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Lovely Small Harrods London Reh Kennedy Military Campaign Writing Bureau Desk
By Harrods, Kennedy Furniture For Harrods London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
campaign bureau desk in mahogany with brass fittings
A good looking and well made piece. This is ideally
Category
20th Century English Campaign Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Tall Green Painted Oak Secretary Bureau from Sweden, Circa 1800-20
Located in Round Top, TX
to this bureau.
Please examine photos to appreciate the multi-layered colors in the finish with tones
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Biedermeier Bureau Bookcase in Ash with Crossbanding and Bun Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Biedermeier period ash Bureau bookcase with crossbanding and bun feet, originating in Germany
Category
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Ash
French Faux Bamboo Cabinet Bureau Secretary or Bookcase Desk of Curly Maple
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome French faux bamboo bureau secretary writing desk or bonheur du jour, c.1900, featuring a
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Secretaires
Materials
Metal
An 18th Century Italian Venetian Rococo Walnut Slant Front Desk Bureau Bookcase
Located in CH
An 18th century Italian Venetian Rococo walnut slant front desk bureau bookcase. The arched
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretary Bureau Desk with Original Red Paint
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique secretary desk from Sweden dated 1897, with original paint and floral decorations made in two sections. Below the arched pediment are two raised panel doors with three fixed ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Vintage Cresent Queen Anne Style Cherry Secretary Writing Desk Bookcase Bureau
Located in Dayton, OH
Beautiful Queen Anne style secretary desk and bookcase by Cresent Manufacturing Company, circa 1970s. Made from cherry with a natural distressed finish. Features an upper bookcase wi...
Category
Vintage 1970s Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Cherry
Antique Dutch Rococo Inlaid Marquetry Walnut Bombe Secretary Desk Bureau 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A fine 18th century Dutch Rococo walnut inlaid marquetry bombe shaped desk, circa 1780.
The desk top is inlaid with a satinwood panel and having corresponding panels to the sides, th...
Category
Antique 1780s Dutch Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut, Ebony, Satinwood
Writing Bureau Designed by Bruno Mathsson for Karl Mathsson, Sweden, 1934
By Bruno Mathsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rosewood and birch.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Birch, Rosewood
19th Century Louis XVI Style Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Louis XVI style French bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid and veneer
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
Art Deco Burl Walnut Cloud Shaped Writing Desk Bureau, English , circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
This is a fantastic 1930s Art Deco writing bureau of small proportions, a really superb piece of
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Bakelite
FiNE THEODORE ALEXANDER FAUX BOOK BROWN LEATHER CHEST OF DRAWERS WRITING BUREAU
By Theodore Alexander
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
made to order Theodore Alexander Faux book chest of drawers with lift up brown leather writing bureau
Category
20th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mid 19th Century Antique Hand Painted Bureau Secretary with Harvest Scenes from
Located in Round Top, TX
Swedish bureau. Please examine the close up photos to appreciate the many painted details of this lovely
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique French Carved Oak Desk Secretary Bureau Bookcase Louis XV Drop Front
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak desk secretary Bureau bookcase Louis XV drop front
~Direct from France
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Late 18th C. Dutch Richly Inlaid Two Part Walnut and Satinwod Fall Front Bureau
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
feet this bureau or secretaire has unique sculptural qualities complimented by exuberant inlays of
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Antique French Carved Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
~Direct from France~
~A lovely antique French carved “drop front” secretary/desk with quintessential French style from top to bottom!~
~Carved oak French “drop front” or slant front ...
Category
Vintage 1910s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Bureau de Dame in the Manner of Jean-Charles Ellaume
By Jean-Charles Ellaume
Located in Berlin, DE
A shaped fall-front opening to reveal a leather-lined writing surface, four drawers, pigeon-holes and a secret door, with two small drawers and one full-lenght drawer above a shaped ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Tulipwood, Oak
George I Secretary Bureau or Escritoire of Figured Walnut from the 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English period George I secretary bureau escritoire or scriptor of figured patinated walnut
Category
Antique 18th Century English George I Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique French Carved Tiger Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved dark oak secretary desk bureau drop front Louis XV style
~ Direct from
Category
Vintage 1910s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Brights of Nettlebed Burr Walnut Bureau with Drop Front Desk
Chest of Drawers
By Brights of Nettlebed
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We delighted to offer this 1 of 2 lovely Brights of Nettlebed William & Mary style cabinet in burr walnut
As mentioned I have a pair of these, this one has an arrangement of drawe...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Burr Yew Wood Military Campaign Chest on Stand Bureau Desk with Chest of Drawers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
, bureau desk in the form of a Military Campaign chest of drawers
This is quite a rare piece, its based
Category
20th Century English Campaign Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique French Inlaid Secretaire Bureau Chest
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French ormolu mounted secretaire chest, dating to circa 1920s-1930s period.
It
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Regency Secretaire Bookcase Bureau Mahogany Inlay Desk
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning Regency Revival secretaire bookcase in mahogany
Grand piece of furniture with middle
Category
Vintage 1980s Regency Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau Abattant Secretaire Desk
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
19th century Dutch Marquetry bureau abattant secretaire desk.
This is a rare breathtaking
Category
Antique 19th Century Dutch Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Italian Walnut Secretaire Bureau by Gianfranco Frattini
By Bernini, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in London, GB
A stunning vintage Italian walnut secretaire bureau by Gianfranco Frattini. This is the model 804
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Very Elegant Roll-Top Secretaire or Bureau Desk, 1790s
Located in Greding, DE
Very elegant roll-top secretaire or bureau desk, cherrywood.
Classicism style.
West Germany
Category
Antique 1790s German Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Mid Century Modern Vintage Secretaire Bureau Desk Danish Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautiful secretaire desk is a real stand out piece as well as being great for working at with
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Modern Teak Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard Secretaire Desk Bureau Danish
By Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gorgeous bureau by Gunnar Nielsen of Denmark is a fantastic piece as well as being pleaseing
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Mid Century Modern Vintage Teak Secretaire Desk Bureau by Jentique Danish Style
By Jentique
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Mid Century Modern Vintage Teak Desk Secretaire by Jentique is a stunning addition to any mid
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Teak Bureau Desk Secretaire by Vanson Hutch China
By Vanson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gorgeous mid century bureau designed by Peter Hanson for Vanson is a real statement piece as
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Mid Century Modern Vintage Secretaire Writing Bureau Desk by G plan Danish Style
By G Plan Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An impressive vintage teak writing bureau by G Plan. The angled fall flap enclosed a fitted
Category
Vintage 1970s English Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Teak Secretaire Bureau Hutch Desk by Sutcliffe Danish G Plan
By S Form
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century teak bureau by Sutcliffe of Todmorden Furniture (S Form). UK made c1960s. Great for
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
19th century dresser and secretaire
Located in Faversham, GB
cornice surround.
The central bureau or secretaire folds down to reveal a level writing slope with two
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Early Victorian Dressers
Materials
Pine
George III Breakfront Secretaire Bookcase, England c. 1790
Located in Atlanta, GA
bureaus, bookcases, & secretaires, along with hundreds of antique furnishings & accessories from across
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
George III Period Secretaire Bookcase in Mahogany, c. 1790
Located in Atlanta, GA
a wide variety of secretaire and bureau bookcases, visit our online galleries at: www
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
1960s Danish Teak
Wood Bureau/Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A stunning and unusual design, this vintage Danish chest from the 1960s has a built in secretaire
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Antique Military Campaign Style Yew Wood Chest / Bureau
Located in London, GB
A superb antique military campaign style chest of drawers with a built in secretaire bureau. This
Category
Vintage 1930s English Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Yew
19th Century Swedish Birch Secretaire, Secret Compartments Style of Karl Johan
By Karl Johan
Located in London, England
we have never been in possession of a secretaire or bureau with so many secret compartments.
Perhaps
Category
Antique Early 1800s Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birch
Bibliothèque étagère secrétaire vintage en teck et mélaminé jaune des années 60
Located in BESANÇON, FR
, 4 étagères ouvertes, 1 partie secrétaire/bureau coulissant avec plateau en mélaminé jaune, 1 grand
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Teak
Peter Hvidt
Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen Bureau Produced by Søborg Møbler in Denmark
By Peter Hvidt, Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare secrétaire / bureau designed by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen. Produced by Søborg Møbler
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis Philippe Style Walnut Bureau Commode With Green Marble Top
Located in Sheridan, CO
. This walnut secretaire/secretary bureau desk boasts a stunning symmetrical walnut veneer/ The original
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis Philippe Commodes and Chests of D...
Materials
Marble, Brass
18th-19th Century Black Swedish Gustavian Two Part Pinewood Bureau, Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Gustavian Two Part Pinewood Bureau, Secretaire
PE-1069
A 18th - 19th Century, black, antique Swedish
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Bronze
English Antique Art Deco Bureau Secretaire Oak Cabinet
Located in Leicester, GB
Beautiful English Antique bureau from the 1920's. The compact Art Deco piece of furniture hosts a
Category
Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Bureau, Secretaire, Desk, circa 1820
Located in Greven, DE
Antique cylinder bureau from the southern German Biedermeier period circa 1820
Dimensions: H x W x
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Midcentury Danish Oak Secretaire Bureau, Orum Møbler
Located in London, GB
A well designed and crafted Secretaire Bureau from Orum Møbler, Denmark, circa 1960. This can also
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Oak
19th Century Secretaire Bureau In Mahogany-england
Located in Brussels, Brussels
superb mahogany secretaire bureau from the beginning of the 19th century from England
very good
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Early Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Exceptional 18th Century Swedish Birch Compartmental Secretaire or Bureau
Located in London, England
An exceptional 19th century Swedish Birch secretaire or Bureau with a beautiful grain and warm
Category
Antique 1840s Swedish Other Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Teak Bureau/Vanity
Located in Puslinch, ON
Condition: Pre-Restored
Dimensions: 34.5” L x 16” D x 43.25” H (28.25” Desk Height)
Description: A vintage teak vanity/desk with drawers. Lockwork and comes with key. Freshly impor...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
$1,495
Swedish Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th century Swedish painted oak bureau bookcase. Great size. 1820.
Height to the desk is
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Oak
$4,028
Mahogany Inlaid Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany bureau the sloped moulded inlaid fall front enclosing a fitted satinwood interior having
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Secretaires
$2,116
Danish Baroque Bureau / secretair
Located in Kastrup, DK
Danish baroque bureau in two parts in oak, painted in dark grey.
Upper cupboard with swan neck top
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Danish Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Bureau by Ejvind A. Johansson
By Ivan Gern Møbelfabrik
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bureau in rosewood with pull-out panel. Maker Ivan Gern Møbelfabrik
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Small 19th Century Swedish Bureau
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Small 19th century Swedish bureau.
The exterior and interior of this lovely piece are painted
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Pine Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
Pine secretary or "bureau" from Sweden from the latter 1800's.
Standing 4.5' tall, this secretary
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Country Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Fine Hand-Painted Venetian 19th Century Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Outstanding example of a Venetian bureau bookcase, or secretaire, having a serpentine cornice
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Secretaires
Baroque Bureau /Secretary Denmark c 1750
Located in Kastrup, DK
Baroque secretary /bureau in two parts.
Upper cabinet with curved top, pair of doors with marked
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Danish Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Oak
18th Century Swedish Period Gustavian Bureau
Located in Charleston, SC
A rare mid-18th century Swedish Gustavian period bureau with slant front and banks of nicely
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Pine
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Bureau Secretaire For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic bureau secretaire available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and walnut, every bureau secretaire was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect bureau secretaire — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each bureau secretaire bearing Georgian, Louis XV or Scandinavian Modern hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one bureau secretaire that is appealing in its simplicity, but Pier Luigi Colli, Erling Torvits and Giovanni Gariboldi produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Bureau Secretaire?
A bureau secretaire can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,694, while the lowest priced sells for $504 and the highest can go for as much as $1,844,713.
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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