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Historic secretary, Northern Europe, late 19th century. After renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique secretary from around 1890.
The furniture is in very good condition, after professional
Category
1890s Scandinavian Biedermeier Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI, Secretary Marquetery, Slant front Desc
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
secretary made in France from solid walnut in ca 1790. Secretary standing on pointed legs, very harmoniously
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1790s French Louis XVI Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
French Art Deco Two-Tiered Secretary or Desk signed Emile Jacquemin
Located in Miami, FL
A truly rare and stunning French Art Deco two-tiered secretary desk. Originates from Nancy, France
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th Century Dovetail Joints Secretary Drop Front Desk w Drawers Dresser
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Antique 19th Century Dovetail Joints Secretary Drop Front desk w drawers dresser.
Category
19th Century American Federal Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Inlaid Marquetry Secretary Lady
s Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
is in very good condition commensurate with age and use, and adorns a rich walnut French polish
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
Scandinavian Birch Root Karl Johan Secretary with Flight of Drawers, circa 1850
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A handsome secretary abattant in birch, with birch root on drawer faces bordered in walnut. Offers
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut, Birch
18th Century French Folding Secrétaire in Walnut Veneer, Époque Directoire
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century folding secretary in walnut veneer and flamed mahogany opening to a drawer in the
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Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Marble
19th Century Eastlake Victorian Walnut and Burl Cylinder Desk with Bookcase
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional 19th century Eastlake Victorian carved walnut and burl wood cylinder secretary desk
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Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Napoleon III Period Lady
s Desk with Inlay and Bronze Ormolu
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This Napoleon III period French walnut lady's secretary features a drop down top with an intricate
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Very Important Period 18th Century George I Walnut Secretary
Located in Larkspur, CA
Very Important Period Early 18th Century George I Burl Walnut Secretary Bookcase, the Arched Top
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Walnut Chippendale Secretary Desk
Located in West Chester, PA
do with a secretary desk. A scrolled top with three urn and finials are all nicely complemented by
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
Walnut Chippendale Secretary Desk
Located in West Chester, PA
complete the top half of the secretary. The lower half of the desk has an interior with four pigeon holes
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18th Century and Earlier American Chippendale Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
A Refined Walnut Hepplewhite Secretary Desk
Located in West Chester, PA
period. This secretary desk uses inlay to nicely highlight the architectural elements of the pice. The
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18th Century and Earlier American Hepplewhite Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Italian Walnut Rococo Drop Front Secretary.
Located in Larkspur, CA
Third quarter 18th century Italian walnut rococo drop front secretary. The Whole with book matched
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Walnut Secretary
18th Century Baltic Period Secretary
Located in Larkspur, CA
Early 18th Century Baltic Period Baroque Walnut Writing Bureau Secretary, Inlaid Throughout with
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18th Century and Earlier Baltic Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
Mid 18th Century Northern Italian Secretary
Located in Larkspur, CA
Mid 18th Century Northern Italian Rosewood and Walnut Veneered Bureau Bookcase Secretaire from
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
Walnut Secretary
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful Louis XVI style walnut secretary abattant made in France during the 19th century
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19th Century French Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Wood, Leather
$4,750
Italian Walnut Secretary
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 19th Century Grand Tour walnut Secretary cabinet incorporating 17th Century elements.
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19th Century Italian Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Wood
$9,500
American walnut secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
American walnut secretary with three drawers below, and three small interior drawers in the top
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19th Century American Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
American Walnut Secretary
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome American Walnut secretary with drawers and upper cabinet.Brass wire in upper doors. Drop
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19th Century American Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
$15,000
Italian Walnut Secretary
Located in San Francisco, CA
A great looking and scarce Italian walnut Secretary Bookcase. Good smaller scale with nice color
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19th Century Italian Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Wood, Mirror
19th c. Walnut Secretary
Located in Stamford, CT
19th c. Walnut Secretary - Flip down Desk
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19th Century Antique Walnut Secretary
$8,500
18th Century Walnut Secretary
Located in Encinitas, CA
18th Century Regence Walnut Secretary. Lovely arbalete focade with galbes feet. Provence, France.
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
Italian Empire Walnut Secretary
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very handsome Northern Italian fall front walnut secretary abatant circa 1840. Great interior
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19th Century Italian Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Wood
Antique English Walnut Secretary/Bookcase
Located in New Orleans, LA
Early 18th century English George I walnut secretary/bookcase.
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
19th c Italian walnut secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Elegant 19th c Italian walnut secretary with beautiful fitted interior.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Gold
George IV Walnut Secretary, 1829
Located in Los Angeles, CA
George IV Walnut Secretary, Signed William Pearson Leaton, Workington,
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19th Century English Antique Walnut Secretary
QUEEN ANNE BURL WALNUT SECRETARY
Located in New York, NY
QUEEN ANNE BURL WALNUT SECRETARY WITH SLANT TOP ,NICELY FITTED INTERIOR , GREEN LEATHER INSERT
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Burled Walnut Secretary
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Burled Walnut Secretary also desk, dropfront desk
44"W x 22"D x 82"H
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19th Century French Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Period Walnut Secretary
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XV period carved walnut secretary, slant front, sur pieds, unique Chapeau de Gendarme cornice
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Italian Walnut Secretary
Located in Nashville, TN
This very unique Italian Walnut Secretary features beautiful walnut inlay with brass pulls. The
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19th Century Italian Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
George I Padouk
Walnut Secretary
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome and rare early 18th century George I padouk and walnut Secretary cabinet. The upper
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Walnut Secretary Bookcase with Drawers, 1890s
Located in Florence, IT
19th century Italian walnut secretary bookcase with drawers, 1890s.
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1890s Italian Victorian Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Burl Walnut Secretary (GMD#2543)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Now on sale at 2,700.00 - reduced from 5,400.00)
French Louis XV Style Burl Walnut Secretary
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century English Burl Walnut Secretary Desk
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An elegant late 18th C. English burl walnut secretary desk with domed bonnet over two blind doors
Category
Late 18th Century English George II Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Dutch Rococo Style, Bombe-Form Burled Walnut Secretary
Located in Antwerp, BE
Dutch Rococo style bombe form burled and oyster walnut secretary.
The interior contains curved
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Early 20th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
Edwardian Sheraton Revival Walnut Secretary Bookcase Glasgow Scotland 1910 H1101
Located in Vancouver, BC
Edwardian Sheraton Revival Walnut Secretary Bookcase "A Gardner & Sons", Scotland 1910, H1101
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1910s Scottish Sheraton Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Oak
VENETIAN BURL WALNUT SECRETARY
Located in Woodbury, CT
A 3 PART SECRETARY WITH BEAUTIFUL ETCHED MIRROR DOOR WITH A MALE AND FEMALE FIGURE IN ROCOCCO STYLE
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Mirror
French Flame Walnut Secretary
Located in New Jersey City, NJ
italian inspired inlay
The front flame walnut is exquisite
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19th Century French Antique Walnut Secretary
Fine Italian Neoclassic Walnut Secretary
Located in New York, NY
FINE ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE WALNUT INLAID MARQUETRY FLORAL SECRETARY WITH FITTED INTERIORS
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19th Century Italian Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut, Tulipwood, Leather
18th Century French Walnut Secretary
Located in Encinitas, CA
Very nice burled walnut escritoire from Provence. Lovely bronze angels on each side of the stepped
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
English 18th Century Walnut Secretary
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very pretty secretary featuring burl walnut veneer crossbanded in walnut on the slope
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Walnut Secretary
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s Carved Walnut Secretary
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautiful and functional piece with upper storage area in addition to the fold-down desk, and three drawers. Carved details adorn the frontispiece and sides
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Early 20th Century American Antique Walnut Secretary
French Walnut Secretary Chest of Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very nice small scaled Louis XVI design secretary chest of drawers made in France during the
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Walnut Secretary
Biedermeier Walnut Secretary Chest, Commode, Austria, 1830
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tailored neoclassical figured walnut commode made in central Europe, probably Austria about 1830
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Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Metal
Queen Anne Walnut Secretary / Escritoire England, circa 1710
Located in San Francisco, CA
Walnut Queen Anne secretary / escritoire, England, circa 1710. This useful and elegant desk / chest
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1710s English Queen Anne Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Queen Anne style walnut secretary bureau
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Fine quality late Victorian walnut Queen Anne style walnut bureau .
The bureau has a well fitted
Category
1890s English Queen Anne Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
An Early 18th Century English Walnut Secretary Bookcase
Located in Woodbury, CT
An English Early 18th century George I-II burl walnut bureau bookcase with mirrored doors, giltwood
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
Very Fine Late 18th Century French Walnut Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Very fine late 18th century French "secretaire/commode" in "noyer blonde" pale walnut, with glass
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Wood, Glass
Secretary
Located in Atlanta, GA
Burl Walnut Secretary with etched glass door fronts.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Walnut Secretary
$24,500
Northern Italian Secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Northern Italian Marquetry Walnut Secretary
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19th Century Italian Antique Walnut Secretary
Antique English secretary/bookcase
Located in New Orleans, LA
Early 18th century George I walnut secretary/bookcase.
Circa 1720
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18th Century and Earlier British Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Style Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Style Walnut Secretary.
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Walnut Secretary
French Secretary
Located in Atlanta, GA
French fall front burl walnut secretary.
To see more items from Foxglove Antiques
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19th Century French Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Burl, Walnut
$3,450
CHIC BIEDERMEIER SECRETARY
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very nice walnut secretary with ebonized accents made in Austria or Italy during the first part
Category
19th Century Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Wood, Mirror
19th C. Spanish Secretary (GMD#2230)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Walnut Secretary. Top hinged and flips up and over flat, then
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19th Century Spanish Antique Walnut Secretary
Italian secretary cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A charming and small Italian walnut secretary cabinet with mirrored doors and a pull out leather
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Walnut Secretary
Materials
Brass
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Antique Walnut Secretary For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique walnut secretary for your home. Each antique walnut secretary for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and metal. There are many kinds of the antique walnut secretary 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 walnut secretary, designed in the Georgian, Baroque or Louis XV style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one antique walnut secretary that is appealing in its simplicity, but Hastings, Josef Danhauser and Kittinger Furniture Company produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Antique Walnut Secretary?
An antique walnut secretary can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $6,700, while the lowest priced sells for $175 and the highest can go for as much as $437,700.
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 Walnut Secretary
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To date an antique secretary desk, start by determining the type of hinge used to secure the writing surface. Consult an authoritative resource to find out which furniture makers worked with that type of hinge. You can also look for the name of the manufacturer on the back or bottom of the piece. Find a range of expertly vetted antique secretaries on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021An antique secretary desk will range in value depending on its authenticity and condition. The price can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. On 1stDibs find the antique secretary desk you’re looking for today.
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