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Maddox Refinished Red Mahogany Block / Slant Front Secretary Desk with Key
By Maddox Furniture
Located in Germantown, MD
A refinished Maddox Red Mahogany Chippendale Block front, Slant Front Secratary Desk with Key
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Rosewood Mid Century Modern Desk with Bookcase Front
Located in Milford, NH
) and three fitted drawers on the right, and open bookcase storage on the front of the desk. Possible
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Rosewood
English 19th Century Oak Desk with Ebonized Accents and Gilded Greek Key Frieze
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English oak desk from the 19th century with ebonized accents, carved floral motifs and Greek Key
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
H 30.5 in W 75.5 in D 42.5 in
Antique Slant-Front Drafting Desk Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptionally inlaid antique slant-front drafting desk. circa 1900
Hand-crafted in the
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Felt, Ebony, Burl, Rosewood, Palisander, Maple, Mahogany, Kingwood
Vintage Burl Walnut Ladies Writing Desk, Slant Front Desk, Scotland 1920, H838
Located in Vancouver, BC
Vintage burl walnut ladies writing desk, slant front desk, Scotland 1920, H838
Scotland 1920s
Category
20th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
H 40 in W 31 in D 18 in
French Provincial Walnut Desk / Commode with Drop Down Front
Located in Essex, MA
pulls and decorative escutcheons. The top drawer/desk front keyhole is encircled with a matching
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Desks
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
French Early 19th Century Transitional Drop Front Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This amazing walnut desk has a slanted front that drops to reveal an interior writing surface and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
1940s Drop Front French Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
1940s French desk with original faux leather books and key to lock and open both doors.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood
Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Drop Front Secretary Desk With Bookcase Hutch
By Jasper Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
-painted Asian scenes, glass front doors, and original brass hardware. Desk locks, and original key is
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Brass
H 80.5 in W 35 in D 15.75 in
Mahogany Chippendale Style Block Front Secretary Desk with Bookcase Top
Located in Milford, NH
bookshelves, and flanked by reeded corner pilasters, over a lower case with slant front desk top, opening to a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Mahogany Writing Desk with Folding Front Part
Located in Sofia, BG
French mahogany writing desk with folding front part and hidden drawers in the upper part. There
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Sypher & Co. 19th Century Chippendale Block Front Slant Front Desk
By Sypher & Co.
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Sypher & Co. 19th century Chippendale block front slant front desk with excellent original finish
Category
Antique Late 19th Century North American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Fall Front Bureau, Scottish, Writing Desk, Georgian Revival, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fall front bureau. A Scottish, mahogany writing desk in Georgian revival taste
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
H 41.15 in W 38.39 in D 20.87 in
Jasper Cabinet Georgian Red Lacquered Drop Front Secretary Desk With Hutch
By Jasper Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch
Category
Vintage 1970s American Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
H 71.25 in W 35.5 in D 16 in
Henkel Harris Georgian Mahogany Drop Front Secretary Desk with Bookcase Hutch
By Henkel Harris
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch
Category
Vintage 1970s American Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
H 81.13 in W 40.63 in D 21.25 in
Baker Georgian Walnut Drop Front Secretary Desk with Mirrored Bookcase Hutch
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Queen Anne style bureau with drop front secretary desk and mirrored bookcase
Category
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
H 90 in W 37.75 in D 19.75 in
Baker Furniture Georgian Flame Mahogany Leather Top Slant Front Architect's Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding Georgian style slant front architect's desk. The desk features shallow drawers and
Category
Vintage 1960s American Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 38.75 in W 53.5 in D 34.25 in
1969 Teak Danish Boomerang Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen Draws Cabinet Bar Keys
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Milano, IT
1969 teak "boomerang" desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen (firstly designed in 1956), Danish modern
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 28.35 in W 59.06 in D 34.26 in
Antique 19th Century Bow Front Inlaid Mahogany Desk Writing Side Dressing Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th Century Bow Front Inlaid Mahogany Desk, serving as both a writing surface and dressing
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
H 28.75 in W 35.63 in D 19.3 in
1960s Italian Art Deco Midcentury Walnut Marble Slant Front Desk Table Secretary
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern folding slant front desk writing table secretaire
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 45.67 in W 34.65 in D 17.33 in
Queen Anne Burled Walnut Slant Front Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
indigenous hardwood. Created as a lockable (with key) slant or fall front desk the piece has a reading slide
Category
Antique 1720s British Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Brass
19th C Chippendale Style Mahogany Block Front Shell Carved Secretary Desk Lowboy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
a pull. All locks currently unlocked and the desk does not come with a working key. Very impressive
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 42 in W 42 in D 22.5 in
19th c. Swedish Rococo Painted Fall Front Desk
Located in Wichita, KS
A 19th century Swedish fall-front bureau in the Rococo style wearing beautiful black paint, circa
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Rococo Desks
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Slant Front Desk, C1915
By Charles Limbert
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous slant front desk made from quarter sawn oak c 1915. Has two drawers below and slotted box
Category
Vintage 1910s American Mission Desks
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Danish Modern Arne Hovmand Olsen MK Teak Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Arne Hovmand-Olsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid Century Danish Modern Arne Hovmand Olsen MK Teak Drop Front Secretary Desk. Item features
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
H 47 in W 38 in D 18 in
Antique English George III Mahogany Slant-Front Secretary Desk
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique English George III mahogany inlaid slant front secretary writing desk, 19th c. This desk
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British George III Desks
Materials
Brass
Rosewood Writing Desk with Bookshelf, Danish Design
Located in The Hague, NL
front and open shelf to the back. Beautiful grain on the top and drawers on original key supplied.
No
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Sykky lven Blode Blindheim Rosewood Slant Front Desk, Norway 1960s
By Brode Blindheim
Located in Hamburg, PA
amazing slant front desk is structured on a refined stretcher base. The cabinet has wonderful rosewood
Category
Vintage 1960s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Small Georgian Inlaid Mahogany Slant Front Secretary Desk Bureau 1780
Located in Portland, OR
An unusually diminutive Georgian inlaid mahogany bureau, slant front desk, circa 1780.
This is a
Category
Antique 1780s English Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
H 35.5 in W 26 in D 19.75 in
Antique Walnut Gothic Revival Drop Front Writing Desk Hastings Furniture Co
By Hastings
Located in Toledo, OH
painted sailing ship on leather front. Wrought iron leg supports. Locking desk with key. Measures: 28" x
Category
Vintage 1920s North American Gothic Revival Desks
Materials
Walnut
H 43.5 in W 28 in D 14 in
Vintage Danish Freestanding Teak Desk with Floating Top, 1950s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish Freestanding Teak Desk with Floating Top, 1950s.
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Henkel Harris Queen Anne Lady Astor Solid Mahogany Slant Front Writing Desk
By Henkel Harris
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Queen Anne or Georgian style Lady Astor slant front writing desk
By Henkel Harris
USA
Category
Vintage 1970s American Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Brass
H 39.25 in W 31 in D 17.5 in
Modern Slab Walnut Desk with Figured Maple Pencil Drawer
By Drake Stuedemann
Located in Seneca, IL
front. Its top is a work of art with perfectly fit patches and butterfly keys inset to repair the small
Category
2010s American Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Ebony, Walnut
Antique English Carlton House Desk with Marquetry & Brass Accents
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Carlton House desk or writing table is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in England in
Category
Early 20th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
A Biedermeier Antique Writing Cylinder Bureau/Desk with Drawers c1880
Located in Oak Park, MI
angle to read a book from. Charming engraved scenes of village life on some of the drawer fronts. Key
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Folding Desk Magic Box Desk
Located in Baltimore, MD
cubbies with adjustable shelves and one drop down drawer front cubbie on the upper right with a key
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Swedish Art Moderne Black Writing Desk with Zebra Hide Insert
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fabulous black lacquered writing desk with bookcase and lockable cabinet on front and curved
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cowhide, Leather, Wood
Napoleon III French Travel Fall Front Desk in Rosewood and Boxwood Veneer 1860s
Located in New York, NY
Napoleon III French travel fall front desk in rosewood and boxwood veneer 1860s.
With inset
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks
Materials
Brass
H 43.5 in W 22.25 in D 5 in
Modern Live-Edge Walnut Desk with Figured Maple Pencil Drawer
By Drake Stuedemann
Located in Seneca, IL
front. Its top is a work of art with perfectly fit patches and butterfly keys inset to repair the small
Category
2010s American Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Ebony, Walnut
Biedermeier Butler Desk
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier butler desk made of flamed birchwood, ebonized handles, brass keys. Drop front writing
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Mid-Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Teak Bilateral Desk with Drawers, 1960s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This large, bilateral desk was made in Denmark during the 1960s. It is finished with teak wood in a
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 27.56 in W 55.52 in D 29.93 in
French Louis XV Bureau Plat Desk or Writing Table with Embossed Leather
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An outstanding French Louis XV desk having embossed leather top and a faux front on its back so
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 29.5 in W 55 in D 27.25 in
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Serpentine Cherry Desk with Parquetry Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique partner desk was created in the Poitou region of France, circa 1790. Made of
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 31.75 in W 60.75 in D 29 in
Arne Wahle Iversen Danish Modern Model 68 Teak Drop Front Secretary Desk, 1960's
By Vinde Møbelfabrik, Arne Wahl Iversen
Located in Milford, NH
A sleek form Danish modern teak drop front desk designed by noted Danish furniture designer Arne
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
H 42.5 in W 37.25 in D 17 in
Jules Leleu Double Pedestal Mahogany Art Deco Desk with Gilt Bronze Details
By Jules Leleu
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jules Leleu (1883-1961) double-fronted mahogany and brass desk, circa 1935.
Having two set of four
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
H 29.63 in W 77 in D 35 in
Early 20th Spanish Desk with Lyre Legs and Carved Edges on Top
Located in Miami, FL
Early 20th Spanish desk with lyre legs and carved edges on top
An 20th century Spanish Baroque
Category
20th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wrought Iron
Scandinavian mid century birch pedestal desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
drawers to the front which open on the key, complete with concealed brushing slide to the right hand side
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
18th Century English Chinoiserie Table Desk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
18th century English chinoiserie table desk, having a drop-down front revealing five interior
Category
Antique 18th Century English Chinoiserie Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Queen Anne Style Pedestal Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely gorgeous Queen Anne Style pedestal desk.
Made of walnut, butterflied
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut, Burl
19th Century Antique French Mahogany Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
leather writing surface decorated with blind and gilt tooling, the front of the desk consisting of three
Category
Antique 1880s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Art Deco Desk by Maurice Adams
By Maurice Adams
Located in Lee-On-The-Solent, GB
A fine Art Deco desk by Maurice Adams, in highly polished walnut. Bow fronted, with four drawers to
Category
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Country French Double-Faced Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
. The "front" side of the desk is a duplication of the same facade, but without the key guards and key
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
1954, Coen de Vries for Devo Wooden Writing Desk with Red Drawer and Formica Top
By Wim Rietveld
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
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Beautiful designed, original little writing desk in wood with X-base, red colored drawer and formica top
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Formica, Wood, Paint
H 29.73 in W 33.27 in D 21.66 in
Louis XVI Secretary with Cylinder Top & Tambour Front Northern Europe circa 1800
Located in Miami, FL
A Louis XVI secretary desk in mahogany with satinwood inlays. Offers a cylinder top that opens to
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Satinwood
H 60.25 in W 48 in D 23.5 in
Antique 1900's Rosewood Empire Secretary Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
• drawer and front both lock with the included key
This is in great vintage condition. Some veneer repairs
Category
Antique Early 1900s American American Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Danish Modern Executive Freestanding Rosewood Desk, 1960s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish Modern Executive Freestanding Rosewood Desk, 1960s.
Elegant and stylish double sided writing
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Peter Lovig Nielsen “Boomerang” Danish Modern Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Peter Løvig Nielsen for Hedensted Møbelfabrik "Boomerang" Teak desk. Made in Denmark, 1960s
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French leather top bureau plat desk, made in France and dating from around the
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Baker Furniture Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase With Secretary Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Georgian or Federal style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch top
Category
Vintage 1960s American Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
H 82 in W 39.5 in D 18.25 in
Henning Kjaernulf Danish Mid-Century Oak Desk
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Norwalk, CT
Give your office some modern farmhouse flair with this Danish mid-century desk in carved oak by
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal front desk with key for your home. A front desk with key — often made from wood, metal and hardwood — can elevate any home. Find 1869 options for an antique or vintage front desk with key now, or shop our selection of 6 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer front desk with key, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A front desk with key is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in mid-century modern, Scandinavian Modern and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. A well-made front desk with key has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Peter Løvig Nielsen, Gunni Omann and Arne Vodder are consistently popular.
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A front desk with key can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,819, while the lowest priced sells for $113 and the highest can go for as much as $221,119.
Questions About Front Desk With Key
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023A drop-front desk is usually called a secretary. Other names for this type of desk include writing cabinet, fall-front desk and secrétaire à abattant. The name secretary can be traced back to the 18th century when estate secretaries used the drop-front desks as workstations for paying bills and reconciling accounts. On 1stDibs, find a range of secretary desks.
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