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1930s-1940s, Secretary in Blur Wood Veneer
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Beautiful secretary in Italian “Art Deco” style in burl wood veneer in good condition.
The
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Vintage 1930s Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Burl, Glass, Wood
Piero Fornasetti Architettura Trumeau White Black Secretary Armoire
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Ponti design. Recognized as an icon of Italian artistic design, Piero Fornasetti exhibits a masterful
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Iron
Stunning Louis XV Style Walnut Secretary or Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
Feast your eyes on this rare and elegant Hollywood Regency Secretary. A gorgeous marriage between
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Vintage 1930s Italian Secretaires
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
1930s Georgian Style Painted Chinoiserie Secretary Desk with Bookcase
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 1930s Georgian style painted chinoiserie secretary desk with open bookcase top. It is
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Vintage 1930s Italian Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
Fine Empire Style Fall-Front Secretary in Walnut with Marquetry
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A 20th century secretary by Bussandri, Italian cabinetry shop since 1911. Inspired by the French
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1990s Italian Empire Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Best Venetian Paint Decorated Antique Rococo Secretary Desk Circa 1890s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
pastural scenes and the old Italian countryside with ancient ruins and figures. The secretary measures 82
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Antique 1890s Italian Rococo Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Beech
Biedermeier Style Burled Birchwood Secretary Desk by Colombo Mobili
By Colombo Mobili
Located in Shippensburg, PA
BIEDERMEIER STYLE BURLED BIRCHWOOD SECRETARY DESK
Executed by Colombo Mobili, ca. 21st century
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Biedermeier Desks
Materials
Brass
Early Venetian Neo-Classical Style Painted Slant Front Secretary Desk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a wonderful piece. It is an early Venetian neo-classical style secretary desk with original
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Poplar
Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet with Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Georgian or Chippendale style breakfront bookcase cabinet with drop front secretary
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Late 20th Century Italian Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Piero Fornasetti Gio Ponti Architettura Trumeau Secretary Bookcase Cabinet, 1951
By Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Piero Fornasetti Architettura Trumeau secretary bookcase cabinet, 1951
Glorious example in its
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Lineage Embossed Gold Tooled Leather Wrapped Secretary Desk with Mirror
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
entirely in leather, parts of which are embossed in gold tooled leather. The drawers feature Italian paper
Category
Early 2000s Italian Federal Desks
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-Century Modern Secretary Desk by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, 1960s
By Gian Franco Frattini
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Secretary Desk by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, 1960s
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid-century wooden Secretary Desk model 804 By Gianfranco Frattini For Bernini
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-century wooden Secretary Desk model 804 By Gianfranco Frattini For Bernini - Italy 1960s
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Vintage 1960s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Rococo Style Venetian Secretary Cabinet with Gilt and Floral Motif
Located in South Salem, NY
Fantastic antique Rococo style secretary cabinet decorated with intricate botanical motif, made in
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Antique 19th Century Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
20th Century P. Fornasetti Secretary Marked Screen Printing Technique Lacquered
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Epfach, DE
Screen print surface, lacquered several times, double door in the upper area, in the middle a writing tablet that can be folded out and below three drawers give access to imaginary w...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood
19th Century Venetian Secretary Bookcase with Painted Scenes and Floral Sprays
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very lovely painted green and yellow Italian fall-front secretary bookcase in the Venetian
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Paint
Gianfranco Frattini ‘Model 804’ Rolltop Secretary in Rosewood for Bernini, 1962
By Bernini, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Sittard, LI
Model 804 roll top secretary designed by Gianfranco Frattini, produced by Bernini, Italy 1962. By
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Aluminum
Fine Olive Wood Venetian Rococo Solid Walnut Mirrored Secretary Desk, Circa 1920
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous Venetian rococo mirrored Secretary desk. This is a one piece desk and doesn't
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Vintage 1920s Italian Rococo Revival Secretaires
Materials
Olive
1890s Secretary Writing Desk Console Vanity by Bassano
s Ebanistery in walnut
By Bassano
s Ebanisteria
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Precious cabinet built with great attention to construction details by Bassano cabinet-making, in Umbertine style at the end of the 19th century for the Venetian aristocracy.
Top eig...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Vanities
Materials
Walnut
Bauhaus Style Shagreen Secretary Desk on Ebonized Steel Frame by R
Y Augousti
By R
Y Augousti
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This modern Bauhaus style secretary desk by legendary R & Y Augousti, Italy, features a shagreen
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Late 20th Century Italian Bauhaus Secretaires
Materials
Steel
Italian 18th Century Walnut Secretaire
Located in Winter Park, FL
A stunning Italian secretaire, or secretary desk, made of walnut in the Louis XV manner, retaining
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Secretaires
Three-Piece Painted Italian Furniture Set
Located in Dallas, TX
Turn of the century 3 pieces Italian set comprising a secretary with bookshelves, a chest of
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Italian 1950s Gio Ponti Style Upright Desk with Chair.
By Gio Ponti
Located in Miami, FL
A rare Italian 1950s , writing desk or secretary in the style of Gio Ponti. All pear wood veneer
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Gianfranco Frattini Tambour Writing Desk Model 807 Bernini, Italy, 1961
By Gianfranco Frattini, Bernini
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Bernini, Italy 1961. This multifunctional secretary is executed in nicely grained walnut wood with
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Secretary in Teak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Writing table, teak and brass, Italy, 1950s
Beautifully and elegantly shaped Italian secretary
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Italian Secretary Desk With Burl Wood Inlay
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Bring timeless elegance to your home with this Italian secretary desk featuring exquisite burl wood
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Burl
Neoclassical Italian Secretary Desk, around 1800
By Giuseppe Maggiolini
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique Neoclassical Secretary desk dates back to the beginning of the 19th century, around
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Antique 1790s Italian Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut, Yew
Exceptional 18thc Painted Venetian Secretary Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fantastic painted Italian secretary with original designs, paint and interior silk fabric.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Narrow Width Antique Italian Provincial Secretary Desk with Lined Surfaces
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a very narrow Italian secretary desk with one door containing 2 shelves, 10 drawers, and a
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20th Century Italian Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Piedmonte Commode Secretary Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Traditional 18th century Italian secretary desk from the Piedmonte region made from solid oak
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Antique 18th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Italian Hand Painted Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
Very special antique Italian hand painted secretary including beautiful images of flowers and birds
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Early 20th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Italian Provincial Style Olivewood Secretary Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Italian Provincial style olivewood secretary desk with 2 doors with eglimose mirrored fronts
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Mid-20th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Mirror, Olive
Vintage Georgian Burl Secretary Bookcase Italy
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful Georgian drop front secretary. Made for Bibi Furniture, Italy. appointed burled fruitwood
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20th Century Italian Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian painted Secretary bookcase
Located in London, Park Royal
18th century, Rococo period, Italian Scriban. Painted in two-tone finish with aged patina. Interior
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Italian Venetian Style Polychrome Secretary Bookcase
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a classic Venetian style polychrome lacquered bookcase. This case piece is exquisitely hand painted with floral decoration and overall parcel gilt.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Other Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Italian Walnut Slanted Fall Front Secretary
Located in Astoria, NY
Italian Walnut Slanted Fall Front Secretary, 19th century, with two interior drawers above three
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Antique 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Style Drop-Front Secretary
Located in Astoria, NY
Italian Baroque Revival Drop Front Cabinet Secretary, in walnut and ash parquetry with curved
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Italian Burl Wood Secretary Cabinet with Malachite Interior
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian burl wood secretary cabinet with malachite fabric interior, Italy, circa 1950s. This is a
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Italian Trompe l
Oeil Painted Secretary Desk
Located in New York, NY
Italian Trompe l'Oeil Painted Secretary Desk.
Category
20th Century Desks
Venetian Secretary
Located in Pomona, CA
Hand-painted Venetian secretary with silver leaf accents. Two doors on top opens in two a mirror
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Vintage 1950s Italian Secretaires
Materials
Wool
$2,900
Italian Regency Florentine Trompe l
oeil Secretary Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Italian regency two-part Trompe l'oeil secretaire with a drop-front desk made in
Category
20th Century Italian Regency Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Italian Baroque Style Inlaid Walnut Bureau Secretary
By Alfonso Marina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impressive Italian Baroque style walnut secretaries or bureau that has been intricately inlaid
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Early 2000s Mexican Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Venetian Italian Style Polychrome Secretary Bookcase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This is a Classic Venetian style Italian polychrome lacquered bookcase with hand painted floral
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Venetian Italian Style Polychrome Secretary Bookcase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Embrace the timeless charm of this Classic Venetian Style Italian Polychrome Lacquered Hand-Painted
Category
Antique 1820s Italian Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Italian Venetian Floral Paint Decorated Antique Distressed Secretary Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a spectacular distressed-painted Italian-painted secretary desk from Italy. The desk is
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Vintage 1960s Italian Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Italian Neoclassical Rosewood Inlaid Marquetry Slant Front Secretary Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding Italian Neoclassical style slant front writing desk or secretary desk
Italy
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian Walnut Slant Front Secretary Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant and classic Italian walnut wood side desk console, writing table, secretary with slant
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Mid-20th Century Italian Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
20th Century Italian Louis XIV Style Walnut Secretary Chest
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant secretary chest in walnut, 1950s. The openable floor allows a support to write. Inside four
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Italian Colombo Mobili Baroque Style Burl Walnut Fitted Interior Secretary Desk
By Colombo Mobili
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Italian Colombo Mobili Baroque Style Burl Walnut Fitted Interior Secretary Desk
Dimensions : 93
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Desks
Materials
Walnut
Italian Piemontese Directoire Period Walnut Doppiocorpo Secretary Cabinet 18thC
Located in Atlanta, GA
of two piece construction and held together by metal braces on the reverse the upper section with a notched pediment crown with two doors flanked by paneled columns, the doors with v...
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Antique 1780s Italian Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Fornasetti Secretary Desk
By Fornasetti
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Fornasetti secretary desk with three drawers, a desk, and glass shelves on top section with back
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood
$45,000
20th Century Italian Louis XV Style Inlay Walnut Secretary Chest
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant secretary chest in walnut inlay, 1950s. The openable floor allows a support to write
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Vintage 1950s Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Italian, Lombardia, Rococo Period Figured Walnut Secretary Cabinet, mid 18th cen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Constructed in the opulent style of Milan, Italy during the mid 18th century this two piece cabinet
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Italian Marquetry Walnut Burl Secretary Slant Front Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian desk, writing table, with slant drop front, with the beautiful light and dark
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Mid-20th Century Italian Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Rare Bright Green Italian Venetian Painted Rococo Secretary Desk Circa 1940
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb green and yellow splash of elegance and color disguised as a secretary desk. The
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Vintage 1940s Italian Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Italian Mahogany and Burl Inlaid Marquetry Petite Slant Front Secretary Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Italian petite slant front writing desk or secretary desk
Italy, circa Mid-20th
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Mid-20th Century Italian French Provincial Desks
Materials
Brass
Secretary in Teak and Rosewood System from Proserpio Fratelli, Italy, 1960
By F.P. Fratelli Proserpio 1
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Secretary in teak and rosewood system from Proserpio Fratelli, Italy, 1960. The tablet unfolds
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Teak
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Italian Secretary For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic Italian secretary available at 1stDibs. An Italian secretary — often made from wood, walnut and metal — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect Italian secretary — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. An Italian secretary is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Baroque and Rococo styles are sought with frequency. A well-made Italian secretary has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Gianfranco Frattini, Bernini and Cantieri Carugati are consistently popular.
How Much is an Italian Secretary?
Prices for an Italian secretary can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $750 and can go as high as $125,000, while the average can fetch as much as $6,800.
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.
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