George I Brass Mounted Burr Walnut Small Bureau On Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Great colour and condition from the inventory of Hyde Park Antiques in New York. Slant lid fold down desk with fitted interior. Drawers below with brass ring handles; and cabriole le...
Walnut
Monumental Art Deco Cathedral Form Secretary Desk
Located in Dekalb, IL
Each side of the facade opens outward to reveal concealed storage compartments integrated into the architectural form, while the central section unfolds into a compact secrétaire-sty...
Brass
Antique Danish Biedermeier Pine Secretary Desk With Blue Leather
Located in Centennial, CO
From top to bottom the desk has a storage drawer, a fold down desk surface with interior cubbies and drawers, and a lower storage portion covered by doors.
Brass
Vintage Tiger Maple Butlers Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
It stands as a testament to historical durability, offering substantial storage through its deep lower drawers and a functional, fold-down workspace. The desk is in excellent antique...
Brass
Early 20th Century Oak Drop-Front Secretary Desk
Located in Dekalb, IL
Solid oak drop-front secretary featuring a carved foliate crest, turned spindle supports, and open shelving beneath the writing surface. The desk front folds down to reveal a broad w...
Oak
Dutch Rococo Drop Front Desk with Marquetry Inlay, 18th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Dutch Rococo (Late 18th Century) drop front desk / secretary with elaborate foliate marquetry inlay, with the slant front folds down to create a desk surface with a green leather inS...
Wood
Federal Cherrywood Bureau Cabinet / Desk, circa 1790
Located in Houston, TX
Below, the slant-front desk folds down to reveal a richly finished writing surface surrounded by an arrangement of small drawers, pigeonholes, and cubbies.
Cherry
Russian Prisoner Of War Carved Bone Miniature Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Made as a slant lid desk with fold down writing lid opening to a fitted interior.
Bone, Wood
Early 19th Century American Country Secretary Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A slanted middle with hinged door that folds down into a writing desk work table supported by pull out beams that are concealed within the piece when not in use.
Mahogany
18th Century Belgian Carved Oak Cabinet
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
The top part has a horizontal panel again heavily carved, which folds down to reveal a desk opening. Flanked by very ornately carved shoulders in an unusual rounded form, creating an...
Oak
Rococo Bureau-Cabinet, Walnut with Ebonized Trim, Milan, Circa 1760
Located in Milano, IT
Bureau-cabinet with fold-down writing desk Lombardy, third quarter of the 18th century Walnut with carved decoration and walnut-burl veneer; applied ebonized wood trim and cornice ...
Walnut
Antique Italian Travel Desk
Located in Newtown, CT
Beautiful polychromed Italian travel desk. Front folds down and rests on drawer. Paint is vibrant but there are some losses.
Wood
A Small English 18th Century Oak Secretaire Kneehole Desk
Located in Skipton, GB
The clean dovetailed linings are also made from quarter sawn oak and the secretaire drawer pulls out to reveal two banks of drawers and a fold down writing surface. The desk is in or...
Brass
Unavailable
H 58.27 in W 38.59 in D 14.97 in
Courte Jean-Babtiste Louis XVI Period Secretary, Dijon, Francr, Late 18th Century
By Jean-Baptiste Courte
Located in Basel, BS
The secretary has a white marble top, cut corners, bronze inlay and keyholes, a large drawer under the marble with simulated fluting by rosewood and violet marquetry. The writing des...
Marble, Bronze
19th Century English Fold Down Desk Or Commode
Located in New York, NY
Decorative raised wood strip design. Fold down desk is 29" deep.
Oak
Quality Antique French Mahogany Fold Down Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique French mahogany fold down desk having the original pretty brass gallery, two glazed doors, two drawers with original brass handles.
Other
Quality Antique French Mahogany Fold Down Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique French mahogany fold down desk. The top has the original brass gallery, 2 glazed doors, 2 drawers with original brass handles.
Other
Quality Antique French 19th Century Mahogany Fold Down Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique French mahogany fold down desk having the original pretty brass gallery, two glazed doors, two drawers with original brass handles.
Other
French 19th Century Barley Twist Fold Down Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A very interesting key unlocks the top part of this fine desk, folding down to an interior fitted with nine storage areas.
Leather, Birdseye Maple, Mahogany
Sold
H 56 in W 26 in D 22 in
Shapland and Petter Arts and Crafts Fold Down Desk with a Stylised Copper Panel
By Shapland & Petter
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts fold down mahogany desk by Shapland and Petter. Comprising of a cupboard to the top right, it's glazed door with a copper stylised floral panel; upper and lower bo...
Copper
Black Lacquer Bureau de Pente
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Beautiful detail on this highly decorative ‘chinoiserie’ black lacquer fold-down desk from Paris, circa 1920-1930.
Biedermeier Figured Walnut Secretary
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular finished top over a drawer and a fold down desk opening to compartments and a writing surface over the other graduated drawers.
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
Antique Wooden Writing Desk with Fold-Down Front
Located in BERKEL EN RODENRIJS, NL
This beautiful antique writing desk is made of solid wood with a warm brown color and a rich natural grain.
Wood
French 19th Century Empire-Style Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Just below the top drawer, the front of the desk folds forward to reveal a work area with a green felt top.
Mahogany
Empire style Crotch Mahogany Secretary
Located in Bronx, NY
very nice secretary/cabinet with fold down desk, drawers and storage shelving below w/intricate bronze fittings and embossed leather writing surface
Bronze
Continental Baroque Style Tall Chest or Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
having a rectangular top with rounded corners above a conforming case housing 4 drawers, the top drawer opening to reveal a fold-down desk/dressing area with 8 drawers, one a writing...
Brass, Iron
Sold
H 40.5 in W 31.5 in D 18 in
Antique 1890s Italian Mahogany Secretary Desk with Caryatid Carvings & Paw Feet
Located in Portsmouth, VA
Its graceful design features three spacious drawers, perfect for storing essentials, and a fold-down desk front that offers a functional workspace, whether you're journaling by hand ...
Wood
Victorian Walnut and Brass Mounted Campaign Chest
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top, the whole in two sections over a central fitted fold down desk drawer flanked by four drawers over three drawers ending on bun type feet.
Walnut
Louis XVI Marble-Top Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
An unusual French Louis XVI marble-top satinwood 'D' form cabinet with a fold-down desk, above a two-door cabinet and four open shelves on tapered and fluted legs.
Wood
Flame Mahogany Secretary Secretaire Two-Piece with Mirrored Top
Located in West Hartford, CT
Magnificent vintage flame mahogany two-piece secretary with mirrored front at top and multiple drawers and compartments as well as the requisite fold down desk. A stunning addition t...
Mirror, Mahogany
An Italian Baroque Walnut Canterano, 1st Half 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
the front with four drawers separated by the frame, the first of which concealing a fold-down desk with an interior compartment and two drawers, wooden top, with paneled sides and ca...
Brass
Chinese Export Camphorwood Campaign Chest
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top above a fold down desk drawer opening to a blue leather writing surface and a fitted interior over two over two long drawers , bracket feet.
Wood
An Oak and Inlaid George I Period Secretary
Located in Atlanta, GA
having paneled doors, original engraved handles, matching star inlays at middle of arched pediment and inside interior door, with hidden wells inside interior drawers, the later felt...
Oak
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H 62.75 in W 42.75 in D 20 in
Italian Walnut and Walnut Veneereed Secretaire, ca. 1800, in Georgian Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
of two piece construction, the upper section veneered in figured walnut and having a drawer and a fold down desk opening to reveal a number of smaller drawers, some hidden, the writi...
Sold
H 40 in W 46.25 in D 21.75 in
Italian, Liguria, LXIV Period Firwood 3-Drawer Secretary, early 18th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
having a small rectangular top with an flip-down front opening to reveal an interior writing surface with storage drawers and wells atop a conforming case housing two pull-out suppor...
Fir
European 18th Century Secretaire
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
The bottom section features a fold down desk with eight drawers and storage space, below this there are two split drawers plus two further drawers.
Wood
Sold
H 93.25 in W 38 in D 12.5 in
Spanish Grain Painted Tall Secretary Bookcase, Second Half of the 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Tall and shallow, this unique cabinet is faux grain painted and is one piece construction, the upper section with glass doors above a middle section with horizontal lozenge detail an...
Mid-19th Century English Reeded Secretary Cabinet
Located in Troy, MI
English cabinet features a reeded walnut base with fold down desk, internal shelves at the bottom, caster feet and glass-fronted book shelves on the top, circa 1850s.
Glass, Walnut
Late 18th Century Swedish Secretary Cabinet with Historic Paint
Located in New York, NY
This rustic cabinet retains its historic paint--a soft blue faded beautifully with age. Fold-down desk features eight pigeonhole cubby with distressed, faded black paint.
Brass
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.
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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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