Rhode Island Empire Butler's Chest of Drawers with Desk in Mahogany, circa 1825
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A beautiful example of an early American Empire chest with full-column front and stand-up butlers desk.
Brass
1840s-1860s Edo Japanese antique wabi sabi desk organizer Tansu chest of drawers
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Japanese antique shallow Tansu chest of drawers with 4 shelves - made of quality red pine & chestnut. The product of 1840s - 1860s (late Edo period) estimate from the style &...
Wood, Chestnut, Pine
Original 1890 Army & Navy C.S.L Stamped Campaign Chest of Drawers Including Desk
By Army & Navy CSL
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely very rare solid mahogany with brass trim Army & Navy C.S.L stamped officers Campaign chest of drawers with drop front Birds Eye Maple d...
Brass
$901Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Red Embossed Leather Chest with Wood & Bronze, Portugal
Located in Marbella, ES
The slightly domed lid lends a classic and refined profile, reminiscent of small travel or desk chests of the period. The piece is framed by gilt fillets that enhance its silhouette...
Bronze
Victorian Mahogany Chest Drawers 1880 Commode
Located in Potters Bar, GB
3 Drawer Mahogany Chest circa 1880 Flame Mahogany top and drawer front with the original brass handles The chest has bracket feet making it sturdy The drawers open smoothly for ease ...
Mahogany
$2,087Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Apprentice Mule Chest, English, Oak, Miniature Coffer, Desktop, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Wonderful desk storage box, a great example of apprentice furniture Displays a desirable aged patina and in good original order Select oak stocks host a bounty of fine grain interest...
Oak
$1,335Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Desktop Specimen Case, English, Miniature Chest of Drawers, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique desktop specimen case. An English, mahogany and brass miniature chest of drawers in Art Nouveau taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Beautiful...
Wood
Chest of Drawers Biedermeier from 1840
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
We present very good condition, elegant and functional Chest of Drawers Vienna (Austria), made of walnut tree from 1840. (Biedermeier was a style in the art, literature , music a...
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Camphorwood Campaign Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-19th century Chinese export camphorwood campaign chest with 3 drawers with inlaid ebony and fold out desk with old green felt on writing surface and several interior cubbies.
Wood
French Mini Desk/Lady's Desk, Circa 1900
Located in Miami, FL
Curious ladies desk, France. Folding writing surface made of solid pine. With various drawers and compartments for sufficient storage space.
Pine
Fine Antique British Mahogany Campaign Style Server Chest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fine antique English mahogany Campaign style server chest, with a step back two tiered hinged top with walnut turned spindle supports for the two shaped and hinged shelves. The front...
Brass
$3,150Sale Price|30% Off
Federal Style Two-Part Satin Mahogany Chest of Drawers Secretary, Circa 1900s
Located in Germantown, MD
A Federal Style Two-Part Satin Mahogany Chest of Drawers Secretary Desk, Circa 1900s. Functional key for the cabinets present.
Mahogany
Rare Burr Walnut George II 18th Century Kneehole Desk, circa 1730-1740, England
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Rare Burr walnut George II 18th century kneehole desk / bachelor's chest, circa 1730-1740. England The superb quarter veneered burr walnut top is bordered by a fine feather string...
Walnut, Burl
Anglo-Chinese Hardwood Naval Officer’s Campaign Chest
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, Suffolk, 1991, p. 227, pl. 80 shows an earlier chest, with a similar secretaire drawer, but made as one piece, which ‘is replaced by...
Hardwood
Antique English Wellington-Style Mahogany Desk, Circa 1820
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
English circa 1820 Wellington-style chest of drawers made of mahogany in dazzling flamed grain that stretches across the case.
Maple, Mahogany, Glass, Leather
Wonderful 19th Century Parquetry Commde/Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th century Italian fall front desk/commode.
19th Century French Walnut Dresser Secrétaire Desk with Marble Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant 19th century French walnut commode secrétaire, chest of drawers or dresser combining handsome storage with a cleverly concealed writing desk.
Marble
19th Century Traditional George III Slant Top Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique George III slant top desk on bracket feet. Solid mahogany throughout with dovetail construction. Original hardware. Overall very good condition. Dimensions Closed - 47w x 43-...
Mahogany
Antique Austrian Flame Mahogany Inlaid Rosewood Biedermeier Secretary Chest 1820
Located in Portland, OR
A fine, elegant, antique Austrian inlaid mahogany Biedermeier secretary desk chest/cabinet, circa 1820. A fine quality Biedermeier made from the highest quality book-matched figured...
Mahogany
Continental 19th Century Biedermeier St. Butler’s Desk/Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and unique Continental 19th century Biedermeier st. flamed Mahogany, ebonized Fruitwood, and ormolu butler's desk/commode. The eight drawer chest is raised by square f...
Ormolu
17th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Credenza or Desk
Located in Troy, NY
17th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Credenza or Desk. A rare, multi-functional piece, the doors opening to reveal a fitted interior with eight drawers and a small middle door, the sl...
Walnut
Early 19th Century American Mahogany Slant Front Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Early 19th century American mahogany slant front desk. Probably Boston, has the blockfront shape that is typical to that area. Nice quality mahogany, exposed dovetails on top and oge...
Mahogany
18th c. Louis XV Fall Front Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful Inlaid Walnut Secretary
Walnut
Painted French Provincial Ivory and Green circa 1920s Secretary/ Desk
Located in Essex, MA
In an all-over ivory paint with a wonderful light green interior throughout this beautiful turn of the century, a French provincial secretary/desk came out of a New York City Park Av...
Wood, Paint
1840 Birch Wood Secretary Desk, Intarsia Decoration, Victorian Style
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The secretary from 1840, made of veneered birch wood, is an exceptional piece that fuses functionality with the distinctive elegance of the 19th century style. Featuring black painte...
Birch
Neoclassic Period French Commode W/Hidden Butler's Secretary & Writing Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
This antique commode from France gives the appearance of being a three drawer chest at first glance. However, discreetly hidden behind the upper "drawer" is in fact a fall-front, whi...
Wood
Swedish 18th Century Writing Desk Commode with Original Brass Hardware, c.1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
Designed as both storage and a writing surface, this form offers practical versatility for modern use as a desk, commode, or statement chest in a bedroom, study, or living room.
Wood
Antique French Country Provincial Wooden Storage Caddy Tool Box Desk Organizer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Country Provincial Slotted Wooden Storage Caddy Tool Box Desk Organizer. Item features attractive distressed finish, wonderful patina, solid wood construction, quality...
Wood
English Maple Davenport Desk of the Late Georgian Period
Located in London, GB
Constructed in a finely figured and patinated Maple; rising from a plinth base, incorporating four graduated drawers to the side, with turned wood knobs; the other three sides of fie...
Maple, Leather
Early 19th Century Georgian Style Walnut and Burr Secretary Desk or Vanity
Located in Miami, FL
Early 19th century Georgian style walnut and burr secretary desk, vanity or chest with four drawers and two interior drawers in the desk.
Walnut
Louis XVI Tall Secretaire (Retains Original Leather on Desk-Top), 18th C. French
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful French Louis XVI carved-cherry wood tall secretarie cabinet, with original leather on desk, from the 18th century. This antique "secretaire an abattant" from France featu...
Wood
Italian Baroque Inlaid Early 18th Century Walnut and Fruit Wood Desk-Commode
Located in Troy, NY
Early 18th Century Marquetry Desk-Commode of Italian Origin, having three drawers, the top one having a fall-front featuring a desk compartment fitted with small drawers. Two large d...
Walnut, Fruitwood
$7,960Sale Price|20% Off
Huge Gilded Ebonized Period French Louis XV Marble Top Butlers Desk Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This monumental French Louis XV period butler’s desk commode is a masterpiece of 18th-century-inspired design, blending elegance, opulence, and utility in one commanding piece. Craft...
Oak
Cassetone Bureau Desk Ebonised Rosewood Bone Rome Baroque Bird Flower Lion Tulip
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Exceptional Roman Baroque Ebonised, Rosewood Cassettone with bone inlay and magnificent brass handles Magnificent transition piece displaying classical ornamentation within a tradit...
Bone, Ebony, Rosewood, Ivory
An English Slant Front Desk 19th Century Height 44 x width 37 x depth 21 inches.
Located in Buchanan, MI
An English Mahogany Slant Front Desk With Satin Wood Banding, Slanted Front Meticulously Fitted With Compartments. Great Age And Patina. 19th Century Height 44 x width 37 x depth 21 ...
Mahogany
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Diminuative Antique Federal Hepplewhite Mahogany & Inlay Secretary c1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
Offering a diminuative antique Federal Hepplewhite secretary with mahogany construction, inlay, upper bookcase over drop-down desk over chest of drawers, c1830 Measures - 62" x 37" ...
Mahogany
Edwardian, Tall Secretaire, Black Lacquer, Bronze, Abalone Inlay, Marble, 1880s
Located in Stamford, CT
This spectacular Edwardian Bouille inlaid And bronze-mounted Abattant chest desk has been meticulously refinished and hand rubbed French polished to its original form.
Wood
French 18th century C.RICHTER stamped, so called ‘semanière’
By Charles-Erdmann Richter
Located in AALSMEER, NL
He distinguished himself in the manufacture of mahogany furniture, such as cylinder desks, bookcases, chests of drawers and consoles, chic tables...
Carrara Marble, Brass
Petit 19th c. Walnut Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lovely Walnut Six Drawer Chest with Desk
Walnut
18th Century Carved Mahogany Dressing Table
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a very versatile piece of furniture that will work well as a side table, an end table, a hall table, an entry table, a lamp table, a small desk, a small chest, or as it's int...
Mahogany
English Chippendale Style Painted Goddard Chest Secretary Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique circa 1930s Goddard chest / writing desk featuring a drop front door that opens to multiple cubbies, three drawers and paw / claw feet.
Hardwood, Paint
Fine Antique Georgian Mahogany Sheraton Inlaid Secretary Desk Bureau Chest 1780
Located in Portland, OR
This very elegant secretary chest in the late 18th century Sheraton style features an inlaid slant-front desk, that drops down and is supported by a pair of sliding lopers.
Brass
Antique Austrian Flame Mahogany Biedermeier Secretary Desk Cabinet Chest 1860
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Austrian Biedermeier flame mahogany secretary chest, circa 1860. The cabinet having a stepped cornice with circular turned finial brackets at each corner, the top of t...
Mahogany
George III Bureau Desk or Secretary Chest from the 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine George III slant top desk or bureau secretary chest of elm, oak and padouk woods, c.1780 - an inlaid slant front drops to reveal a series of small drawers and document compart...
Metal, Brass
$5,172Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Secretaire Cabinet, English, Chest of Drawers, Bureau, Desk, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique secretaire cabinet. An English, mahogany chest of drawers with drop front writing desk, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800.
Wood
19th Century Wellington Mahogany Chest Of Drawers Secretary Desk Dovetails Clean
By Wellington
Located in Rockaway, NJ
19th Century Wellington Mahogany Chest Of Drawers Secretary Desk Dovetails Clean
Mahogany
19th Century Spanish Colonial Walnut Secretary Chest with Fall Front Desk
Located in BÉTERA, ES
Antique Spanish walnut secretaire chest dating to the late-19th century, combining practical storage with a concealed writing surface. The upper fall-front section opens to reveal a...
Hardwood, Walnut
Antique Mahogany Desk Top Organizer or Storage Chest with Perpetual Calendar
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This is a very well constructed desk top chest using solid mahogany and brass hardware.
Brass
Teak and Mahogany Campaign Chest Coffee Table / Writing Desk, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Teak wood Campaign style chest converted to a coffee table, having a mahogany fitted interior with a replaced leather writing surface, and original recessed brass hardware. Made in ...
Brass
George III Bureau Desk or Secretary Chest of Mahogany from the 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine George III slant top desk or bureau secretary chest of patinated mahogany, c.1770 - an inlaid slant front drops to reveal a series of small drawers and document compartments, ...
Metal, Brass
George IIII Bureau Desk or Secretary Chest of Mahogany from the 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine George III slant top desk or bureau secretary chest of patinated mahogany, c.1770, in the Sheraton style.
Metal, Brass
19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and two drawers flanked by two ebonized columns shows a beautiful oak veneer design. The woo...
Bronze
$3,437Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Specimen Collector's Chest of Drawers, French, Walnut Desk Box, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage specimen collector's chest of drawers. A French, solid walnut four drawer executive desk box, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930.
Walnut
19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and two drawers flanked by two ebonized columns shows a beautiful oak veneer design. The woo...
Bronze
19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and two drawers flanked by two ebonized columns shows a beautiful oak veneer design. The woo...
Bronze
19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and two drawers flanked by two ebonized columns shows a beautiful oak veneer design. The woo...
Bronze
$3,034Sale Price|20% Off
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...
Walnut
Large African Bust Sculpture, Tribal Female Hand-Carved Ethnographic Art Figure
Located in Wembley, GB
Whether displayed on a coffee table, sideboard, console table, bookcase, desk, chest of drawers, or gallery pedestal, it brings warmth, culture, and artistic elegance to any setting.
Other
17th Century Dutch Baroque Rosewood Chest With Etched Bone Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
The ebony drawer fronts all inlaid with cornucopia, floral and cartouche designs. A lovely small chest for the desk top for jewelry and other valuables with the original feet.
Bone, Rosewood
1875s Polychrome Oriental Desk Box with Lid and Drawers.
Located in Marbella, ES
An elegant 19th-century Oriental desk box or storage chest, crafted from wood and hand-decorated with exquisite polychrome detailing in shades of red, black, gold, and green.
Wood
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
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