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English 18th century Bureau Bookcase
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mid 18th century Burr walnut Bureau Bookcase w 4 drawers below & 2 glazed doors on top.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Bureau Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very elegant, 19th century painted Swedish Bureau, with great proportions, that will work well in
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Secretaires
Chippendale Period Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Chippendale period mahogany Bureau Bookcase of a lovely faded colour and good proportions, the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Jacobean Style Oak Bureau Bookcase
Located in Manchester, GB
A quality oak bureau bookcase from the 1920s, the turned feet support the twist stretchers and legs
Category
Vintage 1920s European Jacobean Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Charming Swedish Bureau
Located in Madrid, ES
A charming and richly carved Swedish bureau from the first half of the 19th century, made of oak
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Georgian Oak Bookcase on Bureau
Located in Hinsdale, IL
shelves. Bureau has four drawers with two small drawers which serve as rests for desk top . Original
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
18th Century French Oak Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good quality and of elegant design, 18th century French bureau in oak, with great detail, and
Category
Antique 18th Century French Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Oak
George II Period Walnut Bureau
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A mid-18th century George II period walnut bureau, the fall front crossbanded with broad
Category
Antique 18th Century British George II Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
English 18th Century Bureau Bookcase
Located in Athens, GA
Tall, English bureau bookcase with old red leather, very tall, Chippendale design glasses
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
A Lacquered Bureau Cabinet Secretary
Located in New York, NY
The bonnet topped upper case doors depicting an Eastern genre scene opening to reveal two shelves and two drawers, the interior similarly decorated. The lower case slant front openi...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Danish Secretaires
English Mahogany Bureau Glazed Bookcase
Located in Fairhope, AL
This bookcase with drop front secretary drawer is nicely proportioned and the mahogany has gained a rich patina over the years. The slant-front drops down to reveal a surprisingly sp...
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
French Art Deco Bureau abattant
Located in Santa Monica, CA
very unique piece with burl-walnut compartments leather table.bakalite knobs
Category
Early 20th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Leather
English George III Oak Bureau Bookcase
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Glazed bookcase over cabinet has molded top and molded bottom to rest on the bureau; bureau sits
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Walnut Bureau, circa 1930
Located in Paddock Wood, Kent
Art Deco walnut bureau, circa 1930
British made Art Deco bureau has a fall down front and cupboard
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Walnut
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BUREAU BOOKCASE
Located in New York, NY
A fine George III mahogany secretaire cabinet having a scrolled pediment flanking a plinth inlaid
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
19th Century Mahogany Slant Front Bureau
Located in San Mateo, CA
Gorgeous flame mahogany George III slant front bureau. The drop front, brown embossed leather desk
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Bureau
Located in Natchez, MS
18th c. Italian Louis XVI Bureau of walnut from the estate of Arturo Toscanini
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Mahogany Gentlemen’s Bureau Cabinet
Located in London, west Sussex
This superb and very handsome 18th century mahogany gentlemen’s bureau cabinet features a candle
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique English, Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chicago, IL
AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH, GEORGE I, BURR WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE WITH A PARTIALLY FITTED UPPER SECTION
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
George I Style Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
George I style walnut bureau bookcase
This Edwardian walnut bureau bookcase was made, circa 1910
Category
Vintage 1910s English George I Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Early 18th Century Oak Bureau Chest
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Good early 18th Century oak bureau, the interior fitted out with pidgeon holes and drawers and
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Antique Gustavian Bureau, Early 19th Century
Located in Helsingborg, SE
This is an 18th century Gustavian period bureau with a fall front desk featuring a multitude of
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Walnut Bureau Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stunning two-piece hooded bureau secretary desk with slide-out black leather writing surface and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Danish Modern Rosewood Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Gorgeous bow front secretary bureau in rosewood with slide out writing table and drawer storage
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood
Danish Design Bureau Vintage, 1960-1970
Located in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie
Vintage bureau from the 1960s-1970s - Danish design. A exceptional form finished with teak veneer
Category
Vintage 1970s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Teak Bureau Desk by Borge 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 Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Rosewood Secretary Desk Bureau 302-99
Located in Vancouver, BC
Gorgeous secretary bureau in rosewood with slide out writing table and drawer storage. Three small
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Teak Bureau Desk by Borge 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 Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Secretary Bureau Desk by Borge 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 Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Rare Sheraton Yew Wood Cylinder Bureau Cabinet
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The bureau is very close to a design on pl. 47 of Sheraton's Drawing Book. The roll-top cylinder
Category
Antique 1780s English Sheraton Secretaires
Materials
Yew
George I Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in London, GB
walnut bureau cabinet is notable for the use of the finely figured burr walnut veneers, and the
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George I Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Wood
Eng. George III Painted Bureau Bookcase
Located in Southampton, NY
English Georgian Pale Grey -White Painted Fall Front Desk With 2 Door Glazed Bookcase. Desk Interior Has A Serpentine Shelf Topped By 5 Drawers, Above Which Are 6 Cubby Holes. The Ba...
Category
Antique 19th Century British George III Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Period Bureau
Located in Madrid, ES
Late 18th Century Gustation Swedish secretary with original paint, brass hardware and hand-carved decorations in drawers.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Rosewood Danish Modern Secretary Bureau Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
Stunning Danish rosewood secretary desk. Slide out writing surface and plenty of storage makes this piece ideally suited for modern living in small spaces. Condition is superb.
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Rosewood Danish Modern Secretary Bureau Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
Very fine rosewood writing desk or secretary burau desk with slide out tablet and lift top portion revealing a vanity mirror. Very functional piece and such good quality with solid r...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Danish Modern Rosewood Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautiful rosewood secretary desk with slide out writing table and drawer storage. A great design that has so many storage features and application options. This one shows a small op...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Period Secretary Bureau
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An exceptional, grand scale 18th century Gustavian period secretaire bureau with very fine carvings
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Danish Vintage Teak Bureau by Børge Mogensen
By Børge Mogensen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Teak bureau on oak legs designed in the 1950s by Børge Mogensen and manufactured by Søborg Møbler
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak, Oak
18th century Queen Anne walnut bureau bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Fine Queen Anne walnut bureau bookcase circa 1710 .
This fine walnut bureau bookcase case has a
Category
Antique 1710s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Early 18th Century Queen Anne Walnut Bureau
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Early 18th century Queen Anne walnut bureau with one of the finest interiors of this model.
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Maple Bureau by Vesper for Heal’s, 1950s
By Heal
s
Located in Southampton, GB
1950s bureau designed and made by Vesper for Heal’s of London. Pieces from this range are rare to
Category
Mid-20th Century British Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Beech, Maple
18th Century Chinese Export Black Lacquer Bureau
Located in London, GB
A late 18th century black lacquer bureau on stand, the top, sides, and slope with gilded decoration
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Secretaires
Good Mahogany George III Period Antique Bureau
Located in Darwen, GB
A good mahogany George III period antique bureau. Having a sloping mahogany top banded in rosewood
Category
Antique 1780s George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century North European Walnut Bureau Cabinet
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A charming and neatly-proportioned North European walnut and parquetry ladies bureau cabinet, the
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century European Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Biedermeier Cylinder Top Bureau Desk
Located in Santander, ES
Fine Biedermeier Bureau dating to the beginning of the 19th century and of north German origin
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires
18th century Georgian Burr walnut bureau secretary
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Fine quality early 18th century George 11 burr walnut bureau circa 1740 .
The bureau has a fabulous
Category
Antique 1730s English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Very fine Chippendale period mahogany bureau bookcase
Located in New York, NY
Very fine Chippendale period mahogany bureau bookcase, having a swan neck cornice carved with
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Brass
George II Style Red Lacquered Bureau Bookcase
Located in Louisville, KY
the bureau, and the cabinet. Provenance: purchased John Doughty Antiques, San Francisco
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Lacquer
Beautiful Danish Modern Teak Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautiful drop front desk or bureau in teak, dating to the 60's. Fall front lid opens to large work
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Rare 18th c. Queen Anne Bureau Cabinet
Located in Summerland, CA
An exuberant Queen Anne vermillion-japanned double-domed Bureau Cabinet; it's inner surfaces highly
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Period Mahogany Slant Front Bureau Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a Victorian period mahogany bureau made sometime, circa 1890 in England. It has an overall
Category
Antique 1890s British Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Scandinavian Baroque Serpentine Fall Front Bureau Desk
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An outstanding 19th century Scandinaian Baroque bureau featuring wonderful hand carved serpentine
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Scandinavian Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Swedish, Gustavian Period Bureau Desk
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A very fine 18th century, Gustavian period bureau featuring a fall front desk lid with a pair of
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
(302-53) Danish Teak Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
-1960′s Danish teak
-Slide out writing table, drawer storage & two sliding glass doors
-Lots of storage & display options
-Office desk, dresser & display piece
-Some minor marks ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak, Glass
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
Antique 1890s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Small Queen Anne style burr walnut bureau secretary
Located in Chelmsford, GB
A good quality Queen Anne style walnut bureau .
A very well proportioned small size with a well
Category
Vintage 1950s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Small Queen Anne style burr walnut bureau secretary
Located in Chelmsford, GB
A good quality Queen Anne style walnut bureau .
A very well proportioned small size with a well
Category
Vintage 1950s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
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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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