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Secretaires For Sale
Swedish Two-Piece Teak Cabinet or Secretary Desk by Børge Mogensen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This Swedish two-piece teak cabinet, designed by Børge Mogensen and manufactured by Karl Andersson in the 1960s, is a stunning piece of furniture. The top compartment features a drop...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Georgian Style Red & Gold Chinoiserie Decorated Burton-Ching Secretary Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Georgian Style Red & Gold Chinoiserie Decorated Burton-Ching Secretary Desk.
Category
2010s Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Early 19th c. French Empire Flame Mahogany Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Early 19th c. French Empire Flame Mahogany Drop Front Secretary Desk. Gray black marble top. Bronze hardware. Unfortunately at this time we do not have keys but we are continuing to ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Burton-Ching 18th C Style Georgian Chinoiserie Secretary Bookcase Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Burton-Ching 18th C Style Georgian Chinoiserie Secretary Bookcase Desk.
Category
2010s American Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Lacquer, Giltwood
Antique Victorian Quartersawn Oak Side by Side Secretary Desk Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian side by side secretary desk and curio bookcase. Made of quartersawn oak featuring Art Nouveau styling with carved floral ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Oak
Early 19th C Style George III Burl Walnut Secretary Desk Bookcase
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Early 19th C Style George III Burl Walnut Secretary Desk Bookcase.
Category
2010s American George III Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
George II Style Black & Gold Lacquer Chinoiserie Secretary Desk Bookcase
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
George II Style Black & Gold Lacquer Chinoiserie Secretary Desk Bookcase.
Category
2010s American Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer
Restored Art Deco Secretary Sideboard, Macassar, Maple, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
This exceptional piece of furniture is a perfect example of Czech Functionalism in all its glory.
The secretary includes two integrated nesting tables, which are fitted with black a...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood, Lacquer, Ebony, Maple
Banks Coldstone Mahogany Secretary Bookcase Curio Cabinet Desk Hutch 79"
By Banks, Coldstone Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
A very impressive vintage Banks Coldstone Co mahogany secretaire / secretary / bookcase / curio cabinet / hutch / desk. Made of mahogany featuring English Georgian styling with uppe...
Category
Late 20th Century Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
18th C Style George I Red Chinoiserie Decorated Secretary Desk by Burton-Ching
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
18th C Style George I Red Chinoiserie Decorated Secretary Desk by Burton-Ching.
Category
2010s American Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Burton-Ching Georgian Black & Gold Chinoiserie Secretary Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Burton-Ching Georgian Black & Gold Chinoiserie Secretary Desk
Category
2010s American Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Dorothy Draper Lacquered Viennese Secretary Desk for Henredon, circa 1963
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Everyone can have a taste of iconic Dorothy Draper Hollywood Regency style with this perfectly sized and oh so elegant Viennese Collection Secretaries Desk Breakfront. Regal. Whimsic...
Category
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Brass
Queen Anne Style Burton-Ching Black Chinoiserie Secretary Desk Bookcase
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Queen Anne Style Burton-Ching Black Chinoiserie Secretary Desk Bookcase
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Red Queen Anne Style Burton-Ching Chinoiserie Secretary Desk Bookcase
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Red Queen Anne Style Burton-Ching Chinoiserie Secretary Desk Bookcase.
Category
2010s American Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Secretary Chest In The Style Of Michael Allison for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
For Restoration: A handsome Antique Chest with pull-out desk having drawers with original brass knobs oval brass drawer pulls and cubbies. The case with highly figured Mahogany with ...
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Rare and Diminutive British Military Campaign Secretary with Leather Top Fall
Located in Austin, TX
A fine British military officer’s Campaign secretary or secretaire from the early 19th century Georgian Era, of a desirably rare and diminutive scale, fashioned as a chest of drawers...
Category
Early 19th Century English Campaign Antique Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Brass
Adams Style Mahogany Half Cylinder Secretary Writing Desk Hutch Curio 92"
Located in Dayton, OH
A very large and impressive vintage Adams style half cylinder secretary desk / hutch featuring a mahogany finish with upper bookcase curio cabinet with fretwork doors supported by a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Adam Style Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Tall Cabinet in Solid Patinated Pine Designed by Martin Nyrop for Rud Rasmussen
Located in Lejre, DK
Tall cabinet with glass doors in patinated solid pine. Designed by MAA. Martin Nyrop as interior for Copenhagen town hall in 1905. Made ...
Category
Early 1900s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine, Glass
Swedish Pine Secretary, Circa 1820-40
Located in Round Top, TX
It is the warm patina of the aged pine that draws one to this secretary with graceful Swedish country charm.
Desktop rests on two extended arms. Desk opens reveals 8 small drawers an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Antique American Federal Flame Mahogany Secretary Writing Desk Gothic Bookcase
Located in Dayton, OH
A fine and impressive antique early 19th century Federal Period flame Mahogany secretary and bookcase. The bookcase features an eighteen pane Gothic arched cabinet...
Category
Early 19th Century Federal Antique Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Tessellated Black Marble Brass Inlay Secretary Desk by Maitland Smith
Located in Houston, TX
Maitland Smith 20th Century tessellated black marble Secretary. This phenomenal and monumental cabinet is enrobed in polished black marble with ...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Secretaires
Materials
Malachite, Brass
Blue Painted Oak Secretary, Sweden circa 1770-1800
Located in Round Top, TX
This oak secretary is a striking statement piece with panel doors and serpentine front to the lower three drawers.
The entire secretary has been given a professional custom layered blue painted finish which has been gently distressed to reveal the original oak underneath, adding both dimension and character to this bureau.
Please examine the photos to appreciate the beauty and texture of the lovely finish.
The middle section (with contrasting dark gray painted interior) is the traditional desk which includes a multitude of petite drawers...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Swedish Gustavian Secratery Hutch
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is an Incredible and Very RARE Swedish Gustavian Secratery Hutch. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
its 2 piece, upper and lower. when the des...
Category
1810s Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
EXQUISITE EARLY GEORGIAN CIRCA 1760 WRITING BUREAU DESK WiTH GREEN LEATHER TOP
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original English circa 1760 Oak writing bureau with green leather writing surface
Please not...
Category
1760s English Georgian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Oak
18th Century Black Swedish Gustavian One Part Pine Bureau - Antique Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A black, antique Swedish Gustavian one part bureau, secretaire made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian writing table, desk is composed with a writi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Genuine Swedish Escritoire, Original Faux Paint Country Secretary Desk
Located in Kramfors, SE
Genuine antique Swedish escritoire from the early 1800s. This escritoire, or secretary desk, is a genuine country furniture from northern Sweden made around 1820 to 1840. Made by han...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
19th Century Empire / Biedermeier Walnut Secretaire
Located in Darmstadt, DE
A beautiful small secretary made of walnut veneer and solid walnut from the Biedermeier / Empire period at the beginning of the 19th century. The secretary is covered on the outside ...
Category
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Modernist Roller blind cabinet, 1930s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Roller blind cabinet made in the 1930s in the former Czechoslovakia. The cabinet has a rolling opening mechanism. It is suitable for the office, as well as for your apartment to stor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Beech, Plywood
Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Walnut Figural Carved Writing Desk 52"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Neo-Renaissance Revival writing desk. Made of walnut featuring Neoclassical styling with high relief figural carvings of cher...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
French Country Blue Painted Secretary
Located in Westwood, NJ
Antiqued blue painted secretary bookcase with an unusual folding writing surface that can convert to a table. It features a beautiful molded bonnet at the top. The upper cabinet has ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Country Secretaires
Materials
Wood
20th Century French Style Chinoiserie 2-piece Secretary/Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
20th Century French Style Chinoiserie 2-piece Secretary/Cabinet
Single glass door upper display cabinet
3 drawer bombe form base & secretary
Beautifully hand painted
32"W x 1...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Italian Handpainted Secretary / Desk in Chinoiserie Design
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian handpainted secretary / desk in chinoiserie design, top features molded shape cornice with two doors revealing three shelves and two small ...
Category
20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Wool
Roller blind cabinet by Interier Paraha, 1950s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Roller blind cabinet made in the 1950s in the former Czechoslovakia. More precisely, in 1955 by the furniture company Interiér Praha. It is made of beech wood and plywood. The cabine...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Beech, Plywood
19th Century Louis XVI Style French Secretaire with Black Marble Top
Located in Houston, TX
In the lavish world of 19th-century French design, the Louis XVI Style Secretaire with a Black Marble Top stands as a masterpiece of sophistication and functionality. Adorned with th...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Two Part Oak Secretary with Brass Hardware
Located in Middleburg, VA
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Two Part Oak Secretary with Brass Hardware. This piece stands tall at just over 6 feet and will be a beautiful antique addition to your home. Mad...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Kindel Winterthur Collection Mahogany Goddard Townsend Secretary Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Kindel Winterthur Collection Mahogany Goddard Townsend Blockfront Secretary Writing Desk. Made from mahogany with a high sheen finish. This exception ...
Category
Late 20th Century Federal Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Ebonized Antique Louis XVI Secretary
Located in Austin, TX
Secretary, drop front desk, from France, of Mahogany in the Louis XVI style. This cabinet is finished in a lustrous museum quality ebonized French polish. There are two lower doors w...
Category
1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
Cees Braakman CB07 Secretaire in Birch red / blue plywood for Pastoe Netherlands
By Cees Braakman, Pastoe
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stylish Secretaire Model CB07 designed by Cees Braakman and manufactured by Pastoe in the 1950s, the Netherlands. This Secretaire was part of the 'Birch Series' of Pastoe and inspire...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Birch
Italian Midcentury Secretary - Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High lacquered secretary - cabinet
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Refined Pander Cabinet
Located in Dronten, NL
Beautiful cabinet made by Pander & Zonen, renown Dutch manufacturer of high-end furniture in the first half of the 20th Century. Pander worked with important interior architects and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Ash
Early French Art Deco Secretaire Desk with Marquetry and Inlays
Located in Ulm, DE
Secretary
Wooden body, hand-polished shellac
probably stained ash
elaborate inlays and marquetry
freshly mirrored inside
Early Art Déco, France around 1925
Dimensions:
Width: 70 c...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
20th-Century Mahogany & Pine Wood Vennered With Mahogany Ladies' Secretary Desk
Located in Opole, PL
20th-Century Mahogany & Pine Wood Vennered With Mahogany Ladies' Secretary Desk
A ladies' secretary desk from the early 20th century constructed of mahogany wood and pine wood venee...
Category
Early 20th Century European Secretaires
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany, Pine
Swedish Rocco Style Secratery Hutch
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Rocco Style Secratery Hutch . its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Category
1970s Swedish Rococo Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Stunning Poul Hundevad Rosewood Secretary Cabinet , Denmark
Located in Buffalo, NY
Danish modern, two piece, book matched rosewood, bookcase secretary cabinet by Poul Hundevad ... Birch wood interior,,, features a 26 inch height bottom cabinet with sliding doors, a...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Birch, Rosewood
Edwardian Walnut Secretary with Hand Painted Motifs
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a lovely Edwardian walnut Secretary, the top having two glazed doors within Gothic mullions. The bottom section with a slant drop front, contains a hand painted center medal...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
19th C. Drop Front Desk, Secretary Abattant, with Multiple Wood Marquetry Inlay
Located in Madrid, ES
This handsome Carlos IV style "secretaire-abattant" or drop front desk combines functionality with ample storage space. Top, front and sides feature detailed marquetry inlay in geome...
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood, Kingwood, Mahogany
Small Georgian Mahogany Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Good Quality 18th Century, Georgian Mahogany Bureau, Of Rare Diminutive Proportions, Retaining Exceptional Untouched Colour And Patina Throughout, The Sloping Fall Front...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Oak Secretary Bureau With Painted Finish from Sweden circa 1760-1800
Located in Round Top, TX
This oak secretary or "bureau" reflects the grace and class of Swedish styling from the early 1800's.
The dramatic serpentine drawers and carved outer panel of the drop down desk add a romantic touch, accented by brass pulls and key escutcheon.
The traditional interior with 12 unique, small drawers and central “cubbie” with two petite drawers offers perfect space to organize.
Under the desk top is three standard large size drawers and upper narrow drawer, each has two brass pulls used to open drawer.
It was later professionally painted with an exceptional layered salmon/desert pink...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style French Scriban Chest
Located in Austin, TX
Scriban or secretary chest in the Louis XVI style from France. This piece is made of mahogany that has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish. There are two doors t...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Oak Secretary Bureau, Denmark circa 1800-40
Located in Round Top, TX
This oak secretary reflects the refined grace and style of early 1800's Denmark. The fluted carving along the mid-section and half columns at sides adds a decorative touch to the dro...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Country Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th century Georgian secretary in hand painted blue wedge wood swirl finish
Located in Charleston, SC
Wonderful 18th century Georgian mahogany secretary with hand painted wedgewood swirl finish by “The Fabulous Things”. This piece is a statement piece that will elevate any room. The ...
Category
18th Century English Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mid century Vintage small TV cabinet by František Jirák, 1960´s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid century Vintage small cabinet or TV table from the 1960´s. It was designed by František Jirák and was manufactured by Tatra nábytok company in the former Czechoslovakia. Walnut v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Plywood
French 18th Century Louis XV Bombe` Secretaire with Secret Door
Located in New Orleans, LA
French 18th century Louis XV Bombe` heavily veneered secretaire, with glass doors at top, and secret door with checkerboard floor in small compartment, with mirrored walls to give th...
Category
18th Century French Antique Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood
Black Painted Rococo Secretary from Denmark circa 1760-1800
Located in Round Top, TX
This pine rococo secretary reflects the grace and class of Swedish styling in the early 1800's.
The dramatic serpentine drawers with curvaceous front and carved skirt resting on cabr...
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wrought Iron
Johannes Sorth Secretary Bookcase Desk
Located in Southampton, NJ
Danish Modern Brazilian Rosewood secretary desk by Johannes Sorth number 331 32.
Multifunctional having three adjustable bookshelves to the tapered top with pull out pocket desk & t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Slant Front Pine Chest Paint Decorated In White And Green
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The chest in white paint with two short over two long drawers with baroque style bales and escutcheons (lacking a key). The slant front opens to an emerald green painted interior wit...
Category
20th Century Country Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Pair Of George III Style Mahogany Secretary Bookcases
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A superb Pair of Secretary Bookcases having side shelving, inlaid doors, pull-out desk, drawers, ring pulls, handsome geometric glass doors and em...
Category
19th Century European George III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Glass, Mahogany
Yellow Painted Oak Secretary, Denmark circa 1760-80
Located in Round Top, TX
This oak secretary reflects the grace and class of European styling in the early 1800's with four serpentine drawers and curved skirt.
The traditional interior with 12 small drawers ...
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Paint
Antique, New and Vintage Secretaires
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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