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Secretaires For Sale
Late 18th Century French Painted Petite Provençal Bureau
Located in Wichita, KS
A charming petite French Provençal bureau from the late 18th century. The slant front opens to reveal four drawers with a center pigeon hole and an upper shelf behind the desk surfac...
Category
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th c. Swedish Early Gustavian Secretary with Library
Located in Wichita, KS
A Swedish early Gustavian period secretary with library from the 18th century with shaped cornice, scalped apron, and original bronze hardware. The upp...
Category
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Mahogany Secretary with Flip Down Desk and Storage
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Vintage wood tall secretary having pretty flat front with carved wood decoration and urn shape in the center. Lovely grain and particularly narrow depth. Turned legs have a lower tie...
Category
1940s American Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish 1870s Birchwood Butler's Desk with Drop Front and Three Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish birchwood butler's desk circa 1870 with drop front desk and three lower drawers. Experience the fusion of style and functionality with this Swedish birchwood butler's desk,...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Fine 19th Century English Chinoiserie and Red Lacquered Slant Front Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine and elaborated 19th century Chinoiserie red lacquered slant front secretary. Hand painted and raised decoration. The interior with pigeon holes and drawers and a writing ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century Pair of Italian Louis XV Walnut Cabinet Secretaires Trumeau 1750s
Located in Roma, RM
Very rare pair of Trumeau Italians, coming from the city of Verona, Louis XV era, they are a frontal and not a right and left pair, sometimes the noble...
Category
18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
Louis XVI Rolltop Desk, France 1780, Mahogany
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI Rolltop or cylinder desk, France, 1780. This original Louis XVI cylinder desk has an elegant mahogany veneer with satinwood inlays. I...
Category
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Prewar Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Opole, PL
Prewar Biedermeier mahogany secretary desk
We present you a mahogany secretary desk, circa before 1939, stylized as Biedermeier.
This piece of furniture is composed of three drawers in the lower section and a sliding panel, which is covered by a cylindrical board. There are three compartments flush with the panel. The middle compartment has a liftable lid, whereas the two side ones can be closed with a sliding board...
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Danish Modern Teak Secretary Desk with Hutch
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid-Century Modern secretary desk in teak circa 1960s, Denmark. Equipped with three deep storage drawers accented with sculpted wood handles. Features a slide out work desktop and in...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
18th Century Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 18th century English painted oak bureau with fitted interior. 1790.
Height to desk is 34".
Reference: 7880
Dimensions
41.5 inches (105 cms) Wide
20.5 inches (52 cms) ...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 18th century English painted oak bureau with fitted interior. 1790.
Height to desk is 29".
Reference: 7878
Dimensions
37.5 inches (95 cms) Wide
21 inches (53 cms) Dee...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat with Ormolu Mounts French Flat Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine large sized flat desk otherwise referred to as a "Bureau de Ministre", Bureau Plat or Ministers Flat Desk. Extremely finely chiseled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Antique Spanish Renaissance Revival Vargueno Secretary Desk on Stand
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Spanish Renaissance Revival Vargueno Secretary Desk on Stand.
Category
19th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 18th C English painted oak bureau with fitted interior. 1790.
Height to desk is 30".
Reference: 7874
Dimensions
42 inches (107 cms) Wide
21.5 inches (55 cms) Deep
41...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Wall Decoration Old House with Staircase, 1974
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice and unseal handmade wall decoration. Brass and Metal. Old house with staircases
comes with a Bronze little boy figurine. Lots off patine. Signed Hirsch 1974.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Metal
Biedermeier Roll-Top Secretaire, Central Germany, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
A Biedermeier roll-top secretaire with two drawers at the bottom and three drawers at the top. The secretaire stands on high square pointed feet. The pilaster strips and the fronts o...
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
French Bureau Plat Around 1900
Located in Heiligenberg, DE
Splendid Bureau Plat veneered with rosewood and decorated with bronze applications, France 19th century. Bureau Plat is in restored condition with shellac polished surface.
This ...
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood
Biedermeier Secretary, Northern Europe, circa 1860
Located in Chorzów, PL
Biedermeier secretary, Northern Europe, circa 1860.
Very good condition, after professional renovation, a piece of furniture finished in polish.
Wood: mahogany
dimensions: h...
Category
1860s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
German Baroque Secretary with Mirror and Silver Plated Fittings from 1730/35
Located in Heiligenberg, DE
Two-piece baroque secretary with mirrored doors, exceptional original silvered fittings with numerous princely crowns, walnut saw veneer on softwood, Thuringia circa 1730/35. This secretary comes from princely property, was made in very high craftsmanship and is in an impeccably restored condition.
In addition to the mirrored glass, the elaborate front of the top is adorned with three pilasters, the shaft of which is framed by double fillet bands and features a walnut field in the center. The profiled bases are cast in silver-plated brass. The three capitals are elaborate silvered castings with leaves and volutes. Under the doors, two delicate shelves with walnut fronts can be pulled out on fine silver-plated knobs. The knobs are the same model as the small drawers in the single-door. Pulling out the shelves reveals a framed area of oak. The framing is multi-profiled, very finely worked and mitered. The trays were probably intended for candlesticks. The light from the candles is clearly enhanced by the mirrors. At that time, this effect was also used for wall blinds.
The carcass sides of the entire piece of furniture are identical in design. The base shows mirrored fields with a cross-veneered framing. In the case of the top, the field is mirrored four times in the form of a cross joint and is also bordered by a cross-veneered framing. On both sides of the base and the top are strong, silver-plated handles, with a splendidly designed base plate of chased, silver-plated brass sheet. Here again we encounter the princely crown. On the original back panel is a handwritten note in chalk: "Salon der Durchl. Fürstin von der Lippe...
Category
1730s German Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Oak Secretary, Northern Europe, Around 1820
Located in Chorzów, PL
Oak secretary, Northern Europe, around 1820!
Very good condition, after professional renovation.
Wood: oak
Dimensions: height: 200 cm, width: ...
Category
1820s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Italian 1820s Walnut and Maple Slant Front Desk with Floral Marquetry
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian walnut and maple slant front desk, circa 1820 with marquetry décor and three graduating drawers. Immerse yourself in the elegance of ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Warsaw Flame Mahogany English Georgian Butlers Secretary Desk Bookcase
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Warsaw Furniture Mfg Co Federal or Georgian stepback butlers secretary desk and bookcase. Made of flamed mahogany with upper bookcase cabinet ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Stunning 1900s Burr & Burl Walnut Drop Front Bureau Desk Lovely Timber Patina
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1900 Burr & Burl Walnut drop front bureau
A good looking and well-made piece, you don't come across many in Burr walnut, it i...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Rococo Style Secretary Hutch
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Rococo Style Secretary Hutch. Its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster Grey"
Desk Height 27 inches
Open 33.5
Category
1970s Swedish Rococo Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pennsylvania House Slant Front 4-Drawer Cherry Secretary Desk with Lock
Located in Germantown, MD
Pennsylvania House Slant Front Cherry Secretary Desk with Lock. Features four fully functional drawers with dovetail construction and Chippendale...
Category
Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Biedermeier Secretary, Northern Europe, circa 1850
Located in Chorzów, PL
Biedermeier secretary, Northern Europe, circa 1850.
Very good condition.
Wood: mahogany
dimensions: height 205 cm width 109 cm depth 59 cm.
Category
1850s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Scandinavian Birch Empire Bureau Secretary with Bookcase, c. 1820
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Scandinavian Empire/Biedermeier secretary in beautiful birch wood with mahogany interior, Denmark, circa 1820. The highly sculptural form makes this piece an outstanding ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Birch
Swedish Rococo Secretary Hutch
Located in Hollywood, FL
Desk 32 inches high, 43 inches open
Upper cabinet 12 inches deep, bottom 25 inches deep.
Category
1780s Swedish Rococo Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
George IV Mahogany Secretary Bookcase with Brass Inlay and Ormolu Mounts England
Located in Atlanta, GA
George IV Mahogany Secretary Bookcase with Brass Inlay and Ormolu Mounts, England, circa 1830.
Category
Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Swedish Gray Painted Secretary Bureau, circa 1800
Located in Round Top, TX
This oak secretary reflects the grace and class of Swedish styling in the early 1800's with three large serpentine drawers and curved skirt.
The traditional interior with 8 small dr...
Category
19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Paint
CRAFTIQUE Solid Mahogany Chippendale Secretary Desk w/ Bookcase
Located in Charlotte, NC
A stunning secretary desk with bookcase by top-quality furniture maker Craftique, in the style of early American John Hancock desks. Made in Mebane, North Carolina, USA, in the late ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Vintage Secretary Cabinet Teak 1960s Danish
Located in GRONINGEN, NL
Vintage Secretary cabinet teak 1960s Danish
Period 1960s
Designs unknown, Denmark
Conditions excellent light signs of use
Size 139 x 93...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Teak
Harrods Kennedy Burr Yew Wood Green Leather Secrataire Desk Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand made in England Harrods Kennedy Military Campaign, Secrataire desk with drawers
A very good looking well made and decorative pi...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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 and inlaid star motifs. Imbued with a refined elegance, this Swedish 19th Century bi...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Swedish 19th Century Painted Pine Escritoire Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish 19th century painted pine escritoire writing desk circa 1870.
We are pleased to offer this rustic escritoire, made from solid pine and hand painted on the outside using a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Georgian Mahogany Blind Door Bookcase Secretary
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice early Georgian Mahogany blind door bookcase secretary desk 1740-50. This is a great looking piece that retains an old and possibly original surface with a great mellow co...
Category
1740s English George II Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Pine Roll Top Desk Bureau from Sweden circa 1840
Located in Round Top, TX
Lovely pine roll top desk or bureau from Sweden from the 1800's.
The age of this secretary is revealed in the warmth of the deep patina in the pine which only happens through genera...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Vintage Danish Midcentury Teak Secretary Desk Attributed to Johannes Andersen
Located in San Marcos, CA
Here is terrific and rare Scandinavian Modern secretary desk in teak wood reminiscent of Johannes Andersen's design.
This special piece, recently imported from Europe to Copenhagen before its refinishing, features a vibrant wood grain, a drop down door turning into a writing desk revealing storage cubbies and small drawers, four large dove tail built drawers and a sculptural contrasting oak floating...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Pair of Black Lacquered Midcentury Secretaires by Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in London, GB
A pair of Italian midcentury Neo-Classical black lacquered secretaires by Paolo Buffa. Each with three drawers and a fall front desk compartment, with writing desk and fitted interio...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Beech
Antique Biedermeier Table, Secretaire, 19th Century
Located in Kerepes, HU
We present to you this special small secretaire table in Biedermeier style.
This piece of furniture is richly decorated with fine marquetry.
With its elegant silhouette and beautif...
Category
19th Century European Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Swedish 1856 Two-part Painted Secretary with Four Doors and Slant Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Swedish 19th century two-part painted wood secretary circa 1856 with slant front desk, four doors and bracket feet. of Scandinavian taste for light palettes. Enrich your space with a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique Biedermeier Secretary, 20th Century
Located in Kerepes, HU
We present to you this special piece of furniture in the Biedermeier style.
The presented piece is appropriate for its age is in condition.
Materials and techniques:
Wood walnut v...
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Mid-20th Century European Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century Walnut Spanish Secretaire
Located in Charlotte, NC
An antique Spanish style secretaire desk, unbranded. Solid walnut with iron hardware. Upper is the drop down desk surface door with decorative iron hinges, slide bolts and working hi...
Category
19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Secretaires
Materials
Iron
Secretary Cabinet, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This cabinet dates from circa 1920, produced in Germany. With 12 drawers and a door with a shelf behind it in the lower part. In the upper part a display case and a flap. The cabinet...
Category
1920s German Industrial Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine, Plywood
Portuguese Antique Desk Sec XVIII
Located in Castelo da Maia, PT
D. José paper chest, 18th century, in rosewood wood.
Corrugated box on the front, with two drawers and three large drawers of increasing size, framed and flanked by two projecting p...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI, Secretary Marquetery, Slant front Desc
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI, Secretary Marquetery, Slant front Desc
Beautiful secretary made in France from solid walnut in ca 1790. Secretary standing on pointed legs, ...
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1790s French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Empire Style Walnut Dressing Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
Empire Style Walnut Dressing Table
Empire style dressing table in burl walnut with 2 drawers. Venetian glass pulls. The flap reveals a large origina...
Category
Late 19th Century Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique Cron Kills Mission Arts & Crafts Craftsman Walnut Secretary Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Circa 1930 secretary desk by Cron-Kills Company. Made from walnut with a slant front that opens to a writing surface with cubbies above. Beneath the wri...
Category
1930s American Mission Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Fine Antique Chippendale Style Slant Front Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
With four graduated drawers with fine brass pulls. The slant front opens to a fitted dark mahogany interior with drawers, cubby holes and a center compartment with door. The two half...
Category
19th Century Chippendale Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style Secretary Stamped Quignon in Paris
Located in BARSAC, FR
Gustave-Frédéric Quignon
Superb Louis XVI style piece of furniture in very finely carved solid mahogany forming a secretary / document holder cabinet.
Opening 6 drawers including...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Biedermeier Cherry Fall Front Desk / Secretaire
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Introducing a stunning late Biedermeier Slant-Front Secretary, crafted from solid cherry wood in the 1840s. This exquisite piece of furniture features three drawers spanning the enti...
Category
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Spruce, Cherry
French Empire Mahogany Secretaire Abattant
Located in Brooklyn, NY
French Empire mahogany secretaire abattant with black marble top. Piece consists of a fall front that opens to reveal a tooled leathe...
Category
20th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble
19th Century German Biedermeier Secretary, Light Birch Wood, circa 1830-1840
Located in Greven, DE
Antique top secretary from the Biedermeier period around 1830/1835.
Birch veneer with very subtle grain.
Architecturally structured interior with marquetry and band inlays. Exten...
Category
1830s German Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Birch
Wilhelminian Period Corner Cupboard / Display Cabinet Secretary in Oak, 1870
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Corner cupboard restored Wilhelminian period around 1870 oak corner display cabinet secretary
Features:
Triple divided with 2 times 2 d...
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19th Century Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Antique Stunning circa 1780 Jacobean Hand Carved Bureau Desk with Hunting Scene
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable, ornately carved, circa 1780 Jacobean revival, Antique Library Bureau
What a piece! Hand carved from ever...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Midcentury Swedish Rolltop Secretary Desk by Egon Ostergaard
Located in Detroit, MI
This iconic vintage midcentury Swedish modern Egon Ostergaard teak cylinder rolltop secretary desk cabinet was made in Sweden circa 1960. The Classic Scandinavian Modern design has c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century George II Miniature Campaign Bureau Chest on Later Chest Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A GORGEOUS and beautifully proportioned Mid-18th Century George II Miniature Campaign Bureau Chest on later Chest/Stand.
Mid-18th century, made in Britain, circa 1760-1770.
The bureau chest sits on a later stand/chest, that we estimate is late 19th century, circa 1860-1880. It is also British.
We believe that the primary wood in this piece is either Elm or Sycamore with mahogany elements.
Classic Campaign style miniature Bureau Chest, with its ORIGINAL George II brass hardware, including handles on the sides for easy carriage, which is what proves to us, that this chest was made for campaign purposes.
The brasses are GORGEOUS and are classically George II in style, design and construction.
The quality, thickness and patina to the brasses, is what ‘initially’ tells us, that this is a ‘period’ piece and not a reproduction.
Likewise, the dovetailing detail to the drawers, tells us that this was a hand crafted piece and certainly NOT machine made.
The secondary woods appear to be a combination of oak and pine, exactly as one would expect.
The central keyhole escutcheons are FANTASTIC and are in the form of a pair of opposing ‘lyres’.
We have never seen anything like them!
Beautiful natural patina!
The ‘brasses’ look like they have been polished a ‘little too often and vigorously’, over the piece’s 250+ years history … BUT … the bonus of this cleaning is the creation of a rather appealing, '2 Tone effect’, on the patina of the wood around the brasses.
The Bureau has a flat gallery...
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18th Century English George II Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Large Display Cabinet / Bookcase with Secretary in Oak, 1900
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Large display cabinet with secretary restored oak bookcase
Features:
Six-door model with secretaire with three drawers and two extension leaves
Very...
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
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.
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