Antique Bureau Plats

Item No. 1184 Rare, Russian, Brass-Mounted Mahogany Architects Table The hinged top fitted with a ratchet mechanism above a leather-lined writing surface and one drawer fitted with a sliding leather-lined surface and a secret inkwell drawer, flanked by candle slides, raised on tapering fluted legs ending in sabots. Last quarter of the 18th century. In the Manner of David Roentgen. 36¾" wide by 30" high by 24¼" deep

Item No. 1174 Exceptional, French, Art Nouveau period bureau plat In solid, carved walnut; with five conforming drawers; have writing surface inset with decorative, gilt-embossed leather blotter, each side with tirets (additional pull out writing surfaces), the whole delicately sculpted with flowers and other vegetation and resting upon four slightly cabriole legs. Circa: 1890, L'ecole de Nancy.

Item No. 1109 Northern Italian, Neoclassical period, marquetry inlaid bureau plat In walnut, rosewood, and boxwood having marquetry inlay on all four sides and top. The top and sides centered by decorative urns, the front having five drawers and a pull-out writing surface. Milan, circa 1780. 52" wide

Item No. 1061 Very fine, French, Louis XV style, black lacquer (chinoiserie) bureauplat With bronze d'ore mounts and original gilt, embossed leather blotter. Mid-19th century. 67" wide by 33½" deep by 30¼" high

Item No. 1055 Very fine, Louis XVI period bureauplat In Cuban mahogany with gilt bronze mounts, having tapered and fluted legs. Bearing the signature of "Jean Laurent COSSON." Late 18th century. 64½" wide by 35½" deep by 29" high

Item No. 1038 Fine, English Regency style bureau plat In rosewood with brass trim; having three drawers; the top inset with gilt, embossed, dark-blue leather blotter; raised on brass casters. Finished on all sides, suitable for placement in the center of a room. Circa 1900. 61" wide by 35" deep by 30" high

Item No. 1033 Fine, Provençal, Louis XVI period commode scriban In solid, carved walnut. From Nimes, France. Circa 1780.

Item No. 1021 Rare, Alsacian, Louis XVI period bureau a cylindre In walnut and other exotic woods; having marquetry and parquetry inlay and original brass mounts. Last quarter of the 18th century.

Item No. 894 Fine, Venetian, Rococo style polychrome decorated desk The cartouche shaped top with tooled peach leather inset over a long center drawer, raised on cabriole legs, overall painted with simians at play all on a parchment ground. 19th century. 64½" wide by 30" deep by 32" high

Item No. 937 Very fine French, Neoclassical style, brass-mounted bureau plat In solid mahogany with flame mahogany veneers, tapered, fluted legs terminating above elegant brass mounts, original hand-tooled leather, five drawers, and tirets (pull-out surfaces) on both sides. Circa 1830. 64" wide (94" wide with both tirets extended) by 31" deep by 30" high

Item No. 819 Italian, Renaissance period, walnut refectory table In solid, carved walnut. Suitable for use as a large desk. 16th century with restorations. 68" wide by 29¾" high by 34" deep

Item No. 759 Very fine, French, Louis XVI period tric-trac table In solid mahogany and mahogany veneers with brass trim. Gold-embossed leather writing surface reverses to reveal felt card-playing surface. Inside reveals original ebony and ivory inlaid backgammon board. Tapered, fluted legs ending in brass casters. Two drawers hold matching white and green-tinted ivory playing pieces. Late 18th century. 45" wide by 24" deep by 29" high

Item No. 751 Italian, Regence period, black lacquer and gilt bronze bureau plat With gold-embossed, leather blotter, giltwood border, and legs terminating in bronze sabots (hoof feet). Early 18th century.

Item No. 680 French, Neoclassical style, flame mahogany bureau plat 19th century.

Item No. 614 Italian, Louis XV period "cartonnier" Crème painted with ebonized accents, having four leather drawers above the writing surface and separated by a display alcove (shown here with Item 316, Greco-Roman, porcelain urn). 18th century. 62" wide by 40" deep by 48" tall

Item No. 414 Louis XV style, Italian bureau plat With painted verde gris finish and embossed leather writing surface, exaggerated cabriole legs ending in pied de sabots. Late 18th or early 19th century. 65" wide by 29" deep by 30" high

Item No. 113 French Provençal, Louis XVI style desk Carved cherry with four drawers on each side. 19th century. 52½" long by 34½" wide by 30" high

Item No. 968 Very fine, French, Louis XV period bureau dos d'ane Of bombé form with floral marquetry inlay, resting upon four delicately shaped cabriole legs; having original gilded bronze mounts and fall-front lid that opens to reveal leather writing surface and four interior drawers. Stamped "L·BOUDIN". Mid-18th century.

Item No. 942 Very fine Louis XV gilt bronze mounted kingwood bureau plat and cartonnier The cartonnier with circular white enameled dial signed "Masson a Paris", with roman hour markers and arabic minutes, above a case surmounted by a gilt-bronze monkey and enclosing six pigeon-holes, four containing tooled red morocco leather removable drawers, raised on scroll feet, the underside bearing the stamped initials "L V E " with an iron cross between the L and the V; the bureau plat with gilt-tooled red leather insert with a gilt bronze banded edge and scallop shells at corners, above five drawers, raised on cabriole legs mounted with chutes and terminating in sabots. Mid-18th century, the bureau plat attributed to Pierre Migeon II, the cartonnier dial signed masson. Bureau plat: 29" high by 88" wide by 44¾" deep Clock: 37" high

Item No. 890 Very fine, Italian, Renaissance period bureau table In solid, carved walnut. Late 16th century from Bologna, Italy. 78" wide by 38" deep by 31" high

Item No. 823 Louis XVI, ormolu and brass-mounted, mahogany bureau à cylindre The white marble top with a three-quarter pierced gallery above three frieze drawers, the cylinder opening in conjunction with a black leather-lined writing surface, each side with a writing slide; with four drawers around a kneehole, raised on round tapered brass-fluted legs ending in toupie sabots. 49" high by 63¾" wide by 29½" deep