Antique Furniture With Secret Compartments

Antique Calamander writing box with beautiful brass Greek key edging and ornate engraved initial plate and escutcheon. Inside of this stunning writing box has a black leather wri...

Antique brass bound mahogany writing box with double brass stringing, flush carry handles and shaped initial plate with an engraved coat of arms and the name John Scott. The interio...

An English writing slope (Captain's box) of brass-bound mahogany, featuring a two-section hinged interior that opens to become a writing desk, with compartments for inkwells, writing...

Bookcase with secret compartment, solid mahogany, under grey marble ’Sainte-Anne' with bronze gilt mounts, 19th century.  

The Writing Box features a secret compartment with hidden push button access (see photos).

A Japanese merchant's chest (Zenibako) with a secret compartment and removable lid.

These floating dental tables are almost impossible to find and its one of my favorite items. I've been hunting them down for over 30 years. We have the largest collection in the worl...

Carved Gothic Oak Clover Leaf Table with Secret Compartment Elizabethan-Style Celtic Gothic Oak Clover Top Table, an enchanting piece Made in solid Oak in sound attractive conditi...

19th Century Charles X Writing Desk with secret compartment. Gorgeous piece. Age appropriate wear on wood and red leather top, see detailed pics.

Arts and Crafts open oak bookcase with secret compartment This oak bookcase has reeded fronts to the shelves and sides, it stands on a neat plinth with large carved cornice at the...

An 18th century Chippendale slant front desk with a unique fan carved compartmentalized interior, including a slide out center prospectus with hidden release which reveals a hidden i...

A tall British Colonial carved-wood secretary with display top from the turn of the 19th and 20th century. This fabulous antique piece from India is as beautiful as it is functional....

English Regency walnut travelling sloped lap desk box with brass corner mounts and retractable handles. Bone escutcheon lock (no key.) Other features include Fine tooled leather inse...

19th century English Regency traveling lap writing desk with original brass corner mounts and hardware, including lock and key. Outstanding stiations in the burled walnut. Other feat...

Contains a Secret Compartment and Candle Sconces From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Burr Walnut Writing Box.

Free Worldwide Shipping Heavily Inlaid with Mother of Pearl, Abalone and Brass From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this fantastic Coromandel Inlaid Writing Box...

Hidden Secret Compartment From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Georgian Kingwood Writing Box attributed to David Edwards.

A beautifully detailed burlwood davenport with hinged lift top to reveal a compartmentalized interior, including a secret hidden back compartment which rises up with release button i...

Antique standing secretary North Germany Biedermeier around 1830 Dimensions: H x W x D: 151 x 99 x 49 cm Description: Writing desk standing on lion's paws with a protruding plinth...

Danish empire mahogany sewing table, expertly crafted with refined quality. The oval tabletop features a gilded bronze edge, with a central black-polished oval inlay adorned with gil...

Retailed by Charles Henry, Manchester From our Writing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this English Burr Walnut Writing Box by Betjemann. The Writing box of slim rectangul...

This late seventeenth century French Louis XIV period walnut cabinet features a Saint Anne marble top and solid paneled sides. A single symmetrical paneled door at the front opens to...

This piece, possibly a cabinet makers sample, has 3 oak line drawers including a top drawer with secret compartments behind it. At eighteen inches in height this miniature commode ma...

Elegant antique wardrobe in precious walnut wood 1850s. In the upper part two doors with three shelves inside. The first of the three large drawers becomes a practical support surfac...

Dunhill Lighter Circa 1930 From our Accessories collection, we are pleased to offer this Dunhill Ladies Pocket Vanity Lighter. The Dunhill Lighter of petit size with leather panels ...

An exotic wooden box made to look like a book to hide valuables. It is made of rosewood and satinwood with interior compartments inside. As of this writing, I also have another one j...

This wonderful low chest is the perfect table for your meditation room, excellent as a stand for a sculpture, books, towels and etc. It is also a great bench. Beautiful solid wood ma...

19th century English Regency walnut traveling lap writing desk with brass corner mounts and hardware, including lock and key. Other features include tooled leather insert and a secre...

This early 19th century lap desk is constructed of flame grain Honduras mahogany and features the original brass fittings and an embossed leather interior with a removable pen tray. ...

A very nice burled library table. Good old surface, color and patina.

Unique Lap Desk with Secret Compartments Disclaimer: Please contact us in advance if you would like to view this item at our showroom. We have a large inventory and many of our it...

Anglo-Indian Ebonized Mahogany 5-Drawer secretary. ( w/Secret Compartment). Inlaid Brass & Mother of Pearl, with Faux Tortoise Shell & Parcel Gilt

19th century rosewood writing box with secret compartment, brass and ebony string inlay with key and black leather.

Unique Carlton House Style Desk with Sliding Writing Surface, Secret Compartments, & a Letter Slot. The desk has its original flame mahogany finish & note handsome banding & stringin...

Exceptionally fine quality early 18th century walnut bureau with excellent moulded edge to drawers, good dovetails to drawers including those to the interior, the cleated fall front ...

This beautiful chinoiserie box is in incredible original condition. It is decorated on all sides with chinoiserie gilt decoration and has carrying handles. The interior, which has se...

Fine painted tramp art shelf with a large central heart, mirrors and secret locking mechanisms to open the drawers and side compartments. Sturdy and well made. Attributed to Adelad L...

Antique Writing Box made by David Edwards who was awarded two royal warrants from King George IV and Queen Victoria. The fabulous writing box is veneered in figured mahogany with str...

Fine Georgian bureau of solid figured Cuban mahogany dating to the end of the 18th century, with fine rope line inlay and receded quarter columns at each corner. The entire interior ...

Antique brass bound Writing Box veneered in mahogany with brass stringing, escutcheon and ornate vacant initial plate. The interior of this striking writing slope features its or...

A fine and rare mid 18th century chest with secret compartment, circa 1750. Possibly by Henry/Philip Bell 1736-1774 St Pauls Churchyard, London. Dimensions width 33" (84cm) d...

Made of walnut and other fine woods. Extraordinary furniture with many secret compartments. Four-pass base plate with gold-plated astragalus.

At the time that this chest was made there were no banks or safes or places you could deposit your valuables and much early furniture was made with secret compartments and drawers wh...

A handsome double bowed drop front desk with carved claw and ball feet dating from the 18th century. The bottom has four spacious drawers while the folding writing surface closes to ...

Antique writing box veneered in Coromandel with brass edging and double stringing, with a large vacant brass initial plate on the top and matching lock escutcheon, contains two secre...

Antique Coromandel writing box with double strung brass, brass edging, escutcheon and vacant initial plate. This fabulous writing box has two secret compartments, one hiding three sm...

Playful true-to-life silver armadillo that serves as a lighter other than being a decorative artwork in its own right. Expertly made by the Florentine silversmiths, the Lisi brothers...

A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elegant, it will furnish and decor...

Crafted in Italy circa 1760, this rare walnut “studiolo” cabinet — also known as a Cabinet of Curiosities — represents the height of 18th century craftsmanship, inspired by the Renai...

Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)

This captivating Palais Royal sewing nécessaire is crafted of engraved mother of pearl mounted in rich doré bronze. The hinged box contains a removable tray lined with velvet that ho...

An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Ceremony Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan. This extraordinary Meiji-period shibayama cabinet, attributed to the Tokugawa samurai clan, s...

Classical carved wood columns pedestals in leafy scrollwork.  

Antique 19th century hand painted Chinese fan with mother of pearl faces, Qing dynasty, the fan features black and gold lacquered handled a colorful screen with a figural, hand paint...

Of all the glassworks produced in the late 19th century, cameo glass was the most challenging to perfect. Only a handful of artisans succeeded in mastering this intricate craft, with...

A light-brown, antique German model of an Egyptian temple made of handcrafted, partly painted Mahogany and Walnut, in good condition. The inside of the detailed décor piece is compos...

Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...

A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanity case is as much an item of luxury as it is of necessity. Known as a nécessaire de voyage, the case features a lux...