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Empire style Mahogany secretaire abattant, circa 1840
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century French Mahogany marble topped Empire style Secretaire Abattant
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Revival Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Antique French Marquetry Escritoire c.1880
Located in Worcester, GB
century French escritoire or secrétaire à abattant in the Louis XV style, crafted circa 1880. The piece is
Category
Antique 19th Century French Cabinets
Materials
Kingwood
$3,083 / set
Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Commode by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Long Island City, NY
made some larger pieces— secrétaires à abattant (drop-front secretary desks), tables, and commodes— he
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Circa 1790 Swedish Gustavian Marble Top Mahogany Desk Commode Chest
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GUSTAVIAN MAHOGANY SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT WITH MARBLE TOP
Sweden, circa 1790
34 3/16" H x 17 3/4" D
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Highly Important Pair of Neoclassical Side Cabinets by Jules Piret, circa 1860
By Jules Piret
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum, Ohio. A secrétaire à abattant, modelled after Weisweiller
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Antique Napoleonic French Empire Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Wine Cabinet Armoire 1810
Located in Portland, OR
, circa 1810.
Made of the finest mahogany this cabinet has the shape of a secretaire abattant but is in
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
20th Century French Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, Spain circa 1900. The outside with fall front and one high drawer and one
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Oak
$3,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Secretaire a Abattant
Located in London, GB
An early 19th C. secretaire a abattant. With classical columns and a mottled off white marble top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
$6,450
Secretaire a Abattant
Located in London, GB
Ormolu-mounted secrétaire à abattant of tulipwood with marquetry inlay, with original marble top
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Tulipwood
Antique Biedermeier Secretaire a Abattant
Located in New York, NY
Antique Biedermeier Secretaire a Abattant
Original Hardware and Escutcheons, Ebonized Black
Category
Antique 1830s Biedermeier Secretaires
Louis XV "Secrétaire à Abattant"
Located in Geneva, CH
Rare Louis XV ormolu-mounted and Chinese lacquer "secrétaire à abattant".
The Portor marble top
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Secretaires
19th Century, Early Biedermeier Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Wels, AT
Early Austrian Biedermeier Secretaire a abattant bearl Wood veneered, with carved, polychrome
Category
Antique 1820s Austrian Biedermeier Secretaires
Italian Secretaire a Abattant by Jose Calcerradi
By Jose Calcerradi
Located in Mobile, AL
A tremendously inlaid Italian Secretaire a Abattant, circa 1800, in the Baroque fashion. Five
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Secretaires
French Louis XVI Period Cherrywood Secretaire a Abattant, circa 1780
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Secretaire a Abattant of very useful proportions.
Complete with brass mounts and two-door shelved cupboard
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Charles X Inlaid French Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Tricase, Italia
Rare secrétaire à abattant Carlo X, in flamed mahogany wood, finely inlaid in light wood with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Secretaire a Abattant by C. Wolff
By Christophe Wolff
Located in New York, NY
A rare Louis XVI period ormolu-mounted fruitwood marquetry "secretaire a abattant". Marquetry
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Secretaire a Abattant with Cuban Acajou Mahogany
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This secretaire a abattant is the in French Empire style and is veneered in Cuban acajou mahogany
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Italian Marquetry Inlaid Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Milan, IT
Lombard secretaire with fall front, all inlaid with beautiful
Neoclassical foliage and figures
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Secretaires
Empire Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant, 19th century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Empire Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Secretaire having a marble top over a single frieze drawer, with a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Faux Tortoise-Shell Secretaire À Abattant by Jean Joseph Chapuis
By Jean Joseph Chapuis
Located in Hilversum, NL
With a shaped white marble top (small repair and stains), the frieze containing one drawer above a fall-front enclosing a fitted interior with eight small drawers and shelves; the lo...
Category
Antique 19th Century Belgian Charles X Secretaires
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Charles X Walnut and Marble Secrétaire à Abattant circa 1820
Located in Louisville, KY
featuring a freize drawer over a fall front revealing a fitted interior, over cabinet doors and raised on carved and ebonized animal paw feet.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Gilt Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Secretaire a` Abattant in French Empire Style, 1820
Located in Napoli, IT
The superstructure with a white marble top flanked by volute scrolls above a frieze drawer and recessed fall flap enclosing a fitted interior with mirror within columns over a flush ...
Category
Antique 1720s French Empire Secretaires
18th Century Louis XVI Period Inlaid Woods Secretaire
Located in Badia Polesine, Rovigo
Ancient and rare Secretaire à abattant Louis XVI entirely paved in walnut briar, rosewood, maple
Category
Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Wood
19th Century Charles X French Secretaire with Marble
Located in Wolverhampton, GB
A 19th century French Charles X mahogany and sycamore line inlaid secretaire à àbattant
The rounded
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XVI Secretaire Signed by "Jean-Baptiste Vassou"
By Jean-Baptiste Vassou
Located in Long Island City, NY
Magnificently detailed important French Louis XVI secretaire a abattant. Signed by Jean - Baptiste
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
A famous rosewood and amaranth marquetry
secrétaire à abattant
By H. Kickert
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
.
Please compare with a similar 'secrétaire à abattant' by Latz in the former collection of Olivier de
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
A Dutch secretaire à abattant with Japanese laquer panels
Located in Hilversum, NL
This 'secrétaire à abattant', with a grey marble top, is modelled with one drawer above a fall
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood, Lacquer
19th Century Third Republic Secretaire Abattant, French
Located in Sydney, NSW
A 19th century secretaire abattant in the Empire taste. Bookmatched feathered mahogany, the
Category
Antique 1870s French Empire Revival Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
A Dutch Secretaire à Abattant with Fall-Front with Black Leather Inlay
Located in Oisterwijk, NL
A Dutch mahogany secretaire à abattant with fall front to reveal beautiful fitted interior with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier Secretary from Northern Germany, circa 1825
Located in Dallas, TX
This magnificent Secrétaire à Abattant / Secretaire / Secretary is a fine example of period
Category
Antique 1820s German Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Birch, Walnut, Burl
Secretary "à abattant" Johann Gottlob Fiedler Workshop, Berlin, circa 1790/95
Located in Bamberg, DE
Mahogany, solid and mirror veneered, with finely worked, fire-gilded bronze applications. The extent to which taste and style changed in the second half of the 18th century is well i...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Louis Phillipe Mahogany Secretary a Abattant with Marble Top
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Antique Louis Phillipe Secretary with drop front desk opening to writing desk. Interior is eye maple veneered in the background there are six drawers with small handles. Flames mahog...
Category
Antique 1830s French Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
One Door Secretair Cabinet Walnut Oak Restored Hand Polished, Berlin, circa 1800
Located in Osnabrück, DE
! Under the one door witch is divided like a secretaire abattant, there is a basement drawer, with a
Category
Antique 1790s German Empire Cupboards
Materials
Walnut
Secretaire a
Abattant
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century mahogany Biedermeier Secretaire a' Abattant
Category
Antique 19th Century German Desks
$3,600
19th c. Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Dallas, TX
19th c. "Country" Secretaire a Abattant. Beautiful gothic interior with burl maple and ebonized
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Italian Empire Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Dallas, TX
Late 18th / Early 19th century Italian Empire secretaire a abattant decorated with ivory inlay
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Flame Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant
Located in London, GB
A fine early 19th century flame mahogany secretaire a abattant with ormolu mounts, the upper body
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Gillows Secretaire à Abattant
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Regency fiddleback mahogany secretaire à abattant in the manor of Gillows, with a black slate top
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Antique French Marquetry Secretaire a Abattant C 1880
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique French marquetry Secretaire a Abattant, C 1880 in Louis XV style.
This piece
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
Early 20th Century Hand-Painted Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Early 20th century handprinted secretaire a abattant with drop down door revealing five interior
Category
Early 20th Century French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century French Cherrywood Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th-early 19th century French cherrywood secrétaire à abattant with ebonized banding, brass
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
19th Century Louis XVI Style Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1890s fall top desk or secretaire a abattant has a gray and white marble top, brass hardware
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Régence Kingwood Small Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Hixson, TN
A Fine Régence Kingwood small secrétaire à abattant with a marble top. The fall front secrétaire
Category
Antique 19th Century French Régence Secretaires
19th Century French Faux Bamboo Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Pasadena, CA
Charming and uncommon late 19th century French Faux Bamboo Secretaire a Abattant or secretary. This
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Maple, Pine
French Louis XV Style Marble Top Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous French Louis XV style drop down secretaire a Abattant featuring extensive geometric inlay
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Inlaid Secretaire à Abattant
Located in South Bend, IN
A stunning 19th century French Louis XVI style inlaid secretaire à abattant. The secretaire
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Secrétaire à Abattant by André Gilbert
By Andre Gilbert
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant Louis XVI secrétaire à abattant was crafted by the master ébéniste André Gilbert, a
Category
Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
17th Century French Country Oak Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
17th century French country oak secrétaire à abattant
This is a lovely and very old piece, the
Category
Antique 17th Century French Country Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century Louis XV-Style Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a good example of a transitional Louis XVI Secretaire a Abattant that dates to the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
Biedermeier Secretaire a abattant
Located in New York, NY
This formal secretary is comprised of an upper section with multiple interior drawers and original ebonized pulls with mother of pearl inlay. The locking central door features an in...
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
18th Century Louis XVI Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a late 18th century Period Louis XVI Provincial Secretaire a Abattant. The solid figured
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Provincial Walnut Secretary Desk or Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This rare French Provincial secretaire a abattant or secretary desk features a long top drawer
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
SATURDAY SALE .LOUIS XVI period "Secretaire a Abattant".
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant LOUIS XVI secretaire a abattant from the North East of France ( Lorraine ). Original grey
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Floral Marquetry Secretaire à Àbattant
Located in Berlin, DE
French 18th Century Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Floral Marquetry Secretaire à Àbattant
A fine gilt
Category
Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Exceptional French Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Marquetry Secretaire a Abattant Desk
By Martin Carlin
Located in Queens, NY
Secretaire a Abattant.
In the manner of Martin Carlin.
The marble top above a frieze mounted with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Fall top Desk (Secretaire a Abattant) Paris 1780, with Signature
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite secretaire a abattant (fall top desk), Paris 1780, kingwood and rosewood veneer on the
Category
Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany, Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Kingwood Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Wiscasset, ME
This impeccably crafted French kingwood secretaire a abattant is as functional as it is stunning
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XVI Cabinets
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Secretaire A Abattant For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the secretaire a abattant you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and mahogany, every secretaire a abattant was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the secretaire a abattant you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A secretaire a abattant, designed in the Louis XVI, Empire or Louis XV style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A. Leclaire, B. Butte and Christian Dell each produced at least one beautiful secretaire a abattant that is worth considering.
How Much is a Secretaire A Abattant?
A secretaire a abattant can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $6,307, while the lowest priced sells for $850 and the highest can go for as much as $398,500.
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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