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Fine Antique French Marquetry Escritoire c.1880
Located in Worcester, GB
century French escritoire or secrétaire à abattant in the Louis XV style, crafted circa 1880. The piece is
Category
Antique 19th Century French Cabinets
Materials
Kingwood
$3,083 / set
Highly Important Pair of Neoclassical Side Cabinets by Jules Piret, circa 1860
By Jules Piret
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
sophistication of furniture created in Paris during the mid-19th century; the simpler neo-classical forms, that
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
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
20th Century French Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, Spain circa 1900. The outside with fall front and one high drawer and one
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Oak
$3,440 Sale Price
20% Off
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
19th Century, Early Biedermeier Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Wels, AT
Early Austrian Biedermeier Secretaire a abattant bearl Wood veneered, with carved, polychrome
Category
Antique 1820s Austrian Biedermeier Secretaires
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
19th Century French Marquetry Inlaid Secretaire Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
French secretaire abattant with magnificent marquetry inlay depicting Portico Ruins in a landscape
Category
Antique 19th Century French Beaux Arts Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Charles X Inlaid French Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Tricase, Italia
Rare secrétaire à abattant Carlo X, in flamed mahogany wood, finely inlaid in light wood with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
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
Italian Secretaire a Abattant by Jose Calcerradi
By Jose Calcerradi
Located in Mobile, AL
A tremendously inlaid Italian Secretaire a Abattant, circa 1800, in the Baroque fashion. Five
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Secretaires
A famous rosewood and amaranth marquetry
secrétaire à abattant
By H. Kickert
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
, London (stamped) and therefore to be sold as a 19th Century piece of furniture in the style of Louis XV
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
French Empire Secretaire a Abattant with Cuban Acajou Mahogany
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This secretaire a abattant is the in French Empire style and is veneered in Cuban acajou mahogany
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Faux Tortoise-Shell Secretaire À Abattant by Jean Joseph Chapuis
By Jean Joseph Chapuis
Located in Hilversum, NL
century appeared in Paris, this mark was incorrectly attributed to Claude Chapuis, who was in fact only a
Category
Antique 19th Century Belgian Charles X Secretaires
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Charles X Walnut and Marble Secrétaire à Abattant circa 1820
Located in Louisville, KY
featuring a freize drawer over a fall front revealing a fitted interior, over cabinet doors and raised on carved and ebonized animal paw feet.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
A Dutch Secretaire à Abattant with Fall-Front with Black Leather Inlay
Located in Oisterwijk, NL
A Dutch mahogany secretaire à abattant with fall front to reveal beautiful fitted interior with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Louis Phillipe Mahogany Secretary a Abattant with Marble Top
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Antique Louis Phillipe Secretary with drop front desk opening to writing desk. Interior is eye maple veneered in the background there are six drawers with small handles. Flames mahog...
Category
Antique 1830s French Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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 Biedermeier Secretaire Abattant
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Biedermeier Secretaire Abattant. Has original leather writing surface and appears to
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Desks and Writing Tables
Secrétaire en bois laqué à riches décors de fleurs sur fond noir, XIXe
Located in ROYÈRE-DE-VASSIVIÈRE, FR
Secrétaire en bois laqué à riches décors de fleurs sur fond noir, XIXe
Il ouvre à un abattant
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in New York, NY
Surmounted by a Spanish brocatelle marble top, the frieze is centered by a foliate-ornamented urn flanked by two flaming lamps in front and stylized rosettes on either side. Bordere...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$300,000
Burr oak French Escritoire
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Hutton-Clarke Antiques is pleased to offer a high-quality French abattant escritoire, beautifully
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Converted Dresser Cabinet 3-Way Mirror Inside Louis XVI Secretary, Reduced
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A truly unique luxury vanity 3-drawer dresser cabinet, reduced from $12,800.
A rare 19th century
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Birch wardrobe
Located in Wells, ME
a fall front desk or Secretaire Abattant desk.
This birch wardrobe has the panels and
Category
Antique 19th Century German Wardrobes and Armoires
$4,900
Antique Ebonized Silver Empire Secretary an Abattant from France, 19th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
An original antique Empire secretary from the early 19th century from France. The secretary is
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th c. Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Dallas, TX
19th c. "Country" Secretaire a Abattant. Beautiful gothic interior with burl maple and ebonized
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
19th Century Louis Philippe Secrétaire a Abattant
Located in New Orleans, LA
Both practical and eye-catching, this handsome Louis Philippe secrétaire à abattant is
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century Régence Kingwood Small Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Hixson, TN
A Fine Régence Kingwood small secrétaire à abattant with a marble top. The fall front secrétaire
Category
Antique 19th Century French Régence Secretaires
19th Century French Faux Bamboo Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Pasadena, CA
Charming and uncommon late 19th century French Faux Bamboo Secretaire a Abattant or secretary. This
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Maple, Pine
19th Century Louis XVI Style Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1890s fall top desk or secretaire a abattant has a gray and white marble top, brass hardware
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th c. Biedermeier Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Oakland, CA
The tall figured walnut cabinet with chamfered corners and classical architectural details, features a frieze drawer above a fall-front writing surface which opens to reveal an arran...
Category
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Inlaid Secretaire à Abattant
Located in South Bend, IN
A stunning 19th century French Louis XVI style inlaid secretaire à abattant. The secretaire
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Directoire Style Ebonised Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1885 drop front secretary / armoire with ebonised finish and decorative brass hardware and mounts. Locking drop down compartment with inside drawers and brass gallery top.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Directoire Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Italian Empire Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Dallas, TX
Late 18th / Early 19th century Italian Empire secretaire a abattant decorated with ivory inlay
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Biedermeier Secretaire a abattant
Located in New York, NY
This formal secretary is comprised of an upper section with multiple interior drawers and original ebonized pulls with mother of pearl inlay. The locking central door features an in...
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Early 19th Century Louis XV-Style Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Pasadena, CA
beginning of the 19th century. The Secretaire is beautifully crafted with finely detailed marquetry and a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Biedermier Secretaire Abattant
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Biedermeier inlaid secretaire abattant with a stepped architectural interior, 19th century.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century European Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Regency Mahogany Gillows Secretaire à Abattant
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Regency fiddleback mahogany secretaire à abattant in the manor of Gillows, with a black slate top
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Flame Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant
Located in London, GB
A fine early 19th century flame mahogany secretaire a abattant with ormolu mounts, the upper body
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
French Secretaire Abattant
Located in San Francisco, CA
Empire Mahogany, Top Section of a Secretaire Abattant. Richly figured mahogany secretaire writing
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
French Empire Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Winter Park, FL
Made of solid cherry retaining its original condition this secretaire has nice classical lines and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Fine Early 19th Century Mahogany Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in London, GB
A fine early 19th century figured mahogany Secrétaire à Abattant.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Secretaires
French 19th Century Transitional Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This unique secretary desk is made of beautiful mahogany with a white marble top and offers plenty of storage. It is a transitional piece with Directoire and Louis XVI influences. Al...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Other Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Inlay Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Inlaid details grace many of this 19th century French secretary’s surfaces. Both the exterior doors
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
French 19th Century Burl Walnut Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A wonderful French 19th century burl walnut secretaire a abattant has a Sainte-Anne marble top. A
Category
Antique 19th Century French Other Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Brussels Charles X Secretaire a Abattant, circa 1845
Located in Greven, DE
Secrétaire a abattant
mahogany, maple
Brussels (Demaree workshop)
19th Century, Epoque Charles X
Category
Antique 1840s Belgian Charles X Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Secretaire a Abattant $5500 B sold for $4300
Located in Washington, DC
Secretaire Abattant
Depth with top open 37"
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Provincial Walnut Secretary Desk or Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This rare French Provincial secretaire a abattant or secretary desk features a long top drawer
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Burl Walnut Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A spectacular burl walnut desk from 19th century, France. A drawer can be found at the top of the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Biedermeier Burled Walnut
Bone Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Chicago, IL
Exceptionally crafted and still in wonderful condition, this Biedermeier secretary is constructed of solid woods and beautiful burled walnut veneers. Escutcheons/keyholes are made of...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Pine
French 19th Century Empire Mahogany Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stunning 19th century Empire secretary, in mahogany, from France. The desk has a black, fossil
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century French Cherrywood Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th-early 19th century French cherrywood secrétaire à abattant with ebonized banding, brass
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
Burled Walnut
Bone Biedermeier Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Chicago, IL
Biedermeier fourteen drawer secretary constructed of solid woods and beautiful burled walnut veneers. Escutcheons/keyholes are made of bone. With front in horizontal position, birdse...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Pine, Bone
French Louis XV Style Marble Top Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous French Louis XV style drop down secretaire a Abattant featuring extensive geometric inlay
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique French Marquetry Secretaire a Abattant C 1880
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique French marquetry Secretaire a Abattant, C 1880 in Louis XV style.
This piece
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
Exceptional French Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Marquetry Secretaire a Abattant Desk
By Martin Carlin
Located in Queens, NY
this Secretaire are of the highest quality and most probably done by a famous maker in the 19th century.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
19th C. French Mahogany Fall-Front Desk Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Chicago, IL
19th century French mahogany Secre´taire a` Abattant / fall-front desk with marble top. There is a
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Marble
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19th Century Secretaire A Abattant For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic 19th century secretaire a abattant available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and metal, every 19th century secretaire a abattant was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the 19th century secretaire a abattant you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 19th Century. A 19th century secretaire a abattant made by Empire designers — as well as those associated with Louis XVI — is very popular. A well-made 19th century secretaire a abattant has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by A. Leclaire, Jean Joseph Chapuis and H. Kickert are consistently popular.
How Much is a 19th Century Secretaire A Abattant?
Prices for a 19th century secretaire a abattant start at $895 and top out at $90,000 with the average selling for $5,325.
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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