

20th Century Lacquered and Painted Wood French Louis XV Style Writing Desk, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Elegant French desk from the mid-20th century. Louis XVI style furniture finely sculpted, lacquered and painted, enriched with gilded and chiselled bronze. Desk finished for the cent...
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1950s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

French Louis XV Style Figural Maple Burl Writing Desk Napoleon Bureau Plat 72"
Located in Dayton, OH
Monumental Louis XV / Napoleon III style office desk. A serpentine form made from birdseye maple with three large dovetailed drawers in the frieze and long tapered cabriole legs. Fea...
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Late 20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

20th Century Wood French Louis XV Style Writing Desk, 1960s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French writing desk from the second half of the 20th century. Louis XV style furniture veneered and carved in walnut and palisander, with beautiful lines and pleasant decor. Finished...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

French Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk With Mounted Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Louis XV style writing desk or bureau plat desk France, Circa 1940s Gorgeous kingwood, with bronze trim and ornate ormolu mounts, and embossed green leather t...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Gorgeous French Louis XV Style Ebonized Writing Executive Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous superb quality desk. The desk features incredible bronze ormolu and mounts and a rich leather top. The desk Measures 43.5 wide x 27 deep x 30 tall. Dates to the 19...
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1970s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Desk or Writing Table by Baker
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A fabulous Louis XV style desk which boasts elegant cabriole legs, four drawers, the left being a double height drawer, with wonderful oak grain and charming carved details. The desk...
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1980s American Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Antique French Louis XV Walnut Serpentine Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XV Walnut Serpentine Desk is a splendid example of the style, rendered in sumptuous walnut and intricately cast brass to create a workspace like none other! The...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

20th Century Inlaid Wood Gold Bronze French Louis XV Style Writing Desk, 1960s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian writing desk from the mid-20th century. Wavy and rounded furniture, in Louis XV style, pleasantly inlaid in walnut, palisander, mahogany, rosewood and fruitwood. Desk finishe...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French Elm Burl Brass & Coated Fabric Desk Kidney Shape Louis XV Style c. 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Desk in the kidney style. This shape of tops on the furnitures is typical of the 18th century. It is found in the Louis XV style with curved legs and in the Louis XVI style with stra...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Elm

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Inlaid Walnut Table with Protective Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this antique writing table in a bedroom or use it as a side table next to a chair or sofa in your living room. Crafted in France, circa 1920, the delicate table stands on cabri...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Midcentury Swedish Louis XV Style Bleached Birch Bureau Plat with Mounts
Located in Wichita, KS
A stunning mid-century Swedish desk in the Louis XV style. Book-matched, bleached birch wood with original brass hardware and mounts. This large bureau plat...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Antique French Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
A beautifully designed and extremely well made antique French writing desk. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1930’s. The quali...
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1930s British Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor: An Exquisite Ormolu and Églomisé Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A Timeless Masterpiece: The Exquisite Bureau Plat of The Duke and Duchess of Windsor In the world of fine art and antiques, certain pieces transcend time, becoming symbols of opul...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Ormolu

20th Century France Louis XV Kingwood Inlaid Marquetry Desk and Writing Table
By Charles Topino
Located in Roma, RM
Purple ebony centre desk - France, 20th century, in the manner of CHARLES TOPINO, XIX century Purple ebony inlaid with fruit wood with veneered top and table representing still life ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Fruitwood, Kingwood

Louis XV Style Carved Oak Drop Front Two Drawers Secretary Bureau, 1920s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Louis XV Style carved oak drop front secretary or bureau or writing desk, two drawers with shaped bronze handles, made in France in the 1920s....
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Leather Top and Brass Mounted Desk in the Manner of Baker
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 30in W: 49in D: 24 1/2in This French Louis XV Style Leather Top Desk In The Manner of Baker is a lovely piece of furniture that is a great example of quality furnitu...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Louis XV Style Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Louis XV Style Tea / Centre Table From Paris. A combination of exotic woods including rosewood, tulip wood and more with delicate little bronze mounts were used in the creation of th...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Handsome Antique French Louis XV Style Writing Table or Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very beautiful maple desk in Louis XV style from the beginning of the 20th century. Elegant curved legs supporting sculpted frieze with five finely dovetailed drawers, each with gold...
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Early 20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Baker French Louis XV Style Lacquered Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent French Louis XV style writing table bureau plat desk crafted by Baker Furniture. The desk features a patinated bronze mounted leather top writing surface. The case is fronted...
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20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Brass

Antique Italian Patch Burl Desk
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Hand-made Italian bombe burl bureau plat (writing desk) in the style of Louis XV. Patch olive and walnut burl with parquetry border on body of desk and each drawer. Curved forms are complimented by cabriole legs. Thought to be late 19th to mid-20th century. Good antique to vintage...
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20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Olive, Walnut, Burl

Baker Furniture French Provincial Louis XV Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Here’s a beautiful French style writing desk with a banded top and three drawers; the central drawer can be locked. This piece sits atop curv...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

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 g...
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1950s American Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

Louis XV Style Provincial Fruit Wood Writing Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV provincial style fruit wood writing table, made from 19th century and later elements. With a 4 board rectangular fruit wood overhanging top, two frieze / desk drawers, a sca...
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1960s Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Fruitwood

French Partners Desk Louis XV
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A French Louis XV Style Partners Desk with Bronze Ormolu Mounts and Birdseye Maple Finish Featuring 3 drawers and 2 cabinets with key and locks that work on the 3 top drawers and 1 side cabinet. It is finished and similarly trimmed all the way around so it will work in the center of a room. Has black Marble pillar...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Bronze

Restored Louis XV-Style Mahogany Desk with Leather Writing Surface
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Experience the fusion of classic elegance and modern craftsmanship with our Louis XV-style mahogany Desk, a piece that radiates vintage charm and refined style. This desk has been ex...
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1970s Italian Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

French Louis XV Kingwood and Burl Wood Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk with Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Louis XV style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk France, circa Early 20th century Kingwood and burled walnut, with bronze trim and ornate ormolu ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

French Mid-Century Louis XV Style Writing Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
French, Louis XV style, black lacquered chestnut writing desk, circa 1940's features a brass trimmed, embossed leather top with one center drawer and cabriole legs with carved bronze...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Bronze

French Louis XV Style Distressed Painted Desk Writing Table
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 deliv...
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1990s Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Mahogany

20th Century Louis XV Style French Bureau Plat or Desk After Francois Linke
Located in Berlin, DE
French Bureau Plat in Louis 15th Style after Francois Linke. Rosewood and shadowed noble woods, veneered. Exceptionally Fine floral, Bronze fixtures. Strongly bowed, four sided, curv...
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20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Vintage Italian Walnut Burl Louis XV Bombay Style Serpentine Writing Desk VGC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Hand-made in Italy, circa 1950s or 60s, this gorgeous 5-drawer Louis XV or Bombay style desk in Italian walnut burl with antiqued brass hardware. This desk has been in my collections...
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1960s Italian Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Marquetry Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
French Perfection! A most impressive and very fine quality vintage Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry inlaid bureau plat. Exquisitely hand-crafted in the manner of important...
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20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique French Ormolu Mounted Escritoire Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French writing table, also known as an escritoire. This dates from around the 1930’s. It is has a very beautiful and useful design, with a very elegant form. Ther...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

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 / desk in Louis XV style Solid beechwood ebonized/blackened. Very fine, floral bron...
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20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Desk By Baker Furniture Co. With Bronze Mounts
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a special piece! This is a Louis XV style writing desk by Baker Furniture Co. it has a black leather top and bronze appointments. The chinoiserie pastoral scenes are on a bla...
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Late 20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass, Bronze

French Louis XV Rococo Style Walnut Writing Desk Table Circa 1960s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a very unique desk and perfect for your office. The desk measures 50 wide x 24 deep x 30 tall and is in good condition.
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1960s North American Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Style Mahogany Brass Ormolu Mounted Bombe Leather Top Desk A unique French Louis XV style ornate ormolu gilt mounted figural desk. The desk has a...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

White Distressed Painted French Louis XV Style Ladies Vanity Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautifully done shallow depth French Louis XV style American made ladies vanity or writing desk. The piece can be used as a desk because the...
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1980s American Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat Baker Collector's Edition Desk
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...
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1980s American Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Louis XV Style Dressing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic dressing table is in the Louis XV style, and was fabricated sometime in the 1920s-1930s. The center opens up to reveal a dressing mirror, and just beneath that ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Baker Collector's Edition Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat
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...
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1980s American Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Vintage French Provincial Petit-Bureau de Dame
Located in Forney, TX
A beautiful petit-bureau de dame (also known as bonheur de jour or lady's secretary desk). Born in Provincial France in early/mid 20th century, finished in luxurious Louis XV taste, ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood, Paint

Louis XV Style Auffray and Co Black Desk with Leather Top and Bronze Mounts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XV French style black lacquered desk from the mid 20th century by maker Auffray and Co, with leather top, gilt accents, bronze mounts and three drawers. Created during the Midcentury period, this black lacquer desk, made by Auffray and Co furniture, showcases the stylistic characteristics of the Louis XV era. The desk features a rectangular serpentine top fitted with black leather and gilt accents, sitting above an elegant apron. Three drawers, with bronze Rococo style hardware and gilded accents, present sinuous lines mimicking the apron's lines. The table is raised on four elegant cabriole legs with bronze feet. One of the drawers conceals the maker's label reading Fine French Furniture by Auffray and Co, inc. 921 Third Ave., NYC. With its Louis XV lines and black and gold colors, this French style desk...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Antique French Country Louis XV Walnut Writing Desk Table, Circa 1920
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fantastic antique French desk. The desk is in good condition and measures 19 inches deep x 31 wide x 30 inches tall. The desk dates to teh 1920s.
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Antique French Carved Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak secretary desk Bureau drop front Louis XV style. Direct from France, a lovely antique French carved “drop front” secretary/desk with quintessential French ...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved Center Hall Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style giltwood carved center gall table with marble top. The rectangular shaped frame intricately carved frame with an "X" stretcher centered...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble

Louis XV Style Ebonized Writing Desk
Located in Locust Valley, NY
An ebonized writing desk in Louis XV style with cabriole legs and ormolu mounts to the feet, two drawers, a curved apron and a glass top.
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20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Early 20th C. French Louis XV Carved Mahogany and Marble-Top Lady Table Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a study or boudoir with this elegant antique lady’s desk. Crafted in France, circa 1900, the cabinet shaped as a kidney sits on four carved ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Bronze

Louis Xv desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XV desks and writing tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage desks and writing tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV desks and writing tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original desks and writing tables, popular names associated with this style include François Linke, Baker Furniture Company, Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley, and L. Cueunieres Ebeniste.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for desks and writing tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $486 and tops out at $1,000,000 while the average work can sell for $6,433.

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