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Antique French Secretaire / Bureau in Mahogany
Located in Leicester, GB
Beautiful Antique French flame Mahogany secretaire/bureau/cabinet. The inside is lined with maple
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Austrian Baroque Secretaire/ Bureau Cabinet, Nutwood, AT ca. 1770
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable 18th Century baroque secrétaire/ bureau cabinet elaborately handcrafted in the period
Category
Late 18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
H 81.1 in W 51.18 in D 25.59 in
French Secretaire , Bureau à pente / d’âne Louis XV
By French House & Garden
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind and very refined French piece , a Louis XV Bureau à Pente / Secretaire ,made in
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Early 1800s French Louis XV Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Bronze
English Antique Art Deco Bureau Secretaire Oak Cabinet
Located in Leicester, GB
Beautiful English Antique bureau from the 1920's. The compact Art Deco piece of furniture hosts a
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1920s British Art Deco Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
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
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau / Secretaire, Copenhagen Approx. 1780
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI bureau / Secretaire in 3 parts.
Upper part with three doors. Middle part door with fluted
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Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique Gentleman's Bureau, English, Walnut, Writing Desk, Secretaire, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman's bureau. A fine English, walnut writing desk or secretaire, dating
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Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
H 40.36 in W 38.19 in D 21.26 in
Elegant Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau / Secretaire Cph. Approx. 1780
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Louis XVI bureau / Secretaire in 3 parts.
Top with tooth cut under profiled top list.
Pair
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Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
Venetian rococo 19 th century bureau/secretaire hand painted
Located in Houston, TX
This fine quality Venetian secretary is beautifully carved and finely
Painted in pale teal and rose hues. The bottom is carved in a bombe
Shape and has four drawers that slide easil...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Hardwood
18th Century Swedish Gustavian One Part Pinewood Bureau - Antique Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late 18th Century, antique Swedish Gustavian one part bureau made of hand crafted painted
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Metal
H 40.25 in W 42 in D 20.5 in
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Two Part Pine Bureau, Scandinavian Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th - 19th Century, dark-grey antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau with a writing flap made
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Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Metal, Bronze
H 81.5 in W 45.25 in D 22.5 in
English Antique Georgian Inlaid Solid Oak Bureau / Secretaire c.1800
Located in Leicester, GB
A stunning English Georgian bureau. This bureaux is from the Georgian era, just after 1800
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Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
H 42.52 in W 40.16 in D 20.48 in
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Writing Bureau or Secretaire
Located in Kramfors, SE
Painted writing bureau or secretaire from Sweden made during the early 1800s, 1810 to 1820. The
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Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Pine
Fine French Louis XV Bureau Dos D' Ane/ Secretaire/ Desk
Located in Westport, CT
Fine and elegant French Louis XV Bureau D'Os Dane in walnut adorned sparsely with floral marquetry
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Black Swedish Gustavian Oak Bureau - Antique Drop Front Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian bureau made of hand crafted painted Oakwood, in good condition. The
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Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 42.5 in W 47 in D 30.75 in
18th Century Grey Swedish Gustavian Pine Two Part Bureau - Antique Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th Century, light-grey, white antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau made of hand crafted
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Metal
H 90.5 in W 48.5 in D 22.5 in
Directoire Bureau a Cylindre - France, circa 1800, Mahogany Secretaire or Desk
Located in Greven, DE
Desk with mirror attachment - Bureau à cylindre
France
Mahogany
Directoire circa 1800
Dimensions
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Early 1800s French Directoire Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Marble, Brass
H 58.67 in W 38.19 in D 19.69 in
Early 18th Century French Petite Secretaire or Bureau with Projecting Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 18th-century French dark wood secretary or fall-front bureau cabinet with charming
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Wood
H 65 in W 27.5 in D 16 in
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Bureau Secretaire, Biedermeier. Walnut, birdseye, rootwood, intarsia, secret compartments.
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaire Bureau
Swedish Secretary Bureau
Located in South Salem, NY
A late 19th century Swedish secretary bureau with a drop front writing surface. Two over three
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Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Wood
18th Century Walnut Bureau
Located in Faversham, GB
A splendid and well proportioned 18th century and later walnut bureau of exceptional craftsmanship
Category
Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
19thC English Bamboo Bureau
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880
19thC English Bamboo Bureau
sku 1966
W71 x D45 x H134 cm
Weight 16 kg
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Bamboo
Danish Painted Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Unusual 18th century Danish painted bureau bookcase with a very good fitted interior. 1780.
Height
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18th Century Danish Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Pine
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century English painted oak fall front bureau. 1760.
Height to desk: 28 1/4-inches
Internal
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18th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 18th century English painted oak bureau with a good fitted interior. 1780.
Height to the
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century English painted oak bureau with a fitted interior, featuring a hidden well and hidden
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty 18th century narrow painted bureau with a fitted interior and working lock and key. The
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18th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
English Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
English mahogany bureau bookcase, having broken arch pediment above dentil molded cornice, the
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Blown Glass, Mahogany
18th Century Italian Painted Pine Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century Italian painted pine bureau. Circa 1780.
With lovely layers of old paint, this bureau
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Wood, Pine, Paint
British Colonial Ebony Bureau Bookcase
Located in Greenwich, CT
Exceedingly rare early 18th century English colonial Macassar ebony diminutive bureau bookcase with
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1710s Sri Lankan William and Mary Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Ebony
English Satinwood Painted Bureau Bookcase
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century English Satinwood secretary/bookcase. Two astragal glazed doors above open to reveal two adjustable shelves for display, a fall front opening to reveal a fully fitted in...
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Early 19th Century English Sheraton Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Majestic Blue painted Rococo Bureau / Secretary
Located in Kastrup, DK
: 56 cm – Open : 109,5 cm
Bureau is in two parts
Category
Mid-18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Metal, Brass
George I Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular cornice over a single door with mirror, the desk section with fold down writing surface opening to a nicely fitted interior and sliding panel opening to a well, all over ...
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1720s English George I Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
George II Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With broken arch pediment and inset mirror over a pair of arched mirror doors opening to shelves and drawers, the base with a slant lid hinged writing lid opening to a fitted interio...
Category
1720s English George I Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
French Brass Inlaid Ladies Bureau Desk
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A top quality French rosewood brass inlaid desk, with tambour front, you have to pull open the drawer to release the tambour and then fold over the original velvet writing surface, l...
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Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
Fine Hand-Painted Venetian 19th Century Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Outstanding example of a Venetian bureau bookcase, or secretaire, having a serpentine cornice
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Scandinavian 18th Century Mahogany Secretary Bureau Cabinet
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Impressive Louis XVI style bureau secretary with quality rich in age, charm, and character with its
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Inlaid Wood Italian Bureau Desk, 1920s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian bureau from the first half of the 20th century. Antique-style furniture carved and inlaid
Category
1920s Italian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Wood
George III Diminutive English Mahogany Glazed Bookcase Bureau
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1800
George III Diminutive English Mahogany Glazed Bookcase Bureau
sku 2040
Together W59 x
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19th Century Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Neoclassical Rolltop Bureau, Germany
Located in Greding, DE
An elegant Louis XVI, Zopfstil, roll-top secretary desk, crafted in the late 18th century. The piece features a three-drawer base and a three-door upper section with a projecting cen...
Category
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau, Copenhagen 1780-1790
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Louis XVI bureau in solid mahogany. In 3 parts.
Top with tooth cut profiled top list. Pair
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
Small Early 18th Century Walnut Bureau On Legs
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Exceptionally Rare Early 18th Century, George I Period, Small Walnut Bureau, Having Superbly
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Oak Wood Dutch Bureau Desk, 1920
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Dutch bureau from the first half of the 20th century. Furniture carved in oak of beautiful lines
Category
1920s Dutch Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Wood
Extraordinary Italian Parquetry Bureau Cabinet Trumeaux Rome, 1740
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding Italian 18' century walnut, parquetry bureau cabinet fruitwood inlaid with scrolling
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Italian Florentine Giltwood Bureau Secretary Butlers Desk Chest
Located in Forney, TX
A Florentine carved cream painted parcel gilt slant-top desk bureau with nicely aged dark warm
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
Swedish Rococo Black Painted Secretary Bureau Dated 1778
Located in Round Top, TX
impact the beauty nor function of this striking secretary or "bureau." Both oak and pine were used in its
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
Danish Louis XVI Bureau. In Cuban Mahogany
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI bureau made in Cuban mahogany.
Top cabinet as well as the base with fluted quarter
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Danish Late Empire Mahogany Secretary Bureau
Located in Kastrup, DK
Late empire secretary bureau in mahogany veneered oak with beautiful grain.
In 2 parts.
Desk top
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Early 19th Century European Empire Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak, Mahogany
19th Century Danish Biedermeier Bureau Secretary Desk
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This early 19th century mahogany Biedermeier secretary bureau was made in two sections, circa 1830
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19th Century Danish Biedermeier Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
19th c. Swedish Bureau Desk / Secretary in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A Swedish bureau secretary with a scalloped base in original paint. Circa 1870. Behind the drop
Category
19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century Inlaid Oak Secretary Bureau from Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
The warm patina of the aged wood glows with life in this lovely rococo secretary or bureau with
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Rococo Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
Antique Louis XVI Desk Cabinet "bureau à pente"
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Louis XVI style antique desk chest of drawers called "bureau à pente".
Three dovetailed drawers
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass, Bronze
George II Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With double arch top over a pair of mirror doors opening to an elaborately fitted interior, the base with two candle slides and hinged slant lid writing surface opening to a fitted i...
Category
1730s English George II Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Ebonized and Eglomise Bureau Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
Slightly arched top that may have held a bust at some point, over a middle section with drawers with reverse painted panels with scenes of ancient towns and ruins with a central mirr...
Category
1690s Italian Baroque Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Pine
18th Century Baroque Bureau In Walnut With Inlays
Located in Kastrup, DK
A very beautiful Baroque bureau. Thick walnut veneer with inlays.
Hidden "secret" locking system
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century Swedish Country Folk Art Writing Bureau
Located in Kramfors, SE
Country home writing bureau in folk art from northern Sweden. The bureau is from around 1820 to
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Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Pine
18th Century Antique English George II Virginia Walnut Bureau
Located in Devon, GB
A good quality George II period antique bureau in well figured walnut, standing on bracket feet and
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18th Century British George II Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Dutch Burr Walnut Floral Marquetry Bureau
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique late 18th century Dutch burr walnut and marquetry bombe' bureau.
It
Category
1780s Dutch Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
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Antique Secretaire Bureau For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique secretaire bureau you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and walnut, every antique secretaire bureau was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique secretaire bureau — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique secretaire bureau is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, Baroque and Louis XVI styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one antique secretaire bureau that is appealing in its simplicity, but Charles Chevalier, Christoph Hopfengärtner and Francesco Abbiati produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Antique Secretaire Bureau?
The average selling price for an antique secretaire bureau at 1stDibs is $7,857, while they’re typically $607 on the low end and $15,675,000 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Secretaires for You
Your antique, new or vintage secretary desk has become the (chic) saving grace of the "new normal" at home.
Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments — pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers — are revealed.
Traditionally, a secretary is composed of two parts — a chest of drawers on the bottom and a cabinet with shelves on the top. Taking its name from the French word for the piece, secrétaire, the secretary desk dates back to the 18th century, when Paris-based cabinetmaker Jean-François Oeben, known for his exquisite marquetry and clever mechanical desks, is thought to have invented the secrétaire à abbattant, or drop-leaf desk.
While the defining drop-down feature of the secretary desk has remained constant, the materials used, as well as its configuration, size and style have evolved over time.
At first, secretaries were typically made from exotic woods, like rosewood, tulipwood and kingwood; later, hardwoods like cherry, maple, oak and mahogany were more common. The desks also became lighter, with space carved out of the lower half for the writer’s feet or with drawers replaced by legs — making them more table-like.
When open, the secretary is a dynamic, versatile Wunderkammer. When closed, it’s a sophisticated, space-saving piece of furniture.
“A fine secretary with a good provenance adds stature and credence to its owner — it is a cornerstone piece,” says antiques dealer Stanley Weiss, who specializes in 18th- and 19th-century English and American furniture. “In this disposable world, fine furniture is always passed on and speaks to who its owner is.”
No matter what style or period you choose, and no matter how you decide to use it, the timeless, flexible secretary desk is bound to become an indispensable part of your daily routine.
Browse a range of antique and vintage secretary desks on 1stDibs, including mid-century modern secretaires, Georgian secretaires and others.
Questions About Antique Secretaire Bureau
- What is an antique bureau?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021An antique bureau is any bureau that is 100 years old or older. The term bureau today is typically used as another word for a dresser or a chest of drawers. This word has also been used to refer to a writing desk. Find a collection of antique bureaus on 1stDibs today.
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