What timber are most of these made from?

Mahogany and walnut run almost neck and neck across the titles, 157 against 149, with oak third at 60. Beyond those three, satinwood, rosewood, kingwood, amboyna, elm, mulberry, birch, tulipwood, sabicu, pine and Brazilian rosewood each appear in single figures.

How old are bureau cabinets on Sellingantiques?

The dealer-entered date field spans 1700 to 1930, and 177 listings carry a clean year. One sampled piece is filed simply as before 1700. The 18th century is the largest single bucket at 104 listings, with 64 in the 19th and 14 in the 17th. Decade labels such as 1900s, 1800s, 1920s and 1860s account for a good many of the rest.

Why do so few carry a maker's name?

Only one name clears three dealers across the whole archive, at four. The category is sold by period, timber and form rather than by attribution. Where a name does appear, it comes as a stamp, a label, or an attribution in the dealer's wording.

Are French and Continental examples common?

French pieces account for 51 titles and Dutch for 16, with Dutch marquetry a recurring pairing. The wider Continental tail is unusually broad for an English-dominated category. Italian, Venetian, Biedermeier, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, South German, Portuguese and Viennese examples all turn up, as do Irish, Welsh, Anglo-Indian and Chinese Canton pieces.

How does a bonheur du jour differ?

It's the small ladies' form: a writing table with a raised superstructure of little drawers rather than a full bureau slope over a chest. Thirty-four titles use the term, and ormolu mounts, porcelain plaques and satinwood come with it often. Pairs of them have appeared, and those sat at the very top of the range.

Do miniature and child's sizes come up?

They form a small recurring thread. Apprentice, miniature and child's pieces appear across the archive, described as of small proportions. Sampled examples include an apprentice miniature William and Mary secretaire cabinet, a barrister's bureau, a child's George III mahogany bureau and a table-top escritoire with a revolving tabernacle.

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A bureau cabinet is a writing desk with a fitted interior and drawers below, carrying a cabinet, glazed bookcase or mirrored top above, made to store papers behind a surface you can write on.

A Wonderful Late Georgian Totally Imposing Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Cabinet.

18th century

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A Wonderful Late Georgian Totally Imposing Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Cabinet.

From Designer Antiques4u

£2,495

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1900 - 1920

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French Kingwood Escritoire Writing Desk

From John Howkins Antiques

£1,650

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1900 - 1920

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Good Antique Sheraton Revival Bureau Bookcase

From John Howkins Antiques

£1,650

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18th century

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Early 18th Century Oak Bureau Bookcase

From Holmes Antiques

£3,800

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1920 - 1940

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Carved Oak Writing Bureau with Moving Interior

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

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1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Bureau Bookcase

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

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1900 - 1920

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Superior Quality Solid Oak Bureau Bookcase

From John Howkins Antiques

£1,295

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19th century

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Attractive Antique Mahogany Bureau with Hidden Compartment

From Abacus Antiques

£525

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Antique Secretaire Cabinet, English, Georgian

19th century

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Antique Secretaire Cabinet, English, Georgian

From London Fine Antiques

£3,850

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18th century

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18th Century Mahogany Bureau of Small Proportions

From Holmes Antiques

£2,800

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Among the one-offs to pass through: a Viennese enamel bureau cabinet, a metamorphic drinks cabinet in bureau form, and an early oak bureau bookcase adapted for a television.

19th century

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French Kingwood, Gilt Metal and Porcelain Mounted Bonheur Du Jour, Late 19th Century

From H & H Gallery

£4,500

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18th century

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George III Bureau Bookcase Antique 1790

From Canonbury Antiques

£1,275

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bureau

19th century

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19th Century French Bonheur Du Jour

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£4,500

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bureau

18th century

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A Superb George Ist Walnut Bureau Bookcase

From William Cook Antiques

£48,500

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19th century

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Pair 19th Century Pietra Dura Bonheur Du Jours

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£36,000

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18th century

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Rare Small George II Elm Bureau C1750

From Timberhill Gallery

£1,750

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Antique Bureau Cabinets

A Wonderful Late Georgian Totally Imposing Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Cabinet.

French Kingwood Escritoire Writing Desk

Good Antique Sheraton Revival Bureau Bookcase

Early 18th Century Oak Bureau Bookcase

Carved Oak Writing Bureau with Moving Interior

Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Bureau Bookcase

Superior Quality Solid Oak Bureau Bookcase

Attractive Antique Mahogany Bureau with Hidden Compartment

Antique Secretaire Cabinet, English, Georgian

18th Century Mahogany Bureau of Small Proportions

French Kingwood, Gilt Metal and Porcelain Mounted Bonheur Du Jour, Late 19th Century

George III Bureau Bookcase Antique 1790

19th Century French Bonheur Du Jour

A Superb George Ist Walnut Bureau Bookcase

Pair 19th Century Pietra Dura Bonheur Du Jours

Rare Small George II Elm Bureau C1750

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