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Antique French Abattant Desk Fall Front Secretary Chest Drawers Renaissance Oak
Located in Tyler, TX
gorgeous ORNATE French oak "abattant" chest of drawers with fall front desk/secretary~~four WIDE drawers
Category
Antique 1880s French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
H 56.5 in W 39.25 in D 17 in
19th Century Louis Philippe Style Fall Front Secretary Chest
Located in Tarry Town, NY
with exterior front inlay musical instruments and flowers marquetry scene details. The secretary
Category
Antique 1810s French Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
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
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
19th Century French Drop-Front Marquetry Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, Spain circa 1900. The outside with fall front and one low door with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Oak
H 51.97 in W 24.41 in D 10.04 in
18th c. Louis XV Fall Front Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful Inlaid Walnut Secretary
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
H 56.7 in W 38 in D 16.54 in
French Provincial Secretary Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French provincial secretary desk with an angled arched cornice above two paneled doors enclosing
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Wood
19thc French Painted Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful 19thc Robin’s egg blue secretary/fall front desk.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Wood
English Glass Front William IV Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Free Union, VA
moving. A fitted fall front desk is concealed within the large drawer, complete with satinwood fronted
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th c. Swedish Gustavian Period Painted Fall Front Desk
Located in Wichita, KS
An 18th century Swedish fall-front bureau from the Gustavian period wearing beautiful black paint
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
French Miniature Louis Lvi Style Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
French miniature Louis LVI style secretary with fall front opening and bronze doré
Mounts. Circa
Category
Antique 1840s French Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
19th C. Drop Front Desk, Secretary Abattant, with Multiple Wood Marquetry Inlay
Located in Madrid, ES
below, the center fall front secretary panel opens to reveal interior shelving, six small drawers with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Spanish Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood, Kingwood, Mahogany
H 59.06 in W 39.38 in D 19.69 in
French Art Deco Secretary Attributed to René Prou
By René Prou
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful French sycamore veneer secretary framed with gilded brass details, the fall front
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Sycamore
French Louis Philippe Marble Top Commode with Secretary
Located in Rio Vista, CA
and conforming trim. The top drawer has a fall front drawer that opens to a Napoleon green leather
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
French Painted Secretary Desk with Fallfront, Mid 19th century
Located in South Salem, NY
This stunning Mid-19th-century French Painted Secretary Desk has a captivating fall-front design
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Neoclassic Period French Commode W/Hidden Butler's Secretary & Writing Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Neoclassical commode, with hidden secretary and original hardware, from the turn of the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Wood
H 35.75 in W 49.25 in D 23.75 in
French Louis XVI Secretaire Abattant / Secretary desk, circa 1800
Located in Lucenec, SK
The secrétaire à abbatant or fall front desk is nearly identical to the desk 5th President James
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Carved Walnut Secretary Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
secretary with classical straight lines features a shaped top over a frieze drawer. The fall front opens and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Leather, 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 Empire Brass Mounted, Light Walnut, & Ebonized Secretary, 1stq 19th Cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top above a conforming case housing three drawers, one faux drawer, and a fall
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
H 58.5 in W 40.75 in D 17 in
19th Century Empire Walnut Secretary
Located in Houston, TX
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, Ormolu
Antique French Charles X Secretary/Secrétaire à Abattant in Mahogany, c. 1825
Located in Miami, FL
A Charles X secrétaire à abattant in mahogany, France, circa 1825. Fall-front has original counter
Category
Antique 1820s French Charles X Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
H 58.5 in W 37.75 in D 16 in
Antique Georgian Sheraton Neo-Classical Inlaid Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, 1795
Located in Portland, OR
having an inlaid fall front & oval floral paterae enclosing a fitted interior with six pigeon holes four
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Sheraton Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
H 77 in W 39.25 in D 19 in
French Empire Mahogany Bonheur du Jour Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
classical motifs of pharaoh masks and wreaths around a mirrored secretary fall-front with compartments and a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
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
Louis XVI Mahogany Secrétaire à Abattant Circa 1820, France
Located in Alexandria, VA
This neo-classic fall-front secretary not only has the beauty of Louis XVI style furniture but is
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French First Empire Period, circa 1805, ‘Secretaire Abattant’
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
opening to three large drawers. The fall-front opens to reveal a forest green lined writing surface, and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage French Provincial Petit-Bureau de Dame
Located in Forney, TX
various sized storage cubbies, and pair of small dovetailed drawers. The shaped fall front adds generous
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Empire Secretaire a Abattant with Cuban Acajou Mahogany
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
all.
The fall front desk can be considered the cousin of the secretary desk. Both have a main working
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 18th Century French Petite Secretaire or Bureau with Projecting Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 18th-century French dark wood secretary or fall-front bureau cabinet with charming
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Wood
H 65 in W 27.5 in D 16 in
Fine Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Rosewood Ormolu Secretaire Abattant 1880
Located in Portland, OR
front and sides. The top has the original white Carrara marble, the secretary/chest has very finely cast
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
H 50 in W 26 in D 14 in
19th C. French Empire Style Louis Philippe Period Secretaire Abattant
Located in Forney, TX
A Louis Philippe period (1830–1848) fruitwood secretaire abattant fall front desk.
Born in
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
Exceptionally Rare 19th Century French Secrétaire à Abattant by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
. Above, the fall-front panels defined by a trapezoidal marquetry composition of flowers, fruit, and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
H 60 in W 42.5 in D 16.5 in
19th Century Classical Charles X Burled Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
A dramatic Charles X fall front secretary in astounding burled mahogany veneer. The original
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Charles X Desks
Materials
Mahogany
H 56.5 in W 36.62 in D 16.15 in
Secretaire à la Bourgogne, Transformation Table, Louis XV Style, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Very rare antique desk or secretary, so-called bureau à transformation "à la Bourgogne" in Louis XV
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
H 31.11 in W 27.56 in D 19.69 in
19th Century Classical Charles X Burled Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
A dramatic Charles X fall front secretary in astounding burled mahogany veneer. The original
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Charles X Desks
Materials
Mahogany
H 56.11 in W 38.59 in D 15.75 in
18th Century Chinoiserie Secretaire in Lacquer by Jacques Dubois (1694-1763)
By Jacques Dubois
Located in NICE, FR
A brown-red low secretary in lacquer adorned with chinoiserie motifs by the great French
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
H 40.95 in W 38.19 in D 16.15 in
Chiffonniere, Writing Table Walnut, Louis XV Style, Period : 19th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
with wide borders surrounding the back and sides, thus preventing objects from falling out.
The pull
Category
Antique 19th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 27.17 in W 8.27 in D 8.27 in
Gothic Armoire
Located in New York, NY
pannels [sic] and plate glass fronts, lined with wht silk” (ibid., p. 14 no. 291); “12 mahogany chairs
Category
Antique 19th Century American Gothic Revival Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Brass
20th Century French Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, Spain circa 1900. The outside with fall front and one high drawer and one
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Pair of Topographical Portraits of the Pavillion and Village of Vaux-Sur-Seine
Located in London, Middlesex
front on the road side, La Route Basse de Paris à Paris, otherwise known locally at the time as the Rue
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 60.24 in W 60.24 in D 3.94 in
Antique French Abattant Desk Fall Front Secretary Chest Drawers Renaissance Oak
Located in Tyler, TX
gorgeous ORNATE French oak "abattant" chest of drawers with fall front desk/secretary~~four WIDE drawers
Category
Antique 1880s French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
H 56.5 in W 39.25 in D 17 in
Antique French Louis Philippe Fall-Front Secretary in Mahogany, circa 1835
Located in Miami, FL
French Louis Philippe fall front secretary in mahogany with original marble top and bird's-eye
Category
Antique 1830s French Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Marble
H 62.5 in W 41.25 in L 62.5 in
Biedermeier Fall-Front Secretary in Mahogany, circa 1825
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Biedermeier secretaire in beautifully book matched flame West Indies mahogany with fall
Category
Antique 1820s Danish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Period French Empire Fall-Front Secretary with Fire-Gilded Mounts, circa 1810
Located in Miami, FL
This French Empire fall front mahogany Emoire secretaire with original ormolu bronze doré́ mounts
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
H 61 in W 28 in D 19 in
Biedermeier Fall-Front Secretary in Figured and Burled Walnut
Located in Miami, FL
drawer below pedestal top and three storage drawers of staggered depths below desk surface. Fall-front
Category
Antique 1840s Danish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Birch, Burl, Walnut
Fine Empire Style Fall-Front Secretary in Walnut with Marquetry
Located in Miami, FL
A 20th century secretary by Bussandri, Italian cabinetry shop since 1911. Inspired by the French
Category
1990s Italian Empire Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
North German Biedermeier Fall-front Secretary/Chest of Drawers, c. 1825
Located in Miami, FL
North German Biedermeier Fall-front Secretary, Chest of Drawers in book matched Burled Olive Ash
Category
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers
H 43.5 in W 36.5 in D 18.75 in
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
Biedermeier Fall Front Secretary in West Indies Mahogany, c. 1820, Denmark
Located in Miami, FL
Classic Northern Europe Biedermeier fall front secretary over a flight of drawers with original
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
H 83.5 in W 21.5 in D 20 in
Modern Petite Fall-Front Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
Straddling the line between late Modern and early Mid-Century Modern design, this secretary desk is
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
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 three
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires
H 69.68 in W 39.37 in D 20.27 in
19th Century Louis XVI Style Antique French Red Chinoiserie Fall-Front Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LOUIS XVI STYLE CHINOISERIE DECORATED RED-PAINTED FALL-FRONT SECRETARY DESK
France, ca. last
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
H 56.25 in W 38.25 in D 15.13 in
French Provincial Painted Secretary Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Provincial distress painted Secretary desk with an angled arched cornice above two paneled
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European French Provincial Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Marble-Top Secretary
Located in Locust Valley, NY
French marble top burl wood secretary, 19th century, with ormolu mounts and round feet. Fall front
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Empire Mahogany Secretary
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
French Empire secretary having a fall-front desk opening to fitted drawers and with leather writing
Category
Antique 1820s French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis Philippe Mahogany Secretary, C.1840
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Louis Philippe ‘secretaire a abattant’ or fall-front desk, the simple geometric form in
Category
Antique 1840s French Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Antique French Provincial Oak Secretary/Bureau Bookcase, circa 1770
Located in Portland, OR
Antique French Provincial oak secretary/bureau bookcase, circa 1770. The two section desk, having
Category
Antique 1770s French French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Oak
c.1780 Provincial French Secretary w/ Emile Chevassu Clockface
Located in Chicago, IL
A provincial French cherry secretary abattante with a molded and flared cornice above the original
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
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Find many varieties of an authentic French fall front secretary available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of mahogany, metal and wood, every French fall front secretary was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect French fall front secretary — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each French fall front secretary bearing Empire hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one French fall front secretary that is appealing in its simplicity, but Theodore Alexander produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a French Fall Front Secretary?
The average selling price for a French fall front secretary at 1stDibs is $3,800, while they’re typically $1,500 on the low end and $18,860 for the highest priced.
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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 storage case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
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