Bureau du Roi | |
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Material | Bronze, marquetry of a variety of fine woods, Sèvres porcelain[1] |
Size | 147.3 x 192.5 x 105[1] |
Created | 1760–1769[1] |
Present location | Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France |
The Bureau du Roi (French pronunciation: [byʁo dy ʁwa], 'the King's desk'), also known as Louis XV's roll-top desk (French: Secrétaire à cylindre de Louis XV), is the richly ornamented royal cylinder desk which was constructed at the end of Louis XV's reign, and is now again in the Palace of Versailles.