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Hindu Wooden Baul with Secret Compartments
Located in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas
Hindu wooden baul with secret compartments, end of the 18th century.
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1870s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Plywood

Antique Hindu Wooden Baul with Secret Compartments
Hindu Wooden Baul with Secret Compartments
H 35.83 in W 69.1 in D 35.24 in
Carved Mahogany Cat with Secret Compartment
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Anglo Indian carved mahogany cat with ebonized stripes and a curious expression, featuring a secret
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Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

Georgian Satinwood Tea Chest with Secret Compartments
Located in Northampton, GB
accessed by sliding the pagoda lid across, to access the secret compartments the Tea Caddies must be turned
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Late 18th Century British Georgian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Silver

Pair of Carved Wood Pedestals with Secret Compartment
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of carved wood pedestals with secret compartment.  
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Materials

Wood

Original Antique Belgium Spa Sewing Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Northampton, GB
spa at lo fontaine du pouhon. Beneath the lid is a secret compartment which can be accessed by
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Late 18th Century Belgian George III Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Sycamore

19th Century Charles X Writing Desk with secret compartment
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Charles X Writing Desk with secret compartment. Gorgeous piece. Age appropriate wear
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Wood

Antique English Victorian Burr Walnut Writing Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Northampton, GB
Contains a Secret Compartment and Candle Sconces From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Georgian Kingwood Writing Box by David Edwards with Secret Compartment
By David Edwards
Located in Northampton, GB
Hidden Secret Compartment From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Georgian
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass

English Regency Mahogany Travelling Lap Desk Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Savannah, GA
surface, a leather portfolio and an interior secret compartment containing two drawers (see last image
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Early 1800s English Regency Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Side table with secret compartments, Westphalia, c. 1800, plum, maple, rosewood
Located in Münster, DE
Rare side table with secret compartments, Westphalia, c. 1800, plum wood, maple and rosewood
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Early 1800s German Empire Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Fruitwood, Maple, Rosewood

Late 17th Century French Walnut Cabinet with Marble Top, Secret Compartments
Located in Fayetteville, AR
interior with a single shelf and two lower drawers. A secret compartment is hidden behind the drawers, and
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Late 17th Century French Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Marble

Alfred Dunhill Ladies Pocket Vanity Lighter with Secret Compartment and Lipstick
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in Northampton, GB
frame with petrol lift arm stamped Dunhill. The body of the lighter contains some secret compartments
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Early 19th Century British Art Deco Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Metal, Silver Plate

A large 19th century Japanese lacquer writing box with a secret compartment
Located in Central England, GB
beautifully hand painted in raised lacquer with birds and flowers and fitted with six side compartments for
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Late 19th Century Japanese Other Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Lacquer

19th Century Wooden Bible Box "Forget Me Not" with Secret Concealed Compartment
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century wooden Bible box "Forget Me Not" with secret concealed compartment The four words in
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19th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Materials

Wood

Mosaic Chard Tramp Art Stand with Secret Compartment
Located in Manalapan, NJ
mirrors and is supported on slender legs incised with leaf shapes. There is a secret compartment
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1910s American Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

18th C Spanish Colonial Armoire with Secret Compartment
Located in Nogales, AZ
18th century Spanish colonial armoire with a secret compartment in back for weapons like rifles
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18th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Iron

17th Century German Burl Walnut Box, with Secret Compartment
Located in Maastricht, NL
Antique German burl walnut box with secret compartment. Inside original print paper, red with
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Mid-17th Century German Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass, Iron

Odd Fellow Folk Art Makeup House with Secret Compartments
Located in Culver City, CA
mirrored door. The wonders of this piece are a variety of secret compartments hidden with false backings
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Wood, Paint

Antique Greek Key Calamander Brass Writing Box with SECRET compartment.
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
be lifted to reveal more storage space, and a secret compartment. Removing the right hand inkwell and
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Antique Writing Box with secret compartment by Hausburg, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
removing the small compartment lid next to the right hand inkwell and pressing on the right and edge of the
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

English Writing Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Austin, TX
. Special feature - a secret compartment with three small hidden drawers, pop-out panel with activator near
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19th Century English Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

English Writing Box with Secret Compartment
English Writing Box with Secret Compartment
H 7.5 in W 19.75 in D 10.5 in
Bookcase with Secret Compartment, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bookcase with secret compartment, solid mahogany, under grey marble ’Sainte-Anne' with bronze gilt
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Marble, Bronze

Bookcase with Secret Compartment, 19th Century
Bookcase with Secret Compartment, 19th Century
H 35.44 in W 40.56 in D 11.82 in
Victorian Coromandel Writing Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Northampton, GB
. The Writing Box features a secret compartment with hidden push button access (see photos). The secret
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

Japanese Merchant's Chest (Zenibako) With a Secret Compartment
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Japanese merchant's chest (Zenibako) with a secret compartment and removable lid.
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

1800s Articulated Dental Wall Table with Secret Compartments
Located in Peekskill, NY
with a black glass top... It has 4 draws, 2 side compartments with articulating tool holders and a
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19th Century American Industrial Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Carved Gothic Oak Clover Leaf Table with Secret Compartment
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Carved Gothic Oak Clover Leaf Table with Secret Compartment Elizabethan-Style Celtic Gothic Oak
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19th Century Gothic Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Oak

Arts and Crafts Open Oak Bookcase with Secret Compartment
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts open oak bookcase with secret compartment This oak bookcase has reeded fronts to
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Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Oak

18th Century Chippendale Slant Front Desk with Secret Compartments
Located in Milford, NH
, including a slide out center prospectus with hidden release which reveals a hidden interior compartment with
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18th Century American Chippendale Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

English Regency Walnut Travelling Lap Desk Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Savannah, GA
spring loaded compartment inside -see last two images. The secret compartment has two drawers. Side
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Early 1800s English Regency Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Fabulous Antique British Colonial Butler's Desk 'With Secret Compartments'
Located in Atlanta, GA
better? How about the central cubby inside the secretary having not one, but two secret compartments
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Late 19th Century Indian British Colonial Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Glass, Wood

English Regency Walnut Traveling Lap Desk Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Savannah, GA
secret compartment inside hiding two small drawers*see last image. Initials on brass plaque on lid LPB.
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1810s English Regency Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Biedermeier Secretary with Secret Compartment, Germany circa 1830
Located in Greven, DE
the middle drawer together with the base above it, we find four secret drawers in the hollow space
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1830s German Biedermeier Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Maple, Walnut

Oval Mahogany Sewing Table with Gilded Bronze Inlays and Secret Compartments
Located in Kastrup, DK
detailing. The table includes a drawer within the apron, internally divided into multiple compartments and
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Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Bronze

Antique Burr Walnut Writing Box by Betjemann with Rare Secret Compartment
By George Betjemann & Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
section lined in Satinwood with two glass inkwells and a pen tray with further storage. The secret spring
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Miniature French Walnut Empire Chest of Three Drawers with Secret Compartments
Located in San Francisco, CA
drawers including a top drawer with secret compartments behind it. At eighteen inches in height this
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Oak, Walnut

19th Century Walnut Antique Wardrobe with Writing Desk and Secret Compartments
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
small drawers inside and two secret compartments on the sides. Truly elegant and important for any room
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1850s Italian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Original and Unusual Large 17th Century Oak Chest of Drawers c. 1660
Located in Heathfield, GB
or places you could deposit your valuables and much early furniture was made with secret compartments
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17th Century European Charles II Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Oak

Rosewood and Satinwood Book Box with Secret Compartments
Located in Nantucket, MA
satinwood with interior compartments inside. As of this writing, I also have another one just a bit taller.
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Early 20th Century Campaign Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Satinwood

Low Meditation Table Chest with Secret Compartment, Chinese Antique
Located in Somis, CA
carvings enhance its charm. Two full drawers provide ample storage and hide a secret compartment underneath
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19th Century Chinese Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Wood

English Regency Walnut Traveling Lap Desk Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Savannah, GA
hardware, including lock and key. Other features include tooled leather insert and a secret spring loaded
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1810s English Regency Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

English Regency Mahogany Travelling Lap Desk with Secret Compartment, on Stand
Located in Savannah, GA
include a brass plate at center top, a leather portfolio and an interior secret compartment containing two
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1810s English Regency Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Parquetry Table with Secret Compartment
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very nice burled library table. Good old surface, color and patina.
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Materials

Wood

Unique Lap Desk with Secret Compartments
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique Lap Desk with Secret Compartments Disclaimer: Please contact us in advance if you would
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19th Century Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Anglo-Indian Secretary with Secret Compartment
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anglo-Indian Ebonized Mahogany 5-Drawer secretary. ( w/Secret Compartment). Inlaid Brass & Mother
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19th Century English Anglo-Indian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

19th Century Rosewood Writing Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century rosewood writing box with secret compartment, brass and ebony string inlay with key
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19th Century Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Rosewood

Unique Carlton House Style Desk with Secret Compartments
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique Carlton House Style Desk with Sliding Writing Surface, Secret Compartments, & a Letter Slot
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19th Century English Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Solid Walnut Bureau With Secret Compartments from 1740
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
stepped interior, the drawers of interesting shape and with unusual secret compartments, English circa
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

An 18th Century Chinoiserie Jewellery Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Kent, GB
, is dark red lacquer. At the back of the slide-out drawer there is a secret compartment.  
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1760s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Fine Tramp Art Painted Shelf with a Heart & Secret Compartments
By Adelard Langevin
Located in Manalapan, NJ
Fine painted tramp art shelf with a large central heart, mirrors and secret locking mechanisms to
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Antique Brass Bound David Edwards Writing Box with Secret Compartment
By David Edwards
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
complex mechanisms for secret compartments. He was bought out by Asprey in 1859 and had two royal warrants
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19th Century British George IV Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Bureau Desk 18th Century Georgian with Secret Compartments Cuban Mahogany
Located in Santander, ES
intricate and attractive interior display of compartments and serpentine shaped drawers, some hidden, such
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1770s English George III Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

Antique Brass Bound Writing Box with TOP SECRET compartments & Document drawer.
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
. The top half of the writing slope also has a large storage space and houses secret drawers! The back
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

Fine and Rare Mid-18th Century Chest with Secret Compartment, circa 1750
Located in Wiltshire, GB
A fine and rare mid 18th century chest with secret compartment, circa 1750. Possibly by Henry
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Mid-18th Century English Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Biedermeier Style Secretary
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Made of walnut and other fine woods. Extraordinary furniture with many secret compartments. Four
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1820s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Biedermeier Style Secretary
Biedermeier Style Secretary
H 74.22 in W 42.33 in L 74.22 in
18th Century Double Bowed Desk with Secret Compartments
Located in Charlevoix, MI
smaller drawers and a number of secret compartments.
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18th Century European Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Burl, Oak

Antique Brass Bound Coromandel Writing Box with Secret Compartments
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
vacant brass initial plate on the top and matching lock escutcheon, contains two secret compartments one
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Antique Coromandel Writing Box with Secret Compartments 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
initial plate. This fabulous writing box has two secret compartments, one hiding three small drawers and
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19th Century British Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

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Brass

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Find a variety of antique furniture with secret compartments available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and brass, all antique furniture with secret compartments available were constructed with great care. Antique furniture with secret compartments have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique furniture with secret compartments bearing Regency or Victorian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Many antique furniture with secret compartments are appealing in their simplicity, but David Edwards produced popular antique furniture with secret compartments that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments?

Antique furniture with secret compartments can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $3,200, while the lowest priced sells for $350 and the highest can go for as much as $14,000.