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19th Century French Oak Barley Twist Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular 19th century French bureau plat writing table or desk featuring barley twist legs and
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19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Oak
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
French Empire Desk work table, wood , ormolu , Bureau Plat
By Empire Furniture
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind and Amazing Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed black
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1810s French Empire Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
$6,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Paul Sormani French Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
A very Fine Writing Desk by Paul Sormani. Sormani, counted among the most elite Parisian
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Royal Empire Desk/Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal Empire Desk/Bureau Plat, Gilt Bronze
Mahogany with gilded bronze fittings in the form of
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Desk ~ Bureau Plat is a beautifully preserved historical piece
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Louis XVI style (19th-20th century) gilt bronze mounted 3-drawer bureau plat desk having a center
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Late 19th Century French Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Wood
French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
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The iconic Coco chancel lived with a Rococo writing desk just like this one and indeed this Bureau
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Sheraton Ladies Desk Bureau Mahogany 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A delightful Sheraton style ladies desk dating to 1890
Rich flame mahogany wood with deep patina
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1890s Sheraton Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk, Rosewood and Ormulu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Antique Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk, rosewood and Ormulu mounts, raised on cabriole
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Bureau Plat / Desk in Louis XV, Paris, circa 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
French Bureau plat / desk in Louis XV, Paris, circa 1880.
Solid beech wood veneer. Extremely
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Circa 1780-1800 George III Slant Front Bureau or Desk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1780-1800 George III slant front bureau or desk, English. Mahogany. A handsome example - the
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Wood
$3,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Fall Front Bureau, Scottish, Writing Desk, Georgian Revival, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fall front bureau. A Scottish, mahogany writing desk in Georgian revival taste
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Late 19th Century Scottish Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Louis Revival gilt bronze mounted amaranth bureau plat, Circa
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1860s French Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Bureau Plat Desk 1880 Directoire
Located in Potters Bar, GB
French Empire Bureau Plat desk circa 1880 in the Directoire manner
Top quality mahogany with a
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1880s Empire Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted French Leather Top Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exquisite Louis XV style French bronze mounted bureau plat desk exemplifies refined
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1920s French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Desk Directoire Bureau Plat 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous antique French Directoire desk
Circa 1880 the desk features original
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1880s French Provincial Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Giltwood
Fine Antique French Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk After Linke 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A fine antique French wood, porcelain and ormolu mounted bureau plat, in the manner of Linke, Circa
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19th Century French Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany
Gold Bronze "Bureau Plat" Desk.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fine Quality Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany & Gold Bronze "Bureau Plat" Desk.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Cherrywood
Bureau de Pente
Slant Top Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Larger than the typical Louis XV writing desk, this cherrywood bureau de pente was hand-carved in
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Bureau Plat, French, Walnut, Writing Desk, Louis XV Revival, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau plat. A French, walnut and boxwood writing desk in Louis XV revival taste
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Boxwood, Walnut
18th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine late 18th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid walnut
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Monumental French Empire Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French Empire ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat, circa 1870 in date.
The
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1870s French Empire Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Expressionist Rococo Berlin Deko Bureau-Plat/Desk, Lacquered in Saffron Yellow
By Bruno Paul
Located in Petershagen, DE
This Berlin Deko Bureau-Plat represents the evolution of women's writing furniture from the private
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1920s German Art Deco Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Maple
Mahogany Davenport Desk or Bureau With Faux Red Leather Sloped Writing area.
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, GB
Mahogany Davenport Desk or Bureau With Faux Red Leather Sloped Writing area. Circa 1900, 16 drawers
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Roll-Top Desk, English, Bureau, Aesthetic Period, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique roll-top desk. An English, mahogany and leather tambour bureau in Aesthetic
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Late 19th Century British Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine early 19th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Brass
Magnificent Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This antique 19th century French Louis XV bureau plat desk is a magnificent example of fine
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century American Walnut Fall Front Desk Bureau
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 18th-century American bureau is crafted with richly patinated herringbone walnut veneers, its
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18th Century American Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Bureau a Cylindre Gentleman
s Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A exceptionally rare Period French Empire (1804-1814) walnut bureau a cylindre.
Exquisitely
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Black Lacquer Bronze Figural Ormolu Bureau Plat Writing Desk. Item
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Superb Chinoiserie Paint Decorated French Louis XV Mirrored Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This superb Chinoiserie painted decorated French Louis XV bureau plat desk is a stunning example of
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1920s French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Roll Top Desk Mahogany Bureau, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Classy French Empire roll top desk in mahogany
Plenty of storage with all the cubby holes and
Category
1880s Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Carved Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak secretary desk Bureau drop front Louis XV style.
Direct from France, a
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1920s French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Oak
English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small 18th century English painted oak bureau with original brass handles. 1780.
Height to
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18th Century English George III Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Oak
$3,423
French Ebonized Louis XVI Bureau Plat or Writing Desk with Embossed Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and large scale double-sided French bureau plat writing desk or table of ebonized
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
William and Mary Kneehole Desk Walnut Bureau 1700
Located in Potters Bar, GB
William and Mary walnut kneehole bureau
Here we have a very unusual designed kneehole bureau
Having
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Early 1700s William and Mary Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XV White Painted Provincial Bureau Plat Desk with Six Drawers
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French Louis XV White Painted Provincial Table or Desk with Six Drawers - could sit in the
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style French Kingwood Parquetry and Gilt Bronze Bureau Plat
Desk
By Jean-Pierre Latz
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 19th century French Bureau Plat in kingwood and amaranth parquetry with three drawers to one
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Kingwood
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
-drawer bureau plat attributed to Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). The shaped rectangular top
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
An 18th century
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Rare Flame Mahogany Bronze Mounted Leather Top Francois Linke Desk Bureau Plat
By François Linke
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This rare François Linke desk, Bureau Plat, circa early 20th century, is an extraordinary example
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1910s French Directoire Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bureau Plat French Inlay Desk Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality antique French desk or bureau plat
Classic look crafted from kingwood with original ormolu
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1920s Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Antique French Burr Walnut Writing Table Desk Bureau Plat c.1870 114x65cm
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous antique French ormolu mounted burr walnut library table, circa 1870 in date.
Featuring king wood banding, the shaped top with an inset gold tooled green leather writing s...
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1870s Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood, Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bureau Plat desk. This most handsome desk is raised by four cabriole legs decorated by top Ormolu mounts
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
French Ladies Desk Antique Bureau De Dame, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pretty French Walnut Ladies Bureau.
circa 1860
Standing Upon Swept Legs with Ormolu Mounts to the
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1860s Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Walnut
Regency Revival Bureau Ladies Desk Mahogany Inlay 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Sheraton Revival Mahogany Ladies Bureau.
This Bureau Stands Upon Splay Feet with a Shaped Frieze
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1890s Regency Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk antique According to Andre C. Boulle bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-imprinted leather insert, flanked by a grotesque mask on each c...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Wood
Monumental bureau plat
Located in Wien, AT
France, Louis XVI period, ca. 1780, by the ebenist Pierre Garnier (master from 1742), predominantly oak, mahogany veneered and with ebony marquetry, matted, double-sided drawer desig...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Oak
$30,854
Fine 19th Century François Linke Bronze Mounted Bureau a Cylindre Roll Top Desk
By François Linke
Located in Miami, FL
Bureau a Cylindre or roll top desk is a splendid creation. Mahogany with a deep plum color and richly
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
$11,150 Sale Price
50% Off
French Bureau Plat Marquetry Leather Top Desk with Orig. Ormolu Mounts, C. 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
French bureau plat marquetry leather top three drawer desk with hearing bone inlays, three opposite
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1770s French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu, Brass
French Roll Top Desk Louis XVI Inlay Bureau
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning antique French roll top desk in the Louis XVI manner
Main structure of desk is in
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1920s Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Kingwood
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk, stamped by
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style French Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century French desk with the original tooled leather top now aged to perfection
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
A French Louis XVI style Leather Top Bureau Plat / Writing Desk, C. 1920.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Features a stunning combination of banded woods giving a glow to this desk. Having a gilt tooled
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Brass
Small Oak Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
A rare 18th century oak bureau of particularly small and diminutive proportions. the fall with a
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Early 18th Century English George II Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Oak
$7,667
French 19th Century Leather Top Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French writing desk beautifully finished in walnut, leather and inlaid burlwood veneer, is a
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon
By Pierre Migeon
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
XV Red Chinoiserie Bureau de Dame Desk By Pierre Migeon is absolutely breathe taking! If you look at
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bureau Desks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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Antique Bureau Desks For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique bureau desks available for sale. The range of distinct antique bureau desks — often made from wood, metal and mahogany — can elevate any home. Antique bureau desks have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique bureau desks made by Louis XV designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — are very popular at 1stDibs. François Linke, Paul Sormani and Maison Kriéger each produced beautiful antique bureau desks that are worth considering.
How Much are Antique Bureau Desks?
Prices for antique bureau desks can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique bureau desks begin at $347 and can go as high as $1,733,426, while the average can fetch as much as $6,501.
Questions About Antique Bureau Desks
- What is an antique bureau?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021An antique bureau is any bureau that is 100 years old or older. The term bureau today is typically used as another word for a dresser or a chest of drawers. This word has also been used to refer to a writing desk. Find a collection of antique bureaus on 1stDibs today.
- What is a captain s desk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A captain’s desk is sometimes referred to as Davenport desk. It is a small desk with an inclined desktop that can be lifted to access large storage space. It has smaller spaces in the form of small drawers and pigeonholes on the sides. This desk owes its name to Captain Josiah Davenport (1771–1836) who was the first to commission the design. Find a collection of antique and vintage desks on 1stDibs today.
- What are antique desks called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023What antique desks are called depends on their design. A desk with chair cutouts on both sides is a partner desk, while one with a pull-down writing surface is a secretary. On a Davenport desk, the desktop lifts to reveal a storage area. Find a variety of antique, vintage and contemporary desks on 1stDibs.
- What is an antique Davenport desk?2 Answers1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022An antique Davenport desk is a small writing desk, usually with four drawers on one side. The desk would have elaborately decorated supports and a recessed space for adequate legroom. Shop a collection of Davenport desks from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A Davenport desk is a type of small desk with a distinct inclined desktop. The desktop covers a large storage compartment meant for keeping paper and other writing materials. Popular in the 19th century, Davenport desks are still sought after today. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique Davenport desks from some of the world’s top sellers.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022To tell if a roll-top desk is an antique, look closely at the materials. Real antiques feature hardwoods like cherry, mahogany and black walnut. If you detect the use of engineered woods, the desk is a reproduction. Also, early pieces show off irregular dovetail joints. Joints that appear perfectly uniform indicate that a roll-top desk is a more recent mass-produced piece. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of expertly vetted antique roll-top desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A variety of factors can determine the exact age of an antique roll top desk. Some things to look for is the type of wood and craftsmanship used to create the desk. Typically, older desks will be made from heavier wood. You can also check for a maker’s marks to determine the age. When in doubt, work with a certified appraiser to determine the authenticity of your roll top desk. You’ll find a variety of expertly vetted roll top desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021An antique secretary desk will range in value depending on its authenticity and condition. The price can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. On 1stDibs find the antique secretary desk you’re looking for today.
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