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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
18th Century Italian Scriban
Located in London, Park Royal
18th century Italian scriban from Tuscany. Wax polished, walnut wood finish on the interior and a black lacquer patina with gilded highlights on t...
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Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Wood

Early 18th Century George I Figured Walnut Bachelors Chest, C.1720-1730
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare early 18th-century compact George I figured walnut bachelors chest The quarter veneered feather and crossbanded top opens on original hinges to reveal a veneered int...
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English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Brass

Antique Georgian George II Figured Walnut Bookcase Bureau Secretary Desk, 1750
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique George II figured and inlaid walnut bureau bookcase/secretary, circa 1750. The bookcase secretary in two secrions, the upper bookcase having a stepped crown with twin arched mirrored doors below, the mirror to the right side having a reversed engraved flower and the doors enclosing three adjustable shelves. The base having a fall front with a fitted writing surface, the interior is extravagantly fitted with eight pigeonholes, six drawers with a central carved arched door flanked with ribbed columns. The door having a secret switch to the inside allowing the whole 'box' to be withdrawn, therefore providing access to two secret drawers to the verso. The base having twin pull-out lopers to support the fall front, below are four long and two short drawers, the cabinet is raised on bracket feet. The bookcase secretary is made from the finest figured walnut which is crossbanded & inlaid with satinwood stringing, the cabinet has all the original brass handles, lockplates/escutcheons. This is a very fine quality early Georgian bookcase secretary...
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English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

Louis XVI Cylinder Secretary
Located in Brussels, BE
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Wood

Early 18th Century English Walnut Veneered Stepped Interior Georgian Bureau Desk
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional condition for this English secretaire/chest/desk of George I period. The finish in figured burl walnut adds aesthetic beauty to the history of this piece acquired by Cosu...
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English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Metal

18th C. Louis XV Bureau Scriban Bibliotec Secretary Cabinet Mahogany Antiques LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
18th century Louis XV Bureau Scriban Bibliotic Secretary Cabinet Mahogany Antiques LA. An important rare and Tall Scribing bibliotic secre...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Wrought Iron, Metal, Metallic Thread

18th Century Empire Secretary Veneered with Mahogany
Located in Opole, PL
We present you an antique piece of furniture covered with mahogany veneer with beautiful grain. It is topped with a green marble board. The whole is dated the turn of the 18th and th...
Category

French Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Marble

Small Secretary or Cabinet in Burl Walnut with Dome, 18 ° Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
rare small secretary in walnut from the 18th century of very good quality with its dome English piece of furniture which stands out by its period, fro...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

18th-19th Century Grey Russian Two Part Bureau - Antique Baroque Oak Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th - 19th Century, antique Russian two part bureau made of hand crafted painted Oakwood, designed and produced by an unknown carpenter from St. Petersburg, in good condition. The vintage secretaire...
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Russian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Metal, Bronze

17th Century Spanish Vargueno with Decoupage Exterior on Baroque Style Base
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional Spanish vargueno or collector cabinet with a sophisticated assemblage of decorated drawers and cabinets on the interior with columnar accents. The exterior with except...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Wrought Iron

Antique English George III Slant-Front Secretary w/ Bookcase in Cuban Mahogany
Located in Miami, FL
A fine 18th century George III English bureau bookcase secretary in solid West Indies/ Cuban mahogany. The bonnet features a swan neck, broken-scroll pediment with carved rosettes an...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century Louis XV Bureau Italian Genoese Walnut Marquetry Drop-Front Desk
Located in Milan, IT
An exceptional Italian Genoese walnut veneered and inlaid fall front bureau secretaire desk, dating back to the third quarter of 18th century, of Genoese origin. The fall opening to a fitted interior of six small drawers, pigeon holes and one central small door with an engraving. The waving, curved front of this antique Italian drop front bureau shows two short, small and convex drawers above two long and deep drawers; the scalloped lower front, the shaped apron is part of the lower drawer. Sides in solid walnut. The whole raised on curved cabriolet feet. The veneer is placed obliquely, in a herringbone pattern, within jutting frames and makes this antique Italian bureau...
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Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

An American Chippendale Maple Slant Front Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
An American Chippendale
Maple Slant Front Desk
Rhode Island
18th Century

The slant front opens to reveal ...
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American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Fine Italian 18th Century Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Rome, IT
Very fine Italian 18' century ormolu-mounted Parquetry Secretaire a Abattant with a dark Grey marble top. Measures: cm. 170 x 105 x 46.
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Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Wood

18th Century Irish Mahogany Georgian Secretary with Sunflowers and Irish Hound
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century Irish mahogany Georgian secretary with mirrored doors, broken arch pediment and fitted interior. The pediment has Irish eye su...
Category

Irish George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany

Fine George I Burr Walnut Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine English George I-period burr (burl) walnut secretaire cabinet. Early-18th century, ca 1720. The top section separates from the base and opens to reveal numerous fitted drawers, behind doors with original bevelled arched mirror plates. The base contains a fall-front fitted secretaire with small drawers, two of which have secret drawers. Engraved mounts are contemporary if not original. All locks and cross-grained mouldings are original. Beautiful colour throughout with superb matched burr veneers within herringbone lines. Bun feet are original. Lined throughout in best quality English oak. The well-patinated green, gilt-tooled liner in the writing surface appears original. Very much in the style of John Old & William Ody. One of the most original early-18th century pieces of English walnut cabinet...
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English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

18th Century, Italian Walnut Wood Bureau Chest of Drawer
Located in IT
18th century, Italian walnut wood bureau chest of drawer This bureau chest of drawer was made in Emilia, in Italy, at the beginning of the 18th century. The structure is entirely paved in the precious wood essence of walnut and walnut root. The upper portion has a door that opens to the fore to show inside a compartment divided into six drawers. There is also a secret, which is fulfilled by running the support plan. The front then has three drawers equipped with door locks and handles in chiseled bronze. The cabinet rests on a band that front is interrupted to create two feet, a feature that gives elegance and lightness to the compositional line. The walnut veneer is applied playing on the different designs of the wood and this gives the furniture a refined chromatic effect of great decorative. This flap is suitable to be inserted in different environments of your home is combined with antique furniture in...
Category

Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Bronze

Irish Georgian Secretary
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine and unusual 18th century Irish mahogany bureau bookcase, the pierced gallery top with Gothic details, the pilasters and door with rich and crisply carved shell and foliate desig...
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Irish Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Mercury Glass, Mahogany

English Inlaid Secretaire
Located in Wilson, NC
This secretaire is inlaid throughout with boxwood line inlay with two satinwood fans in the broken arch crest. The top half has two fixed shelves. There are some shrinkage separation...
Category

English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Brass

18h Century Louis XVI Walnut Cylinder Bureau / Secretaire
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful cylinder Bureau from the time of Louis XVI circa 1780-1790. The Secretaire is made of thick saw walnut veneer on a pine wood body, the interior is made also with walnut ven...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

18th Century, Veneered and Inlaid Secretary
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Stunning, hand carved, 18th century, parquetry inlaid and veneered, bonnet top, two-part secretary from the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. The two-door top cabinet sits abo...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Wood, Fruitwood, Walnut

Spanish Late 18th Century Pine Secretaire with Slanted Desk and Geometric Panels
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish pine tall secretaire from the late 18th century, with carved date, slanted desk and geometric panels. Created in Spain during the last quarte...
Category

Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Pine

Baroque Walnut Secretaire, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Italian secretaire standing on bracket feet with four drawers and trapezoidal top with an inclined flap. The walnut veneer is contrasted with panel-shaped frames and decorated with a...
Category

European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

17th Century Spanish Wood & Tortoise Shell Bargueño w/ Taquillon Office Desk
Located in Marbella, ES
17th century Spanish wood and tortoise shell bargueño offices desk with drawers and taquillón, the bottom desk it sits on.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Wood

Large Italian Bureau 18th Century Inlayed Walnut Chest of Drawers with Flap
Located in Milan, IT
An Italian monumental sized bureau with flap dating back to the second half of 18th century. Three deep drawers and a fall-front opening to reveal a fitted interior with six small dr...
Category

Italian Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Cherry, Maple, Walnut

18th Century, Italian Inlaid Wood Chest of Drawers with Secretaire
Located in IT
18th century, Italian inlaid wood chest of drawers with secretaire This chest of drawers with secretaire represents the elegant pr...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Wood

18th Century Irish George II Mahogany Secretaire Cabinet manner of Giles Grendy
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality 18th century George II Irish mahogany secretaire cabinet in the manner of Giles Grendy. The shaped mirror panels doors opening ...
Category

Irish George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century Satin Mahogany and Rosewood Secretary
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a secretary / bureau/ desk made in England, circa 1780. The top and the fall have a rosewood banding with a string inlay of satinwood and Satin Mahogany in the interior of th...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Satinwood

George II Walnut Slant Front Bureau Bookcase / Secretary
Located in Woodbury, CT
George II walnut and walnut burl slant front bureau bookcase / secretary with original hand beveled mirrored doors on bracket feet. Upper cabinet with candle slides conceals book she...
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British George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Walnut, Burl

Georgian Mahogany Tallboy
Located in Norwich, GB
Georgian flame mahogany Tallboy with canted, fluted corners, secrétaire break front with beautifully fitted interior, standing on bracket feet with br...
Category

British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

Dressing Chest
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An 18th century mahogany dressing chest with bookcase and writing surface, designed by Thomas Chippendale. An attractive, practical and compact piece of...
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English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century Louis XV Secretary, France, 1770
Located in Belmont, MA
Exceptional French Louis XV secretary with beautiful flower and bird marquetry. This extraordinary piece dates back to circa 1770. The insid...
Category

French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Kingwood, Satinwood

18th Century Italian Verona Louis XV Walnut Marquetry Bureau Secrétaire, 1700s
Located in Roma, RM
Fantastic example of cabinet-making in Verona, we are faced with a work of art, a piece of furniture sinuous in shape, completely original in the wooden part; the handles alas have been replaced but it is permissible on a 270 years old piece of furniture! Made of precious walnut wood, this flap has a herringbone wooden game, surrounded by maple wood inlays that in addition to embellish it highlight the wooden games...
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Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Italian Walnut Parquetry Important Bureau Cabinet Trumeaux
Located in Rome, IT
An Italian walnut, parquetry bureau cabinet fruitwood inlaid with scrolling foliage, The upper section with a shaped carved cresting, a shaped doors opening to reveal three shelves,...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Wood

Outstanding Early 18th Century English George I Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunningly gorgeous and outstanding early 18th century English George I Secretary. This is one of the finest old English Secretary’s...
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English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut

18th Century Italian Silver & Ebonized Wood Bargueño Desk & Chest of Drawers
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Italian silver and ebonized wood barqueño desk and chest of drawers.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Silver

18th Century French Folding Secrétaire in Walnut Veneer, Époque Directoire
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century folding secretary in walnut veneer and flamed mahogany opening to a drawer in the upper part and three drawers in the lower part, the fluted uprights resting on small sp...
Category

French Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Marble

18th Century Walnut Scriban Secretary
Located in Marseille, FR
Secretary scriban walnut 18th century Provençal work in used condition.
Category

French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

Danish Baroque Oakwood Bureau with Iron Handles, Late 18th Century
Located in Virum, DK
A Danish Baroque oakwood bureau with iron handles, late 18th century.
Category

Danish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Oak

Large French Directoire Period Traveling Secretary Desk
Located in Pembroke, MA
This French Directoire traveling secretary is made of walnut. Its large size is unusual and would make an impressive statement in a study. The top sec...
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French Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Iron, Brass

18th Century Danish Late Baroque Secretaire
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine 18th century Danish late Baroque secretaire in its original finish with three drawers in the bottom half. The desk compartment features four drawers ...
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Danish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Wood

Fine Antique 18th Century Rosewood Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine antique 18th century rosewood bureau bookcase having a magnificent top section with a shaped moulded swan neck pediment, two shaped doors both wi...
Category

English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Rosewood

Frisian Baroque Oakwood Bureau, Mid-18th Century
Located in Virum, DK
The Frisian bureau is in excellent condition with bracket feet and curved front on either side. It still retains the original brass hardware drawer pulls...
Category

Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Oak

Late 18th Century Swedish Secretary Cabinet with Historic Paint
Located in South Salem, NY
Splendid early antique Gustavian style secretary cabinet, made in Sweden, circa late 19th century. This rustic cabinet retains its historic p...
Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Drop Front Desk, France 1780-1800, Walnut Root Veneer
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite Louis XVI drop front desk, France 1780, walnut root veneer with details in cherry, plum and boxwood veneer and Marquetry. The special so...
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Boxwood, Cherry, Walnut

Elegant Louis XVI Cherrywood Secrétaire Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Louis XVI cherrywood secrétaire cabinet.
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Leather, Cherry

Antique Flap in Walnut, Desk with Chest, Used for Travel, 18th Century, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique brown walnut flap, used as a desk with travel chest of the time, precious hand carved material with figures of bambocci and caryatids, built in the 1700s by Italian craftsmen and masters. Ideal in an elegant office corner...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

English Chippendale Mahogany Breakfront with Secretary, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany broken pediment breakfront with carved floral medallions, candle light molding, four upper case glass doors with adjus...
Category

English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Chinese Export Lacquer Bureau on Stand and Toilet Glass Dressing Table
Located in London, by appointment only
A Chinese export lacquer bureau on stand decorated with an unusual polychrome flower design This Chinese lacquer bureau on stand was made in ...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Lacquer

French Ormolu-Mounted Marqueterie Secretaire Abattant, Cabinet, 1775
Located in Rome, IT
Important French ormolu-mounted, kingwood, tulipwood and stained sycamore marqueterie and parquetry secretaire abattant with rectangular moulded white marble top, above a frieze draw...
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Wood

18th Centurey Baroque Walnut Tabernacle / Secretaire
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The Tabernacle Secretaire is divided into 3 parts. The upper part has a door with a snap lock in the middle, in this compartment the three small drawers on the right and left side c...
Category

Austrian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Brass

Cylinder Desk, Germany, 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI cylinder desk, Germany circa 1780, so called "Zopfstil". Walnut, rosewood and maple veneer and intarsia. In very good refinished cond...
Category

German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Maple, Rosewood, Walnut

Italian Inlaid and Solid Walnut Wood Chest of drawers with Secretaire
Located in IT
18th century, Italian inlaid and solid walnut wood chest of drawers with secretaire This chest of drawers with secretaire was made in...
Category

Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Bronze

Antique Italian or Dutch Small Rococo Bombe Secretary Desk w/ Marquetry, c 1870
Located in Miami, FL
An exquisite 19th century Rococo secretary in mahogany with bombe front & sides, with floral & foliate inlays in tulipwood, kingwood & satinwood on the top, front panels of the drawe...
Category

Dutch Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Kingwood, Tulipwood, Satinwood, Mahogany

18th Century, French Louis XVI Inlaid Wood Secretaire with Marble Top
Located in IT
18th century, French Louis XVI inlaid wood secretaire with marble top and gilt bronzes. This elegant secretaire Louis XVI was made in F...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Bronze

British Colonial Ebony Bureau Bookcase
Located in Greenwich, CT
Exceedingly rare early 18th century English colonial Macassar ebony diminutive bureau bookcase with hexagonal oyster veneered doors, lids and drawer fronts, the sides and secondary timbers all in solid streaky ebony having rich patination, The upper section with two arched mirror doors concealing two adjustable shelves, a row of pigeon holes and two drawers, over single candle slide, the lower section with stepped interior, further pigeon holes and sliding well, over two short and two long drawers and standing on bracket base. Southern India or Sri Lanka, circa 1720. English colonial furniture...
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Sri Lankan William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Ebony

French Antique Transformation Chest of Drawers, circa 1800
Located in Belmont, MA
The French antique transformation furniture chest of drawers, originates from Paris and dates back to around 1800. The special feature of this...
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Kingwood, Rosewood, Satinwood

English Mahogany George II Secretary
Located in Wilson, NC
English Mahogany George II secretary, has raised serpentine panels. The interior features a prospect door with a geometric inlaid star of ebony and...
Category

English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

Materials

Brass

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