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19th Century French Faux Bamboo Secretaire
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French secrétaire à abattant, or drop front secretary desk, with the case made of
Category
Antique 19th Century French Country Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
Mahogany and Gilt Ormalou Secretaire Abattant Strongly Attributed to S. Jamar
By S. Jamar, London 1
Located in Stamford, CT
A very impressive Secretaire Abattant with exceptional ormalou mounts including a rare buttlerfly
Category
Antique 1820s English Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Very Fine Empire Mahogany Secretaire Abattant Writing Desk, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A positively exceptional work from the first quarter of the 19th Century, this fine Secrétaire à
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Desks
Materials
Bronze
Biedermeier Style Burled Birchwood Secretary Desk by Colombo Mobili
By Colombo Mobili
Located in Shippensburg, PA
# 411OBP20A
A truly remarkable Biedermeier style secretaire a'abattant desk from the custom furniture maker
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th C. French Empire Flame Mahogany a Abattant/Desk with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th c. French Empire flame mahogany a abattant with gilt bronze mounts & noir marble top
Drop
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Secretaire Chest
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality Louis XVI style marquetry inlaid Secretaire Abattant. Having a Rouge marble top
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood
French Antique 19th Century Napoleon III Ebonized Inlaid Secretary Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
# 311PCG30A
An intricately bone-inlaid Napoleon III era secretaire a'abattant from the third quarter of the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks
Materials
Marble
Louis XVI Secretaire a abattant
Located in New York, NY
Louis XIV mahogany brass-mounted secretaire a abattant with gray granite
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French secretaire a abattant. Satinwood.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French secretaire a abattant. Satinwood.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century Baltic Secrétaire à abattant
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very handsome 19th Century Baltic burl walnut Secrétaire à abattant. Nice compact size.
Category
Antique 19th Century Baltic Secretaires
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Secretaire A’abattant
Located in Natchez, MS
French Inlaid secretaire A’abattant with a drawer above, fall front and two doors below. Blanc
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Black Lacquered Secretaire à Abattant
Located in Dallas, TX
Biedermeier black lacquered secretaire a' abattant, rectangular top over a frieze drawer with lion
Category
20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Secretaire "A Abattant" 19th Century
Located in Madrid , ES
French Empire Secretaire " A Abattant " 19th century
Palm wood
Marble
France
89cm x 47cm x
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Fruitwood
Boston Classical Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Woodbury, CT
A mahogany fall-front secretary (secretaire a abattant) with octagonal front corner columns on
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
Antique Walnut Secretaire à Abattant, Louis-Philippe Period
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Walnut root veneered secrétaire à abattant fitted with 2 doors in lower section. Fall-front with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Rosewood, Walnut
19th Century Louis XVI Style Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Nashville, TN
This mid-19th century Louis XVI style secretaire a abattant features a fall front desk with leather
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Austrian Biedermeier Maple Secretaire a Abattant, c, 1850-1880
Located in Norwalk, CT
Austrian Biedermeier Maple Secretaire a Abattant, c, 1850-1880, in the Empire style with fall
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Secretaires
Louis XV style Secrétaire à Abattant, Holland circa 1900
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XV style Secrétaire à Abattant, Holland circa 1900, having a shaped and molded "Basque Jaspe
Category
Antique 19th Century Secretaires
Biedermeier Secretaire a Abattant, Early 19th Century
Located in Santander, ES
Biedermeier secretaire a abattant dating to the first quarter of the 19th century with finely
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Secretaires
Danish Secretaire a Abattant Figured Mahogany, mid 19th Century
Located in Santander, ES
Fine figured mahogany Secretaire a Abattant of Danish origin dating to the middle of the 19th
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Danish Louis Philippe Secretaires
Early 19th Century Biedermeier Danish Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Santander, ES
Danish Biedermeier secretaire a abattant dating to the beginning of the 19th century, featuring
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Empire Secretaire a Abattant
Located in New Orleans, LA
Drop front secretaire in maple with interior compartments and three lower drawers. One hidden
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
$11,400
19th Century Louis XV France Rosewood Finely Inlaid Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Tricase, Italia
Important and refined secrétaire à abattant, finely inlaid in various colored woods in typical
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Beautiful Secretaire A Abattant
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Highly decorative French Style Secretary made to look like a 18th C pc. There is one drawer at the top, an interior gallery and three drawers at the bottom.
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Secretaires
Materials
Fruitwood
BIEDERMEIER WALNUT SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT 19TH C
Located in Louisville, KY
BIEDERMEIER WALNUT SECRÉTAIRE À ABATTANT, 19th Century; in three parts, the top part with a demi
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
A French Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A fine, late-nineteenth-century, Louis-XVI-style fall front desk with a white marble top, beautiful parquetry in amaranth, marquetry trophies and floral sprays in exotic woods, and o...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Empire Period Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Charleston, SC
This Empire Secretaire follows the general forms of the 18thC. one but with a more massive, more
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Empire Period Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Charleston, SC
This Empire Secretaire follows the general forms of the 18thC. one but with a more massive, more
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Secretaire a abattant
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI brass-mounted mahogany secretarie a abattant. The case fitted with four
drawers
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
Secretaire a Abattant Biedermeier 19th Century Swedish Elm Karl Johan Period
Located in Santander, ES
19th century Biedermeier Swedish elm secretaire a abattant with frontal black lacquered columns and
Category
Antique 1840s Swedish Biedermeier Secretaires
secretaire a abattant
Located in New Canaan, CT
This handsome piece is topped with black marble, and the panel just beneath the top is actually a drawer. The writing suface is inset with tooled leather. The depth measurement below...
Category
Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Marble
$3,500
A Dutch Marquetry Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A remarkably well preserved and colorful, nineteenth-century drop-front desk with six large outer drawers and, within the writing space six drawers on either side of a central cubby ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Dutch Secretaires
Materials
Fruitwood
Louis XV Rosewood Secretaire A’Abattant
Located in New York, NY
The molded rectangular marble top above a single drawer, above a hinged drop down leather inset writing surface opening to a fitted interior above a pair of cupboard doors, raised on...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Early 19th Century French Empire Period "Secretaire a Abattant", circa 1810
By Jacob Freres (French)
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
mahogany, and gilt bronze-mounted “secretaire a abattant” with French polish retaining its original dark
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
French Empire, Secretaire a Abattant by Ipolito Ceri
By Iporito Ceri
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Secretaire a Abbant is from the French Empire period and was created by the workroom of
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Louis XVI Tulip Wood
Amaranth Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Superstructure with a long drawer , an abattant and two doors.
marble top . and nice ormoulu .
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Style French Marquetry Inlaid Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
ormolu mounts and drawer pulls. The secrétaire interior features the fall enclosing four inlaid drawers
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Napoleon III French Inlaid Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Tricase, Italia
Late 19th century, French Napoleon III Secrétaire, well built and proportioned cabinet with floral
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood
Louis XVI Mahogany Secrétaire à Abattant Circa 1820, France
Located in Alexandria, VA
This neo-classic fall-front secretary not only has the beauty of Louis XVI style furniture but is very practical for modern living. It is perfect for small spaces, yet still provides...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Louis Philippe Flame Mahogany Secrétaire a Abattant
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful and wonderfully preserved fall front secretary exhibits striking amber and nut colored grain. The piece also retains its original blue gray fossilized stone top as wel...
Category
Antique 1830s French Louis Philippe Secretaires
Materials
Marble
19th Century Classical Charles X Burled Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A dramatic Charles X fall front secretary in astounding burled walnut veneer. The original fossilized marble top is supported by an elliptical molding. The main body contains one upp...
Category
Antique 1840s French Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Signed Carved Mahogany Secrétaire à Abattant, Baltimore, Edwin S.Tarr
Located in Providence, RI
secretaire. The carved paw feet also give height and are quite strongly carved. The desk has a drop lid with
Category
Antique 19th Century American Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
A Louis Philippe style secrétaire à abattant
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Disguised as a semanier, this desk, beautifully veneered en exotic woods, opens to reveal a gold tooled leather writing surface and satinwood veneered interior with large cabinet, a ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Desks
Materials
Satinwood, Wood
19th Century French, Walnut and Rosewood Secretaire a Abattant, Fall Front Desk
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Louis Philippe secretary in finely figured and matched burr walnut. The self-supporting fall front is counter weighted so that it opens and closes softly. Inside is a wel...
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
Empire Secretaire à Abattant
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful 19th century marble topped secretaire a abattant, excellent condition recently restored
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Classical Burled Walnut Secretaire a Abattant, Boston, circa 1820-1825
Located in Providence, RI
small pulls are original.
This is a wonderful abattant in superb condition, and makes a very rich
Category
Antique 19th Century American Neoclassical Desks
Materials
Walnut
Chic and Very Functional Mid-Century Modern Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
Secretaire a- abattant in mahogany with chrome base.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Secretaire " a Abbatant "Napoleon III Style Boulle 19th Century
Located in Madrid , ES
Secretaire À Abattant Napoleon III
In ebonized wood
19th century
Boulle type decoration in Carey
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Secretaires
Materials
Ebony
18th Century French Walnut Period Louis XIV Secretaire
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th Century French Walnut Secretaire a abattant. Rare to have drawers behind the bottom doors. 45
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Secretaires
Early 19th Century Dutch Mahogany and Satinwood Marquetry Secretaire a Abbattant
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century Dutch mahogany and satinwood foliate marquetry secretaire a abattant with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Secretaire Biedermeier Denmark
Located in Santander, ES
Antique walnut and burr walnut Secretaire a abattant of the second Biedermeier period and of Danish
Category
Antique 1840s Danish Biedermeier Secretaires
French Empire Secretary Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
This French Empire mahogany secretaire-a-abattant has a Belgian fossilized black marble top above a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Secretaire Biedermeier Burl Walnut Swedish origin
Located in Santander, ES
Secretaire a abattant Biedermeier of Swedish origin with Louis Philippe influence, with walnut and
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Fine Charles X burr ash drop front secretary
Located in St. Louis, MO
Fine Charles X burr ash drop front secretary (secrétaire à abattant), the gray marble top over a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Rare Charles X Secretary in Burr Ash
Located in New York, NY
Burr Ash Charles X Drop Front Secretary (secrétaire à abattant) with Gray Marble Top, a long
Category
Antique 19th Century French Secretaires
Desk Petite 18th Century Cherry French With Secret Drawer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Petite 18th century cherry French desk. Has secret drawer.
Great by bed or sofa etc..
(secretaire
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Cherry
19th Century French Mahogany, Brass Inlaid Secretaire Abattant
Located in Darwen, GB
A 19th century French mahogany, brass and mother-of-pearl inlaid secretaire abattant. With a rouge
Category
Antique 1880s Secretaires
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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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