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Early 19th Century Dutch Bombe Drop-Front Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
In heavy, solid mahogany and outfitted with several pigeon hole drawers, bombe silhouette on bun feet. This is rare and a wonderful piece, original condition, Circa 1820.
Category
1820s Dutch Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Painted Satinwood Drop-Front Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very finely hand painted. 19th Century. English. Satinwood. On original casters. Letter cubbies and drawers. Purchased in London in 1990 for 18,000 British Pounds. Legs spread (bow) ...
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19th Century English Adam Style Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century English Walnut and Secretary with Drop Front Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century English walnut and secretary with drop front desk
Gorgeous 19th century secretary
Category
18th Century English Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
Italian Neoclassical Style Marquetry Inlaid Fruitwood Drop-Front Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
over a single drawer; the drop front revealing fitted interior and writing surface.
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Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Fruitwood
Louis XVI Drop Front Desk, France 1780-1800, Walnut Root Veneer
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite Louis XVI drop front desk, France 1780, walnut root veneer with details in cherry, plum
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Boxwood, Cherry, Walnut
A 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Drop-Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 19th C. Swedish Karl Johan Drop-Front Painted Wood Desk / Chest with Three Lower Drawers and
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19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Wood
Dutch 19th Century Mahogany Drop-Front Desk/Linen Press
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 19th century flame mahogany drop-front secretary/linen press, circa 1860s, is a Dutch
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Mid-19th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Hardwood and Brass Drop Front Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A hardwood slant-front desk or bureau on carved stand, embellished with ornate pierced brass
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Late 19th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Teak
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Walnut Drop-Front Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This handsome Louis Philippe marble-top walnut desk, circa 1830s is from France and features
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Carved Oak Drop Front Desk Liquor Cabinet Breton Brittany 19th C
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak drop front desk liquor cabinet Breton Brittany 19th c
~Direct from
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Oak
Antique English Chippendale Style Mahogany Drop Front Desk, circa 1800
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Chippendale style slant front desk offers mahogany construction with drop front
Category
19th Century English Chippendale Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
Unusual Walnut and Marquetry Drop Front Desk
By Daisy Line
Located in Petaluma, CA
. Even the narrow draw below has a unique design. When dropping down the front, we see several useful
Category
1920s American Arts and Crafts Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Maple, Walnut
French 19th Century Empire Drop Front Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This French 19th century solid walnut desk has many interesting features. The slant front folds
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
A Swedish Mid 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Drop-Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A charming Swedish Mid 19th Century Karl Johan Drop-Front Painted Wood Desk with Three Graduated
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19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Paint, Wood
Oak Art Deco Haagse School Bookcase with Drop-Front Desk by P.E.L.Izeren, 1920s
By P.E.L. Izeren 1
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Oak Art Deco Haagse school bookcase with drop-front desk.
Design by P.E.L.Izeren for Genneper
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Macassar, Oak
Antique Hepplewhite Style Satinwood Banded Mahogany Drop Front Desk, Late 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Hepplewhite style desk offers flame mahogany construction with bookmatched drop front
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19th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique Stickley Style Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Desk, Circa 1900
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission oak Arts & Crafts slant front writing desk
In the manner of Stickley
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Oak
Antique Danish Country Pine Bureau / Drop Front Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
This pine drop front secretary is charming in every way, with a soft, satin wax finish that
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Country Antique Drop Front Desk
Vintage Inlaid French Bombe Drop Front Desk Secretaire
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An unusual highly-inlaid French fall-front desk or secretaire of dramatic 'bombe' form, the whole
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
Small 18th Century Swedish Cabinet or Drop Front Desk
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early Baroque wood desk or Hostess station; has four small drawers, one medium drawer and one large
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Early 18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Wood
Globe Wernicke Arts
Crafts Mahogany Barrister Bookcase With Drop Front Desk
By Globe Wernicke
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts stacking barrister bookcase with fall front secretary desk
By
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Mahogany Napoleon III Secretaire Secretary Drop-Front Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
inlay, the front corners of the case accented with brass fluted columns, the marble top with brass
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
18th Century Louis XV Bureau Italian Genoese Walnut Marquetry Drop-Front Desk
Located in Milano, MI
An exceptional Italian Genoese walnut veneered and inlaid fall front bureau secretaire desk, dating
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Late 18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
Rare Mahogany 1890 Military Campaign Chest of Drawers Drop Front Desk Secretaire
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
chest with drop front Secretaire desk.
A very large and well-made piece in stunning lightly restored
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
Huge 19th Century Walnut Biedermeier Chest of Drawers Drop Front Desk Secretaire
By Biedermeier
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
chest of drawers with sliding drop front Secretaire desk
A very good looking and functional piece of
Category
19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
Italian slant front desk
Located in Stamford, CT
An Italian, 18th century Bombe form drop front desk. The desk is over two drawers and made of
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
$7,600
Antique Lady’s Carved Oak Drop-Front
Serpentine Desk, C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
having flanking pierced scroll and foliate corbels over drop front desk having carved oak decoration and
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Early 20th Century American Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Oak, Mirror
Classical Empire Tiger Maple Two-Tone Inlaid Drop Front Butlers Desk
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Classical Empire butler's desk feature two toned inlay tiger maple with drop front desk
Category
19th Century American American Empire Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Maple
Antique RJ Horner School Oak Drop Front Ladies Writing Desk, Circa 1910
By R.J. Horner
Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
shaped case having slant drop-front desk over single long drawer and raised on cabriole legs having lower
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Wood, Oak
Swedish Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Painted Swedish Drop Front Desk
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Drop Front Desk
$3,995
Antique Chippendale Cherry Slant-Front Desk with Four Drawers Circa 1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
with drop front desk opening to interior with pigeon holes over chest having four drawers, raised on
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Early 19th Century Chippendale Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Cherry
French Antique Neoclassical Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A 19th century mahogany-and-marble French drop-front desk with original leather. A clever design
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
18th c. Gustavian Swedish Desk with Distressed Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
18th c. Gustavian Swedish Desk with Distressed Paint Finish. Lockable Drop-front Desk with three
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19th Century Swedish Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Wood
Quality Oak Arts
Crafts Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A nice-quality, solid oak, Arts & Crafts style drop-front desk with copper drawer pulls and
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Copper
19th Century Italian Figured Walnut Desk of Smaller Size
Located in Essex, MA
Figured Italian walnut drop front desk or slant lid
beautiful figuring
three-drawer
cabriole
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
Ladies ‘Bonheur De Jour’ Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
19th century French inlaid drop-front desk with beautiful patina and color and subtle brass accents
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
Italian Florentine Style Walnut Podium Desk, circa 1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 16th century Florentine style, podium height drop front desk. Beautifully carved solid walnut
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
Solid Walnut French Louis XV Style Desk
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely antique French Louis XV style drop front desk in solid walnut, three drawers, lost wax
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Early 20th Century French Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
Antique Sheraton Flame Mahogany Tambour Secretary Desk, circa 1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
double door cabinet over two lower drawers and surmounting cas with drop front desk and three long
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Mid-19th Century American Federal Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Metal
Georgian Slant Top Mahogany Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mahogany George III (circa 1800-1820) slant top, drop front desk. Mahogany top with ebony and
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19th Century English Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Drop Front Secretary Chest, Circa 1770
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful Georgian secretary / chest of drawers in mahogany. The drop-front desk opens to a
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Drop Front Desk
Antique Victorian Oak RJ Horner School Secretary Desk, Circa 1920
By R.J. Horner
Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
opening to shelved interior; lower with drop front desk over two long drawers and cabinet flanked by
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Metal
French Restauration Mahogany Secretaire
Located in Astoria, NY
rectangular cornice above a frieze drawer, drop-front desk and pair of cabinet doors, all veneered in
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Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
Gilt Bronze Mounted 18th Century Louis XVI Mahogany and Satinwood Abbatant
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A small scale Louis XVI abbatant (drop front desk) and chest of drawers in mahogany and satinwood
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique Second Empire French Marble-Top Flame Mahogany and Ormolu Abattant
Located in Big Flats, NY
drawer above bookmatched drop front desk opening to writing surface with pigeon holes and small drawers
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19th Century French Empire Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Ormolu
Antique English Chippendale Mahogany Drop Front Bookcase Secretary, 18th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
having dental molding and surmounting slant drop front desk over two small and three graduated long
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18th Century English Chippendale Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Bronze
18th C. Dutch Marquetry Inlay Drop Front Secretary Desk Bombe Commode Secretaire
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Dutch marquetry hand inlaid bombe form drop front desk or secretaire, circa 1790. This
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17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Slant Front Painted Desk with Drop Front
Located in Houston, US
Lovely painted drop leaf or slant front desk made more charming with painted blue interior
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
18th Century Gustavian Secretary Desk - Painted
Located in Kvidinge, SE
18th-century secretary desk in gustavian style with a drop-front desk and 3 drawers.
Painted in a
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1780s Gustavian Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
Antique Louis XV Bombe Marquetry Drop-Front Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
features floral and foliate marquetry on the upper drawer; drop front desk surface and lower cabinet doors
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Marble
19th Century Walnut
Mahogany Drop Front Bureau Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century walnut & mahogany drop front bureau desk
Gorgeous antique drop front bureau with
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
Johnson Bros, Satinwood Marquetry
Bronze Secrétaire à Abattant, c1910
By Johnson Brothers
Located in Big Flats, NY
contains one long drawer above drop front desk concealing small drawers, pigeon holes, and central
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Bronze
English 19th Century Mahogany Secretary
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
. The geometric paned glass top houses three adjustable shelves. The drop front desk hinges open to
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19th Century English Regency Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Metal
Highly Carved Continental Drop Front Secretary Desk with Side Griffins
Located in Tarzana, CA
A magnificent 19th century highly carved continental drop front secretary desk with side griffins
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19th Century British Antique Drop Front Desk
Antique 19th Century Dovetail Joints Secretary Drop Front Writing Desk
Located in Southampton, NJ
19th C. Antique American Pine slant top drop down desk with exposed dovetail joinery, generous
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Late 19th Century American American Colonial Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
Federal Antique 1825 Drop Front Secretary Desk, Cherry
Tiger Maple
Located in Charleston, SC
Antique 19th century slant front desk. Desk has a Chippendale style. The wood is cherry. It has
Category
1820s American Federal Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Brass
English Campaign Chest With Integrated Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
drawer contains a drop-front desk surface with multiple small drawers and secret compartments. Bottom of
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Drop Front Desk
Materials
Wood
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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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