Swedish Drop Desk
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Antique 1860s Swedish Gustavian Desks
Wood
Antique 1870s Swedish Gustavian Desks
Wood
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Beech, Teak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Mahogany
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Pine
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Antique 1840s Swedish Karl Johan Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Desks
Pine, Paint
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Vintage 1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Antique Mid-19th Century European Gustavian Desks
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Desks and Writing Tables
Copper, Nickel
Antique 1790s Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Steel
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Buffets
Pine
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Secretaires
Birch
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Brass
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Birch, Oak
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Side Chairs
Leather
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Brass
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Pine
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Oak, Teak
Antique 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Center Tables
Birch
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Cabinets
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Cabinets
Paint, Wood
Antique 19th Century Swedish Desks
Wood
Early 20th Century Swedish Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Desks
Wood
Vintage 1950s Swedish Secretaires
Wood
Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Secretaires
Mahogany
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Secretaires
Brass
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Baroque Secretaires
Wood
Antique 19th Century Swedish Louis XVI Desks
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Teak
Antique 1860s Swedish Gustavian Desks
Pine
Antique 1860s Swedish Gustavian Desks
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Antique 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Desks
Paint, Wood
Antique 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Desks
Wood
Antique 19th Century Swedish Desks
Swedish Desks
Teak
Vintage 1940s Swedish Desks
Vintage 1940s Swedish Desks
20th Century Swedish Karl Johan Desks
Paint, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Pine
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Paint, Pine
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
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How Much is a Swedish Drop Desk?
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023A drop-front desk is usually called a secretary. Other names for this type of desk include writing cabinet, fall-front desk and secrétaire à abattant. The name secretary can be traced back to the 18th century when estate secretaries used the drop-front desks as workstations for paying bills and reconciling accounts. On 1stDibs, find a range of secretary desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. 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, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.
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