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Antique Bureau Bookcase, Slant Front Desk, Bookcase Top, Scotland 1910, H244
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Bureau bookcase, Slant front desk, bookcase top, Scotland 1910, H244
Scotland 1910
Solid
Category
Vintage 1910s Scottish Bookcases
Materials
Oak
H 71.5 in W 30 in D 16 in
Painted Italian Secretary Bookcase
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
section has a slant front over three graduated drawers and a shaped apron, all raised on short cabriole
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Mid-18th Century George III Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-18th century George III slant front bureau bookcase, English. A fine mahogany example
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century George III Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Venetian Rococo Style Burl Walnut Secretary Bookcase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
shelves, above candle slides, the lower part with a shaped slant-front opening to a fitted interior, above
Category
20th Century Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Bookcase, Walnut, Glass, Austria circa 1825
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant, unadorned Biedermeier Bookcase in Walnut Solid wood and veneer from Austria circa 1825
Category
Antique 1820s Austrian Biedermeier Bookcases
Materials
Iron
Late 19th Century Spanish Walnut Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
pediment, centred by a shaped finial, above a pair of doors, slant front enclosed writing surface, fitted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century Spanish Walnut Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
pediment, centred by a shaped finial, above a pair of doors, slant front enclosed writing surface, fitted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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
Category
Antique 18th Century British George II Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Monumental Antique Victorian Eastlake Walnut Secretary Desk & Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
from Walnut with a slant front desk over three drawers. Features walnut bur front with applied acanthus
Category
Antique 1870s Eastlake Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Walnut
H 106.5 in W 43.5 in D 20.5 in
Diminutive George III Walnut Block Front Slant Front Bureau Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Germantown, MD
Slant Front secretary Bureau Bookcase Cabinet in great vintage condition. Restored throughout to the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American George III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
H 61 in W 21.5 in D 12.5 in
Late 18th Century English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
swan neck pediment, centred by a shaped finial, above a pair of glazed doors, slant front enclosed
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Bookcases
Queen Anne Bureau Bookcase in Inlaid Walnut, c. 1710
Located in Atlanta, GA
elm designs.
The slanted fall-front opens to reveal a herringbone-inlaid arrangement of drawers and
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Extremely Rare Small Early 18th Century English Burled Yew Wood “Bureau Bookcase
Located in Middleburg, VA
slide” illuminated the desk’s work surface. The slanted front enclosed arched cubby holes and six inlaid
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English British Colonial Bookcases
Materials
Brass
H 77 in W 28.5 in D 20 in
Italian Bureau Bookcase, Two Doors over Slant Front Fitted Desk
Located in Buchanan, MI
Italian bureau bookcase, two doors over slant front fitted desk.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique English George III Slant-Front Secretary w/ Bookcase in Cuban Mahogany
Located in Miami, FL
a two over two configuration of drawers, the slant front opens to a simple oak secretary appointed
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
H 90 in W 38.5 in D 21 in
Oak Stained Glass Window Slant Front Desk with Bookcase Top, Scotland 1920, H800
Located in Vancouver, BC
Vintage oak stained glass window slant front desk with bookcase top, desk, Scotland 1920, H800
Category
Vintage 1920s Scottish Cabinets
Materials
Oak
H 82.5 in W 42 in D 17.5 in
Chippendale Secretary/Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in New Haven, CT
George III period mahogany Chinese Chippendale secretary bookcase, England, circa 1790. The
Category
Antique 1790s English Chippendale Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Restored Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Walnut Bookshelf with Desk Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
customizable storage options to suit your needs. A unique element of this bookshelf is the slant front desk on
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Lacquer, Walnut, Wood
Baker Furniture Georgian Flame Mahogany Leather Top Slant Front Architect's Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding Georgian style slant front architect's desk. The desk features shallow drawers and
Category
Vintage 1960s American Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
H 38.75 in W 53.5 in D 34.25 in
Swedish 1870s Birch Inlaid Secretary with Inlaid Motifs and Slant Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Swedish 1870s birch inlaid two part tall secretary with slant front desk, two doors, four drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Brass
TOMLINSON Crotch Mahogany Block Front Secretary Desk with Blind Bookcase
By Tomlinson
Located in Charlotte, NC
desk top supports and four drawers of dovetail construction with faux keyhole escutcheons. Slant front
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Chippendale Style Block Front Secretary Desk with Bookcase Top
Located in Milford, NH
bookshelves, and flanked by reeded corner pilasters, over a lower case with slant front desk top, opening to a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Italian Painted Secretary, Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
includes a boldly arched triple crown, curvaceous arches on the doors and slant front, and corbel-shaped
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Baroque Revival Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Georgian Style Two Piece Cerused Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Painted English Georgian style two-piece secretaire bookcase featuring a slant front or drop front
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Unusual 18th-19th Century Continental Secretary Bookcase
Located in Bridgeport, CT
with slant front with green felt writing surface. Three long drawers with foliate brass knob pulls
Category
Antique 19th Century European Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th C. Late Georgian Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Bridgeport, CT
double glazed doors with mullions open to two shelves. The slant front secretary opens to cubbyholes
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English "Tortoise Shell" Bamboo Secretary Bookcase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The desk is designed with a slant front above a single drawer.
The bookcase top is fashioned with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Metal
English Mahogany Secretary With Mirrored Bookcase. Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
shelving. The lower case consist of a slant front desk with fitted interior and leather writing surface
Category
Antique 1780s English George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
CRAFTIQUE Solid Mahogany Chippendale Secretary Desk w/ Bookcase
Located in Charlotte, NC
lockable glass doors revealing two fixed wooden shelves. Lower desk is slant front and has four large
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Italian Hand Painted Secretary, Bookcase from Piemonte, Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
storage, with three large full width drawers below for added convenience. The slant front drops down to
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
18th Century South German Neoclassical Style Fruitwood Bureau-Bookcase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
decorative items. The lower section boasts a gracefully slanting front bureau, providing a writing surface
Category
Antique 1790s German Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English Mahogany and Satinwood Secretary Desk Bookcase, 1790-1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
An eccentric and highly unusual Classic Sheraton style mahogany and satinwood inlay slant front
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Kittinger Williamsburg Adaptation Mahogany Two Piece Secretary Desk / Bookcase
By Kittinger Furniture Company
Located in Milford, NH
surmounting two blind paneled doors, which opens to a three shelf interior, over a lower case with slant front
Category
20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
H 82 in W 40.5 in D 21.75 in
Early George III Period Bureau Bookcase with Swan Neck Pediment
Located in Atlanta, GA
, slant front enclosed leather writing surface, fitted drawers and pigeon-holes. Below with 4 sliding
Category
Antique 1760s English George III Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English Chippendale Mahogany Blind Door Secretary With Bookcase, Circa 1775
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany blind door secretary with bookcase. Upper case has a carved cornice
Category
Antique 1770s English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 89.5 in W 48 in D 25 in
Antique Carved Oak 3 Door Breakfront Bookcase, Display, Scotland 1910, H1032
Located in Vancouver, BC
Minty 2 Tier Tiger Oak Stacking Bookcase, Drop Front Desk, England 1910, H1049
Solid Oak
Original
Category
Vintage 1910s Scottish Cabinets
Materials
Oak
English George II Style Chest of Drawers, Bookcase and Drop Down Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
. The upper section having numerous folio/file drawers and compartments, a leather lined slant-front
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English George II Desks
Materials
Mahogany
BAKER Georgian Walnut Bonnet Top Secretary Desk with Mirrored Blind Bookcase
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Charlotte, NC
features slant front locking drop-down desk lid with external book tray, pull out supports, interior
Category
Late 20th Century American Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 90.5 in W 39 in D 20 in
Antique American Empire Flame Mahogany Secretary Desk With Leaded Glass c1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
pediment over bookcase having double doors with leaded glass over lower with slant front desk and long
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Empire Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
H 87 in W 41 in D 22.5 in
Marble Topped End Table
Located in New York, NY
interior and three shelves
Slant front pull-out writing surface with pigeonholes, fitted compartments, and
Category
20th Century American End Tables
Materials
Marble
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
Category
20th Century Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
Kindel Winterthur Collection Mahogany Goddard Townsend Secretary Writing Desk
By Kindel Furniture
Located in Dayton, OH
scalloped slant front over three graduated dovetailed drawers with solid brass batwing hardware. The
Category
Late 20th Century Federal Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
H 42 in W 46 in D 26 in
Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Annville, PA
The Mahogany Secretary Desk from Niagara Furniture. This reproduction slant front writing desk has
Category
2010s Renaissance Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
H.E. SHAW Antique Early 20th Century Mahogany Georgian Secretary Desk
Located in Charlotte, NC
tapered twist front legs. Upper bookcase has two glass doors with fretwork that reveal two adjustable wood
Category
Early 20th Century American Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th C. Venetian Tall Secretary Cabinet with Beautiful Hand-Painted Finish
Located in Atlanta, GA
case) is found behind the slant-front door, which lays down to create a writing table, and reveals a
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
DREXEL HERITAGE Et Cetera Mediterranean Style Secretary Desk
By Drexel
Located in Charlotte, NC
. Lower is slant front, has drop down desk surface with pull out supports, dual doors revealing one
Category
Mid-20th Century American Other Secretaires
Materials
Oak
19th Century Queen Anne Lacquer Secretary Desk
Located in Naples, FL
secretary with a slant-fronted hinged fall concealing a hinged door flanked by three pigeon holes over three
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Queen Anne Furniture
Materials
Bronze
James Mont Cinnabar Lacquered Secretaire
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
bookcase above with two adjustable shelves and the cabinet below with slanted sides and slant front writing
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Antique English Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Charleston, SC
English Mahogany Secretary Bookcase with slant front desk and leather writing surface and fitted
Category
Early 20th Century British Bookcases
18th Century Secretary or Bureau Bookcase, England, circa 1730
Located in Alexandria, VA
Fine early George I bureau bookcase in nicely figured mahogany, having a moulded cornice above
Category
Antique 1730s Great Britain (UK) George I Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Wood
Fine Quality Irish George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, circa 1740-1750
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
; the base with a slanted front opening to a fitted interior over four long graduated drawers with
Category
Antique 1740s Irish George II Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Custom Julia Gray, Ltd. Cream & Gilt Slant Front Secretary Bookcase
By Julia Gray
Located in Geneva, IL
Striking slant-front secretary bookcase by Julia Gray, Ltd. Rich ivory-painted color inside and out
Category
1990s American Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Italian Painted Secretary Bookcase
Located in Miami, FL
a shaped cornice above a single cabinet door; the lower section with a slant front opening to an
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Paint, Wood
Exquisite "Chinese" Chippendale-Design Bureau Bookcase
Located in Atlanta, GA
brass fixtures on all 6 drawers and on the slanted bureau front, exhibiting brass work of the highest
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
A Magnificent George I Bureau Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
decorate the slant front which opens to a finely detailed interior which repeats the decorative motifs of
Category
English Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
A Stunning Inlaid Walnut Desk & Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
and opening to an arrangement of pigeon holes and folio slides. The lower section fitted with slant
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Bureau bookcase (cassettone-a-ribalta-con-alzata)
Located in New York, NY
This rococo slant-front secretary is in two parts, with a shaped rectangular top with an arched
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Fruitwood
Rhode Island Chippendale - Goddard School Secretary Bookcase
By Daniel Spencer
Located in Woodbury, CT
A cherrywood slant-front secretary on ogee bracket feet, with a complex blocked and fan carved
Category
Antique 1770s American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase (Secretaire)
Located in San Francisco, CA
swan neck pediment, centered by a shaped finial, above a pair of glazed doors, slant front enclosed
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
H 92.63 in W 44.25 in D 21.38 in
The Walton Hall Queen Anne Burl Walnut Secretary Bookcase, English, circa 1705
Located in New York, NY
eight drawers and having two pull-out candle slides; the center section having a slant front desk fitted
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Mercury Glass, Walnut, Burl
H 96.5 in W 43 in D 25 in
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Slant Front Bookcase For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal slant front bookcase for your home. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and metal, every slant front bookcase was constructed with great care. Find 203 options for an antique or vintage slant front bookcase now, or shop our selection of 2 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer slant front bookcase, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A slant front bookcase is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, Arts and Crafts and Baroque styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made slant front bookcase over the years, but those crafted by Baker Furniture Company, Poul Hundevad and Maitland Smith are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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The average selling price for a slant front bookcase at 1stDibs is $7,250, while they’re typically $575 on the low end and $245,000 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right storage-case-pieces for You
Of all the antique and vintage case pieces and storage cabinets 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 storage 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. Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard made of colored glass and metals, 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.
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