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19th Century Grand English Georgian Hand Carved Oak Secretary or Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century English Georgian secretary or bookcase is a magnificent example of the genre, with
Category
Antique 1880s English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian Eastlake Carved Walnut Double Bookcase with Secretary Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful antique Victorian Eastlake double bookcase cabinet with drop front secretary desk
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Antique French Renaissance Secretary Abattant Desk Carved Oak Embossed Brass
Located in Shreveport, LA
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~ Stunning 19th century French “secrétaire à abattant”, SO elegant and Classic, with over-the-top hand carved
Category
Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Elbow Chair, English, Armchair, Desk, Scroll Arm, Regency, Circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique elbow chair. An English, mahogany armchair or desk chair with drop-in seat
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Antique American Empire Flame Mahogany Dropfront Secretary Desk, circa 1840
By Anthony Quervelle
Located in Big Flats, NY
front desk over ogee frieze drawer and two long drawers, raised on bracket feet, circa 1840.
Measures
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Empire Secretaires
Materials
Metal
Antique Swedish Biedermeier Chest of Drawers with Pull Out Desk, circa 1840
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique Swedish Biedermeier chest of drawers with pull out desk, circa 1840. Each of the three
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Dressers
Swedish Biedermeier Chest of Drawers Writing Desk Chiffonier Tallboy, Mid-1800s
Located in Lewes, England
Rare Swedish Biedermeier chest of drawers writing desk chiffonier in top grade golden birch veneers
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birch
Antique Elbow Chair Large Oak Ash Elm, Study Desk, Georgian Armchair, circa 1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique elbow chair. A large example in oak, ash and elm ideal as a study desk chair. A
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Georgian Chairs
Antique Gothic Side Table, Scottish, Oak, Correspondence Desk, Victorian, C.1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique carved side table. A Scottish, oak correspondence desk with Gothic revival taste
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Side Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique French Oak Console Sofa Table Barley Twist Louis XIII Library Desk
Located in Shreveport, LA
19th century French oak office library desk sofa table barley twist Louis XIII
~Direct from France
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XIII Sofa Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique French Carved Oak Dolphin Library Table Desk Renaissance Gothic c1890
Located in Shreveport, LA
19th century French carved oak Dolphin library table desk Renaissance Gothic.
Direct from France
Category
Antique 1890s French Renaissance Tables
Materials
Oak
Gustavian Secretary Chest
Located in New York City, NY
Swedish Gustavian secretary. Drop-front opens to desk with fitted interior drawers and cubbyholes
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Gustavian Secretary Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Antique Gustavian drop-front secretary cabinet, hand-crafted in the early 19th Century in Sweden
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Antique Sheraton Revival Burea Bookcase Leather Top Hardwood Walnut
Satinwood
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Bureau bookcase with brown leather drop front desk.
A very well made and bureau made in the Sheraton
Category
Antique 19th Century English Sheraton Cabinets
Materials
Leather, Glass, Satinwood, Walnut, Hardwood
Antique Dutch Walnut Marquetry Secretaire Abattant Chest Late 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Desk on a chest or as "chest-on chest".
The fall front desk is also called a drop front desk or drop
Category
Antique 1780s Dutch Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique Louis XVI Secretaire/Bibliotheque
Located in Dallas, TX
facades across the drawer tier, around the slant-front, drop-down desk surface, and flanking the glazing
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Secretaires
Antique Danish Single Door Pine Armoire
Located in Round Top, TX
secretary with a drop front desk with drawers above and below, but this is just an "illusion" due to the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Danish Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Pine
A Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
veneers, the drop-front secretary features a fitted interior desk section with 10 interior drawers, three
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Secretaires
$12,500
William IV mahogany Carver Armchair
Located in Cheshire, GB
. Leading down to the black leather drop-in seats. All raised up turned tapering front legs. Dimensions
Category
Antique 19th Century British Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pine Single-Door Armoire
Located in Baltimore, MD
desk top and drawer fronts above a single actual hand-cut dovetailed drawer. Outstanding hidden
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Pine
$2,250
French Empire Antique Secretaire Mahogany and Bronze Mounted Made, circa 1810
Located in Kingston, NY
has a counter balanced drop front that opens to a compartmented interior desk. Beautiful matched flame
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Venetian Painted Secretary Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
section, features a slant-front drop-down desk surface, with three huge drawers below that! The entireity
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Secretaires
Painted Swedish Gustavian Style Secretary
Located in Houston, US
Really beautiful Swedish secretary with drop front, interior drawers, cubbies and a secret
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian Travel Trunk
Located in Dallas, TX
moldings, the top slide out drawer with drop front revealing a fitted desk interior, over two short drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Wood
Birch Secretary Bureau from Germany, circa 1840-60
Located in Round Top, TX
Rich birch and stately lines define this handsome Biedermeier drop front secretary.
Refer to close
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Birch
Antique Federal Style Walnut Hutch Cabinet with Original Hand Blown Glass
Located in Portsmouth, VA
Handcrafted over 150 years ago, this rare mid-19th century secretary desk blends utility and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Federal Cabinets
Materials
Blown Glass, Walnut
Faux Bamboo Late Victorian Secrétaire, Chest of Drawers
Located in Hastings, GB
secrétaire
There is a hidden pullout / pull-out writing desk at the top, with 3 good size drawers beneath
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique Travelling Writing Slope, English, Correspondence Box, Victorian, C.1899
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
reverse
Two-section fall front skiver with a gold tooled and embossed surface
Personal inscription dated
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Furniture
Materials
Brass
Early Painted Swedish Secretary
Located in Houston, TX
Early painted Swedish secretary desk (circa 1810-1830: drop-front reveals sixteen small
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Bone, Pine
Antique Sarcophagus Tea Caddy, Anglo Indian, Colonial, Campaign, Victorian, 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
inlaid medallion
Lid interior lined with ruched velvet in a medium green hue
Front fascia dressed
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Original Painted Swedish Clock Cabinet With Secretary, Circa 1840
Located in Round Top, TX
Remarkable original painted Swedish cabinet with clock and secretary with drop front desk.
The
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Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Secretaires
Materials
Metal
Georgian Scottish Mahogany Jewellery Box
Located in Northampton, GB
range of Jewellery or watches. The box dates to the 19th century during the Georgian era circa 1830
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Scottish William IV Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Monumental Eastlake Stepback Walnut
Burl Secretary Bookcase, C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
construction with central case having upper bookcase with double glass doors over drop front desk and drawer
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Eastlake Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Swedish Mid-19th Century Drop Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish mid-19th century Karl Johan drop front painted wood desk with three lower drawers and
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Drop Front Desk, France 1830, Walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
This eye-catching secretary desk comes from France and dates back to around 1830. It features a
Category
Antique 1830s French Restauration Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Drop Front Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century Chinese drop front desk made of Asian hardwood with a high relief carved case and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks
French 19th Century Directoire-Style Drop Front Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This amazing Directoire style walnut desk has a slanted front that drops to reveal an interior
Category
Antique 19th Century French Directoire Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Swedish, 19th Century, Karl Johan Painted Wood Drop Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish, 19th century, Karl Johan drop front painted wood desk. This Swedish desk features a drop
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Standard Grade Wooton Desk
By Wooton Desk Co.
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a highly desirable and quite rare 19th century standard grade Wooton desk.
This desk
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th Century Dovetail Joints Secretary Drop Front Desk w Drawers Dresser
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Antique 19th Century Dovetail Joints Secretary Drop Front desk w drawers dresser.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Federal Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century American Walnut Federal Style Drop-Front Desk
Located in Louisville, KY
any room or space in your home. This American Drop-front Desk is simplistic in design, yet unique in
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Diminutive Pine Slant Front Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century diminutive slant front desk constructed from mostly pine having a rustic finish. The
Category
Antique 19th Century American Rustic Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Biedermeier Inlaid Drop Front Secretary, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Biedermeier drop front secretary features inlaid banding throughout, drop front writing
Category
Antique 19th Century Biedermeier Desks
Materials
Wood
East Lake Style Burwood Drop Front Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 19th Century
Amazing East Lake style burwood drop front desk
This amazing front desk comes
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Highly Carved Gilt Venetian Drop Front Desk
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous desk with fantastic carvings, including a full body cherub dragons roaring lion drawer
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Rococo Desks
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Mahogany Drop Front Desk with Marble Top
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This handsome mahogany Louis Philippe desk features a marble top and drop front that folds down to
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks
Materials
Marble
Antique Pine Drop Front Secretary Cabinet/ Distressed
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A tall cabinet with a banded drop front opening to seven drawers and a center open shelf flanked by
Category
Antique 19th Century Rustic Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Antique Ebony Asian Drop Front Desk Secretary with Carved Front
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome ebony wood Asian drop front desk or secretary with a carved design on the drop front. It
Category
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Ashwood Biedermeier Drop Front Abattant Secretary Desk, circa 1850
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Bierdermeier abattant secretary features ashwood construction with drop front desk
Category
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Drop Front Secretary with Upper Bookcase
Located in Big Flats, NY
, drop front desk opens to reveal felt writing surface, pigeon holes and drawers; lower doors with arched
Category
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
19th Century Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A lovely architectural form secretary with marquetry inlay doors.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
English 1840s Mahogany Campaign Chest with Drop Front Desk and Four Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Campaign mahogany chest from the mid 19th century, with drop front desk, four drawers
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Campaign Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century German Biedermeier Roll Top Desk
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
An exceptional Biedermeier roll top desk or secretary from the 19th century. This desk has all the
Category
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Walnut
Antique Continental Hand-Painted Venetian Gilt Drop Front Secretary
Located in Big Flats, NY
-front desk with internal compartments and writing surface and three long drawers, 19th century
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Satinwood Carlton House Writing Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique late Victorian satinwood Carlton House Desk, circa 1880 in date.
This
Category
Antique 1880s English High Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Satinwood
English Regency Antique 19th C Mahogany Dropleaf Library Writing Desk Sofa Table
Located in Dayton, OH
A fine English Regency drop leaf library desk or sofa table, circa early 19th century. Rectangular
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century British Colonial Rosewood Campaign Desk
Located in Port Jervis, NY
. Slant front desk drops down to reveal 11 drawers, one-door, and two open galleries. Behind the walls of
Category
Antique 1870s English British Colonial Desks
Materials
Brass
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Find many varieties of an authentic 19th century drop front desk available at 1stDibs. Each 19th century drop front desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and metal. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect 19th century drop front desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right 19th century drop front desk, those designed in Victorian, Empire and Georgian styles are of considerable interest. Biedermeier and Reid and Sons each produced at least one beautiful 19th century drop front desk that is worth considering.
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Prices for a 19th century drop front desk start at $850 and top out at $14,100 with the average selling for $3,784.
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