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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
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Kai Winding Bureau / Secretaire Produced by Cabinetmaker P. Jeppesen in Denmark
By Kai Winding
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare bureau / secretaire designed by Kai Winding. Produced by cabinetmaker P. Jeppesen in
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
H 40.95 in W 39.38 in D 18.12 in
Mid-Century Modern Desk Sideboard Bureau Secretaire Belgium Design, 1960s
By Jos De Mey
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage Mid-Century Modern desk sideboard, bureau secretaire.The honey-colored sideboard desk has
Category
Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Materials
Brass
H 51.97 in W 49.22 in D 16.93 in
Venetian Louis XV Walnut Bureau Secretaire
Located in Vo', Veneto
Shaped Venetian Bureau Secretaire in Walnut
Wood Type: Walnut and walnut burl
Period: Mid 1700s
Category
Antique 1740s Italian Louis XV Desks
Materials
Nutwood
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
Category
Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Secretaires
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
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood
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
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Oak
H 42.52 in W 40.16 in D 20.48 in
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Bureau Secretaire, Biedermeier. Walnut, birdseye, rootwood, intarsia, secret compartments.
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Bureau, Secretaire, Desk, circa 1820
Located in Greven, DE
Antique cylinder bureau from the southern German Biedermeier period circa 1820
Dimensions: H x W x
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
H 49.22 in W 39.77 in D 21.66 in
18th-19th Century Grey Swedish Gustavian Two Part Pinewood Bureau, Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th-19th century, light-grey, white antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau made of hand
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Bronze
H 80.5 in W 36 in D 18.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Mad Men Bureau Secretaire Cabinet by Beaver and Tapley
By Robert Heritage
Located in Leicester, GB
this piece £450 which includes a custom-made crate.
This is a beautiful compact vintage bureau
Category
Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
H 39.97 in W 36.03 in D 11.03 in
Vintage Mid-Century Teak Writing Bureau Secretaire With Fitted Compartment by G
Located in Elkton, MD
A striking vintage teak writing bureau by G Plan, crafted in England circa 1975. Featuring a sleek
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
H 44 in W 29.5 in D 18 in
18th Century Black Swedish Gustavian One Part Pine Bureau - Antique Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A black, antique Swedish Gustavian one part bureau, secretaire made of hand crafted painted
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Bronze
H 40.25 in W 43.5 in D 21.25 in
1940's, Chinoiserie Secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A petite, two part, hand-painted, lacquered, fully finished, drop front Chinoiserie bureau
Category
Vintage 1940s Spanish Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
18th Century Louis XV Bureau Italian Genoese Walnut Marquetry Drop-Front Desk
Located in Milano, MI
An exceptional Italian Genoese walnut veneered and inlaid fall front bureau secretaire desk, dating
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
H 44.1 in W 45.28 in D 21.66 in
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
Antique 1890s French French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Retro Mid Century Teak Secretaire Bureau
Located in Leicester, GB
delivery price.
A cute retro teak bureau desk with three drawers. Lovely sculpted legs in solid teak
Category
Vintage 1970s British Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
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
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century British Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
H 40.36 in W 38.19 in D 21.26 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
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
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
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
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
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Bronze
H 81.5 in W 45.25 in D 22.5 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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Secretaires
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
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
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
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Metal
H 90.5 in W 48.5 in D 22.5 in
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
Antique Late 18th Century Austrian Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 81.1 in W 51.18 in D 25.59 in
Art Deco Walnut Secretaire or Bureau with 4 drawers, Germany 1930s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a very striking Art Deco Walnut secretaire or bureau. As you can see
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
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
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Directoire Secretaires
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
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Wood
H 65 in W 27.5 in D 16 in
Demi Lune Bureau Art Deco Style Secretaire Desk in Black Lacquer with Cannelure
Located in Ulm, DE
Fluted, semicircular secretary with drawers
Piano lacquer in high-gloss black
Interior in birdseye maple
Mid Century, Art Deco Style, France 1950/60s
Dimensions:
Width: 108...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Lacquer
H 63.78 in W 42.52 in D 21.66 in
Teak Bureau
Located in Puslinch, ON
Condition: Restored
Dimensions: 34.5” L x 16.5” D x 44.25” H (28” Desk Height)
Description: A vintage teak vanity/desk with drawers. Lock works and comes with key. Freshly imported...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Atomic Teak Bureau
Located in Puslinch, ON
: A vintage teak desk/bureau with drawers. Freshly imported from Denmark.
Turn-around time 3-4 weeks
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Teak Bureau/Vanity
Located in Puslinch, ON
Condition: Pre-Restored
Dimensions: 34.5” L x 16” D x 43.25” H (28.25” Desk Height)
Description: A vintage teak vanity/desk with drawers. Lockwork and comes with key. Freshly impor...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Teak Bureau/Vanity
Located in Puslinch, ON
Condition: Pre-Restored
Dimensions: 33.25” L x 17” D x 41.5” H (27” Desk Height)
Description: A vintage teak vanity/desk with drawers. Lock works and comes with key. Freshly import...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Swedish Secretary Bureau
Located in South Salem, NY
A late 19th century Swedish secretary bureau with a drop front writing surface. Two over three
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
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
Antique Mid-18th Century British Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Atomic Teak Bureau/Desk
Located in Puslinch, ON
: A vintage teak desk/bureau with drawers. Freshly imported from Denmark.
Price includes restoration
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
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
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
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
Category
Antique 18th Century Danish Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Teak Drop Front Bureau
Located in Puslinch, ON
Condition: Pre-Restored
Dimensions: 33” L x 16.5” D x 42.25” H (30.75” Desk Height)
Description: A vintage teak drop front desk with drawers. All locks work and comes with key. Fre...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Georgian Style Walnut & carved Bureau
By Waring & Gillow
Located in Dereham, GB
Georgian Style Walnut & carved Bureau
circa 1930s
Walnut Veneer on top
Burr Walnut Veneer on Fall
Category
Vintage 1930s British George II Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
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
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Oak Bureau/Vanity w/ Storage
Located in Puslinch, ON
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Description: A vintage oak bureau/vanity with storage under the desk surface. Freshly imported from Denmark
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
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
Antique 18th Century English George III Secretaires
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
Antique 18th Century English George III Secretaires
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
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Secretaires
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
Antique Early 19th Century English Secretaires
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
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Secretaires
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
Category
Antique 1710s Sri Lankan William and Mary Secretaires
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...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Sheraton Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Majestic Blue painted Rococo Bureau / Secretary
Located in Kastrup, DK
: 56 cm – Open : 109,5 cm
Bureau is in two parts
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Danish Rococo Secretaires
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 ...
Category
Antique 1720s English George I Secretaires
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
Antique 1720s English George I Secretaires
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...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
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
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Secretaires
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
Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
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Bureau Secretaire For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic bureau secretaire available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and walnut, every bureau secretaire was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect bureau secretaire — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each bureau secretaire bearing Georgian, Louis XV or Scandinavian Modern hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one bureau secretaire that is appealing in its simplicity, but Pier Luigi Colli, Erling Torvits and Giovanni Gariboldi produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Bureau Secretaire?
A bureau secretaire can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,694, while the lowest priced sells for $504 and the highest can go for as much as $1,844,713.
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.
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