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Secretaires For Sale
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
Danish Louis XVI Bureau. In Cuban Mahogany
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI bureau made in Cuban mahogany.
Top cabinet as well as the base with fluted quarter columns.
Copenhagen Denmark, circa 1780.
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
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
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
Sheraton Revival Cylinder Bureau, writing Desk with marquetry, circa 1890
Located in Miami, FL
A very good quality late 19th century satinwood Sheraton revival cylinder bureau with ebony string inlay, five walnut frieze drawers, the cylinder opening to reveal pigeon hole compa...
Category
Early 20th Century European Sheraton Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$5,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Mahogany and Leather Notary Furniture
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice notary furniture is made of mahogany and leather. This is a rare and interesting secretaire with leather drawers. This is a French work...
Category
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Wood
$3,265 Sale Price
30% Off
Rustic Old Hickory Hutch
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Old Hickory hutch with natural log legs, a slatted table top & shelf, one drawer, decorative cutouts & rope trim (SIGNED with brand: Old Hicko...
Category
19th Century American Rustic Antique Secretaires
Materials
Slate
$8,250
18th c American Mahogany Dome Top Secretary with Compass Star Inlay
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful form two part American mahogany dome top secretary, its upper case with a molded cornice over two fitted doors, opening to a compartmentalized interior with open shaped v...
Category
18th Century American Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
20th-Century Mahogany & Pine Wood Vennered With Mahogany Ladies' Secretary Desk
Located in Opole, PL
20th-Century Mahogany & Pine Wood Vennered With Mahogany Ladies' Secretary Desk
Step into timeless elegance with this stunning antique French-style writing desk and vanity, a rare a...
Category
Early 20th Century European Secretaires
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany, Pine
$2,929 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Mirrored Console Secretaire in Cherry Wood by Carlo and Piero Zen, 1910
By Carlo Zen
Located in Bagnolo Mella, Brescia
Experience a piece of history with this rare mirrored console secretary by renowned designers Carlo and Piero Zen, crafted in 1910. This exquisite piece features a cherry wood frame ...
Category
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English Regency Style Wood and Brass Leather Top Campaign Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency-Style (20th Century) maple and ebonized trim campaign / kneehole desk with two cabinet columns with four drawers each having rectangular inSet brass drawer pulls and ...
Category
20th Century European Regency Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Brass
Lamb of Manchester, An Aesthetic Movement Walnut Writing Desk.
Located in London, GB
Lamb of Manchester. An Aesthetic Movement walnut and leather writing desk with a bank of four graduating drawers to the left and a large upper drawer to the right with turned and flu...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Walnut
An antique English Secretaire
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Antique English Secretary Bureau in Burr Walnut Wood,
late 18 th Century,
the desk has a desirable aged and warm patine, the desk is in a per...
Category
1790s British Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Scandinavian Wooden Secretary by Arne Vodder, 1960s
By Arne Vodder
Located in Brussels, BE
Scandinavian wooden secretary by Arne Vodder, 1960s.
Category
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Dressing Table Ladies France Napoleon III in Bronze and Wood, 19th Century
By Napoléon III
Located in Milano, IT
Amazing Napoleon III style women's grooming of circa 1800. French toilet with original ormolu holders and working lock and key. The upper part rises up t...
Category
Early 1800s French Napoleon III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Italian Baroque Style Burl Walnut Secretary Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Baroque style walnut veneer secretary cabinet, early 20th century. The top part of the cabinet over slant-front desk with writing compa...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
1940's Italian Secretaire with Reverse Painted Glass
Located in Hanover, MA
Golden birch veneered drop front secretary desk with three drawers and reverse painted glass panel of stylized Egyptian women and a chariot...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Birch
Antique Danish Late Empire Mahogany Secretary Bureau
Located in Kastrup, DK
Late empire secretary bureau in mahogany veneered oak with beautiful grain.
In 2 parts.
Desk top offers three bowed doors. A concave door in the mid...
Category
Early 19th Century European Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Mahogany
Slant Front Pine Chest Paint Decorated In White And Green
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The chest in white paint with two short over two long drawers with baroque style bales and escutcheons (lacking a key). The slant front opens to an emerald green painted interior wit...
Category
20th Century Country Secretaires
Materials
Brass
vintage secretary cabinet 1960s Sweden
Located in Lemmer, NL
vintage secretary cabinet 1960s Sweden
period 1960s
design unknown Sweden
condition good minor signs of use
size 168 x 95 x 46 (hxbxd)
details teak;
item number 2754
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
19th Century French Bookcase, Cylinder Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Bookcase ~ Cylinder Secretary is a stately reminder of a bygone era! Hand-crafted by talented cabinetmakers from a mixture of in...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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
Restored Art Deco Secretary Sideboard, Macassar, Maple, Czech, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This exceptional piece of furniture is a perfect example of Czech Functionalism in all its glory.
The secretary includes two integrated nesting tables, which are fitted with black a...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood, Lacquer, Ebony, Maple
Oiled Medium Walnut Mid Century Modern Art Deco Drop Down Desk Secretary Cabinet
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Square shape lines Mid Century Danish modern drop down front secretary desk console table with large Art Deco style Pulls and storage cabinet on the bottom.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Aluminum
Gianfranco Frattini 804 writing desk for Bernini, 1962
Located in Misinto, IT
The Secrétaire 804 is one of the most representative designs of Gianfranco Frattini's creativity and the manufacturing excellence of Bernini, a historic Italian haute cabinet-making ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Crystal, Aluminum
Renaissance Revival Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Design details indicate that this secretary was made at the end of the Biedermeier period as interest in historical periods bloomed. The uppermost drawer is curved in the classic Biedermeier/Louis Philippe design, favored between 1830-1860, as does the raised display platform resting on the top surface of the piece. The choice of carefully selected French walnut veneers...
Category
1850s Swedish Renaissance Revival Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Gillows of Lancaster attri., Gothic Revival Oak Architect's Desk
Located in London, GB
Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. A rare Gothic Revival architect's folding desk. The top has opposing slides opening to reveal a compartment for storing drawing utensils etc. The ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
19th Century Cuban Mahogany Wood Bargueno Desk
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This Bargueno desk is hallmarked Garcia & HN Monte #122 Habana. It is embellished with a carving scene from the book of Don Quixote de la Mancha bordered...
Category
Late 19th Century American Renaissance Revival Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
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
Large and Important French Secretaire of Excellent Cabinet Making
Located in Cesena, FC
Large and important French Secretaire.
Impressive piece of furniture of excellent cabinetry.
Externally, the cabinet looks like a cabinet with drawers and a large door finely inlaid ...
Category
1850s French Antique Secretaires
Materials
Ash, Elm, Walnut
Tall Craft Cabinet by Robert and Joanne Herzog
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautifully crafted walnut tambour door cabinet with interior drawers. Made by Robert and Joanne Herzog, 1970s, California.
Category
1970s Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Art Deco Secretaire in the Manner of Ruhlmann
Located in Bridgewater, CT
An exceptional quality Art Deco Secretaire in the manner of J.E. Ruhlmann in Ebene de Macassar with galuchat (shagreen) interior, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Macassar
1850s Aesthetic Secretaire in Birch Wood with Faux Bamboo Cane Decoration
Located in Marbella, ES
Elegant Aesthetic Movement-inspired vertical secretary desk made of birch wood, with bamboo-like marquetry on its frame and moldings. The piece features three large lower drawers, a ...
Category
19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Secretaire with Flap in Sycamore. French work. Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This unusual secretaire desk in sycamore with bronze handles is composed of a small sloping desk with flap closing on four drawers and forming a chest of drawers with three drawers i...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Sycamore
$3,265 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century 2 Piece Secretary Desk Writer’s Bureau
Located in Pasadena, TX
48" Victorian secretary desk writer’s Bureau
Crafted from solid cherry, this multi-function piece can serve as a desk as well as a bookcase....
Category
Late 18th Century North American Victorian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
18th Century Double Dome Secretaire
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Glazed secretary in oak from the first part of the 18th century of very good quality with double dome
Double dome secretaries are the rarest and ...
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century Georgian Style Walnut and Burr Secretary Desk or Vanity
Located in Miami, FL
Early 19th century Georgian style walnut and burr secretary desk, vanity or chest with four drawers and two interior drawers in the desk.
Category
Early 20th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
French Secretaire Cartonnier, Transition , wood leather
Located in Valladolid, ES
A sensational and unique French PP S XIX cartonnier, Transition style from Louis XV to Louis XVI, high quality, mahogany, mahogany palm and leather. The cartonnier rises on a solid m...
Category
Early 1800s French Regency Antique Secretaires
Materials
Metal
$3,656 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Traditional Secretary Wood Desk with Shelf, FR-1062
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Antique Traditional Secretary Wood Desk with Shelf
The secretary desk with shelf originates from France. The wood desk has a warm, worn black fi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Georgian Chippendale Style Mahogany Block Front Shell Carved Secretary Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mahogany Block Front Shell Carved Secretary Desk Lowboy. Item features solid mahogany wood construction, dramatic shapely legs terminating ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Chippendale Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Vintage Louis XV Style Minton Spidell Drop-Front Hand Painted Secretary Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Louis XV Style Minton Spidell Drop-Front Hand Painted Secretary Cabinet
This Vintage Minton-Spidell Louis XV Style Drop-Front Secretary Cabinet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Gold Leaf
Raymond Loewy for Mengel Fall-Front Walnut and Iron Secretary Cabinets
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of American Mid-Century fall front secretary cabinets with light walnut cases and a front doors that open to create a desk surface and reveal a...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Iron
1950s secretaire with roller closure
Located in Brescia, IT
Mahogany secretaire, three drawers and hidden desk. Elegant roll closure with herringbone grain.
Elegant Swedish secretaire from the 1950s attributed to AB Bröderna Gustafsson, comp...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Italian 17th Century Secretaire
Located in Round Top, TX
A stunning 17th century Secretaire from Bologna, Italy. Wonderfully constructed from beautiful walnut with the upper section having a fall front secretary. Once opened to expose a se...
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Louis Seize Secretaire à abattant, End of 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Secretaire with fluted pilasters and two-door bottom part and white marble shelf and fire-gilded fittings. Behind the writing flap with green leather there are more drawers and compa...
Category
Late 18th Century European Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Rare Jay Spectre "Perceptive" Drop Front Desk
By Jay Spectre
Located in Chicago, IL
Primavera and brushed stainless steel drop front secretary has four drawers with brushed steel Art Deco inspired pulls, plus additional shelf storage. Origami angularity turns this e...
Category
Late 20th Century American Secretaires
Materials
Steel
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Empire Walnut Fall-Front Secretaire
Located in Southampton, NY
Grey marble top above a single long drawer, two columns with gilded detailing on either side of fall-front desk enclosing six small drawers surrounding one larger drawer and original...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Giltwood
1980s Custom Bookcase Sectioned Storage Rustic Wood Brass
By Paul Evans
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Custom Vintage Sectioned Storage Bookcase
Wood Wrapped in Brass
Fabulous open organizer cabinet.
Measures: 42.25 tall x 11.75 D x 43 W.
Upper stora...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Top cabinet secretary, Baden, around 1780/90 Walnut and walnut burl
Located in Münster, DE
Secretary à deux corps
Top cabinet Baden, around 1780/90
Walnut and walnut burl veneered and marquetry,
3-tier chest of drawers, cylinder lock with automatic pull-out mechanism, o...
Category
1780s German Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Nutwood
$14,930 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Secretary in Mahogany Called Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely and rare bonheur du jour Louis XVI in mahogany from the end of the 18th century.
Very beautiful little secretary in mahogany with its...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Burled Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A tall cabinet with carved cavetto cornice, over a slim curved frieze drawer and one upper and two lower long drawers. The middle faux drawers drop down to the secretary. The fitted interior with drawers, and a center compartment with door housing an inkstand with two glass bottles with silverplate tops. With patinated brass bat...
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Early George III Period Bureau Bookcase with Swan Neck Pediment
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early George III period bureau bookcase with fretwork swan neck pediment, 30-paned bookcase, slant front enclosed leather writing surface, fitted...
Category
1760s English George III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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
Louis XVI Style 19th Century Secretaire from France
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Beautiful rich mahogany color 19th Century secretaire Louis XVI style C.1880.
Dimensions:
W: 37″
D: 16″
T: 60.5″
Desk Height: 28.5″
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Secretaires
Materials
Marble
A Rare and Fine Early 19th Century William IV Irish Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Dublin, IE
A rare and fine early 19th Century William IV Irish flame mahogany secretaire bookcase, beautifully hand carved with a rich patina. The pediment with a stunning centred scallop shel...
Category
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau / Secretaire, Copenhagen Approx. 1780
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI bureau / Secretaire in 3 parts.
Upper part with three doors. Middle part door with fluted over a la grecque away, flanked by pair of side doors with oval fillings. Exteriors of doors with fluted flat profiles.
With 2 fold-down writing boards: Top writing board with leather for standing working position.
Behind the writing board a small drawer front with additional small drawers. Middle part with sloping writing flap for a sitting working position.
Behind the writing board are numerous drawers in Thuja wood...
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Italian Walnut Drop-Front Bombe Secretary in Louis XV Style
Located in Chicago, IL
Italian drop front Louis XV style bombe secretary/chest with three drawers. Brass Rococo pulls and escutcheons with a pair of keys that function. Dr...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Vintage Scandinavian oak and burlwood secretaire
Located in Brescia, IT
Oak secretaire with wavy grain and tilting top. Interior organized with drawers and open compartments.
Essential volumes and wavy surfaces characterize this vintage Scandinavian sec...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique Biedermeier-Style Drop-Front Mahogany Secretary Chest
By Biedermeier
Located in Milano, IT
This marvelous Biedermeier-style drop-front secretary chest, dating back to around 1830 and crafted in Austria, is a true work of art. Made from precious mahogany wood, it features b...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Metal
$6,142 Sale Price
20% Off
Danish Late Empire Mahogany With Inlay Bureau / Secretair
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare Danish early 19th century secretary or slant front bureau.
Exquisitely crafted from mahogany with fabulous marquetry decoration in black n...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Bone, Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut
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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