Desks, style or type - bureau de dame - price guide and values

Louis XV Style Walnut and Satin Birch Bureau de Dame

An antique Louis XV style figured walnut and satin birch bureau de Dame, second half 19th century, of typical form on cabriole supports, the sloping fall enclosing a gilt tooled leather lined writing surface and fitted interior of an open compartment,…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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…

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,…

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

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

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

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

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…