Scandinavian Secretaires

Condition: Pre-Restored Dimensions: 35.5” L x 17.5” D x 43.75” H (29.75” Desk, H 25.5” H LR) Description: A vintage oak bureau/vanity with storage under the desk surface. Freshly i...

Condition: Pre-Restored Dimensions: 33.25” L x 17” D x 41.5” H (27” Desk Height) Description: A vintage teak vanity/desk with drawers. Lock works and comes with key. Freshly import...

Dimensions: 90 x 50 / 34 x 107 cm (WxDxH) Danish mid century teak rolltop bureau manufactured by Dyrlund Denmark in the 1960's. This distinctive burea...

Vintage Mahogany, architectural upper section with demi-lune drawer, dentil frieze below and full drawer, drop-front fitted interior with marquetry drawers and doors, two side column...

The slender secretaire on an unusual high stand with four curved legs dived into quarters, the frame with a central inlaid palmette motif. The fall down writing flap, enclosing a fitted interior with numerous drawers, above and below are two doors enclosing one shelf. The top of the secretaire in form of a classical triangular pediment, the center of which is decorated with an inlaid stylized anthemion. The entire front is very plain and geometrical, divided into six panels inlaid with rectangular fields in light wood. The design of this mahogany secretaire is based on classical Roman and Greek models, in this case the bookcases that were portrayed on frescoes, reliefs and Roman gold glass. As secretaires were not known in Antiquity, Abildgaard designed his secretaire as a cupboard though in such a way, that the two centre doors are actually a fall front writing top. The carved turned underframe is inspired by Etruscan footstools, which were known especially from reliefs and had been reproduced in contemporary prints. Abildgaard designed this piece of furniture far more in accordance with ancient tradition than did the other furniture designer of the day. The most important (and avantgarde) piece of the furniture Abildgaard designed in the first decade of the 19th century, is this secretaire, which marks a real renewal in relation to the secretaires that constituted the master's test for the members of the guild of cabinetmakers at this time. Compared with these, this secretaire is a very light piece of furniture that does not follow the contemporary fashion towards classical architectural decorations such as columns, pillars, architraves, etc. which often endow such pieces. Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (11 September 1743 – 4 June 1809) was a leading Danish Neoclassical painter who also designed (mostly for his own use) elegant Grecian furniture...

A blue painted Swedish Drop Front Secretaire with decorative painting inside the doors.

vintage secretary wall cupboard 60s Sweden period 60's design unknown Sweden condition good light signs of use veneer traces on the back size 186 x 95 x 42 (hxwxd) detail...

This Danish Modern teak bookcase display top will store your precious items in minimalist splendor. This piece can be set directly on the ...