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Secretaires For Sale
Hollywood Regency Secretary Desk Secretaire Bookcase w/ Chinese Motif
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hollywood Regency secretary desk secretaire bookcase with hand-painted Chinese motif featuring a breakfront cabinet with a small secretary ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
$8,280 Sale Price
31% Off
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 Antique Secretaires
Very Fine 19th Century French Louis XVI Marquetry Secretaire Abattant by Diehl.
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century Louis XVI marquetry inlay secretaire A Abattant by Charles Diehl. Kingwood, satinwood and tulipwood inlay with fine gilt bronze ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Wood Venetian Style Bureau Desk, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Venetian bureau from the mid-20th century. Furniture with a wavy front and sides, inlaid with walnut and mahogany wood, beautiful lines and pleasant furnishings. Bureau equipped with...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Walnut Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This wonderful walnut secre´taire a` abattant was constructed in the style of Louis XVI during the 19th century. Topped with a great piece of black and white marble. A single, slim d...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
20th Century Dutch Trumeau Walnut with Maple Wood Inlays, Netherlands, 1950
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Dutch Trumeau from the mid-20th century. Furniture of exceptional quality, richly inlaid in walnut and maple wood, the interior is covered in mahogany an...
Category
1950s Dutch Dutch Colonial Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Maple, Walnut, Fir
$3,742 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Swedish Gustavian Dry Scraped Bureau
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1800
Large Swedish Gustavian dry scraped bureau
(vat qualifying)
Measures: W 120 x D 53 x H 218cm
Base W 112 x D 53 x H 98cm
Top W 120 x D 37 x ...
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
$10,256 Sale Price
50% Off
Italian Empire Neoclassical Walnut and Parcel-Gilt Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Italian Empire neoclassical walnut and parcel-gilt secretary Handsome masculine Empire campaign desk on stand with pivoting dressing mirror below balustraded cornice with ball finial...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Mirror, Giltwood
Pilastro Wall Mounted Secretaire With Built-in Light
Located in Dronten, NL
Minimalist wall system designed by Reijenga for Pilastro, The Netherlands.
Two shelves and a drop down desktop in beige.
The desk has a hidden light behind front panel.
Mid Century M...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Steel
Napoleon III Secretary In Blackened Pear Wood - Brass Marquetry
Located in Brussels, BE
Napoleon III Secretary In Blackened Pear Wood - Brass Marquetry
Category
19th Century Napoleon III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Tiger Maple Secretary Chippendale Style
Located in New York, NY
Mid century tiger maple secretary hand made by renowned cabinet maker Kurt Richenburg Hanover MA. Signed on back LeFort - Kurt Richenburg Hanover...
Category
1960s American Chippendale Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Maple
Secretaire / Scriban Art Deco in Maple Veneer, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Secretaire / scriban art deco in maple veneer, circa 1950
Medium condition, small lack of wood, veneer, varnish to redo.
Category
1950s European Art Deco Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Maple
20th Century Inlaid Wood Biedermeier Style Austrian Secrétaire Desk, 1960s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Austrian secretaire from the 20th century. Biedermeier style furniture elegantly inlaid, veneered and carved in walnut, maple, beech and fruitwood. Secretaire built in a single body,...
Category
1960s Austrian Biedermeier Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Mod. 63 Sekretär Schreibtisch Teak Kai Kristiansen HNJ Møbel / Tørring Møbelfabr
Located in Aachen, DE
Klassischer dänischer Sekretär Kai Kristiansen für Torring / HJN Mobler in hervorragendem Zustand. Eventuelle Beieinträchtigungen der Oberfläche werden von uns vor Auslieferung fachg...
Category
1950s Danish Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
19th Century German Black Forest Chip-Carved Suite Desk with Drawer and Chair
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century German black forest chip-carved suite desk with drawer and chair.
Impressive and extremely rare Black Forest desk and chair. The rectangul...
Category
19th Century German Black Forest Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
20th Century Wood Italian Lombard Trumeau Desk Secrétaire, 1960s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Lombard trumeau from the mid-20th century. Double body furniture carved in walnut, burl and beech of a beautiful line and pleasant decor. Lower body equipped with three drawers and d...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
$4,751 Sale Price
20% Off
French Directoire Style Narrow Secretary Desk in Wood, Orange Gray Lacquered
Located in Landivy, FR
This Secretary is a handmade modernized interpretation of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century. This period design is remarkable with its straight, classical an...
Category
2010s French Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Wood, Cherry, Lacquer
Small Swiss Louis XV Secretaire, Walnut, Writing Chest, circa 1760
Located in Greven, DE
SmallLouis XV or Baroque Secretary
Switzerland (Bern)
Walnut
Baroque around 1760.
Dimensions: H x W x D: 109 x 93 x 60 cm
Description:
Writing furniture standing on a ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swiss Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Louis XVI Style Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century French Louis XVI style satinwood marquetry inlaid secretaire cabinet, with wonderful inlaid decoration to the fall front, opening to reveal a fitted inter...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood
Chocolate Gray French large Secrétaire, Eric Gizard, Paris
By Éric Gizard
Located in Landivy, FR
This large secretary desk is mounted in our French workshops and delivered fully assembled.
The overall dimensions of the box itself are
Widt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Ash, Lacquer
Outstanding Early 18th Century English George I Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunningly gorgeous and outstanding early 18th century English George I Secretary.
This is one of the finest old English Secretary’s...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut
Louis Phillipe North German Fall-Front Secretary in Flame Mahogany, circa 1855
Located in Miami, FL
A captivating one of a kind Louis Phillip secretary in book-matched, flame mahogany with shaped, curvi-linear drawer fronts and faux drawer fronts on the fall-front and the sides. Of...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Louis Philippe Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Late 17th C Louis XIV Italian Walnut Scrittorio Con Scarabattolo, Burl & Inlay
Located in Encinitas, CA
Late 17th Century Louis XIV Italian walnut secretary cabinet, termed a Scrittorio con Scarabattolo, with thick burled walnut drawer fronts and striking carved fruitwood inlay. Fine R...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wrought Iron
$12,600 Sale Price
40% Off
20th Century Walnut Wood with Antiqued Mirrors Italian Trumeau Desk Cabinet 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Venetian trumeau from the mid-20th century. Double body furniture carved and veneered in walnut, olive, burl and beech woods of beautiful lines and pleasant decor. Moved and rounded ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Mirror, Wood
French Brass Inlaid Ladies Bureau Desk
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A top quality French rosewood brass inlaid desk, with tambour front, you have to pull open the drawer to release the tambour and then fold over the original velvet writing surface, l...
Category
Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Wooden Writing Desk with Drawers and Folding Door
Located in Marbella, ES
Wooden Writing Desk with Drawers and Folding Door
Category
19th Century European Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Atomic Teak Bureau/Desk
Located in Puslinch, ON
Condition: Pre-Restored
Dimensions: 37.5” L x 18.5” D x 53.75” H (29.5” Desk Height)
Description: A vintage teak desk/bureau with drawers. Freshl...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
$2,495
Chocolate Gray Secrétaire, design Eric Gizard, Paris - handcrafted
By Éric Gizard
Located in Landivy, FR
This secretary Desk belongs to our ÉGÉE COLLECTION designed by the Parisian designer Eric Gizard.
Eric adopts for this collection the refined codes of Scandinavian design, combin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Ash, Lacquer
Louis Philippe Period Secretary, Mid 19th Century, Burl Walnut
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-LA-PLACE, FR
This antique secrétaire, crafted from richly grained burl walnut, is a testament to masterful 19th-century French cabinetry. The walnut burl, carefully selected for its aesthetic app...
Category
1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Henredon Solid Oak Olive Finish Wide Open Bookcase Secretary Desk Country French
By Henredon
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Henredon Solid Oak or Chestnut Olive Finish Wide Open Bookcase Secretary Desk Country French MINT!
Category
20th Century American Country Secretaires
Materials
Chestnut, Oak
19thc French Napoleon III Inlaid A.C Boulle style Top Portion "Bonheur Du Jour"
Located in Opa Locka, FL
This beautiful piece of furniture is the Top Portion Only of a 19thc French Napoleon III Boulle Inlaid "Bonheur Du Jour". This piece has been dated to the last portion of the 19thc b...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
$4,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Gray design Secretary desk designed in Paris by Eric Gizard, made in France
By Éric Gizard
Located in Landivy, FR
This secretary Desk belongs to our ÉGÉE COLLECTION designed by the Parisian designer Eric Gizard.
Eric adopts for this collection the refined codes of Scandinavian design, combin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Ash, Lacquer
A Beautiful & Rare Napoleon III 19th Century, Chinese Lacquer & Gilt Secretaire
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful & Rare Napoleon III 19th Century, Chinese Lacquer & Gilt Secretaire On Lion Paw Feet
A fall front reveals a letter rack and inkwells and pen holder...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Cabinet Secrétaire Attributed to Jules Leleu, Bronze Ornaments, French
By Jules Leleu
Located in London, GB
Presenting a meticulously crafted, remarkable piece of Art Deco craftsmanship, this 1930s exceptional cabinet secretaire attributed to Jules Leleu (1883-1961), captures the essence o...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Sevres Mounted Secretaire Abattant Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century French ebonized secretaire abattant, having its original brocatelle marble-top, classical gilded ormolu mounts of swag, ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Trumeau, secretaire Luigi XV originale settecentesco
Located in Torino, IT
Trumeau, secretaire
Luigi XV / Transizione
in legno lastronato con
motivo a lisca di pesce.
Doppia anta superiore,
piano a ribalta
e tre cassetti.
PERIODO
Originale del Settecento
...
Category
18th Century European Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
$9,503 Sale Price
20% Off
Teak Drop Front Bureau
Located in Puslinch, ON
Condition: Pre-Restored
Dimensions: 33” L x 16.5” D x 42.25” H (30.75” Desk Height)
Description: A vintage teak drop front desk with drawers. All locks work and comes with key. Fre...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
$1,495
American Sheraton Tiger Maple and Cherry Fall Front Chest of Drawers, Circa 1820
By A. Belokopytoff
Located in Charleston, SC
American Tiger maple and Cherry fall front chest of drawers with fitted interior desk, flanking turned bulbous columns, lower graduated drawers, o...
Category
1820s American Sheraton Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
1950s Secretaire Troumeau Desk, by Permanente Mobili Cantù, Gio Ponti Style
By Gio Ponti
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Midcentury precious, refined and treated in detail three drawers with flap on top, from Cantù, in blonde hand carved walnut, Gio Ponti style. Excellent patina, polished to wax
Measu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Italian Mid-Century Brass Inlaid Secretary, by Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
A fine example of a Mid-Century rosewood secretary by Italian designer, Paola Buffa (1903-1970) and brass intarsia inlay by artist Giovanni Gariboldi (1908-1971).
The upper case with...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Elegant Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau / Secretaire Cph. Approx. 1780
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Louis XVI bureau / Secretaire in 3 parts.
Top with tooth cut under profiled top list.
Pair of doors with fillings, sides with profiled quartz columns.
Bottom part with slopi...
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century Dutch Trumeau Walnut with Maple Wood Inlays, Netherlands, 1760
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Dutch trumeau from the Mid-18th Century. Furniture of exceptional quality, richly inlaid in walnut and maple, the interior is covered in oak and the stru...
Category
1760s Dutch Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$12,473 Sale Price
30% Off
Fine French Louis XV Bureau Dos D' Ane/ Secretaire/ Desk
Located in Westport, CT
Fine and elegant French Louis XV Bureau D'Os Dane in walnut adorned sparsely with floral marquetry inlay to its fall front top above three drawers finishing on cabriole legs and bron...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Neoclassical Roll-Top Desk, Austria, circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Large roll-top desk out of solid cherry wood. The base with seven drawers stands on tapered legs. The top has one very slim pullout and a low arcade balustrade on three sides. The in...
Category
Early 1800s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
Fall-Front Desk in West Indies Mahogany, Attrib to Gustav Friederich von Hetsch
Located in Miami, FL
A very lovely secretary with serpentine front in beautiful West Indies/ Cuban mahogany attributable to Danish architect and painter, Gustav Friederich von Hetsch (1788-1864). A mirro...
Category
1830s Danish Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Georgian Mahogany Secretary
Located in Queens, NY
English Georgian mahogany secretary cabinet with a bottom section with drawers and an upper section with 2 lattice glass doors
Two drilled h...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Quality French Mahogany Bronze Mounted Secretary Desk Bookcase Top
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is an absolutely gorgeous and superb quality diminutive secretary desk from France. The desk features a bookcase top with adjustable shelf and a marble top and trimmed in bronze...
Category
1940s French Directoire Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Style Cabinet with Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant Italian Louis XV Style cabinet with desk 1910s. This cabinet is characterized by a refined veneer in fine rosewood. The veneer is laid using the grain of the wood as a decora...
Category
1910s Italian Louis XV Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$7,603 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Cylinder Desk, South German, 1780-1800
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite Louis XVI Cylinder Desk, South German, 1780-1800, with beautiful walnut veneer on the outside and on the inside, including the writin...
Category
1780s German Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$6,950 Sale Price
42% Off
Oak and matte black lacquered French secrétaire, designed by Eric Gizard, Paris
By Éric Gizard
Located in Landivy, FR
This secretary desk belongs to our ÉGÉE COLLECTION designed by the Parisian designer Eric Gizard.
Eric adopts for this collection the refined codes of Scandinavian design, combinin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Oak
Early 19th Century George l Style Secretary
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a charming George l style walnut diminutive secretary. The domed cornice over a conforming cabinet door has a mirror plate. The bottom section contains a drop-front opening t...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Italian Empire trumeau in briarwood and brass with secrets
Located in Milano, IT
This Italian Early Empire Trumeau is a true masterpiece of elegance and mystery, masterfully crafted from burl feather wood, known for its fascinating grain that evokes the nobility ...
Category
1810s Italian Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
$9,028 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian early 18th century Baroque Walnut Secretary-Bookcase
Located in Troy, NY
Italian secretary with beautiful, thick walnut radica veneer, wonderful color, ebonized moldings, most likely retaining the original mirror plates. The two upper doors open to reveal a fitted interior, the lower part has a fitted desk compartment...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Secretaire, France 1770
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite secretaire de dame, France 18th century, beautiful kingwood veneer on front, sides, top, back and the inside. The writing surface is covered with leather. With original bro...
Category
1770s French Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Secretaire, Lombardy, late 18th century
Located in Milano, IT
Secretaire, Lombardy, late 18th century, body entirely panelled in herringbone bois de rose, two-door front surmounted by a calatoia decorated with a central medallion with whirls an...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Danish Modern Flip Top Gentlemans Chest / Vanity in Teak
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark
Designer: Unknown
Manufacturer: Unknown
Era: 1960s
Materials: Teak
Measurements: 35.5 wide x 17.25 deep x 30.75? tall
Condition: In excellent original conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
20th Century Walnut Burl and Beech Wood Italian Trumeau Desk Secrétaire, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Lombard trumeau of the mid-twentieth century. Moved and rounded, double body, richly carved in walnut, burl and beech woods of beautiful lines and pleasant decor. Trumeau with a work...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Fall Top Secretaire
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI style fall top secretaire, France second half of the 19th century, mahogany veneer with white marble top. In very good condition.
The se...
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Arnold Bros Hardwood Chippendale Drop Front Bureau Desk Lovely Timber
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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
Mid-Century Living Room Wall, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of wood, oak, veneer
Cleaned
Fully functional
Original condition.
Category
1960s Slovak Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood, 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.
Browse a range of antique and vintage secretary desks on 1stDibs, including mid-century modern secretaires, Georgian secretaires and others.
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