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Antique Bureau Bookcase, English, Georgian Mahogany, Gothic Overtones
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bureau bookcase, an English, Georgian, mahogany cabinet with gothic overtones
Category
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century French Painted Petite Provençal Bureau
Located in Wichita, KS
A charming petite French Provençal bureau from the late 18th century. The slant front opens to
Category
Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
A Mid 18th Century Régence Walnut Bureau Bookcase.
Located in Hixson, TN
A magnificent Régence Walnut bureau bookcase. This piece is presented with a serpentine front
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique Black Painted Oak Secretary Bureau from Sweden
Located in Round Top, TX
the drawers and unique crown of 2 drawers at the top set this bureau apart from others. The
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century Danish White Painted Oak Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
This oak secretary or "bureau" reflects the grace and class of Scandinavian styling from the late
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Danish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Art Deco English Burl Walnut Cloud Bureau, c1930
Located in Devon, England
This is a fantastic 1930s Art Deco bureau of small proportions, a really superb piece of furniture
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th Century Danish Biedermeier Bureau Secretary Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
This early 19th century Biedermeier bureau was made in two sections, circa 1810-1830. The casework
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Biedermeier Secretaires
Antique Dutch Marquetry Walnut Bombe
Bureau, circa 1780
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning, antique Dutch walnut and marquetry bombe' shaped bureau, circa 1780 in date
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Secretaires
Antique Tall Blue Painted Secretary Bureau from Sweden
Located in Round Top, TX
original oak underneath, adding both dimension and character to this bureau. Please examine the photos to
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Pine Secretary Bureau Desk from Sweden, circa 1880
Located in Round Top, TX
pulls.
Restored, this pine Swedish bureau is ready to be used and enjoyed.
One key is included.
Open
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Country Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Pine Secretary Bureau, Sweden, circa 1820-40
Located in Round Top, TX
Lovely pine secretary or "bureau" from Sweden from the early 1800s.
The age of this secretary is
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Swedish Rococo Black Painted Secretary Bureau Dated 1778
Located in Round Top, TX
impact the beauty nor function of this striking secretary or "bureau." Both oak and pine were used in its
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Gray Painted Secretary Bureau from Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
detract from the beauty nor function of this lovely bureau/desk.
Open depth:37.5"
Floor to Desk Height
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Oak Secretary Bureau, Denmark circa 1800-40
Located in Round Top, TX
function of this lovely bureau/desk.
Open depth:37.25"
Floor to Desk Height: 30.5"
Please refer to
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Country Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Pine Drop Front Bureau Secretary from Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
photos to appreciate the details of this delightful bureau especially the aged patina of the pine. Any
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Danish Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Pine
White Swedish Oak Secretary Bureau, circa 1800-20
Located in Round Top, TX
This oak secretary or "bureau" reflects the grace and class of Swedish styling from the early 1800
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Gray Painted Swedish 18th Century Oak Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
to reveal the original oak underneath, adding both dimension and character to this bureau.
The middle
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Tall Swedish Oak Secretary Bureau, circa 1780-1800
Located in Round Top, TX
dimension and character to this bureau.
Please examine photos to appreciate the multi-layered colors in the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Paint
Vintage French Walnut Louis XV Style Marquetry Bureau
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant serpentine shaped French Louis Revival bureau with a beautiful fitted interior
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
English 19th Century Queen Anne Style Lacquered Bureau Cabinet
Located in Southampton, NY
English 19th Century Queen Anne style red, black, and gold lacquer bureau cabinet. The upper part
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century South German Neoclassical Style Fruitwood Bureau-Bookcase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Introducing an exquisite 18th century South German Neoclassical-style fruitwood bureau-bookcase, a
Category
Antique 1790s German Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Empire Mahogany Bureau Secretary with Bookcase
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very fine empire secretary in West Indies mahogany, also known as Cuban mahogany, considered to be among the finest mahoganies because of its beautiful grain and color, Denmark, ci...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Slant Front Bureau Glazed Bookcase or Secretary
Located in Woodbury, CT
Classic 13-pane Georgian glass decorate the doors and rosewood crossbanding is used throughout the exterior. Opening the desk flap reveals a felt lined writing area, eight pigeon hol...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Birch Secretary Bureau from Germany, circa 1840-60
Located in Round Top, TX
Rich birch and stately lines define this handsome Biedermeier drop front secretary.
Refer to close up photos to appreciate the stunning grain pattern of the flame birch veneer.
Multi...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Birch
Early 19th Century Oak Secretary Bureau Painted Green
Located in Round Top, TX
This drop front secretary is charming in every way. The soft green paint (newer, professionally applied) with undertones of blue is a lovely accent to the serpentine front drawers. T...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Danish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
20th Century Wooden Dutch Bureau with 3 Drawers, 1970
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Dutch 20th century bureau. Furniture in walnut, burl walnut, maple, rosewood and beech of beautiful
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Secretaires
Materials
Beech, Maple, Rosewood, Walnut
20th Century Lacquered and Painted Wood Italian Bureau, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian bureau of the mid-20th century. Furniture in lacquered and painted wood of fabulous decor
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
George I Style Bureau Bookcase by Burton-Ching Ltd.
Located in Dallas, TX
George I style black and gold lacquered bureau bookcase. Overall Chinoiserie decorated with figures
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American George I Secretaires
Late 18th Century Swedish Pine Country Writing Desk Bureau
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish country bureau with writing desk. The bureau is a country house furniture from the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Country Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Antique French Provincial Oak Secretary/Bureau Bookcase, circa 1770
Located in Portland, OR
Antique French Provincial oak secretary/bureau bookcase, circa 1770. The two section desk, having
Category
Antique 1770s French French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century Inlaid Oak Secretary Bureau from Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
The warm patina of the aged wood glows with life in this lovely rococo secretary or bureau with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English Art Deco Burl Walnut Cloud Bureau, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
This is a fantastic 1930s Art Deco bureau of small proportions, a really superb piece of furniture
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique Oak Rococo Blue Painted Secretary Bureau from Sweden
Located in Round Top, TX
impact the beauty nor function of this striking secretary or "bureau."
With over 37 years of
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Oak, Paint
20th Century Swedish Gustavian Two Part Pinewood Bureau - Scandinavian Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, white antique Swedish Gustavian two part bureau with a writing flap made of hand
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Green Painted Secretary Bureau, Denmark Circa 1780-1800
Located in Round Top, TX
bureau.
Please examine the photos to appreciate the beauty and texture of the lovely finish. The close up
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Danish Country Secretaires
Materials
Oak, Paint
18th Century Black Painted Pine Secretary Bureau from Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
of this striking secretary or "bureau." Old repairs and dried wormholes seen along the back which do
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Danish Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Meuble secrétaire vintage en bois et métal noir des années 50 60
Located in BESANÇON, FR
et boule laiton, 1 niche ouverte, 1 partie secrétaire/bureau fermant à clé avec 1 étagère intérieure
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique French Vernis Martin Bureau de Dame, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique French rosewood and ormolu-mounted Vernis Martin bureau de dame, Circa
Category
Antique 1880s French Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Antique White Painted Oak Carved Secretary Bureau from France
Located in Round Top, TX
This oak secretary reflects the grace and class of French styling in the early 1800's. The beautifully carving along the drawers adds a romantic touch, including baskets of flowers, ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Oak, Paint
Fine George II Walnut Bureau, Featherbanded Slant Front Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine English George II period walnut feather banded slant front desk having a rectangular top and slant front opening to a fitted interior with a well over two short and two long g...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George I Secretaires
Fine George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase of Architectural Form
By Giles Grendey
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine George II secretary in the manner of Giles Grindey, having dentil molded stepped pediment, the single mirrored door with carved and gilt gesso boarder flanked by two pilast...
Category
Antique 1740s English George II Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, circa 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
A mid-18th century George II mahogany bureau bookcase with blind panel doors, slant front and
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Gustavian Style Painted Bureau in Blue, circa 1840–1850
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant mid-19th century Gustavian style bureau, circa 1840–1850, painted in a soft blue with
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Artes De Mexico Walnut and Oyster Burl Fall Front Bureau
Located in Chicago, IL
Oyster burl and walnut inlaid Venetian Baroque style fall front bureau or secretary desk by Artes
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Birch Karl Johan Secretary Bureau from Sweden, circa 1840-60
By Karl Johan
Located in Round Top, TX
Stunning Karl Johan Swedish birch secretary or "bureau" with twelve inner drawers surrounding a 3
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Birch
Classic Mahogany Slant Front Bureau Bookcase or Secretary from Altona
Located in Kastrup, DK
Late 18th-early 19th century mahogany bureau bookcase in the George III manner.
Upper section with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
George II Style Burr Walnut Bureau Cabinet by John Widdicomb
By John Widdicomb
Located in Astoria, NY
George II Style Burr Walnut and Walnut Bureau Cabinet by John Widdicomb, late 20th century, with
Category
Vintage 1980s American Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Green Painted Oak Secretary Bureau from Sweden, circa 1760-1800
Located in Round Top, TX
This oak secretary or "bureau" reflects the grace and class of Swedish styling, resting on
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Black Painted Oak Secretary or Bureau from Sweden, circa 1800
Located in Round Top, TX
original oak underneath, adding both dimension and character to this bureau while the interior is painted
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Country Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique French Vernis Martin Cylinder Bureau de Dame, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique French kingwood and ormolu-mounted Vernis Martin cylinder bureau de dame
Category
Antique 1870s French Secretaires
William
Mary Style Burled Walnut English Bureau Bookcase, Early 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
The William & Mary style burled walnut English bureau bookcase with beveled old mirror doors and
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English William and Mary Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Original Red Painted Bureau Secretary with Flower Garlands from Sweden
Located in Round Top, TX
The red hue painted finish is all original in this Swedish secretary, also known as a bureau. The
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Period Bureau en Pente in Walnut with Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautifully veneered flip down front revealing six drawers with center shelves and a hidden lower well, the underside of the front covered in antique paper, the lower section housing...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Period Bookmatched and Inlaid Secretary or Bureau Cabinet
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This Louis XVI period secretary has its original bronze hardware and marble top. The book matched mahogany fall front opens to reveal a black leather surface, pigeon holes and inlaid...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century English Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with Swan neck Pediment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A mahogany bureau bookcase with swan neck pediment, cabinet with geometric sash work, slant front
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English George III Inlaid Flame Mahogany Slant-Front Bureau Bookcase
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Superb quality antique English George III inlaid flame mahogany slant-front bureau bookcase or
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Italian Venetian Olive Burl Serpentine Secretary Slant Desk Bureau Chest
Located in Dayton, OH
the knee. A glamorous bureau that will be the conversation of any space.
Dimensions:
37" x 39"h x 18
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Olive, Burl
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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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