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French 18th C. Louis XV/XVI Transitional Ormolu Mounted Secretaire by RVLC
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in PARIS, FR
A Louis XV/XVI transitional ormolu mounted tulipwood secretaire by RVLC
Rare and elegant secretary
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
H 44.88 in W 33.07 in D 16.14 in
18th C. Late Georgian Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Ca. 1780. A fine figured mahogany classic Georgian secretary bookcase with the broken bonnet in openwork foliate scrolls flanking a fluted short pedestal (it appears that it never ha...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Baroque Tabernacle / Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
and center door. Original condition. Attributed to J. C. Jegg & Sons workshop, St. Florian, Austria
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Austrian Secretaires
18th c. Swedish Early Gustavian Secretary with Library
Located in Wichita, KS
A Swedish early Gustavian period secretary with library from the 18th century with shaped cornice
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th c. Swedish Gustavian Period Painted Fall Front Desk
Located in Wichita, KS
An 18th century Swedish fall-front bureau from the Gustavian period wearing beautiful black paint
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th C. Venetian Tall Secretary Cabinet with Beautiful Hand-Painted Finish
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Venetian tall secretary cabinet from the 18th century. This antique 7.75 feet tall
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Early 18th C Italian Baroque Figured Walnut Secretary w/ Architectural Pediment
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Figured Walnut Secretary with Architectural Pediment, Arched
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
H 90 in W 38 in D 24.5 in
Fine George III Period Satinwood Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
An exceptional English Sheraton period satinwood secretaire cabinet. Attributed to Gillows.
Late
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood
18th C. Swedish Baroque Secretary with Library in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A Swedish slant-front secretary from the 18th century in two parts with arched cornice and bracket
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
Fine and Rare 18th C Georgian Black Lacquered and Chinoiserie Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and rare 18th century Georgian black lacquered and Chinoiserie decorated elaborate secretary.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th C. Swedish Rococo Period Two-Part Painted Secretary with Library
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Swedish secretary with library from the late Rococo period, circa 1780. The upper section has two library shelves with glass doors. The lower body is shaped to provide slant desk r...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
18th Century Baroque Secretary, Tabernacle, Walnut, Plum, Maple, Austria c. 1750
Located in Greven, DE
Baroque tabernacle secretary with figural marquetry
Austria
Walnut, plum, maple
Baroque around 1750
Dimensions: 192 x 133 x 75 cm
Description:
Magnificent and exceptionally beauti...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Maple, Walnut
H 75.6 in W 52.37 in D 29.53 in
Antique Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Sèvres Porcelain Mounted Secretaire
Located in London, GB
Antique Louis XVI style ormolu and Sèvres porcelain mounted secretaire
French, c. 1840
Height 127cm
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
H 50.01 in W 29.93 in D 14.57 in
18th C. Louis XV Bureau Scriban Bibliotec Secretary Cabinet Mahogany Antiques LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
18th century Louis XV Bureau Scriban Bibliotic Secretary Cabinet Mahogany Antiques LA. An important
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Wrought Iron, Metal, Metallic Thread
H 108 in W 50 in D 24 in
Turn of the 18th -19th C. Swedish Rococo Style Slant Front Secretary w/ Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A late 18th century-early 19th century Rococo style slant front painted fir Swedish secretary with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Fir
H 82 in W 47 in D 22.25 in
18th C Style Minton Spidell French Country Buffet à Deux-Corps Secretary
By Minton-Spidell
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
18th C Style Minton Spidell French Country Buffet à Deux-Corps Secretary
Category
1990s French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Wood
George III Bureau Desk or Secretary Chest of Mahogany from the 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine George III slant top desk or bureau secretary chest of patinated mahogany, c.1770 - an
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Brass
Baroque Bureau /Secretary Denmark c 1750
Located in Kastrup, DK
with curved front.
Painted midt 19'th. ctr. in charming light gray and blue shades with edges and
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Danish Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Queen Anne English Burled Walnut Bureau, c. 1730
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite early 18th century bureau bookcase is finely crafted in the Queen Anne style with
Category
Antique Early 18th Century British Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Irish George III Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, c. 1780
Located in Saint Louis, MO
in the 18th century. In their book, "Irish Furniture", Desmond Glin and James Peil state, "The shell
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Irish George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Burlwood Drop-Front Secretary, One of Four Produced; Båstad, Sweden, c. 1880
Located in Norwalk, CT
varieties of tone and grain. This particular piece is based on the 18th Century French "secrétaire à
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Burl
H 50.25 in W 44 in D 17 in
Antique Italian or Dutch Small Rococo Bombe Secretary Desk w/ Marquetry, c 1870
Located in Miami, FL
An exquisite 19th century Rococo secretary in mahogany with bombe front & sides, with floral & foliate inlays in tulipwood, kingwood & satinwood on the top, front panels of the drawe...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Tulipwood, Satinwood, Mahogany
H 43 in W 34 in D 21 in
Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730
Located in Portland, OR
A very rare antique Dutch Colonial V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company) fall front bureau/desk on
Category
Antique 1730s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 44 in W 38.25 in D 22.25 in
American Hepplewhite Mahogany Inlaid Fall Front Secretary with Bookcase, C. 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
, and resting on the original squared tapered satinwood string inlaid legs. Late 18th century. Secondary
Category
Antique 1790s American Hepplewhite Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 85.5 in W 35.75 in D 19.25 in
English Chippendale Mahogany Inlaid Fall Front Secretary with Bookcase, C.1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
cabinet doors revealing interior shelf, and resting on the original scalloped bracket feet. Late 18th
Category
Antique 1780s English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 92.5 in W 49.5 in D 24.75 in
Louis XVI Bureau, Copenhagen, circa 1780.
Located in Kastrup, DK
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Presumably by J.C. Lillie ( 1760 - 1827 ) and a similar can be found at Liselund Castle on Møn Denmark
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
18th C. French Louis XVI Secretaire with Marquetry
Located in BALCATTA, WA
This impeccable antique French Secretaire comes with its original key and has stunning ribboned and
Category
Antique 18th Century Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th C. French Louis XVI Tall Secretaire (Retains Original Leather on Desk-Top)
Located in Atlanta, GA
desk, from the 18th century. This antique "secretaire an abattant" from France features an arched top
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
H 87.5 in W 51.5 in D 25 in
Antique Biedermeier Secretaire Chest Secretaire Abattant 19th C
Located in London, GB
A truly magnificent antique flame mahogany architectural biedermeier secretaire abattant, circa
Category
Antique 1840s Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
George I Walnut Secretaire Kneehole Desk
Located in Lymington, GB
An English early 18th century walnut secrétaire kneehole desk.
George I period (1714-1727), c 1720
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George I Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th C. Portrait of a Lawyer Circle of Jacques Aved French School Oil on Canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
18th C. Portrait of a Lawyer Circle of Jacques Aved French School oil on canvas . Circle of Jacques
Category
Antique 18th Century French Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Canvas
H 28 in W 24 in D 1 in
18th Century Irish Georgian Palladian Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
George II Palladian mahogany breakfront bookcase, 18th century
The broken swan's-neck pediment
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Irish Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century George II Scarlet/Red Japanned Corner Cupboard, Att. Giles Grendey
By Giles Grendey
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare early 18th century George II scarlet japanned chinoiserie wall hanging corner
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George I Corner Cupboards
Materials
Lacquer
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H 41.34 in W 27.96 in D 18.51 in
18th Century French Louis XV Period Walnut Chateau Bonheur Du Jour or Secretary
Located in Birmingham, AL
A rare 18th century French Louis XV period chateau bonheur du jour or secrétaire handcrafted of
Category
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
H 103 in W 54.5 in D 28.5 in
A Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet
Mid 18th Century
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Cabinets
H 41 in W 38 in D 20 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
chateau of Fontainebleau. 18 May. Admission of Jean-François de Troy to the Compagnie des Secrétaires du
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs
Materials
Silk, Wool
W 80.71 in L 124.02 in
An Important 18th C. Secretaire Abattant By Andre Gilbert
By Andre Gilbert
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI period marquetry secrétaire with capriccio scenes of ruins and obelisks evoking
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Elegant Mahogany Secretaire with Swan-Neck Pediment, c. 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine 18th Century Secretaire in Chippendale-Design, with a gracefully carved swan-neck pediment
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
A GEORGE III SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE. ENGLISH, C. 1785
Located in New York, NY
GLAZED DOORS OPENING TO DRAWERS AND PIGEON-HOLES, THE PROJECTING LOWER PART FITTED WITH A SECRETAIRE
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Drop front secretaire
Located in New York, NY
A Louis XVI period drop front secretaire, mahogany with blonde wood, gilt bronze mounts, white
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Marble
18th c. English Secretary Bookcase
Located in Savannah, GA
Exceptional late 18th century mahogany bookcase with mortise and tenon construction and satinwood
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Rare Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Secretaire a Abattant by C. Wolff
By Christophe Wolff
Located in New York, NY
A rare Louis XVI period ormolu-mounted fruitwood marquetry "secretaire a abattant". Marquetry
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th C Spanish Colonial Leather Covered Vargueño /Traveling Desk
Located in Nogales, AZ
Rare leather covered Spanish Colonial traveling desk used to transport important documents and valuables.
Has polychromed and gilt drawers with unusual painted lid.
Thi...
Has polychromed and gilt drawers with unusual painted lid.
Thi...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Peruvian Secretaires
Materials
Iron
Extremely Rare French Fine Quality Mid-18th Century Louis XV Secretaire Cabinet
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in Suffolk, GB
Extremely rare French fine quality mid-18th century (circa 1760) Louis XV tulipwood, amaranth
Category
Antique 1760s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
H 45.25 in W 29.25 in D 15.25 in
Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Secretarie Bookcase, c. 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
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A simple and refined example of the Hepplewhite style, c. 1800.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Brass
SALE!-Rare Stunning German Baroque Writing Table/ Desk with Chair
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Exceptional, stunning and rare late 18 th c- beginning of 19 th c North German Writing table
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Elm, Wood
A LOUIS XVI BONHEUR DU JOUR BY MARTIN OHNEBERG. FRENCH, C.1785
By Martin Ohneberg
Located in New York, NY
THE RECTANGULAR MARBLE TOP ABOVE A CONFORMING CASE WITH TWO MIRRORED DOORS OVER TWO SHORT DRAWERS ABOVE A RECTANGULAR PROJECTING FOLDING WRITING SURFACE AND A LOWER CASE FITTED WITH ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Stunning Inlaid Walnut Desk & Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
The double-domed cornice above a pair of conforming doors fitted with later beveled mirror plates and opening to an arrangement of pigeon holes and folio slides. The lower section f...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Fine Quality Bureau Bookcase after Thomas Chippendale
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Good early antique bureau bookcase made of a really choice cut of Cuban mahogany. This is one of the best bureau bookcases of the period that we have seen. It has everything, mirror ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century British Secretaires
A Fine Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Desk and Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
A Fine Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Desk and Bookcase.
New York, ca. 1770.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Secretaires
Materials
Brass
A Rare Diminutive Chippendale Block Front Desk and Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
AN IMPORTANT AND RARE DIMINUTIVE CHIPPENDALE SHELL-CARVED AND FIGURED MAHOGANY AND CEDARWOOD BLOCK-FRONT DESK AND BOOKCASE
The blockfront desk-and-bookcase is one of t...
The blockfront desk-and-bookcase is one of t...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Cedar
Chippendale Block-Front Slant-Top Desk
Located in Litchfield, CT
Birmingham, England, at the time. They are pictured in an 18th c. Birmingham hardware catalogue from which
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
French Secretary Stamped Hansen and Genty, Paris Louis XV, circa 1750
By Denis Genty, Hubert Hansen
Located in Isle sur la Sorgue, Provence
punched the "C" crowned.
(used between 1745-1749).
Stamped once: H.HANSEN.
Stamped four times
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
H 54.34 in W 44.1 in D 16.93 in
A Very Elegant Petite Lady's Bureau
By Charles Chevallier
Located in Vienna, AT
by Charles Chevallier (b. ca. 1700 – d. 4. Februar 1771)
signed C. Chevallier (Master before
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Tulipwood
Exceptional Burr Walnut Imperial Monogrammed Bureau-Bookcase, Scriban
Located in Werkendam, NL
Tsarina was a member of the female Freemasonry " The Mopses" founded in the 18th. C. as the female
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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H 91.62 in W 51.58 in D 26.62 in
Bureau bookcase, by Francesco Abbiati
By Francesco Abbiati
Located in New York, NY
Secolo Tome II, Longanesi & C., Milano, 1993.
Wanenes, Giacomo, Le mobilier italien du XVIIIeme siècle
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
18th c. George II bookcase and secretaire
By Giles Grendey
Located in London, GB
A Mahogany bookcase and secretaire with original mirrored doors and bronze handles circa 1760
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
Empire / Biedermeier Secretary, Top Quality, Walnut, Mainz, Around 1820
Located in Volkach, BY
Mainz provenance. Mainz was a center of high-quality furniture production in Germany in the 18th and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Empire Secretaires
Materials
Maple, Oak, Walnut
H 65.75 in W 41.34 in D 20.87 in
George I Walnut Secretaire Cabinet by William Old & John Ody
By William Old and John Ody
Located in London, GB
An exceptional George I walnut secrétaire cabinet the top with a broken arched pediment above a
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George I Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
George III Coromandel Lacquer, Gilt Brass-Mounted Serpentine Commode
By Pierre Langlois
Located in London, Middlesex
, 'Ribston Hall, Yorkshire II, Country Life, 18 October 1973, p. 1142). Following Sir John's death in 1788
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Lacquer
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Secretaire 18th C For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal secretaire 18th c for your home. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and walnut, every secretaire 18th c was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a secretaire 18th c — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A secretaire 18th c is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, Baroque and Louis XVI styles are sought with frequency. Gillows of Lancaster & London, Denis Genty and B. Butte each produced at least one beautiful secretaire 18th c that is worth considering.
How Much is a Secretaire 18th C?
Prices for a secretaire 18th c can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $225 and can go as high as $15,675,000, while the average can fetch as much as $10,690.
Finding the Right secretaires for You
Your antique, new or vintage secretary desk has become the (chic) saving grace of the "new normal" at home.
Simply put, a secretary desk is a multifunctional piece of furniture with a hinged writing surface that folds open or drops down. When the leaf is folded out, small inner storage compartments — pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers — are revealed.
Traditionally, a secretary is composed of two parts — a chest of drawers on the bottom and a cabinet with shelves on the top. Taking its name from the French word for the piece, secrétaire, the secretary desk dates back to the 18th century, when Paris-based cabinetmaker Jean-François Oeben, known for his exquisite marquetry and clever mechanical desks, is thought to have invented the secrétaire à abbattant, or drop-leaf desk.
While the defining drop-down feature of the secretary desk has remained constant, the materials used, as well as its configuration, size and style have evolved over time.
At first, secretaries were typically made from exotic woods, like rosewood, tulipwood and kingwood; later, hardwoods like cherry, maple, oak and mahogany were more common. The desks also became lighter, with space carved out of the lower half for the writer’s feet or with drawers replaced by legs — making them more table-like.
When open, the secretary is a dynamic, versatile Wunderkammer. When closed, it’s a sophisticated, space-saving piece of furniture.
“A fine secretary with a good provenance adds stature and credence to its owner — it is a cornerstone piece,” says antiques dealer Stanley Weiss, who specializes in 18th- and 19th-century English and American furniture. “In this disposable world, fine furniture is always passed on and speaks to who its owner is.”
No matter what style or period you choose, and no matter how you decide to use it, the timeless, flexible secretary desk is bound to become an indispensable part of your daily routine.
Browse a range of antique and vintage secretary desks on 1stDibs, including mid-century modern secretaires, Georgian secretaires and others.
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