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1930s French Art Deco Burl Walnut Secretary Desk Cabinet
Located in Astoria, NY
Exceptional 1930s French Art Deco Secretary Desk. Sourced from Provence, France, this remarkable
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Burl
1850s French Empire Secretaire a Abattant Brul Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1850s French Empire secretaire also known as a drop-front brul mahogany secretary desk. White
Category
Antique 1850s French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Rosewood Secretary Dresser Desk
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Rectangular Secrétaire in rosewood in frames of rosewood.
It opens with a drawer in the upper part and a flap discovering two drawers,
Feet with cut sides.
In the lower part ornamen...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Superb Shallow Depth French Country Painted Mesh Door Secretary Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous distressed-painted SHALLOW DEPTH secretary desk with slide out leather writing
Category
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Oak Inlaid Marble Top Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in Burton, TX
Found in the South of France, this 19th Century French Drop Front Secretary Desk features a marble
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Inlaid Marquetry Secretary Lady
s Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique desk or "Dos d' Ane" was created in Northern France, circa 1920. The colorful
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th Victorian Curio Cabinet Secretary Desk
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique late 19th century French petite Victorian cabinet secretary desk, circa 1900.
Elegant with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Vitrines
Materials
Pine
18th Century French Louis XVI Flame Mahogany Secretary or Drop Leaf Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A fine late 18th century French Louis XVI Secretary or drop leaf desk made of beautiful flame
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Drop-Front Marquetry Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, Spain circa 1900. The outside with fall front and one low door with compartment, beautiful marquetry oakwood. The wood inside opens to a central compartment fl...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Oak
French Mid-20th Century Secretary Curio Cabinet with Drop Front Writing Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French display curio cabinet with slat front desk from the mid-20th century. This vintage cabinet
Category
Mid-20th Century French Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique French Carved Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak secretary desk bureau drop front Louis XV style
~Direct from France
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Brass
French Charles X Style Petite Burlwood Fall Front Secretary Desk / Cabinet
Located in Kennesaw, GA
. It is an early burlwood fall front secretary desk. It has French styling but is most likely an
Category
Early 20th Century American Charles X Secretaires
Materials
Burl
19th Century French Beidermeier Drop Front Abattant Secretary Desk Writing Table
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning 19th century French Empire drop leaf secretary abattant with ebony accents and columns
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Brass
French Secretary Chest of Cherrywood
Located in Austin, TX
An exceptional French secretaire or secretary desk and chest of figured cherrywood, featuring a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Mahogany Secretary Desk in Geometric Lines on Tapered Legs
Located in Ulm, DE
Elegant Art Deco Secretary Desk – French, 1930s
Step into the timeless sophistication of the 1930s
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Carved Dark Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV style
Located in Shreveport, LA
~Direct from France~
~A lovely antique French carved “drop front” secretary/desk with
Category
Vintage 1910s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Henredon Solid Oak Olive Finish Wide Open Bookcase Secretary Desk Country French
By Henredon
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Henredon Solid Oak or Chestnut Olive Finish Wide Open Bookcase Secretary Desk Country French MINT!
Category
20th Century American Country Secretaires
Materials
Chestnut, Oak
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Secretary Desk with Red Tooled Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
". Crafted in Paris, France, circa 1870, the versatile desk has a central door that pulls down to reveal a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Burlwood Secretary Desk Dresser and Chest of Drawers Set in French Polish, 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
than another 100 years.
This pair of Burlwood secretary desk dresser and chest of drawers would
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Burl
Italian Venetian Style Off White Chinoiserie Secretary Desk Bookcase Trumeau
Located in Dayton, OH
A beautiful Venetian style secretary desk, circa 1970s. Features classic Italian form with an off
Category
20th Century French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Biedermeier Secretary Desk/Chiffonier Veneered with Mahogany, circa 1837
Located in Opole, PL
the edges, and abrasions on the French polish.
Presented secretary desk/chiffonier has not
Category
Antique 1830s Danish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Signed Maison Forest Antique Secretaire Secretary Desk in Louis XVI Style
By Maison Forest
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A fine French fall-front secretary desk from the first quarter of the 20th century, this piece was
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Petite Louis XVI Period Secretaire Abatante
Located in Doylestown, PA
A charming and petite French secretaire abatante (drop-front secretary desk), Louis XVI period
Category
Antique 1790s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
French 1930s Dressing Table and Drop-Front Secretary Attributed to Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
This circa 1930 sycamore-veneered dressing table becomes a desk when the drop-front panel is
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Secretary Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
compartment
• 19th century
• France
• Measures: 32" W x 17.5" D x 39" H.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Gilt Bronze with Six-Drawer Secretary Desk
By Rudolf Linke
Located in Pasadena, CA
Double-sided 19th century French secretary desk in excellent used condition. This secretary desk
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
19th c. French Hand Made Pine Secretary Desk
Located in Summerland, CA
Simple but charming desk secretary made from pine wood. Flip down desk top with mail slots
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Herringbone Secretary Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
• Leather writing surface
• Hidden compartment
• 19th century
• France
• Measures 37"W x 20.25"D x 37.5
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Bronze Writing Secretary Desk
Located in Pasadena, CA
Louis XV Bronze Writing Secretary Desk Early 20thc the rectangular top w/projecting corners and a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 1940
s secretary
Located in New Jersey City, NJ
French lacquered secretary in the style of Jansen.Age appropriate wear to brass as seen in photos.
Category
French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
$2,400
Andre Sornay secretary-desk
Located in New York, NY
Unique desk by Sornay,with a stool that fit under the desk.Nails all around (Sornay trademark).This
Category
20th Century French Desks
$19,000
Napoleon III French Secretary
Located in Charlotte, NC
Very pretty Napoleon III Ebonized with tooled leather inserts. Ornamented with brass/bronze ormolu.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Drop Front Secretary
Located in Fairhope, AL
A 19th century French Empire drop front secretary. Has a marble top and side columns with bronze
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
French Directoire Cherry Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Directoire period cherry "bureau a cuisine" with glass doors and slant front desk, circa
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Fall front secretary.
Located in Seattle, WA
French fall front secretary.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Grand Scale French Secretary with Flip down Top
Located in Cathedral City, CA
would expect from a secretary desk of this kind.
And, it’s not untypical of the French
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks
Secretary Abattant
Located in San Francisco, CA
A nice Louis XVI cherry wood secretary made in France late in the 18th Century.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
$7,950
Antique ladies
secretary Louis Quinze around 1750
Located in Würzburg, DE
: 55cm
Article: Antique ladies secretary
Item no.: 1039
Provenance: France, Louis XV around 1750
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Oak Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
19TH CENTURY FRENCH OAK DESK ( secretary, drop front desk)
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
19th Century French Neoclassical Fruitwood Secretary Abattant with Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century French neoclassical fruitwood secretary abattant with marble top.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Marble
Secretary, Bureau de Pente
Located in New Jersey City, NJ
French mahogany bureau de pente with ivory inlay on the inside drawers.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Bronze
19th Empire Secretary in Mahogany
Located in Lannebert, FR
19th Empire mahogany secretary with black leather.
Measure: Width open 82 cm.
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
Dos d
âne Secretary Louis XV style and a Volante chair
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
1.little secretary, say "dos d'âne" with his handmade sculpture door and his secret curve drawer
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Jules Leleu Macassar Ebony Secretary
Located in Southampton, NY
Clean line example. Macassar ebony veneer. Sycamore interior. Brushed steel details.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Desks
Materials
Steel
Fine French Louis XVI Antique Mahogany Secretaires Desk, 1910s
Located in Hialeah, FL
French antique secretary desk has 4 dovetailed drawers with their finely cast hardware and a drop front
Category
Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Antique Secrétaire à Abattant or Fall Front Secretary
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
drawers and pidgeon holes.
French, circa 1820 £3,800.
Measures: 148½ cm high.
102cm wide.
48 cm
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Wood
Rare French Napoleon III Secretary Desk.
Located in Paris, FR
Ebonized wood secretary desk with brass, ivory and mother of pearl marquetry of central decoration
Category
Antique 1860s French Secretaires
19th French Commode Secretary Desk Charles X
Located in Paris, FR
19th French Commode Secretary Desk Charles X FEATHER IN INLAID MAHOGANY MAPLE AND GILT BRONZE
Category
Antique 19th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Secretary/Desk in Birch
Located in New Orleans, LA
Drop-front Writing Desk in Birch with three open shelves and seven interior compartments, raised on
Category
Vintage 1940s French Secretaires
$2,600
BAKER Burl Walnut French Regency Abatante Secretary Desk
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Charlotte, NC
A French Regency style abatante secretary desk by Baker Furniture. Burl walnut with brass hardware
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Roger Landault "Junior" Secretary Desk for ABC Furniture, French, 1950s
By ABC Meubles 1, Roger Landault
Located in BEAUNE, FR
Vintage secretary desk of Roger Landault designed for ABC furniture in 1951. Model "junior" in
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Large secretary desk designed as wardrobe
Located in Paris, FR
Large Brazilian rosewood-veneered secretary desk designed as wardrobe with slightly curved facade
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Rene Gabriel Secretary Desk in Oak, 1950s
By Rene Gabriel
Located in Castenray, NL
Very elegant secretary desk in oak, by the French designer Rene Gabriel, created in the1950s
Category
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Oak
French Louis XV Period Walnut Fall-Top Secretary Desk, circa 1740-1750
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
We are pleased to present you, an excellent and gorgeous mid-18th century, French-Parisian Louis XV
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th cent. ormolu mounted burled wood desk/ secretary
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
A top quality French early 20th century Empire style ormolu mounted burled wood barrel top desk
Category
Early 20th Century French Secretaires
Painted Secretary Desk With Grill Top, Mid 20th Century
Located in Lake Forest, IL
Painted secretaire with grille top, 20th century.
With writing surface open, the depth is 28.5 inches.
Category
20th Century French Secretaires
Bleached Oak Antique French Secretary, circa 1780
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French Antique Secretary Desk in old french Oak wood which we have stripped and bleached. Beautiful
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Country Secretaires
Materials
Oak
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French Secretary Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal French secretary desk for your home. Frequently made of wood, metal and brass, every French secretary desk was constructed with great care. Find 154 options for an antique or vintage French secretary desk now, or shop our selection of 6 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. There are many kinds of the French secretary desk you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A French secretary desk, designed in the Louis XV, Louis XVI or Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one French secretary desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Baker Furniture Company, André-Charles Boulle and Galerie Møbler produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a French Secretary Desk?
Prices for a French secretary desk start at $1,078 and top out at $90,000 with the average selling for $4,595.
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 French Secretary Desk
- How does a secretary desk work?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A secretary desk works with the help of hinges that secure the writing surface to the rest of the piece. To use one, you simply pull down on the wooden door to open the hinge and lower the writing surface. Return the desk to its closed position by lifting the writing surface up. You'll find a selection of secretary desks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023A secretary desk is called by its name because of its original function. When the desks first emerged in 19th-century France, the secretaries of estates used them to conduct business. Once they finished paying bills and reconciling accounts, they could raise the hinged writing surface and close the desk. Secretary desks are the workstations of choice in many busy households, especially those with spaces pulling double duty as offices by day and living rooms, dining rooms or bedrooms at night. On 1stDibs, shop an array of secretary desks.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Secretary desks originated in the early 18th century. They were typically used by secretaries and clerks and featured plenty of compacted drawers for stationary storage. On 1stDibs, find a collection of secretary desks from some of the world’s top sellers.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021An antique secretary desk will range in value depending on its authenticity and condition. The price can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. On 1stDibs find the antique secretary desk you’re looking for today.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023In French, the term for a writing desk that often featured a drop-down writing surface is secretaire. This type of desk is called a secretary desk in English. 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, which are called pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers, are revealed. On 1stDibs, shop antique secretary desks from some of the world's top sellers.
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