A desk, with a sloping fall front lid supported, when in use, by lopers or chains. Less commonly. the bureau may have a tambour top or roll top. Bureaux have been made from the late 17th century. The interior of the desk was fitted with small drawers and pigeonholes. The lower part of the cabinet may consist either of drawers or cupboard space. A bureau may also form part of a bookcase, (bureau bookcase) and is also used to describe A French writing table (bureau plat). A bureau is distinguished from a secretaire by the method of concealment of the writing surface. A secretaire, which serves much the same purpose, usually has the writing section disguised as a drawer, that may be pulled out and the writing surface let down on brass quadrant slides

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An antique bureau de Dame in boulle manner, late 19th / early…

Boulle Style Antique Bureau de Dame with Gilt Mounts

An antique bureau de Dame in boulle manner, late 19th / early 20th century, of typical form, the gallery top above a sloping fall front enclosing a rosewood interior with leather lined writing surface, small drawers, and a well, raised on cabriole…

Late 19th century French inlaid walnut and ormolu mounted petit…

French Walnut and Ormolu Mounted Bureau de Dame

Late 19th century French inlaid walnut and ormolu mounted petit bureau de dame, the interior veneered in Brazilian rosewood with a gilt tooled leather inlay, height 141 cm Width 88 cm depth 54 cm, very good original condition

A Louis XV style marquetry inlaid gilt bronze mounted bureau de…

19th Century French Marquetry Bureau de Dame

A Louis XV style marquetry inlaid gilt bronze mounted bureau de dame, French, 19th century, 80 cm high, 63 cm wide, 50 cm deep

A Napoleon III marquetry inlaid gilt bronze mounted bureau de…

Napoleon III Marquetry Bureau de Dame

A Napoleon III marquetry inlaid gilt bronze mounted bureau de dame, 19th century, 120 cm high, 108 cm wide, 55 cm deep

A Louis XV fruitwood bureau de Dame, circa 1780, the exterior…

Louis XV Fruitwood Bureau de Dame with Inlay and Ormolu

A Louis XV fruitwood bureau de Dame, circa 1780, the exterior decorated with banded inlay and ormolu escutcheons. The fall front opening to a fitted interior above three drawers. 91 cm high, 95 cm wide, 44 cm deep

A French Regence period bureau de Dame, 18th century, having an…

Regence Ebonised Bureau de Dame with Ormolu Details

A French Regence period bureau de Dame, 18th century, having an ebonised finish, decorative brass pull handles, escutcheons and ormolu, the back with faux drawers and doors. 75 cm high, 119.5 cm wide, 56 cm deep

A Dutch bureau de Dame, 20th century, the black leather inset…

Dutch Bureau de Dame with Leather Inset Top and Drawers

A Dutch bureau de Dame, 20th century, the black leather inset top with gilt tooling, flanked by two pull-out slides also inset with leather. The desk inset with three drawers, each with black banding and lion head mask with loop handles, the whole raised…

A French marquetry bombe bureau de Dame, 19th century,…

19th Century French Marquetry Bombe Bureau de Dame

A French marquetry bombe bureau de Dame, 19th century, serpentine in form, the lid opening to reveal a fitted interior and a leather writing surface, above three lower drawers, and raised on four cabriole legs. The whole inset with paquerty veneer, with a…

A French gilt metal mounted rosewood and marquetry bureau de…

19th Century French Marquetry Bureau de Dame

A French gilt metal mounted rosewood and marquetry bureau de dame, 19th century, with inlay reserves of floral sprays, the fall front enclosing three drawers and hidden compartment and tooled leather writing surface, once in the dining room of Barford,…

A French bureau de dame ladies desk, kingwood with marquetry…

Late 19th Century French Marquetry Ladies Desk

A French bureau de dame ladies desk, kingwood with marquetry inlay, late 19th century 98 cm high, 73 cm wide, 52 cm deep

A French late 19th century bureau de dame, the raised back with…

Late 19th Century French Carved Bureau de Dame

A French late 19th century bureau de dame, the raised back with carved mask, above small drawers, below frieze drawers on high tapering legs

A Napoleon III gilt brass mounted and porcelain medallion inset…

Napoleon III Porcelain Bureau de Dame

A Napoleon III gilt brass mounted and porcelain medallion inset tulipwood bureau de dame, 19th century, with gilt metal mounts and Sevres pattern porcelain plaques, 80 cm high, 78 cm wide, 52 cm deep

Vintage French Louis XV style inlaid Bureau de dame, approx 103…

French Louis XV Inlaid Bureau de Dame

Vintage French Louis XV style inlaid Bureau de dame, approx 103 cm high, 58 cm long, 40 cm wide

A good boulle manner ormolu-mounted and brass-inlaid bureau de…

Ormolu-mounted Boulle Bureau de Dame

A good boulle manner ormolu-mounted and brass-inlaid bureau de Dame, late 19th century, the fall front enclosing a leather-lined writing surface and fitted interior above a frieze drawer, on cabriole legs, the top, front, and outside faces of all legs…

A Louis XV style gilt metal mounted cylinder bureau de dame,…

Gilt-mounted Louis XV cylinder bureau de dame

A Louis XV style gilt metal mounted cylinder bureau de dame, 101 cm high, 80 cm wide, 57 cm deep

A Louis XVI style ebonised and gilt-brass inlaid bureau de dame,…

Louis XVI Style Inlaid Bureau de Dame

A Louis XVI style ebonised and gilt-brass inlaid bureau de dame, circa 1890. 73 cm high, 60 cm wide and 44 cm deep

A Napoleon III cylinder top mahogany bureau de dame, the rouge…

Napoleon III Mahogany Bureau de Dame

A Napoleon III cylinder top mahogany bureau de dame, the rouge marble top with a brass gallery, above a cylinder front on tapering fluted legs with gilt highlights. 110 cm high, 85 cm wide, 47 cm deep

Antique French Louis XV parquetry bureau de dame

Louis XV Parquetry Bureau de Dame

Antique French Louis XV parquetry bureau de dame

A French Louis XV style walnut bureau de dame, the fall…

Louis XV Walnut Bureau de Dame with Stepped Interior

A French Louis XV style walnut bureau de dame, the fall enclosing a stepped interior with small drawers, and a well, below a knee hole flanked small drawers on cabriole legs. 94 cm high, 78 cm wide, 43 cm deep.

A gilt bronze, boulle and ebonised bureau de dame, French,…

French Boulle and Bronze Bureau de Dame, 1880

A gilt bronze, boulle and ebonised bureau de dame, French, circa 1880 140 cm high, 82 cm wide, 42 cm deep

A Louis XV style gilt metal mounted kingwood and marquetry…

Gilt Kingwood Marquetry Bureau De Dame

A Louis XV style gilt metal mounted kingwood and marquetry bureau De dame, 76 x 94 x 43 cm