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Exceptional 18th Century Walnut Bureau Secretaire
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An outstanding, 18th century continental Secretaire in walnut , with a lovely colour, and elegant
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Antique Queen Anne Style Walnut Bureau Secrétaire
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Wonderful Antique walnut Bureau in the Queen Anne style circa 1920
The Bureau is a small size
Category
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Midcentury Bureau Secretaire Desk Pier Luigi Colli Giovanni Gariboldi Maple
By Giovanni Gariboldi, Pier Luigi Colli
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Pier Luigi Colli Giovanni Gariboldi Secretaire bureau maple midcentury Italian
Midcentury
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
18th Century Venezia Louis XV Walnut Bureau Secretaire, 1750s
Located in Roma, RM
Small Italian secretaire from the center, city of Venice, circa 1750, walnut slab, inside of the
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Walnut Inlaid Dutch Bureau Secrétaire
Located in Roma, RM
Dutch Bureau, in walnut root, finely inlaid with floral motifs in fruit wood. Side shapes moved
Category
Antique 1770s Dutch Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Walnut, Fruitwood
Chinoiserie Vanity Mirror on Miniature Bureau Secretaire
Located in Woodbury, CT
lady's dressing table or man's bureau. Remains of a Hamilton & Sons Depository label, on back of mirror
Category
Antique 19th Century British Regency Table Mirrors
Diminutive English Mid-18th Century Mahogany Bureau Secretary
Located in Woodbury, CT
A diminutive mahogany bureau secretaire with pitched pediment and mirrored door flanked by stop
Category
Antique 1750s English Chippendale Secretaires
Pier Luigi Colli Giovanni Gariboldi Secretaire Bureau Maple Midcentury Italian
By Giovanni Gariboldi, Pier Luigi Colli
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Pier Luigi Colli Giovanni Gariboldi Secretaire Bureau Maple midcentury Italian
midcentury Italian
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Pier Luigi Colli Giovanni Gariboldi Secretaire Bureau Maple Midcentury Italian
By Giovanni Gariboldi, Pier Luigi Colli
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Pier Luigi Colli Giovanni Gariboldi Secretaire Bureau Maple midcentury Italian
Midcentury Italian
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
George III Chinoiserie Secretaire/Bureau
Located in Tacoma, WA
A superb George III chinoiserie black lacquer fall front secretaire/bureau with red lacquer
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chippendale Mahogany Secretaire Bureau, England
Located in Providence, RI
This is a wonderfully constructed secretaire or bureau, all composed of mahogany solids. Each solid
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French bureau, desk, secretaire
Located in Maidstone, GB
This has to be the most charming small antique French Bureau I have ever found. Original paint
Category
Early 20th Century Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Kofod-Larsen Rosewood Secretaire / Bureau
Located in Stamford, CT
Gorgeous mid-century rosewood desk by Kofod-Larsen. Small size. A wonderful addition to all decors.
Category
20th Century Danish Secretaires
Materials
Metal
Swedish Rococo Bureau Bookcase Secretaire Pine
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An impressive superb quality Swedish secretaire bureau in the Gustavian manner.
The upper section
Category
20th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Unusually Small Antique Secretary / Secretaire / Bureau Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Unusually small scale George I period walnut bureau bookcase, this is a fine example of its type
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Teak Secretaire Desk Bureau by Borge Mogensen
By Børge Mogensen
Located in Vancouver, BC
bureau in teak and produced by top maker Soborg. Fall front lid open to very large work space with two
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Early 19th Century Scandinavian Gustavian Secretaire Bureau Cabinet
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An exceptional late Gustavian period two-part secretaire bureau with a rare vitrine glass display
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Scandinavian Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
French desk Secretaire Louis XVI period ( bureau de pente)
Located in Madrid, ES
French desk, from the end of the 18th century made of massive blond walnut, with marquetry in rosewood, lemongrass and ebony.
Provincial work and finished in natural wood.
The locks ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Walnut
19th Century Empire Dutch Mahogany Secretaire Bureau Inlay 1800
Located in Roma, RM
Dutch mobile for the American market, Empire period, we are faced with the great Dutch market that adapted its furniture for every nation that requested it, styling in the best way f...
Category
Antique Early 1800s Dutch Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Italian Louis XIV Walnut Burl Bureau or Secretaire
Located in Firenze, IT
An exclusive Venetian Louis XIV bureau or secretaire from early 18th century.
Main structure of
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Louis XIV Secretaires
Materials
Olive, Walnut
Antique Edwardian Inlaid Walnut Secrétaire Bookcase Bureau Scotland 1900, B1636
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Edwardian inlaid walnut secrétaire bookcase bureau, Scotland 1900, B1636
$1650
Category
Antique Early 1900s Scottish Edwardian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Large English Secretaire Oak Glazed Bureau Bookcase Edwardian Library Cabinet
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
A large fine quality Edwardian period oak glazed secretaire.
Constructed from thick cuts of solid
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Bureau Bookcase
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bureau bookcase with glass doors and writing fall. Swan neck pediment with leaf fretwork.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$9,940
Russian Bureau
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfectly balancing the light openness of the bottom half with the weight of the top, this bureau
Category
Antique 19th Century Russian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Secretaire
Located in Madrid, ES
18th century Swedish secretaire or bureau with five drawers in the front and secret compartments
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century Bureau
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th century Dutch Washed Oak Bureau.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Secretaires
Materials
Wood
$4,600
Burl Veneer Bureau
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Bamboo and Walnut finish, burl veneer bureau
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Secretaires
Materials
Bamboo
$2,955
Scraped Swedish Bureau
Located in Tongeren, BE
pine secretaire, scraped to it's first layers of paint, a very elegant shape, in a good solid
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
$1,361
Midcentury Teak Bureau
Located in South Shields, Tyne and Wear
- Midcentury bureau
- Manufactured in the UK
- Made from teak and teak veneer
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
A Georgian Bureau.
Located in Dublin, IE
A Georgian Mahogany Bureau.
Height: 91.44cm
Width: 73.66cm
Depth: 45.72cm
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Irish Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$6,700
Painted Bureau Bookcase
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 19th Century Painted Italian Fall Front Bureau Bookcase with a Mirrored Door enclosing a Fitted
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Secretaires
$18,500
Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
Very smart bureau bookcase with posh suede covered slant top. When opened multiple compartments are
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Glass
$7,500
Antique Bureau Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Very nice early 18th century walnut antique bureau bookcase with quarter cut veneers and feather
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
$34,142
Italian Writing Bureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
Four drawer bureau in Burl; the fall-front white lacquer door inlaid with satin- and fruit-wood
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Secretaires
Materials
Lacquer
$9,000
Danish Rosewood Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
This multi-function piece combines storage, display and workspace. Rosewood with smooth lines, dovetailed drawers, lovely patina and pull-out writing surface. Exquisite graining.
Category
20th Century Danish Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
$1,225
Italian Bureau-Cabinet
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Rococo style finely executed in the Chinoiserie taste, in two sections overall painted and parcel-gilded with gesso renderings of flowers pagodas and Chinese pastoral scenes, the hea...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Secretaires
$32,000
Vintage Teak Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
A stunning and distinctly Danish modern piece with multiple storage options, including adjustable upper shelves and lower cabinet. The pull-out desk surface is great for a laptop and...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
$1,995
Modern Secretary/Bureau
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ercol polished oak fall-font secretary, the front opening to a writing surface with fitted compartments for papers, etc., above two paneled cupboard doors and lower drawer on castors...
Category
Vintage 1950s British Secretaires
Materials
Oak
$1,900
Burr walnut bureau bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Fine Quality burr walnut bureau bookcase by Brights of nettlebeds circa 1960 .
The bookcase is a
Category
Vintage 1950s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
George III Bureau Bookcase
Located in Norwalk, CT
19th century George III bureau bookcase with glazed door, fall
front enclosing a fitted
Category
Antique 19th Century British Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Burl Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
An English burl walnut bureau bookcase with original ormalu handles, original feet, and the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Burl, Walnut
1960s Wall Bureau, Teak
Located in Karlsruhe, DE
Compact wall bureau from the 1960s. Teak carcass with nice inlaid work at the fron. Handy
Category
Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
$1,054
Unusually wide bureau secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome Fruitwood American bureau secretary with shelving and storage and later built-in swivel
Category
Antique 19th Century American Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Leather, Glass
Teak Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautiful drop front desk or bureau in teak, dating to the 60s. Fall front lid opens to large work
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
18th Century Bureau Desk
Located in Santander, ES
18th century figured walnut German bureau desk of small dimensions and of intricate serpentine
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century German Baroque Secretaires
$5,600
George III Bureau Bookcase
Located in Woodbury, CT
Superb George III carved and figured mahogany two part slant front secretary bookcase, with pitch pediment top with dentil molded pilaster details and flame finial, above two rectang...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Oak, Glass
$28,000
Teak Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautiful teak secretary desk with slide out writing table, drawer storage as well as bookshelves. A great design that has so many storage features and application options. This one ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Teak
George III Period Bureau Bookcase
Located in Santander, ES
Fine secretaire bureau bookcase of beautifully figured walnut and blond mahogany of the George III
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George III Secretaires
English George III Bureau Bookcase
Located in Kirkland, WA
English George III Bureau Bookcase
This is a Mahogany Georgian Bureau with a
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
Chinoiserie Double Domed Bureau Bookcase
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Stunning green lacquer bureau bookcase with double bonnet
Category
20th Century Unknown Secretaires
Louis XV Provincial Painted Bureau
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A charming Louis XV provincial fruitwood painted bureau.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Fruitwood
18th century Georgian bureau bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, GB
A very hansom early Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase .
The top has 6 fully adjustable shelves and
Category
Antique 1780s English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Painted Swedish Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very charming 19th century painted Swedish bureau in the Gustavian taste.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Secretaires
1960s Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very stylish, circa 1960s red lacquered bureau in the chinoiserie taste.
Category
20th Century European Secretaires
Materials
Wood
George I Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Salisbury, GB
Very good quality George I Walnut Bureau bookcase of fine colour and with a fully fitted interior.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George I Secretaires
19th Century Continental Painted Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very charming and full of character, 19th century Continental painted bureau, in the 18th century
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Petite Glazed Bookcase on Bureau
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Late Georgian Mahogany Glazed Bookcase on Bureau with brass hardware replaced in the 19th c. and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
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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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