18th Century George II Period Bureau Cabinet
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A mid-18th Century bureau cabinet in walnut. The moulded cornice above a pair of mirror panelled doors opening to an adjustable shelf section, the hinged fall below opening to an arr...
Walnut
$1,800Sale Price|35% Off
George II Style Burr Walnut and Walnut Bureau Cabinet by John Widdicomb
By John Widdicomb
Located in Astoria, NY
George II Style Burr Walnut and Walnut Bureau Cabinet by John Widdicomb, late 20th century, with lion head and column capital metal mounts, upper half having mirrored door opening to...
Walnut, Mirror
George II Bureau Bookcase - 18th Century Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase. Having 4 Oak Lined Graduated Drawers with Original Brassware. The Fall Opening to reveal an arrangement of Serpentine Shaped Drawers a Mirrored Ce...
Mahogany
18th Century English George II Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century English George II Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Walnut
George II Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With broken arch pediment and inset mirror over a pair of arched mirror doors opening to shelves and drawers, the base with a slant lid hinged writing lid opening to a fitted interio...
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
George II Walnut Slant Front Bureau Bookcase / Secretary
Located in Woodbury, CT
George II walnut and walnut burl slant front bureau bookcase / secretary with original hand beveled mirrored doors on bracket feet.
Walnut, Burl
$5,184Sale Price|20% Off
Outstanding Quality Antique George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique George II mahogany bureau bookcase having a shaped cornice above a mirrored door bookcase opening to adjustable shelves, candle slide above the bureau ful...
Other
George II Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A tall George II walnut bureau bookcase. The glazed top above a fall front and three drawers, on bracket feet.
Walnut
18th Century Antique English George II Virginia Walnut Bureau
Located in Devon, GB
A good quality George II period antique bureau in well figured walnut, standing on bracket feet and with replaced handles and escutcheons. It has a fall front with a loper support at...
Walnut
George II Red Walnut Bureau
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George II red walnut bureau, with a hinged fall enclosing a well fitted interior of drawers and pigeon holes and secret compartments, with four drawers bel...
Walnut
$5,230Sale Price|20% Off
Outstanding Quality Antique George II Figured Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique George II figured mahogany bureau bookcase having an outstanding quality figured mahogany top with unusual shaped panelled doors opening to reveal a fitte...
Other
George II Walnut Bureau with Herringbone Inlay and Leather Surface
Located in London, GB
A George II period golden walnut Bureau of attractive small proportions, herringbone inlaid throughout, having ¼ veneered fall-front opening to reveal leather writing surface and ste...
Walnut
18th Century George II Bureau Bookcase with Mirrored Doors
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century George II Bureau bookcase with mirrored doors. The stepped cornice above two mirrored doors opening to reveal shelving above slope front secretaire with fitted interior,...
Mirror, Mahogany
18th Century George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, England, Polished
Located in London, GB
A mid-18th century well-figured mahogany Bureau bookcase of attractive small proportions having architectural dentil-moulded cornice above shaped mirrored door with original gilt-ges...
Mahogany
George II period burr walnut bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A high-quality George II period burr walnut bureau of great proportions and with superb colour and patina. The fall enclosing a fully fitted interior above a well and further drawer...
Walnut
IMPORTANT ANTiQUE GEORGE II 1740 FIGURED WALNUT & HARDWOOD BROWN LEATHER BUREAU
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original English circa 1740 Figured Walnut, Rosewood & Boxwood writing bureau with brown leath...
Hardwood, Walnut
A miniature George III mahogany bureau
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A miniature George III mahogany bureau, of rectangular form with a fall front and fitted secretaire interior above two short and three graduated long drawers, raised on bracket feet....
Mahogany
$15,403Sale Price|20% Off
FINEST QUALITY ANTiQUE GEORGE II CIRCA 1740 BURR WALNUT LIBRARY BUREAU BOOKCASE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale finest quality, hand made in England, George II circa 1720-1740 Burr Walnut Bureau bookcase with the origina...
Walnut
18th Century George II Miniature Campaign Bureau Chest on Later Chest Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A GORGEOUS and beautifully proportioned Mid-18th Century George II Miniature Campaign Bureau Chest on later Chest/Stand. Mid-18th century, made in Britain, circa 1760-177...
Brass
George I period walnut ‘Double-Dome’ Bureau Bookcase
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptionally rare George I period walnut ‘Double-Dome’ Bureau Bookcase of very compact proportions, being only 23 inches wide. In original condition including brassware. The ca...
Walnut
Small Size Mid-18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase or Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A small-sized mid-18th century mahogany bureau bookcase / cabinet. George II-period, ca 1740.
Mahogany
George II Style Black and Gilt-Japanned Bureau Bookcase, Early 20th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant English early 20th-century George II style bureau bookcase, featuring black and gilt-japanned decoration with chinoiserie-inspired motifs.
Wood
Early Georgian antique walnut bureau
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
An early eighteenth century veneered walnut bureau of a good original colour and patina.
Walnut
$1,159Sale Price|20% Off
Georgian Style Walnut & carved Bureau
By Waring & Gillow
Located in Dereham, GB
Georgian Style Walnut & carved Bureau circa 1930s Walnut Veneer on top Burr Walnut Veneer on Fall with Walnut Cross Banding Working Lock with Key, Open to Reveal : Centre cupboard, 2...
Walnut
Anglo Chinese/Chinese Export Qianlong Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptionlal and very rare Qianlong period Chinese export Bureur, Constructed in Hauli and Huanghuali wood in China during the first half of the 18th century for a wealthy English...
Padouk
Early 18th Century Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 18th century walnut bureau bookcase, the shaped cornice above a mirrored front bookcase with the two doors opening to reveal shelf space, various compartments and six oak lined...
Walnut
18th Century English Walnut Bureau Bookcase, or Secretary Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine 18th Century George II Period walnut bureau bookcase, in two parts. The upper section had two doors with original beveled glass panes and opens to one fixed shelf and two adju...
Brass
George II Bureau Cabinet
Located in Edinburgh, GB
George II figured walnut bureau cabinet, circa 1750.
Walnut
Mahogany Rosewood George II Bureau Cabinet
Located in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
A very fine George II style mahogany and rosewood cross-banded bureau cabinet.
George II walnut bureau
Located in Salisbury, GB
George II walnut veneered bureau An early 18th century George II walnut veneered bureau. The bureau has five cross banded oak lined drawers, a long slim drawer over two short drawer...
Walnut
George II Mahogany Bureau
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
George II Mahogany bureau of very small proportions. The four oak lined graduated drawers having 18th century brass handles and escutcheons. The interior featuring five drawers and...
Mahogany
George II Walnut Bureau
Located in Folkestone, Kent
A good George I period walnut bureau. The fitted interior with a well, above two short and two long drawers, and standing on replaced bun feet. The whole cross-banded with herring-bo...
Walnut
George II Burr Walnut Bureau
Located in Swindon, GB
A George III burr walnut bureau with boxwood and ebony inlay, The sloping full enclosed pigeonholes and drawers over two short and three graduated drawers on bracket feet. with a wor...
Walnut
Irish George II Bureau Bookcase
Located in Dublin port, IE
An Irish George II mahogany Bureau bookcase, The architectural top with central giltwood cartouche, carved with an Irish Mask and scallop shell, above two blind doors with raise p...
George II Period Mahogany Bureau of Small-Scale
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Fresno, CA
George II period mahogany bureau of small proportions. The cockbeaded drawer fronts all oak lined, preserving their original brasses. The sloping fall front enclosing four shaped pig...
George II Irish Brown Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Dublin, GB
A fine George II Irish mahogany blind door bureau bookcase The open fret work swan neck cornice outside a carved giltwood Irish cartouche, above two shaped raised panel doors, wit...
Mahogany
George II Mahogany Bureau
Located in Salisbury, GB
A George III inlaid mahogany bureau standing on bracket feet with a fine inlaid, stepped interior.. circa 1800.
George II Bureau or Slant Front Desk
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a wonderful small-scale oak bureau on bracket feet. This handsome bureau opens to reveal a sweet little desk. The desk holds five small drawers and a center well that leads t...
Brass, Metal
A Fine George II English Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in London, GB
An exquisite George II period walnut bureau bookcase of exceptional colour, grain, and patina, dating to circa 1740. The upper section is adorned with refined mirrored doors, which o...
Walnut
English George II Bureau
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Mahogany bureau with graduated drawers on bracket feet; panelled back; drawers have hand routed edge
Unavailable
H 86.62 in W 40.95 in D 22.45 in
English George II Period Chinoiserie Painted Bureau Bookcase, circa 1740
By Giles Grendey
Located in Paris, FR
An English George II period chinoiserie red and gold painted bureau bookcase, in the style of Chinese lacquer, circa 1740-1750. Very close to creation of Giles Grendey (1693-1780.)
Wood
George II Cuban Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Salisbury, GB
George II Cuban mahogany bureau bookcase, circa 1750.
Unavailable
H 95 in W 44 in D 23.5 in
George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, Attributed to Giles Grendey, circa 1740
By Giles Grendey
Located in New York, NY
George II mahogany Bureau bookcase attributed to Giles Grendey (London 1693-1780), the upper section with dentil molded swan's neck pediment with flowerhead terminals and centering a...
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 85 in W 41 in D 23.5 in
Fine Quality Irish George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, circa 1740-1750
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
Of a super rich colour and unparalleled quality, the George II period mahogany bureau bookcase having a moulded cornice above a pair of shaped cupboard doors inset with sparkling mer...
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Knee Hole Desk Bureau Pedestal Desk
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous antique George III knee hole desk in mahogany. Elegant and dainty piece, perfect for a home office set up. Seven drawers in total so lots of storage space on this piece. ...
Unavailable
H 98.43 in W 42.13 in D 22.84 in
18th Century Green Japanned Bureau Bookcase Attributed to Giles Grendey
By Giles Grendey
Located in Lisbon, PT
18th century green Japanned Bureau bookcase George II Period England circa 1730, attributed to Giles Grendey, the cresting in the form of a broken swan’s neck pediment, the upper...
Oak
George II Inlaid Walnut Bureau Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A George II inlaid and cross-banded walnut bureau cabinet, the panel doors with later bevelled mirror plates enclosing adjustable shelves, the sloping line-inlaid fall enclosing a fi...
Walnut
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
An elegant 18th-century mahogany bureau cabinet of impressive architectural form, and lovely rich colour.
Glass, Mahogany
George II Walnut Veneered Bureau Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A George II walnut veneered bureau cabinet, the upper stage with beveled mirrored doors concealing a compartmentalized interior with three small drawers and a series of cubbyholes, o...
Walnut, Oak
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
In mahogany and parcel gilt. Mid-18th century, George II period. This English bureau cabinet displays fine, deep, rich colour and superb surface patination throughout.
Mahogany
George II walnut bureau cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A George II walnut bureau cabinet circa 1730, the stepped cornice with later urn form finials over a pair of mirrored doors, a fitted interior with shelves and pigeon holes above can...
Mahogany
Small George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Folkestone, GB
A fine and rare George II/Early George III mahogany bureau bookcase of rare small size, (often referred to as a ‘Lady’s Bureau’). The top half with cavetto cornice above a mirrored d...
Mahogany
George II Period Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare and elegant small George II period mahogany bureau bookcase. The top section with a bold dentil cornice, consisting of a single moulded door with later mirror plate, re-en...
Mahogany
George II Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With double arch top over a pair of mirror doors opening to an elaborately fitted interior, the base with two candle slides and hinged slant lid writing surface opening to a fitted i...
Walnut
George II Bureau Mahogany Desk Edwards and Roberts Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous George III bureau made by Edwards and Roberts of London (please see close up photo of the stamp) A good quality George III bureau secretary in mahogany with original brass ...
Mahogany
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.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
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.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.