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Tall Walnut Mid-Century Modern Drop Front Secretary Desk Bookcase
By American of Martinsville
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern American walnut tall drop front secretary desk bookcase.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Unusual Swedish Antique Tall Country Secretary Desk in Painted Pine
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare Swedish secretary desk dated 1847 and monogrammed. The secretary desk is made in painted pine
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Tall Mahogany and Yew Wood Chippendale Style Computer Secretary Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
High quality 103" (8.6") Chippendale style two piece bookcase computer secretary desk. Item
Category
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Danish Modern Tall Teak bookcase lower dresser desk secretary
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid Century Danish Modern Tall Teak bookcase lower dresser desk secretary By Designer Johannes
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Teak
Tall Federal Style Drop Front Secretary Individual Pains Glass Door Bookcase
By Baker Furniture Company, Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tall Federal Style drop front secretary individual pains glass door bookcase. Stunning exotic wood
Category
20th Century American Federal Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood, Pearwood
Tall Narrow English Turn of Century Mahogany Georgian Secretary Beveled Glass
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Turn of the century mahogany Georgian two part secretary leather top desk writing table with
Category
20th Century English Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Italian Walnut Sliding Glass Top Secretary Tall Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
, secretary with sliding top with black glass for a seated position when extended, a top shelf and 2 front
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Glass
Mid 19th Century French Mahogany Buffet Deux Corps Bookcase Secretary 90-in tall
Located in Fayetteville, AR
secretary with a gold tooled black leather writing surface. The interior of the secretary is fitted with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Bookcases
Materials
Leather, Glass, Mahogany
Mid-Century Post Modern Red Secretary Desk or Tall Cabinet after Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous postmodern designed cabinet, circa 1980s. It features extremely well built red cabinetry with ingenious doors and drawer design. In the manner of Ettore Sottsass for Memphis.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Cabinets
Materials
Laminate, Wood
19th Century Swedish Pine Secretary Bureau
Located in Round Top, TX
Pine secretary or "bureau" from Sweden from the latter 1800's.
Standing 4.5' tall, this secretary
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Country Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Peter Hvidt
Orla Mølgaard Secretary Bookcase
By Hvidt
Mølgaard
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tall Danish teak secretary bookcase designed by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard, Denmark. The locking
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Antique Pine Secretary Desk, Sweden circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
dovetail joints all resting on bun feet.
Standing 4.5' tall, this secretary serves well for storage with 3
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Country Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Vintage Mid-Century American of Martinsville Highboy Secretary
By American of Martinsville
Located in Pasadena, TX
Tall dropfront dresser secretary.
Drop front desk with louver details with storage drawers
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Materials
Walnut
Antique White Painted Gustavian Secretary Desk Bureau, Sweden
Located in Round Top, TX
Stately and elegant, this tall white Gustavian pine secretary shows off with the distinctive shape
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique Gray Painted Gustavian Secretary Desk Bureau, Sweden
Located in Round Top, TX
Stately and elegant, this tall dove gray gustavian pine secretary shows off with the distinctive
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Danish Walnut Wood Bookcase
Pull-Out Secretary Desk, 1960s
Located in Detroit, MI
This vintage mid century Danish modern tall walnut wood bookcase and secretary desk is circa 1960
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Art Deco Burled Walnut Secretary
Stool by Merryweather Holloway London
By Merryweather and Sons 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
compartment beneath.
The overall measurements of the secretary are 75" tall x 18" deep x 31" wide. The desk
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Renaissance Revival Walnut Secretary Cabinet with Arched Doors, 19th Century
Located in Sarasota, FL
Description: A tall and narrow Renaissance Revival secretary cabinet in walnut, late 19th century
Category
Antique 19th Century European Renaissance Revival Secretaires
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Secretary Dania Collection American of Martinsville Gershun
By American of Martinsville, Merton Gershun
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a tall, walnut secretary, with louvered drawers, brass trim and sculpted
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Antique French Desk Writing Table Secretary Drawers Oak Petite Renaissance Table
Located in Tyler, TX
surface is 29.5" tall
Lower drawer is 18" wide x 14.5" x 3.25" (tall/interior depth)
Upper secretary is
Category
Antique 1880s French Renaissance Revival Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Biedermeier or Swedish Empire Fall-Front Secretary in Birch, circa 1830
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Biedermeier Fall Front Secretary, circa 1830 is a wonderful example of form meeting function.
It features a
Category
Antique 1820s Swedish Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Birch, Cherry
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Marquetry Secretary Chest with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
circa 1870, the tall fruitwood secretary features intricate marquetry and parquetry decor, decorative
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
European 1790s Rococo Tall Vitrine Secrétaire with Carved Scrolled Pediment
Located in Atlanta, GA
century, this stunning tall painted secretary features two large carved volutes with pierced décor
Category
Antique Late 18th Century European Rococo Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Vintage Danish Teak High Secretaire by Johannes Sorth, 1960s
By Bornholm Møbelfabrik
Located in Asaa, DK
small island of Bornholm.
Tall Mid-Century Modern secretary with draw out tabletop and tambour doors
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Faux Bamboo Tall Secretary with Pullout Desktop
Located in New York, NY
Tall Secretary with Pullout Desktop, Three Drawers and Mirrored Door, Faux Bamboo Detailing, French
Category
Early 20th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Faux Bamboo
Tall Secretary Dresser by Borge Mogensen
Located in New York, NY
Nicely proportioned Teak and Oak Secretary Dresser by Borge Mogensen. Features a pull down door
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Teak, Oak
Brouer Mobel Danish Modern Tall Secretary Bookcase
By Brouer Mobel
Located in Fairfield, ME
A spectacular specimen in amazing condition. A fine quality, solid teak piece with beveled edge trim around the entire case. With a large fold down lid with the original brass key ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Signed Johan Tapp Tall Secretary Desk
Bookcase
Located in Southfield, MI
Fabulous and rare piece by the Chicago studio of Johan Tapp, master furniture maker. Dating to the early 1940's, this piece is realized in cerused (waxed) brown mahogany, and serves ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Secretaires
English 18th Century Bureau Bookcase
Located in Athens, GA
, ivory escutcheons, a solid, impressively tall secretary.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Modernage Tall Chest with Secretary
Located in Hudson, NY
Five drawer tall chest with drop front secretary drawer. Produced by Modernage, circa 1930.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Tall Teak Danish Modern Secretary Dresser
Located in New York, NY
Danish Modern Tall Teak Secretary with 3 dresser drawers, 6 miniature accessory drawers, open
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Tall Country French Secretary in Walnut
Located in Dallas, TX
Tall Country French secretary in walnut from the Don Ruseau Company in New York. Doors have been
Category
20th Century American Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Tall Brass and Burlwood Secretary/Media Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Vintage burlwood secretary with brass banding detail and impressive brass hardware. The secretary
Category
20th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Brass
French Art Deco Tall Flame Mahogany Secretary, circa 1940s
Located in Hialeah, FL
A French Art Deco flame mahogany secretary, circa 1940s. Upper sliding glass doors, drop down front
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Secretaires
Rare Tall 1950s T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings Modernist Secretary Cabinet
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Washington, DC
Rare Tall 1950s T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings Modernist Secretary Cabinet
Category
Vintage 1950s American Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Maple
Gustavian Secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tall Gustavian Secretary in a worn grey and black patina.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Secretaires
$19,740
Gustavian Secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tall Gustavian Secretary with two doors that open up on top and three drawers on bottom.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
$10,875
Blue Gustavian Secretary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tall Gustavian Secretary in a worn pale blue patina.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Wood
$23,375
Biedermeier style secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
. The secretary is 72" tall, 23" wide and 11" deep; the writing surface extends out 15" when open.
Category
Antique 19th Century German Secretaires
Materials
Pine, Oak
Paul McCobb Secretary
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tall and slender secretary comprised of bottom base cabinet and top bookcase. Brass stretchers
Category
20th Century American Secretaires
$3,200
Early 19th Century Swedish Secretary
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Tall early 19th century Swedish secretary /cabinet. Refinished in pale grey milk paint.
31 1/2
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Vintage Italian Rococo Chinoiserie Secretary
Located in Hudson, NY
a beautiful tall vintage Italian Chinoiserie secretary. the base has 3 drawers, and the stepped
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Jack Cartwright for Founders Secretary with Drawers
By Jack Cartwright, Founders Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Midcentury walnut tall dresser with a pullout secretary and three lower drawers designed by Jack
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Magnificent Drexel Chinoiserie Japanned Secretary Desk Cabinet
Located in Southfield, MI
Signed and dated 1969, this Drexel chinoiserie tall case secretary desk/cabinet was just removed
Category
Vintage 1960s American Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Rosewood Secretary Desk by Rosengren Hansen for Brande
Located in Vancouver, BC
Original rosewood tall drop desk, secretary desk designed by Rosengren Hansen and produced by
Category
20th Century Danish Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood, Leather
Three Bay Teak Cado Wall Unit
By Poul Cadovius
Located in Long Beach, CA
, one sliding door cabinet (31.5" wide x 15" deep x 16.5"tall), one drop front secretary desk cabinet
Category
Mid-20th Century Shelves
Stately George I Burl Walnut Slope Front Desk. English Circa 1720
Located in New York, NY
replaced. English, Circa 1720
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Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Georgian Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Important Regency Rosewood Cylinder Desk with Brass Details, English, circa 1815
Located in New York, NY
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Florian Papp, fine
Category
Antique 19th Century British Regency Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Rococo-Style Painted Bureau Bookcase. Early 20thC
Located in New York, NY
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Italian, Early 20th Century
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Category
20th Century Bookcases
1940s Chinese Red Painted Secretary with Gilded Accents and Slant-Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage Chinese tall secretary from the 1940s with red painted body and gilded decorative accents
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Secretaires
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Regency Secretary
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Atlanta, GA
Regency Secretary, Tall and narrow and of "diminutive" proportions, The upper case with four
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Secretaires
Materials
Brass
$9,499
1970s Drexel Bamboo Secretary Desk
By Drexel
Located in Amherst, NH
Vintage 1970s Drexel Furniture bamboo and cane accented tall two part secretary desk. The top part
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Cane, Wood
Teak Bookcase / Secretary Unit by Johannes Sorth for Nexø Møbelfabrik, 1967
By Nexø Møbelfabrik 1
Located in Houston, TX
Tall bookcase or secretary unit designed by Johannes Sorth for Nexø Møbelfabrik made of teak. This
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak
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Tall Secretary For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the tall secretary you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, glass and brass, every tall secretary was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect tall secretary — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each tall secretary bearing Rococo, Baroque or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. Baker Furniture Company and Paul McCobb each produced at least one beautiful tall secretary that is worth considering.
How Much is a Tall Secretary?
Prices for a tall secretary can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $695 and can go as high as $22,000, while the average can fetch as much as $6,625.
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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