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English Secretaire / Butler
s Secretary
Located in Hinsdale, IL
English Secretaire (often refered to as a Butler's Secretary in this country) with original
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Georgian Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Carved Prince of Wales Feathers
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian period mahogany secretaire bookcase in two parts. The upper part has two glazed
Category
Antique Early 1800s English George III Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English Antique Georgian Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Sheffield, MA
George III mahogany secretaire bookcase having two astragal-glazed doors with beaded brass molding
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English George III style Secretaire
Located in Roswell, GA
Superb English George III style Secretaire (all original) with satinwood stringing and inlays
Category
20th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century Georgian Mahogany and Satinwood Secretaire
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century English George III mahogany and satinwood secretaire-bookcase.
Category
Antique 1790s English George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English 18th Century Banded Oak Stepback Secretaire
Located in Port Chester, NY
An excellent quality antique English stepback oak secretary. Lovely glazed original glass doors
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Secretaire
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Regency Mahogany Secretaire with unusual turnings running on right and left edges as well
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$19,000
Antique English mahogany secretary.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English mahogany secretary. Satinwood banded.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English mahogany secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century English mahogany secretary. Secret compartment. Georgian.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Georgian Mahogany Secretary
Located in Kensington, MD
A fine English George III mahogany secretary, circa 1770. The upper case with a dentil molded
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Georgian mahogany secretary.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Georgian mahogany secretary.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Georgian mahogany secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Georgian mahogany secretary
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
William IV Period Mahogany and Satinwood Secretaire Bookcase with Glazed Front
Located in Tetbury, GB
A very fine English William IV period mahogany secretaire bookcase.
The secretaire drawer
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British William IV Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Satinwood
English Mahogany Secretary
Located in Middleburg, VA
ENGLISH MAHOGANY FALL FRONT DESK WITH ASSOCIATED BOOKCASE - THESE CAN EITHER BE PURCHASED TOGETHER
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Glass, Leather
English 19th Century Mahogany Secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An English mahogany secretary comprised of two parts. The top case has a nice overhanging molding
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Mahogany Secretary
Located in Wilson, NC
18th century English mahogany Secretary, with the frieze having blind fretwork. The cornice has
Category
Antique 1780s English Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English George III Mahogany Secretary
Located in New York, NY
Mahogany secretary with partridge wood stringing detail. Lower cabinet interior contains press
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
20th Century English Mahogany Davenport
Located in Lannebert, FR
Lovely Davenport secretary of 20th century. Come from England. Very good condition for this piece of this age.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English mahogany secretary. George III.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English mahogany secretary. George III.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
19thC English Mahogany Secretary
Located in Baltimore, MD
A 19thC English Secretary/Bookcase. Slant top desk with red leather writing surface features a
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Metal
English George III Mahogany Bookcase, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
English, George III mahogany bookcase, circa 1820.
In two parts, slant top writing compartment
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English George III mahogany inlaid secretary.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English George III mahogany inlaid secretary.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Georgian Style Secretary Bookcase Mahogany
Located in Houston, TX
Antique English Georgian style mahogany secretary bookcase with cross banding to drawers and doors
Category
Antique 19th Century British Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Georgian Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Natchez, MS
Late 18th c slant front mahogany secretary. Georgian with what appear to be original hardware. Nice
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Wood
English Mahogany Bureau Glazed Bookcase
Located in Fairhope, AL
This bookcase with drop front secretary drawer is nicely proportioned and the mahogany has gained a
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
An English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase Secretary
Located in Woodbury, CT
A George III mahogany bureau secretary with glazed doors, carved cornice and waist molding on a
Category
Antique 19th Century British George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
A Fine English Secretary Bookcase in Mahogany by Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Woodbury, CT
An impressive mahogany Gillows secretary bookcase with dentil crown molding over glazed doors with
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Drop Front Secretary Bookcase Mahogany, Mid-19th Century
Located in Houston, TX
Antique English drop front secretary bookcase in mahogany with flame veneer. This is an exceptional
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Georgian Period Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with Swans Neck Pediment
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian period mahogany bureau bookcase with swans neck pediment above astragal glazed
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Mahogany Book Secretary Desk Etagere with Turned Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century English Mahogany Book Secretary Desk Etagere w/ Turned Legs and Mechanical Writing
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Diminutive English Mid-18th Century Mahogany Bureau Secretary
Located in Woodbury, CT
A diminutive mahogany bureau secretaire with pitched pediment and mirrored door flanked by stop
Category
Antique 1750s English Chippendale Secretaires
Early 19th c. English Regency Mahogany Secretary/Bookcase
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19thC English Regency Mahogany Secretary/Bookcase
An Atlanta Resource for Fine Antiques
We
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20th Century Secretaires
18th-19th Century English George II Mahogany and Parcel-Gilt Bureau Secretary
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th-19th century English George II mahogany and parcel-gilt bureau secretary and bookcase with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George II Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English George III mahogany Secretary Bookcase, circa 1790
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very well designed Georgian secretary bookcase in the Gothic taste with a well fitted secretary drawer under a two door book case over a two door cabinet. Standing nicely on flared...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Secretaires
18th/19th c. English Mahogany Secretary, Beautiful Carving/Patina
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th/19thC ENGLISH MAHOGANY SECRETARY, BEAUTIFUL CARVING/PATINA
(TOP: 47.5" W X 12.5" D X 43" T
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
English Butler
s Secretary
Located in Athens, GA
English Butler's secretary in dark mahogany with inlay stringing on each drawer and around the top
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Georgian Secretary Bookcase
Located in Athens, GA
English Georgian secretary bookcase, circa 1800, with fine oval inlays of light crotched mahogany
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Secretary Bookcase
Located in Athens, GA
English Regency secretary bookcase with fine inlaid interior pigeon holes in satinwood, inlaid
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Chippendale Secretary Bookcase
Located in Chamblee, GA
This lovely small mahogany Chippendale style secretary has beautiful fretwork and molding on the
Category
20th Century English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
English George III Secretary Bookcase
Located in Bantam, CT
A fine quality English neoclassical mahogany cylinder bureau bookcase with astragal glazed doors
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English 18th Century Bureau Bookcase
Located in Athens, GA
Tall, English bureau bookcase with old red leather, very tall, Chippendale design glasses
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English George III Bureau Bookcase
Located in Kirkland, WA
English George III Bureau Bookcase
This is a Mahogany Georgian Bureau with a
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
English Georgian Hepplewhite Glazed Top Bureau Bookcase with Swans Neck Pediment
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian Hepplewhite mahogany bureau bookcase with swans neck pediment above astragal
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
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
English 19th Century Mahogany Painted Secrétaire Bookcase
Located in Roubaix, FR
Antique 19th Century English painted Secrétaire Bookcase cabinet solid Mahogany (solid oak back
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Oak
English George III mahogany secretaire library bookcase, 19th. century, Georgian
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
This George III mahogany secretaire bookcase was made circa 1800 and would have been commissioned
Category
Antique Early 1800s English George III Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Edwardian Bookcase Secretaire in Inlaid Mahogany of English Origin Dated 1895
Located in Bari, IT
Edwardian bookcase in inlaid mahogany from the United Kingdom and dated 1895. It has a window in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Edwardian Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Nashville, TN
This very fine English mahogany secretaire bookcase, circa 1780, features mullioned glass doors
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Secretaire Bookcase in Mahogany with Glazed Doors in Two Parts
Located in Wells, ME
English Regency period mahogany secretaire bookcase in two parts with glazed doors and adjustable
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Secretaires
Materials
Cowhide, Glass, Mahogany
B388 English Regency Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Vancouver, BC
England,
1820.
Molded cornice above two glass doors.
Glass is all original.
Adjustable slide in shelves.
Base section fitted with pull down writing surface.
Tooled leather inte...
Category
Antique 1820s English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Mahogany Fall Front Secretary with Bookcase
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome Mahogany English Secretary finished in a less formal manner
Bookcase doors hold the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Athens, GA
Mahogany secretary bookcase with satin wood line inlay on each drawer, interior pigeon hole drawers
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Secretaires
English Georgian Chippendale Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with Carved Inlaid Cornice
Located in Wells, ME
English 18th century George III Chippendale period mahogany bureau bookcase in two parts. The top
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Hepplewhite Regency Secretary Bookcase and Cabinet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Exquisite Hepplewhite secretary bookcase in mahogany, satinwood, and boxwood. The cornice exhibits
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Regency Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Honiton, Devon
Very good quality mid-19th century mahogany secretaire bookcase
English circa 1860s makers
Category
Antique 1860s Victorian Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Regency Mahogany Cylinder Roll Top Secretary
Located in Charleston, SC
This stunning 19th century English Regency mahogany secretary, circa 1800, features an upper
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Oak, Pine
1800s English Secretary Bookcase
Located in Charleston, SC
A truly wonderful English mahogany secretary. This piece dates to 1800, and features lovely large
Category
Antique 19th Century British Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
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English Mahogany Secretaire For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic English mahogany secretaire available at 1stDibs. Each English mahogany secretaire for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and metal. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer English mahogany secretaire, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An English mahogany secretaire is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, Regency and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. A well-made English mahogany secretaire has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Bevan Funnell Ltd. and James Winter
Sons are consistently popular.
How Much is an English Mahogany Secretaire?
The average selling price for an English mahogany secretaire at 1stDibs is $8,900, while they’re typically $1,749 on the low end and $65,000 for the highest priced.
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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