Sold|$3,950
18th Century English Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
A late 18th Century English mahogany slant front desk. Originally sold by Vernay & Jussel on Madison Avenue, NY.
Brass
L. & J. G. Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By L. & J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts quarter sawn oak slant front writing desk or secretary desk By L. & J.G.
Copper
Sold|$28,000
American Poplar Cotton Factor Desk
By A. Belokopytoff
Located in Charleston, SC
American poplar slant front cotton factor desk with hinged flip top, leading to an open interior, and terminating on turned bulbous legs with stretchers.
18th Century Chippendale Armchair, Office or Desk Chair, Mahogany
Located in Stamford, CT
18th Century Chippendale Armchair, Desk Chair, Mahogany 18th Century Chippendale arm or desk chair with slanted inverted seat in a nice checkered upholstery having nail head design.
Mahogany
Sold|$26,000
An 18th Century Italian Veronese Desk
Located in CH
An 18th Century Italian Veronese Walnut and Burl Walnut Serpentine Front Slant Front Desk.
Walnut
Sold|$8,900
A Fine Italian Neoclassical Marquetry Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
The desk is inlayed and marquetry throughout. The slant front desk opens to a fitted interior, over a skirt with two small drawers over a large drawer all resting on four legs.
Sold|$19,500
Early 18th Century Italian Lombardy Desk
Located in CH
An extraordinary early 18th century Italian Lombardy possibly Milan Rococo slant front desk of burl walnut and applied baroque ebonized moulding.
Sold|$3,950
Antique English Chinoiserie Fall Front Desk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th/Early 20th Century English Slant From Desk with raised chinoiserie decorated surface and green lacquered ground.
Wood, Paint
Sold|$11,500
Chippendale Massachusetts Oxbow Desk, circa 1770
Located in Milford, NH
This exceptional mahogany slant-front desk has many fine attributes such as a well-balanced interior with fine fan carvings and a secret drawer.
Brass
John Widdicomb Chippendale Style Secretary Desk
By John Widdicomb
Located in Toledo, OH
John Widdicomb Chippendale Style Secretary Desk. circa 20th century. A two-piece slant front walnut Chippendale desk model #2086.
Brass
Outstanding Antique American Quarter-Sawn Oak School Desk
Located in Highwood, IL
Outstanding original antique American quarter-sawn oak slant fronted school desk. In very good condition to be over 150 years old, this fine desk opens to reveal a spacious interior.
Benchmade American Chippendale Style Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
The two robust shell carvings that are inset directly beneath each crest arch are deeply carved with a fluent hand, a bold introduction to the three shell carvings enclosed within th...
Mahogany
Boston Chippendale Oxbow Mahogany Desk, circa 1770-1790
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Federal Boston Chippendale oxbow mahogany desk with slant front upper case with hidden key escutcheon, a compartmentalized interior with central prospect door, op...
Mahogany
Massachusetts Chippendale Mahogany Block Front Desk circa 1780
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional hand carved Chippendale mahogany block front desk with slant front top, which opens to a compartmentalized interior and writing surface, featuring a center prospect do...
Brass
19th Century Italian Figured Walnut Desk of Smaller Size
Located in Essex, MA
Figured Italian walnut drop front desk or slant lid beautiful figuring three-drawer cabriole feet compartments. .
Walnut
American Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Desk, Massachusetts, circa 1770
Located in Shippensburg, PA
This is a typical form for the North Shore of Massachusetts, the three shell interior with finial capped columns on the document drawers being a staple in finer slant front desks of ...
Brass
Antique Eastlake Walnut and Burl Davenport Desk, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Eastlake Davenport ship captain's desk offers walnut construction with burl panels, backsplash with spindle rails and cup-out decorative sides, slant front writing desk op...
Felt, Walnut, Burl
Spanish Baroque Wood Carved Ebonized Architectural Table Desk Top
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible antique Spanish Baroque architectural tabletop desk, slant front drawers with bronze pulls attributed to Mula, with secret drawer on the right, 18 century piece, the locks...
Brass
19th Century Hardwood and Brass Drop Front Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A hardwood slant-front desk or bureau on carved stand, embellished with ornate pierced brass fittings and hardware and with a fitted interior with several slots and a small cupboard.
Teak
Baker Furniture Queen Anne Burled Walnut Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Queen Anne style slant front secretary desk By Baker Furniture USA, circa 1980s Burled walnut, with original brass hardware.
Brass
Antique Diminutive Burl & Mahogany Davenport Desk with Watercolor Panels, c1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique diminutive davenport desk offers burl and mahogany construction with upper pierced bronze gallery over slant front desk having watercolor Persian genre scenes (including w...
Bronze
Chippendale Style Mahogany Winthrop Secretary Writing Desk Bookcase Bureau 84"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Chippendale slant top secretary desk / bookcase. Made of mahogany featuring upper bookcase curio cabinet with fretwork doors and open pediment with finial, supported by a se...
Brass
Antique English Chippendale Style Mahogany Drop Front Desk, circa 1800
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Chippendale style slant front desk offers mahogany construction with drop front opening to writing surface and interior storage drawers and pigeon hole compartment...
Brass
Sold|$3,850
Chippendale Mahogany Slant Front Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good quality English Chippendale period mahogany slant front desk, the well-fitted and shaped interior above three short and two long drawers supported on bracket feet, circa 1770.
Mahogany
Stickley Brothers Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Secretary Desk, Circa 1900
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period slant front writing desk or secretary desk By Stickley Brothers USA, Early 20th Century Quarter sawn oak, with copper hardware.
Copper
Antique Stickley Brothers Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts slant front writing desk By Stickley Brothers USA, early 20th century Quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hardware.
Copper
Antique Stickley Brothers Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts slant front writing desk By Stickley Brothers USA, Early 20th Century Quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper hardware.
Copper
Sold|$1,495
American Cherry Slant Front Desk
Located in East Aurora, NY
Very nice early 19th century southern Cherry inlay slant front desk probably Tennessee or Kentucky 1820-30.
Cherry
Antique Stickley Style Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Drop Front Desk, Circa 1900
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission oak Arts & Crafts slant front writing desk In the manner of Stickley USA, Circa 1900 Measures: 40" W x 16" D x 41.88" H.
Oak
Antique RJ Horner School Oak Drop Front Ladies Writing Desk, Circa 1910
By R.J. Horner & Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique ladies writing desk in the manner of RJ Horner offers quarter sawn oak construction with shaped case having slant drop-front desk over single long drawer and raised on cab...
Wood, Oak
Sold|$1,895
Georgian Mahogany Slant Front Desk.
Located in East Aurora, NY
A very nice larger size Georgian slant front bureau constructed of Cuban Mahogany and quarter sawn Oak secondary case wood. Graduated cock beaded drawers resting over ogee bracket f...
Mahogany
Antique Arts & Crafts Mission Oak & Leaded Glass Drop Front Secretary Desk C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts Mission drop-front secretary offers quarter sawn oak construction with upper bookcase having double leaded glass doors opening to shelved interior over sla...
Glass, Oak
Antique Carved Oak Drop Front RJ Horner School Cowboy Desk, circa 1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique RJ Horner School Cowboy desk offers oak construction with gallery having carved scroll rail over mirrored upper with central drawer and flanking cabinets over slant front ...
Mirror, Oak
Sold|$3,875
American Chippendale Slant Front Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
American Chippendale walnut slant front antique desk, Pennsylvania. Probably Delaware River Valley, circa 1790-1810 This is an outstanding example of late Chippendale from the Del...
Fine 18th Century American Oxbow Desk in Flame Birch with Center Drop
Located in Milford, NH
A fine 18th century American oxbow form slant front desk in flame birch with a compartmentalized interior featuring three radial fan carved drawer fronts and four valanced open cubbi...
Brass
Grand Rapids Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Drop Front Desk by The Cron Kills
By Grand Rapids Furniture Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
., Piqua, OH offers oak construction paneled sides with slant drop front desk surmounting four long drawers and raised on straight and square legs, original maker label en verso as p...
Metal
Louis XVI Style Hand Painted Ladies Writing Desk with Ormolu by Paine Furniture
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful Louis XVI style ladies slant front writing desk with hand painted genre and country landscape scenes on the lid and sides, as well as floral decoration painted on the top...
Mahogany
American Chippendale Oxbow Desk on Ball and Claw Feet, Boston c. 1760
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A remarkable work of art, this fine American Chippendale slant front desk features the very desirable "oxbow" or "serpentine" facade cherished in the best pieces.
Brass
Rare William & Mary circa 1690 English Oak Barley Twist Bureau Desk on Stand
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Some might refer to this as a slant-front writing desk. These early bureaus were often referred to in Old English as scriptors, écritoires, secretaries, skrewtores or scrutoires, ...
Oak
Sold|$4,995
19th Century Swedish Slant Top Desk
Located in High Point, NC
A 19th century slant top desk from Sweden, this delightful desk rests on elegant bracket feet with a scalloped apron, topped by a three-drawer front.
Wood
Sold|$4,595
1800s French Oak Slant-Top Desk
Located in High Point, NC
A regal slant-top desk from France, produced circa 1800.
Brass
Sold|$7,000
18th Century Italian Walnut Slant-Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian 18th century slant-front desk with cabriole legs and carving on the drawer.
Walnut
Sold|$5,900
Early American Tiger Maple Slant Front Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
Charming American tiger maple slant front desk atop a conforming case fitted with four drawers, raised on bracket feet.
Sold|$25,500
18th c. Walnut Tuscan Slant Top Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Graceful Walnut Secretary
Walnut
!8th Century Dutch Miniature Slant Top Walnut Desk
Located in Southampton, NY
18th Century Dutch Miniature Slant Top Walnut Desk
George I Highly Figured, Walnut Slant Top Desk
Located in Nashville, TN
In transition from William and Mary, not unusual to skip periods like Queen Anne, a rather short one in both reign and style. Beautifully faded walnut burl veneers on top, front and ...
Caribbean Colonial Style Slant Front Secretary Desk in Mahogany
Located in Astoria, NY
Caribbean Colonial style mahogany slant front secretary, in the late Classical taste, two columns carved with pineapple and palm leaf motifs flanking the three drawers beneath the sl...
Mahogany
Fine George II Walnut Bureau, Featherbanded Slant Front Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine English George II period walnut feather banded slant front desk having a rectangular top and slant front opening to a fitted interior with a well over two short and two long g...
Gorgeous Walnut And Ostrich Leather Slant Front Secretary Desk
By Maitland Smith
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Gorgeous Walnut And Ostrich Leather Slant Front Secretary Desk Dimensions : 35" Wide X 23" Deep X 45" Tall This stunning secretary desk was made in a gorgeous faux ostrich leather ...
Ostrich Leather, Walnut
Slant-Front Desk in Softwood, Germany, Late 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Slant-front desk in softwood with an angled writing flap revealing a spacious storage compartment beneath.
Softwood
New England birch secretary / slant front desk, 18th century
Located in Houston, TX
This is an exceptionally handsome piece of early American craftsmanship. This 18th-century slant-front desk, crafted from warm birchwood, showcases the robust elegance and functional...
Birch
19th Century American Chippendale Maple Slant Front Secretary / Desk
Located in Houston, TX
The 19th Century American Chippendale Maple Slant Front Secretary/Desk is a testament to the meticulous artistry and timeless allure of traditional craftsmanship.
Wood, Maple
18th Century Baroque Multifunctional Lectern, Secretaire or Chest of Drawers
Located in Greven, DE
Geometric marquetry is also found on the sides and on the flap. The slanted desk flap can be opened by two bolts to make the desk usable as a table.
Cherry, Walnut
Swedish Karl Johan 19th Century Painted Wood Slant-Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish 19th century Karl Johan slant-front painted wood desk. This Swedish desk features three drawers in its lower section.
Wood
Sold|$8,500 / set
English George III Chippendale slant front secretary desk, c. 1770
Located in Kenilworth, IL
The book case rests on a slant front desk, and the interior of the desk is fitted with a centered prospect door, flanked by four pigeon holes and three shallow stepped drawers on eit...
Brass
American Chippendale Slant and Block Front Antique Desk, Newburyport, MA
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Very fine American Chippendale slant front desk with fitted interior Probably Newburyport, Massachusetts circa 1770 Provenance from the Israel Sack Collection with original label s...
Mahogany
Sold|$3,900
George III Faded Mahogany Bureau
Located in Atlanta, GA
Faded flame mahogany, slant top bureau desk with bracket foot. Two small drawers over two larger graduating drawers.
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.
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