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Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier secretaire in walnut, root wood and ebony with fall-front writing surface; interior
Category
19th Century Austrian Used Secretaires
Materials
Ebony, Walnut
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Bureau Secretaire, Biedermeier. Walnut, birdseye, rootwood, intarsia, secret compartments.
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire with fall front writing surface, interior drawers and hidden compartments.
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Materials
Ebony, Walnut
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier secretaire made of walnut, root wood and ebony with a fall front writing surface
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire- Dark walnut with fall front writing surface, interior drawers, secret
Category
19th Century French Used Secretaires
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier secretaire made of walnut, rootwood and ebonized wood. It has a fall front writing
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire made of walnut, root wood and ebonized wood with fall-front writing surface
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire made of walnut, root wood and ebony with a fall front writing surface
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Materials
Ebony
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire made of walnut, mahogany, ebony, intarsia. There are 2 doors, 2 drawers, 2
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire made of walnut and rootwood with brass hardware. Fall front writing surface
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier secretaire made of walnut and cherry with fall front writing surface, nine interior
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
Empire Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Empire Secretaire made of walnut and root wood with brass capitals and hardware. Three exterior
Category
19th Century Austrian Used Secretaires
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
A strong, elegant piece to keep you perfectly organized! Crafted of hand-hewn fir and ash and veneered with thick hand-cut ash veneers, this chest offers storage for everything. A lo...
Category
1850s Swedish Biedermeier Used Secretaires
Materials
Ash
Empire Secretaire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful classic piece.
Category
19th Century French Used Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Secretaire Cupboard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Swedish 19th Century painted secretaire cupboard in the Gustavian style.
This cupboard dates
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Used Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
English Inlaid Secretaire
Located in Wilson, NC
This secretaire is inlaid throughout with boxwood line inlay with two satinwood fans in the broken
Category
1790s English Used Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Biedermeier Revival Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Revival Secretaire made of blond burl with ebonized columns. Upper section with
Category
Early 20th Century Used Secretaires
English Hepplewhite Secretaire
Located in Wilson, NC
The top of this English Hepplewhite secretaire has two drawer fronts that drop down to reveal the
Category
Early 1800s English Used Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Russian Empire Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Russian Empire Secretaire made of solid birch blond-wood and veneer. Elegant and compact design
Category
19th Century Russian Used Secretaires
Art Deco Secrétaire
Located in New York, NY
A practical desk which leaves no aesthetic compromise with its lovely bookmatched mahogany veneer adorning both the inside and outside of the case. Internal drawers are adorned with ...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Used Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Grande Biedermeier Secrétaire
Located in New York, NY
A perfect example of the wealthy, elegant Biedermeier period, this impressive, secretary is veneered in flame mahogany and birch intarsia, with bone escutcheons, secret compartments,...
Category
1810s Scandinavian Biedermeier Used Secretaires
Birch Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
Constructed of solid birch and fir and veneered with hand-cut Nordic birch veneers, the secretary features an upper locking drawer which rests upon a fitted desk area hiding behind a...
Category
19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Used Secretaires
Materials
Birch, Fir
Dutch Bureau/Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Dutch Bureau/Desk polychrome painted with elaborate scrolls, dutch harbor and country scenes. Fall front writing surface with interior drawers and compartments above three large draw...
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Biedermeier Tabernacle/ Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Tabernacle - walnut veneer and marquetry decorated in typical "Vienna Set-top Style". Fall front writing surface and 3 drawers in lower section. Eight drawers and a cen...
Category
19th Century Austrian Used Secretaires
Baroque Tabernacle / Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Baroque Tabernacle made of walnut, maple, plum and ebonized wood in very rare "S-design" Maria Theresia style. Lower section with fall front writing surface and 3 drawers. Upper se...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Austrian Used Secretaires
Italian 19th Century Secretaire
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Wonderful Painted Secretaire, this piece is very rafraishing.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Used Secretaires
Materials
Wood
paved "urn" secrétaire
Located in Firenze, IT
Bellissimo secretaire "a urna" lastronato in legno di palissandro con filetti in legno di frutto
Category
18th Century Used Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood
French 19th Century Secretaire
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This Louis-Philippe Secretaire Desk is made of blond flamed mahogany with a Sainte-Anne marble top
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Used Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Italian Secretaire, circa 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian secretaire circa 1930s, featuring beautiful walnut and maple inlaid.
Category
1930s Italian Used Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Wood, Maple
Antique Burr Walnut Biedermeier Secretaire Desk Drop Front Secretaire Drawers
By Biedermeier
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this super quality, antique Swedish Biedermeier Secretaire desk
Category
1880s Swedish Victorian Used Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
H 54.34 in W 48.63 in D 18.9 in
English Regency Rosewood Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
English Regency rosewood secretaire cabinet with two upper shelves supported by a lyre form over a
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Used Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Italian 17th Century Secretaire
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning 17th century Secretaire from Bologna, Italy. Wonderfully constructed from beautiful
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Used Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Desk, Secretaire, Moorish Inlays
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Desk - Secretaire - Moorish inlays
Origin and marquetry of Morocco
Circa 1930. very good
Category
1930s Moroccan Moorish Used Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Russian Neoclassic Mahogany Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
Russian Neoclassic (Late 18th/ Early 19th Century) ormolu mounted ebonized and mahogany secretaire
Category
Early 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Used Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Art Nouveau Secretaire Cherrywood
Located in Darmstadt, DE
A beautiful Secretaire made of solid cherrywood, from the time of Art Nouveau, circa 1900.
The
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Used Secretaires
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Pine, Cherry
19th Century Venetian Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
A painted Venetian secretaire with shelves and drawers on bottom portion of body.
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Blue Painted Swedish Secretaire
Located in Washington, DC
A blue painted Swedish Drop Front Secretaire with decorative painting inside the doors.
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Used Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
Biedermeier Secretaire Napolean Style
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire Napolean Style with fall front writing surface, interior drawers and secret
Category
19th Century Used Secretaires
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Victorian Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian (2nd Quarter 19th Century) plum-pudding mahogany secretaire-bookcase with arched
Category
19th Century American Victorian Used Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
Biedermeier Secretaire in Walnut
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire in walnut and walnut burl with inlaid lemonwood and mahogany marquetry. Roll
Category
18th Century and Earlier Austrian Used Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Export Secretaire Chest
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Tall Chinese secretaire chest, similar to a campaign chest.
With a wonderful drop front, this
Category
19th Century English Country Used Secretaires
Materials
Wood
1940s Osvaldo Borsani Secretaire
Located in Hanover, MA
secretaire o scrittoio a ribalta con faccia nel cassetti in decoro grissinato grissinatura grissinata
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Goatskin
Biedermeier secretaire, circa 1830
Located in London, GB
A Biedermeier secre´taire a` abattant of unusual tapered form, goncalo alves with ebonized, inlaid and pewter decoration, and an enclosed fitted interior, Russian/Baltic, circa 1830.
Category
1820s Baltic Biedermeier Used Secretaires
Materials
Pewter
English 19th Century Mahogany Secrétaire
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A mahogany secrétaire made in England circa 1890. This secrétaire is topped with a broken pediment
Category
19th Century English Other Used Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century English Chippendale Secretaire
Located in Chicago, IL
secretaire, an embodiment of Georgian Chippendale-style craftsmanship. Elegantly merging form and function
Category
18th Century English Chippendale Used Secretaires
Materials
Brass
French Empire Secrétaire á Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A handsome 19th century Empire secrétaire à abattant made of rich bookmatched and figured walnut
Category
19th Century French Empire Used Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
Louis XVI Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very good example of a late 18th century Louis XVI Secretaire a Abattant. The secretaire
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Used Secretaires
Materials
Brass
20th Century Biedermeier Style Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Biedermeier style secretaire
Delicate secretaire in Biedermeier style. Tulip veneer
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Used Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Pine
Louis XV Secretaire, France 1770
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite secretaire de dame, France 18th century, beautiful kingwood veneer on front, sides, top
Category
1770s French Louis XV Used Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century Georgian Mahogany Secretaire
Located in Richmond, Surrey
19th Century Georgian Mahogany Secretaire has a fitted desk drawer over three long drawers with
Category
19th Century English Georgian Used Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Chinoiserie Gilt Lacquer Table Secretaire
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming tabletop secretaire is decorated in gold and black in the Chinoiserie style. The
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Used Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Dutch 19th Century Oak Secretaire
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch 19th century oak secretaire
A Dutch 19th century oak secretaire and a wooden balcony
Category
19th Century Dutch Used Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Mahogany Two-Door Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Cheshire, GB
Victorian mahogany secretaire - bookcase, the ogee cornice above a pair of arched glazed doors
Category
19th Century English Victorian Used Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Dutch 19th Century Oak Secretaire
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch 19th Century oak secretaire
A Dutch 19th century oak secretaire on claw legs and a
Category
19th Century Dutch Used Secretaires
Materials
Oak
19th-Century Walnut Secretaire Abattant
Located in New York, NY
A 19th-century secrétaire abattant of exceptional quality. This beautiful piece consists of a
Category
19th Century French Charles X Used Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Baroque Walnut Secretaire, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Italian secretaire standing on bracket feet with four drawers and trapezoidal top with an inclined
Category
18th Century European Baroque Used Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Biedermeier Style Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
Delicate secretaire in Biedermeier style.
Maple roots on solid pinewood. Natrual leather covered
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Used Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Wood, Maple
20th Century Biedermeier Style Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
Delicate secretaire in Biedermeier style.
Maple root on solid pinewood. Interior, blackened full
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Used Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Maple, Pine
18th Century Swedish Baroque Secretaire
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century Swedish late Baroque secretaire in original gorgeous blue/green patinated color with
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Used Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Biedermeier Style Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
Delicate secretaire in Biedermeier style.
tulip veneer on solid pinewood, natural leather covered
Category
20th Century Used Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
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Used Secretaires For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of used secretaires available for sale. Each of these unique used secretaires was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and mahogany. Used secretaires have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of used secretaires to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Mid-Century Modern, Georgian and Scandinavian Modern used secretaires are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made used secretaires over the years, but those made by Cees Braakman, Børge Mogensen and UMS Pastoe are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Used Secretaires?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $5,830, while they’re typically $1 on the low end and $15,675,000 highest priced.
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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