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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

18th Century, Fall Front Desk
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Richly colored, circa 1790, three-drawer, serpentine, fall front desk from Sicily. The whole
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Desks

Materials

Wood

18th Century, Fall Front Desk
18th Century, Fall Front Desk
H 42.5 in W 49.5 in D 26 in
Early 20th Century Oak Store Paneled Counter or Desk w/ Birds Eye Drawer Fronts
Located in Milford, NH
A nice example of an oak store paneled counter or six drawer kneehole desk, each dovetailed drawer
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Early 20th Century American Desks

Materials

Birdseye Maple, Oak

Slope Front Solid Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
Slope front solid mahogany writing desk has a lift up center panel. It has six drawers with the
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Antique 1870s English Desks

Materials

Brass

Slope Front Solid Mahogany Writing Desk
Slope Front Solid Mahogany Writing Desk
H 36.5 in W 48 in D 34.75 in
Ant. Oak Jacobean Style Slant Front Desk Bureau, Writing, Scotland 1910
Located in Vancouver, BC
Ant. Oak Jacobean style slant front desk bureau, writing desk, Scotland 1910, H880 $1250
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20th Century Scottish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique French Carved Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak secretary desk Bureau drop front Louis XV style. Direct from France, a
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique French Carved Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak secretary desk bureau drop front Louis XV Style. Direct from France, a
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

19th C Chippendale Style Mahogany Block Front Shell Carved Secretary Desk Lowboy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century Chippendale style mahogany blockfront secretary desk. Item features solid mahogany
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Antique Late 19th Century American Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Vintage Oval Lacquered Vanity Dressing Table or Desk with a Leather Panel
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage oval lacquered vanity dressing table or desk with a leather panel Offered for sale is a
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

English Walnut Slant Front Bureau/Desk with String Inlay
Located in Woodbury, CT
Proportioned in a smaller scale than most, this slant front bureau / desk in walnut has parallel
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Antique 19th Century British Georgian Desks

Materials

Walnut

Antique Diminutive Burl & Mahogany Davenport Desk with Watercolor Panels, c1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
bronze gallery over slant front desk having watercolor Persian genre scenes (including woman at the well
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Antique Late 19th Century Desks

Materials

Bronze

Antique Jacobean Hand Carved Oak Slant Front Writing Desk Early 17th Century
By Jacobean
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 17th Century Hand Crafted English Jacobean Slant Front Desk on Later Stand also fashioned in
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Antique 17th Century British Jacobean Desks

Materials

Oak

Petite French Louis XV Style Walnut Slant-Front Desk, Stamped, circa 1810
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stamped French Louis XV style small walnut slant-front desk with sliding inlaid panels, long
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Walnut

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Kingwood and Ebony Drop Front Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
drop front desk. The desk is raised by four square columns joined by a bottom tier and decorated with a
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Ormolu

Edmond Spence Drop Front Desk for Industria Mueblera S. A. Mexico, c. 1955
By Industria Mueblera Mexico, Edmond J. Spence
Located in Camden, ME
Edmond Spence drop front desk manufactured in Mexico by Industria Meublera S.A. in the late 1950s
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Transitional Modern Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
antique mirrored fronts and side guides. End and back panels in Antique mirror, desk finished all the way
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Transitional Modern Desk
Transitional Modern Desk
H 30 in W 62 in D 26 in
Antique Spanish Colonial Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
stretchers affixed to the crosspiece of the leg supports. The "front" of the desk features the same raised
Category

Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Antique Spanish Colonial Desk
Antique Spanish Colonial Desk
H 31 in W 79 in D 30 in
Cherry Wood Writing Desk
By Marie Maison
Located in Milan, IT
and two front drawers with mocha-lacquered panels and ash wood interior. The drop-pull handles and
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2010s Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Cherry Wood Writing Desk
Cherry Wood Writing Desk
H 31.5 in W 47.25 in D 23.63 in
Country House Library Partners Desk
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine 18th century Chippendale period country house library fitted partners desk. The paneled
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Antique 18th Century European Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Country House Library Partners Desk
Country House Library Partners Desk
H 32.68 in W 74.02 in D 46.46 in
George III Sheraton Period Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A stunning George III Sheraton Period lady's small tambour fronted desk. Constructed from
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Antique 18th Century British Country Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Satinwood

George III Sheraton Period Desk
George III Sheraton Period Desk
H 41.54 in W 24.41 in D 19.3 in
1930s Larkin Soap Secretary Desk
By Larkin & Co.
Located in Germantown, MD
Antique oak, slant front secretary made by Larkin. Measures 30.5" in width x 16" in depth x 46.5
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

1930s Larkin Soap Secretary Desk
1930s Larkin Soap Secretary Desk
H 46.5 in W 30.5 in D 16 in
English Bamboo Desk or Writing Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming 19th century three drawer desk featuring leather panels on top, foldout writing shelf
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bamboo

British Colonial Style Leather Top Desk
By Kittinger
Located in Palm Beach, FL
, three tooled brown leather panels on a top with a beaded edge, exotic burled cuts on the drawer fronts
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20th Century American British Colonial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
Located in IT
19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk Measures: cm H 103 x W 52 x closed D 9. Open D 59 cm This
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
19th Century, French Wood Travel Desk
H 40.56 in W 20.48 in D 3.55 in
Superb 1920s Oak Roll Top Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb 1920s beautifully patinated oak roll top desk of neat proportions, finely carved and of
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Vintage 1920s English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Superb 1920s Oak Roll Top Desk
Superb 1920s Oak Roll Top Desk
H 40 in W 42 in D 27 in
19th Century American Birdseye Maple Desk
Located in New York, NY
) Vermont 1850-60. Beautiful writing desk consisting of three stepped upper panels (left, right, back) and
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Antique 1860s American American Classical Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Fusion Desk by Daniele Lo Scalzo Moscheri
By Enrico Pellizzoni
Located in Milan, IT
, making it extremely modern, sophisticated and visually striking. Central drawer. Front modesty panel in
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Fusion Desk by Daniele Lo Scalzo Moscheri
Fusion Desk by Daniele Lo Scalzo Moscheri
H 29.73 in W 94.49 in D 39.38 in
Antique French Louis XV Walnut Serpentine Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
support. Mirror-image carved panels on each side, and a front with complementary panels with carved
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Late Victorian Freestanding Satinwood Carlton House Desk
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
writing surface, sloping downwards to the front, decorated back and front with oval panels of radiating
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Satinwood

French Art Deco Desk in Pommelle Sapelle
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
panelled rear to match the front and stands on a turned reeded leg, the Hyde leather top has been replaced
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Other

French Art Deco Desk in Pommelle Sapelle
French Art Deco Desk in Pommelle Sapelle
H 30.32 in W 52.37 in D 30.71 in
Antique Edwardian Inlaid Desk by Maple & Co
By Maple & Co.
Located in London, GB
cabriole legs, there are inlaid satinwood borders around the top, drawer fronts, back and side panels. The
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Antique Early 1900s British Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Wood

Antique Edwardian Inlaid Desk by Maple & Co
Antique Edwardian Inlaid Desk by Maple & Co
H 29.53 in W 42.92 in D 22.84 in
Egyptian Revival Neoclassical Style Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
panels on the top, three paneled drawers in front with brass lion head pulls and four ebonized legs
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20th Century American Egyptian Revival Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Early 20th Century Walnut & Leather Secretary Desk
Located in Miami, FL
French, in reference to the sloping-front drop-down desk surface, this particular example features the
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Original Walnut Queen Anne Secretary Desk /Bureau
Located in Pomona, CA
finish. All the good features, Quarter veneered sides. Panel design to fall front and top. Cross-banded
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Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Superb Late Victorian Adams Style Mahogany Desk
By Adams
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
being inlaid with harebell panel, bow fronted pedestals enclose cockbeaded, string inlaid drawers, three
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Antique 19th Century British Adam Style Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Superb Late Victorian Adams Style Mahogany Desk
Superb Late Victorian Adams Style Mahogany Desk
H 30.32 in W 59.06 in D 31.11 in
Art Deco Desk by Charles Dudouyt, France, 1940s
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Antwerp, BE
, adorned with front panels and a raised round inlaid top with a captivating parquet design, adds a touch of
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Art Deco Desk by Charles Dudouyt, France, 1940s
Art Deco Desk by Charles Dudouyt, France, 1940s
H 29.93 in W 74.81 in D 30.52 in
Antique Baroque Style Top Desk Fully Inlaid
Located in Berlin, DE
job, this furniture is becoming increasingly rare, including the front, maple marquetry. Shellac hand
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20th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique Baroque Style Top Desk Fully Inlaid
Antique Baroque Style Top Desk Fully Inlaid
H 59.06 in W 40.56 in D 20.87 in
A Very Fine Edwardian Carlton House Style Desk
By Carlton House Fine Furniture
Located in Dublin, IE
drawer to the front. The shaped and moulded desk top of rectangular form is fitted with a stunning green
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Large and Impressive Early 20th Century Mahogany Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
leather writing surface divided into three shaped sections, the front of the desk having an arrangement of
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Antique Early 1900s British Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Lord Nelson`s Family Portable Sloping Laptop Desk
Located in Dorking, GB
example is fairly typical in that it has a carved front panel with an S scroll design. This design has
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Antique Early 18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Cylinder Desk, Victorian Period, Flamed Mahogany, 19th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
to hold candles or files in progress and a large barrel-fronted desk compartment with a quality
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Antique 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Italian Mid-Century Wooden and Glass Writing Desk
Located in Milano, IT
Cute wooden writing desk of fine Italian manufacture from the 1950s. The desk is made in the frame
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

British Colonial Style Faux Bamboo and Grasscloth Pagoda Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive mid century desk crafted with a faux burnt bamboo frame having grasscloth panels on the
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Mid-20th Century Philippine British Colonial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Grasscloth, Faux Bamboo

Antique French Louis XVI Neoclassical Double Faced Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
opens to reveal three interior drawers! The "front" side of the desk still boasts the four rosettes
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Wittmann Paraside Bird Desk Designed by Luca Nichetto
By Luca Nichetto, Wittmann
Located in New York, NY
The asymmetrical desk of the PARADISE BIRD collection by Luca Nichetto invites for interaction with
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2010s Austrian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Modern by Giuseppe Carpanelli 2019 Writing Desk with leather top
By Carpanelli
Located in Desio, IT
closing, top and front panel in leather. Also available with glass top (SC32).
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2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Emile Galle "Ombelles" Floral and Pastoral Marquetry Writing Desk
By Emile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
scene back panel under a carved floral crest supported by two fluted & carved columns over a drop front
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Edward Wormley Executive Tambour-Door Rosewood Desk for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
front of the desk is hinged with a privacy panel. The desk is accented with patinated brass pulls and
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Maison Jansen French Louis-XVI Style Ebonized Secretary Desk
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI-style (1940s) ebonized & bronze trim abbatant form desk with a drop front interior
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique French Carved Secretary Petite Desk Barley Twist Walnut Bookcase
Located in Shreveport, LA
France, a beautifully appointed petite drop front walnut secretary/writing desk! With its outstanding
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Antique 1890s French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Executive Desk by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena, Italy 1960s
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Located in Greding, DE
Large desk, designed by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena in the 1960s. The desk stands on brass
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Gunnar Falsig Rosewood Desk for Falsigs Mobelfabrik
By Gunnar Falsig
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
, which serve to organize and store office essentials out of sight. The drawers' front panels exhibit a
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Diminutive French Louis XIV Style Walnut Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming 19th century French writing table or desk made in a diminutive scale or ladies bureau plat
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Jack Cartwright for Founders Mid Century Modern Desk in Walnut
By Jack Cartwright, Founders Furniture Company
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
panel so it can easily be used as a floating desk. Elegant simple mid century lines with touches of
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, 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
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Early 20th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

21st Century Wynwood Desk in Leather by Gianfranco Ferré Home
By Gianfranco Ferre Home
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
. Drawer's front panel is in curved multilayer wood covered in leather cat. B Nabuk L.08.04 Dove. Internal
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Wood

Standard Furniture Co. American Dark Wood Veneer & Brass Executive Desk
By The Standard Furniture Company
Located in New York, NY
two column drawers with front privacy panel, resting on four tapered wood and brass legs. (STANDARD
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal, Brass

A Napoleon III Parquetry Pedestal Desk By Guillaume Grohé
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
with high security locks by Huby of Paris. The pedestals have lozenge parquetry panels fronted by
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Ormolu

Rustic 17th Century Baroque Walnut Desk / Writing or Library Table
Located in Troy, NY
above a frieze containing four drawers with molded, paneled fronts and wooden pulls supported by very
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Restored Stacked Rattan Executive Desk W/ Solid Mahogany Top
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Restored large 60" wide stacked rattan desk, with Filipino mahogany. Drawer fronts, side panels
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Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rattan

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Front Panel Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the front panel desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A front panel desk — often made from wood, metal and mahogany — can elevate any home. There are 301 variations of the antique or vintage front panel desk you’re looking for, while we also have 21 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the front panel desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Each front panel desk bearing mid-century modern, Victorian or Louis XVI hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made front panel desk over the years, but those crafted by Edward Wormley, Bruce James Talbert and Cado are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Front Panel Desk?

A front panel desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $6,285, while the lowest priced sells for $585 and the highest can go for as much as $518,903.
Questions About Front Panel Desk
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    A 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.