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20th Century Danish Oak Slant Front Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
Early 20th century Danish oak slant, drop front desk, the raised panel fall front enclosing fitted
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Early 20th Century Danish Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Oak Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
19TH CENTURY FRENCH OAK DESK ( secretary, drop front desk)
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Drop Front Desk
Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century Italian drop front desk with chinoiserie panels and banded inlay, from a prominent New
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Fruitwood
$15,750
Stripped 19th Century Swedish Desk
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
19th century Swedish pine drop front desk. Finish has been stripped and preserved with a thin coat
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19th Century Swedish Antique Drop Front Desk
French Inlaid Desk w/ Marble Top
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A French drop front desk with marble top. Desk has extensive interior detail and a case of drawers
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19th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Marble
18th Century Italian Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Unusual Bombay drop front desk from the Lombardi reigon of Italy. Bold curve on sides and front
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Pine
$29,750
Swedish Desk in Carved and Painted Wood, circa 1760
Located in Paris, FR
Very elegant drop-front desk has a beautiful ochre patina of origin and the inside is more brown or
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Secretaire
Located in Hudson, NY
A Louis XVI style secretaire abattant as a faux semainier,with drop front desk and interior
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19th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
Antique Secretary Desk, Oak Bookcase, Scotland, 1910, Antique Furniture
Located in Vancouver, BC
front desk with Pidgeon hole interior
Flanked by two tall leaded glass doors revealing three adjustable
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1910s Scottish Victorian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Oak
Antique Secretary Bookcase, Oak, Side by Side Desk, America 1910, B1603
Located in Vancouver, BC
drawer on top
Drop front desk below
Opens to reveal fitted interior with 5 cubby holes and pullout / pull
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1910s American Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Oak
Handsome Antique Swedish Pine Desk Cabinet
Located in Hudson, NY
A very handsome 18th century Swedish cabinet with a drop-front desk surface, and a combination of
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18th Century and Earlier Swedish Antique Drop Front Desk
19th C. French Drop Front Walnut Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century French Drop Front Walnut Desk
31''w x 36''h x 16''d open 28''d
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19th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
Superb English Bamboo desk with drop front "Bird
Foliate" design
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Superb English bamboo desk with Bird & Foliate" design.
Beautiful shape with lacquer all over. Its
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19th Century British Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Superb 19th Century English Bamboo Drop Front Writing Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bamboo drop front writing desk with fitted interior and oriental motif. Late 1800s natural finish
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19th Century English Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Bamboo
French Secretaires
Located in Stamford, CT
2 part French Secretaire. Shelved cupboard top. Drop front desk with drawers and cupboard bottom
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19th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Wood
$6,500
Antique Scottish Victorian Heavily Carved Oak Drop, Slant Front Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
- $1850.
- Scotland, 1880.
- Heavily carved front.
- Fitted interior.
- Two short drawers
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19th Century Antique Drop Front Desk
19th Century French Empire Drop Front Secretary
Located in Fairhope, AL
A 19th century French Empire drop front secretary. Has a marble top and side columns with bronze
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19th Century French Empire Antique Drop Front Desk
19th Century French Marquetry Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
with two glass doors, a drop front desk and bombe drawers.
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
Antique Flame Mahogany Military Secretaire Chest, circa 1850
Located in London, Greenwich
An antique military secretaire chest with three drawers and drop front desk with nine small drawers
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1840s English Georgian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Mahogany
Burled Wood Drop Front Secretaire and Matching Chair
Located in Bridport, CT
Olivewood and fruitwood burled drop front secretary desk. Intricate inlaid wood details. Carved
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Burl
Carved English Drop Front Bureau
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Campaign desk (two pieces carried on a military or building campaign) with drop front and fitted
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19th Century English Antique Drop Front Desk
19th Century French Polychrome Secretaire
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th century French painted secretary with cabriole legs and a drop front desk and two drawers
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
Shaker Style Drop Front Secretary
Located in Culver City, CA
This wonderful little shaker style desk or cabinet has a fall front writing area that reveals
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Mid-19th Century Shaker Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Metal
Superb 18th Century George 11 Burr Walnut Bombe Drop Front Writing Desk Bureau
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The slant-front opening to a stepped back interior with shelves centering a prospect door, the
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1740s European Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
A Good 18th Century Spanish Walnut
San Felipe
Table with Drop-front
Located in San Francisco, CA
with serpentine legs, iron cross bar, fold down drop front and fold back lid. THe interior with
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18th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Iron
18th. Centery Swedish Rococo Secretary
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome dry scraped Swedish Secretary in two parts. Simple paneled doors and drop front
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18th Century and Earlier Swedish Rococo Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Pine
19th Century France Painted Secretary
Located in New Preston, CT
. Secretary has upper drop-front desk over three-drawer chest. Desk interior has six drawers outfitted with
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19th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
Louis XVI Secretaire in Mahogany with Bronze Detail and Marble Top
Located in San Antonio, TX
above the drop front desk. The interior is fitted with six small drawers and various compartments. The
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Dutch Marquetry Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A remarkably well preserved and colorful, nineteenth-century drop-front desk with six large outer
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19th Century Dutch Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Fruitwood
Gustavian desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Painted & ebonized desk with drop front & three drawers.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Wood
$6,500
Antique Carved Oak 3 Door Breakfront Bookcase, Display, Scotland 1910, H1032
Located in Vancouver, BC
Minty 2 Tier Tiger Oak Stacking Bookcase, Drop Front Desk, England 1910, H1049
Solid Oak
Original
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1910s Scottish Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Oak
Antique Edwardian Inlaid Walnut Secrétaire Bookcase Bureau Scotland 1900, B1636
Located in Vancouver, BC
pieces
B1636
Measures: Top 24.5" W x 9" D x 37" H
Bottom 24" W x 16" D x 38" H, drop front desk at
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Early 1900s Scottish Edwardian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
French Louis Philippe Secretaire
Located in Kirkland, WA
front desk which blends into the style of the secretaire, but is a functional drawer.
The front drops
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19th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
An Important Biedermeier Gentleman
s Desk
Located in New York, NY
An important Biedermeier drop front gentleman's desk. Highly figured walnut veneer. Maple gallery
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19th Century Antique Drop Front Desk
Bleached 19th Century Swedish Desk
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
19th century drop front pine desk, stripped, bleached and waxed. Black accents are original, as are
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19th Century Swedish Antique Drop Front Desk
Wonderful Vintage French Writing Desk
Located in New Preston, CT
Lovely French drop- front writing desk is hand carved and finished in oyster distressed paint
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19th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
Rococo Secretaire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
space and a drop front desk with four small drawers and a small open shelf in the center. Below the drop
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1910s Italian Rococo Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass, Silver Leaf
$3,169
Late 18th Century English Mahogany Slant Lid Desk
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A late 18th century English mahogany drop front writing desk; the lid enclosing a fitted interior
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1790s Great Britain (UK) Antique Drop Front Desk
Swedish Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Kirkland, WA
veneer on the front. It has a drop front desk over three long drawers.
The interior of the fall front
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19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Drop Front Desk
Antique French Louis XVI Chinoiserie-Style Secretaire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the original 1 1/2 inch thick marble slab with beveled edges. The drop front desk features an embossed
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Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Walnut Drop-Front Secretaire/Desk, 1920s
Located in Austin, TX
drop front to an embossed tobacco leather top and reveals six storage compartments and two small
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1920s French Louis XV Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
Antique English George III Oak Drop Front Secretary Bureau Chest Desk
Located in Houston, TX
An antique English Georgian oak crossbanded with mahogany drop front secretary bureau chest desk
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
19th Century Mahogany Slant Front Bureau
Located in San Mateo, CA
Gorgeous flame mahogany George III slant front bureau. The drop front, brown embossed leather desk
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
H.E. SHAW Antique Early 20th Century Mahogany Georgian Secretary Desk
Located in Charlotte, NC
shelves. Lower desk area has two large drawers of dovetail construction. Slant front lockable drop down
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Early 20th Century American Georgian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
Arts
Crafts Secretary w/Stacking Lawyer
s Bookshelves
Located in Pasadena, CA
displaying for curios. Drop front design closes desk for clean appearance.
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Early 20th Century American Antique Drop Front Desk
19th Century French Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Early 19th Century walnut 2 parts French writing desk . Bottom part opens with a front drop desk
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19th Century French Rustic Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
intricately carved pediment sits atop a bookcase with three glass fronted doors over a drop front secretary
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Wood
Classical Secretaire Abatant
Located in Alexandria, VA
. Drop front. Old and new repairs.
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Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Drop Front Desk
19th Century Louis Philippe Drop-Front Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Louis Philippe drop-front desk. (secretary, secretaire a abattant )
Circa 1860 chest
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Mahogany
Marquetry Drop Front Desk
Located in Pataskala, OH
Beautiful flowing curves and rich veneers make this elegant little desk exceptionally pleasing to
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1910s French Louis XVI Antique Drop Front Desk
Antique Drop Front Desk, Walnut Bureau, Vintage Writing Table, George III, B1032
Located in Vancouver, BC
Walnut bureau, antique drop front desk, writing table, George III, antique furniture, B1032
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Early 1800s Scottish George III Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Painted Italian Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century painted Italian desk.(drop front desk, writing desk)
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Drop Front Desk
Antique Red Chinoiserie Writing Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Antique red chinoiserie decorated drop front writing desk.
Nineteenth century drop front desk with
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19th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
18th Century Double Bowed Desk with Secret Compartments
Located in Charlevoix, MI
A handsome double bowed drop front desk with carved claw and ball feet dating from the 18th century
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18th Century European Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Burl, Oak
Desk 19th Century Italian Bibliotheque
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Italian Bibliotheque desk. (cabinet, drop front desk).
wonderful shape Polychrome
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19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Wood
Unique Craftsman Drop Front Secretary, circa 1910
By Gustav Stickley
Located in Alhambra, CA
Very rare "petite" craftsman secretary with drop front desk with leather inlay on desk
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1910s American American Craftsman Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Oak
Antique Mahogany Desk, Drop Front Writing Desk, Scotland 1920, B2172
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique mahogany desk, drop front writing desk, Scotland 1920, B2172
Scotland, 1920
Solid
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1920s Scottish Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Mahogany
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Antique Drop Front Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique drop front desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. An antique drop front desk — often made from wood, metal and walnut — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the antique drop front desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique drop front desk made by Louis XV designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique drop front desk over the years, but those crafted by Biedermeier, Grand Rapids Furniture Co. and Gustav Stickley are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Antique Drop Front Desk?
An antique drop front desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,500, while the lowest priced sells for $575 and the highest can go for as much as $38,000.
Finding the Right Storage-case-pieces for You
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.
Questions About Antique Drop Front Desk
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023A drop-front desk is usually called a secretary. Other names for this type of desk include writing cabinet, fall-front desk and secrétaire à abattant. The name secretary can be traced back to the 18th century when estate secretaries used the drop-front desks as workstations for paying bills and reconciling accounts. On 1stDibs, find a range of secretary desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. 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, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.
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