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Rare Pair of 18th Century Italian Double Dome Bureau Bookcases, circa 1760
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A rare and impressive pair of 18th century Italian burr walnut double dome bureau bookcases, each
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$82,155 Sale Price / set
20% Off
EXQUISITE EARLY GEORGIAN CIRCA 1760 WRITING BUREAU DESK WiTH GREEN LEATHER TOP
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
English circa 1760 Oak writing bureau with green leather writing surface
Please note the delivery fee
Category
Antique 1760s English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Oak
19th Century English 3-Drawer Oak Bureau Office Desk with Bronze Hardware
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century English 3-drawer oak bureau office desk with bronze hardware.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Wood
20th Century Inlaid Wood French Napoleon III Style Roll-Top Bureau Desk, 1920s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French roll-top bureau from the early 20th century. Napoleon III style furniture richly inlaid with
Category
Vintage 1920s French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Fine Antique Georgian circa 1780 Oyster Venner Bureau Bookcase Chest of Drawers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Bureau bookcase with original candle holders
A highly decorative and important bureau bookcase dating
Category
Antique 1780s English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730
Located in Portland, OR
A very rare antique Dutch Colonial V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company) fall front bureau/desk on
Category
Antique 1730s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Stunning 1900s Burr
Burl Walnut Drop Front Bureau Desk Lovely Timber Patina
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1900 Burr & Burl Walnut drop front bureau
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau de Dame by Alphonse Giroux et Cie
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in Montreal, QC
This parquetry desk has the attributes one would expect when bearing the name to one of Paris leading retailers of objet deluxe. It is bombe...gently swelling and raised on cabriole ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Secretary With Impressive Marquetry
Located in Greven, DE
, it differs from its predecessors such as the classic bureau plat, the secretaire en pente and the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood
Italian Venetian Secretary, 18th Century
Located in CH
Italian Venetian Secretary (Secretaire / Bureau Cabinet)
18th Century
An 18th-century Italian
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Arne Wahl Iversen Bureau Desk Danish Mid Century Teak 1960s MCM Scandinavian
By Arne Wahl Iversen
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous, rare and super-stylish Mid Century bureau secretaire desk by a top Danish designer in
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Late 19th Century Spanish Walnut Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
A late 19th century Spanish Walnut Bureau bookcase ‘secretaire’ with fretwork open swan neck
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
$5,512 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Spanish Walnut Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
A late 19th century Spanish Walnut Bureau bookcase ‘secretaire’ with fretwork open swan neck
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Late 18th Century English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
A late 18th century English George III mahogany Bureau bookcase ‘secretaire’ with fretwork open
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Bookcases
Antique Secretaire Cabinet, English, Chest of Drawers, Bureau, Desk, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique secretaire cabinet. An English, mahogany chest of drawers with drop front
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th-19th Century Grey Russian Two Part Bureau - Antique Baroque Oak Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 18th - 19th Century, antique Russian two part bureau made of hand crafted painted Oakwood
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Russian Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Bronze
19th Century Marquetry Children
s Bureau Secretary
Located in Delft, NL
A 19th century marquetry children's bureau secretary
A marquetry children's bureau secretary
Category
Antique 19th Century German Children s Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Ormolu Tulipwood and Kingwood Parquetry Leather Top Lady
s Bureau
Located in Germantown, MD
clock and four ormolu candle holders, two on each side. This Lady Secretaire Bureau or Bonheur du Jour
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
18th Century British Regency Bureau Chiffonier in Manner of Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Dallas, TX
Fantastic piece in impeccable condition. Regency exotic hardwood bureau or secretaire desk or
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Regency Cabinets
Materials
Rosewood
18th Century French Cherrywood
Bureau de Pente
Slant Top Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
, including bureau dos d’âne and secrétaire à dessus brisé, and they almost always featured a fold-down
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Japanese Maki-e Lacquered Wood Kodansu Small Chest with Drawers Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
made for the west during Momoyama period and resembles a European miniature bureau or secrétaire. The
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Distressed White Painted Gustavian Style Bureau, Secretaire
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Distressed white painted Gustavian style bureau - secretaire. Hand carved and hand painted adds
Category
2010s Unknown Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
Dutch Oak Bombe Bureau Secretaire, Circa 1800
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
A Dutch oak Bombe Bureau Secretaire, circa 1800. Having a lovely organic shape and color. The fall
Category
Antique Early 1800s Dutch Secretaires
Materials
Brass
1960s Rosewood Bureau / Secretaire
Located in Freiburg, DE
Material: rosewood, veneered and solid
small veneer damage to the base, so little visible that it is not photographically representable.
Original condition, cleaned and oiled.
Category
Vintage 1960s Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Mahogany Bureau/Secretaire by Frits Henningsen
By Frits Henningsen
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
A gorgeous bureau made of Cuban mahogany, is designed and produced by Danish furniture designer and
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Italian Verona Louis XV Walnut Marquetry Bureau Secrétaire, 1700s
Located in Roma, RM
highlight the wooden games of marquetry. Secrétaire of measure, neither too big nor too small, easy to
Category
Antique 1750s Italian Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Walnut Root, Solid and Ebonized Walnut Bureau
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
Charming Italian Louis XVI Bureau, secretaire or commode made of walnut root, solid and ebonized
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
George III Oak Bureau Bookcase Secretaire
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
A rare and impressive George III period oak secretaire.
The upper section with carved cornice
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Secretaires
Materials
Oak
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Period Secretaire Bureau
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An exceptional, richly carved 18th century Gustavian period two-part secretaire bureau with
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Mahogany Secretaire Bureau, circa 1780
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
An exceptional French Louis XVI mahogany secretaire abattant (or two-cupboard desk bureau) with a
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XIV Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Secrétaire Northern Italian 18th Century Baroque Bureau Cabinet
Located in Santander, ES
Spectacular and unique northern Italian baroque bombé bureau cabinet mid-18th century entirely of
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Revival Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
English Secretaire Bureau Bookcase Astragal Glazed Mahogany Library Cabinet
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An attractive Edwardian satinwood banded inlaid mahogany glazed secretaire.
The mahogany
Category
Early 20th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Secretaire Bureau Bookcase Astragal Glazed Mahogany Library Cabinet
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An attractive 19th century inlaid mahogany glazed secretaire.
The mahogany boasting a well
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish Secretaire Barrel Roll Top Bureau Bookcase Biedermeier Mahogany
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
A rare and impressive large 19th century Swedish flamed mahogany secretaire in the Biedermeier
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase (Secretaire)
Located in San Francisco, CA
A late 18th century English George III mahogany Bureau bookcase (secretaire) with fretwork open
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
1970s English Midcentury Secretaire or Bureau with Extendable Desk Top
Located in London, GB
This lovely secretaire / bureau has a clever counter / desk top which pulls out when needed, so
Category
Vintage 1970s British Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Tall English Secrétaire Bureau Bookcase Astragal Glazed Mahogany Library Cabinet
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An attractive 19th century flamed mahogany glazed secrétaire.
The mahogany boasting a well
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Early 18thC George I period Antique Walnut Secretary Secretaire Bureau Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Good early 18th century George I period walnut double dome bureau bookcase. This is a proper early
Category
Antique Early 18th Century British George I Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Scandinavian Bureau
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Original blue paint interior. Exterior repainted at a later date.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Scandinavian Gustavian Secretaires
$12,500
Bureau Bookcase/Secretary
Located in Roswell, GA
English Georgian mahogany Secretaire with satinwood stringing and rosewood embellishments. Top
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Brass
$12,500
Oak 19th Century Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
Decorative and slim secretaire (bureau) bookcase in light oak. The upper part is with wooden panel
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Queen Anne bureau secretary
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Fine quality small late 19th century Queen Anne revival walnut bureau .
The bureau is a fantastic
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
1850s Biedermeier Cherry Wood Secretaire
Located in Senden, NRW
Original antique Biedermeier secretaire or bureau with beautifully ebonized framing columns. This
Category
Antique 1860s German Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
$11,748 / set
Georgian Bureau of Mahogany
Located in Carrocera, Spain
Mahogany Georgian bureau dating from the 18th century. It has hinged lid with marquetry decoration
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Georgian Secretaires
$191,250
North Italian Bureau Bookcase
Located in Fitzroy, Victoria
Early 20th century, in the 18th century style. The upper section with a central cabinet lined in green damask, with glass shelves. Either side are unlined cabinet sections. Below is ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Other Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
A Cotswold School Bureau
By Cotswold Potteries Ltd
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Cat. No. 004-001-2005
Category
Vintage 1930s English Secretaires
Materials
Brass
$7,800
French Bureau Plat Around 1900
Located in Heiligenberg, DE
Splendid Bureau Plat veneered with rosewood and decorated with bronze applications, France 19th
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood
Victorian Mahogany Roll Top Bureau
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Mahogany roll top cylinder bureau, circa 1890. With a carved three quarter gallery with gadrooned
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Pollard Oak Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Lancashire 2-part Pollard Oak Bureau bookcase with ebony banding and ivory escutcheons. Rosewood
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Ebony, Rosewood, Ivory
19th Century English Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Mid-19th century English writing bureau with oriental detailing. Red painted oak body with 3
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Secretaires
18th century Louis XV Bureau
Located in Pasadena, CA
Late 18th century Louis XV Bureau with cabriole legs, serpentine front & brass hardware. Inside
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
Anglo-Dutch Thuyawood Bureau Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
Large Anglo-Dutch thuya, satinwood and ebony bureau bookcase, the arched and molded ebony cornice
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Antique George III Bureau Bookcase
Located in Sheffield, MA
Fine George III pine bureau bookcase with overhanging molded dentilated cornice with blind fretwork
Category
Antique Early 1800s English George III Secretaires
Materials
Pine
18th Century Lombard Bureau Cabinet
Located in Milan, IT
Italian bureau cabinet in walnut and burr walnut with ebonized parts, from Lombard half of 18 th
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Bureau bookcase, by Francesco Abbiati
By Francesco Abbiati
Located in New York, NY
bureau bookcase exhibits Abbiati’s incredible skill as an inlay specialist. The mixture of inlaid
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Antique English Mahogany Bureau, 19th Century
Located in Ely, GB
English Antique Mahogany Bureau, 19th Century . circa 1880s.
Made from mahogany and of high
Category
Antique 1880s British Late Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Louisville, KY
molded cornice over two glazed doors divided with mullions; the base opening to reveal and fitted interior with drawers, cubby holes and a central door; with four long drawers raised...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier 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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