Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 17

Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau / Secretaire, Copenhagen Approx. 1780

About the Item

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 and inlay, as well as a removable mirror gallery with columns. Parquet floor in mirror gallery with marquetry in ebony and satin wood. Lower part has 3 large drawers intarsia edge and fillings in Thuja wood. Copenhagen 1780-1790. Depth opened : 97 cm
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 80.32 in (204 cm)Width: 48.82 in (124 cm)Depth: 23.23 in (59 cm)
  • Style:
    Louis XVI (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1780
  • Condition:
    Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Kastrup, DK
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 1047081stDibs: LU1007429261102

More From This Seller

View All
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

Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau, Copenhagen 1780-1790
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Louis XVI bureau in solid mahogany. In 3 parts. Top with tooth cut profiled top list. Pair of doors with fillings, sides with profiled quartz columns. Bottom part with slant-front desk behind which numerous small drawers with knobs in bone. Sides with fluted columns. All keyholes with brass...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Brass

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

Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

C.F. Harsdorff Louis XVI Secrétaire in Cuban Mahogany
Located in Kastrup, DK
C.F. Harsdorff, 1735–1799 A small, elegant Louis XVI secrétaire designed by the renowned Danish architect C.F. Harsdorff. Crafted in exceptional cabinetmaker quality from richly gra...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Brass

Antique Louis XVI Chest, Mahogany, Copenhagen, 1780-1790
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI chest, Mahogany with 4 drawers. Carved dentil under top plate. Top drawer and sides with geometric molding work. Sides flanked by fluted quarter columns. This type is...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

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

Antique Early 19th Century European Empire Secretaires

Materials

Oak, Mahogany

You May Also Like

18h Century Louis XVI Walnut Cylinder Bureau / Secretaire
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful cylinder Bureau from the time of Louis XVI circa 1780-1790. The Secretaire is made of thick saw walnut veneer on a pine wood body, the interior is made also with walnut ven...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

Louis XVI Rolltop Desk, France 1780, Mahogany
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI Rolltop or cylinder desk, France, 1780. This original Louis XVI cylinder desk has an elegant mahogany veneer with satinwood inlays. I...
Category

Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Secretaire Abattant
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early-mid 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany secretaire abattant The top having a drawer above the drop front with felt writing surface, multiple compartments/drawers. Bottom hal...
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century European Louis XIII Secretaires

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Secretaire Stamped Sotto
Located in Kittery Point, ME
With a canted white marble rectangular top with a three-quarter pierced gallery above a frieze drawer, the fall-front with gilt-tooled black leather writing surface enclosing a fitte...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

Fine Danish Louis XVI Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
A fine Danish Louis XVI mahogany and fruitwood slant front secretaire, circa 1780-1790, in three parts: the scrolled cornice top above a fruitwood inl...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany, Fruitwood

Antique French Secretaire / Bureau in Mahogany
Located in Leicester, GB
Beautiful Antique French flame Mahogany secretaire/bureau/cabinet. The inside is lined with maple and finished with ebonized black details. The cabinet has got lots of charm and char...
Category

Antique 1890s French French Provincial Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

Recently Viewed

View All