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Swedish Gustavian Drop Front Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a restored Swedish Gustavian drop front desk in perfect condition.
Category
Antique 1860s Swedish Gustavian Desks
Materials
Pine
French Cherry Drop-Front Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Small and very usable drop-front desk – perfect for a laptop. Made of solid cherry with two-door
Category
Vintage 1910s French Desks
Materials
Brass
English Antique Drop-Front Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An English Georgian style drop front desk with a fitted interior. Nicely made in mahogany, vintage
Category
Late 20th Century English Desks
Jasper Cabinet Georgian Red Lacquered Drop Front Secretary Desk With Hutch
By Jasper Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch
Category
Vintage 1970s American Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
18th Century Painted Swedish Secretary, Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
crown lends a distinctive look, with tailored lines from top to bottom including upper cabinets, drop
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style Drop Front Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavian style drop front desk , its been restored and repainted with Milk
Category
Antique 1860s Swedish Gustavian Desks
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style Drop Front Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavian Style drop front desk, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints
Category
Antique 1870s Swedish Gustavian Desks
Materials
Wood
French ‘Napoleon III
Drop-Front Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French ‘Napoleon III’ drop-front desk, the small upper desk opening to reveal fitted drawers and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks
Georgian Style Drop Front Chinoiserie Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
A drop front Chinese red chinoiserie desk with four drawers below. Traditional Georgian style
Category
20th Century English Georgian Desks
18th Century French Drop Front Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very attractive 18th century inlay French Cherry drop front desk. Old French polish finish with a
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Desks
Materials
Wood
Rosewood Brode Blindheim Drop Front Desk
By Brode Blindheim
Located in Oakland, CA
Compact drop front desk by Brode Blindheim of Norway, with an angled profile and clean
Category
Vintage 1960s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Hollywood Regency Style Drop Front Desk
Located in New York, NY
Faux painted drop front desk with three drawers, circa late 20th century. The piece is decorated
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Desks
Materials
Wood
Drop-Front Desk by George Zee
By George Zee
Located in Fulton, CA
solid teak hardwood compartmentalized drop-front desk by George Zee & Company, Hong Kong, circa 1950
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Desks
Materials
Wood
Jay Spectre Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Century Furniture, Jay Spectre
Located in Los Angeles, CA
piece of any room. This drop front mahogany desk features a brushed stainless steel detail that carries
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel
French Napoleon III Drop-Front Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French, ebonized and mother of pearl-inlaid, drop-front writing desk, the interior with fitted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks
Materials
Leather, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Giltwood
Paul McCobb Blonde Maple Drop Front Desk on Wrought Iron Base Cabinet
By Paul McCobb
Located in Ferndale, MI
Paul McCobb for Winchedon Furniture.
Drop front: 15" deep x 60" wide x 19.5" tall
Base cabinet
Category
Vintage 1950s American Desks
French Cherry Louis Philippe Drop Front Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French Cherry Louis Philippe 19th Century Drop Front Desk
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Drop Front Desk by Ib Kofod Larsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful drop front teak desk/bureau with drawers, cubbies and secret latches.
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Desks
Materials
Teak
Danish Teak Drop Front Desk by Dyrlund
By Dyrlund
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dyrlund Teak Drop Front Desk with 3 pull out lower drawers. Very clean condition. Key acts as
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Teak Drop Front Desk by Borge Mogensen
Located in Dallas, TX
A very practical teak dresser with integrated drop front desk. Designed by Borge Mogensen.
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Desks
19th Century Louis XV Drop Front Desk
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Beautiful French drop front desk with bronze hardware. There are two drawers on the front that open
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
1840
s Cherry Chippendale Drop Front Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1840'S Connecticut cherry with tiger maple drawers Chippendale Drop front desk. Gorgeous interior
Category
Antique 19th Century American Desks
Materials
Cherry
Scandinavian Style Teak Drop Front Desk Secretary
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid century modern drop front desk with Danish styling. Teak with a red leatherette writing
Category
Vintage 1970s Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Dutch-Style Bombe Mahogany Drop-Front Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Very pretty and functional Dutch-style bombe mahogany drop-front desk, from the later part of the
Category
Late 20th Century French Desks
Louis XV Drop-Front Desk, 18th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A fine Louis XV walnut "dos d'ane" (donkey's backside) drop front desk, circa 1760, with nice
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Louis XVI Period Drop Front Desk
Located in Austin, TX
French antique Louis XVI period drop front desk of solid cherrywood. With a secret compartment
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Cherry
Rare Jay Spectre "Perceptive" Drop Front Desk
By Jay Spectre
Located in Chicago, IL
Primavera and brushed steel drop front secretary has four drawers with brushed steel art deco
Category
Late 20th Century American Desks
Materials
Steel
Antique French Carved Oak Drop Front Desk Liquor Cabinet Breton Brittany 19th C
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak drop front desk liquor cabinet Breton Brittany 19th c
~Direct from
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Desks
Materials
Oak
Spanish Baroque Style Drop Front Desk
Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dimensions:
46”H x 35.25”W x 15.50”D
Desk Height 29"
Bench:
18.25”H x 20”W x 13”D
Category
Vintage 1930s American Baroque Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century English Mahogany Drop Front Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An eighteenth century English drop-front desk or bureau in mahogany, the case with three short
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Raymond Loewy Drop Front Desk / Dresser for Mengel
By Raymond Loewy
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Drop Front Desk / dresser designed by Raymond Loewy for Mengel.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Desks
Materials
Metal
Drop Front Desk by Raymond Loewy for Mengel
By Raymond Loewy, Mengel Furniture Co.
Located in New York, NY
Drop-front desk / secretary over a chest of drawers, designed by Raymond Loewy for Mengel. Circa
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Antique French Oak 19th Century Drop-Front Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Antique French oak 19th century drop-front desk, circa 1880. A charming, rustic country piece with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks
George Nelson Drop Front Desk for Herman Miller
By George Nelson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
mahogany) veneer with steel M pulls and hairpin legs. Retains original label. Drop front lowers and pulls
Category
Vintage 1940s North American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Steel
19th Century English Painted Satinwood Drop-Front Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very finely hand painted. 19th Century. English. Satinwood. On original casters. Letter cubbies and drawers. Purchased in London in 1990 for 18,000 British Pounds. Legs spread (bow) ...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Adam Style Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Early 19th Century Dutch Bombe Drop-Front Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
In heavy, solid mahogany and outfitted with several pigeon hole drawers, bombe silhouette on bun feet. This is rare and a wonderful piece, original condition, Circa 1820.
Category
Antique 1820s Dutch Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Teak Drop Front Desk by Peter Hvidt
Orla Mølgaard
By Hvidt
Mølgaard
Located in Dallas, TX
A teak cabinet with locking drop front desk and drawers. Designed by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard
Category
Vintage 1950s Desks
Materials
Teak
Drop Front Desk / Dresser by Raymond Loewy for Mengel
By Raymond Loewy
Located in New York, NY
A drop-front desk over drawers designed by Raymond Loewy for Mengel. Circa 1940.
Features
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
A 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Drop-Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 19th C. Swedish Karl Johan Drop-Front Painted Wood Desk / Chest with Three Lower Drawers and
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Desks
Materials
Wood
Tiger Maple Chippendale Style Drop Front Desk 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
A Chippendale style secretary offers tiger maple construction with drop front desk over case having
Category
20th Century Desks
Materials
Maple
Antique Lady’s Carved Oak Drop-Front
Serpentine Desk, C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
having flanking pierced scroll and foliate corbels over drop front desk having carved oak decoration and
Category
Early 20th Century American Desks
Materials
Oak, Mirror
Dutch 19th Century Mahogany Drop-Front Desk/Linen Press
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 19th century flame mahogany drop-front secretary/linen press, circa 1860s, is a Dutch
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Georgian Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Hardwood and Brass Drop Front Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A hardwood slant-front desk or bureau on carved stand, embellished with ornate pierced brass
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Teak
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Walnut Drop-Front Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This handsome Louis Philippe marble-top walnut desk, circa 1830s is from France and features
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks
Materials
Walnut
drop front desk with parchment interior attr. to Paolo Buffa
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautifully detailed drop front desk with incredible marquetry. When the desk drops down a
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Desks
Antique American Empire Neoclassical Mahogany Drop Front Abattant Desk C1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
Empire Neoclassical Mahogany Drop Front Abattant Desk Unsigned C1840.
Measures - 55"H x 37.25"W x
Category
Antique 19th Century Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Spanish Vargueno Carved Oak Drop Front Desk, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Spanish Vargueno carved oak drop front desk features carved foilate reserves on drop front
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Desks
Materials
Oak
Vintage Maple Chest of Drawers with Drop Front Writing Desk
Located in Freehold, NJ
accented hardware, three dovetailed drawers and one drop front writing desk with interior storage
Category
Vintage 1960s American American Colonial Desks
Materials
Brass
1970s Jacobean Style Drexel Sandia Drop Front Desk-A Pair
By Drexel
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning pair of drop front Drexel desks from their Sandia Jacobean style line.Lots of storage and
Category
Vintage 1970s Jacobean Desks
Materials
Wood
Vintage Brass Inlaid Drop-Front Campaign-Style Desk, circa 1950
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Vintage brass inlaid drop-front Campaign style desk. Green leather gold-tooled writing surface
Category
Mid-20th Century American Desks
Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Drop Front Secretary Desk With Bookcase Hutch
By Jasper Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian Chinoiserie style bureau with drop front secretary desk and lighted bookcase
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Brass
Lifetime Furniture Mission Oak Arts
Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Lifetime
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mission Arts & Crafts drop front secretary desk
By Lifetime Furniture
USA
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desks
Materials
Copper
Georgian Burled Walnut Drop Front Secretary Desk With Bookcase Hutch
By National Mt. Airy
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Georgian or Queen Anne style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch
Category
Vintage 1980s American Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique English Chippendale Style Mahogany Drop Front Desk, circa 1800
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Chippendale style slant front desk offers mahogany construction with drop front
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Mahogany Wood Gallery Top Drop Front Writing Desk
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th century mahogany wood gallery top drop-front writing desk / freestanding wall piece
Category
Antique 19th Century European Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Mid Century Danish Teak Drop Front Secretary Desk Bar Bookcase
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Mid Century Danish teak drop front secretary desk bar bookcase
Bookcase measures: 39.5 wide x
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Baker Furniture Queen Anne Burled Walnut Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Queen Anne style slant front secretary desk
By Baker Furniture
USA, circa 1980s
Category
Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Brass
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Cabinet Drop Front Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal cabinet drop front desk for your home. Frequently made of wood, metal and hardwood, every cabinet drop front desk was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer cabinet drop front desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A cabinet drop front desk made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Louis XV — is very popular. Raymond Loewy, Arne Wahl Iversen and Baker Furniture Company each produced at least one beautiful cabinet drop front desk that is worth considering.
How Much is a Cabinet Drop Front Desk?
A cabinet drop front desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,995, while the lowest priced sells for $750 and the highest can go for as much as $20,000.
Finding the Right Case Pieces And Storage Cabinets for You
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.
Questions About Cabinet Drop Front Desk
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023A drop-front desk is usually called a secretary. Other names for this type of desk include writing cabinet, fall-front desk and secrétaire à abattant. The name secretary can be traced back to the 18th century when estate secretaries used the drop-front desks as workstations for paying bills and reconciling accounts. On 1stDibs, find a range of secretary desks.
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