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Secretaires For Sale
Biedermeier secretary, Northern Europe, mid 19th century.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An impressive secretary from the mid-19th century in the Biedermeier style.
Antique furniture with a more beautiful form will give elegance to any interior. A representative piece ...
Category
1850s Scandinavian Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Italian walnut bureau with writing surface, tuscan cabinetmaking, mid-1700s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
A beautiful 18th-century Italian walnut bureau with writing surface, internal drawers, and hidden compartment – tuscan cabinetmaking, mid-1700s
Some pieces of furniture carry their ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Directoire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
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
1960s Omann Jun Palisander Upcycled Cabinet, Denmark
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good/Verygood original condition with minor signs of use
- The iron hairpin legs were aded afterwards
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Palisander
vintage secretary cabinet 1960s Swedish SMI
Located in Lemmer, NL
vintage secretary cabinet 1960s Swedish SMI
period 1960s
design SMI Sweden Sweden
condition good minor signs of use
size 97 x 90 x 47 (hxbxd)
details teak;
item numbe...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
18th Century, French Louis XVI Inlaid Wood Secretaire with Marble Top
Located in IT
18th century, French Louis XVI inlaid wood secretaire with marble top and gilt bronzes.
This elegant secretaire Louis XVI was made in F...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Two-Pieces Furniture with Table and Cupboard with Doors and Drawers
Located in Marbella, ES
Chinese Two-Pieces Furniture with Table and Cupboard with Doors and Drawers
Category
Late 20th Century English Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Empire Abattant Secretary Desk in Flame Mahogany Drop Down
Located in Atlanta, GA
This French Empire Abattant Secretary Desk from the late 19th century is a striking piece of furniture, crafted from flame mahogany. The abattant (drop...
Category
1890s Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Richly decorated, inlaid antique Italian secretary in Moorish style, circa 1860
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This highly decorative, museum-quality antique Italian secretary is beautifully adorned with intricate inlays featuring striking and decorative motifs. The piece has two doors with a...
Category
1860s Italian Moorish Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Tall Walnut Cabinet with a Bureau Desk Compartment
Located in Dubai, AE
Tall walnut desk cabinet in Baroque style with gilded brass ornamentation. The upper glazed part reveals seven drawers, a leaf, and fifteen lockers, the flap revealing six drawers, s...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century Satin Mahogany and Rosewood Secretary
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a secretary / bureau/ desk made in England, circa 1780. The top and the fall have a rosewood banding with a string inlay of satinwood and Satin Mahogany in the interior of th...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood
20th Century Biedermeier Style Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
Delicate secretaire in Biedermeier style.
tulip veneer on solid pinewood, natural leather covered with gold embossing. Fine engraved, silver-gilded Bronze fixtures.
(L-Mhs-40).
Category
20th Century Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
J&J Kohn Austrian Secessionist Bentwood Secretary
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Secessionist Bentwood (19/20th Century) small secretary with 2 grill doors and 2 embossed wood doors. (J.&J. KOHN)
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Secretaires
Materials
Bentwood
20th Century Vienna Biedermeier Lyre Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
Imposing lyre secrétaire in the manner of Vienna Biedermeier.
Ebonized partially bird’s-eye maple veneer on solid pinewood. Inframed with maple root c...
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Irish Georgian Secretary
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine and unusual 18th century Irish mahogany bureau bookcase, the pierced gallery top with Gothic details, the pilasters and door with rich and crisply carved shell and foliate desig...
Category
1750s Irish Georgian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mahogany
$16,900
Cherrywood Secretary From The 19th Century -france
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant cherry wood secretary from the 19th century
It is unusual to find a secretaire in cherry wood
The secretary is in superb condition. It has all its keys and we have placed a ...
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
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
$2,396 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Biedermeier Style Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Biedermeier style secretaire
Delicate secretaire in Biedermeier style. Tulip veneer, partially blackened, on solid pinewood....
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Pine
Continental Dutch Satinwood Secretary
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Dutch-style (18/19th Century) satinwood and inlaid trimmed drop front desk with chinoiserie decorated lacquered panels and brass gallery
Category
Late 18th Century European Chinoiserie Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
George II Style Burr Walnut Bureau Cabinet by John Widdicomb
Located in Astoria, NY
George II Style Burr Walnut and Walnut Bureau Cabinet by John Widdicomb, late 20th century, with lion head and column capital metal mounts, upper half having mirrored door opening to...
Category
1980s American Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$1,800 Sale Price
35% Off
Russian Mahogany Secretary Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
Russian (Possibly Baltic) (18/19th Century) mahogany & bronze trim secretary cabinet with a roll top centering a 2 tambour door top and chest with 2...
Category
18th Century Unknown Baltic Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Donald Deskey Style Art Deco Skyscraper Design Secretary Wall Cabinet or Desk
Located in Westport, CT
In the style of Donald Deskey, Art Deco skyscraper design, cabinet/secretary desk, with draw compartments and desk, book shelf compartment. Functional dark mahogany wood, with nickel...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Nickel
Secretary Baroque Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A secretary made during the baroque period 1650 - 1750 in Sweden. Made from oak. All original. Three drawers and upper interior with drawers and compartements.
Category
18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
$12,800
French 18th century J.F. LELEU stamped secretaire à abattant
By Jean-François Leleu
Located in AALSMEER, NL
Exceptionally high quality furniture from an estate of a private collector
Louis XVI Mahogany secretaire à abattant By J.F Leleu with its original ‘Bianca Carrara’ marble top with rounded front corners.
Brown gilded edge calf leather inlay, Turned tapered legs (from top to bottom ) with cannelures, locks and keys working. Panelled sides, flap and doors. General in good vintage condition as comes with the age.
Nice shine, French polish.
Stamped J.F Leleu. Jean Francois Leleu...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Superb George III Style Inlaid Marquetry Secretaire Cabinet
By Mayhew & Ince
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Magnificent antique English Secretaire cabinet with satinwood, hare wood, tulipwood, and kingwood marquetry, of monumental form, in two parts. The upper section with molded cresting ...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Satinwood, Tulipwood
François Linke, Ormolu and Mahogany Secretaire After Riesener
Located in BARSAC, FR
Large Louis XVI style secretaire in mahogany marquetry in frames of light wood and ebony fillets, rich ornamentation of very finely chiseled gilt bronze such as flower garlands, inte...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Walnut Chippendale Slant-Front Desk
Located in West Chester, PA
Desk with bold serpentine interior, document drawers with turnings and flames, and block-and-shell prospect door with carved tulip. Case with four gra...
Category
18th Century Antique Secretaires
Materials
Tulipwood
French Louis Philippe Drop Front Secretary, late 19th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
Experience the timeless allure of a Louis Philippe secretary, resplendent in mahogany veneer and a black stone top. This exquisite piece of 19th-century craftsmanship boasts a drop f...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Pine Secretaire with Fall-Front Desk Top
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 19th Century Swedish secretaire with fall-front desk top.
This style of desk was very popular in the 18th and 19th century in Sweden.
It offers an ingenious array of storage pos...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Directoire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Vintage George Iii Style Burton-Ching Burl Walnut Secretary Desk Bookcase
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage George III Style Burton-Ching Burl Walnut Secretary Desk Bookcase
Exquisite 2 Piece Burton-Ching George III Style Georgian Burled Wood 2 Door, 4 drawer Beautifully Crafted a...
Category
20th Century Unknown George III Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Burl
18th Bargas-style Bargueño Desk with a 19th Century Bridge Table
Located in Marbella, ES
A majestic antique writing desk, richly carved and decorated with gilded details, placed on a sturdy, rustic wooden trestle-style table. The writing desk features multiple compartmen...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
German Biedermeier Slant-Front Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
A very good German slant front desk with a lower case of drawers. The writing surface very nicely finished veneers with interior drawers having inlay ...
Category
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English Georgian Style Secretary Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
English Georgian style (19th century) red lacquered Chinoiserie decorated slant front secretary cabinet.
Category
19th Century British Georgian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century Louis XV Provincial Walnut Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
Of unusually large scale; the upper section with arched cornice over a pair of wire-inset doors opening to fabric lined interior fitted with shelves; the lower section with a slant f...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Midcentury Danish teak secretary, vanity /Make up table By Arne Wahl Iversen
Located in Gaggenau, DE
Midcentury Danish vintage teak secretary, vanity /Make up table By Arne Wahl Iversen, 1960s
Usable as: desk / office / secretary / closet / dresser / Make up Table
Dimensions:
45 ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Teak Bureau/Vanity
Located in Puslinch, ON
Condition: Pre-Restored
Dimensions: 34.5” L x 16” D x 43.25” H (28.25” Desk Height)
Description: A vintage teak vanity/desk with drawers. Lockwork and comes with key. Freshly impor...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
$1,495
Spanish Late 18th Century Pine Secretaire with Slanted Desk and Geometric Panels
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish pine tall secretaire from the late 18th century, with carved date, slanted desk and geometric panels. Created in Spain during the last quarte...
Category
Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Chinoiserie Cabinet by Giambattista Gianotti, Unique piece
Located in Milano, IT
Rare chinoiserie cabinet with polychrome decorations made in Giambattista Gianotti's Officine Riunite d'Arte Decorativa (Room 116) for the II Biennial - Lombard Section - Room with Furniture and Stained Glass Windows of the Officine Riunite d'Arte Decorativa. Unique Exemplar.
The extraordinary piece of furniture is dated 1925. The piece of furniture is an extraordinary example of great cabinet making and woodworking. In fact, these special features are denoted by the manic inlays inserted in the cabinet. The inlays are perfect even in its smallest elements. Its depictions are mainly ornaments and floral elements. These inlays are found on the crown of the cabinet, on the sides, and on the legs. The cabinet opens via two lockable doors. Inside we find great magic! We are greeted by numerous walnut wood drawers of various sizes that can be opened with wooden knobs. Each wooden door is finely carved with ornaments and natural elements such as flowers and birds. The two main doors inside are also finely carved. Let's call it a chinoiserie piece of furniture because of this element that contradicts it: the numerous cabinets inserted inside, where opening this piece of furniture looks like opening a secret chest...
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1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
19th Century Biedermeier Secretary Desk in Maple Burl
By Biedermeier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A refined 19th-century Biedermeier secretary desk, exquisitely crafted in maple burl and veneers, showcasing the elegance and simplicity characteristic of the Biedermeier period. The...
Category
19th Century German Antique Secretaires
Materials
Maple
French 19th Century Brass and Mahogany veneered Directoire Style Cylinder Bureau
Located in Berlin, DE
French 19th Century Brass Inlaid and Mahogany veneered Directoire Style Cylinder Bureau
A 19th century mahogany cylinder bureau with the rectangular top surrounded by a pierced brass gallery, above two mirrored panelled doors, the roll-top opening to reveal a sliding leather writing surface surmounted by three drawers and a shelf, above two frieze drawers, on fluted circular tapering legs headed by asperges and terminated by cast sabot. The mirrored paneled doors, and the roll top are distinguished by its brass inlays that beautifully frame and outline the design of the item. Together with the brass handles, the brass gallery and the brass toupie feet this cylinder bureau displays...
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19th Century French Directoire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Italian Baroque Style Burl Walnut Secretary Desk Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine Italian baroque burl walnut secretary desk with a cartouche form mirrored panel beneath a deep scrolled pediment top and above two mirrored doors. The doors with a interior wo...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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
Amanuense Secretary Desk by Adolfo Natalini for Mirabili Limited Edition 2/99
By Mirabili
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Amanuense Secretary Desk by Adolfo Natalini for Mirabili Limited Edition 2/99. Limited edition release with metal tag indicating 2/99. "Part of a series of striking pieces designed b...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Regency Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
George II Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With broken arch pediment and inset mirror over a pair of arched mirror doors opening to shelves and drawers, the base with a slant lid hinged w...
Category
1720s English George I Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau-François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Special and Palatial Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Bois Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre By François Linke
François Linke – Index Numbe...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Secretaires
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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
English Chippendale Mahogany Secretary / Bookcase with Interior Drawers, C. 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany slant front architects secretary / bookcase with a carved dentil molded edge cornice, upper flanking glass doors with...
Category
1770s English Chippendale Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th century Louis XVI Walnut Bureau, France
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 18th century French Louis XVI Bureau in Walnut with drop front, inner writing surface and cubby holes.
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
1850s Antique Cabinet with Bone Inlay and Handcrafted Details
Located in Marbella, ES
Exquisite antique cabinet with detailed ornamentation highlighted by bone inlays in geometric and floral patterns. The front features a central design evoking a tree of life, surroun...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Bone, Wood
Aesthetic Movement Bonheur du Jour Secretary Desk Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, TX
Bonheur du Jour secretary desk cabinet,
circa late 1880s.
Dark walnut with finial accents and turned legs. The hinged writing surface opens to...
Category
Late 19th Century North American Aesthetic Movement Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Charles X Writing Desk with secret compartment
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Charles X Writing Desk with secret compartment. Gorgeous piece. Age appropriate wear on wood and red leather top, see detailed pics.
Category
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
$2,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Secretary Desk, Paris 1750-60
Located in Leimen, DE
This stunning French Louis XV secretary desk, crafted in Paris around 1750, is a remarkable example of 18th-century artistry and sophistication. Standing on four elegant curved legs ...
Category
1750s French Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Circa 1810. French Empire Mahogany Secretary With Ormolu Fittings & Trim
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Circa 1810. French Empire Mahogany Secretary With Ormolu Fittings & Trim
Category
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Museum Biedermeier Secretary Signed by Adolph Friedrich Voigt, circa 1825
Located in Berlin, DE
Museum Biedermeier secretary signed by Adolph Friedrich Voigt, circa 1825
Fire-gilt fittings. High quality Cuba mahogany on solid linden wood. Architecturally structured front. Rect...
Category
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
James Mont Cinnabar Lacquered Secretaire
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE
Extremely rare, possibly one of a kind, secretary cabinet with bookcase by the godfather of exotic modernism, James Mont, circa 1950. Hand rubbed cinnabar lacquered...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
$6,230 Sale Price
30% Off
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-down door that cleverly converts into a secretary desk, along with two adjustable shelves and three drawers. Meanwhile, the lower compartment boasts two sliding doors with beautifully handcrafted handles, concealing two more adjustable shelves. This professionally refinished cabinet...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English Fall-Front Secretary Desk in Carved Oak, Circa 1800
Located in North Miami, FL
This piece just took our breath away - all the carved wood details and medallions are master craftsman quality. See all detail images to truly appreciate what an excellent antique pi...
Category
Early 19th Century English British Colonial Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Elegant Louis XVI Cherrywood Secrétaire Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Louis XVI cherrywood secrétaire cabinet.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Cherry, Leather
French Transition Period secretary c. 1760 Jean-Francois Dubut
Located in Münster, DE
Secretary à battant - Jean-Francois Dubut
Elaborately crafted bureau à battant, Paris circa 1760, Transition, Jean-Francois Dubut
rosewood, amaranth, violet and ebony veneered on o...
Category
1760s French Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Marble
$16,970 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Mid-Century Sideboard with Secretaire attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This so amazing cabinet with Secretaire of the 1950s is attributable to the design of Paolo Buffa.
The external structure is refinished with glass dividers and parchment feet.
Its ae...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Birch, Glass, Wood
$5,529 Sale Price
28% Off
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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