What wood are most Georgian bureaux?

Mahogany leads, named in 327 of the 709 titles on Sellingantiques. Oak and walnut follow, at 143 and 148 titles. Everything else is scarce. Elm, yew, fruitwood, cherry, satinwood, rosewood, padauk, mulberry and cedarwood turn up only a handful of times apiece, and the rarest of them sit at the top of the range.

How wide is a typical example?

Narrow. Titles repeatedly specify 2'6" or 3ft widths, and the usual piece is three feet or less across. The trade treats that narrowness as the selling point. "Small" appears in 79 titles, with petite, dinky, diminutive, neat and tiny doing the same job elsewhere.

Why are 1920s pieces filed as Georgian?

Because they're revival work. Titles such as "Georgian Style" and "in the Georgian Taste" sit inside the category alongside the originals. That's why the dated years run from 1700 to 1930, a 230-year spread. Revival and Edwardian examples make up under one in ten of the listings.

What is the difference between a bureau and a secretaire?

A bureau has a hinged sloping fall that drops forward to make the writing surface. A secretaire has a flat pull-out drawer front instead. Secretaire appears in 25 titles, secretaire bookcase in nine. A third variant, the cylinder or tambour, closes the writing space with a curved solid or slatted shutter, and shows up in eleven titles.

Are corner bureaux common in this category?

No. Three exist in the whole archive: a Welsh oak one, a George I oak one and a walnut corner bureau bookcase. Miniature and child-size pieces are a slightly stronger strand, with a Welsh oak miniature from Glamorgan, a George III child's bureau and two miniature mahogany examples.

How often do these come up for sale?

Around 74 Georgian bureaux are listed on Sellingantiques in a year. Across the archive 176 different dealers have handled one, which makes this a form almost every general furniture dealer touches at some point.

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Antique Georgian Bureau

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A sloping fall-front writing desk on a base of drawers, made in Britain through the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to give a household one lockable place to write and keep papers.

18th century

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Fine George 11 Walnut Bureau

From Martin Murray Antiques

£1,950

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1900 - 1920

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Antique Walnut Queen Anne Style Bureau Bookcase

From Rawlings Antiques

£895

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18th century

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Antique Georgian Mahogany Bureau | 18th Century

From ActFurniture LTD

£625

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18th century

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Petite George II Fruitwood and Cedarwood 'Chippendale' Bureau C. 1750

From Webberley Antiques

£980

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E18thc English Tall Walnut Escritoire Writing Desk

18th century

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E18thc English Tall Walnut Escritoire Writing Desk

From Mike Melody Antiques

£3,150

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18th century

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Georgian Figured Walnut Escritoire Bureau C.1715–1725

From Also Antique Furniture

£2,495

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18th century

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Georgian Walnut Floral Marquetry Escritoire Bureau

From Also Antique Furniture

£2,495

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18th century

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Late 18th Century Cylinder Tambour Bureau

From Thakeham Furniture

£3,400

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18th century

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Queen Anne Figured Walnut Bureau

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£1,650

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18th century

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Small Early 18th Century Walnut Bureau on Legs

From S and S Timms Antiques Ltd

£12,500

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Bureau comes from the French burel, a coarse woollen cloth once used to cover writing tables. The cloth named the table, and the table named the room.

18th century

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George I Figured Walnut Bureau

From FB Antiques

£1,250

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18th century

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Small Early 18th Century Oak Bureau

From Holmes Antiques

£1,400

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19th century

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Escritoire.

From A and B Antiques

£1,265

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1920 - 1940

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English 1930s Flame Fronted Mahogany Bureau with Warm Colour & Character

From Whites Antiques

£875

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1900 - 1920

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Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Bureau Bookcase

From Martlesham Antiques

£12,500

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18th century

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Mahogany Bookcase Bureau by Tudor & Burrey (Shrewsbury)

From Fairford Barn Antiques

£1,950

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Antique Georgian Bureau

Fine George 11 Walnut Bureau

Antique Walnut Queen Anne Style Bureau Bookcase

Antique Georgian Mahogany Bureau | 18th Century

Petite George II Fruitwood and Cedarwood 'Chippendale' Bureau C. 1750

E18thc English Tall Walnut Escritoire Writing Desk

Georgian Figured Walnut Escritoire Bureau C.1715–1725

Georgian Walnut Floral Marquetry Escritoire Bureau

Late 18th Century Cylinder Tambour Bureau

Queen Anne Figured Walnut Bureau

Small Early 18th Century Walnut Bureau on Legs

George I Figured Walnut Bureau

Small Early 18th Century Oak Bureau

Escritoire.

English 1930s Flame Fronted Mahogany Bureau with Warm Colour & Character

Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Bureau Bookcase

Mahogany Bookcase Bureau by Tudor & Burrey (Shrewsbury)

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