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18th Century Empire Secretary Veneered with Mahogany
Located in Opole, PL
is topped with a green marble board.
The whole is dated the turn of the 18th and the 19th centuries
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble
$3,782 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Style Cylinder Secretary In Marquetry And Gilt Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
gilded bronze ornamentation.
Upper tier topped with a white Carrara marble top surrounded by an openwork
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French Secretary Desk, Jean-Georges SCHLICHTIG, Master from 1765
By Jean-Georges Schlichtig
Located in Wien, AT
fittings, stamped J G SCHLICHTIG, marble top probably supplemented in the 19th century, 138.5 x 78 x 37.5
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Marble Top Miniature Secretaire a Abbatant, Fall Front Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
French late 19th century marble top miniature secretaire abbatant with four drawers, two shelves
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French End Tables
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III French Secretary Chest of Drawers Mahogany Rosewood Inlaid
Located in Brooklyn, NY
19th century Napoleon III French secretary (secretaire) chest of drawers in fine mahogany rosewood
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
$3,968 Sale Price
49% Off
19th Century French Marble-Top Secretaire in Blackened Wood Napoleon III Period
Located in Sofia, BG
in the lower part. White marble top surrounded in brass decoration.
France, Napoleon III period
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
$3,470 Sale Price
32% Off
Italian Lombardy Flower Inlaid Monetiere , in the manner of Maggiolini, Ca. 1820
Located in CH
, demonstrating the high level of craftsmanship achieved by Maggiolini’s followers in early 19th-century Lombardy
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Fruitwood
Lovely Mixed Wood Inlay French Secretary
Located in Hopewell, NJ
reveal storage space. The brass ormulu hardware is all original. Beautiful yellow marble top completes
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Satinwood
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
French Brass Inlaid Ladies Bureau Desk
Located in Swadlincote, GB
drawer to release the tambour and then fold over the original velvet writing surface, lovely marble top
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Brass
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk.
With a grey marble top over
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$23,936 Sale Price
20% Off
French Empire Mahogany Bureau à Cylindre Writing Table, circa 1810
Located in Rome, IT
A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk.
With a grey marble top over
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$23,936 Sale Price
20% Off
Napoleon III Ebony Chiffonier with Secretary Desk, Brass Inlay Detailing
Located in Madrid, ES
feature detailed brass inlays of stylized plants, flowers and architectural motifs. The top is a single
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Bleached Mahogany Secretaire / Commode With Marble
Located in Carmine, TX
marble top gives it a very classical feel. The small size make it a perfect piece for a bedroom to be
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
French 19th Century Secretaire abbatant
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Kingwood Bombe shaped Secretaire Abbatant, having the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Walnut Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
19th century. Topped with a great piece of black and white marble. A single, slim drawer at the top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal, Brass
19th Century, French Louis XVI Style Wood Secretaire Sideboard
Located in IT
19th Century, French Louis XVI Style Wood Secretaire Sideboard
Rare veneered wood secretaire
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Charles
X
Secretaire
Located in Sheffield, MA
Burled elm charles 'X' drop front secretary (secrétaire à abattant) with black marble top with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Biedermeier Desks
Materials
Marble
$9,800
Exceptionally Rare 19th Century French Secrétaire à Abattant by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
secretaire came to England in the 19th century, and was later sold by the Duke of Hamilton at his sale in
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Special 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Parquetry Secretaire a Abattant
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Special Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Parquetry Secretaire a Abattant
The shaped
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Four Drawer Abattant Secretaire, France, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This Louis XVI style abattant secretaire dates to the 19th century and was produced in France
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Louis XV 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Secretaire By Befort Jeune
By Befort Jeune
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Louis XV style 19th century marble top mahogany sceretaire desk with bronze mounts is something to be
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$12,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Sevres Style Porcelain Mounted Secrétaire, 19th Century, After Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French side cabinet with a marble top, a fall front secrétaire
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Porcelain, Mahogany
$64,157 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Classical Charles X Burled Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
fossilized marble top is supported by an elliptical molding. The main body contains one upper drawer and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Charles X Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Classical Charles X Burled Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
fossilized marble top is supported by an elliptical molding. The main body contains one upper drawer and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Charles X Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$4,520 Sale Price
20% Off
French Louis Philippe Marble Top Commode with Secretary
Located in Rio Vista, CA
a drop front secretaire. The case has a fitted white Italian Carrara marble top with clipped corners
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
Russian Neoclassic Mahogany Secretaire Chest
Located in Queens, NY
Russian Neoclassical (Early 19th Century) ormolu, & white marble mounted ebonized & mahogany secré
Category
Antique 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French First Empire Period, circa 1805, ‘Secretaire Abattant’
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
winged maiden writing on a scroll. All below the Portor marble top.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Circa 1790 Swedish Gustavian Marble Top Mahogany Desk Commode Chest
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GUSTAVIAN MAHOGANY SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT WITH MARBLE TOP
Sweden, circa 1790
34 3/16" H x 17 3/4" D
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Empire style Mahogany secretaire abattant, circa 1840
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century French Mahogany marble topped Empire style Secretaire Abattant
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Revival Desks
Materials
Mahogany
1800s Antique French Empire Style, Mahogany, Gilt, Secretaire a Abattant, Desk!!
Located in Austin, TX
Empire style marble-top mahogany fall-front desk, 19th century, projecting frieze drawer, with gilt metal
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble
French Louis XVI Secretaire Abattant / Secretary desk, circa 1800
Located in Lucenec, SK
Louis XVI style secretaire early 19th century. It has the original white marble top, single larger
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass
$4,859 Sale Price
30% Off
French Empire Mahogany Drop Front Secretary "Secrétaire à Abattant"
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A 19th century French Empire drop front secretary with black as a marble top and side columns with
Category
Antique 1870s French Empire More Carpets
Materials
Mahogany
$6,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Commode by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Commode By Henry Dasson
Henry
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Paul Sormani Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode, Paris, After Haupt
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
yellow and pink brêche marble top above three frieze drawers applied with guilloche and entrelac gilt
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Bonheur du Jour by Winckelsen
By Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen
Located in London, GB
.
The desk is surmounted by a pierced galleried top, its surface covered with white marble. A similar
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Fine Antique French Marquetry Escritoire c.1880
Located in Worcester, GB
French Louis XV Style Marquetry Escritoire with Brèche d’Alep Marble Top, circa 1880
A fine 19th
Category
Antique 19th Century French Cabinets
Materials
Kingwood
$3,111 / set
Fine quality Louis XVI Bonhuer du juer, circa 1880.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French LOUIS XVI style, Sevres style porcelain mounted Bonheur du
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Highly Important Pair of Neoclassical Side Cabinets by Jules Piret, circa 1860
By Jules Piret
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
three-quarter gallery and an inset grey marble top, above a cupboard door centred by a very fine biscuit
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Wooden Secretaire with Marble Top, 1890s
Located in Florence, IT
19th century Italian wooden Secretaire with drawers and marble top, 1890s.
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Secretaire a`Abbattant with a Marble Top, circa 1830
Located in Salisbury, GB
A 19th century French secretaire a' abbatant. The marble top over a marquetry inlaid mahogany base
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Empire Secretaire
Located in Nashville, TN
This 19th century French Empire secretaire features lovely columns with finely cast gilt brass
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble
19th Century France Louis Philippe Walnut Secretaire Marble Top, 1840s
Located in Roma, RM
Beautiful French secretaire of the Louis-Philippe era, of excellent quality and quality of the
Category
Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Charles X French Secretaire with Marble
Located in Wolverhampton, GB
A 19th century French Charles X mahogany and sycamore line inlaid secretaire à àbattant
The rounded
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Marquetry Inlaid Secretaire Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
; the marble top over a single frieze drawer above a drop front panel opening with the original lock and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Beaux Arts Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Mahogany Secrétaire
Located in Milan, IT
French mahogany secrétaire A-vantaux, first quarter of the 19th century. The secretaire has a high
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century, Empire Secretaire, Mahogany Feather, Gilded Bronze
Located in PALERMO, IT
chiseled bronze, and gilded with mercury. Upper top in marble.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Swedish Gustavian Brass-Mounted Mahogany and Marble-Top Secretaire
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Neoclassic Swedish Gustavian brass-mounter mahogany and marble-top secretaire.
Category
20th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Napoleon III Secretaire
Located in London, GB
Elegant ebonized Napoleon III black bureau. It features a marble top, as well as floral and figural
Category
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
Empire Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant, 19th century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Empire Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Secretaire having a marble top over a single frieze drawer, with a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Kingwood
Mahogany Secretaire Abbatant 19th century Napoleon III
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
magnificent late19th century Napoleon III Kingwood and Mahogany Marble topped Secretaire Abbatant France circa
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
19th Century Third Republic Secretaire Abattant, French
Located in Sydney, NSW
A 19th century secretaire abattant in the Empire taste. Bookmatched feathered mahogany, the
Category
Antique 1870s French Empire Revival Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Louis Phillipe Mahogany Secretary a Abattant with Marble Top
Located in Ljubljana, SI
pattern from the bottom doors to the original gray marble top.
Category
Antique 1830s French Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Third Empire Secretaire a Abbatant in the Louis XVI Taste
Located in Sydney, NSW
white marble top. Other embellishments include multiple gilt decorative perimeter mouldings around the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
French marble top abattant
Located in Charlottesville, VA
19th c French abattant having fall front desk flanked by columns over three drawers 31.5″
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Lacquered Secretaire
Located in Paris, FR
. Louis XV style
. End of XIXth century
. Marble top
. Opening on 4 drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$8,200
Secretaire a Abattant
Located in London, GB
An early 19th C. secretaire a abattant. With classical columns and a mottled off white marble top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
$6,450
Secrétaire Bonheur du jour Empire
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
a very unusual secretaire Bonheur du jour with black marble top.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
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19th Century Marble Top Secretaire For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic 19th century marble top secretaire available at 1stDibs. A 19th century marble top secretaire — often made from wood, marble and stone — can elevate any home. Each 19th century marble top secretaire bearing Louis XVI, Louis XV or Empire hallmarks is very popular.
How Much is a 19th Century Marble Top Secretaire?
A 19th century marble top secretaire can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $4,435, while the lowest priced sells for $1,800 and the highest can go for as much as $15,622.
Finding the Right Secretaires for You
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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