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Louis XV Secretary Desk, France 18th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
writing compartment has six small drawers, several open compartments and a secret compartment. This
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1750s French Louis XV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Birdseye Maple, Maple, Walnut

Louis XVI Secretary Desk, South German 1770-80, walnut
Located in Leimen, DE
. Inside the writing compartment, you'll find nine drawers, open compartments, and a hidden secret
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1770s German Louis XVI Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Antique Early 19th Century Plantation Desk Secretary + Bookcase Hutch Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional mid to early 19th century primitive American Plantation writing desk / hutch
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Early 19th Century American Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Poplar, Pine

Fine French Louis XV Bureau Dos D Ane/ Secretaire/ Desk
Located in Westport, CT
opened an antique black leather inset writing surface is revealed as well as shelving, four compartments
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Early 19th Century French Empire Flame Mahogany Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in Miami, FL
drawers plus two secret compartments. Quality dovetailed construction throughout. The "abattant" drop
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Bronze

French Directory Bureau Bonheur du jour desk, wood and leather, and bronze inkwe
By French House Garden
Located in Valladolid, ES
of the day) is a type of writing desk introduced by Parisian merchants in the 1760s. It is small in
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Early 1800s French Directoire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Crystal, Bronze

Regency Period Mahogany Davenport Circa 1810 With Mechanism
Located in Brussels, Brussels
a writing desk or a superb display cabinet of exceptional quality. Such fine pieces are rarely seen
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

Biedermeier Secretaire With Hidden Compartements And Rare Mechanism, circa 1815
Located in Greven, DE
secret drawers. The main writing compartment of the cabinet is closed by a cylindrical flap, which gives
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1810s German Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Cherry

American Hepplewhite Virginian Secretary Chest with Civil War Provenance
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Dallas, TX
door with another drawer and 2 cubbies and this is flanked by 2 secret pull out compartments. The
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Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

17th Century Spanish Vargueno with Decoupage Exterior on Baroque Style Base
Located in Milford, NH
wrought iron hardware on the handles, locks, and corners. Many secret compartments exist for hiding the
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Wrought Iron

FIRST HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY VENETIAN WALNUT FOLDING CABINET
Located in Firenze, FI
cabinet features a drop-leaf top, which can be used as a writing desk: inside, it features two drawers, a
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Early 18th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Bronze

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
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19th Century English George III Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century Biedermeier Secretaire, Cherry, Southern Germany, dated 1822
Located in Greven, DE
: H x W x D: 154 x 99 x 51 cm Description: Writing desk standing on square legs with three drawers at
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Cherry

English mahogany Scriban secretary chest of drawers - England 18th - Georges III
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
open lockers, a locker closed by a door and 2 small secret compartments which open with pull columns
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18th Century British George III Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Mahogany

Empire Secretaire, Walnut, Maple, Paw Feet, Austria circa 1815
Located in Regensburg, DE
. Secret hiding compartment. Restored and hand-polished with shellac. Dimensions: * H 151 cm / 59.45 in
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1820s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

18th Century Baroque Secretaire, Lake Constance Region
Located in Belmont, MA
, foldable desk, inside six drawers, a wide shelf and a secret compartment (under the sliding shelf a
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1750s German Baroque Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Walnut

18th Century, Italian Neoclassical Marquetry Wood Secretary
Located in IT
. Depth with the drop-down door open 90 cm. Writing desk height 75 cm. This elegant secretary desk was
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Wood, Boxwood, Rosewood

19th Century Empire Walnut Secretary
Located in Houston, TX
fall front opens to reveal several drawers, a column theatre and a writing surface. Secret compartments
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

French Secretaire à Abattant, First Empire Period
Located in Montreal, Quebec
fall front opens to reveal several drawers, a column theatre and a writing surface. Secret compartments
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Marble, Bronze

Biedermeier Secretaire, Cherry Veneer, Ebonized, Brass, South Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Straightened early Biedermeier Secretaire or Drop-Front Secretary / Writing Desk in Cherry Veneer
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Iron, Brass

19th Century French Empire Walnut Fall-Front Secretaire
Located in Southampton, NY
writing surface. A secret drawer resides in one of the small compartment drawers on the center left. Three
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Leather, Walnut, Giltwood

Gillows Antique English George III Mahogany Secretaire Low Press Cupboard
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Glasgow, GB
Archives include ‘Lettering the covers in the writing drawer’. Many cabinets, ‘buro’ writing tables, desks
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

17th Century Italian Milano Renaissance Period Bone Ivory Ebony Tabletop Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
Morrish inspired Spanish Vargueno traveling writing box desk. Our example is characteristic of the
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17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass, Bronze

Antique Walnut Dutch Marquetry Bureau Cabinet Bookcase 18th Century
Located in London, GB
a central cupboard flanked by small drawers, pigeon holes and secret compartments. The fall is
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1780s Dutch Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

18th Century, Louis XIV Carved Walnut Wood Drop-Leaf Cabinet
Located in IT
decorates the front. The upper part consists instead of an opening compartment equipped with a small tipping
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Early 18th Century European Louis XIV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Bronze

French 18th C. Louis XV/XVI Transitional Ormolu Mounted Secretaire by RVLC
By Roger Vandercruse dit Lacroix
Located in PARIS, FR
with rosewood and three rows of drawers. The lower drawer serves as an extra writing desk thanks to a
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Bronze

18th Century Veneered Walnut Writing desk or escritoire
Located in Salisbury Wiltshire, GB
with oak cased lead paperweights behind which are secret drawers, the fitting below centred by a two
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Early 18th Century British George I Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Walnut

Antique Military Writing Box with Calendar
Located in Southampton, NY
Drawer and plenty of secret compartments.
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Early 20th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Cherry

China Trade Camphorwood Lap Desk
Located in Wilton, CT
China Trade Lap Desk With Pop-up Compartments and Secret Drawers. Retro-fited with Brass English
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19th Century Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Exemplary Biedermeier Knee-Hole Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
interior in maple and bird's eye maple, parcel ebonized, 6 small drawers and 5 niches. Secret compartments
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19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

Biedermeier Period Desk, Northern Germany, 1830s
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
drawers and compartments. It features two retractable writing surfaces and several secret storage spaces
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1830s German Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Birch

Antique Greek Key Calamander Brass Writing Box with SECRET compartment.
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
be lifted to reveal more storage space, and a secret compartment. Removing the right hand inkwell and
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

Antique Writing Box with secret compartment by Hausburg, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique brass bound mahogany writing box with double brass stringing, flush carry handles and
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

English Victorian Ministerial mahogany desk 15 drawers, circa 1860, scrivania
Located in Milano, IT
system. One of the drawers of the side structure hides a secret compartment, which can be opened using a
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Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Mahogany

Yew - Wood "Oyster" Bureau
Located in London, GB
Oak lined throughout, wonderful Original hardware. Fine interior with secret compartments and olive
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19th Century Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Late 18th Century English Mahogany Architect’s Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
front pulling out to form a sliding writing surface, enclosing fitted compartments and a lateral sliding
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Late 18th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

"Universal" Table from Thomas Sheraton s Design Book
Located in Stamford, CT
compartments, with hidden trays inside. Thomas Jefferson had two of this model table, also called a secret
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19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Mahogany

Captain MacPherson s Writing Desk or Slope
By William Dobson
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A brass edged, mahogany Writing Desk made by Dobson of 166 Strand. This slope was made with
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Early 19th Century English Campaign Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

A Russian Neoclassical Roll Top Writing Desk
Located in New Haven, CT
sides. When you lift the cylinder top you reveal six additional drawers, two secret compartments behind
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1810s Russian Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Mahogany

1790-French Empire Writing Desk Secretaire Gilt Ormolu-manner Thomire/Desmalter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
fitted drawers (in both above and below the desk top), a secret locked compartment drawer on the right
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Military Campaign Brass Bound Victorian Walnut Veneered Writing Slope with Keys
Located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
other for the secret compartment. Wonderful patina to the brass and walnut. Has some minor repairs over
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1850s English British Colonial Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Captains Campaign Writing Chest
Located in Cambridgeshire, GB
a tooled leather writing surface, another lock opening to a void document compartment, the base also
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Early 19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Military Campaign Brass Bound Victorian Burr Walnut Veneered Writing Slope Key
Located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
A Military Campaign brass bound walnut writing slope with locked lower compartment and secret
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1850s English Campaign Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Antique Greek Key Calamander and Brass Writing Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
be lifted to reveal more storage space, and a secret compartment. Removing the right hand inkwell and
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

Walnut Veneered Kneehole Desk, 1690s, England
Located in Herzele, BE
A superb walnut veneered kneehole writing desk. Excellent colour, feather banded, the front of the
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Late 17th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Louis XVI Style Mahogany with Kingwood inlay Bonheur du Jour
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Mahogany with Kingwood inlay Ladies Writing Desk with brass gallery around marble top faux book
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19th Century French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Marble, Brass

Early 18th Century Antique Escritoire
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
compartments and the small door in the centre of the top also locks. Above the desk section there is a secret
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Early 18th Century British George I Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Walnut

18th century walnut and pollard oak seretaire abbatant
Located in Penzance, GB
and 3 sliding compartments. There are another three drawers behind the inner door and it has an
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Early 18th Century Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

18th Century Transition Bureau
Located in London, GB
five drawers, three sections and a secret compartment.  
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18th Century Swiss Other Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Leather, Ash, Tulipwood, Walnut

A Directoire Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bureau a Cylindre
Located in New York, NY
"secret" compartments at the back, all above a case with two long drawers raised on round tapering legs.
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Mahogany

A fine 19th century marquetry and parquetry bureau de dame by Sormani, Paris.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
a pair of lidded compartments and a central cover opened by a secret mechanism and showing a mirror
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Regency Officers Campaign Writing Slope
Located in London, Greenwich
various compartments, three hidden secret drawers and a double fold faded red velvet writing surface and a
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1810s British Regency Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Rosewood

Fine 19th Century Regency Rosewood Brass Bound Box Desk
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
compartments and a pen rest. The upper storage compartment beneath the inkwells has a secret compartment
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1820s English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

Fine Queen Anne Walnut Double Dome Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
compartments above a further eight cubby holes. The interior centered by two concave cupboard doors opening to
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1710s English Queen Anne Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Walnut

Fine Queen Anne Walnut Double Dome Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
compartments above a further eight cubby holes. The interior centered by two concave cupboard doors opening to
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1710s English Queen Anne Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Victorian Walnut Writing Slope Ebony and Abalone Shell Decoration to Borders
Located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
A mid-19th century early Victorian burr walnut writing slope desk tidy box having an inset silver
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1850s English British Colonial Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century mahogany directoire writing desk with leather writing surface
Located in Martlesham, GB
original brass mounts, the right hand drawer having a lockable secret compartment, the reverse of the desk
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1830s French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Mahogany

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