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Queen Anne Walnut Revival Bureau, circa 1920s
By Waring
Gillow
Located in Dereham, GB
, open to Reveal:
Centre Door, Pigeon Holes, & 2 drawers,
Two Drawer Serpentine shaped base, Brass Drop
Category
Early 20th Century British Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Chippendale Cherry Slant-Front Desk with Four Drawers Circa 1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
with drop front desk opening to interior with pigeon holes over chest having four drawers, raised on
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cherry
Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Bureau
Located in Cheshire, GB
pigeon holes small draws and a central cupboard. Over an arrangement off three short draws. All raised up
Category
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Desks
American Federal Period Secretary Desk, c 1780 - 1800
Located in San Marino, CA
front enclosing six pigeon holes above four long drawers, a centered cupboard door and two hidden
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Oak Pedestal Roll Top Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak double pedestal roll top desk, the high back with fitted interior of pigeon holes and drawers
Category
Early 20th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century English Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Atlanta, GA
paned cabinet and secretary drawer below enclosing fitted interior with pigeon holes, satin wood drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase or Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
with drawers and pigeon holes. Below are two short and three long drawers with brass pulls and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
18th Century English Satinwood Bureau
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
sides and a fall front opening to reveal pigeon holes,
one long and four short drawers and the original
Category
Antique 1790s English Desks and Writing Tables
Antique Chinese Figural Carved Hardwood Drop Front Desk
Chair Circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
deeply carved village genre scenes and opening to interior with pigeon holes over case with four drawers
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Desks
Materials
Hardwood
Midcentury Bureau Desk Welters of Wycombe 1960s
By Welters of Wycombe
Located in Otley, GB
tambour doors revealing stationary pigeon holes, a pull out writing surface in black leather, four drawers
Category
Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Antique Derby School Oak S-Roll Top Desk with Reeded Side Column, circa 1900
By Derby Desk Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
to writing surface with drawers and pigeon holes surmounting paneled case having central frieze
Category
20th Century American Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique Eastlake Walnut and Burl Davenport Desk, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
compartment having pigeon holes and drawers, raised on tower having side drawers and cutout supports, incised
Category
Antique 19th Century American Eastlake Desks
Materials
Felt, Walnut, Burl
Early 18th Century Queen Anne Period Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Middleburg, VA
original shaped plates and enclose adjustable shelves with pigeon holes, underneath are slides for candles
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Italian Painted Secretary and Display Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
five arched pigeon holes. Either side of the upper cabinet has decorative molding highlighted in gold
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Paint, Wood
Mid-Century Shagreen Bar Cabinet, Light
Located in Westwood, NJ
interior with a mirrored back and tempered glass shelf and fitted with pigeon holes and two drawers. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Metal
$6,210 / item
Mid-Century Shagreen Bar Cabinet, Dark
Located in Westwood, NJ
interior with a mirrored back and tempered glass shelf and fitted with pigeon holes and two drawers. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Materials
Metal
$6,210 / item
Edwardian Paint Decorated Satinwood Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
motifs, the upper section with tambour roll top door revealing ten drawers and five pigeon-hole cubby
Category
Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Walnut Bureau of Small Proportions
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
of pigeon holes over 4 drawers.
4 graduating drawers below the fall fitted with ornate brass
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Walnut
Scandinavian Mid-20th Century Elm Low Bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
with a pigeon holes for storage.
Main open bookcase section with a single adjustable shelf. Quarter
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Elm
18th Century Georgian Walnut Bureau of Small Proportions
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
of pigeon holes over 4 drawers.
4 graduating drawers below the fall fitted with ornate brass
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Desks
Materials
Walnut
Provincial Painted Fall Front Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
gallery above two long drawers, a fall front writing surface with a fitted interior of shelves and pigeon
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Desks
Materials
Wood
$6,645 / item
Late Regency Brass-Inlaid Mahogany Wellington Chest Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
reveal five pigeon holes, the corners with hinged flaps disguising the locking mechanism, decorated with
Category
Antique 19th Century British Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique Walnut Serpentine Secretary Desk Chippendale Style Bookcase Oxbow
Located in Dayton, OH
four drawers, pigeon holes and hidden compartments. Upper bookcase portion shows an open pediment with
Category
Vintage 1940s Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Walnut
English, Mahogany Glazed Door Slant Front Secretary
Located in Woodbury, CT
This Secretary is outfitted nicely with blind document drawers over pigeon holes nestled above
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Mid-Century Modern Teak Danish Style Secretaire Desk by Turnbridge
By Turnidge Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
drawer space as well within the cupboard and pigeon holes this would make an ideal item for the new world
Category
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
A George III Chinese Export Cabinet on Stand
Located in Conwy, GB
hinges, the interior had twenty four pigeon holes above open storage and seven drawers all with there
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Bureau Bookcase of Small Proportions
Located in Cheshire, GB
slope opening to reveal a fitted interior of drawers and pigeon holes, above four graduated long drawers
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Bookcases
Antique English Hepplewhite Style Satinwood Banded Cherry Slant Front Desk
Located in Big Flats, NY
reveal writing surface surmounted by smaller drawers and pigeon holes and supported by pull-outs, case
Category
Antique 19th Century English Hepplewhite Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Second Empire French Marble-Top Flame Mahogany and Ormolu Abattant
Located in Big Flats, NY
drawer above bookmatched drop front desk opening to writing surface with pigeon holes and small drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Rustic Dark Pine Shoe Tidy Hall Seat
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
pigeon holes, these are 26cm high and 27cm deep and wide
So whether kept in the boot room for in the
Category
Antique 1890s Rustic Benches
Materials
Pine
Small Antique Victorian Mahogany Escritoire Desk
Located in London, GB
drawers either side of a pigeon hole above a tooled leather writing surface. There's a single drawer
Category
Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Mahogany Campaign Chest with Secretaire
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
drawer at the top with a fall front, opening to reveal a fully fitted interior comprising of pigeon holes
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
George III Mahogany and Inlaid Secretary Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
drawers, pigeon holes, and a central inlaid cupboard, flanked by a secret compartment on either side.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, ca. 1800.
Located in Atlanta, GA
drawer enclosing small drawers with ivory pulls, writing surface and pigeon holes. Below is 3 sliding
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase, ca. 1800
Located in Atlanta, GA
front drawer enclosing small drawers, writing surface and pigeon holes. Cabinet below with pull out
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Classical Biedermeier Burled Walnut Empire Abattant, circa 1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
and smaller drawers, pigeon holes and locking cabinet with bone escutcheon. Lower has three long
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Biedermeier Desks
Materials
Bronze
New England Birch Slant Front Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
proportioned interior pigeon hole area with six smaller drawers. Excellent color and patina on an old refinish
Category
Antique Early 19th Century North American Federal Desks
Materials
Birch
Art Deco Burr Walnut Gentleman
s Compendium
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
with a fall revealing a writing compartment with writing surface and pigeon holes. Double door cupboard
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Wardrobes and Armoires
Mid 18th Century Walnut Bureau
Located in Folkestone, GB
with an arrangement of small drawers and pigeon-holes.
(Repairs to feet and some old veneer patching).
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
French RJ Horner Style Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Drop Front Desk, circa 1900
By R.J. Horner
Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
to small drawers and pigeon holes surmounting case having two drawers over drawer tower with flanking
Category
20th Century American Desks
Materials
Brass
Attractive Antique Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
green leather inlay and shaped pigeon holes, one front drawer with original brass handles and a pretty
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Fine Quality Antique Walnut Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
to reveal a fully fitted interior consisting of four shaped drawers, shaped pigeon holes and shaped
Category
Early 20th Century English Other Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Queen Anne Walnut Bureau, circa 1710
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
wonderful original metal work.
A nice simple interior, with fitted pigeon holes and drawers. Contains a
Category
Antique 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Walnut
French Painted Fall Front Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
surface.
Soft ivory painted interior with drawers & pigeon holes, interior rotating cabinet with mirror
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Desks
Materials
Wood
$10,260 / item
Italian Baroque Inlaid walnut Slant Desk, 18th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
personalized "JR" with marquetry decoration and putti enclosing a desk with seven pigeon holes, an arrangement
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Desks
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century North Italian Walnut Bureau Cabinet
Located in London, by appointment only
figures. Above a fall front opening to pigeon holes and drawers, above three serpentine long drawers with
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Rare 19th Century Anglo Indian Bone Inlaid Miniature Slant Front Chest
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
slanted front opening up to an interior fitted with small drawers and pigeon holes thus creating a small
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Models and Miniatures
Materials
Iron
French Cylinder Desk Bureau Mulberry, 1850
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Fitted Interior Having 4 Working Drawers a Pigeon Hole and a pullout Leather Writing Surface.
Presented
Category
Antique 1850s Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Queen Ann Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Cheshire, GB
fall flap enclosing a fitted interior of draws and pigeon holes above four long graduated drawers with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Queen Anne Bookcases
Mahogany Bureau Bookcase off Small Proportions
Located in Cheshire, GB
, enclosing a green baize writing surface surrounded by an arrangement of pigeon holes and drawers, above four
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Bookcases
Josef Frank Secretary Model 1036
By Josef Frank
Located in Toronto, Ontario
that reveals 4 drawers , cubbys and pigeon holes for notes, papers...
Quality throughout with
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Victorian Walnut Secataire Wellington Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
secretaire with satinwood interior including two drawers and pigeon holes. All on an enclosed plinth base. In
Category
Antique 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Maitland Smith Carved Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Style Carlton Desk Set c1940
Located in Big Flats, NY
Chinese Chippendale style desk set by Maitland Smith offers mahogany desk with shaped rail over pigeon
Category
Mid-20th Century Chippendale Desks
Materials
Mahogany
French Ormolu-Mounted Marqueterie Secretaire Abattant, Cabinet, 1775
Located in Rome, IT
, fall front enclosing a leather-lined writing surface and four small drawers and pigeon-holes, above a
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Very Good Quality Cylinder Desk in Mahogany
Located in Eindhoven, NL
opens and is adjustable, six small drawers faced with Satin Veneers and five pigeon holes, below are six
Category
Antique 1850s Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Walnut Pedestal Roll Top Desk
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut double pedestal roll-top desk, the high back with fully fitted interior of pigeon holes and
Category
Early 20th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique English Secrétaire Campaign Chest with Brass Banded Leather Top
Located in Peabody, MA
desk with enclosed pigeon holes and burl faced stationery drawers.
Closed size: 37.25” high, 17
Category
Early 20th Century British Campaign Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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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.
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