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Antique Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Sèvres Porcelain Mounted Secretaire
Located in London, GB
Antique Louis XVI style ormolu and Sèvres porcelain mounted secretaire
French, c. 1840
Height 127cm, width 76cm, depth 37cm
This magnificent secretaire was crafted around 1840 from ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Ebonized Antique Louis XVI Secretary
Located in Austin, TX
Secretary, drop front desk, from France, of Mahogany in the Louis XVI style. This cabinet is finished in a lustrous museum quality ebonized French polish. There are two lower doors w...
Category
1910s French Louis XVI Vintage Wood Secretaires
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
Solid Oak Cabinet and Desk by Guillerme et Chambron, France, 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and rare "dos d'âne" style desk and cabinet by French designers Guillerme and Chambron featuring leather straps holding the desk tray. Chest of 4 drawers In overall good vint...
Category
1960s French Vintage Wood Secretaires
Materials
Laminate, Oak
Secretary desk 1152M in solid oak, Dyrlund, Denmark, 1990's
By Dyrlund
Located in La Tour-de-Peilz, CH
Without ever skimping on quality, this company, founded in 1960, once again shows the high level of standards that it applies to all its achievements.
If Dyrlund prides itself on ha...
Category
1990s Danish Scandinavian Modern Wood Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Oak
Louis XVI Style Parquetry, Gilt-Bronze and Lacquer Mounted Petit Secretaire Cabi
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Parquetry, Gilt-Bronze and Lacquer Mounted Petit Secretaire Cabinet, Attributed to Maison Beurdeley.
Stamped to the reverse of the bronze mounts to the botto...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A fine late George III satinwood and snakewood secretaire cabinet
By George Simson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine late George III satinwood and snakewood secretaire cabinet, attributed to George Simson of London, of rectangular form, the upper section with a pair of glazed doors with fine...
Category
Early 18th Century English George III Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood
Louis XVI Style French Scriban Chest
Located in Austin, TX
Scriban or secretary chest in the Louis XVI style from France. This piece is made of mahogany that has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish. There are two doors t...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
English George III Mahogany Secretary Desk and Bookcase, 18th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETARY DESK AND BOOKCASE
England, circa last quarter of the 18th century
Item # 305PKI25A
An incredibly beautiful George III mahogany fall-front secretary de...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Fine English George III Antique Mahogany Secretary Desk circa 1780
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A VERY FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE WITH A GLAZED BOOKSHELF ABOVE A CHEST OF DRAWERS
England, circa 1780 Three drawers signed "William Jones"
...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English Regency Style Wood and Brass Leather Top Campaign Desk
Located in New York, NY
English Regency-Style (20th century) Campaign / kneehole desk with two cabinet columns with four drawers each having square inset brass drawer pulls and ebonized trim, and a central ...
Category
20th Century European Regency Wood Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Rococo Oyster Burl Secretary Cabinet / Desk
Located in New York, NY
Italian Rococo secretary desk / cabinet with an upper door that folds down to reveal a writing surface and 5 small interior drawers, over three drawers with serpentine fronts and orn...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Brass
Edward J Wormley for Dunbar / Janus Japanese Wood Block, Walnut, and Rosewood
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century two-section china cabinet / hutch with an upper walnut case with four rosewood cabinet fronts featuring inset Japanese wood blocks depicting pastoral scenes with adjacent...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood, Wood, Walnut
17th Century William and Mary Olive Oyster Marquetry Escritoire, circa 1680
By Thomas Pistor
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A remarkable and extremly rare William and Mary olive oyster and floral marquetry escritoire, concealing eight secret drawers, circa 1680. England.
Att...
Category
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Bone, Oak, Olive, Pine
Børge Mogensen Danish Teak Serving Cabinet / China Hutch
Located in New York, NY
Danish mid-century teak serving cabinet / china hutch with a rectangular lower cabinet with two sliding doors supporting, a two shelf upper china cabinet...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Teak, Glass
Guillerme & Chambron Midcentury French Large Oak Desk
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury French (1950s) large asymmetrical oak desk with 2 columns of drawers featuring an extending tray, resting on 4 tapered legs. 3 textured, painted pulls are attached to the ...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wood Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Italian Mid-Century Modern Walnut Desk, Style of Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern walnut desk featuring a slightly L-shaped top resting on a set of two open compartments with plexiglass supports on the left and 5 louver front drawers on ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood Secretaires
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Walnut
George III Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Georgian period mahogany chest on chest, the dentil molded top with reeded canted corners having three short and three wide drawers over lower section having secretary drawer an...
Category
1770s English George III Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Pine, Mahogany
Italian Designer, Desk, Teak, Brass, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A teak and brass desk or secretaire designed and produced by an Italian Designer, Italy, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Secretaires
Materials
Brass
American Block Front Dropdown Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in New York, NY
American (18/19th Century) block front mahogany secretary desk with a slant top drop front over 3 drawers supported on ogee bracket feet.
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Ebony Inlaid Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine Regency period mahogany bookcase cabinet with secretary drawer, the molded cornice with ebonized ball drops over two astragal glazed doors over satinwood fitted pull out se...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood
Raymond Loewy for Mengel Fall-Front Walnut and Iron Secretary Cabinets
Located in New York, NY
2 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 light...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Iron
Studio Craft Drop Front Desk by Karel Mikolas
Located in Dallas, TX
An incredibly crafted drop front secretary desk by Karel Mikolas. Made from various solid hardwoods with carved panels and a cast bronze key escutcheon.
Category
1970s Vintage Wood Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Fine George III Flame-Figured Mahogany Secretaire Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
The arched pediment centered by paneled roundel, over two glazed doors with pointed astragals opening to a chartreuse silk-lined interior with shelves; the lower part with a pullout ...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Brass
American Victorian Walnut Secretary Glass Front Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian two-piece walnut secretary cabinet with a base having a drawer whose front folds down to create a desktop with interior drawers and green felt over two doors with ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Secrétaire À Abattant
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Impressive Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted secrétaire à Abattant, In The Manner Of André Charles Boulle.
This drop-front writing cabinet or secrétaire à abattant is finishe...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
King George I Ambassadorial Secrétaire-Cabinet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This highly important secrétaire-cabinet was crafted for and specially ordered by King George I for the British Ambassador to Russia. From its craftsmanship and materials to its exceptional artistry, it is a work of royal and historic significance that exudes power in each and every detail. The broken pediment at its apex features the simplified royal coat of arms bearing the king’s crown, while the interior is adorned by portraits of the British Royal Family. Placed within the ambassador’s St. Petersburg home, this entirely unique piece of furniture would have been a potent reminder of England's grandeur and political importance.
Relations between England and Russia during this period were at an all-time high. Peter the Great had traveled to England in 1698 as part of his widely known “Grand Embassy” tour, wherein he attempted to gain foreign support against the Ottoman Empire. He spent a period of nearly four months there, meeting with King William III and his court on numerous occasions. Noted academic Arthur MacGregor wrote concerning the impact of the trip, “For two decades following Peter's visit, British influence in Russia reached a peak. It manifested itself in social custom, in craft practice and in ships and naval organization... it reached a significant sector of the population before relations cooled once again and the two nations pulled back from this era of unprecedented cordiality.”
First and foremost, however, it is a reminder of British might and influence. By the reign of King George I, England had come into its own as a world power. Unique in its design, this cabinet is a reflection of the country’s might. It is crafted from the highest-quality solid walnut and burr walnut adorned by gilded lock plates and engraved hinges. The presence of ormolu at its apex and lining the doors was a rarity for this period, and its addition makes manifest the importance of the design.
The outer doors open to reveal multiple interiors, including fifteen separate drawers around a central cupboard; the cupboard doors each bear mezzotint portraits of George I and his father, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover. An etching after the portrait of George I dating to circa 1716 is in London’s Royal Academy. A second, inner pair of doors are adorned by mezzotints of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later Queen Caroline and George II), which are both after portraits by Sir Godfrey Kneller dated 1716 in the Royal Collection. A final portrait is revealed on the very interior of the cabinet, where a mezzotint of Frederick, Anne, Amelia and Caroline, children of the Prince of Wales, resides. An etching (circa 1715-1720) after this portrait can be found in the National Portrait Gallery (London).
Apart from its abundance of royal portraiture, the cabinet features stunning painted decoration, including floral designs as well as clouds, birds and trees in a bucolic motif reminiscent of Eden. Its lower portion is a study in both form and function, featuring a fitted secrétaire-drawer above three additional drawers for storage. The cabinet appears in The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture by R. Edwards from 1964, a text that is regarded as the bible of British furniture design. Edwards describes it as a “writing cabinet...given by George I to the British Ambassador at the Russian court.”
The cabinet was likely made for the 18th-century German diplomat and writer Friedrich Christian Weber, who represented English interests at the Russian court from 1714 until 1719. Although Weber’s tenure as ambassador was relatively short, while in St. Petersburg, he authored his account entitled Das veraenderte Russland (The Present State of Russia), which was published in three volumes in 1721, 1739 and 1740. It may, however, also have been made for George Douglas, 2nd Earl of Dumbarton, who served as ambassador alongside Weber in 1716. Diplomatic relations ceased between the two countries in 1721.
In 1928, the cabinet appeared for sale at the International Exhibition of Antiques & Works of Art in Olympia. It had previously been in the collection of the Woltner family of Bordeaux, the celebrated vintners who owned the estate Château Laville Haut-Brion and produced wine of the same name. According to the family, Monsieur Woltner was given the cabinet as a gift from an aunt who lived in Russia for many years. After leaving the Woltner collection, the cabinet was acquired by William Berry...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Rustic Old Hickory Hutch
Located in New York, 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 Wood Secretaires
Materials
Slate
Early 18th Century George I Figured Walnut Bachelors Chest, C.1720-1730
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare early 18th-century compact George I figured walnut bachelors chest
The quarter veneered feather and crossbanded top opens on original hinges to reveal a veneered int...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English Georgian Mahogany Secretary
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian mahogany secretary cabinet with a bottom section with drawers and an upper section with 2 lattice glass doors.
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Kai Winding Bureau / Secretaire Produced by Cabinetmaker P. Jeppesen in Denmark
By Kai Winding
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare bureau / secretaire designed by Kai Winding. Produced by cabinetmaker P. Jeppesen in Denmark.
Dimensions (W x D x H): 100 x 46.5 (83) x 104 (68) cm.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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 Wood Secretaires
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mahogany
Maison Jansen French Louis-XVI Style Ebonized Secretary Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI-style (1940s) ebonized & bronze trim abbatant form desk with a drop front interior above 3 drawers and below a narrow drawer with a bronze design panel. (stamped: JA...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Wood Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Napoleon III Marquetry Inlaid Secrétaires Abbatant
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of Napoleon III gilt-bronze mounted, Marquetry Inlaid Secrétaires Abbatants, by Henry Dasson, After the Model by Jean-Francois Dubut.
Stamped to the reverse of the bronze ...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century Dutch Floral Marquetry Bureau Display Cabinet
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The moulded cornice above two shaped glass panelled doors opening to shelves, the lower part with a hinged sloping fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior with a central door ...
Category
19th Century Dutch Neoclassical Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Continental Neoclassic Writing Table
Located in New York, NY
Continental neoclassic walnut writing table with fall front fitted secretaire drawer on replaced legs (early 19th century and later).
Category
Early 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Regency Brass-Inlaid Rosewood Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency brass-inlaid rosewood secretaire cabinet, the rectangular top with a pierced galleried shelf with trellis work on the sides, above a secretaire drawer, banded with brass pa...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English Sheraton Mahogany Secretary
Located in New York, NY
English Sheraton style (19th century) mahogany inlaid secretary with 2 lattice doors.
Category
19th Century Sheraton Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
18th Century Danish Late Baroque Secretaire
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine 18th century Danish late Baroque secretaire in its original finish with three drawers in the bottom half. The desk compartment features four drawers ...
Category
18th Century Danish Baroque Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Wood
“Elefantini” Secrétaire by Roberto Rida, Italy, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Palm wood drop-down secretary/vanity, comprising a console-base supporting a cabinet decorated with 120 bronze elephants. The inside features a drawer with a bone pull. A matching be...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Wood Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Parquetry Secrétaire, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted parquetry and marquetry fall-front Secrétaire with a marble top.
Stamped to the carcass ‘10298’.
This elegantly shaped Secrétaire is deco...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Maison Jansen French Louis XVI Style Ebonized Secretary Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI-style (1940s) ebonized & bronze trim abbatant form desk with a drop front interior above 3 drawers and below a single drawer & a white marble top. (stamped: JANSEN)
Category
1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Wood Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
British Colonial Ebony Bureau Bookcase
Located in Greenwich, CT
Exceedingly rare early 18th century English colonial Macassar ebony diminutive bureau bookcase with hexagonal oyster veneered doors, lids and drawer fronts, the sides and secondary timbers all in solid streaky ebony having rich patination, The upper section with two arched mirror doors concealing two adjustable shelves, a row of pigeon holes and two drawers, over single candle slide, the lower section with stepped interior, further pigeon holes and sliding well, over two short and two long drawers and standing on bracket base. Southern India or Sri Lanka, circa 1720.
English colonial furniture...
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1710s Sri Lankan William and Mary Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Ebony
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 Wood Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Walnut Secretary
Located in Hudson, NY
Biedermeier Walnut Secretary Chest, Biedermeier walnut secretary with cabinet below. Desk has four small drawers and a letter shelf. Cab...
Category
19th Century Czech Biedermeier Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Napoleon III 'Sevres' Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Bureau De Dame, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
A fine Napoleon III Sevres style porcelain and ormolu-mounted tulipwood and parquetry Bureau De Dame, circa 1860
With stepped rectangular superstructure with three shaped rectangu...
Category
1860s French Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Swiss Early 19th Century Empire Bureau Cabinet, Signed Hirschgartner
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
This fine Empire drop-front secretary (secrétaire a'abattant or secrétaire en armoire) with a writing and standing desk is signed M. Hirschgartner. Hans Martin Hirschgartner (1766-18...
Category
19th Century Swiss Empire Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Continental Gustavian Painted Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Continental Gustavian-style (Possibly Swedish/ Danish 18th Century) off-white painted secretary with carved column sides and carved simple swag and t...
Category
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mahogany Inlaid Slope Front Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century mahogany inlaid slope front secretaire bookcase with astragal glazing below a dentil cornice, four graduating drawers with marquis...
Category
Early 19th Century Irish Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Rosewood Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
English Regency rosewood secretaire cabinet with two upper shelves supported by a lyre form over a secretaire drawer fitted with a leather wri...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Russian Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
Russian (18th Century) mahogany secretary bookcase with brass gallery pediment and trim with 2 front doors revealing 3 drawers and shelves ...
Category
Late 18th Century Russian Empire Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English Georgian Style Secretary Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian style (19th century) red lacquered Chinoiserie decorated slant front secretary cabinet.
Category
19th Century British Georgian Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Étagères by Paul McCobb for Calvin Furniture
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A well scaled Mid-Century Modern étagère in bleached walnut designed by Paul McCobb. The cabinet or shelf set is constructed in solid walnut wood and brass and features two separate ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Rare French Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Secretaire with Architecture Scenes
Located in London, GB
A Truly Magnificent 19th century Secre´taire a` Abattant by Maison Rogie´ of Paris After the original in the Wallace Collection, London, made in 1777 by Pierre-Antoine Foullet
Con...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
German Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary
Located in New York, NY
German Biedermeier (circa 1820) mahogany secretary cabinet with Corinthian columns on top and bottom section and a centered drop front revealing a...
Category
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Chinese Chippendale Style Lattice Design Secretary
Located in New York, NY
English Chinese Chippendale style (19th century) carved mahogany lattice design secretary with gilt eagle pediment.
Category
19th Century Chinese Chippendale Antique Wood Secretaires
Materials
Giltwood, Mahogany
In the Manner of Jean Pascaud, Art Deco Drop Front Secretary, France, circa 1935
By Jean Pascaud
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco drop front secretary in the manner of Jean Pascaud. Made in France, circa 1935. Sycamore with a giltwood base, mahogany interior...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
American Victorian Walnut Drop Front Secretary
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian walnut drop front secretary with two glass doors.
Category
20th Century American Victorian Wood Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Continental Dutch Satinwood Secretary
Located in New York, 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 Wood Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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