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19th Century Mahogany Military Chest With Miniature Fall Front Secretaire
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century mahogany military campaign chest with miniature fall front secretaire opening to
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Irish Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Parquetry Secrétaire, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted parquetry and marquetry fall-front Secrétaire with a marble
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Secrétaire Cabinet by Maison Vervelle Audot Successeur, circa 1860
By Maison Vervelle Audot Successeur
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
are false and open to reveal a fall front secretaire, with a leather writing surface and a fitted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Walnut Secretaire Abattant
Located in Cheshire, GB
serpentine front over a fall front secretaire, enclosing drawers and shelf with a green tooled leather
Category
Early 20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century Fall-Front Desk
Located in Buchanan, MI
Handsome and functional Regency mahogany fall front desk, server, entry way piece, great inlay
Category
Antique 19th Century North American Federal Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Satin
Stunning Painted 4 Door Secretaire Library Bookcase
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
in blue jeans. The lower section with central fall front secretaire drawer opening to a leather inset
Category
Early 20th Century British Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Paint
19th Century Louis Philippe Style Fall Front Secretary Chest
Located in Tarry Town, NY
exterior front inlay decoration. The secretary features lot of storage drawers above fall-front, followed
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
19th Century Louis Philippe Style Fall Front Secretary Chest
Located in Tarry Town, NY
features lot of storage drawers above fall-front, followed by additional lower part space storage drawers
Category
Antique 1810s French Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
18th c. Swedish Gustavian Period Painted Fall Front Desk
Located in Wichita, KS
A beautiful 18th century Swedish fall-front bureau from the Gustavian period wearing beautiful
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Louis Philippe Fall-Front Secretary in Cherrywood
Located in Tarry Town, NY
storage drawers above fall-front, followed by additional lower part space storage shelves. Fall-front
Category
Antique 1860s European Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Swedish Fall-Front Secretary in West Indies Mahogany, circa 1850
Located in Miami, FL
mahogany along the entire front. There are three graduated storage drawers below the fall-front, and one
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Painted Gustavian Grey/White Secretary with Fall-Front & Birch Interior
Located in Miami, FL
A very lovely Louis Philippe fall-front secretary in pine with a light Gustavian-grey/white painted
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 79.25 in W 42 in D 21.5 in
Georgian Fall-Front Secretary Desk in Carved Oak, England, circa 1800
Located in Miami, FL
Early 19th century oak English fall-front secretary with carvings of acanthus leaves and urns.
Note
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Oak
English Fall-Front Secretary Desk in Carved Oak, Circa 1800
Located in East Hampton, NY
This piece just took our breath away - all the carved wood details and medallions are master craftsman quality. See all detail images to truly appreciate what an excellent antique pi...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English British Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Spanish Fall-Front Secretary Desk in Carved Oak, Spain, circa 1950
Located in Miami, FL
Mid 20th century walnut Spanish fall-front secretary with molded carvings in drawers and doors
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Spanish Fall-Front Secretary Desk in Carved Walnut, Spain, circa 1950
Located in Miami, FL
Mid 20th century walnut Spanish fall-front secretary with molded carvings in drawers and doors
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
H 39.97 in W 33.27 in D 22.84 in
Raymond Loewy for Mengel Fall-Front Walnut and Iron Secretary Cabinets
By Raymond Loewy
Located in New York, NY
2 American mid-century fall front secretary cabinets with light walnut cases and a front doors that
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Iron
American Hepplewhite Mahogany Inlaid Fall Front Secretary with Bookcase, C. 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Hepplewhite mahogany satinwood string inlaid secretary bookcase with a hinged fall front
Category
Antique 1790s American Hepplewhite Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 85.5 in W 35.75 in D 19.25 in
English Chippendale Mahogany Inlaid Fall Front Secretary with Bookcase, C.1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany fall front secretary with carved molded edge finial cornice, flanking
Category
Antique 1780s English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 92.5 in W 49.5 in D 24.75 in
Spanish Fall-Front Secretary Desk in Carved Oak, Spain, circa 1950
Located in Miami, FL
Mid 20th century walnut Spanish front cabinet with molded carvings and two compartments, the hight
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire with fall front writing surface, interior drawers and hidden compartments.
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Ebony, Walnut
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier secretaire in walnut, root wood and ebony with fall-front writing surface; interior
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Secretaires
Materials
Ebony, Walnut
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire- Dark walnut with fall front writing surface, interior drawers, secret
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier secretaire made of walnut, root wood and ebony with a fall front writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire made of walnut, root wood and ebonized wood with fall-front writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire made of walnut, root wood and ebony with a fall front writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Ebony
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire made of walnut and rootwood with brass hardware. Fall front writing surface
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier secretaire made of walnut, rootwood and ebonized wood. It has a fall front writing
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier secretaire made of walnut and cherry with fall front writing surface, nine interior
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
Empire Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
drawers. Fall front writing surface w/five interior drawers and mirrored cubby hole. Ebonized and
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Secretaires
Louis Phillipe North German Fall-Front Secretary in Flame Mahogany, circa 1855
Located in Miami, FL
, curvi-linear drawer fronts and faux drawer fronts on the fall-front and the sides. Offers four hidden
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
H 59.5 in W 51.5 in D 23.5 in
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
drawer rests above a fall-front inner compartment which opens to reveal ten letter-sized interior drawers
Category
Antique 1850s Swedish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Ash
Swedish Secretaire Cupboard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
from the late 19th Century and consists of two cupboard doors below the secretaire fall front with a
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
Biedermeier Revival Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
exterior drawers and cubby hole. Lower section with fall front writing surface and interior drawers.
Category
Early 20th Century Secretaires
Fall-Front Desk in West Indies Mahogany, Attrib to Gustav Friederich von Hetsch
Located in Miami, FL
elaborate and well-articulated pierced foliate carvings rests above a fall-front desk with a plethora of
Category
Antique 1830s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
H 54.5 in W 36 in D 20 in
Russian Empire Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
with weight bearing dolphins and arrows. Lower section with 2 drawers. Center section with fall front
Category
Antique 19th Century Russian Secretaires
Dutch Bureau/Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Dutch Bureau/Desk polychrome painted with elaborate scrolls, dutch harbor and country scenes. Fall
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Biedermeier Tabernacle/ Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
". Fall front writing surface and 3 drawers in lower section. Eight drawers and a center door in upper
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Secretaires
Baroque Tabernacle / Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Theresia style. Lower section with fall front writing surface and 3 drawers. Upper section with 9 drawers
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Austrian Secretaires
Birch Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
features an upper locking drawer which rests upon a fitted desk area hiding behind a fall front writing
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Birch, Fir
Biedermeier Secretaire Napolean Style
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire Napolean Style with fall front writing surface, interior drawers and secret
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Russian Neoclassic Mahogany Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
cabinet with a Pair of doors above a fitted fall-front and 2 long drawers
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Victorian Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
pediment above grilled doors and a maple veneered fitted fall-front drawer
Category
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
Italian 17th Century Secretaire
Located in Atlanta, GA
walnut with the upper section having a fall front secretary. Once opened to expose a series of drawers
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Pasadena, CA
is crafted of solid walnut and is a generous 39.5" wide. The fall front when down reveals an interior
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Chinoiserie Gilt Lacquer Table Secretaire
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming tabletop secretaire is decorated in gold and black in the Chinoiserie style. The
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Early 19th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Dublin 8, IE
pigeon holes raised over fall front secretaire opening to reveal desk, inlaid drawers and pigeon holes
Category
Antique Early 1800s Irish George III Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Magnificent William IV Mahogany Secretaire
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
gallery above a pair of panelled cupboard doors and fall front which open to reveal original fitted
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Napoleon III Secretaire Abattant, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
in a yellow color wood finish.
The fall front has a green leather writing surface.
The upper
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Regency Mahogany Gillows Secretaire à Abattant
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
. A cantilevered fall front, having typical Gillow mouldings, opens to reveal several drawers and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Fine Sevres Style Porcelain Mounted Secrétaire, 19th Century, After Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French side cabinet with a marble top, a fall front secrétaire
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Porcelain, Mahogany
H 48.82 in W 37.8 in D 14.18 in
A Biedermeier Chest with Secretaire Circa 1850
Located in Flower Mound, TX
raised serpentine single drawer, a frieze drawer over paneled fall front, and the interior fitted with a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Secretaire Sideboard
Located in Suffolk, GB
with a quality mahogany drop well bow fronted top. The fall front centre bow fronted drawer opening to
Category
Antique 19th Century European Regency Secretaires
Materials
Other
French Secretaire à Abattant, First Empire Period
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French first Empire period Secretaire à Abattant, also known as a drop-front secretary, fall front
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Sevres Mounted Secretaire Abattant Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
marble-top, classical gilded ormolu mounts of swag, ribbon and caryatid design. The fall front and sides
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Style Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
, with wonderful inlaid decoration to the fall front, opening to reveal a fitted interior of pigeon holes
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood
Fine French Ormolu-Mounted Marqueterie Secretaire Abattant
Located in Rome, IT
heads , fall front enclosing a leather-lined writing surface and four small drawers and pigeon-holes
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Secretaires
Fine Hand-Painted Venetian 19th Century Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
surmounted by foliate carving, over double cupboard doors inset with arched mirrors, fall-front desk
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Secretaires
Antique French Louis XVI Style Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Sheridan, CO
French Louis XVI style fall front desk, early 20th c. This Secretaire desk features a single drawer
Category
Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century Baroque Secretaire, South German, 1750-1760
Located in Belmont, MA
marquetry, partly ebonized. Behind the fall front are six drawers and six open compartments as well as one
Category
Antique 1750s German Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
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Fall Front Secretaire For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal fall front secretaire for your home. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and metal, every fall front secretaire was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the fall front secretaire you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A fall front secretaire made by Empire designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — is very popular.
How Much is a Fall Front Secretaire?
Prices for a fall front secretaire can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,850 and can go as high as $80,000, while the average can fetch as much as $7,500.
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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