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Secretaires For Sale
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
Grosfeld House Chest or Secretary, 1940s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant chest of drawers with pull-out desk drawer by Grosfeld House.
Category
1940s American Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Austrian Biedermeier Cherrywood Secretary
Located in Queens, NY
Austrian Biedermeier (Circa 1835) cherry veneer drop front secretary with 2 ebonized and gilt dolphins and birch root interior drawers with inlaid trim.
Category
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Birch, Cherry
Antique Fine Quality Inlaid Burr Walnut Bonheur De Jour Desk Writing Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th Century Inlaid Burr Walnut Bonheur de Jour Bureau Desk Writing Table
This fine quality 19th Century Bonheur de Jour bureau desk is crafted from inlaid burr walnut venee...
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$3,321 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Walnut Bookshelf and Secretaire by Claudio Salocchi for Sormani, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s - 1960s.
This bookshelf and secretaire features a walnut frame with nickel-plated brass handles and black varnished metal feet, which are not original. As a matt...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Brass, Nickel
Italian Baroque Ebonized and Eglomise Bureau Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
Slightly arched top that may have held a bust at some point, over a middle section with drawers with reverse painted panels with scenes of ancient towns and ruins with a central mirr...
Category
1690s Italian Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Mid Century Danish Walnut Wood Bookcase & Pull-Out Secretary Desk, 1960s
Located in Detroit, MI
This vintage mid century Danish modern tall walnut wood bookcase and secretary desk is circa 1960. It features a unique format with a lower drawer section that pulls out as a full un...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Early 18th C Italian Baroque Figured Walnut Secretary w/ Architectural Pediment
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Figured Walnut Secretary with Architectural Pediment, Arched Mirror Cabinet Door
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Desk, Secretaire, Moorish Inlays
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Desk - Secretaire - Moorish inlays
Origin and marquetry of Morocco
Circa 1930. very good condition
Leather interior with wear and tear
Measurements w...
Category
1930s Moroccan Moorish Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Secretary or Cabinet in Burl Walnut with Dome, 18 ° Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
rare small secretary in walnut from the 18th century of very good quality with its dome
English piece of furniture which stands out by its period, fro...
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
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
Mid-Cenury Modern Secretary Cabinet, Fully Adjustable, Teak, Zebra Wood - Italy
Located in Girona, Girona
Secretary cabinet with shelves, two solid teak blocks with teak veneer and blackened steel, fully adjustable, zebra wood inside, shellac finishing. Po...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass, Steel
1960s Danish Modern Tall Wardrobe / Entry Piece / Hall Stand in Rosewood
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark
Designer: Unknown
Manufacturer: Unknown
Era: 1960s
Dimensions: 35.5? wide x 12.5? deep x 71? tall
Condition: In excellent original condition with some light vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Italian Lombardy Flower Inlaid Monetiere , in the manner of Maggiolini, Ca. 1820
Located in CH
Italian Lombardy Flower Inlaid Monetiere , in the manner of Maggiolini, Ca. 1820.
During the Neoclassical period Italian furniture was enriched with inlays of various kinds. Of the ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Secretaires
Materials
Fruitwood
Mid Century Craftique Mahogany Secretery Chest of Drawers with Locks and Keys
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid Century Craftique Mahogany Secretery Chest of Drawers with Locks and Keys.
All drawers flawlessly opening and closing.
All four drawers with operating locks. Two keys present. Pu...
Category
20th Century American George III Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century English 3-Drawer Oak Bureau Office Desk with Bronze Hardware
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century English 3-drawer oak bureau office desk with bronze hardware.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Very Rare Italian Hardwood Cylinder Bureau Bookcase Desk with Must See Pictures
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are is delighted to offer for sale this very fine 19th century Italian cylinder top Bureau bookcase with ornately inlaid internals
This is one of the finest flamed mahogany cyl...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood
$4,513 Sale Price
30% Off
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
Teak Campaign Chest, 2 Piece Secretaire This is a delightful piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Teak Campaign Chest, 2 Piece Secretaire
This is a delightful piece, it is made in Teak with campaign style brass corners and inset brass handles on the front and carrying handles t...
Category
1920s Campaign Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Regency Rosewood Secretaire Side Cabinet/Chiffoneer
Located in Folkestone, GB
A superior quality and unusual Regency rosewood Side Cabinet, the top drawer with fold-down, leather-lined front, fully fitted with drawers and pigeon holes. below are a pair of silk...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Mahogany Architects Table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis, 1810
Located in Hellouw, NL
Beautiful Empire mahogany architects table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864).
Jean-Joseph Chapuis (born in Brussels) was a famous furniture maker. He obtained a master craftsman ti...
Category
Early 1800s Belgian Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
1980s Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sørensen Desk and Chair, Denmark
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made of Mahogany
- Very good original condition with minor signs of use
- The dimensions of chairs : Total height 88cm Seat height 59cm width: 45cm depth 51cm.
Category
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Venetian Hand-Painted Blind Door Secretary with Bookcase, Circa 1900
Located in Charleston, SC
Venetian blind door secretary with a carved scrolled decorative cornice, upper case bookcase with hand-painted parrots and foliage, slant top reve...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Neoclassical Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century, Italian Walnut Wood Bureau Chest of Drawer
Located in IT
18th century, Italian walnut wood bureau chest of drawer
This bureau chest of drawer was made in Emilia, in Italy, at the beginning of the 18th century. The structure is entirely paved in the precious wood essence of walnut and walnut root. The upper portion has a door that opens to the fore to show inside a compartment divided into six drawers. There is also a secret, which is fulfilled by running the support plan.
The front then has three drawers equipped with door locks and handles in chiseled bronze.
The cabinet rests on a band that front is interrupted to create two feet, a feature that gives elegance and lightness to the compositional line.
The walnut veneer is applied playing on the different designs of the wood and this gives the furniture a refined chromatic effect of great decorative.
This flap is suitable to be inserted in different environments of your home is combined with antique furniture in...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Secretary Stamped Quignon in Paris
By Frederic Gustave Quignon
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Louis XVI Floral Marquetry Writing Cabinet or Lady's Secrétaire
Located in Berlin, DE
19th Century Louis XVI Floral and Musical Instruments Marquetry Writing Cabinet or Lady's Secrétaire, also called "Bonheur du Jour"
A 19th century bonheur du jour writing cabinet o...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
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
English Victorian Mahogany Secretaire
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian (2nd Half of 19th Century) brass bound mahogany campaign style secretaire chest of drawers with fitted fall front drawer above 3 drawers
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century Baroque Secretary or Writing Desk in Walnut
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Exceptional Baroque secretary or writing desk, probably from southern Germany, around 1760.
The softwood corpus à deux corps, ornamentally veneered in walnut, burl and other preciou...
Category
18th Century German Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Nutwood, Walnut, Pine
Arbalete Front Chinoiserie Writing Desk, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Slant/drop front secrétaire commode, with arbalete front. Louis XIV style, decorated with hand-painted chinoiserie scenes.
A very rare and exquisite piece.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Secretaires
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier Secretaire made of walnut and rootwood with brass hardware. Fall front writing surface with interior drawers above three large exterior drawers.
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaires
$13,500 Sale Price
58% Off
20th Century French Secretary in Louis Seize Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Palisander mirror veneer on solid softwood. Rectangular body on pointed legs. In the front between four drawers straight flap. Behind it rich office layout. The sides and the front a...
Category
20th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Secretary Made In Mahogany WQith Inlaid Wood From 1840s
Located in Lejre, DK
This exquisite secretary, crafted from rich mahogany with intricate inlaid wood details, showcases the elegance and craftsmanship of the 1840s. With its timeless design and impeccabl...
Category
1840s Danish Other Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$2,315 Sale Price
23% Off
Beautiful Sloping Flap Secretary / Roll-Up Secretary, 20th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Beautiful sloping flap secretary / roll-up secretary, 20th century
Wood veneered with tulip wood and partially inlaid. High-quality workmanship on short square legs, straight four...
Category
20th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Tulipwood
French Art Deco Secretary Attributed to René Prou
By René Prou
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful French sycamore veneer secretary framed with gilded brass details, the fall front decorated with the original cafe au lait coloured leather, inside is the drawer and elegan...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Sycamore
$15,119 / set
Victorian Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Queens, NY
"American Victorian (2nd Quarter 19th Century) plum-pudding mahogany secretaire-bookcase with arched pediment above grilled doors and a maple veneer...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
Alias 80N Layout Secrétaire w Lid in Oak Top and Black Lacquered Aluminum Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias 80N Layout Secrétaire w Lid in Oak Top and Black Lacquered Aluminum Frame by Michele De Lucch
Secretaire desk on wheels. Structure in lacquered...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Secretaires
Materials
Aluminum
Cylinder Desk, Germany, 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI cylinder desk, Germany circa 1780, so called "Zopfstil". Walnut, rosewood and maple veneer and intarsia. In very good refinished cond...
Category
1780s German Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Maple, Rosewood, Walnut
1920 Walnut Secretaire with 16 Drawers and Leather Desk
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
1920 walnut secretaire with 16 drawers and leather desk, comes in two parts completely restored with shellac.
Category
1920s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
British Colonial Secretary
Located in Stamford, CT
A British Colonial secretary, probably Anglo-Indian, in Campaign form with burl wood and ebony and bone inlay.
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaires
Materials
Bone, Ebony
$21,000
$32,536 Sale Price
40% Off
Napoleon III Ebony Chiffonier with Secretary Desk, Brass Inlay Detailing
Located in Madrid, ES
This charming and practical Napoleon III style chiffonier with hidden secretary desk has been professionally refinished, and now shines in deepest ebony with richly contrasting brass...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Marble-Top Secretaire Bronze Decoration Napoleon III Period
Located in Sofia, BG
French chiffonier forming secretary, inlaid with violet wood and rosewood, flap opening with four drawers with red marble top. Falling cuffs and keyh...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Secretaires
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
Antique English Sheraton Satinwood Inlaid Secretary w/ Rosewood Banding Ca. 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Sheraton Satinwood Inlaid Secretary with Rosewood Banding, Circa 1880.
This is a very lovely secretary, typical of the period and with fine detail. The warm color of...
Category
Late 19th Century English Sheraton Antique Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood, Satinwood
Louis XVI Style Five Drawers Abattant Secretaire. France, 19th Century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Abattant secretaire with 5 drawers and a folding door made of mahogany rosewood and fruitwood marquetry with bronze handles. Louis XVI style, Napoleon III era, France, 19th century.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
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
Scandinavian Modern Teak Cabinet with Sliding Doors and Roll-up Flap
Located in Madrid, ES
Scandinavian made cabinet veneered with teak. Top part with roll-up flap, bottom with two sliding doors, behind which are storage compartments with a shelf. Key included.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
English Regency Metamorphic Book Case -Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
This finely made English regency period metamorphic bookcase-desk is also of an interesting and useful small scale. The mahogany construction is done in a clean simple straight-grain...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
IMPORTANT ANTiQUE GEORGE II 1740 FIGURED WALNUT & HARDWOOD BROWN LEATHER BUREAU
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original English circa 1740 Figured Walnut, Rosewood & Boxwood writing bureau with brown leath...
Category
1740s English George II Antique Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood, Walnut
Elegant 19th Century French Desk – Solid Fruitwood with Bronze Accents
Located in Madrid, ES
This exquisite 19th-century French desk is a stunning example of fine craftsmanship and timeless design. Constructed from solid fruitwood, this elegant piece features intricate bronz...
Category
1890s Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
French Secretaire Cabinet With Leather Bound Doors And Drawers for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An extraordinary 19th Century French osecretaire a deux corps with a tall separately made upper cabinet. The top with three curved drawers over double doors with French leather bound book spines, 18th century. Opening to a chinoiserie wall papered...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paper
Gordon Russell Bureau Desk, 1938, Stunning Original and Unique Piece
Located in London, GB
Gordon Russell, c. 1938
Bureau (desk, secretaire)
Walnut with brass and chrome fittings.
Original metal label to rear.
This is a rare item and a superb example of the best of B...
Category
1930s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Rare Highboy Secretary by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elevate your home office or study with this monumental secretary cabinet conceived by iconic British-American architect T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings (b. 1903-1976) for his legendary mid-ce...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Brass
French Louis XV Secretary, circa 1850
Located in Evergreen, CO
Elegant and functional, this stunning quarter sawn oak secretary was crafted in France in the mid-19th century and is comprised of three pieces. It features a top shelf cabinet with ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Baroque Secretaire, Bern ‘Switzerland’ 1750, Attribute to Mathaeus Funk
By Mathaeus Funk
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite 18th century Baroque secretaire, Bern (Switzerland) 1750, attributed to Mathaeus Funk (cabinetmaker 1697-1783). Rectangular body with two ...
Category
1750s Swiss Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique Louis XVI Desk Cabinet "bureau à pente"
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Louis XVI style antique desk chest of drawers called "bureau à pente".
Three dovetailed drawers, bronze details.
On the front opens a tab...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Mahogany Writing Desk with Folding Front Part
Located in Sofia, BG
French mahogany writing desk with folding front part and hidden drawers in the upper part. There are also three big drawers in the lower p...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$2,811 Sale Price
30% Off
Precious Wood Secretary, signed J. Leleu, Art Deco – 1940
By Jules Leleu
Located in HÉRIC, FR
A delightful writing desk designed by Jules Leleu (1883-1961), a renowned French designer of the Art Deco period. This legendary decorator and cabinetmaker successfully combined eleg...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
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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