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Picture Locket Ring 14k Yellow Gold Heart Secret Compartment Opens Jewelry
Located in Torrance, CA
Stylish picture locket ring crafted in 14 karat yellow gold. The heart shaped ring is a wonderful sentimental piece. The locket opens to reveal two sections that can accommodate a ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings

Materials

14k Gold, Yellow Gold

An 18 Carat Tri Color Ring with a secret compartment by Poiray
By Poiray
Located in Amsterdam, NL
you can screw apart to reveal an empty rosé gold band where you can engrave a secret message. Signed
Category

Vintage 1970s French Band Rings

Materials

18k Gold

17th Century William and Mary Rosewood Coffre Fort on Stand, Secret Compartments
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
release the secret drawer in the lower section. You insert it into a small hole and this releases the
Category

Antique 17th Century English William and Mary Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Exceptional Bookmatched Walnut Louis Philippe Period Secretary with Five Secrets
Located in Fayetteville, AR
tooled leather writing surface and a flawless bird's-eye maple interior. Two secret compartments are
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Secretaires

Materials

Birdseye Maple, Walnut, Leather

A mid century brass sculptured lobster with removable top storage compartment
Located in London, GB
handle on the thorax that opens to reveal a secret compartment.
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Decorative Modern Bowling Ball Secret Catch it All in Walnut Wood
Located in Chula Vista, CA
, dish, catch it all, keepsake or secret compartment hiding place! Dimensions: 8" height x 8" in
Category

Vintage 1970s Modern Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Walnut

20th Century Italian Louis XIV Style Walnut Secretary Chest with Secret
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
write. Inside four small drawers and a secret compartment. In front of three comfortable and useful
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Large Carved Rolls Royce Delahaye Burl-wood, Ebony Car w/ Hidden Compartment
Located in Van Nuys, CA
showcases Madagascar ebony accents. Hidden beneath its lavish exterior lies a secret compartment for
Category

Vintage 1930s American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

19th Century Japanese Merchant s Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c. Japanese Choba, merchant chest with secret compartment behind small bottom drawer
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Period Danish Chest/Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Three draws under a drop front retractable desk with draws, cabinets and secret compartments.
Category

Antique 19th Century Danish Commodes and Chests of Drawers

19th Century Swedish Secretaire with Secret Compartement, Light Birch Wood
Located in Greven, DE
Antique secretary with secret compartment Swedish birch second half 19th century Dimensions
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Secretaires

Materials

Birch

19th C. Japanese Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c. Japanese merchant choba tansu on iron base. Intricate iron work and secret compartments.
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets

Materials

Iron

Danish Modern Chatol
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This Danish Modern Chatol has a variety of storage opportunities including a secret compartment
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires

Materials

Rosewood

Fendi Viole Satin Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Capri, IT
violet sequins and trimmed with lush black velvet. There is a "secret" compartment on the flap closure
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Shoulder Bags

Traveler’s Desk in Exotic Woods
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
secret compartments. Probably English.  
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Desks

Materials

Brass

Painted Trunk
Located in Baltimore, MD
candle box with secret compartment.
Category

Antique 19th Century Hungarian Blanket Chests

Highly Inlaid French Cylinder Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Superior quality on this 19th century highly inlaid and marquetry cylinder desk. Features secret
Category

Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

19th c. Dansu Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c. Japanese Kannon Dansu used by Samurai families to store armor. Has secret compartment. Hand
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets

A Mahogany Serviteur or Plateau with a Marble Galleried Top
Located in Savannah, GA
be Used as a Secret Compartment
Category

Antique 19th Century French Centerpieces

Materials

Marble

Buddhist Temple Cabinet
Located in Wainscott, NY
A fine example of a Buddhist Temple Cabinet with a wonderful patina. It includes a 'secret
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture

French Oak Ashtray
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
French wood ashtray or end table with removable tray and secret compartment to hold cigarettes
Category

20th Century French Ashtrays

Materials

Oak

19th c. Bleached Oak Three Drawer Chest with Top Drawer Desk
Located in Houston, TX
3 Drawer Bleached Oak Chest with top drawer that convert to a desk when opened. Several secret
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Antique 19th Century Belgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Oak

18th Century French Provincial Slant Front Desk with Hidden Compartment
Located in Palm Springs, CA
inset. There is a secret compartment which has a slide top. This desk has had numerous repairs and has
Category

Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Desks

Arthur Court Alligator
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Small cast aluminum alligator dish, the incised scaly back opening to reveal a secret compartment
Category

20th Century American Decorative Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Antique Chinese Server
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lacquered sideboard in elm with four doors, two drawers and two secret compartments! Panels are
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Credenzas

Materials

Elm, Lacquer

Arthur Court Brass and Wood Rabbit Box
By Arthur Court
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Amusing brass and wood rabbit box that has a surprising lidded head that opens to a secret
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Fine 19th Century Swedish Birch Architectural Secretaire Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
sections. This piece must have been a special commission as it has numerous secret compartments and drawers
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Secretaires

Materials

Birch

Italian 60 s Saporiti Writing Desk w/ Matching Chair
By Saporiti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
several secret compartments for your papers, letters, voting ballot!!! Matching desk chair included.
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Lovely Louis-Philippe period Secretaire Abattant
Located in Westport, CT
, interior outfitted with drawers, secret compartments and veneered in exotic wood.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Secretaires

Materials

Marble

Valentino Bakelite Logo Necklace
By Valentino
Located in New York, NY
Valentino double "V" logo pendant on silk cord. The 2 locking "V"s separate to a secret
Category

Italian More Necklaces

Sensational Red Lacquer Chinese Chest
Located in Hopewell, NJ
wonderful little door on the lower right that opens to a secret compartment.
Category

Vintage 1940s Chinese Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Gentleman s Chest
By John Widdicomb, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Chula Vista, CA
. Doors slide to the side. Drawers on each side. Secret compartment to hang pants.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

20th Century Country Carved Table Featured a Lifesize Dog with Cristal Tops
Located in Miami, FL
20th century country carved table featured a lifesize lovely dog with crystal top secret
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Wood

Silver Skull Pendant
Located in Aspen, CO
Silver scull with secret compartment in back of head. Jaw is hinged to open and close. No marks but
Category

20th Century Unknown Arts and Crafts Drop Necklaces

Materials

Silver

French Antique Louis XV "Scriban" Desk
Located in Austin, TX
painted solid walnut with gilded details, original bronze hardware, "secret" compartment.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Desks

Materials

Gold Leaf

Regency Mahogany Gillows Secretaire à Abattant
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
pigeon holes, and an original blue leather writing surface. Secret compartments are hidden behind the
Category

Antique 19th Century English Regency Secretaires

Materials

Marble

Arcana sideboard
By Emmanuel Babled
Located in Paris, FR
3 doors cabinet and 1 secret compartment Limited edition of 8 ex. + 4 A.P. Prototyp shown at
Category

2010s Italian Modern Sideboards

Materials

Maple, Walnut

17th Gilt Brass Mounted Vermilion Laquered Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
, having an inlaid walnut interior including secret compartment. A rare and striking object.
Category

English Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass, Iron

Charles X Chest, Early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
ornament in fire-gilt bronze. Inside lined with wallpaper and secret compartment under the floor.   
Category

Antique Early 19th Century European Charles X Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

English Rosewood Bound in Brass Lap Desk on a Custom-Made Stand, circa 1830
Located in Savannah, GA
a writing surface, two inkwells, storage compartments and a finely crafted secret compartment.  
Category

Antique 19th Century English Desks

Victorian mahogany shaving stand
Located in Cheshire, GB
below with two secret compartments raised on turned and fluted stem with tripod base and scrolled feet,
Category

Antique 19th Century British Table Mirrors

Materials

Mahogany

Period Baroque Ebony and Tortoise Vargueno or Cabinet on Stand
Located in Essex, MA
-- Classical Fitting with Architectural Elements all Original -- Multiple Drawers and Secret Compartments as
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Cabinets

Materials

Hardwood, Bone

Chinese Antique Round Corner Cabinet, Red Lacquered Ming Style
Located in Somis, CA
wood panels. A bottom stretcher separates the front of a secret compartment and curved apron with
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Ming Furniture

Materials

Bronze

1950s Gold-Tone Rhinestone Encrusted Evening Compact with Chain Handle
Located in Gresham, OR
thin compartment for credit card and key. Empty lipstick compartment. and "secret" compartment under
Category

1950s American Evening Bags and Minaudières

Louis XV Slant Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
which includes a stepped interior a secret compartment and a tooled leather writing surface.
Category

Antique Early 19th Century European Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century French Louis XV Hand-Carved Oak Buffet with Secret Drawer
Located in Fayetteville, AR
are two drawers of dovetail construction that, when removed, allow for access to the secret
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Buffets

Materials

Iron

Edo Period Tansu Chest in Cedar and Forged Iron
Located in London, GB
iron hardware. The right hand door opens to reveal an internal drawer and hidden secret compartment
Category

Antique 1840s Japanese Edo Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Mother of Pearl and Black Lacquer Side Tables
Located in North Miami, FL
incredibly subtle Asian scenes in inlaid mother of pearl. Many little secret compartments within these well
Category

Early 20th Century Asian Side Tables

Materials

Wood, Mother-of-Pearl

Moroccan Inlaid One Drawer Table or Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
secret compartments.
Category

Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Side Tables

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood

American Deco "Cocktails" Table with Cobalt Blue Mirror
Located in Hanover, MA
Clever post-Prohibition era coffee table with "secret compartments" for bottles and glasses. No
Category

Vintage 1940s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

French Art Deco Buffet
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
shelves below. Two side doors reveal two large shelves. On either end a secret compartment opens to reveal
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Buffets

A Louis IV Style Parquetry Console In The Manner Of Jansen,
Located in Buchanan, MI
over two half drawers raised on cabriole legs ending in hoof mounts. Secret compartment on each side
Category

Early 20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

Antique Crackle Rustic Round Corner Cabinet
Located in Somis, CA
construction. Solid wood. Removal shelf and secret compartment. Beautiful reddish brown cinnabar finish. A
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Wood

Executive Desk By De Coene for Knoll International.
By De Coene Frères
Located in Miami, FL
with ebony macassar veneered, chrome structure, red top leather. 6 drawers,2 with secret compartments
Category

Vintage 1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Chrome

18TH CENTURY WALNUT EBONY GENOESE STIPO A BAMBOCCI
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
AND WALNUT ESCRITOIRE / CABINET ON CHEST WITH A FULLY FITTED INTERIOR AND SECRET COMPARTMENTS, COAT OF
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Cabinets

Materials

Walnut, Ebony

Pair of Mid-Century Bodafors End Tables
By SMF Svenska Möbelfabriken Bodafors
Located in New York, NY
. Discreet basket style storage is hidden underneath masked by decorative bars. Additional secret
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Birch, Mahogany

Iron Safe, Italy, 17th Century
Located in Greding, DE
bands and studs at regular intervals. Inside there are wooden drawers and secret compartments as well as
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Cabinets

Materials

Iron

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Secret Compartment For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the secret compartment you’re looking for. A secret compartment — often made from wood, metal and mahogany — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a secret compartment, we have 30 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a secret compartment — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right secret compartment, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Regency and Modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made secret compartment has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Jonathan Field, Brown Saltman and John Keal are consistently popular.

How Much is a Secret Compartment?

Prices for a secret compartment start at $70 and top out at $20,527 with the average selling for $2,450.