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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
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
18th Century French Regence Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 18th century French Regence Bureau Plat. Four drawers, with pieced leather top with
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Antique 18th Century French Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
18th Century Painted Bureau Plat from Provence
Located in Carmel, CA
This is a charming painted bureau plat from Provence. It has bold capriole legs. The apron has a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Bureau Plat
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A very useful desk. It has 5 drawers and a leather top.-
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Antique Late 18th Century French Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
, allowing this bureau plat to be freestanding, the cabriole legs with sabot feet headed by female masks
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and very high quality French 18th century Louis XV period Tulipwood, Kingwood, and
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Bureau Plat, by Pierre Garnier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and very high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period kingwood, Charnwood
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Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
An 18th century
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31.11 in W 40.95 in D 29.14 in
French Boulle Bureau Plat / Library Table, Late 18th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Charleston, SC
Exceptional French Boulle bureau plat has the English feel of a library table with the four rams
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Mid 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Tulipwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period tulipwood and ormolu bureau plat
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
H 28.5 in W 50.75 in D 25.25 in
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
18th Century Bureau Plat Mahogany France 1780 Writing Desk with Side Drawers
Located in Epfach, DE
A bureau plat from the late 18th century, made around 1780 in the French style, epitomises the
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Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
H 30.32 in W 63 in D 33.47 in
Louis XV Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Miami, US
This elegant Louis XV bureau plat, dating from circa 1750, showcases the exquisite craftsmanship of
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Bureau Plat In Rosewood Marquetry And Gilt Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent Louis XV flat desk made of rosewood marquetry treated in frieze on an oak frame.
Beautiful ornamentation of gilded and chiseled bronze.
Top covered with red leather dec...
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Bureau Plat
By Philippe Claude Montigny
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the style of Montigny (Philippe-Claude Montigny, mai^tre in 1770), the rectangular tooled leather-lined top surrounded with a later ormolu border, above two frieze drawers and sim...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Louis XV Bureau Plat or Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 18th Century Louis XV bureau plat handcrafted in classic style with mahogany and
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass
Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk antique According to Andre C. Boulle bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-imprinted leather insert, flanked by a grotesque mask on each c...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 30.32 in W 59.06 in D 32.68 in
Louis XVI Mahogany And Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat By Martin Carlin
Located in Essex, MA
This desk is by one of the finest makers in France during the fourth quarter of the 18th century
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Petite Mahogany and Kingwood Marquetry Kidney Writing Table, Paris 1870
Located in Germantown, MD
purpose of reading or writing table or it could be used as a vanity with a mirror. 18th century bureau
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 30 in W 46.75 in D 24 in
Late 18th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 18th century to early 19th century writing table.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Louis XVI Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular shape bureau, mahogany and mahogany veneer.
It comprises three drawers on the front
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Italian Walnut 18th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian Louis XVI walnut bureau plat with three drawers, having carved rosette and swag decoration
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Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bureau plat
Located in New York, NY
cartonnier, Continental, late 18th century
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Bronze
18th c southern french bureau plat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
old french desk waxed wood with antique french hardware .
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French French Provincial Desks and Writ...
Sophisticated 18th Century French Louis XV Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A sophisticated 18th century French Louis XV kingwood and ormolu bureau plat desk, with one long
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
H 30.5 in W 64.25 in D 31.13 in
Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
Louis XV desk inlaid with ebony, darkened wood and brass.
This bureau plat is opening with two
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Antique Mid-18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
18th Century Kingwood and Tulipwood Parquetry Serpentine Bureau-Plat
Located in London, GB
The shaped, moulded rectangular top inset with a green tooled leather writing surface above a long frieze drawer, flanked by two short shaped drawers and with pull-out slides to each...
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Antique 1760s Dutch Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Régence Great Bureau Plat
Located in Paris, FR
lays four curved legs finished by hind hoof.
Parisian work from the first half of the 18th century
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Antique 18th Century Desks
Louis XV provincial fruitwood bureau plat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XV provincial fruitwood bureau plat, the rectangular leather-inset top with molded edge above
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Period Walnut Bureau Plat
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A Louis XV period walnut bereau plat with cabriole legs terminating in "pied de biche" feet.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bureau-Plat, Paris 1785, Lebesque, 18th Century Writing Desk, French, Signed
Located in Bamberg, DE
Paris, C. Lebesgue, circa 1785.
Stamped "IME" and "C. Lebesgue" for Robert-Claude Lebesgue, born 1749, master 1771.
Mahogany veneered on oak with fine, linear brass inlays, origin...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 30.71 in W 63 in D 31.5 in
Italian bureau plat, possibly Genoese
Located in San Francisco, CA
The rectangular leather-lined top with moulded edge above a shaped frieze fitted with three drawers, the reverse with simulated drawers, the sides mounted with a classical male beard...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks
Early 18th c. Mahogany Centre Writing Table / Bureau Plat .
Located in Milan, IT
Very elegant ,early 18th France centre bureau plat, with leather top, also in the two pull out
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Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
LOUIS XV WALNUT PROVENCAL BUREAU PLAT
Located in Natchez, MS
Louis XV Walnut Provencal Bureau Plat with leather top and original ormolu mounts. Great size.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Regence Kingwood Bureau Plat With Ormolu Mounts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Franch regence ormolu-mounted kingwood bureau plat with leather writing surface
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Period Bureau-plat
Located in Banbury, GB
A FINE & RARE LATE 18TH.CENTURY LOUIS XVI PERIOD BRASS & EBONY BANDED MAHOGANY BUREAU-PLAT, WRITING
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Painted Louis XV Bureau Plat or Writing Desk in Walnut
Located in Firenze, IT
A charming Italian Louis XV bureau plat or writing desk.
The desk in solid walnut wood features a
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 31.5 in W 55.12 in D 31.5 in
French Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in Charleston, SC
An important and rare French Louis XV period bureau plat made of solid mahogany, mahogany veneer
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounted
Located in Madrid, ES
Louis XVI mahogany Bureau Plat with ormolu mounted.
Four drawers in front and the back simulated
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
A fine Louis XV period ormolu-mounted kingwood and tulipwood bureau plat, or desk, the rectangular
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Amarante Bureau Plat
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Lieutaud, maitre in 1749. A similar bureau is in:
Le mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle de Pierre
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Kingwood Bureau Plat With Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
A kingwood marquetry Louis XV bureau plat with gilt bronze mounts and cabriole legs, ending in gilt
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
A Fine Neoclassic Mahogany and Brass Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
Having a row of 3 drawers on each side. One drawer having an inscription from the eboniste.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat and Cartonnier
By Mathieu-Guillaume Cramer
Located in London, Middlesex
bureau plat, having a rectangular top with a black Moroccan leather, the frieze having two drawers and
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XV "Bureau Plat" Stamped by Delorme and Lardin
By Adrien Delorme
Located in Paris, FR
Great desk inlaid with amaranth and tulipwood. Its belt opens with three drawers ornamented with gilt bronze. Its top is covered with leather and lined with gilt bronze. This desk is...
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Antique 18th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany and oak writing table (bureau-plat) by Fidelys Schey
By Fidelys Schey
Located in New York, NY
This desk has a rectangular gilt and tooled brown leather-inset top with molded surround. Each side has a writing slide above a three-paneled frieze of drawers with cartouche-shaped,...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Ormolu
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
H 30 in W 44 in D 27.5 in
French Louis XV Petite Kidney-Shaped Writing Table, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
reading or writing table or it could be used as a vanity with a mirror. 18th century bureau plats or
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Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Bureau Plat, 18th Century
Located in Westwood, NJ
Louis XV ebonized leather top Bureau Plat with serpentine sides and bronze mounts.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XV Ebonized Bureau Plat, 18th Century
Located in Westwood, NJ
Louis XV Ebonized Leather Top Bronze Mounted Buerau Plat
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Louis XV Period Provincial Bureau Plat, 18th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A Louis XV period writing table in fruit-wood, with a molded top over a scalloped apron containing a single drawer, on cabriole legs terminating with "pied de biche" feet, circa 1760...
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Louis XIV - XV Walnut Leather Top Bureau Plat, 18th century
Located in Westwood, NJ
Louis XIV - XV walnut leather top bronze mounted bureau plat.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
18th Century French Ebonised Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A handsome 18th century French, ebonised bureau plat with old leather top. Having three drawers
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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather
18th Century French Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French kingwood bureau plat having a rectangular cross banded top, with a tooled
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Antique 18th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Late 18th Century Mahogany Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
A late 18th century flame mahogany veneered bureau plat, having a tooled red leather top with side
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Signed 18th Century bureau plat by "P. Bernard"
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed 18th Century Louis XVI Bureau plat.Signed P. Bernard, made from Acajou with a brown leather
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in Charleston, SC
handles. The reverse side has two simulated drawers, allowing this bureau plat to bee freestanding
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Louis XVI Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
Late 18th century French Louis XVI leather top mahogany and gilt bronze bureau plat.
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Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat, Late 18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted bureau plat, late 18th century with center drawer and flanking side
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Antique 1790s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 18th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
French 18th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Bureau Plat
A late 18th century
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 28.75 in W 44.49 in D 22.05 in
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal bureau plat 18th century for your home. A bureau plat 18th century — often made from wood, animal skin and leather — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer bureau plat 18th century, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 19th Century. When you’re browsing for the right bureau plat 18th century, those designed in Louis XVI, Louis XV and Neoclassical styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made bureau plat 18th century over the years, but those crafted by Hazard are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Bureau Plat 18th Century?
Prices for a bureau plat 18th century start at $3,675 and top out at $138,000 with the average selling for $11,500.
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.
Questions About Bureau Plat 18th Century
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022In the 18th century, art changed in style from Baroque to Rococo and Neoclassicism. Art became more ornamented and idealized during the Rococo period and then shifted toward a style that emulated the artwork of ancient Greece and Rome near the end of the century. You’ll find a variety of fine art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024To identify 18th-century furniture, you can research your piece in the context of the prevailing styles of the period or consult a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer. To identify your item on your own, look over it for maker's marks, such as carvings, stamps, brands and labels. Researching the marking can help you determine the maker of your piece, and from there, you can search further to learn more about your particular item. Without a maker's mark, the best approach is to consider the characteristics of the dominant furniture styles during the 18th century. In England, these included William and Mary, Queen Anne, Georgian, Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. Some French furniture styles of the 1700s include Louis XV, Louis XVI and Régence. Find a diverse assortment of 18th-century furniture on 1stDibs.
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