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Biedermeier Roll-Top Secretaire, Central Germany, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
A Biedermeier roll-top secretaire with two drawers at the bottom and three drawers at the top. The
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Cherry
19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaire, Ashwood, circa 1825
Located in Greven, DE
Biedermeier Secretaire
Southwest Germany
Ash
Biedermeier around 1825
Dimensions: H x W x D: 145 x
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Ash
Baroque Walnut Veneered Tabernacle Secretaire, German, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large Baroque secretaire with a three-drawer chest of drawers in curved form with a wavy skirt. The
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18th Century German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
Baroque Walnut Veneered Tabernacle Secretaire, German, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large Baroque secretaire with a three-drawer chest of drawers in curved form with a wavy skirt. The
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18th Century German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Secretaire, Walnut Veneer, Southwest Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Architecturally interesting classicist Biedermeier secretaire from Southwest Germany about 1820
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Ash, Cherry, Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut
18th Century German Baroque Secretaire, Walnut, Circa 1750
Located in Greven, DE
Dimensions: H x W x D: 233 x 117 x 69 cm
Description:
Two-piece top secretary from the Baroque period circa 1750.
The three-bay base is curved in the front, the discreetly acc...
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Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Cylinder Secretaire, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Very elegant neoclassical early Biedermeier Cylinder secretaire or roll-out office from Southern
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Cherry, Softwood
19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaire, Walnut Secretary circa 1825
Located in Greven, DE
19th century Biedermeier secretary with columns
Germany / Rhineland
Walnut
Biedermeier, circa
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
Neoclassical Biedermeier Secrétaire, Walnut, Yew, Ebonized, Germany, circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful straight lined, rectilinear and unadorned neoclassical Biedermeier secrétaire / secretary
Category
1830s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Iron
Biedermeier Secretaire, Cherry Veneer, South Germany/Munich, circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Very elegant and unadorned Biedermeier secretaire/ bureau/ escritoire from Munich, circa 1820.
It
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Bone, Wood, Cherry, Walnut
Antique Baroque Secretaire with Inlaid Detail, Germany, circa 1730-1780
Located in Round Top, TX
The beautiful craftsmanship of this Baroque secretaire has been well-preserved. It is from the area
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Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Biedermeier Secretaire, Mahogany with Marquetry, Flensburg/Germany, circa 1815
Located in Greven, DE
Flensburg writing cabinet
Northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)
Mahogany
Biedermeier, circa
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1810s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
German Biedermeier Secretaire with Columns, Cherry, Maple Burl, circa 1820
Located in Greven, DE
Biedermeier writing cabinet in cherry veneer with columns
Southwest Germany
Cherry tree
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Cherry, Maple
Biedermeier Secretaire, Walnut Veneer, Cherry, Ebony, South Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Very elegant, neoclassical early Biedermeier Secretaire from Southwest Germany, circa 1820
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Metal
19th Century Antique Biedermeier Secretaire, Cabinet, Ash, Germany, circa 1840
Located in Greven, DE
Biedermeier secretaire
Germany (Brandenburg)
Ash
Biedermeier, circa 1840
Dimensions: H x W
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1840s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Ash
Biedermeier Secretaire with Ink Painting, Birch, East Germany, circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Early, very Classic Biedermeier secretaire with birch veneer, elm root as well as ebony and maple
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Elm, Birch, Ebony, Maple
19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaire, Secretary in Cherry and Walnut
Located in Greven, DE
Biedermeier secretary
Southern Germany
cherry tree, walnut tree
Biedermeier circa 1820-1830
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut, Cherry
18th Century German Baroque Secretaire, Louis XV, Walnut, circa 1750
Located in Greven, DE
Baroque top secretary with Fine marquetry
Brunswick
walnut etc.
Baroque around 1750
Dimensions: H x W x D: 215 x 119 x 56 cm
Description:
Beautiful slender writing cabine...
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Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th Century Biedermeier Secretaire, Germany, Birch, Mahogany, cica 1830
Located in Greven, DE
Biedermeier secretary with secret compartments
Germany (Saxony)
birch, mahogany and others
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1830s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Birch, Mahogany
18th Century German Louis XVI Secretaire, Cherry, Walnut, circa 1790
Located in Greven, DE
Louis XVI cylinder secretary
Bavaria
Cherry, walnut
Louis XVI circa 1790
Dimensions: H x W x D: 111 x 119 x 60 cm
Description:
Well proportioned writing desk standing on carved ro...
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Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
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18th Century Louis XVI Secretaire, Walnut, Southern Germany, circa 1780
Located in Greven, DE
brass sawn keyhole surrounds complete the look of this fantastic secretaire.
A unique piece of German
Category
Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
18th Ct German Baroque, Louis XV Secretaire, Walnut, Marquetry, Bavarian, 1750
Located in Greven, DE
123 x 62 cm
Description:
Southern German tabernacle secretary in walnut and plum veneer with
Category
Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
Louis Seize Cylinder Secretaire, South German, c. 1780/90
Located in Greding, DE
Louis Seize secretaire with square pointed feet and three-quarter cylinder door as well as a high
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
Baroque Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous black painted secretary made during the 18th Century but has been remodeled. Wood Oak. Black painted with a dark green interior with drawers and compartments.
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18th Century and Earlier German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Wood
$6,900
German Biedermeier Secretaire Desk with Fine Burled Veneered Walnut
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Rich colored finely figured walnut secretary desk with string inlays that terminate into acorns. Fall Front flanked by partially ebonized columns revealing six drawers with central m...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Scandinavian or German Biedermeier Writing Secrétaire, Oak, Birch
Located in Greven, DE
Nordic writing secrétaire
Oak, birch
Scandinavia / Denmark / Northern Germany
Biedermeier, mid
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Mid-19th Century European Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Birch, Oak
Provincial Secretaire, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Secretaire with two-doored cabinet base and rectangular fillings on doors and lid. The interior
Category
18th Century German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Wood
Important Berliner Louis XVI Secretaire
Located in Greding, DE
masterpiece of the early classicism in Germany. The secretaire is in an excellent museal condition.
Category
18th Century and Earlier German Louis XVI Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
Biedermeier Secretaire, Saxony, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Biedermeier Secretaire with fruitwood thread inlays and a lower case with three drawers. The
Category
1830s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Wood
Painted Baroque Secretaire, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large secretaire with three drawers and a two-door curved top. The light gray setting with blue
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18th Century German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Wood
19th Century Biedermeier Secretaire Cherrywood
Located in Darmstadt, DE
A beautiful Secretaire made of solid cherrywood, from the time of the late Biedermeier.
In the eye
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Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Cherry, Pine
Secrétaire, Berlin, Early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
The secrétaire is standing on profiled square tapered feet with a three-drawered chests of drawers
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Bronze
Biedermeier Secretaire, Franconia Around 1825
Located in Greding, DE
Franconian Biedermeier secretaire with two-door base cabinet and writing flap. The top consists of
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Cherry, Burl
Biedermeier Secretaire, Walnut Veneered, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Biedermeier secretaire with four drawers and flat writing flap. The secretaire stands on elegant s
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
Painted Baroque Secretaire, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Baroque slanted-flap bureau with curved front and three drawers. The bureau rests on pressed ball feet. The compartments inside consist of six drawers and a shelf. The white painting...
Category
18th Century German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Softwood
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...
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Wood
Blue painted Biedermeier Secretaire, around 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Biedermeier secretary with three-drawer chest of drawers and two-door glazed top and sloping writing flap. The light blue painting is set off in white at the edges and the interior i...
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Softwood
Empire Fall Front Secretaire, Berlin, circa 1810
Located in Greding, DE
Secretaire "à abattant" with a two-door lower cabinet standing on square pointed feet, veneered in
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1810s German Empire Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Mahogany
Secretaire, Dresden 2nd Rococo, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small secretary of the 2nd rococo with rocaille fittings and polychrome porcelain plaques with gallant scenes. Walnut veneered and hand polished.
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19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Porcelain, Walnut
Biedermeier Secretaire in Ashwood, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Spacious secretary featuring a two-door cabinet top and a three-tier chest of drawers base. The secretary is veneered with ash and meticulously hand-polished to highlight its natural...
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Wood, Ash
Small hand-painted Secretaire, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small painted secretary with two drawers and curved sloping flap. The interior consists of letter compartments with ogival frames and low drawers. The cream white and light blue sett...
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19th Century German Baroque Revival Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mahogany Biedermeier Secretaire Chest of Drawers
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th Century mahogany Biedermeier secretaire chest of drawers, with stepped and molded top above
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Late 19th Century German Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Wood
Neoclassiacal Mahogany Secretaire with Clock, Probably Berlin around 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Secretaire with three drawers veneered in mahogany with enameled clock face in the tympanum field
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Early 1800s German Neoclassical Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Brass
Friedrich Gottlob Hoffmann Workshop, Secretaire, Leipzig circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Mahogany veneered, marble columns with gilded bronze bases and capitals.
Category
Early 1800s German Neoclassical Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Narrow Biedermeier Secretary, Padouk, Antique Secretaire circa 1825
Located in Greven, DE
Narrow Biedermeier Secretary
Central/Eastern Germany
Probably Padouk
19th century, Biedermeier
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Padouk
Baroque Secretaire, Probably Saxony First Half of the 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Baroque secretaire on low feet and strictly symmetrical construction. Above the chest of drawers
Category
18th Century German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Biedermeier Secretaire in Birch with Beautiful Patina, Brunswick, Berlin, 1830
Located in Greven, DE
Biedermeier secretaire with beautiful patina
Brunswick - Berlin
Birch
Biedermeier around 1830
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Birch
Hand Painted Gustavian-Style Secretaire in Blue and Red, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Hand painted top secretary with slanted flap and three-panel commode base as well as two-door top with swan-neck pediment and central urn motif. The interior consists of smaller draw...
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18th Century German Gustavian Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Softwood
German Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary
Located in Queens, NY
German Biedermeier (circa 1820) mahogany secretary cabinet with Corinthian columns on top and
Category
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century German Secretary
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late-19th century German drop-front secretary in burl walnut, the desk opening to an interior
Category
Late 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
1850s Aesthetic Secretaire in Birch Wood with Faux Bamboo Cane Decoration
Located in Marbella, ES
Elegant Aesthetic Movement-inspired vertical secretary desk made of birch wood, with bamboo-like marquetry on its frame and moldings. The piece features three large lower drawers, a ...
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19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Wood
Important German Walnut Bureau Cabinet
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A superb North German figured walnut, giltwood and gilt-gesso bureau cabinet, the moulded cornice
Category
18th Century and Earlier German Rococo Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Secretary Desk, Germany, 19th Century
Located in Wrocław, Poland
This Biedermeier secretary comes from Germany and was constructed in 19th century. It is made of
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Wood
18th Century German Pine Baroque Secretary
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
German provincial baroque secretary à deux corps from around 1750. Solid made in pine wood
Category
18th Century German Baroque Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Pine
Biedermeier Secretary Desk, Germany, 19th Century
Located in Wrocław, Poland
This Biedermeier secretary comes from Germany and was constructed in 19th century. It is made of
Category
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Cherry
Antique German Mahogany Biedermeier Secretary Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
Outstanding early 19th century German Biedermeier secretary desk, circa 1830, with exceptional book
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Secretary Desk, South Germany, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Germany. The unique desk has a very pretty walnut veneer on the outside, with a beautifully designed
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Secretaire
Materials
Walnut
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Antique German Secretaire For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique German secretaire you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each antique German secretaire for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and birch. Your living room may not be complete without an antique German secretaire — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique German secretaire bearing Empire hallmarks is very popular.
How Much is a Antique German Secretaire?
The average selling price for an antique German secretaire at 1stDibs is $5,000, while they’re typically $2,058 on the low end and $17,000 for the highest priced.
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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