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Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Hixson, TN
This is a Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase. From the outside, everything is straight forward. The
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Bureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
This classic bureau writing desk is a brilliant specimen of Georgian furniture. Crafted of mahogany
Category
Antique 18th Century Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$15,000
Oversized Northern Italian 19th Century Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bureau bookcase, or secretaire, of burled olivewood, having serpentine bonnet top, over double
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Secretaires
1960
s Modernist Secretaire Baggaardens Mobler
Located in London, GB
A very fine quality secretaire - bureau by little known maker Baggaardens Mobler, CH madsen
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Teak, Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Bureau
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Swedish early 19th century Swedish secretaire with two parts - the top half opens with two doors
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Exquisite Rococo Bureau Bookcase
Located in Troy, NY
Rare, unusual exquisite secretary. The top part featuring a mirrored door opening to an intricately fitted interior, flanked by drawers and a small writing desk underneath. The lower...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Fruitwood
1960s Bureau, Gunnar Nielsen
By Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard
Located in Neuss, NW
Classic secretary from the 1960s by Gunnar Nielsen for Tibergaard. High-quality corpus in teak veneer with a hinged work surface, four interior drawers, one compartments, three drawe...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Secretaire
Located in Astoria, NY
Circa 1900-1920 English Chinoiserie Secretaire/Bureau in scarlet crackle glaze and gilt-japanned
Category
Early 20th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century Antique Mahogany Bureau
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18TH CENTURY ANTIQUE MAHOGANY BUREAU
EXCELLENT QUALITY BUREAU WITH FITTED INTERIOR
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Baroque Bureau
Located in Kastrup, DK
Baroque bureau, Sweden, circa 1750. Black-painted pine with gray-lined fillings. Behind the writing
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Pine
19th Century Dutch Bombè Bureau
Located in Hixson, TN
19th century Dutch bombè bureau
Here is a very clean 19th century bureau with fitted interior
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Secretaires
Antique Inlaid Marquetry Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
This antique bureau is absolutely smothered with very detailed floral themed marquetry. It’s on the
Category
Vintage 1950s French Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Walnut
Outstanding English Chinoiserie Bureau Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
Splendid English chinoiserie tortoise lacquered bureau bookcase with shaped front. Having stunning
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chinoiserie Secretaires
Børge Mogensen Teak Danish Bureau
By Børge Mogensen
Located in London, England
Teak bureau, circa 1960s. Produced by Soborg Møbelfabrik, Denmark. Teak body with three drawers on
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Teak
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 18th century English painted oak bureau with fitted interior. 1790.
Height to desk is 29
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Antique George III style burr walnut bureau in very good original condition, dating to circa 1930s
Category
Vintage 1950s English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Antique burr walnut bureau dating from circa 1910s-1920s period and in good condition. It’s high
Category
Vintage 1920s English Edwardian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Very Fine Bureau, circa 1770
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Very fine bureau, richly caved and with original lock and key, circa 1770
Measures: H 116, H
Category
Antique 18th Century Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century English painted oak bureau with a good fitted interior and well. 1760.
Height to the
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Oak
18th Century Painted Writing Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century English painted oak writing bureau with original brass handles. Good fitted interior
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Doylestown, PA
George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, c. 1790, molded cornice above a lancet carved frieze and a
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
George II walnut bureau cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A George II walnut bureau cabinet circa 1730, the stepped cornice with later urn form finials over
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Scandinavian Baroque Bureau
Located in Charleston, SC
A rare mid-18th century Scandinavian Baroque period bureau with serpentine fronted drawers, carved
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Scandinavian Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Oak Bureau/Vanity w/ Storage
Located in Puslinch, ON
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Description: A vintage oak bureau/vanity with storage under the desk surface. Freshly imported from Denmark
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Biedermeier Cylinder Front Bureau Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
Mahogany cylinder front bureau cabinet which opens to reveal pidgeon holes and drawers, two large
Category
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Small antique Queen Anne style burr walnut bureau in lovely condition with a nice warm color and
Category
Vintage 1930s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
A smart and useful antique writing bureau in burr walnut. This was made in England, it dates from
Category
Vintage 1930s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Small antique Queen Anne style burr walnut bureau in lovely condition with a nice warm color and
Category
Vintage 1930s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Important German Walnut Bureau Cabinet
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A superb North German figured walnut, giltwood and gilt-gesso bureau cabinet, the moulded cornice
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique White Painted Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
"bureau." The white paint is newer, yet compliments the quintessential Swedish country style of this
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Marquetry Secretaire a Abattant by Andre Gilbert
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century in France, secretaires, writing bureaus, and bookcases became increasingly popular as an
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood, Mother-of-Pearl
George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With arched cornice and carved floral detail over gothic frieze , over a pair of glazed doors with mullions in the form of urns , the base with slant lid opening to a fitted interior...
Category
Antique 1790s English George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular cornice with dentilling over a pair of glazed doors enclosing shelves , the base with a slant lid opening to a fitted interior , over four graduated drawers raised on bra...
Category
Antique 1770s British George III Secretaires
1780 Italian Shaped and Floral Painted Secretaire
Located in Vo
, Veneto
Shaped and painted Secretaire "Bureau"
H. 109cm – L. 123 cm – D. 57 cm
Rare and refined painted
Category
Antique 1770s Italian Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Fir
Queen Anne Walnut Fall-Front Bureau
Located in London, GB
This superb and rare Queen Anne walnut fall front bureau, C. 1710 features the original handles and
Category
Antique Early 18th Century British Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Queen Anne Red Lacquer Bureau Bookcase
Located in Montreal, QC
Beautiful and rare Queen Anne lacquer bureau bookcase all decorated with gilt chinoserie
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Outstanding Quality 18th Century Mahogany Bureau
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful antique mahogany bureau in perfect and completely original condition. The bureau is of
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century French Oak Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th century French oak bureau in later decoration.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Antique Georgian Style Mahogany Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Antique Georgian style mahogany bureau which is nice and compact with four drawers on bracket feet
Category
Vintage 1950s English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Georgian Style Mahogany Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Antique Georgian style mahogany bureau which is nice and compact with four drawers on bracket feet
Category
Vintage 1950s English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Oak Secretary Bureau from Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
This attraction of this lovely secretary (also known as a Bureau) is the deep patina that has grown
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Antique Flame Mahogany Cylinder Top Bureau
Located in London, GB
This antique mahogany cylinder top bureau is a spectacular piece of furniture and is in excellent
Category
Antique 1840s French Early Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish Bureau Scraped to Original Paint
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An early 19th century Swedish bureau, scraped to original paint, c.1810, with a wonderfully
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Danish Bureau, 1960s in Brazilian Rosewood
Located in London, GB
Superb quality Danish Bureau from the 1960s. Brazilian Rosewood.
Lockable top drawer and drop down
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Palisander
Briarwood Secretary Desk Bureau Chest, Italy
Located in Sofia, BG
Briarwood (Radica) root, secretary bureau desk chest in very good condition.
Dimensions: 100 x 47
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Painted Bureau
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
This late 18th century Swedish bureau features a fall front desk which opens to nine inner drawers
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Danish HJN Mobler Teak Bureau Desk
By HJN Møbler
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Danish HJN Mobler Teak Bureau Desk.
This Danish Modern teak secretary desk is in excellent
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Fine 18th Century Georgian Chinoiserie Bureau
Located in Allerum, SE
A fine Georgian original japanned chinoiserie bureau. A very interesting and rare piece with an
Category
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Small Antique Burr Maple Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Small antique burr maple and walnut bureau in good condition, dating to circa 1930s period. It has
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Maple
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Writing Bureau
Located in Mckinney, TX
This antique 18th-century Swedish Gustavian writing bureau is a rare and handsome piece, crafted
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th century English painted oak bureau with a fitted interior. Good size. 1810.
Height to
Category
Antique 19th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Oak
George II Walnut Veneered Bureau Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A George II walnut veneered bureau cabinet, the upper stage with beveled mirrored doors concealing
Category
Antique 18th Century English George II Secretaires
Materials
Walnut, Oak
English Slant Front Bureau Bookcase / Secretary
Located in Woodbury, CT
This English oak slant front bureau bookcase / secretary with mahogany crossbanding and dentil
Category
Antique 18th Century British George III Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Antique Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Writing Bureau
Located in London, GB
Very smart looking antique Edwardian mahogany bureau with fine inlays and other interesting
Category
Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 18th century George III mahogany bureau bookcase with fretwork swan neck pediment, glazed doors
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Secretaires
19th Century Venetian, Olive Wood Bureau
Located in Hixson, TN
This is a 19th Century Venetian burr olive wood bureau with a slant top and lid which opens to
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Secretaires
Walnut Slant Front Bureau Bookcase / Secretary
Located in Woodbury, CT
This Queen Anne style bureau bookcase / secretary with mirror doors was reproduced sometime in the
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Oak, 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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