Dutch 19th Century Oak Secretaire
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch 19th century oak secretaire A Dutch 19th century oak secretaire and a wooden balcony rack.
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19th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Oak
Dutch Secretaires Antique
Dutch 19th Century Oak Secretaire
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch 19th Century oak secretaire A Dutch 19th century oak secretaire on claw legs and a copper balcony rack.
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19th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Oak
19th Century Dutch Bleached Oak Secretaire
$4,889Sale Price|43% Off
19th Century Dutch Bleached Oak Secretaire
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The secretary made of Dutch oak from the 19th century rich in decorations consists of an upper and lower part. The upper part is hinged to the front. The flap sits on two pullouts th...
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19th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Brass
Outstanding quality antique 18th century Dutch floral marquetry secretaire
Located in Ipswich, GB
Outstanding quality antique 18th century Dutch floral marquetry secretaire, having a beautiful quality 18th century Dutch floral marquetry secretaire highly decorated with elaborate ...
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18th Century Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Dutch Bombe Slant Front Secretary Desk in Pine
Located in Houston, TX
An exceptional and character-rich 18th century Dutch bombe secretary desk, crafted in warm, honey-toned pine and retaining its beautifully worn original surface. The graceful bombe ...
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18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Pine
19th Century Dutch Colonial Secretary with Carved Wood and Glass Doors
$11,000Sale Price|63% Off
19th Century Dutch Colonial Secretary with Carved Wood and Glass Doors
Located in New York, NY
A tall Indonesian antique secretary with twin glass panel doors, mid-19th century. Dutch Colonial style. Solid teak wood stained in a deep, rich mahogany red. Polychromed red accen...
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19th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Wood, Glass
Dutch Secretary Desk, Around 1800, Mahogany
$4,500Sale Price|43% Off
Dutch Secretary Desk, Around 1800, Mahogany
Located in Belmont, MA
Dutch secretary desk, Netherlands, around 1800. This elegantly curved secretary desk has three spacious drawers in the lower part. The writing flap opens to a beautiful interior w...
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1790s Dutch Baroque Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Dutch Burr Walnut Floral Marquetry Bureau
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique late 18th century Dutch burr walnut and marquetry bombe' bureau. It has been accomplished in burr walnut, with exquisite hand cut floral marquetry typica...
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1780s Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Walnut
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Burl Walnut Drop-Front Secretary Desk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A substantial early 18th C. Dutch two-part secretary in burl walnut with a beautifully mellowed patina. The upper section has a double-domed broken pediment with a central urn finial...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Mirror, Wood, Walnut
Early 19th Century Dutch Floral Marquetry Bureau Display Cabinet
$7,721Sale Price|51% Off
Early 19th Century Dutch Floral Marquetry Bureau Display Cabinet
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The moulded cornice above two shaped glass panelled doors opening to shelves, the lower part with a hinged sloping fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior with a central door ...
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19th Century Dutch Neoclassical Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Ormolu
Antique mid 19th century Dutch honey color oak Biedermeier Secretary Desk
$4,514Sale Price|20% Off
Antique mid 19th century Dutch honey color oak Biedermeier Secretary Desk
Located in Casteren, NL
Offered here is a stunning Dutch secretary desk in the Biedermeier style, crafted in the mid-19th century, around 1840. This exquisite piece is made entirely from the finest quality ...
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Mid-19th Century Dutch Biedermeier Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Oak, Bone
Pair of Louis XVI Style Dutch Chinoiserie Secretary and High Chest
Located in Greven, DE
Pair of chinoiserie furniture - secretary and chiffonier The Netherlands Satinwood and others, lacquered panels around 1890 Dimensions: H x W x D: 130 x 63 x 39 cm Description: Ve...
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Late 19th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Satinwood
18th Century Dutch Trumeau Walnut with Maple Wood Inlays, Netherlands, 1760
$8,909Sale Price|50% Off
18th Century Dutch Trumeau Walnut with Maple Wood Inlays, Netherlands, 1760
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Dutch trumeau from the Mid-18th Century. Furniture of exceptional quality, richly inlaid in walnut and maple, the interior is covered in oak and the structure of the furniture is in ...
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1760s Dutch Louis XV Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Dutch Burl Walnut Secretary Cabinet Scriban Desk Library Antique LA
$189,000Sale Price|30% Off
18th Century Dutch Burl Walnut Secretary Cabinet Scriban Desk Library Antique LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An important and Rare 18th century Dutch burl walnut secretaire cabinet Scriban desk Enclosing fitted interior incorporating pigeonholes, hinged compartments, folio slides Pull-out c...
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18th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Brass, Bronze
Antique Italian or Dutch Small Rococo Bombe Secretary Desk w/ Marquetry, c 1870
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An exquisite 19th century Rococo secretary in mahogany with bombe front & sides, with floral & foliate inlays in tulipwood, kingwood & satinwood on the top, front panels of the drawe...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Rococo Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Mahogany, Satinwood, Kingwood, Tulipwood
Dutch Walnut Miniature Secretaire Bookcase, 18th Century
Located in GB
An 19th century Dutch walnut secretaire bookcase with undeniably striking colours.
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19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Dutch Satinwood Marquetry Secretaire a Abattant
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Dutch Satinwood Marquetry Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An 18th century Dutch satinwood abbatant or drop front desk, with gilded beading and inlaid brass stringing. The case also has various exotic woods inlaid into the satinwood. There i...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Satinwood
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Dutch Secretaire à Abattant, Late 18th Century
Located in Hilversum, NL
The shaped and moulded marble top above a frieze-drawer, the fall-front with green leather-lined writing surface, the frieze-drawer and the sides of the frieze with a marquetry of sc...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Bronze
A Dutch secretaire à abattant with Japanese laquer panels
Unavailable
H 60.24 in W 38.59 in D 16.54 in
A Dutch secretaire à abattant with Japanese laquer panels
Located in Hilversum, NL
This 'secrétaire à abattant', with a grey marble top, is modelled with one drawer above a fall-front, enclosing a fitted interior and two cupboard-doors below. The fall-front is inla...
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18th Century and Earlier Dutch Louis XVI Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Satinwood, Lacquer
A Dutch Secretaire à Abattant with Fall-Front with Black Leather Inlay
Unavailable
H 61.03 in W 39.77 in D 18.9 in
A Dutch Secretaire à Abattant with Fall-Front with Black Leather Inlay
Located in Oisterwijk, NL
A Dutch mahogany secretaire à abattant with fall front to reveal beautiful fitted interior with nice ormolu details and lots of hidden drawers.
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Early 19th Century Dutch Empire Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Charles X Dutch Mahogany Secretaire, 1830s
Located in Roma, RM
Fantastic Dutch secretaire in mahogany veneer. Rich decoration of inlays with motifs of urns, flower loops and horse carpets.
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Mid-19th Century Dutch Charles X Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Mahogany
Dutch 18th Century Burr Walnut Secretaire Writing Cabinet Scriban
Unavailable
H 80.32 in W 44.49 in D 26.78 in
Dutch 18th Century Burr Walnut Secretaire Writing Cabinet Scriban
Located in Werkendam, NL
George one figured (burr-) walnut and inlaid bombed Dutch secretaire / bureau bookcase (scriban) with book matched veneers of the finest quality.
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Early 18th Century Dutch George I Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Brass
Dutch Oak Bombe Bureau Secretaire, Circa 1800
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
A Dutch oak Bombe Bureau Secretaire, circa 1800. Having a lovely organic shape and color.
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Early 1800s Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Brass
18th Century Dutch Mahogany Inlaid Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Werkendam, NL
This fine mahogany Louis XVI secrétaire (circa 1780) from the second half of the 18th century is a wonderful practical piece of furniture offering a substantial writing / working sur...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Child's 18th Century, Dutch Marquetry and Parquetry Secretaire
Unavailable
H 44.5 in W 22.5 in D 15.5 in
Child's 18th Century, Dutch Marquetry and Parquetry Secretaire
Located in San Francisco, CA
A diminutive 18th century, Dutch floral and denticulated marquetry and parquetry upright slant-front bureau desk, exhibiting remarkable craftsmanship and detail, the top doors reveal...
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18th Century and Earlier Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Brass
Dutch Marquetry Secretary
Located in Northfield, IL
Exquisite workmanship on this beautiful antique secretary
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Early 20th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Brass
Dutch Lacquer Table Secretary
By Adrianus Apol
Located in Hilversum, NL
Adrianus Apol, a painter of lacquer, 'peinturier' and merchant from Breda (South of the Netherlanlds), decorated this table secretary in the style of Chinese and Japanese lacquerwork...
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19th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Mahogany, Mother-of-Pearl, Pine
Beautiful Desk, Holland, Late 1700
Located in Cervia, IT
Spectacular writing desk in walnut and mahogany inlaid with various precious woods complete with shingles. Provenance Holland, late 1700.
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Late 18th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
Anglo-Dutch Thuyawood Bureau Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
Large Anglo-Dutch thuya, satinwood and ebony bureau bookcase, the arched and molded ebony cornice over a pair of mirrored doors revealing an elaborately fitted satinwood interior, th...
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18th Century and Earlier Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Wood, Mirror
19th Century Dutch Marquetry Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Generously scaled and proportioned with elaborate inlays inside and out - - both figural and floral. Quality bombe' form. The desk is raised upon paw feet. A visually dramatic piece.
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19th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Brass
Dutch mahogany and curly maple clerk’s cabinet
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Dutch mahogany and curly maple clerk’s cabinet. The case is constructed in two parts with ledger shelves over a bank of drawers on a base cabinet centering on a slant top writing ...
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19th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Secretary, Dutch Art Nouveau by Theo Nieuwenhuis, circa 1912
Unavailable
H 52.37 in W 46.07 in D 22.05 in
Secretary, Dutch Art Nouveau by Theo Nieuwenhuis, circa 1912
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Secretary, oak and Macassar, carving and sculpturing, on the top front doors vellum with floral decorations in batik technique. Executed by art gallery E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Am...
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1910s Dutch Art Nouveau Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Oak
Dutch Walnut Miniature Secretaire Bookcase, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
An 18th century Dutch walnut secretaire bookcase with undeniably striking colors.
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18th Century European Dutch Colonial Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Dutch Secretaire Oakwood
Located in Casteren, NL
18th century Dutch secretaire made of oakwood. This secretaire has three drawers and several storing units inside.
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Late 18th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Oak
20th Century Dutch Secretaire in Metal
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Rare Dutch secretaire of the early 20th century. Furniture of exceptional quality and taste with solid oak structure completely covered in chiseled metal sheet and recessed mirrors.
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Early 20th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
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Metal
19th Century Dutch Secretaire
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century Dutch Bureau/Secretaire with drop down writing surface.
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Mid-19th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Bronze
Secretaire.
Located in Baltimore, MD
A fine example of a Dutch secretaire a abbattant featuring a single upper drawer beneath crown molding and hand-carved cartouche.
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19th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Pine
Antique Dutch Marquetry Mahogany Secretaire Cabinet, circa 1800
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique Dutch Secretaire a Abbatant, circa 1800 in date.
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Early 1800s Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Late 18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Secretary With Impressive Marquetry
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H 58.67 in W 35.04 in D 18.12 in
Late 18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Secretary With Impressive Marquetry
Located in Greven, DE
Most Dutch secretaire à abattant are faithful imitations of the French model, although the veneers and marquetry motifs used are often very different.
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Late 18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Satinwood
Dutch Bombe Secretaire Desk in Pine
Located in Doylestown, PA
An 18th century Dutch "bombe" slant-front secretaire desk in stripped and bleached pine, in two parts with a fitted interior over a lower case with three large drawers.
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Pine
18th Century Marquetry Walnut Dutch Bureau Secretaire
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An amazing Dutch bureau made in the second half of 18th century, it's in superb conditions. Original floral inlaid decoration are in perfect conditions. The interior fitted with draw...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
18th Century Dutch Cylinder Bureau/Secretaire
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century Dutch Cylinder Bureau/Secretaire with roll top enclosing an interior fitted with many small drawers and cabby holes supported by three drawer base with original ornate b...
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18th Century Dutch Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Bronze
18th Century, Holland Louis XVI Secretaire
Located in IT
18th Century, Holland Louis XVI Secretaire This elegant secretaire Louis XVI was made in Holland in the second half of the eighteenth century.
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Dutch Neoclassical Inlaid Satinwood Secretaire Abattant
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine Dutch neoclassical inlaid satinwood secretaire abattant on square tapered legs with inlays of rosewood, tulipwood and boxwood, the front opening to reveal a counterweighted wr...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Neoclassical Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Rosewood, Satinwood, Tulipwood
18th C. Dutch Marquetry Inlay Drop Front Secretary Desk Bombe Commode Secretaire
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H 41.75 in W 42 in D 23.5 in
18th C. Dutch Marquetry Inlay Drop Front Secretary Desk Bombe Commode Secretaire
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Dutch marquetry hand inlaid bombe form drop front desk or secretaire, circa 1790.
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17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Dutch Secretaires Antique
Materials
Walnut
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Dutch Secretaires Antique For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the Dutch secretaires antique you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A Dutch secretaires antique — often made from wood, walnut and oak — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the Dutch secretaires antique you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right Dutch secretaires antique, those designed in Baroque, louis xv and Rococo styles are of considerable interest.
How Much is a Dutch Secretaires Antique?
The average selling price for a Dutch secretaires antique at 1stDibs is $9,307, while they’re typically $3,909 on the low end and $275,000 for the highest priced.
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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