Antique French Provincial Louis XV, Carved Secretary Cabinet w/ Mirrored Doors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In its time, the mirrored doors would have reflected candlelight and expanded the sense of space in a modest provincial home, while the drop-front desk served as the central place fo...
Glass, Fruitwood
19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and two drawers flanked by two ebonized columns shows a beautiful oak veneer design. The woo...
Bronze
19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and two drawers flanked by two ebonized columns shows a beautiful oak veneer design. The woo...
Bronze
Stunning 1900s Burr & Burl Walnut Drop Front Bureau Desk Lovely Timber Patina
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1900 Burr & Burl Walnut drop front bureau A good looking and well-made piece, you don't come across many in Burr walnut, it i...
Walnut
Baker Solid Cherry Draped Doors Drop Front Secretary Desk Dresser Bookcase MINT!
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Baker Spanish Colonial Style Cupboard Shelves Dresser Console Cabinet MINT
Cherry
19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and two drawers flanked by two ebonized columns shows a beautiful oak veneer design. The woo...
Bronze
American Solid Cherry 4 Drawers Drop Front Secretary Desk Solid Brass Pulls MINT
By Pennsylvania House, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Chippendale Style Bracket Feet American Solid Cherry 4 Drawers Drop Front Secretary Desk Solid Brass Pulls MINT
Brass
Art Deco Secretary Desk with Drop-Front Writing Surface and Chevron Veneer, 1930
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
When opened, the drop-front reveals a thoughtfully scaled writing surface, making it ideal for use as a compact home office desk, entryway workstation, or statement piece in a living...
Wood
Small Antique Italian Drop-Front Scriban Desk In Original Paint And Gilt Accents
Located in London, Park Royal
The drop-front opens to reveal a solid oak interior matured to a rich, warm patina over time.
Wood
Vintage Distressed Drop Front Secretary Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The piece is characterized by its sophisticated three-tier design, featuring glass-front display shelves atop a drop-front writing desk and a robust lower storage cabinet.
Metal
Häkli Scandinavian Modern Secretary Chest, Finland, 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
The lower section offers three spacious drawers providing ample storage, while the upper section incorporates a practical drop-front writing surface that transforms the piece into a ...
Birch
Lovely Yew Wood Secretary Campaign Chest
By Kennedy Furniture For Harrods London
Located in Crawley, GB
It sits as a campaign chest on stand however it has the additional feature of a good sized, green leather drop front desk which is super useful for compact living as when not in use,...
Brass
$778,947Sale Price|20% Off
Exceptionel Bookcase Forming Desk, by G. Grohé, France, Circa 1860
By Guillaume Grohe
Located in PARIS, FR
Exceptional neo Renaissance bookcase forming desk. This monumental piece consists in a lower part forming drop-front desk supported by two pillars with drawers.
Wood
An Important Louis XIV Marquetry Italian Bureau Cabinet
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This extraordinary early 18th-century Italian Bureau Cabinet is a masterful representation of the refined Louis XIV style and regional craftsmanship, combining the functions of a com...
Fruitwood, Maple, Walnut
Louis XVI Style Drop-Front Secretaire by Rinck
By Rinck
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Mid-20th century French Louis XVI style drop-front secretaire desk by Rinck, one of Paris’s most respected makers of fine furniture and interior design.
Bronze
Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
Early 19th century Swedish Biedermeier mahogany secretary featuring a drop-front desk and three lower drawers. Constructed with mahogany veneer throughout, the drawers retain lionhea...
Mahogany
ANTIQUE SHERATON REVIVAL BUREA BOOKCASE LEATHER TOP HARDWOOD WALNUT & SATiNWOOD
By Sheraton Revival
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite Sheraton Revival Walnut, Mahogany & Satinwood Bureau bookcase with brown leather drop front d...
Leather, Hardwood, Satinwood, Walnut
Tall Double Glass Doors Ball Claw Carved Finial Drop Block Front Secretary MINT!
By Drexel, Baker Furniture Company, Kittinger Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tall Double Glass Doors Ball Claw Carved Finial Drop Block Front Secretary Desk Bookcase MINT!
Mahogany
Newly Refinished -Mid-Century Modern “Profile” Highboy Dresser w/ Drop-Down Desk
By John Van Koert, Drexel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crafted in walnut with sculpted metal pulls, the piece features three spacious lower drawers beneath a drop-down desk front that opens to reveal an organized interior with small draw...
Metal
Oiled Medium Walnut Mid Century Modern Art Deco Drop Down Desk Secretary Cabinet
By James Mont, Harvey Probber
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Square shape lines Mid Century Danish modern drop down front secretary desk console table with large Art Deco style Pulls and storage cabinet on the bottom.
Aluminum
18th Century Antique English Secretary Desk with Rustic Charm
Located in Linkebeek, BE
secretraire - desk - commode Measures : 76x47 cm H : 100 Open Hutch Top : d:80cm H:73cm An elegant antique English drop-front secretary desk, featuring three large drawers and two s...
Wood
Georgian Red Lacquered Lighted Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet With Secretary Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style lighted breakfront bookcase cabinet with drop front secretary desk By Jasper Cabinet Co.
Brass
$1,190Sale Price|30% Off
Mid Century Walnut Burl Carved Secretary Writing Desk Bookcase Bureau Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
Features a rectangular frame made from walnut with burlwood front that opens via a drop front for use as a desk.
Glass, Walnut, Burl
$5,095Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Secretaire Cabinet, English, Chest of Drawers, Bureau, Desk, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
An English, mahogany chest of drawers with drop front writing desk, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800.
Wood
Baker Furniture Style French Provincial Red Lacquered Secretary Desk with Hutch
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch top In the manner of Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1970s Red lacquered carved wal...
Brass
$2,335Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Bureau Cabinet, English, Walnut, Writing Desk, Tambour, Edwardian, 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau cabinet. An English, walnut drop-front writing desk with tambour, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Walnut
Louis XVI Tall Secretaire (Retains Original Leather on Desk-Top), 18th C. French
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful French Louis XVI carved-cherry wood tall secretarie cabinet, with original leather on desk, from the 18th century. This antique "secretaire an abattant" from France featu...
Wood
Rare Victorian Flamed Hardwood Library Bookcase Secretaire Desk Chest of Drawers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Victorian flamed mahogany library bookcase with built in secrataire desk and chest of drawers A good looking and multifunctional pie...
Hardwood
Baker Furniture Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet, Circa 1960s
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style lighted breakfront bookcase or dining cabinet with drop front secretary desk By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Gorgeous carved flame mah...
Brass
Baker Furniture Style Federal Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet, Circa 1940s
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Georgian or Federal style breakfront bookcase cabinet with drop front secretary desk In the manner of Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1940s Gorgeous mahogany, with inlaid s...
Brass
C 1865 French Secretaire Abbatant Highly Carved Walnut w Barley Twist Columns
Located in Port Jervis, NY
A French Secretaries Abbatant fall front drop lid desk with lots of storage Dresser.
Brass
Stickley Brothers Style Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Double Bookcase, Circa 1910
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding antique Mission or Arts & Crafts side-by-side double bookcase cabinet with drop front secretary desk In the manner of Stickley Brothers USA, Circa 1910 Beautiful ca...
Glass, Oak
Baker Furniture Style Georgian Banded Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style breakfront bookcase cabinet with drop front secretary desk In the manner of Baker Furniture By Maddox USA, Circa 1950s Carved mahogany, ...
Brass
Baker Furniture Georgian Flame Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet, Circa 1940s
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Georgian or Chippendale style breakfront bookcase or dining cabinet with drop front secretary desk By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1940s Stunning flame mahogany, with mu...
Brass
$10,800
Italian Walnut Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
A 19th‑century Italian walnut secretary is typically a burl‑walnut, drop‑front or slant‑front writing desk combining storage, marquetry, and sculptural woodworking.
Walnut
Baker Furniture Style Regency Flame Mahogany Lighted Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Regency or Georgian style lighted breakfront bookcase or dining cabinet with drop front secretary desk In the manner of Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1940s Stunning book-...
Brass
Antique Victorian Carved Tiger Oak Side-by-Side Bookcase, Circa 1900
By R.J. Horner & Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Victorian side-by-side drop front secretary desk and bookcase or display cabinet In the manner of R.J.
Brass
Baker Furniture Style Georgian Mahogany Bubble Glass Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Georgian or Chippendale style breakfront bookcase or dining cabinet with drop front secretary desk In the manner of Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1940s Stunning mahogany,...
Brass
Baker Furniture Georgian Carved Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style breakfront bookcase or dining cabinet with drop front secretary desk By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Carved mahogany, with inlaid sati...
Brass
Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Barrister Bookcase by Gunn, Circa 1920s
By Globe Wernicke
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period barrister bookcase with drop front secretary desk In the manner of Globe Wernicke By Gunn Furniture Co.
Brass
Kai Winding Mahogany Secretary and Display Cabinet for P. Jeppesen, 1950s
By Kai Winding, Poul Jeppesen
Located in Nørre Aaby, DK
The upper cabinet features two glazed doors, while the lower section includes a drop-front writing desk with practical shelves and drawers concealed behind the flap.
Mahogany
19th Century Georgian Astral Glazed Painted Bookcase with Secretary
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A monumental 19th century English Georgian painted breakfront bookcase featuring a concealed drop-front secretary desk and astral glazed glass windows.
Brass
French Louis XVI Secretary, Ebonized Mahogany & Brass, Circa 1800s
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A single drawer is fitted with three sections above the drop-front door that becomes the desk’s felt top writing surface.
Marble, Brass
Bookcase in Teak by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, 1952
By Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, Peter Hvidt
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
A notable feature of the system is its multifunctional center module, which serves either as a drop-front writing desk or as a concealed bar. Behind the elegant tambour doors lies a ...
Teak
$1,943Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage 1960s Oak Fold Down Secretary Bureau in style of Kjærnulf
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
Supported by robust, hand-carved bracket feet that echo the scrolling lines above, the secretary presents a grounded and authoritative silhouette, perfectly proportioned for modern l...
Brass
Karges French Regency Louis XVI Cream Lacquered Hand Painted Secrétaire á Abatta
By Karges Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style bureau with drop front secretary desk By Karges USA, Circa 1980s Cream lacquered walnut, with hand-painted details, gold gilt trim, embos...
Brass
Monumental Italian Neo-Renaissance Carved Walnut Secretary Commode
Located in SEDLEC-PRČICE, CZ
It is a substantial three-door case piece that harmoniously combines a deep chest of drawers with an integrated drop-front writing desk. The entire front surface is covered in rich, ...
Walnut
Fantastic Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Parquetry Commode by Zwiener Jansen
By Zwiener Jansen Successeur
Located in Long Island City, NY
Although Martin Carlin made some larger pieces— secrétaires à abattant (drop-front secretary desks), tables, and commodes— he is best known for refined small furnishings in neoclassi...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Georgian Style Mahogany Satinwood Inlay Breakfront Bookcase Bubble Glass Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Item features individual panes of bubble glass, drop front writing desk surface with green tooled leather top, banded and satinwood inlays with drape and central urn on the drop fron...
Brass
$12,181Sale Price|30% Off
*An Exquisite 19th Century French Flame Mahogany Fitted Secretaire
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th-century French flame mahogany secretaire à abattant, or drop-front secretary desk. Design: It features prominent flame mahogany veneer with decorative rope twist carvings alon...
Brass, Steel
Empire Secretaire, Walnut, Maple, Paw Feet, Austria circa 1815
Located in Regensburg, DE
Fine Early Biedermeier or late Empire Secretaire / Drop-Front /Secretary Desk from Austria around 1815-20.
Brass, Gold Leaf
1940's Italian Secretaire with Reverse Painted Glass
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Hanover, MA
Golden birch veneered drop front secretary desk with three drawers and reverse painted glass panel of stylized Egyptian women and a charioteer similar to a design by Osvaldo Borsani ...
Glass, Birch
French Renaissance Louis XV Style Figural Carved Walnut Curio Display Buffet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The top drawer includes a drop front with fabric lined writing desk interior (later custom addition).
Glass, Walnut
John Widdicomb Walnut Aged Mirrored Tombstone Style Georgian Secretary
By John Widdicomb
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
The lower section includes a drop-front writing desk with fitted compartments and drawers, designed for organization and function.
Mirror, Walnut
19th Century Louis XV Style Secretaire
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite French Louis XV style secrétaire with straight front adorned with beautiful flower marquetry made of kingwood, rosewood and boxwood veneer, drop front writing desk with fou...
Satinwood
19th Century French Louis XV Style Secretaire
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite French Louis XV style secrétaire with wave shaped front adorned with beautiful flower marquetry made of kingwood, rosewood and boxwood veneer, drop front writing desk with ...
Rosewood
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Bureau-Commode. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
This particular example stands out with its elegant, ebonized pearwood exterior and its beautifully crafted interior veneered in fine maple, offering four drawers and a shelf behind ...
Brass
Antique Country French Regence Style Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French Regence style Secretary was hand-crafted from solid oak, and features a traditional slant-front drop down desk surface that when closed, exhibits extraordinary...
Brass
Outstanding Early 18th Century English George I Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
The drop down desk front opens to reveal 8 drawers and 4 cubbies with a central tabernacle with hidden drawer pillars on either side.
Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut
Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Commode by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Although Martin Carlin made some larger pieces— secrétaires à abattant (drop-front secretary desks), tables, and commodes— he is best known for refined small furnishings in neoclassi...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
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