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Antique French Carved Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV Style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak secretary desk bureau drop front Louis XV style
~Direct from France
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique Empire Bureau Secretary with Bookcase in West Indies Mahogany, c. 1800
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An exquisite Empire bureau secretary with bookcase, in fine West Indies/ Cuban mahogany. Denmark
Category
Antique Early 1800s Danish Empire Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Carved Dark Oak Secretary Desk Bureau Drop Front Louis XV style
Located in Shreveport, LA
~Direct from France~
~A lovely antique French carved “drop front” secretary/desk with
Category
Vintage 1910s French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Antique Pine Secretary Desk, Sweden circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
Pine secretary or "bureau" from Sweden from the latter 1800's with lovely half column details and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Country Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Antique Gustavian Style Limed Oak Secretary, English, 18th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great limed oak Georgian secretary or bureau in Gustavian style.
Limed oak and mahogany
Category
Antique 1790s English Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
19th Century Antique Italian Lombardy Secretary Desk Walnut Burl Circa 1820
Located in Encinitas, CA
Elegant Louis XIV Bureau Secretary desk of walnut burl veneer and solids, featuring a hinged drop
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Louis XIV Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
North German/Danish Ash Wood Empire Secretary with Inlay Silhouettes, circa 1810
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
secretary in ash with tiered bureau bookcase with bowed doors. Interior writing desk is in birch and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Empire Secretaires
Materials
Birch, Oak, Ash, Kingwood
Piero Fornasetti "Libri" Cat and Mouse Trash Can, Italy 1955
By Fornasetti
Located in Den Haag, NL
1950s, they created a striking a series of desks, bureaus and secretaries that pair Ponti’s signature
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Baskets
Materials
Metal
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Hand-painted Lidded Ceramic
Jar, Italy 1960s.
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti
Located in Malmö, SE
patron. Beginning in the early 1950s, they created a striking a series of desks, bureaus and secretaries
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Jars
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Floor Lamp by Fornasetti
By Antonangeli, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
patron. Beginning in the early 1950s, they created a striking a series of desks, bureaus and secretaries
Category
20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Materials
Plexiglass
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Gilded Dish / Coaster
Melodramma
, Italy 1950s
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti
Located in Malmö, SE
patron. Beginning in the early 1950s, they created a striking a series of desks, bureaus and secretaries
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Vintage Gilded Ceramic Dinner Plate
Posateria
, Italy 1950s.
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti
Located in Malmö, SE
collaborator and patron. Beginning in the early 1950s, they created a striking a series of desks, bureaus and
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Vintage Ceramic Piero Fornasetti Gilded
I Soli
Cups Jars. Italy 1950s.
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti
Located in Malmö, SE
, bureaus and secretaries that pair Ponti’s signature angular forms with Fornasetti’s decorative motifs
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Late 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps by Fornasetti
By Antonangeli, Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
, bureaus and secretaries that pair Ponti’s signature angular forms with Fornasetti’s decorative motifs
Category
20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Materials
Plexiglass
Pair of Late 20th Century Italian Table Lamps by Fornasetti
By Antonangeli, Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
collaborator and patron. Beginning in the early 1950s, they created a striking a series of desks, bureaus and
Category
20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Materials
Plexiglass
A Vintage 20th Century Italian Table Lamp By Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
1950s, they created a striking a series of desks, bureaus and secretaries that pair Ponti’s signature
Category
20th Century Italian Other Table Lamps
Materials
Plexiglass
A Vintage 20th Century Italian Table Lamp By Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
patron. Beginning in the early 1950s, they created a striking a series of desks, bureaus and secretaries
Category
20th Century Italian Other Table Lamps
Materials
Plexiglass
A Vintage 20th Century Italian Table Lamp By Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
patron. Beginning in the early 1950s, they created a striking a series of desks, bureaus and secretaries
Category
20th Century Italian Other Table Lamps
Materials
Plexiglass
18th Century Baltic Period Secretary
Located in Larkspur, CA
Early 18th Century Baltic Period Baroque Walnut Writing Bureau Secretary, Inlaid Throughout with
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Baltic Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Modern Secretary/Bureau
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ercol polished oak fall-font secretary, the front opening to a writing surface with fitted
Category
Vintage 1950s British Secretaires
Materials
Oak
$1,900
Secretary, Bureau de Pente
Located in New Jersey City, NJ
French mahogany bureau de pente with ivory inlay on the inside drawers.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Materials
Bronze
Antique English George III Oak Drop Front Secretary Bureau Chest Desk
Located in Houston, TX
An antique English Georgian oak crossbanded with mahogany drop front secretary bureau chest desk
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Rosewood Danish Modern Secretary Bureau Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
Stunning Danish rosewood secretary desk. Slide out writing surface and plenty of storage makes this
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Rosewood Danish Modern Secretary Bureau Desk
Located in Vancouver, BC
Very fine rosewood writing desk or secretary burau desk with slide out tablet and lift top portion
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Secretary Bureau Desk by Borge Mogensen
Located in Vancouver, BC
bureau in teak and produced by top maker Soborg. Fall front lid open to very large work space with two
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Teak
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Period Secretary Bureau
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An exceptional, grand scale 18th century Gustavian period secretaire bureau with very fine carvings
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
Materials
Oak
19th Century Queen Anne style walnut secretary bureau
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Fine quality late Victorian walnut Queen Anne style walnut bureau .
The bureau has a well fitted
Category
Antique 1890s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Arne Wahl Iversen Rosewood Secretary Bureau Desk, Danish, 1960s
By Arne Wahl Iversen
Located in London, GB
Designed by Arne Wahl Iversen, Denmark, circa 1960 is this secretary desk in well figured Brazilian
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Rosewood
18th Century Queen Anne Double Dome Secretary, Bureau Bookcase
Located in Santander, ES
Queen Anne burl walnut bureau bookcase secretaire from early 18th century with moulded double domed
Category
Antique 1710s British Queen Anne Secretaires
Rare 18th Century Scandinavian Rococo Period Serpentine Secretary Bureau
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Exceptional and very rare mid-18th century Scandinavian secretaire bureau with a wonderful high
Category
Antique 18th Century Scandinavian Rococo Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Teak Secretary Bureau Desk by Borge Mogensen for Soborg
Located in Vancouver, BC
Wonderful fall front desk designed by Borge Mogensen and produced by Soborg Mobelfabrik as part of their SM-50 series in the early 50's. Two small drawers and compartments are inside...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Biedermeier Secretary/Bureau with Drawers, Cherrywood, circa 1820, Mirror Inside
Located in Muenster, NRW
• Cherrywood outside, Mapleroot veneer inside
• Circa 1820
• Overall architectural interiority
• Mirror inside
• Parts ebonized
• Three drawer slides in the bottom
• Hidden dra...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Biedermeier Secretaires
Danish Modern Rosewood Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Gorgeous bow front secretary bureau in rosewood with slide out writing table and drawer storage
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood
Rosewood Secretary Desk Bureau 302-99
Located in Vancouver, BC
Gorgeous secretary bureau in rosewood with slide out writing table and drawer storage. Three small
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Danish Biedermeier Secretary
Located in Hudson, NY
Period Danish Biedermeier Secretary bureau in mahogany with satinwood trim with cylinder desk
Category
Antique 19th Century Danish Biedermeier Secretaires
$18,000
After Jean-Henri Riesener Louis XVI Cylindrical Secretary, Paris, 1880s
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
.
This secretary used a cylinder secretary ("bureau à cylindre") of the royal court cabinet maker Jean
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Unusually wide bureau secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome Fruitwood American bureau secretary with shelving and storage and later built-in swivel
Category
Antique 19th Century American Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Leather, Glass
Rosewood Secretary desk bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Elegant rosewood Danish modern secretary desk or bureau with slide out writing surface. gorgeous
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Teak Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautiful teak secretary desk with slide out writing table, drawer storage as well as bookshelves
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Teak Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautiful drop front desk or bureau in teak, dating to the 60s. Fall front lid opens to large work
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
A Lacquered Bureau Cabinet Secretary
Located in New York, NY
The bonnet topped upper case doors depicting an Eastern genre scene opening to reveal two shelves and two drawers, the interior similarly decorated. The lower case slant front openi...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Danish Secretaires
18th Century French Walnut Bureau Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stunning two-piece hooded bureau secretary desk with slide-out black leather writing surface and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Danish Modern Rosewood Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautiful rosewood secretary desk with slide out writing table and drawer storage. A great design
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
1950
s Louis Paolozzi secretary and bureau
Located in New York, NY
1950's Louis Paolozzi multifunction secretary and bureau
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Teak Bureau/Secretary by Egon Ostergaard, 1960s
By Egon Ostergaard
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Secretary/chest of drawers/desk/Bureau made of teak, Egon Ostergaard, Sweden, 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking ...
Materials
Teak
18th century Georgian Burr walnut bureau secretary
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Fine quality early 18th century George 11 burr walnut bureau circa 1740 .
The bureau has a fabulous
Category
Antique 1730s English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Unusually Small Antique Secretary / Secretaire / Bureau Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Unusually small scale George I period walnut bureau bookcase, this is a fine example of its type
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Beautiful Danish Modern Teak Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautiful drop front desk or bureau in teak, dating to the 60's. Fall front lid opens to large work
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
1950s Spanish Midcentury Bureau or Secretary Desk
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Midcentury secretary desk completely restored and renovated with blue-turquoise gradient paint on
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Beech, Paint
(302-53) Danish Teak Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
-1960′s Danish teak
-Slide out writing table, drawer storage & two sliding glass doors
-Lots of storage & display options
-Office desk, dresser & display piece
-Some minor marks ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak, Glass
An English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase Secretary
Located in Woodbury, CT
A George III mahogany bureau secretary with glazed doors, carved cornice and waist molding on a
Category
Antique 19th Century British George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Ib Kofod Larsen Teak Secretary Desk Bureau Cabinet
Located in Vancouver, BC
Wonderful drop front writing bureau or secretary desk in teak designed by renowned Dane, Ib Kofod
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Teak
An 18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase Secretary Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
A George III figural mahogany bureau bookcase with fitted butler's secretary drawer. The crest with
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Small Queen Anne style burr walnut bureau secretary
Located in Chelmsford, GB
A good quality Queen Anne style walnut bureau .
A very well proportioned small size with a well
Category
Vintage 1950s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Small Queen Anne style burr walnut bureau secretary
Located in Chelmsford, GB
A good quality Queen Anne style walnut bureau .
A very well proportioned small size with a well
Category
Vintage 1950s English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Impressive rosewood bureau secretary by Ib Kofod Larsen
By Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in London, GB
Width: 104cm
Height: 121cm
Depth: 48cm
A beautifully crafted 1960s bureau in solid rosewood by
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Borge Mogensen Teak Drop Front Secretary Desk Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
Drop front secretary desk designed by Borge Mogensen and produced by FDB out of Denmark in the mid
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Teak
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Secretary Bureau For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal secretary bureau for your home. Frequently made of wood, metal and oak, every secretary bureau was constructed with great care. Find 72 options for an antique or vintage secretary bureau now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. There are many kinds of the secretary bureau you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A secretary bureau, designed in the Georgian, Louis XV or Scandinavian Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one secretary bureau that is appealing in its simplicity, but Ib Kofod-Larsen, Alfonso Marina and Paolo Buffa produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Secretary Bureau?
Prices for a secretary bureau start at $1,104 and top out at $89,000 with the average selling for $5,742.
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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