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Antique French Secretaire / Bureau in Mahogany
Located in Leicester, GB
Beautiful Antique French flame Mahogany secretaire/bureau/cabinet. The inside is lined with maple
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Austrian Baroque Secretaire/ Bureau Cabinet, Nutwood, AT ca. 1770
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable 18th Century baroque secrétaire/ bureau cabinet elaborately handcrafted in the period
Category
Late 18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
A George I Mulberry Secretaire Bureau Attributed to Coxed
Woster
By Coxed and Woster
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1710.
An important George I secretaire bureau in finely veneered ‘mulberry wood
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Pewter
Gustavian Bleached Oak Secretaire
Located in London, GB
This magnificent Swedish Gustavian period secretaire/ bureau bookcase is a testament to timeless
Category
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
Italian Venetian Secretary, 18th Century
Located in CH
Italian Venetian Secretary (Secretaire / Bureau Cabinet)
18th Century
An 18th-century Italian
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau / Secretaire, Copenhagen Approx. 1780
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI bureau / Secretaire in 3 parts.
Upper part with three doors. Middle part door with fluted
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
$6,339 Sale Price
40% Off
18th - 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pinewood Bureau - Scandinavian Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late 18th-century, antique Swedish Gustavian two-part bureau, meticulously handcrafted in painted
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Ormolu Tulipwood and Kingwood Parquetry Leather Top Lady
s Bureau
Located in Germantown, MD
clock and four ormolu candle holders, two on each side. This Lady Secretaire Bureau or Bonheur du Jour
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Antique Gentleman
s Bureau, English, Walnut, Writing Desk, Secretaire, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman's bureau. A fine English, walnut writing desk or secretaire, dating
Category
Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Elegant Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau / Secretaire Cph. Approx. 1780
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Louis XVI bureau / Secretaire in 3 parts.
Top with tooth cut under profiled top list.
Pair
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
Venetian rococo 19 th century bureau/secretaire hand painted
Located in Houston, TX
This fine quality Venetian secretary is beautifully carved and finely
Painted in pale teal and rose hues. The bottom is carved in a bombe
Shape and has four drawers that slide easil...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Hardwood
18th Century Swedish Gustavian One Part Pinewood Bureau - Antique Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late 18th Century, antique Swedish Gustavian one part bureau made of hand crafted painted
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Metal
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Two Part Pine Bureau, Scandinavian Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th - 19th Century, dark-grey antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau with a writing flap made
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Metal, Bronze
English Antique Georgian Inlaid Solid Oak Bureau / Secretaire c.1800
Located in Leicester, GB
A stunning English Georgian bureau. This bureaux is from the Georgian era, just after 1800
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century Swedish Two Part Mahogany Bureau - Antique Leather Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th-century, antique Swedish two-part bureau made of handcrafted, polished, partly veneered
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
Fine French Louis XV Bureau Dos D
Ane/ Secretaire/ Desk
Located in Westport, CT
Fine and elegant French Louis XV Bureau D'Os Dane in walnut adorned sparsely with floral marquetry
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Black Swedish Gustavian Oak Bureau - Antique Drop Front Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian bureau made of hand crafted painted Oakwood, in good condition. The
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Metal, Brass
18th Century Grey Swedish Gustavian Pine Two Part Bureau - Antique Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th Century, light-grey, white antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau made of hand crafted
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Metal
Directoire Bureau a Cylindre - France, circa 1800, Mahogany Secretaire or Desk
Located in Greven, DE
Desk with mirror attachment - Bureau à cylindre
France
Mahogany
Directoire circa 1800
Dimensions
Category
Early 1800s French Directoire Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Marble, Brass
Early 18th Century French Petite Secretaire or Bureau with Projecting Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 18th-century French dark wood secretary or fall-front bureau cabinet with charming
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Wood
Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Bureau Secretaire, Biedermeier. Walnut, birdseye, rootwood, intarsia, secret compartments.
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaire Bureau
$11,500 Sale Price
57% Off
English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century English painted oak bureau with a good fitted interior. 1780.
Height to desk: 30
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
$2,982
Antique 1900s Bureau
Located in Neuss, NW
Wonderful bureau from the 1900s. High-quality solid oak wood corpus with a tambour door, eight
Category
Early 1900s British Mid-Century Modern Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
$3,034
Swedish Secretary Bureau
Located in South Salem, NY
A late 19th century Swedish secretary bureau with a drop front writing surface. Two over three
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Wood
$4,400
18th Century Walnut Bureau
Located in Faversham, GB
A splendid and well proportioned 18th century and later walnut bureau of exceptional craftsmanship
Category
Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
$4,123 Sale Price
20% Off
19thC English Bamboo Bureau
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880
19thC English Bamboo Bureau
sku 1966
W71 x D45 x H134 cm
Weight 16 kg
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Bamboo
Danish Painted Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Unusual 18th century Danish painted bureau bookcase with a very good fitted interior. 1780.
Height
Category
18th Century Danish Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Pine
18th Century Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Bold 18th century masculine painted oak bureau with a good fitted interior and hidden compartments
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
19th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th century English painted oak bureau. 1880.
Height to underside of desk: 28.5-inches (72cm
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
Bureau / Secretary In Burl Walnut
Located in Kastrup, DK
Early 18th century burl walnut veneered bureau cabinet.
The upper section with swan neck top over
Category
18th Century Danish Baroque Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century painted oak bureau with a good fitted interior. 1780.
Height to desk: 29-inches (73cm
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
18th Century Mahogany Secretary Bureau
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb Georgian period secretary bureau from the late 18th century in mahogany.
superb quality
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century English painted oak fall front bureau. 1760.
Height to desk: 28 1/4-inches
Internal
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 18th century English painted oak bureau with a good fitted interior. 1780.
Height to the
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century English painted oak bureau with a fitted interior, featuring a hidden well and hidden
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
Baroque Bureau / Secretary in Walnut
Located in Kastrup, DK
Beautiful baroque secretary desk with finely mirror-cut oak veneer and walnut root veneer.
The desk is in two parts: the lower section has three drawers with a straight break-front a...
Category
Mid-18th Century Danish Baroque Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
$8,112 Sale Price
35% Off
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty 18th century narrow painted bureau with a fitted interior and working lock and key. The
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Oak
19th Century Danish Mahogany Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
19th-century Danish secretary or "bureau" crafted in mahogany veneer with bowfront cabinet doors
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Biedermeier Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany, Velvet, Felt, Mirror
An Exceptional Burl Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Early 18th century burl walnut veneered bureau bookcase, the swan neck pediment flanking a turned
Category
1720s European Neoclassical Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Pine Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
bureau.
Upper interior fitted with 13 petite drawers and three cubbies for organized storage. Key
Category
19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Pine
British Colonial Ebony Bureau Bookcase
Located in Greenwich, CT
Exceedingly rare early 18th century English colonial Macassar ebony diminutive bureau bookcase with
Category
1710s Sri Lankan William and Mary Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Ebony
English Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
English mahogany bureau bookcase, having broken arch pediment above dentil molded cornice, the
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Blown Glass, Mahogany
18th Century Italian Painted Pine Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century Italian painted pine bureau. Circa 1780.
With lovely layers of old paint, this bureau
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Wood, Pine, Paint
English Satinwood Painted Bureau Bookcase
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century English Satinwood secretary/bookcase. Two astragal glazed doors above open to reveal two adjustable shelves for display, a fall front opening to reveal a fully fitted in...
Category
Early 19th Century English Sheraton Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
George I Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular cornice over a single door with mirror, the desk section with fold down writing surface opening to a nicely fitted interior and sliding panel opening to a well, all over ...
Category
1720s English George I Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
George II Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With broken arch pediment and inset mirror over a pair of arched mirror doors opening to shelves and drawers, the base with a slant lid hinged writing lid opening to a fitted interio...
Category
1720s English George I Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
Impressive Antique Slant Top Secretary Bureau
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique carved and finished slant top desk with handsome even grained Mahogany, original brass batwing pulls, diamond accent key holes and the top opening to reveal myriad nooks, ...
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
Majestic Blue painted Rococo Bureau / Secretary
Located in Kastrup, DK
: 56 cm – Open : 109,5 cm
Bureau is in two parts
Category
Mid-18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Metal, Brass
18th Century French Kingwood Bureau De Dame
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French kingwood bureau de dame.
With gilt bronze decorative mounts.
Category
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Danish Biedermeier Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
Mid-19th-century Danish Biedermeier secretary or "bureau" crafted in birch with a beautifully
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Biedermeier Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Leather, Birch
Federal Cherrywood Bureau Cabinet / Desk, circa 1790
Located in Houston, TX
This Federal Cherrywood Bureau cabinet dates to 1790. It is a beautifully preserved example of
Category
Late 19th Century American Federal Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Cherry
Antique George II period small walnut bureau
Located in London, GB
A George II period golden walnut Bureau of attractive small proportions, herringbone inlaid
Category
Early 18th Century English George II Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Walnut
Gustavian Light Gray Painted Bureau / Secretary 1780 - 80
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant and architectural Gustavian bureau / secrétaire in oak with light gray paint. Interior
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Gustavian Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass, Iron
French Brass Inlaid Ladies Bureau Desk
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A top quality French rosewood brass inlaid desk, with tambour front, you have to pull open the drawer to release the tambour and then fold over the original velvet writing surface, l...
Category
Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
Danish Louis XVI Bureau. In Mahogany
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI bureau made in Cuban mahogany.
Top cabinet as well as the base with fluted quarter
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Mahogany
$5,770 Sale Price
50% Off
Early 19th Century Swedish Pine Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
Early 19th Century Swedish Pine Secretary Bureau
Early 19th-century Swedish pine secretary
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Wood, Pine
Antique 19th century English oak secretary / bureau
Located in Eindhoven, NL
A very fine antique secretary/ bureau.
With writing desk, 2 large and 2 small drawers and hidden
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Secretaire Bureau
Materials
Brass
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Antique Secretaire Bureau For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique secretaire bureau you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and walnut, every antique secretaire bureau was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique secretaire bureau — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique secretaire bureau is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, Baroque and Louis XVI styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one antique secretaire bureau that is appealing in its simplicity, but Charles Chevalier, Christoph Hopfengärtner and Francesco Abbiati produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Antique Secretaire Bureau?
The average selling price for an antique secretaire bureau at 1stDibs is $7,857, while they’re typically $607 on the low end and $15,675,000 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.
Questions About Antique Secretaire Bureau
- 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.
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