bureau plat

Noun

bureau plat (plural bureaux plats)

1. A flat writing desk.
   • Small feminized versions of the bureau plat reinforce rather than call into question the masculinity of the form. The reduced size, rounded corners, and porcelain plaques mounted on the bureau plat shown in figure 6.28 make it for a man’s office furniture while bringing it into stylistic conformity...2009, Dena Goodman, Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters, Ithaca, N.Y.; London: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 230
   • Ten cautious steps and five feet later, April spied a Louis XVI gilt-metal bureau plat, a pair of George III mahogany armchairs, a Charles X Savonnerie carpet, and one unbelievable mid-eighteenth-century gold girandole.2014, Michelle Gable, A Paris Apartment, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 10