A flat-topped writing table originating in France in the late 17th century. The top is usually inset with leather and there are small drawers in the frieze or apron. The form is usually elaborately veneered and inlaid with marquetry and fitted with high quality brass or ormolu mounts. Many versions, often ebonised, were made during the Victorian period in the Rococo style, and continue to be made in the same style, at the present time.

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A French ormolu mounted kingwood and mahogany bureau plat of…

Small Louis XV Style Ormolu Bureau Plat

A French ormolu mounted kingwood and mahogany bureau plat of small proportions, circa 1900, in transitional Louis XV style, the rectangular leather-lined top above a frieze decorated with classical ormolu mounts and with a drawer to one side, raised on…

Louis XV style silvered bronze mounted and parquetry bureau…

Louis XV style silvered bronze mounted bureau plat

Louis XV style silvered bronze mounted and parquetry bureau plat, mid 19th century, the serpentine top inset with green gilt-tooled leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers, with two lateral writing slides, raised on cabriole legs with sabots,…

Louis XV style boulle marquetry and ormolu mounted bureau plat,…

Louis XV Style Boulle Marquetry Writing Desk

Louis XV style boulle marquetry and ormolu mounted bureau plat, c. 1860, the serpentine top inset with brown gilt-tooled leather writing surface, the frieze centred by a gilt mask flanked by two drawers, each corner mounted with espagnolettes supported on…

Louis XV style oak bureau plat, the rectangular moulded top…

Louis XV Oak Bureau Plat with Carved Legs

Louis XV style oak bureau plat, the rectangular moulded top with green leather insert, above a three drawer frieze, raised on carved cabriole legs, height 74 cm, width 158 cm, depth 80 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Martyn Cook, Sydney

Louis XV style white-painted and parcel-gilt bureau plat 19th…

Louis XV Style White Bureau Plat with Gilt Details

Louis XV style white-painted and parcel-gilt bureau plat 19th century, the serpentine top inset with gilt-tooled leather, above a three drawer frieze, raised on cabriole legs terminating in pad feet, height 73 cm width 174 cm depth 66 cm. Provenance:…

A Louis XVI fruitwood bureau plat, with brass mounts and…

Louis XVI Fruitwood Bureau Plat with Brass Mounts

A Louis XVI fruitwood bureau plat, with brass mounts and escutcheons, tooled leather top. 77 x 150 x 80 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

French ormolu mounted kingwood bureau plat, early 20th century,…

Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat

French ormolu mounted kingwood bureau plat, early 20th century, the shaped top inset with a gilt-tooled leather writing surface, each angle with a scrolling shell mount clasp, above three frieze drawers, on four cabriole legs terminating in scroll-cast…

Louis XVI style kingwood and marquetry Petit bureau plat, 1860,…

Louis XVI Petit Bureau Plat with Marquetry and Leather Top

Louis XVI style kingwood and marquetry Petit bureau plat, 1860, the shaped top with leather insert writing surface, decorated throughout with scrolling oak leaves, with slide out writing tablet and concealed drawer in right side of apron, raised on…

A Directoire style walnut finish and gilt bronze mounted bureau…

Directoire-style Walnut and Bronze Bureau Plat

A Directoire style walnut finish and gilt bronze mounted bureau plat, French, circa 1900. 77 cm high, 130 cm wide and 70 cm deep. Provenance. Private Collection Toorak, Melbourne

A gilt-bronze mounted bureau-plat, French 19th century. 78 cm…

Gilt-Bronze Bureau-Plat, 19th Century, French

A gilt-bronze mounted bureau-plat, French 19th century. 78 cm high, 122 cm wide and 67 cm deep. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney