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Gustavian Style 1840s Gray Painted Drop Front Secretary with Graduated Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style drop front secretary from circa 1840 with gray painted finish, writing
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
H 44.1 in W 59.6 in D 17.9 in
1780s Gustavian Period Swedish Grey Painted Drop-Front Secretary with Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian period grey painted drop-front secretary from circa 1780 with multiple inner
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
H 50.5 in W 43 in D 21.7 in
Vintage Louis XV Style Minton Spidell Drop-Front Hand Painted Secretary Cabinet
By Minton-Spidell
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Louis XV Style Minton Spidell Drop-Front Hand Painted Secretary Cabinet
This Vintage
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 88 in W 58 in D 26 in
Gustavian Style Drop Front or Slant Front Secretary, Late 19th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
This late 19th-century Gustavian style drop-front secretary bookshelf is a true embodiment of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century Dutch Oak Drop Front Bombe Secretary
Located in Charleston, SC
Antique 19th century Dutch oak drop front bombe secretary with a 3-drawer bombe front and carved
Category
Antique 19th Century Dutch Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Paint
Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Drop Front Secretary Desk With Bookcase Hutch
By Jasper Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian Chinoiserie style bureau with drop front secretary desk and lighted bookcase
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Brass
H 80.5 in W 35 in D 15.75 in
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mengel Drop Front Secretary Desk by Raymond Loewy
By Raymond Lowey, Mengel Furniture Co.
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage Mid-Century Modern Mengel drop front secretary desk by Raymond Loewy. Comprised of
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Metal
H 47.25 in W 36 in D 19.25 in
Painted Swedish Gustavian Style Secretary
Located in Houston, US
Really beautiful Swedish secretary with drop front, interior drawers, cubbies and a secret
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Venetian Paint Decorated Secretary Bookcase
Located in Bridgeport, CT
the doors
The case with drop front decorated with gilt figures making music in a landscape and flanked
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Edwardian Walnut Secretary with Hand Painted Motifs
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
. The bottom section with a slant drop front, contains a hand painted center medallion depicting a
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Neoclassical Painted Secretary Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Swedish neoclassical painted secretary desk will make the perfect addition to your
Category
Antique 1790s Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Steel
Extraordinary Colorful Rococo Style Painted Secretary Cabinet with Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
shelves, a Drop-Front writing area with cubbies, drawers and a central door and capacious two-over-two
Category
Vintage 1940s Rococo Revival Secretaires
Materials
Metal
H 94 in W 38.75 in D 19.5 in
Painted French Provincial Ivory and Green circa 1920s Secretary/ Desk
Located in Essex, MA
. This lovely drop-front desk reveals four small drawers and cubby holes in the era's style. True to its
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown French Provincial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Paint
Maddox French Provincial Louis XV Painted Secretary Desk With Mirrored Bookcase
By Maddox Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style bureau with drop front secretary desk and mirrored
Category
Vintage 1970s American French Provincial Desks
Materials
Brass
H 80 in W 35 in D 17 in
Georgian Chinoiserie Cream Lacquered Hand Painted Secretary Desk With Bookcase
By Jasper Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian Chinoiserie style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch top
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Brass
H 83 in W 35 in D 17 in
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
Secretary or Bar
By Aldo Tura
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Commissioned painted parchment and rosewood drop front secretary or bar with mirrored shelves
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Secretaires
Materials
Mirror, Parchment Paper
1940's, Chinoiserie Secretary
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A petite, two part, hand-painted, lacquered, fully finished, drop front Chinoiserie bureau
Category
Vintage 1940s Spanish Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Gustavian Secretary Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Antique Gustavian drop-front secretary cabinet, hand-crafted in the early 19th Century in Sweden
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Venetian Rococo Style Walnut Secretary Lacquered by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
bombe shaped dresser base with a drop front diminutive writing table. The drop front has two storage
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Karges Ebonized, Gilt & Chinoiserie Decorated Secretary Desk 20th Century
By Karges Furniture
Located in Big Flats, NY
crest over single door case having internal bookcase; lower drop front desk surmounts three long drawers
Category
20th Century American Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Wood
H 91.25 in W 34.5 in D 21.25 in
Late 20th Century Vintage Regency Chinoiserie Mirrored Secretary Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
A stunning vintage Regency Secretary desk. Beautiful hand painted Chinoiserie detail on a saffron
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Outstanding Early 18th Century English George I Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
original mirrors to the front.
The drop down desk front opens to reveal 8 drawers and 4 cubbies with a
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George I Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut
French 19th C. Secretary Chest Neoclassic Brass Hardware, Black Finish w/Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted wood secretary chest from the 19th century. This antique slat front chest from
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
H 42.75 in W 40.75 in D 20 in
French 19th Century Transitional St. Mahogany And Ormolu Cabinet/Secretary Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
a striking pierced foliate family crest shaped keyhole escutcheon. The drop down front displays a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
H 49.5 in W 25.5 in D 13.75 in
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
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Birch
18th C. Rococo Swedish Bureau Chest
Located in Houston, TX
1770's Swedish rococo Bureau chest. Serpentine front chest with drop front secretary. interior
Category
Antique 1770s Swedish Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Vintage French Provincial Petit-Bureau de Dame
Located in Forney, TX
faux key-hole escutcheon adorned hinged drop-front that opens to a spacious interior fitted with ten
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Italian Free-Standing Wall Units in Walnut on Ebonized Plinth Bases
Located in Brooklyn, NY
" (with the secretary surface dropped down).
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Naugahyde, Walnut, Plywood, Paint
H 65 in W 39.25 in D 23.5 in
1940s Osvaldo Borsani Secretaire
Located in Hanover, MA
Rare and very unusual piece of Italian modern design.
Vintage 1940s Italian bow-fronted secretary
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Goatskin
Osvaldo Borsani Mid-Century Modern Italian Bar Cabinet
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Forney, TX
case with drop-front secretary desk style slant-front bar work surface, over double-door cabinet
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
Italian 17th Century Ebonized Fruitwood Commode from Milan
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
drop front and becomes a secretary. Inside are two small faux painted drawers on each side centered by
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Northern European Tortoiseshell Lacquer Japanned Bureau Cabinet
Located in Southampton, NY
18th Century Northern European Tortoiseshell Lacquer Japanned Bureau Cabinet Secretary
A rare and
Category
Antique 18th Century Unknown Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
H 84.5 in W 49.5 in D 36 in
Victorian Coromandel Vanity Box Glyn Cywarch Estate
By Henry Lewis, James Vickery
Located in Northampton, GB
access to the drop down front which is fitted with a selection of Mother of Pearl tools and various
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver, Brass
Cookham Dean, A Post Impressionist Landscape, Homage to Cezanne
By Bernard Meninsky
Located in Cotignac, FR
Churchill's secretary – bought some Meninsky drawings for himself and also on behalf of his friend Ivor
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
H 16.54 in W 20.48 in D 1.48 in
A 19th Century Painted and Decoupage Secretary
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Painted and Decoupage Secretary
Italian Polychrome and Decoupage Bureau, the drop
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Secretaires
Swedish Painted Drop-Front Secretary, Circa 1840
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful painted drop-front secretary chest decorated with a faux marble top and side pilasters
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Swedish Gustavian 19th Century Painted Drop-Front Secretary with Blue Interior
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian painted wood drop-front secretary from the early 19th century with twisted
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
H 49.25 in W 44.5 in L 49.25 in
Swedish Gustavian Period 1820s Drop-Front Painted Secretary with Bronze Mounts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish period Gustavian painted drop-front secretary from the early 19th century, with reeded
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
H 45.25 in W 43.25 in D 20.5 in
Antique Adam Style Painted Decorated Mahogany Drop-Front Secretary, 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Adam style mahogany drop-front secretary features bookmatched panels with hand-painted
Category
20th Century English Adam Style Desks
Materials
Mahogany
H 71 in W 35.75 in D 18.25 in
Vintage Florentine Gold Drop Front Secretary / Chest, Italy
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice hand painted Florentine desk The desk has a fall front flap, below three drawers. Green
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Secretaires
Materials
Fruitwood
Late 19th-Early 20th Century George II Style Chinoiserie Drop Front Secretary
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century George II style chinoiserie drop front secretary, circa 1900
An
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Wood
H 83 in W 36 in D 22 in
Early Painted Swedish Secretary
Located in Houston, TX
Early painted Swedish secretary desk (circa 1810-1830: drop-front reveals sixteen small
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Bone, Pine
Italian Paint Decorated Secretary Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine paint decorated secretary desk, Italian. The double bookcase top over a drop front with an
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique Italian Painted Secretary Desk Bookcase
Located in West Hartford, CT
An Italian paint decorated secretary desk in antique white and orange with gold gilt detail. It
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century Painted Swedish Secretary, Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century painted Swedish secretary, bookcase features a charming distressed painted finish with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Antique Venetian Painted Secretary Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Venetian painted secretary bookcase showcases the flair for the dramatic that characterizes
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Secretaires
Painted Dorothy Draper Bookshelf Secretary
By Henredon, Dorothy Draper
Located in Chicago, IL
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Above the base is a drop-front secretaire unit, with two drawers, a closed compartment, and open
Category
Vintage 1960s American Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Painted Dorothy Draper Bookshelf Secretary
Located in Chicago, IL
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Above the base is a drop-front secretaire unit, with two drawers, a closed compartment, and open
Category
Vintage 1960s American Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Venetian Hand Painted Secretary Circa 1930's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petite hand painted venetian secretary. The upper portion which is painted on both sides has
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique French Painted Secretary Desk Display Cabinet
Located in West Hartford, CT
Exquisite antique French hand-painted 2 part drop front secretary desk display cabinet. Features
Category
Early 20th Century French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood
Governor Winthrop Mahogany Slant Front Serpentine Ball & Claw Secretary
Located in Big Flats, NY
front doors opening to bookshelf with painted interior seated on slant drop front desk opening to reveal
Category
20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
French Rococo Style Green Painted Secretary Bookcase
Located in Stamford, CT
French Rococo Style green painted and parcel-gilt secretary, the molded top with a two-door cabinet
Category
20th Century American Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique Italian Baroque Hand-Painted Bombe Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
facades! Three drawers add copious storage, with a drop front desk that is perfect for I-Pads, laptops
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Baroque Secretaires
French Painted Bombe Secretary Chest of Drawers
Located in Stamford, CT
bombe case opening to a drop-front writing surface and cubby holes, raised on splayed legs decorated
Category
Vintage 1940s Argentine Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Style Painted Secretary Bookcase
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical 19th century Italian secretaire bookcase featuring a slant-front or drop front desk. The
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Bookcases
Materials
Brass
19th Century Gustavian Style Swedish Painted Black Secretary Chest
Located in Houston, TX
Adorable black painted chest that has a drop front top drawer to become a secretary with gold brass
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Fall-Front Secretary Chest with Reeded Detail, 19th Century
Located in Wichita, KS
A 19th century Swedish painted fall-front secretary chest from the Gustavian period with brass
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
H 40.25 in W 38.88 in D 18.13 in
Early 19th Century Oak Secretary Bureau Painted Green
Located in Round Top, TX
This drop front secretary is charming in every way. The soft green paint (newer, professionally
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Danish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Drop Front Desk by Raymond Loewy for Mengel
By Raymond Loewy, Mengel Furniture Co.
Located in New York, NY
Drop-front desk / secretary over a chest of drawers, designed by Raymond Loewy for Mengel. Circa
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
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Drop Front Secretary Painted For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the drop front secretary painted you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and paint, every drop front secretary painted was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect drop front secretary painted — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A drop front secretary painted, designed in the mid-century modern, louis xv or Rococo style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Ira Yeager, Jasper Furniture Company and Karges Furniture each produced at least one beautiful drop front secretary painted that is worth considering.
How Much is a Drop Front Secretary Painted?
Prices for a drop front secretary painted can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $3,160 and can go as high as $89,800, while the average can fetch as much as $6,225.
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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