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Ladies Secretaire

19th Century Louis XV Style French Marquetry and Bronze Ladies Secretaire Chest
Located in Darmstadt, DE
"Secrétaire à abattant" - a so called ladies secretaire from the time around 1870-1890 in the style
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century English Chinoiserie Ladies Secretaire Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Extraordinary 19th century English ladies secretaire desk or writing table. The two part desk was
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Antique 19th Century English Chinoiserie Secretaires

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Brass

French Transitional 19th Century Ladies Writing Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming French 19th century Transitional style tulipwood, ormolu, and white Carrara marble secretary desk. The secretary is raised by fine cabriole legs with elegant foliate ormol...
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Antique 19th Century French Secretaires

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Ladies Desk, Secretaire En Pente, Bureau De Dames, France, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Antique ladies' desk - Bureau des Dames - Secretaire en Pente. France second half of 19th
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Antique 19th Century French Secretaires

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Wood

19th Century Transforming Table, Ladies Desk, Secretaire, Walnut, France ca 1860
Located in Greven, DE
Small antique secretary, lady's desk France Walnut around 1860 Dimensions: H x W x D: 90 x 59 x 53 cm Description: Quite extraordinary small piece of transforming furniture...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

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Walnut

Antique Walnut Secretaire Ladies Desk by Pioneer of Liverpool w. Inlaid Shell
By Pioneer Complete Furnishing Stores
Located in Lisse, NL
, smaller and more practical pieces. This elegant, small size, patinated nutwood ladies desk fits that bill
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Secretaires

Materials

Brass

Secretaire à la Bourgogne, Transformation Table, Louis XV Style, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
small ladies' secretary. The development of the "Bureau à la Bourgogne" furniture type can be traced
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

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Bronze

Antique Chippendale Style Walnut Drop Front Secretary Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
An antique early 20th century ladies' secretary desk. Made from walnut with a maple writing surface
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Early 20th Century Chippendale Secretaires

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Walnut

French Deco Ladies Secretary, Chest in Wood Circa 1930
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Secretary, chest with a drop front and two lower doors that open to reveal a polished mahogany interior. Images five, six, and seven show the piece's interior drawers and shelves.
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Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Secretaires

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Wood

20th-Century Mahogany & Pine Wood Vennered With Mahogany Ladies' Secretary Desk
Located in Opole, PL
20th-Century Mahogany & Pine Wood Vennered With Mahogany Ladies' Secretary Desk A ladies
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Early 20th Century European Secretaires

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Mirror, Mahogany, Pine

19th Century French Rosewood Inlaid Louis XVI Ladies Desk Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Long Branch, NJ
​19th Century French Rosewood Inlaid Louis XVI Ladies Desk Bonheur Du Jour Dimensions : 30" Wide X
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Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Secretaires

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Rosewood, Satinwood

Fine Paint Decorated Baroque Style Armoire Secretary/ Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
others with ladies in long dresses and children. The sides with floral urns and chinoiserie motifs. Bun
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20th Century American Hollywood Regency Secretaires

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Wood

Japanese Style Cabinet-Secretary Att. to Perret & Vibert, France, circa 1880
By Perret et Vibert
Located in PARIS, FR
, Christofle presented with great success his life-sized bronze Japanese ladies torcheres, executed by the
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Antique 1880s French Japonisme Secretaires

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Wood

Transforming Ladies Desk, so called Secretaire a Culbute, France, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Convertible small desk - so-called Secrétaire à culbute France 19th c. Dimensions: H x W x D: 70
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Wood

18th Century Gilt Black Lacquer Chinese Ladies Dressing Chest
Located in Brea, CA
A 18th century Chinese export lacquered George III style black and gilt ladies dressing chest, in
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

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Lacquer

Antique Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Bonheur du Jour by Winckelsen
By Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen
Located in London, GB
for this outstanding bonheur du jour. The design of this ladies’ writing desk is after one crafted by
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Ormolu

Antique French Gilt Bronze and Mahogany Bonheur du Jour
Located in London, GB
by a glass panel matching its shape. The secretaire drawer below is mounted with an ormolu frame and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Ormolu

Fine French Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Directoire Marble Top Mirrored Vanity Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
secretaire desk or ladies vanity. The piece is perfect for paying bills or using as a makeup vanity. The desk
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Antique 1890s French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

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Brass, Metal, Aluminum

Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconce
By Örsjö Industri AB, Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Glendale, CA
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in verdigris p...
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Metal

French, 19th Century, Transitional Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Transitional st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, ormolu, and Rouge Royale marble Secretary. The one door seven drawer secretary is raised by fine cabriole leg...
Exceptional French Bench, Stool, Gondola in Empire
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid beechwood, finely carved and set. Armrests ending in scrolled volutes. Semicircular frame on four scissor-shaped legs. Below connected by appropriately curly, strongly profiled...
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20th Century French Benches

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Velvet, Beech

Chinoiserie Decorated Ebonized, Gilt, & Red Lacquered Secretary Desk
Located in Big Flats, NY
A Chinoiserie decorated secretary offers black lacquered wood construction with upper having a broken arch pediment over a cast with double doors opening to vermillion red lacquered ...
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20th Century Chinoiserie Secretaires

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Wood

Whimsical 1960s Qum Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful 1960s Persian Qum rug with a whimsical pictorial pattern containing various deer and birds amidst a landscape of trees-of-life, woven in crimson, light and dark indigo, g...
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Vintage 1960s Persian Persian Rugs

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Wool

Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted & Marquetry Commode - François Linke Leon Messagé
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XV style ormolu-mounted and end-cut floral and fruit marquetry two-drawer serpentine-shaped bombé commode by François Linke (1855-1946), Index number 720, the mounts d...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Ormolu

20th Century Inlaid Wood and Gilt Bronze French Bureau, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French bureau from 20th century. Furniture with high leg, pleasantly inlaid with floral decorations in rosewood, palisander, mahogany, maple, tulipwood and fruitwood. Bureau finished...
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Vintage 1960s French Desks

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Bronze

Pair of Ormolu Mounted Malachite French Vases after a design by Galberg
By Ekaterinburg Faceting Factory, Russia
Located in London, GB
A pair of ormolu mounted malachite Ekaterinburg vases after a design by I.I. Galberg French, 20th century Height 51cm, diameter 32cm Crafted to a design by the prestigious architect...
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20th Century Russian Neoclassical Vases

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Malachite, Ormolu

Italian Marquetry Walnut Burl Secretary Slant Front Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian desk, writing table, with slant drop front, with the beautiful light and dark wood inlay decors in classic figures all around the piece. When closed we have 2 fr...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Biedermeier Secretary Desk, Roll Top, Walnut Marquetry, Germany, 19th Century
Located in Wrocław, Poland
This beautiful Secretary comes from Germany from the beginning of 19th century. The piece is made of coniferous wood, veneered with extraordinary walnut veneer, with very detailed ma...
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Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires

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Wood, Walnut

Large English Porcelain Imari Pattern Dessert and Tea Service, Spode, circa 1815
Located in New York, NY
Iron-red uppercase Spode mark and pattern 2213. Richly painted in the Imari palette and enriched in pale-blue, green and gold with flowering shrubs and a tree, the border with altern...
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Antique 1810s English Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Minton Mazarine Extensive Pristine Dinner Service Cobalt Blue & Gold 232 Pcs
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
It's always time to entertain! This is one of the most elegant and versatile patterns imaginable in a Classic and rare Minton cobalt blue pattern with raised paste gold on a white gr...
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Vintage 1980s English Neoclassical Porcelain

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Porcelain

French Breakfront Library or Cupboard Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French bookcase with breakfront. Also to be used as cupboard for kitchen or dining spaces, our as decorative cabinet or vitrine for accessories and books in living room. Three units,...
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Cabinets

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Brass

French Breakfront Library or Cupboard Cabinet
French Breakfront Library or Cupboard Cabinet
H 97.25 in W 177.25 in D 16.5 in
Set of porcelain de Paris coffee & tea service
Located in Washington, DC
Set of porcelain de Paris coffee & tea service - eighteen (18) pieces. Made famous during the Napoleon Period 1795 - 1830
Coffee pot - W - 8"; H - 10"
Te...
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Antique 19th Century French Tea Sets

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Porcelain

19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
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Antique 19th Century English Renaissance Revival Panelling

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Wood, Pine

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Victorian Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Manchester, GB
A quality, impressively sized secretaire bookcase with strong Aesthetic overtones in its design
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Antique 1890s European Late Victorian Secretaires

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Brass

Victorian Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Victorian Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
H 99.22 in W 52.76 in D 21.66 in
19th c French Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Katonah, NY
Restored French ladies fruitwood writing desk with cabriole legs, brass mounts and gallery.Drop
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Antique 19th Century French Secretaires

19th c French Ladies Writing Desk
19th c French Ladies Writing Desk
H 37 in W 27 in D 17 in
Louise Majorelle Bonheur Du Jour In Rosewood
Located in London, GB
A Fine Ladies writing desk in rosewood with inlays of Mother of Pearl and decorative woods
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Early 20th Century French Secretaires

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Rosewood

Louis Vuitton Shoe Secretaire, circa 1920
By Louis Vuitton
Located in London, GB
A Louis Vuitton "Lily Pons" Shoe Secretaire trunk, circa 1920. This stunning piece comes with
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Vintage 1920s French Edwardian Trunks and Luggage

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Brass

Venetian Chinoiserie Decorated Ladies Secretaire
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Country pale yellow painted secretary cabinet desk with light pink Chinese toile style decorations. The top double doors open to two shelves and the drop front writing surface opens ...
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20th Century Chinoiserie Cabinets

Secretaire Cabinet by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in New York, NY
A lovely late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted Vernis Martin ladies secretaire
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Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Secretaires

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Bronze

Secretaire Cabinet by Paul Sormani
Secretaire Cabinet by Paul Sormani
H 50 in W 24 in D 14 in
19th Century, France, Empire Mahogany Secretaire with Bardiglio Marble
Located in Roma, RM
your home with a fantastic Secretaire? Here you are served ladies and gentlemen.
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Antique Early 1800s French Empire Secretaires

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century Inlaid Ladies Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The piece is highly stylized. The quintessential "bonheur du jour". It is appointed with exquisite marquetry florals and quality bronze mounts - sabots, and swag designed bronze em...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

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Bronze

19th Century Inlaid Ladies Desk
19th Century Inlaid Ladies Desk
H 49 in W 27 in D 28.5 in
Petite Painted Antique French Louis XVI Ladies Secretary
Located in Chicago, IL
Oo-la-la! Is the perfect expression, as your eyes dance over this outstanding petite French ladies
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Antique 19th Century French Secretaires

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Wood, Maple, Porcelain

Napoleon III Boule Marquetry Style Ladies Cabinet Secretary, France, 1880
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Ladies cabinet secretary ogee decorated, ebony veneer and Boule style marquetry with beautiful
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Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Secretaires

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Carrara Marble, Brass, Bronze

Pair of Ladies Secretaries in the Louis XV Style, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Louis XV style ladies secretaries, Napoleon III period, Late 19th century period, Napoleon
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

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Marble, Bronze

20th-Century Richy Inlaid Ladies Secretary Desk in the Louis XV Type
Located in Opole, PL
20th-Century Richy Inlaid Ladies Secretary Desk in the Louis XV Type We present you a ladies
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Early 20th Century European Secretaires

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Brass

Theodore Alexander Chippendale Style Burl Wood Arch Top Writing Secretary Desk
Located in Toledo, OH
Theodore Alexander Chippendale style ladies burl wood secretary writing desk. Historical
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20th Century Unknown Chippendale Secretaires

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Burl

19th Century Swedish Bureau
Located in Charleston, SC
Charming small Swedish Gustavian ladies Bureau with marble top and drop-down desk surface with
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Antique 19th Century Gustavian Secretaires

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Bronze

19th Century Swedish Bureau
19th Century Swedish Bureau
H 47 in W 27.25 in D 17.5 in
Antique French Vernis Martin Cylinder Bureau de Dame, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
ladies being serenaded by a musician playing his lute and the painting bears the signature "Martin
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Antique 1870s French Secretaires

Small Antique Ladies Desk, Secretaire, So Called Bonheur Du Jour, circa 1870
Located in Greven, DE
Small ladies desk, so called Bonheur Du Jour France various precious woods Louis XVI style
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

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Fruitwood

Lovely Art Nouveau Mahogany Ladies Desk with Satinwood Inlay, circa 1900
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and elegant Art Nouveau ladies desk. This beautiful quality and great condition secretaire
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Nouveau Desks

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Brass

Antique Regency Dining Table c.1820 & 8 Vintage Chairs
Located in London, GB
ladies’ version, the trou-madame. He invented the extending dining table – including, in 1800, the
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Antique 19th Century English Dining Room Sets

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Mahogany

Antique Regency Mahogany Gillows Style Dining Table, circa 1820
Located in London, GB
tables and produced a ladies’ version, the trou-madame. He invented the extending dining table
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Antique 1820s English Dining Room Tables

Antique Regency Mahogany Dining Table Manner of Gillows, circa 1820
Located in London, GB
billiard tables and produced a ladies’ version, the trou-madame. He invented the extending dining table
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Antique 1820s British Dining Room Tables

Antique Regency Flame Mahogany Dining Table Manner of Gillows, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
billiard tables and produced a ladies’ version, the trou-madame. He invented the extending dining table
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Antique 1820s English Regency Dining Room Tables

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Mahogany

Antique Early Victorian Extending Dining Table by Gillows 19th C
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
the mid-1760s initiated and exploited the craze for billiard tables and produced a ladies’ version
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Antique 1840s English Victorian Dining Room Tables

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Mahogany

Antique Metamorphic Victorian Mahogany Dining Table & 12 Chairs 19th C
Located in London, GB
initiated and exploited the craze for billiard tables and produced a ladies’ version, the trou-madame. He
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Antique 1830s English Regency Dining Room Sets

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Mahogany

Antique Regency Mahogany Dining Table, circa 1820
Located in London, GB
the craze for billiard tables and produced a ladies’ version, the trou-madame. He invented the
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Antique Early 19th Century English Dining Room Tables

Antique Regency Dining Table Manner of Gillows 19th Century and 10 Chairs
Located in London, GB
innovations. In the mid-1760s initiated and exploited the craze for billiard tables and produced a ladies
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Antique 1820s English Regency Dining Room Sets

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Mahogany

Antique Early Victorian Extending Dining Table by Gillows 19th C & 8 Chairs
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
initiated and exploited the craze for billiard tables and produced a ladies’ version, the trou-madame. He
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Antique 1840s English Victorian Dining Room Sets

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Damask, Mahogany

A Pair of Aesthetic Movement Ebonised Wood Cabinets by Gillow
Located in Sheffield, MA
produced a ladies’ version, the trou-madame. It invented the extending dining table – including, in 1800
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Antique 19th Century English Cabinets

Superb Pair of Refined Ladies Secretaire's with Integral Lighting, Italy, 1960s
By Carlo De Carli
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Stunning pair of 1960s, Italian, lady secretaires combining both an Italian neoclassical and
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Brass

19th Century Rosewood Ladies Secretary
Located in Opole, PL
We present you an 19th century ladies secretary. Made of rosewood and veneered inside with mahogany
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Antique Early 19th Century French Secretaires

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Mahogany, Rosewood

19th Century Rosewood Ladies Secretary
19th Century Rosewood Ladies Secretary
H 34.26 in W 28.35 in D 17.72 in
19th Century French Slant Top Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Charming 19th century French slant top ladies writing desk with richly carved and slender cabriole
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires

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Gold Leaf

Antique Cron Kills Mission Arts & Crafts Craftsman Walnut Secretary Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
. The company produced a variety of wardrobes and ladies’ desks and was one of the largest businesses in
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Vintage 1930s American Mission Secretaires

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Walnut

Gillows 'Attr.', Six 19th Century Victorian Mahogany Balloon Back Dining Chairs
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
furniture items such as the extending telescopic dining table, secretaire drawers, the revolving top library
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Dining Room Chairs

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Mahogany

Ladies Louis XVI Style Walnut Secretaire
Located in Paradise Point, Queensland
Ladies Louis XVI style small burr walnut secretaire. Highly detailed interior fittings, fall
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Vintage 1950s American Louis XVI Secretaires

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Walnut

Ladies Louis XVI Style Walnut Secretaire
Ladies Louis XVI Style Walnut Secretaire
H 50.79 in W 23.23 in D 16.93 in
Petite Painted Satinwood Ladies Secretary Signed Gillows
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Very classy little secretary with a removable top section. Hand painted scrolls, flowers and a scenic view. This was made by one of the best known English Cabinet Makers, Gillows of ...
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Antique 19th Century English Secretaires

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Rosewood

18th C American Queen Anne Cherry And Mahogany Ladies Secretary
Located in Miami, FL
Very nice museum Quality 18th century American Queen Anne cherry and mahogany ladies secretary with
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires

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Wood

Baroque Ladies Secretary, France, 1750s, Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Fromageau
By Jean-Baptiste Fromageau
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Baroque ladies secretary, France, 1750s. Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Fromageau. Made of walnut and
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Antique 1750s French Baroque Secretaires

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Walnut

New York Classical Secretary Attributed To Duncan Phyfe
Located in Norwalk, CT
Superb quality New York city ladies secretary showing the American interpretation of the
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Antique 19th Century American Secretaires

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Mahogany, Poplar

18th Century North European Walnut Bureau Cabinet
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A charming and neatly-proportioned North European walnut and parquetry ladies bureau cabinet, the
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Antique Mid-18th Century European Rococo Secretaires

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Walnut

Scandinavian Baroque Serpentine Fall Front Bureau Desk
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
compartments. This exquisite desk would make a wonderful dressing table, or ladies desk. Continental US
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Antique Mid-19th Century Scandinavian Baroque Secretaires

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Wood

Important Federal Inlaid Mahogany Tambour Cylinder Secretary Bookcase
By John Aitken 1
Located in New York, NY
, and in 1905, acquired from Craik’s descendants by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. The muntin
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Antique 1790s American Federal Secretaires

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Rosewood, Mahogany

French Antique Lady's Secretaire from a Paris Estate
Located in Houston, TX
Young ladies' secretary with original glass and leather and marble on top. We liked it because it
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Pair of Grecian Plain Style Pier Tables
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in New York, NY
period 1835-1841 including a pier table, a wardrobe, a secrétaire-à-abattant, a sofa table, a cheval
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Antique 1830s American Restauration Console Tables

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Mahogany

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Ladies Secretaire For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the ladies secretaire you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A ladies secretaire — often made from wood, metal and brass — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect ladies secretaire — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right ladies secretaire, those designed in louis xv, Hollywood Regency and mid-century modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made ladies secretaire has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Pioneer Complete Furnishing Stores are consistently popular.

How Much is a Ladies Secretaire?

Prices for a ladies secretaire can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $2,200 and can go as high as $31,880, while the average can fetch as much as $6,741.