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18th Century Italian Drop Front Bureau Burl Walnut Marquetry Cabinet
Located in Milano, MI
An Italian bureau with flap dating back to the second half of 18th century. A slightly curved front
Category
Antique 1770s Italian Directoire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry, Walnut, Burl
18th Century Louis XV Italian Drop Front Bureau Genoese Marquetry Cabinet
Located in Milano, MI
century, waving front, three deep and large drawers and two convex smaller ones; a fall-front opening to
Category
Antique 1770s Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
Vintage Florentine Gold Drop Front Secretary / Chest, Italy
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice hand painted Florentine desk The desk has a fall front flap, below three drawers. Green
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Secretaires
Materials
Fruitwood
Desk/Chest Of Drawers By Edward Wormley
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegantly austere and well-crafted drop-front desk and chest of drawers in finely grained
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Drop Front Solid Wood Secretary and Chest
Located in Houston, TX
-sawn Oak in several areas. Original brass hardware and locks with a key that locks the drop down desk
Category
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Late 17th Century Geometric Split Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
drawers function as normal.
Typical geometric design drawer fronts with brass drop handles. Chest
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English Gothic Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
19th Century Elmwood Tool Chest with Drop Front, circa 1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Elmwood chest with drop front, brass corners and hand cut screws, circa 1800s.
Category
Antique 19th Century Industrial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Elm
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
Walnut Double Chest With Bamboo Relief Front
Drop Ring Pulls
Located in Chicago, IL
Bamboo detailed six drawer walnut cabinet/dresser. Each of the walnut drawer fronts have a pair of
Category
Vintage 1960s American Dressers
Materials
Walnut
Rare Maple Chest w/ Hidden Drop Front Desk By Heywood Wakefield
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Very odd chest of drawers in champagne finish with an unusual drop front drawer that pulls out for
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Vintage Louis Phillipe Mahogany Drop Front Desk High Chest of Drawers
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful warm highboy dresser with drop-front secretary. Leather embossed writing surface with 3
Category
20th Century Federal Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Wood, Birdseye Maple
Mahogany Bevan Funell Desk Bureau Chest of Drawers Drop Front Green Leather
By Bevan Funnell Ltd.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
, the top section has a drop fronted green leather writing or work surface, ideal for a laptop, there
Category
20th Century English Modern Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and three
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires
Dark Golden Olive Drop Front Secretary Desk High Chest Drawers Dresser Brass Key
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mint Dark Golden Olive Drop Front Secretary Desk High Chest Drawers Dresser Leather Top Brass Keys.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Brights of Nettlebed Burr Walnut Bureau with Drop Front Desk
Chest of Drawers
By Brights of Nettlebed
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
walnut
As mentioned I have a pair of these, this one has an arrangement of drawers and drop front desk
Category
20th Century English Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Painted Drop-Front Secretary, Circa 1840
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful painted drop-front secretary chest decorated with a faux marble top and side pilasters
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Georgian Style Slant Drop Front Chinoiserie Lacquered Secretary
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic English George III style slant drop front secretary chest featuring a lacquered case
Category
20th Century Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Vintage Louis XVI Style Walnut Drop Front Cabinet
Located in Austin, TX
Stylish French vintage Louis XVI style drop front cabinet disguised as a chest of drawers, with
Category
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Brass
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
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
French Drop-Front Nightstand Table on Casters and Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French late 19th early 20th century richly carved wooden drop-front nightstand table / chest with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Night Stands
Materials
Marble
Chinese Export Secretaire Chest
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Tall Chinese secretaire chest, similar to a campaign chest.
With a wonderful drop front, this
Category
Antique 19th Century English Country Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique Korean Wedding Bandaji Chest Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
South of Korean Peninsula where Seoul is located), likely Namhansanseong subtype. Known as drop front
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Other Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gilt Bronze Mounted 18th Century Louis XVI Mahogany and Satinwood Abbatant
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A small scale Louis XVI abbatant (drop front desk) and chest of drawers in mahogany and satinwood
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Michael Taylor for Baker Far East Ebonized Cabinet With Secretary Desk, 1960s
By Baker Furniture Company, Michael Taylor
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous mid-century modern Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie stacking cabinet or chest with drop
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
Michael Taylor for Baker Furniture Black Lacquered Cabinet With Secretary Desk
By Baker Furniture Company, Michael Taylor
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous mid-century modern Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie stacking cabinet or chest with drop
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Tall Chest with Drop front Desk in Burl Walnut
Located in Houston, TX
4 drawers and a drop-front desk offers functional elegance. Adorned with intricate detailing, this
Category
Antique 19th Century French Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut, Burl
19th Century Antique Trunk Chest with Front Opening
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Korean drop front blanket chest from the 19th century featuring decoration of stylized ornate
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Blanket Chests
Materials
Iron
Petite Cerused Oak Drop Front Dresser, France 1940s
By (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A petite French drop front dresser / desk circa 1940s. Cerused oak finish in the manner of Jean
Category
Vintage 1940s French Rustic Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Georgian Bow Fronted Chest Of Drawers
Located in Dublin, IE
plates and drop handles. The mahogany bow front chest is raised with a shaped apron and four splayed
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French Buffet à Deux-Corps with Drop-Front Secretaire
Located in Atlanta, GA
consists of an upper curio cabinet with wire front doors with adjustable shelving within, atop a fall-front
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Glass, Wood
Cerused Oak Drop Front Secretary on Dowel Legs by Mengel
By Mengel Furniture Co.
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern three-drawer bachelor chest dresser drop front secretary with louver style
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Antique 18th Century Dutch Oak Drop Front Bombe Secretary Desk Secretaire
Located in Casteren, NL
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The drop front opens up to reveal an oak writing area and stepped drawers. This compartment is
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
17th Century Italian Walnut Commode with Drop Front Desk and Three Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian walnut commode from the 17th century, with drop front desk and three large drawers
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Georgian Mahogany Drop Front Bureau Chest Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Georgian mahogany drop front secretary bureau desk, the crossbanded lid revealing a nicely fitted
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Piter Hvidt Solid Teak Concealed Vanity Mirror Chest
By Peter Hvidt
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern solid teak chest with drop front vanity can be use as a small drop front desk
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Early 19th Century American Empire Chest with Secretaire Drawer
Located in Hixson, TN
A 19th century American Empire maple and cherrywood chest with drop front secretaire drawer and
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Empire Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Antique Sheraton Cherry Butlers Chest with Drop-Front Desk, Circa 1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Sheraton Butler's chest offers paneled cherry construction with drop
front desk opening
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Sheraton Dressers
Materials
Cherry
English 1840s Mahogany Campaign Chest with Drop Front Desk and Four Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Campaign mahogany chest from the mid 19th century, with drop front desk, four drawers
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Campaign Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Korean Bandaji Chest Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
is known as drop front half-opening chest that was used to store family valuables and beddings. The
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Other Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Korean Wedding Bandaji Chest Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
. Bandaji is known as drop front half-opening chest that was used to store family valuables and beddings
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Korean Other Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique C1920 6 drawer mahogany music chest cabinet cupboard
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
of age, charm and character. Top drawer is a traditional, the remainder have drop down fronts
Category
Vintage 1920s Edwardian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Drop Front Chest of Drawers from Provence, circa 1880
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful drop front chest of drawers in painted wood.
From south part of France in Provence
Category
Antique 1880s French Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Danish Teak Drop Front Chest/Desk by Borge Mogensen
Located in Hudson, NY
including teak handles, three drawers, the top one with a drop front and interior fitted with cubbys and
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th C Drop Front Desk
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
great looking drop front desk with four drawers
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
$3,900
English Georgian Drop Front Desk
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome English drop front desk in oak. Beautiful patina. New top in old leather. Handsome
Category
Antique 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Biedermeier Drop Front Secretary/Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
Biedermeier Drop Front Secretary/Commode, beautiful French polish finish on walnut book matched
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
1860s English George III Drop Front Desk with Original Walnut Finish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Explore the historic charm of our circa 1860s English George III Drop Front Desk, beautifully hand
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
French Mid-20th Century Louis XV Style Marble-Top Commode with Drop Front Desk
Located in Toronto, ONTARIO
A lovely French three-drawer commode where the top drawer drops to reveal a desk. Louis XV style made in France, circa 1950s. Nice quality bronze hardware and heavy, solid marble top.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Modernage Tall Chest with Secretary
Located in Hudson, NY
Five drawer tall chest with drop front secretary drawer. Produced by Modernage, circa 1930.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Antique English George III Oak Drop Front Secretary Bureau Chest Desk
Located in Houston, TX
An antique English Georgian oak crossbanded with mahogany drop front secretary bureau chest desk
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Nineteenth Century Drop Front Desk
Located in Hudson, NY
a very handsome late 19th century drop front desk chest, together with an upper cabinet, added
Category
Antique 19th Century American Desks
19th Century, French Secretary
Located in Norwalk, CT
Carved French drop front secretary with three-drawer chest.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Pine Secretary
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
19th C Swedish drop front secretary or butlers chest with three drawers and fitted interior
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Dressers
Materials
Pine
$1,495
19th Century France Painted Secretary
Located in New Preston, CT
. Secretary has upper drop-front desk over three-drawer chest. Desk interior has six drawers outfitted with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
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Drop Front Chest For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the drop front chest you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and hardwood, every drop front chest was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the drop front chest you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A drop front chest is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Victorian and Baroque styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one drop front chest that is appealing in its simplicity, but Bevan Funnell Ltd., Biedermeier and Paul Frankl produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Drop Front Chest?
Prices for a drop front chest start at $288 and top out at $18,597 with the average selling for $4,082.
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 Drop Front Chest
- 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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