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.
Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Secretaires
Brass
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.
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.
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.
Brass
$2,551Sale Price|20% Off
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 been made of an ash veneer wood and brass feet.
Brass
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Pinewood Bureau Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late 18th Century, antique Swedish Gustavian one part bureau made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition.
Metal
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 Origin: Venice – Veneto Dimensions: Centimeters Height: 114 cm Width: 120 cm Depth: ...
Nutwood
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...
Hardwood
$11,500Sale Price|57% Off
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Bureau Secretaire, Biedermeier. Walnut, birdseye, rootwood, intarsia, secret compartments.
19th Century Antique Russian Bureau Secretaire in Baroque Pinewood
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century, antique Russian two part bureau made of hand crafted painted pinewood designed and produced by an unknown carpenter from St.
Metal, Bronze
$762Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Mad Men Bureau Secretaire Cabinet by Beaver and Tapley
By Robert Heritage
Located in Leicester, GB
Please contact us with your country and postcode for the cheapest shipping options. US shipping for this piece £450 which includes a custom-made crate. This is a beautiful compact ...
Teak
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 Pinewood, in good condition.
Metal, Bronze
1940's, Chinoiserie Secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A petite, two part, hand-painted, lacquered, fully finished, drop front Chinoiserie bureau secrétaire from Spain. The interior of the two-door top is wallpapered in faux bamboo fretw...
Wood, Lacquer
Gustavian Secretaire / Bureau 1780 - 1790
Located in Kastrup, DK
Gustavian secrétaire in two parts, crafted in oak with a grey-white finish and a beautiful patina. The piece is constructed in two sections, featuring a classic upper cabinet with d...
Brass, Iron
$1,147Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Secretaire / Bureau in Mahogany
Located in Leicester, GB
Beautiful Antique French flame Mahogany secretaire/bureau/cabinet. The inside is lined with maple and finished with ebonized black details.
Mahogany
$9,962Sale Price|20% Off
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 to the Georgian period, circa 1760.
Walnut
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Two Part Pine Bureau, Scandinavian Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century, dark-grey antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau with a writing flap made of hand crafted painted pinewood, in good condition.
Metal, Bronze
A George I Mulberry Secretaire Bureau Attributed to Coxed & Woster
By Coxed and Woster
Located in London, GB
An important George I secretaire bureau in finely veneered ‘mulberry wood’ attributed to Coxed & Woster, with satinwood crossbanding, rosewood mouldings and pewter string inlay.
Pewter
19th Century Grey Swedish Gustavian Pine Two Part Bureau - Antique Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century, light-grey, white antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition.
Metal
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 inlay to its fall front top above three drawers finishing on cabriole legs and bron...
Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Two Part Mahogany Bureau - Antique Leather Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th-century, antique Swedish two-part bureau made of handcrafted, polished, partly veneered Mahogany in good condition.
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 around 1770 in Austria.
Brass
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 the bureau has a fine piano finish showing the best of the Walnut grain.
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: H x W x D: 149 x 97 x 50 cm Description: Top-mounted desk standing on tapered rou...
Marble, Brass
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 proportions. Featuring a carved projecting cornice and arched front, original glass mirr...
Wood
Rare 1920's English Art Deco Curved Secretaire Desk Bureau in Oak
Located in Leicester, GB
1920's bureaux with a host of three drawers with wooden handles. The desk can be closed with an attractive rounded lid. The desk area is lined with leather and has a tiny drawer for ...
Oak
$3,004
Antique 1900s Bureau
Located in Neuss, NW
Wonderful bureau from the 1900s. High-quality solid oak wood corpus with a tambour door, eight drawers, four interior drawers and numerous compartments. Quality Features: very good...
Oak
$2,495
Atomic Teak Bureau
Located in Puslinch, ON
Condition: Pre-Restored Dimensions: 37.5” L x 18.5” D x 53.75” H (29.5” Desk Height) Description: A vintage teak desk/bureau with drawers. Freshly imported from Denmark. Turn-arou...
Teak
$4,400
Swedish Secretary Bureau
Located in South Salem, NY
A late 19th century Swedish secretary bureau with a drop front writing surface. Two over three drawers sits atop ogee bracket feet. Later paint.
Wood
$4,096Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Walnut Bureau
Located in Faversham, GB
A splendid and well proportioned 18th century and later walnut bureau of exceptional craftsmanship. The top is finished with a galleried edge upon turned vase finials. The fall open...
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
Bamboo
$2,495
Atomic Teak Bureau/Desk
Located in Puslinch, ON
Condition: Pre-Restored Dimensions: 37.5” L x 18.5” D x 53.75” H (29.5” Desk Height) Description: A vintage teak desk/bureau with drawers. Freshly imported from Denmark. Price inc...
Teak
Danish Painted Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Unusual 18th century Danish painted bureau bookcase with a very good fitted interior. 1780. Height to the underside of desk is 77cm. Code: 8569 Dimensions: W: 44" (111.8 cm) H: 80...
Pine
18th Century Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Bold 18th century masculine painted oak bureau with a good fitted interior and hidden compartments. 1780. Height to the underside of the fall front is 78cm. Code: 8515 Dimensions:...
Oak
Bureau / Secretary In Burl Walnut
Located in Kastrup, DK
Early 18th century burl walnut veneered bureau cabinet. The upper section with swan neck top over double doors, the lower section with a sloping-front opening to reveal a cupboard an...
Brass
1960s Bureau, WK Möbel Secretary
By WK Möbel
Located in Neuss, NW
Classic two-part bureau from the 1960s. High-quality corpus in teak veneer with a hinged work surface, two doors, two shelves, a book compartment and new hairpin legs in black. - Ve...
Teak
$1,147Sale Price|20% Off
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 with Walnut Cross Banding Working Lock with Key, Open to Reveal : Centre cupboard, 2...
Walnut
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 interior features a hidden well and a lovely original chinoiserie lacquer. 1790. Heigh...
Oak
$8,032Sale Price|35% Off
Baroque Bureau / Secretary in Walnut
Located in Kastrup, DK
Beautiful baroque secretary desk with finely mirror-cut oak veneer and walnut root veneer. The desk is in two parts: the lower section has three drawers with a straight break-front a...
Brass
Gustavian Black-Painted Bureau Cabinet, Sweden
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Gustavian black-painted bureau cabinet in three sections, crafted with fine classical detailing and beautiful patina. The upper section features a pair of glazed panel door...
Brass
Scandinavian 18th Century Bureau, c.1790
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined Scandinavian bureau dating to circa 1790, crafted in pine with a beautifully aged painted finish that reflects the understated elegance of late 18th-century Northern Europe...
Wood
An Exceptional Burl Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Early 18th century burl walnut veneered bureau bookcase, the swan neck pediment flanking a turned and reeded urn, surmounted by four additional urn finials over double dome doors wit...
Brass
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...
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 offers plenty of overt and hidden storage across two sections. The top section ha...
Wood, Pine, Paint
English Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
English mahogany bureau bookcase, having broken arch pediment above dentil molded cornice, the upper cabinet with hexagon glass mullion doors, the lower cabinet with fall front secre...
Blown Glass, Mahogany
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 ...
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...
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
Art Deco bureau in stained burr - Sweden, 1930s
Located in London, GB
This minimalist birch secretaire bureau with beautiful burr grain, features a locked fall-front, two drawers and elegant cabriole legs.
Burl
Majestic Blue painted Rococo Bureau / Secretary
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Rococo secretary desk with a cabinet or bookcase top, beautifully painted in blue with a black-painted interior. This piece consists of two sections: Upper section consists of a c...
Metal, Brass
20th Century Wood Venetian Bureau Desk, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Venetian bureau from the mid-20th century. The furniture is curved front and sides, veneered in walnut, burl, maple, and fruitwood. The bureau desk has three generously sized externa...
Wood
Impressive Antique Slant Top Secretary Bureau
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique carved and finished slant top desk with handsome even grained Mahogany, original brass batwing pulls, diamond accent key holes and the top opening to reveal myriad nooks, ...
Brass
$1,800Sale Price|35% Off
George II Style Burr Walnut Bureau Cabinet
By John Widdicomb
Located in Astoria, NY
George II Style Burr Walnut and Walnut Bureau Cabinet by John Widdicomb, late 20th century, with lion head and column capital metal mounts, upper half having mirrored door opening to...
Walnut, Mirror
19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Birch Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
19th century Swedish Biedermeier secretary bureau crafted in birch veneer with warm golden yellow tones. The clean-lined form includes an upper drawer, central fall-front desk area, ...
Birch
$5,713Sale Price|50% Off
Danish Louis XVI Bureau. In Mahogany
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI bureau made in Cuban mahogany. Top cabinet as well as the base with fluted quarter columns. Copenhagen Denmark, circa 1780.
Mahogany
18th Century French Kingwood Bureau De Dame
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French kingwood bureau de dame. With gilt bronze decorative mounts.
Bronze
19th Century Danish Mahogany Tall Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
19th century Danish tall secretary bureau, crafted in mahogany with burlwood veneer. The upper section features three doors with concave and convex shaping, while the hinged desktop ...
Mahogany, Burl
19th Century Danish Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
19th century Danish Biedermeier-style secretary or "bureau" crafted in mahogany veneer. This short, stately bureau features a hinged desktop that opens to reveal multiple interior dr...
Brass
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...
Brass
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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