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Secretaires For Sale
Price: $1 to $2,500
Danish Midcentury Secretary Dresser
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Danish midcentury teak secretary desk.
Danish modern teak secretary desk features a lockable, pull-down work surface opening to 6 drawers and sliding storage. One key is ...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
19th Century Bombe Marquetry Secrétaire à Abattant, Marble Top and Bronze Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
19th century bombe marquetry secrétaire à abattant, marble top and bronze mounts.
Offered for sale is a late 19th century Louis XV styl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Oak Secretary Desk, Belgium, circa 1920
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique secretary from the beginning of the 20th century.
Made of oak wood.
Very good condition.
Dimensions: height 107 cm / width 100 cm / depth 47 cm.
Category
1920s Belgian Louis Philippe Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Cabinet Secretaire by Cees Braakman for Pastoe, 1950s
By Cees Braakman, Pastoe
Located in amstelveen, NL
A wonderful piece from the Birch - series with distinctive laced legs. Designed by Cees Braakman for Pastoe in the early 1950s. Bookcase with 2 shelves an...
Category
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Birch
Antique Anglo Indian Military Campaign Camphor Wood & Brass Bureau Desk Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely late Victorian Anglo Indian campaign Camphor wood with brass inlay Military bureau desk
This piece really is exquisite. It’s a genui...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Campaign Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Pine Secretary Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Sideboard with a secretary desk made during the early 1800s, 1820 to 1830, in northern Sweden from pine. The sideboard is a large, well-made quality furniture of very nice quality. It measures a meter and half in width, 151 cm to be precise, and 61 cm deep. That results in a heavy and solid furniture with a strong presence and dependable character. The side doors are curved which are an unusual feature in furniture of this time and style...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Midcentury Wall Unit
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stylish midcentury free-standing wall unit with shelving. Please confirm item location with dealer (NJ or NY).
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Burl Wood Secretary Cabinet
By Biedermeier
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A shaped cabinet with a scrolled bonnet, a centre compartment with door opening to two shaped shelves, flanked by curved side compartments (one shelf inside at the left). Below is a ...
Category
19th Century European Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Burl
Monte Carlo Desk
Located in Vandoma, PT
*Collection not sold in France, exclusive to Mobilier de France.*
Monte Carlo Desk.
The MonteCarlo collection stands out for its modern and sober ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Chinoiserie Gilt Lacquer Table Secretaire
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming tabletop secretaire is decorated in gold and black in the Chinoiserie style. The exterior is finished with black lacquer and painted with scenic mountain landscapes, br...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Country French Regence Style Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French Regence style Secretary was hand-crafted from solid oak, and features a traditional slant-front d...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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
Vintage Thomasville Georgian Flame Mahogany Blockfront Secretary Desk
By Thomasville
Located in Germantown, MD
This Georgian style traditional block front secretary desk is matched flame grain mahogany is signed Thomasville
Original finish in fine c...
Category
Late 20th Century Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
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
Italian Art Cart designed by Giovanni Pelis for Stile Neolt, 1970s
Located in Hilversum, NL
Made in Italy plastic work station art cart. Designed by Giovanni Pelis for Stile Neolt. Three drawers and lots of storage. Wheels roll ...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Plastic, Fiberglass
Antique Secretary, Scandinavia, Around 1870, After Renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique secretary from the end of the 19th century.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 210 cm ...
Category
1870s Norwegian Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Original Italian Secretaire in Walnut and Briar Veneer
Located in Buggiano, IT
Original Italian secretaire from 1880, in walnut and briar veneer.
Inside it has many drawers.
It has signs of wear and is very heavy.
Comes from an old city house...
Category
1880s Italian Country Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Fir
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
19th Century French Bureau de Dame Napoleon III Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Milan, IT
A late 19th century Napoleon III bronze-mounted mahogany bureau à cylinder, an elegant French Bureau de Dame or Bonheur du Jour, a ladies writing desk with cartonnier which opens up ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful French Bureau/ Secretaire 19th/20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful French Bureau 19th/20th Century
with three drawers, four curved legs, border and top on all sides, hard wood body with rose wood veneer and rich floral intarsias in diff...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Fruitwood
Vintage Danish Mid-Century Modern Teak Secretary Desk
Located in San Marcos, CA
Here is a beautiful scandinavian modern secretary desk in teak wood manufactured in Denmark in the 1960's.
This lovely piece, recently imported from Europe to California before its ...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Teak Rolltop Desk Bureau, 1960s
Located in Harlingen, TX
A vintage 1960's Swedish modern teak roll-top desk/bureau. Featuring a roll-up top, extendable desk surface, five storage cubbies, three upper drawers and four lower drawers with scu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Secretary with Height, French, Louis XV Style, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Secretary with height
French, Louis XV style,
19th Century
Different woods with bronze applications.
Signs of use.
Dim.: 151 x 81 x 55 cm
Good conditions.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Unique Antique Cast Brass Double Inkwell from France, Early 1900s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Antique cast brass inkwell features 2 ceramic ink depositories with pen rests, all highly decorated in a Victorian style.
It most likely dates t...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H.E. SHAW Antique Early 20th Century Mahogany Georgian Secretary Desk
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Georgian style secretary desk by H.E. Shaw Furniture. Mahogany with brass hardware, wood drawer knobs, scroll pediment top with three finials, an e...
Category
Early 20th Century American Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Secretary Marquetry in Satinwood, circa 1900
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Secretary restored Louis XV style circa 1900 satinwood marquetry
Features:
Model with upright writing flap and three drawers inside and outside
Very high quality processing
Ori...
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Wooden Mid-Century Modern Drop off Wall Secretaire Attributed to Marcel Gascoin
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Wooden wall secretaire with drop-off top desk, made in the 1950s.
The design and workmanship of this secretaire is very reminiscent of the works of Marcel Gascoin made between 1949 ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Metal
Neo-Gothic Small Desk Secretary in Solid Oak, 1900
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Small desk restored neo-Gothic around 1900 solid oak secretary
Features:
Small model with two drawers
Very high quality processing
Drawers pronged
Very elaborate carved decora...
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
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 desk. The top section has two paneled glass doors opening to a three shelf interior...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Secretary in Teak wood of Danish Design from the 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
This secretary, designed and produced in Denmark around the 1960s, is a beautiful example of Danish furniture art from this era. Made of teak wood, the secretary exudes a warm and na...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Vintage Danish Mid-Century Modern Teal Secretary Desk by Erling Torvitz
Located in San Marcos, CA
Here is a beautiful Scandinavian modern secretary desk in teak wood designed by Erlingb Torvitz in Denmark in the 1960's. This exquisite piece, recently imported from Europe to California before its refinishing, features a vibrant wood grain, a drop down writing desk...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
1950s Welters of Wycombe Secrétaire Bureau Desk With Leather Flip-down Worktop
Located in Torquay, GB
Retro 1950s Welters of Wycombe Secrétaire Bureau Desk with leather lined flipdown platform
Lockable 1960s home office desk with several useful storage comp...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century Mahogany Secretary
Located in Eindhoven, NL
18th century mahogany secretary in beautiful original condition. Nice sleek interior, warm weathered color. Super quality and beautiful mahogany....
Category
1770s Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Lovely Small Harrods London Reh Kennedy Military Campaign Writing Bureau Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely small R.E.H Kennedy made, Harrods London retailed military campaign bureau desk in mahogany with brass fittings
...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Walnut Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage modern writing desk featured in rich walnut grain. This desk sits on sleek tapered legs and has three spacious drawers. This would ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Campaign Style Bookcase W/ Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-century stacking cabinet with drop front desk. Attractive campaign style with brass hardware.
Please confirm location NY or NJ.
Category
Mid-20th Century Campaign Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Secretary Desk, Danish Design, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Vinage wooden secretary desk.
Produced in Denmark in the 1960s.
After wood renovation.
Very good condition.
Measures: H. 117 cm W. 110 cm...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Writing Desk Secretary
Located in San Angelo, TX
This beautiful and unique 19th century Swedish Gustavian writing desk is perfect for any room or hallway. The colors are amazing with th...
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Pine, Paint
Midcentury Studio Craft Small Dresser Top Jewelry Box 6-Drawer Walnut Brass
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid century studio craft small chest of drawers in solid walnut construction with wide detailed joinery. Very high quality construction with brass pulls. Custom made for top of dress...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Chippendale Style Mahogany Secretary Desk by Baker
Located in Pasadena, TX
Chippendale style mahogany secretary desk by Milling Street Baker
10 drawers with brass pulls.
Desk has ample storage space, featuring 10 drawers. Mi...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Burl
Mid-Century Modern Desk from the 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Mid-Century Modern secretary desk in teak veneer from the 1960s. In the lower part, two doors open onto a shelf and a panel drops to reveal a desk space. The upper part ope...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Teak
Vintage Danish Mid-Century Modern Teak Secretary Desk by Falsig Mobler
Located in San Marcos, CA
Here is a beautiful scandinavian modern secretary desk in teak manufactured by Falsig Mobler in Denmark in the 1960's.
This special case piece, recently imported from Europe to Cali...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Unique Art Deco Home Office Bureau, Czechoslovakia, 1920s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful Art Deco bureau / sideboard produced in solid wood with the most beautiful details. Produced in Czechoslovakia in 1920s. The item has an opening top board with metal fixers...
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Walnut
English Mahogany Secretary Desk, 19th Century
Located in Southampton, NY
English Mahogany secretary desk, 19th century
Three pieces: Crown, upper drawers and lower cabinet. Lowest draw pulls out as a secretary desk.
Measures: 21" deep x 46.5" wide x 80....
Category
19th Century British Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Wooden Secretary Rustic with Flap 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This desk is composed of a cupboard and an openable drawer. Very nice piece of ironwork in metal trim. This little « Bureau de pente » is in solid wood.
France 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Secretary with Flap, 1950
Located in Marseille, FR
Secretary shelves 1950 with crosspiece, with an indoor lamp of dimension height 186 cm for a width of 130 cm and a depth of 50 cm.
Style: Scandinavian.
Category
20th Century Secretaires
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
Early 19th century French Louis XVI secretary was fashioned from hand-selected indigenous oak to emulate the styles set forth by the most re...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Shelving system, Model 9, Omann Junior, Rosewood, Omann Juniors Møbelfabrik, 196
Located in Lejre, DK
Shelving system with secretary, Model 9, designed by Omann Junior in rosewood of Danish design, manufactured at Omann Junior's Møbelfabrik from the 1960s....
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Arnold Bros Hardwood Chippendale Drop Front Bureau Desk Lovely Timber
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1900 mahogany drop front bureau in the Thomas Chippendale style made and stamped by Arnold Bros
A good looking and well-made p...
Category
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood
Danish Mid-Century Teak Chest Drawers, Secretaire ore Writing Cabinet, 1950s
Located in München, Bavaria
Measures: Height: 100 cm
Width: 90 cm
Depth: 45 cm
Swedish Mid Century Teak Rolltop Bureau in the style of Egon Ostergaard manufactured by SMi ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Danish Modern Walnut Secretary Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Danish Modern Walnut Secretary Standing Desk
Pull down cabinet that can serve as standing desk
One shelf
Four solid walnut tapered legs
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Antique Diminutive Renaissance Revival Walnut & Burl Cylinder Secretary, c1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Renaissance Revival diminutive cylinder desk offers walnut and burl construction with upper case having carved cartouche over double glass door bookcase...
Category
Late 19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Glass
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Secretary Desk, Italy, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern wooden secretary desk, Italy, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Shelving System, Model 9, Omann Junior, Rosewood, Omann Juniors Møbelfabrik, 196
Located in Lejre, DK
Shelving system with secretary, Model 9, designed by Omann Junior in rosewood of Danish design, manufactured at Omann Junior's Møbelfabrik from the 1960s....
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
CIRCA 1880 VICTORIAN GREEN MAN HiGH QUALITY CARVED OAK BUREAU
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this charming Victorian solid oak bureau, writing desk. This bureau has exceptional colour and patina. The drawers are carved with green man handle...
Category
1880s European High Victorian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Gold and Bronze Desk, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Small desk with drawers. Finely decorated with gold and fake turtle, Boulle style. handles and details in gilded bronze.
Packaging with bubble...
Category
1950s Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
1980s Custom Sectioned Storage File Case Rustic Wood Wrapped in Brass
By Paul Evans
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modern Vintage Sectioned Storage Case Custom made.
Wood Wrapped in Brass
Fabulous open organizer cabinet.
Measures: 42.25 tall x 11.75 D x 43 W.
...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Unique Mid-Century Modern Maple 9 Drawer Desk by Drexel
By Drexel
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Unique Mid-Century Modern maple 9 drawer desk by Drexel in a blonde maple finish. All solid maple drawers with organizer trays and lowered drawers have deep paper file slots. Very unique great design and compact size. Front side has 2 open book shelves...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Maple
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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