Fine Quality French Antique Victorian Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Bureau/Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality French antique Victorian kingwood and ormolu mounted bureau/desk having the original ornate ormolu gallery above two drawers and boasting ormolu beading above the kingwo...
Other, Ormolu
Chinese Export 18th Century Lacquer Bureau on Stand
Located in London, GB
The writing section is fitted with double serpentine fronted drawers and pigeon holes - all profusely decorated with sprigs of flowers, foliage and butterflies.
Lacquer
George I Figured Walnut Bureau Bookcase with Mirror Doors
Located in Woodbury, CT
Once the bookmatched and crossbanded fall front is dropped, the eye is drawn to a warmly grained interior featuring a small central cabinet flanked by pigeon holes and drawers with m...
Walnut, Burl
Vintage Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Carlton House Neoclassical Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Often credited to designer George Hepplewhite, these desks are characterized by a U-shaped, tiered superstructure of drawers and pigeon holes that wraps around the writing surface D...
Hardwood, Lacquer, Paint
Period Victorian Secretaire Bookcase Bureau Cabinet 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian mahogany glazed secretaire or bureau bookcase A fine Victorian mahogany glazed secretaire bookcase, raised upon a plinth base The lower section features a pair of cupboard ...
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Outstanding Quality Burr Walnut Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian Outstanding quality burr walnut secretaire bookcase having an exceptional quality burr walnut shaped cornice above a pair of burr walnut glazed doors opening to rev...
Walnut
Outstanding Quality Antique Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality 18th century antique Dutch marquetry inlaid burr walnut bureau bookcase having an outstanding quality Dutch marquetry inlaid burr walnut bureau bookcase with a be...
Walnut
$25,875Sale Price|25% Off
George III Mahogany Breakfront Bureau Bookcase
Located in Huntington, NY
The cabinet is raised on a lower case section with a central draw out writhing surfaces, that contains pigeon holes & drawers, one on the lower left with a hidden compartment also wi...
Brass
Antique Chippendale Style Slant Front Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Two pull outs support the door that reveals a center shell carved drawer above two conforming drawers and flanked by four pigeon holes on each side over small drawers. The whole rest...
Brass
Theodore Alexander Althorp George III Mahogany Bureau Cabinet
By Theodore Alexander, Ralph Lauren
Located in San Diego, CA
A very fine George III Mahogany Bureau Cabinet, the moulded centre domed cornice with a carved gilded Spencer crest finial and turned finials to the sides, the glazed central arched ...
Mahogany
19th century campaign metamorphic camphor writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Bottom drawer pulls out which opens the tambour at the same time to reveal the pigeon holed compartments, which pull out and fix into place.
Brass
George III 19th C Style Burl Walnut Double Bonnet Secretary Desk Cabinet
By John Widdicomb
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
The doors open to this grand piece to reveal a slew of secret cubby pigeon holes, secret drawers and columns. The top of the cabinet features a double bonnet design in a sophisticate...
Hardwood
Pair of Luxury Oxidised Copper Robot Side Tables Nightstands
By &New
Located in Leicester, GB
The tables feature a pigeon hole box shelf on zigzag legs. This quirky and functional design looks great against period details as well as in a modern space.
Copper, Steel
Early 19th century Georgian mahogany secretaire chest on chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Secretaire provides a fully fitted interior of pigeon holes and drawers either side of a central tabernacle.
Mahogany
Outstanding Quality Antique Italian Marquetry Inlaid Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Italian marquetry inlaid burr walnut bureau bookcase with a beautiful carved shaped cornice above a pair of marquetry inlaid carved panelled doors opening...
Walnut
Regency Chinoiserie Decorated Cabinet on Stand
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
The interior fitted with an arrangement of drawers and central doors enclosing pigeon holes, all repeating the same charming decorations and executed with superb detailed scenes in p...
Softwood, Paint
19th Century burr walnut secretaire tall chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Interior of a central cupboard, flanked either side by drawers, trays and pigeon holes. Bares a makers label on the back of slojdskolan in sweden.
Walnut
Fine Quality Antique 19th Century Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Cylinder Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
The satinwood marquetry inlaid sides are fabulous as is the cylinder desk below which boasts stunning satinwood marquetry inlay and original brass knobs opening to reveal a fitted in...
Other
Antique Quality Burr Walnut Floral Marquetry Inlaid Bombe Shaped Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 18th century quality burr walnut floral marquetry inlaid bombe shaped bureau having a fantastic quality large burr walnut floral marquetry inlaid bureau with a shaped fall op...
Walnut
Outstanding Quality Antique Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality 18th century antique Dutch marquetry inlaid burr walnut bureau bookcase having an outstanding quality Dutch marquetry inlaid burr walnut bureau bookcase with a sh...
Walnut
Fine Quality Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Cylinder Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
The satinwood marquetry inlaid sides are fabulous as is the cylinder desk below which boasts stunning satinwood marquetry inlay and original brass knobs opening to reveal a fitted in...
Mahogany
Art Deco Walnut and Sycamore Desk with Integrated Lamp
Located in London, GB
The desk top also has a black leather writing surface and sunken pigeon hole at the back. There is a single drawer with fine, hand cut dovetailed joints and this has a polished back,...
Leather, Sycamore, Walnut
Rare Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Secretaire Sideboard
Located in Suffolk, GB
The fall front centre bow fronted drawer opening to reveal a fully fitted interior of eight drawers with original turned knobs, pigeon holes and a secret storage compartment. The ori...
Other
Camaleonda Lounge Chair in Boucle Wool by Mario Bellini
By B&B Italia, Mario Bellini
Located in Antwerp, BE
Bellini did not believe in precise boundaries of design, instead, he designed for the relationship of man and environment. It is impossible to pigeon hole Bellini's oeuvre, as his wo...
Wool, Foam
$14,821
Rosewood Escritoire by Jamar
By S. Jamar, London 1
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
With a white marble-top above a frieze drawer and reeded columns flanking a paneled fall front which opens to reveal three lines of small drawers with pigeon holes above, the lower s...
Rosewood
Antique Austrian Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Desk Tabernacle Cabinet 1820
Located in Portland, OR
The base with a series of four graduated drawers with shield shaped lock-plate escutcheons inlaid with bone, to the center is a fall front writing surface enclosing a fitted interior...
Ormolu
Fine English George III Style Mahogany & Burl Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The interior with a shell inlaid central door opening to storage, flanked by reeded columns and 3 pigeon holes each side along with 4 small shallow drawers.
Brass
Antique rare early 18th century style figured walnut table mirror English C 1860
Located in Central England, GB
It has an adjustable mirror, a lower storage drawer and above a bureau fitment which folds down to form a leather inlaid writing surface also revealing a very nicely fitted interior ...
Walnut
Mahogany Chippendale Style Block Front Secretary Desk with Bookcase Top
Located in Milford, NH
A spectacular example of a two part mahogany secretary desk with bookcase top in the Chippendale style, featuring a swan’s neck split pediment with flaming urn finials surmounting tw...
Brass
$7,797Sale Price|34% Off
Antique Georgian Sheraton Neo-Classical Inlaid Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, 1795
Located in Portland, OR
The base having an inlaid fall front & oval floral paterae enclosing a fitted interior with six pigeon holes four drawers and a central locking door with shell inlay, the writing sur...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Camaleonda Sectional Sofa by Mario Bellini, Bouclé Wool, Italy, 1972
By Mario Bellini, B&B Italia
Located in Antwerp, BE
Bellini did not believe in precise boundaries of design, instead, he designed for the relationship of man and environment. It is impossible to pigeon hole Bellini's oeuvre, as his wo...
Wool, Foam
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
Located in Berlin, DE
Ellaume A mid-18th century ladies' desk or so-called "bureau de pente", its shaped fall-front opening to reveal a red leather-lined writing surface, four drawers, pigeon-holes and a...
Bronze
17th Century English William and Mary Period Walnut Escritoire
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
It consists of a fall front writing surface concealing an arrangement of small drawers, with beautifully executed linings and fine dovetails and pigeon holes, designed to act as the ...
Walnut
Antique Admiral's Writing Station, English, Walnut, Stationery Case, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Superb craftsmanship with a delightfully practical nature and excellent form Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order throughout Select walnut stocks present fine grain int...
Brass
Art Deco Figured Walnut Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
The top drawer is a dummy drawer, and the top lifts up to reveal a divided pigeon hole compartment. The solid wood construction has beautiful figured Australian walnut veneers, givin...
Leather, Walnut
$772Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Mad Men Bureau Secretaire Cabinet by Beaver and Tapley
By Robert Heritage
Located in Leicester, GB
The cabinet has simple design features such as the shaped legs, tiny lock and key, and drop-down door fitted with pigeon holes. The bottom of the cabinet hosts a cupboard with slidin...
Teak
Layers by Ron Piller - Contemporary colorful Abstract painting on wood
Located in DE
Thirty pigeon holes Ron Piller is a beautiful, contemporary painting with a mix of mediums: Acrylic, Gloss Medium Varnish on Canvas.
Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite
William & Mary Japanned Painted Dressing Table Mirror
Located in Lymington, GB
The fall front reveals a concave, fitted, stepped interior of drawers and pigeon holes. A conforming long drawer beneath the fall has six compartments, one of which conceals a secret...
Wood
Antique French Empire Revival Cylinder Bureau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
The panelled roll top enclosing a green inset leather writing surface and an arrangement of drawers and pigeon holes, above single frieze drawer. It is stands on figural pilaster su...
Mahogany
Art Deco Walnut Secretaire or Bureau with 4 drawers, Germany 1930s
Located in Beograd, RS
The fall front opens to reveal a well figured Walnut interior with pigeon holes and a single drawer. Made in Germany in 1930s.
Walnut
Ernest Gimson A walnut bureau inlaid with holly chequered string inlay.
By Ernest Gimson
Located in London, GB
Inside reveals two drawers and six open pigeon holes above with a central arched door with a segmented top divided by ebony string inlay with ebony pillars to each side emulating a g...
Walnut
Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Roll-Top Desk Attributed to P. Bernard
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
Of the Napoleon III period, in the Louis XVI style, with fruitwood and ebony inlaid in bois de citronnier, mahogany and amaranth, with a three-quarter galleried rectangular top above...
Ormolu
Fine Antique Georgian Mahogany Sheraton Inlaid Secretary Desk Bureau Chest 1780
Located in Portland, OR
The interior is fitted with pigeon holes and drawers, and a central locking door with a corresponding oval satinwood and ebony inlay.
Brass
Antique English Wellington-Style Mahogany Desk, Circa 1820
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
To the back of the case are open pigeon holes and five small drawers veneered in luminous maple.
Maple, Mahogany, Glass, Leather
Antique Regency Figured Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Desk With Glazed Doors
Located in Suffolk, GB
The fall front secretaire opens to reveal a beautifully fitted interior with a tooled leather writing surface, pigeon holes and small drawers, including original inkwell compartment.
Mahogany
Untouched 18th Century George III Period Mahogany Bureau
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
The fall front with brass escutcheon and original lock, opens to reveal a well-organized fitted interior, consisting of a central door with pigeon holes and drawers to either side. T...
Mahogany
Early 18th Century Rosewood Fall Front Bureau
Located in High Point, NC
The writing desk when open measures 31.75 inches in height. The pigeon holes have the most glorious hand carved and shaped partitions, over serpentined and molded drawers.
Rosewood
Fine Gillows George III Period Satinwood Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
The base has a pull-out writing section with an arrangement of small drawers and pigeon holes. Sandalwood linings. Two cupboards below – with adjustable shelving within – flanked by ...
Satinwood
1940's Tall French Workshop Shelves - Twelve Drawers
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Good honest original French workshop shelving. 12 good drawers on the bottom section and 14 pigeon hole on the top section. Our workshop has serviced and rejuvenated the unit keeping...
Wood
$14,000Sale Price|22% Off
Venetian Rococo Style Walnut Secretary Lacquered by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
The drop front has two storage drawers and a small pigeon hole storage above. Below the desk are two small drawers and two large storage drawers with rocaille patinated brass pulls.
Brass
A rare small Regency Mahogany secretaire bookcase by Gillows of Lancaster c 1830
Located in Central England, GB
It drawers out and folds down to reveal an extremely well fitted burr oak veneered interior with eight drawers and pigeon holes with bone knobs. The writing surface is inlaid with ha...
Mahogany
19th Century Louis XVI Walnut Secrétaire à Abattant with Marble Top
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
The interior is outfitted with four small drawers flanking a large center pigeon hole above a longer drawer. The black leather writing surface is in wonderful antique condition.
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
Regency Brass-Inlaid Rosewood Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency brass-inlaid rosewood secretaire cabinet, the rectangular top with a pierced galleried shelf with trellis work on the sides, above a secretaire drawer, banded with brass pa...
Brass
Antique Austrian Flame Mahogany Inlaid Rosewood Biedermeier Secretary Chest 1820
Located in Portland, OR
The fall front is finely bordered with rosewood banding, enclosing an exquisite fitted interior, with drawers, pigeon holes and a central locking door (key is present) enclosing a si...
Mahogany
Grand Scale 19th Century English Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Concealed behind the fall (disguised as two drawers) is an arrangement of pigeon holes and small drawers. There is a tooled leather writing surface.
Mahogany
Diminutive 18th Century George III Period Mahogany Bureau
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
The fall front with brass escutcheon and original lock, opens to reveal a well-organized fitted interior, consisting of two central drawers with pigeon holes and drawers to either si...
Mahogany
1940's Tall French Workshop Shelving Unit - Thirty Four Drawers
Located in Hook, Hampshire
The top has a number of pigeon holes. Made entirely of solid pitch the construction is crude, most likely locally made for a farmhouse workshop.
Pine
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century William and Mary Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase or Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
The doors open to reveal superbly fitted interior consists of storage compartments, eight drawers and pigeon holes and shelves. The drop down secretary desk is fitted with leather ...
Leather, Walnut
Antique Victorian Campaign Era Military Secretaire Chest of Drawers 19th Century
Located in London, GB
The top drawer opening to a pull out secretaire fitted with a small drawer, pigeon hole compartments and an inset gold tooled brown leather writing surface.
Wood
Antique English Georgian Walnut Slant Front Secretary Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The door opens to reveal a red gilt tooled leather work surface, small center door with fancy brass hinges, flanked by column form "secret drawers" and an assortment of pigeon holes ...
Leather, Walnut
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.
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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.
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