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19th Century, French, Walnut, Renaissance Revival Secretaire
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century French, Carved Walnut, Renaissance Revival Secretaire with Hidden Compartment. The
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19th Century French Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
19th napoleon III french secretaire writing desk cabinet rosewood thujaburl
Located in Lyon, RH-Alps
19th century secretaire
origine : france
wood : rosewood and thujaburl
interior : lemon tree
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
French Cherrywood Secretaire Desk mid 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small French secretaire
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1850s French Antique French Secretaire
French Mahogany and Brass Secretaire
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century French mahogany brass-mounted secretaire with a fall front and fitted
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Early 19th Century French Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble, Brass
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
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1810s French Empire Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Secretaire
Located in Nashville, TN
This 19th century French Empire secretaire features lovely columns with finely cast gilt brass
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19th Century French Empire Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble
French Antique Napoleon III Period Inlaid Secretaire
Located in Coral Gables, FL
French Antique Napoleon III Period Secretaire with Burlwood, Mother of Pearl, and Bronze inlay
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique French Secretaire
French Walnut Secretaire Louis Philippe, 19th Century
Located in Sofia, BG
This Louis Philippe style secretaire in solid walnut and walnut veneer is fitted with three drawers
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1830s French Louis Philippe Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Third Republic Secretaire Abattant, French
Located in Sydney, NSW
A 19th century secretaire abattant in the Empire taste. Bookmatched feathered mahogany, the
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1870s French Empire Revival Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Bronze
Lacquered Secretaire
Located in Paris, FR
. Louis XV style
. End of XIXth century
. Marble top
. Opening on 4 drawers
. 7 lacquered parts
. Chinese decorations
. End of XIXth century
. Marble top
. Opening on 4 drawers
. 7 lacquered parts
. Chinese decorations
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19th Century French Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$8,200
French Louis XVI Mahogany Secretaire Bureau, circa 1780
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
An exceptional French Louis XVI mahogany secretaire abattant (or two-cupboard desk bureau) with a
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1780s French Louis XIV Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble
Secretaire a Abattant
Located in London, GB
An early 19th C. secretaire a abattant. With classical columns and a mottled off white marble top
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19th Century French Antique French Secretaire
$6,450
Drop front secretaire
Located in New York, NY
A Louis XVI period drop front secretaire, mahogany with blonde wood, gilt bronze mounts, white
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble
$22,000
Secretaire a Abattant
Located in London, GB
Ormolu-mounted secrétaire à abattant of tulipwood with marquetry inlay, with original marble top
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18th Century and Earlier French Neoclassical Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Tulipwood
French Empire Period Painted Oak Secretaire Cabinet, circa 1820
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
This is a really beautiful French Empire period painted oak secretaire cabinet, with well painted
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1820s French Empire Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Brass
French Louis XVI Secretaire Signed by "Jean-Baptiste Vassou"
By Jean-Baptiste Vassou
Located in Long Island City, NY
Magnificently detailed important French Louis XVI secretaire a abattant. Signed by Jean - Baptiste
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
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
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19th Century French Empire Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Kingwood
Mahogany Secretaire Abbatant 19th century Napoleon III
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Antique French Kingwood & Mahogany Secretaire Abbatant 19th century Napoleon III circa 1870
A
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Louis XVI Period Cherrywood Secretaire a Abattant, circa 1780
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
This is a rather stylish French country neoclassical Louis XVI period cherrywood late 18th century
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Brass
French Napoleonic Empire Period Mahogany Secretaire A Abbattant, circa 1820
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
This is a beautifully made and stylish French early 19th century Napoleonic Empire period
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1820s French Napoleon III Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Mahogany Secretaire
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis XVI period mahogany secretaire with breche d'Alep marble top.
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble
$10,600 / set
1780s Louis Seize Secretaire
Located in Senden, NRW
A great Secretaire in Louis Seize style. This marvellous piece is veneered in bright walnut with a
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
$13,996
Petite Restauration Secretaire Abbatant
Located in New Orleans, LA
An unusual, well-scaled, diminutive, drop front desk, the crown having rounded corners and the base on bracket feet. Covered in bookmatched veneer with a lovely patina. The fall fron...
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19th Century French Restauration Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Wood
French Tulipwood Amaranth and Marquetry Louis XVI Secretaire À Abattant
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Moulded marble top, above a frieze drawer, a drop-front enclosing pigeon holes flanked by six drawers, the double doors with shelve and coffer, on short cabriole legs with ormolu sab...
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Wood
Secrétaire Bonheur du jour Empire
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
a very unusual secretaire Bonheur du jour with black marble top.
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19th Century French Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Ormolu-Mounted, Louis XV Style Bombe Secretaire Abbatant
Located in Toronto, ONTARIO
This Louis XV style secretaire a abbatant, in the manner of Jean Francois Dubut, features ormolu
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Ormolu
Beautiful 19th Century Droptop Secretaire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very elegant 19th century secretaire with drop-top and gallery. Features several drawers and brass
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19th Century French Empire Antique French Secretaire
Louis XV "Secrétaire à Abattant"
Located in Geneva, CH
Rare Louis XV ormolu-mounted and Chinese lacquer "secrétaire à abattant".
The Portor marble top
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique French Secretaire
Extremely Rare French Fine Quality Mid-18th Century Louis XV Secretaire Cabinet
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in Suffolk, GB
Extremely rare French fine quality mid-18th century (circa 1760) Louis XV tulipwood, amaranth
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1760s French Louis XV Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Ormolu
Transitional Secretaire Stamped D.F. Guignard
By D.F. Guignard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
French transitional Secretaire with leather writing surface stamped D.F.GUIGNARD
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century Mahogany Secretaire or Commode
Located in New York, NY
19th century mahogany secretaire or commode, the upper section set back with molded cornice above a
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19th Century French Antique French Secretaire
Gilt Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Secretaire a` Abattant in French Empire Style, 1820
Located in Napoli, IT
The superstructure with a white marble top flanked by volute scrolls above a frieze drawer and recessed fall flap enclosing a fitted interior with mirror within columns over a flush ...
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1720s French Empire Antique French Secretaire
Very Fine Small Louis XV Secretaire
Located in Wommelgem, BE
Small size secretaire, with very lovely carving on the drawers and panel.
Nice old blue/grey
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1920s French Louis XV Antique French Secretaire
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Oak
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 brass and mother-of-pearl inlay.
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1880s French Napoleon III Antique French Secretaire
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Marble, Brass
18th Century Secretaire Abattant by Letellier
By Jacques-Pierre Letellier
Located in Paris, FR
A Louis XVI period marquetry secrétaire with ruins and landscapes probably influenced by the
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
19th Century Empire Style Secretaire a Abbatant
Located in Los Gatos, CA
Late 19th/Early 20th Century Empire Style Gilt Metal Mounted Mahogany Secretaire a Abbatant
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19th Century French Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Secretaire and Drawer Marqueterie Cabinet
Located in Roubaix, FR
Rare French folding desk door secretaire cabinet with 5 large drawers and 2 small ones inside
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique French Secretaire
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Bronze
Louis XV Secretaire à abattant Stamped Genty
By Denis Genty
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
A Louis XV ormolu-mounted tulipwood and amaranth Secretaire,
Brèche marble top above a drop
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Wood
18th Century Louis XVI Period Inlaid Woods Secretaire
Located in Badia Polesine, Rovigo
Ancient and rare Secretaire à abattant Louis XVI entirely paved in walnut briar, rosewood, maple
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Wood
19th Century, Empire Secretaire, Mahogany Feather, Gilded Bronze
Located in PALERMO, IT
Empire secretaire, veneered in mahogany feather wood, and adorned with applications in finely
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19th Century French Empire Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Camille Gaulthier, an Art Nouveau Carved Walnut Secretaire
By Camille Gauthier
Located in Monte Carlo, MC
Camille Gaulthier
An art nouveau carved walnut secretaire, bronze mounts
Decor of Honeysuckle.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
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
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19th Century French Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Ormolu
Small Louis XVI Ormulu-Mounted Mahogany Traveling Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
With an independent slant-front writing compartment bearing a three-quarter gallery and marble top which hooks to the body consisting of a two-tiered console, the top fitted with a m...
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble, Brass
A famous rosewood and amaranth marquetry
secrétaire à abattant
By H. Kickert
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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Please compare with a similar 'secrétaire à abattant' by Latz in the former collection of Olivier de
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Rosewood
An Important 18th C. Secretaire Abattant By Andre Gilbert
By Andre Gilbert
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI period marquetry secrétaire with capriccio scenes of ruins and obelisks evoking
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
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Marble, Bronze
18th Century Secretaire Luigi XV Rosewood Red Marble, 1750s
Located in Torino, Torino
Refined Secretaire, Louis XV style, Lastronato with different woods: walnut, rosewood and oak, the
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Rosewood
Early 19th Century Empire Flame Mahogany and Black Marble Secretaire
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Wonderful French empire secretaire, early 19th century. Flame mahogany, Belgian black marble
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique French Secretaire
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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted, Marquetry and Parquetry Secretaire à Abattattant
By Leonard Boudin
Located in London, Middlesex
neoclassical plaques and on paw feet, stamped twice L BOUDIN and JME
A very similar secretaire is
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Kingwood
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.
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Secretaire Louis XVI Period in Mahogany and White Marble Top
Located in EVREUX, FR
18th century secretaire Louis XVI period in mahogany and white marble top
Elegant lady's
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Paint
Carved Mahogany Federal Secretaire with Eagles, MA, circa 1820-1830
Located in Providence, RI
itself has a beautiful amber glow, all of which we have carefully French polished. This secretaire has
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19th Century American Federal Antique French Secretaire
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Mahogany
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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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Wood
19th Century Third Empire Secretaire a Abbatant in the Louis XVI Taste
Located in Sydney, NSW
This secretaire is of desirable compact size and has recently undergone museum quality
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Art Deco Fall Front Secretaire Cabinet in the Manner of Jules Leleu, Paris, 1930
By Jules Leleu
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare French Art Deco golden burl Amboyna secretaire, in the manner of Jules Leleu, celebrated
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1920s French Art Deco Antique French Secretaire
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Bronze
Burr oak French Escritoire
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Hutton-Clarke Antiques is pleased to offer a high-quality French abattant escritoire, beautifully
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19th Century French Empire Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Oak
French marble top abattant
Located in Charlottesville, VA
19th c French abattant having fall front desk flanked by columns over three drawers 31.5″
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19th Century French Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Brass
French Regency Rosewood Escritoire
Located in Pawleys Island, SC
French Regency rosewood escritoire featuring satinwood interior drawers. This elegant piece
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Mid-19th Century French Regency Antique French Secretaire
Materials
Rosewood, Satinwood
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Antique French Secretaire For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique French secretaire you’re looking for. An antique French secretaire — often made from wood, metal and mahogany — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique French secretaire, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique French secretaire bearing Louis XVI, Louis XV or Empire hallmarks is very popular. Henry Dasson, André-Charles Boulle and Wedgewood each produced at least one beautiful antique French secretaire that is worth considering.
How Much is a Antique French Secretaire?
Prices for an antique French secretaire start at $799 and top out at $1,769,442 with the average selling for $5,787.
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.
Questions About Antique French Secretaire
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