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Antique Early Victorian Campaign Writing Slope Brass Mounts, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
black leather writing surface that features a secret compartment with drawers which open by pulling up
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1840s English Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Late 18th C. English Small Size Mahogany Fall Front Desk with Original Brasses
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
with small drawers and pigeon holes. The center compartment door is flanked by two pull out secret
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Biedermeier Secretary with Secret Compartment, Germany circa 1830
Located in Greven, DE
x 49 cm Description: Writing desk standing on lion's paws with a protruding plinth typical of the
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1830s German Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Maple, Walnut

Louis XV Period Slant Top Desk
Located in Pembroke, MA
. When open, the interior displays six small drawers, a "secret" compartment with locking mechanism, and
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

19th Century Chinese Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare and good quality Chinese export camphor wood writing desk, circa 1820. Brass bound around
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Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Hardwood

19th Century Carved Oak Victorian Library Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
secret compartment. Standing on barley twist legs and united by matching stretchers. Heavily
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19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Antique Louis XVI Period Drop Front Desk
Located in Austin, TX
French antique Louis XVI period drop front desk of solid cherrywood. With a secret compartment
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Early 1800s French Louis XVI Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Cherry

Mid 19th Century campaign camphor metamorphic lap desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
documents. Later leather covered writing slope, folds back to reveal a compartment for storage and 3 secret
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Mid 19th Century Campaign Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare and good quality chinese export camphor wood writing desk, circa 1860. Brass bound around
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Campaign Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Antique Swedish Inlaid and Marquetry Cylinder Top Desk
Located in London, GB
behind the rosewood back is the secret compartment in the back (see images), where it unlocks & reveals
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1920s Swedish Neoclassical Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Wood

18th Century Architect s Desk by Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in New Orleans, LA
tables, this desk has secret compartments under the writing surface, and the leather-lined easel top is
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18th Century English Regency Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Leather, Mahogany

Antique English George III Mahogany Slant-Front Secretary Desk
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique English George III mahogany inlaid slant front secretary writing desk, 19th c. This desk
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Mid-19th Century British George III Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Small Rare Early 18th Century English Walnut Kneehole Desk
Located in Lymington, GB
secret compartment within the cupboard recess. Maybe be used as a chic antique dressing table, or
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18th Century English George II Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Antique Burr Walnut Pop-Up Davenport Desk, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
legs, and a secret compartment that pops up when required. It has been wonderfully made by a master
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Circa 1880 French Gothic Style Desk in Carved and Bleached Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
a false bottom that hides the secret compartment. Gothic motifs, such as barbed arches, floral
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1880s French Gothic Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Wood, Oak

19th Century Louis Philippe Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Secretary Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
painted knobs, replaced), and two small secret compartments, all with inlaid marquetry detail. The bottom
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Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

English Campaign Chest With Integrated Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
drawer contains a drop-front desk surface with multiple small drawers and secret compartments. Bottom of
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Wood

Antique English Teak Campaign Secretary with Brass Inlay c. Mid 19th Century
Located in Westfield, MA
small drawers, pigeonholes, and six hidden secret compartments—a remarkable detail that reflects the
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Victorian Burr Walnut Pop-Up Davenport
Located in Cheshire, GB
leather writing surface and fitted lidded pen and ink boxes, secret button to release sprung top with
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Early 18th Century Walnut Bureau
Located in Martlesham, GB
fitted interior with various drawers and compartments, the interior door at the centre having a secret
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1740s English George II Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

French Louis XVI Style Parquetry "Bureau a Cylindre"
Located in Pembroke, MA
removable tray and locking "secret compartment." The lower drawers all have working locks and keys.
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19th Century French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Marble

Early 19th Century Chinoiserie Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Martlesham, GB
door, the writing part has a lift off lid concealing compartments and a pen tray, it also has two flaps
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1820s British Regency Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Hardwood

18th Century Walnut and Feather Banded Bureau
Located in Martlesham, GB
centre which opens to include a secret drawer, a brown leather writing surface decorated with blind and
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1770s British George III Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Piano Davenport
Located in Richmond, Surrey
right hand drawer, which lifts up the secret compartment on the top of the Davenport to reveal: four
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

20th Century Dutch Bureau
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
the columns, one-door and a large compartment hidden by a slide axis of great service. Writing top of
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Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Bronze

19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope circa 1870. Fine quality english made
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Baize, Walnut

19th century Victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope circa 1870. Fine quality English made
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

19th Century Mahogany with Brass Writing Box
Located in Casteren, NL
19th century mahogany with brass writing box with dark green leather desk top, original key and
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19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

19th Century Mother of Pearl Inlay Writing Box
Located in Casteren, NL
19th century mother of pearl inlay writing box with black leather desk top, original key and
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19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Wood, Mother-of-Pearl

FRENCH LAP DESK
Located in New York, NY
opens to a slanted writing surface covered in tooled felt with compartments for ink and pens; brass
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19th Century French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

1820s French Wooden Desk
Located in High Point, NC
ten small interior drawers. A truly remarkable piece, the interior hides another secret compartment
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1820s French French Provincial Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Brass Mounted Mahogany Writing Slope by N Middleton c1825
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
on the right of the slope for lighting. Compartments under both sides of the slope. Secret drawer
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1820s British Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Wood

A Biedermeier Butler s Desk
Located in New York, NY
, the chest features four locking drawers. The upper most drawer, however, has a secret: when
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19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Antique Regency Rosewood Writing and Stationery Slope, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
inkwells with bronze lids. The slope has a secret compartment with three small drawers hidden under the
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1820s Regency Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Biedermeier Secretary Desk, South Germany, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
has two drawers with a merging arch decor. The inside of the writing compartment combines a central
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Boulle Writing and Stationery Slope, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
inkwells with bronze lids. The slope has a secret compartment with three small drawers hidden under the
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1820s English Regency Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Museum Quality Tunbridge Ware Lap Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
slope/desk. The interior has 8 compartments in total …. two house the ORIGINAL inkwells with their
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Hardwood

French 19th Century Empire Drop Front Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
sitting over two larger drawers all made of oak. There are secret compartments on either side of the desk
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19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Fine 19th Century Swedish Birch Architectural Secretaire Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
top section there is a selection of secret compartments. Fall doubles as the writing surface giving a
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Birch

18th Century French Louis XV Walnut Desk Secretary from Provence
Located in Dallas, TX
elegant writing desk crafted from solid walnut, stands on cabriole legs over a scalloped apron and dressed
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Bronze

Louis XV Period Drop-Front Fruitwood Secretaire Desk, circa 1760
Located in Doylestown, PA
inset tooled leather surface and small drawers with three secret compartments. Nicely carved and paneled
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Fruitwood

18th Century Louis XVI Period Bureau à Cylindre or Cylinder Desk
Located in Birmingham, AL
arrangement of several open and secret compartments and drawers and a substantial gilt tooled leather pull out
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Ladies Desk, Secretaire En Pente, Bureau De Dames, France, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
, which can be moved to open the secret compartment underneath. An outstandingly crafted piece of
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19th Century French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Wood

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Pop Up Davenport Desk 19th C
Located in London, GB
to friends is the secret compartment at the rear on top for letters, stamps, etc,. It rises up by
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1870s Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

18th Century French Louis XV Bombe Cherry Desk Secretary Scriban from Bordeaux
Located in Dallas, TX
functional; the elegant writing desk crafted from solid cherrywood, features four serpentine drawers across
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Bronze

Umbertino Secretaire with Dante Alighieri Bust Walnut Ebony Italy, 1800
Located in Milano, IT
, starting from the bottom, there are three drawers, the last one presents a writing desk and many
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Late 19th Century Italian Other Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Ebony, Maple, Walnut

Early 19th Century Biedermeier Secretary with Hidden Mechanism, circa 1815
Located in Greven, DE
x D: 125 x 113 x 62 cm Description: Writing desk standing on square feet with a clean, continuous
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Cherry

19th Century Biedermeier Secretaire, Mahogany with Marquetry, Denmark ca 1820
Located in Greven, DE
secretary compartment with a sloping leather-covered writing surface, with a drawer to the left and right of
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Early 19th Century Danish Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

Biedermeier Secretaire, Mahogany with Marquetry, Flensburg/Germany, circa 1815
Located in Greven, DE
high desk. The three-door attachment conceals further drawers and secret compartments on the inside
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1810s German Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany, Oak

18th Century English Queen Anne Walnut and Burl Secretary with 7 Mirrored Doors
Located in Dallas, TX
, including seven secret drawers also concealed inside of the desk interior in front of the gilt embossed
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Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Leather, Mercury Glass, Walnut, Burl

Fine 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Birch and Parcel Gilt Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
secretary drawers. Secret drawers in the fall front stair casing desk compartments. French polished and
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Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Birch

A Biedermeier Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
interior compartments and four "secret" places with trick locks! Decorated with columns and fan shaped
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19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

English 19th Century Walnut Secretaire
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
, shelves and secret compartments. Four drawers all with brass hardware rest under the desk surface, the
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19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

19th Century French Secretaire
Located in High Point, NC
with a secret drawer at the top, over a fall-front desk, which opens to reveal a writing desk and
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19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Bookcase George IV Mahogany Glass England \ 800
Located in Milano, IT
drawers and writing desk with Moroccan insert, the central part can be lifted by a lectern, while the
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19th Century English George IV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Glass, Mahogany

Exquisite Antique Chinese Export Gilt Decorated Black Lacquer Cabinet on Stand
Located in Hopewell, NJ
secret drawer on the right side of the cabinet. The writing desk has gilt decorated doors which open flat
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Wood

18th Century George III Secretaire Library Bookcase by Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
enclosing an arrangement of compartments under the sliding tooled leather inset writing surface. This desk
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18th Century British George III Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Materials

Wood

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