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19th C Chippendale Style Mahogany Block Front Shell Carved Secretary Desk Lowboy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century Chippendale style mahogany blockfront secretary desk. Item features solid mahogany
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 42 in W 42 in D 22.5 in
Mahogany Chippendale Style Block Front Secretary Desk with Bookcase Top
Located in Milford, NH
bookshelves, and flanked by reeded corner pilasters, over a lower case with slant front desk top, opening to a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
Diminutive George III Walnut Block Front Slant Front Bureau Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Germantown, MD
A mid 19th century, fully professionally restored Diminutive George III Walnut And Block Front
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
H 61 in W 21.5 in D 12.5 in
Maddox Refinished Red Mahogany Block / Slant Front Secretary Desk with Key
By Maddox Furniture
Located in Germantown, MD
A refinished Maddox Red Mahogany Chippendale Block front, Slant Front Secratary Desk with Key
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
American Block Front Dropdown Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Queens, NY
American (18/19th Century) block front mahogany secretary desk with a slant top drop front over 3
Category
Antique 19th Century American Country Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Chippendale Style Mahogany Block Front Shell Carved Secretary Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mahogany Block Front Shell Carved Secretary Desk Lowboy. Item features solid mahogany wood
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 42 in W 42 in D 22.5 in
Mahogany Block Front Drop Desk Secretary Bracket Foot 4 Drawers Dresser MINT!
By Councill
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mahogany Block Front Drop Desk Secretary Bracket Foot 4 Drawers Dresser MINT!
Category
20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
H 43 in W 35 in D 20 in
Tall Double Glass Doors Ball Claw Carved Finial Drop Block Front Secretary MINT!
By Baker Furniture Company, Drexel, Kittinger Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tall Double Glass Doors Ball Claw Carved Finial Drop Block Front Secretary Desk Bookcase MINT!
Category
20th Century American Chippendale Dressers
Materials
Mahogany
H 85 in W 36 in D 21 in
Vintage Thomasville Georgian Flame Mahogany Blockfront Secretary Desk
By Thomasville
Located in Germantown, MD
This Georgian style traditional block front secretary desk is matched flame grain mahogany is
Category
Late 20th Century Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Chippendale Mahogany Block Front Desk, Boston, circa 1780
Located in Providence, RI
A commanding Chippendale mahogany block front desk, Boston, circa 1780, Aldrich & Dorrance family
Category
Antique 1780s American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
A Rare Diminutive Chippendale Block Front Desk and Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
-FRONT DESK AND BOOKCASE
The blockfront desk-and-bookcase is one of the most highly
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Cedar
Chippendale Block-Front Slant-Top Desk
Located in Litchfield, CT
extended robust brackets of the feet are attributes found on Salem block-front desks. The base & feet are
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
Swedish Gustavian Bureau, circa 1760
Located in Charlotte, NC
Swedish Gustavian beautifully shaped block front desk. Light blue paint has had some touch up. The
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Chippendale Mahogany Slant-Lid Desk with a Blocked Serpentine Front, MA
Located in Providence, RI
This is an estimable serpentine desk with blocked ends on magnificent gadrooned feet. Interestingly
Category
Antique 1780s North American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Important Paneled Block-Front Paduk Wood Fall-Front Desk, China
Located in Providence, RI
This desk is a tour de force and meant to last forever, circa 1730-1740. It retains its original
Category
Antique 1730s Chinese Dutch Colonial Furniture
Materials
Padouk
Sypher & Co. 19th Century Chippendale Block Front Slant Front Desk
By Sypher & Co.
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Sypher & Co. 19th century Chippendale block front slant front desk with excellent original finish
Category
Antique Late 19th Century North American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Massachusetts Chippendale Mahogany Block Front Desk circa 1780
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional hand carved Chippendale mahogany block front desk with slant front top, which opens
Category
Antique 1780s American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
Chippendale Boston Mahogany Block Front Slant Front Desk, circa 1770
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional block front slant front desk, Boston, circa 1770, in Honduran mahogany with
Category
Antique 18th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Blocked Serpentine Front Queen Anne Burled Walnut Slant Front Desk
Located in Milford, NH
A rare two case blocked serpentine front Queen Anne burled walnut slant front desk with the upper
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Great Britain (UK) Desks
Materials
Burl
H 42 in W 38 in D 21 in
Vintage Cherry Chippendale Block Slant Front Secretary Desk by Jasper Cabinet Co
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage cherry Chippendale style block slant front secretary desk by Jasper Cabinet Co. Item
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 83 in W 34.5 in D 17 in
Crotch Mahogany Chippendale Block Front Green Leather Top Knee Hole Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
desk. Item features green tooled leather top, block front drawers, bracket feet, 2 pullout / pull-out
Category
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Leather
H 30 in W 48 in D 26 in
Chippendale Habersham Chinoiserie Decorated Ebonaized Block Front Chest 20th C
By Habersham
Located in Big Flats, NY
A chest of drawers by Habersham offers ebonized wood construction in Chippendale block front form
Category
20th Century American Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Wood
H 31.25 in W 38.5 in D 19 in
American Chippendale Oxbow Desk on Ball and Claw Feet, Boston c. 1760
Located in Shippensburg, PA
, p. 241-246 f. 50 catalogues a Boston, Massachusetts c. 1765-75 block front secretary desk with the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
Ornate Late Victorian Block Front Drop Front Secretary Desk
By R.J. Horner & Co.
Located in Petaluma, CA
This is quite an incredible desk. As a starter the handsome block front style drawers with some of
Category
Antique 1890s American Late Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Block Front Georgian Style Goffard Townsend Secretary Desk
Located in Manhasset, NY
A mahogany block front Goddard Townsend secretary . This fine custom quality block front secretary
Category
Vintage 1970s American Chinese Chippendale Secretaires
Dutch Colonial Slant Lid Desk and Chest of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
An unusual and sculptural block fronted Dutch Colonial slant lid desk in padouk wood with pierced
Category
Antique 19th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Desks
Materials
Metal
American Chippendale Slant and Block Front Antique Desk, Newburyport, MA
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Very fine American Chippendale slant front desk with fitted interior
Probably Newburyport
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
H 41.38 in W 43.75 in D 23.38 in
George Nelson for Herman Miller Primavera Desk Cabinet
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Garnerville, NY
” pulls. Walnut case on those black block feet. Drop front desk over three deep drawers and a side door
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Materials
Wood, Walnut
French Art Deco Slant Lid Secretaire Desk and Chest of Drawers or Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
An unusual and sculptural block fronted Art Deco slant lid desk in wood with pierced metal drawer
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Late 19th Century American Mahogany Block Front Bureau
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Late 19th century American mahogany block front bureau
Good quality mahogany bureau, circa 1890
Category
Antique 1890s American Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
American Mahogany Fall Front Secretary Desk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Classic American mahogany block front secretary desk. The glass doored top with swan neck pediment
Category
Vintage 1920s American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
American Block-Front kneehole desk
Located in Norwalk, CT
Rare New York mahogany Chippendale block-front kneehole desk
with a molded and shaped top
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Desks
Materials
Mahogany
TOMLINSON Crotch Mahogany Block Front Secretary Desk with Blind Bookcase
By Tomlinson
Located in Charlotte, NC
adjustable wood shelves and two pull out candle slides at bottom. Lower desk is block front with automatic
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
JASPER "Legacy" Cherry Chippendale Bonnet Top Block Front Secretary Desk
By Jasper Furniture Company
Located in Charlotte, NC
, brass hardware, double bonnet arched top, block front and ogee bracket feet. Upper cabinet features two
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
MADDOX Cherry Chippendale Block Front Secretary Desk with Blind Bookcase
By Maddox Furniture
Located in Charlotte, NC
at bottom and handles on both sides. Lower desk is block front with four locking drawers of dovetail
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 91.75 in W 38.5 in D 21.5 in
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Block Front Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal block front desk for your home. Each block front desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and brass. There are many kinds of the block front desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A block front desk, designed in the Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
How Much is a Block Front Desk?
Prices for a block front desk start at $1,100 and top out at $70,000 with the average selling for $7,296.
Questions About Block Front Desk
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023A drop-front desk is usually called a secretary. Other names for this type of desk include writing cabinet, fall-front desk and secrétaire à abattant. The name secretary can be traced back to the 18th century when estate secretaries used the drop-front desks as workstations for paying bills and reconciling accounts. On 1stDibs, find a range of secretary desks.