$3,200
H 14.25 in W 14.25 in D 6.25 in
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Miniature Oak Chest and Letter Carrier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most charming French 19th century Louis XVI style miniature oak chest and letter carrier, from the Normandy region. The miniature chest is raised by elegant supports with a scallop...
Oak
$2,800
H 39 in W 45.5 in D 14 in
Handsome Large Antique Amberg File & Index Company Letter File Cabinet
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Large functional and rich with character multi drawer walnut letter file cabinet by the Amberg File & Index Company. 3 rows of 8 working drawers for letter documents.
Walnut
$4,400
H 89 in W 31.5 in D 16.5 in
Antique American Carved Oak Victorian Roll Top Letter File Cabinet Amberg Co
By Cameron Amberg & Co.
Located in Portland, OR
The top section of the cabinet has the written legend in gilded letters; " Amberg's Patent Cabinet Letter File", fitted with a tambour locking roll top and enclosing 16 legal letter ...
Oak
$1,650
H 9.5 in W 12 in D 7.5 in
Very Fine Quality English Mahogany Letter Box Made and Labeled by F. Waller
Located in San Francisco, CA
This finely crafted letter box has 2 drawers one on each side fitted with campaign style inset brass hardware.
Brass
George III Mahogany Secretary
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The pediment with dental moldings, two glass doors with through mullions, a slant top, desk interior with central prospect door flanked by column form letter boxes, drawers and cubby...
Brass
Biedermeier Secretary in Walnut, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
It is surrounded by small drawers, letter compartments, and arched pigeonholes.
Carrara Marble, Brass
$7,927
H 94.1 in W 47.25 in D 25.6 in
Baroque Secretary with Upper Cabinet in Walnut, 18th/19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
The interior arrangement behind the writing flap is of later date, comprising letter compartments and small drawers. Decorated with bronze mounts, the piece has been professionally r...
Bronze
Early 20th Century Modular Oak Barrister Cabinet by Yawman & Erbe
Located in Dekalb, IL
Built in stacked sections, this example combines nearly every form of filing and storage the company offered: a glass-front barrister top, small accessory drawers, letter and bill fi...
Oak
Early-20th Century Art Deco Secretaire, likely Scandinavian
Located in New York, NY
Behind the writing flap, the interior is neatly organized with letter compartments and small drawers. Veneered in cherrywood, restored, and hand-polished.
Brass
George III Mahogany Slant Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
With a painted tiger striped mahogany slant top, a cock beaded drawer flanked by glides to support slant top when opened, desk interior with tooled leather writing surface, drawers a...
Brass
19th-century French writing desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
The shaped top is surmounted by a superstructure fitted with four small drawers and letter racks, framed with pierced brass galleries.
Walnut
Fine Quality Antique Stationary Box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique stationary box having a quality mahogany rectangular box with original brass carrying handles, the hinged lid opens to reveal the fitted interior with a writing ...
Brass
English Mahogany and Gold Accented Roll Top Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian style mahogany roll top desk that opens to reveal drawers, letter holders, and a gold embossed leather desk surface, with a gilt bronze filigree gallery top, under ...
Metal, Ormolu
19th Century Empire Style English Roll Top Desk with Bronze Mounts
Located in Queens, NY
19th century Empire style English dark-brown wooden desk with roll top that opens to reveal drawers and letter holders and a gold embossed leather desk surface, topped with a bronze-...
Mahogany
G M Ellwood for J S Henry. An Arts & Crafts oak writing desk
By George Montague Ellwood
Located in London, GB
The handles to the pen, letter compartments and to the drawers are after a design by C.F.A.
Copper
$2,285Sale Price|20% Off
H 43.71 in W 45.67 in D 20.87 in
Georgian English Mahogany Commode Secretaire, 1816
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Important English commode secretary from the Georgian period with three large drawers. The upper part simulating two drawers is made of a flap which forms the work table covered with...
Wood
$4,662
H 38.59 in W 48.04 in D 23.82 in
Sheraton Revival Rosewood and Marquetry Inlaid Desk, 19th Century
By Edwards & Roberts
Located in Glasgow, GB
With a Carlton House influenced top featuring elegant inlaid curved lids to the stationary and letter compartments and small drawers below and an inlaid and pierced spindle gallery b...
Brass
$4,750
H 48 in W 48 in D 29 in
Antique English Cylinder-Top Pedestal Desk with Green Leather & Finished Back
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Features a gallery above a cylinder top that opens to a desk with inset leather green blotters with gilded embossed edge; the center with an adjustable lectern or drafting surface an...
Oak
Antique Slant-Front Drafting Desk Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
The top lifting to reveal open interior storage compartment, gallery with two dovetailed drawers, letter slots and pigeon hole cubbies, brass cartouche shaped escutcheon lacking key,...
Felt, Ebony, Burl, Rosewood, Palisander, Maple, Mahogany, Kingwood
SALE! - Viennese Biedermeier Vitrine/ Writing Desk/Secretaire
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Early Vienese Biedermeier Vitrine/Writing Desk/ Secretaire in three parts- four drawers bottom, with a top drawer opening into a writing compartment with baluster sides, and two smal...
Ebony, Pine, Walnut
18th Century Venetian Burled Olivewood Secretaire
Located in San Francisco, CA
An 18th century venetian burled olivewood secretaire, the shaped pediment surmounted by carved giltwood acanthus leaves and a mirror plate etched with an image of a harlequin flanked...
Unavailable
H 40 in W 46 in D 24 in
English Edwardian Mahogany and Kingwood Carlton House Writing Desk
By Jas Shoolbred & Co.
Located in Macclesfield, GB
The desk has an extendable maroon leather writing surface with letter compartments, central cupboard and drawers.
Kingwood, Mahogany
Unavailable
H 45.5 in W 45.5 in D 30 in
Fine and Rare 18th Century English Inlaid Satinwood and Kingwood Oval Desk
Located in Millbrook, NY
Oval desk with convex superstructure having three inlaid drawers over tambour doors concealing drawers and letter slots flanked by inlaid cabinet doors.
Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
Sheraton Revival Mahogany Inlaid Writing Table
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
The superstructure having an arrangement of letter holders and drawers. The whole being covered with boxwood inlays.
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 65.75 in W 41.34 in D 20.87 in
Empire / Biedermeier Secretary, Top Quality, Walnut, Mainz, Around 1820
Located in Volkach, BY
When set up, it has two secret compartments behind the letter trays. Another 3 drawers are hidden behind the doors, as is known from high-quality French secretaries a Battant.
Maple, Oak, Walnut
19th Century Adams Style Painted Slant-Front Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Adams style painted slant front desk on stand; opening to a fitted interior with four letter compartments and eight drawers, the top desk drawer with ink stains, the writing surface ...
Wood
Baroque Period Lady's Secretary, France, late 1750s
By Jean-Baptiste Fromageau
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Stacked interior with several drawers and letter compartments, leather-covered writing surface.
Walnut
Colonial Revival Slant Front Secretary Chest
Located in Astoria, NY
Colonial Revival 19th-century mahogany slant-front secretary desk/chest, rectangular with a slanted drop-front writing surface opening to reveal letter drawers and cubbies, above fou...
Wood
Antique British Chest of Drawers with Letter Compartment
Located in High Point, NC
This wooden chest of drawers from the UK, circa 1880, features three full spacious drawers and a letter compartment, which folds down into a small writing surface, finished in green ...
Brass
Swedish Empire Cylinder-Top Secretary in Birch
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very handsome Swedish Empire secretary in birch with cylinder top opening to a desk featuring eleven small drawers inlaid with mahogany and birch and two letter drawers with arched...
Birch
Vintage Campaign Style Secretary or Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
The top drawer front drops down as a leather writing surface, embossed with a gold leaf frieze, with several compartments and two interior drawers, perfect for letter writing. The bo...
Brass, Gold Leaf
18th Century American Slant Front Bureau
Located in Hixson, TN
Pigeon holes separate the base drawers from the top. There are two pull out tall letter drawers on each side of the door.
Sold
H 59 in W 33 in D 25 in
1920s Quarter Sawn Oak Map or Flat File with Letter Size File Cabinet Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Modular design oak map case or flat file with nice wood grain, brass hardware and 12 drawers. This item can be viewed at our 302 Bowery location in Manhattan.
Oak
Sold
H 41.25 in W 35 in D 24.5 in
Lady's Writing Desk/ Secretary in Mahogany w/ Cylinder Top over Chest of Drawers
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A beautiful writing secretary in figured mahogany featuring a flight of 4 drawers & a cylinder top that opens to reveal a pull out writing surface with 4 interior drawers & letter cu...
Mahogany
19th Century Leather and Grommet Mail Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Leather and grommet letter box with secret drawers and containers. Also, fully portable and beautifully appointed.
Carleton House Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
a Carleton House semi-circular desk with stepped small drawers at sides, letter boxes at back and two drawers, inlaid with exotic wood on mahogany, cross banding, slender tapered leg...
Mahogany
American Oak Multi Drawer File Cabinet/Yawman and Erbe
Located in Petaluma, CA
This highly useful oak file cabinet has all its original hardware and is made with the finest cut quarter sawn oak. With four letter-size drawers, correspondence drawers, and index ...
Brass
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H 68.31 in W 48.04 in D 24.61 in
Neoclassiacal Mahogany Secretaire with Clock, Probably Berlin around 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Interior division consists of several letter compartments and drawers around a central mirrored and parqueted tabernacle compartment with architectural framing.
Brass
Empire Secretaire, Vienna around 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Small Mahogany-veneered Viennese secretaire on square tapered legs with brass sabots and decorative brass profiles as well as a commode-section with three drawers. Behind the writing...
Brass
French Art Nouveau Walnut Dressing Table (Manner of Majorelle)
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau dressing table / writing desk with a floral inlaid arch top upper structure having a shelf & letter slats between 2 small drawers (Manner of MAJORELLE)
Walnut
Sold
H 89 in W 46 in D 23 in
Antique Georgian Mahogany Breakfront China Cabinet Sideboard Secretary Desk
Located in West Hartford, CT
The desk interior features drawers and letter slots, six drawers with brass pulls.
Glass, Mahogany
Sold
H 91 in W 46 in D 23 in
Antique Georgian Mahogany Breakfront China Cabinet Sideboard Secretary Desk
Located in West Hartford, CT
The desk interior features drawers and letter slots, six drawers with brass pulls.
Glass, Mahogany
19th Century English Painted Satinwood Drop-Front Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
On original casters. Letter cubbies and drawers. Purchased in London in 1990 for 18,000 British Pounds.
Satinwood
George III Mahogany Secretary
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Pediment with dental molding, two glass doors with through mullions, two adjustable shelves and four drawers on the bottom, a central single board slant top, interior with central pr...
Brass
Sold
H 43.5 in W 50 in D 32 in
Antique Quartersawn American Oak Roll Top Tambour Secretary Bankers Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Features rectangular form with large lockable tambour door, six drawers, multiple letter / index / files / and cubbies.
Oak
George IV Mahogany Firescreen Secretary
Located in Astoria, NY
George IV Mahogany firescreen secretary, ca. 1835, of tall rectangular form, the drop front writing surface opening to reveal a fitted interior with letter rack and drawers, support...
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Davenport
Located in Richmond, Surrey
A high quality 19th century Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Davenport on a sloping green leather writing surface, Satinwood interior inside with two drawers and original letter racks an...
Walnut
19th Century Anglo Indian Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Expertly crafted in bombay blackwood, a rare indigenous hardwood, and ambitiously carved with open floral fret work that breathes in a tropical climate. Having six drawers and a lett...
Hardwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Bureau
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
The fall front opens to reveal a variety of drawers that consists of six small drawers and two letter compartments; all run with ease.
Wood
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
A long, locking upper drawer rests above a fall-front inner compartment which opens to reveal ten letter-sized interior drawers with bone escutcheons, four "secret" drawers, a pair o...
Ash
Oak Multi Drawer/Purpose File Cabinet
Located in Petaluma, CA
This great solid oak file cabinet can take care of all your needs. Besides having four letter size drawers, there are four drawers for large flat files/maps and six index file drawe...
Brass
Louis Seize Bureau, France, Late 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
The interior layout consists of letter trays and drawers and the writing surface is covered with a green leather.
Brass
Sold
H 50 in W 54 in D 30 in
Antique Quartersawn Oak Tambour Roll Top Kneehole Secretary Bankers Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Made from oak with an S curve tambour door that opens to pigeon holes, letter slots and two drawers. The lower portion of the desk showcased four dovetailed drawers on the left and ...
Oak
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H 57.09 in W 38.19 in D 15.36 in
Flap secretaire in inlaid walnut wood, "Maggiolini" school, 18th century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Internally it has a desk, flap, drawers, letter holder and two doors with large space in the lower part, maximum size cm W 97 x H 145 x D 39
Walnut
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Secretaire
Located in Astoria, NY
The bottom part features a long secretaire drop down enclosing letter stands and eight small drawers flanking a locking door, there is a secret compartment under the writing surface ...
Wood
Pine Kitchen Island
Located in Baltimore, MD
The other side has nine drawers and five letter slides, some replaced, surrounding a central shelved recess.
Glass, Pine
Biedermeier Secretaire, Central Germany, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
The partially ebonized interior behind the writing flap is also strictly architecturally structured with a two-door house-shaped central compartment, letter compartments and several ...
Cherry
Georgian Style Grey Painted Breakfront Book Case
Located in Bradenton, FL
Above the writing surface are pigeon hole letter slots over four small drawers. There are also four wooden doors across the lower half of the bookcase that open to shelves for even m...
Mahogany
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H 75 in W 46 in D 22 in
Antique George III Mahogany Wardrobe and Butlers Secretary c. Late 18th Century
Located in Westfield, MA
The interior of the butler’s secretary reveals a fitted writing compartment with a fall front desk, numerous small drawers, and letter slots, all adorned with contrasting inlays.
Mahogany, Satinwood
French 19th Century Louis XV-Style Bois Satine Writing Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
The gold-tooled, red leather that tops the slide provides the ideal surface on which to pen a letter. Three drawers can also be found here, lacking hardware, but accessible with a pu...
Wood
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H 40.16 in W 31.89 in D 18.51 in
Antique Writing Desk Bureau Chest English Georgian Mahogany Quality, circa 1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
A very pleasing original Georgian writing bureau desk presented in good antique condition Mid-size and offering a well fitted interior layout Of interest displaying classic English...
Mahogany
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H 41 in W 37.5 in D 21.75 in
English Antique George III Mahogany Slant-Front Writing Desk circa 1790
Located in Shippensburg, PA
The writing surface lays down on original withdrawn lopers to reveal a tidy interior with three pigeon-hole letter slots over three tiny drawers flanking a central molded prospect do...
Brass
Sold
H 88.98 in W 47.64 in D 23.23 in
19th Century Biedermeier Secretaire, Mahogany with Marquetry, Denmark ca 1820
Located in Greven, DE
Behind the center door, which opens via a secret mechanism, there are three more small drawers. Letter compartments and a writing surface covered with leather give the compartment an...
Mahogany
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H 39.38 in W 28 in L 39.38 in
Antique George III Period Slant Front Oak Desk on Slipper Feet, England
Located in Shippensburg, PA
The lid opens to be supported over original loppers with small brass knobs, revealing a fully fitted interior with eight pigeon-hole letter slots over three drawers; one of the centr...
Brass, Iron
Sold
H 89.88 in W 40.25 in D 20.5 in
English George III Mahogany Secretary Desk with Bookcase circa 1780
Located in Shippensburg, PA
On either side of these are situated four pigeon-hole letter slots over four drawers. The lower case is comprised of four graduated full-width drawers hung with beautifully detailed ...
Bronze
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H 41 in W 49.5 in D 20 in
Swedish Karl Johan Biedermeier Chest of Drawers with Pull Out Secretary in Birch
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very handsome birch Karl Johan Biedermeier chest of drawers with a drawer front fold down secretary. The drawer-front opens to an ample and beautiful ebonized and faux mahogany int...
Birch
English Regency Mahogany Chest / Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Either English regency or American Federal mahogany chest of drawers, 19th century. With a rectangular 3 board top, a large pullout desk drawer with a felt writing surface and a cent...
Brass
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H 42.13 in W 42.13 in D 21.66 in
Antique 18th Century Dutch Oak Drop Front Bombe Secretary Desk Secretaire
Located in Casteren, NL
It is flanked by four letter compartments with drawers under and above.
Brass
Sold
H 35.44 in W 31.89 in D 14.18 in
1920's Small Letter Filing Cabinet by Amberg File and Index Co Ltd
Located in Hook, Hampshire
An original twelve drawer letter filing cabinet with file drawers in which papers and letters were stored and indexed flat.
Oak
George II Mahogany Slant Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
With a single board rectangular top, single board drop front, interior with letter slots and drawers with central prospect door flanked by fluted columns, there is a hidden compartme...
Brass
French Directoire Solid Walnut Secretaire
Located in Austin, TX
The perfect letter writing station with a beautiful finish.
Brass, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Mahogany Carlton House Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany Carlton house desk in the George III style,the rear superstructure having raised gallery above a pair of brass mounted letter apertures, incorporating drawers and a pair of ...
Mahogany
Biedermeier Walnut Secretary
Located in Hudson, NY
Biedermeier Walnut Secretary Chest, Biedermeier walnut secretary with cabinet below. Desk has four small drawers and a letter shelf. Cabinet comes with one interior shelf.
Walnut
Carlton House Desk Regency Circa 1880 Satinwood
Located in Potters Bar, GB
The 3 x Mahogany lined drawers featuring Rosewood Crossbanding. The upper section having 2 x drawers and letter compartments and a green leather writing surface (replacement) featur...
Satinwood
Antique Roll Top Desk
Located in New York, NY
British Colony roll top desk having a roll top upper case of 9 letter compartments, five drawers, on turned legs with trestle foot rest and brass hardware.
Elm
Sold
H 15.5 in W 15.5 in D 9.5 in
Fine 19th French Marquetry Escritoire or Writing Box, Napoleon III, circa 1860
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fully fitted with vertical letter compartments, drawers, key holders and inkwells.
Ormolu, Silver Plate
American 4 Drawer Antique Salesman's Sample Cherry Veneered Chest
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c., American, four drawer miniature chest with Sheraton style pulls, on scalloped blocked feet. This attractive salesman sample is characterful with a lovely deep aged cherry co...
Wood, Cherry
English Campaign Style Rosewood Brass Inlaid Lap Desk, circa 1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality brass inlaid Campaign style traveling desk with a recessed brass handle engraved with the name of its owner, Anne Orten. The piece opens to reveal a velvet lined writi...
Brass
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