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Secretaires For Sale
Late 19th Century Spanish Walnut Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
A late 19th century Spanish Walnut Bureau bookcase ‘secretaire’ with fretwork open swan neck pediment, centred by a shaped finial, above a pair of doors, slant front enclosed writing...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Italian 18th Century Walnut Slant-Front Secretaire with Ash Inlay and Marquetry
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian walnut and ash slant-front secretaire from the 18th century with three drawers and star shaped marquetry. This exquisite 18th-century Italian slant-front secretaire, craft...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Ash, Walnut
Spanish Fall-Front Secretary Desk in Carved Oak, Spain, circa 1950
Located in Miami, FL
Mid 20th century walnut Spanish fall-front secretary with molded carvings in drawers and doors.
Measures: Height from the floor to the open leaf: 32.40in.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Oak
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Light Blue Large Secretaire with Storage Designed by Eric Gizard, Paris
By Éric Gizard
Located in Landivy, FR
This large secretary desk is designed by the famous parisian Designer Eric Gizard and delivered fully mounted.
The overall dimensions of the b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Ash, Lacquer
Queen Anne Bureau Bookcase in Inlaid Walnut, c. 1710
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine Bureau Bookcase of the Queen Anne period. The frame constructed in walnut, with inlaid elm designs.
The slanted fall-front opens to reveal a herringbone-inlaid arrangem...
Category
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
20th Century Inlaid Wood Italian in Louis XV Style Trumeau Desk, 1960s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian trumeau from 20th century. Louis XV style furniture nicely inlaid in walnut, maple and fruitwood. Double body trumeau equipped with two drawers and fall-front in the lower pa...
Category
1960s Italian Louis XV Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Secretary Baroque Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A secretary made during the baroque period 1650 - 1750 in Sweden. Made from oak. All original. Three drawers and upper interior with drawers and compartements.
Category
18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
$12,800
Gillows of Lancaster attri., Gothic Revival Oak Architect
s Desk
Located in London, GB
Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. A rare Gothic Revival architect's folding desk. The top has opposing slides opening to reveal a compartment for storing drawing utensils etc. The ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Large English 19thC Ebonised Mahogany Glazed Bookcase Secretaire
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1870.
Large English 19thC Ebonised Mahogany Glazed Bookcase Secretaire with 4 glazed cabinet doors above a pull out mid section leather writing slide. With 2 large dovetailed d...
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier Desk, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Biedermeier desk in walnut, featuring a wide central drawer and front supports in the form of full columns, with flat pilaster legs at the back. The piece displays the elegant simpli...
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Inlaid Wood Biedermeier Style Austrian Secrétaire Desk, 1960s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Austrian secretaire from the 20th century. Biedermeier style furniture elegantly inlaid, veneered and carved in walnut, maple, beech and fruitwood. Secretaire built in a single body,...
Category
1960s Austrian Biedermeier Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Rare Jay Spectre "Perceptive" Drop Front Desk
By Jay Spectre
Located in Chicago, IL
Primavera and brushed stainless steel drop front secretary has four drawers with brushed steel Art Deco inspired pulls, plus additional shelf storage. Origami angularity turns this e...
Category
Late 20th Century American Secretaires
Materials
Steel
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Swedish Two-part Secretaire Circa 1810
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning 19th-century Swedish two-part secretaire, crafted circa 1810, exemplifies the timeless elegance of Gustavian design. Featuring a beautifully aged painted finish in soft...
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Widdicomb Solid Cherry Butlers Drop Front Leather Top Desk Breakfront MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Widdicomb Solid Cherry Butlers Drop Front Leather Top Desk Breakfront MINT
Category
20th Century American French Provincial Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Empire Drop Front Desk, Kopenhagen, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
Empire drop front desk, Copenhagen 1810-20.
This unique Danish secretary desk is embellished with mahogany veneer. The lower part has three cur...
Category
1810s Danish Empire Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Hollywood Swank Faux Gator Highboy Secretary Desk Combination by Michael Amini
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elevate your workspace with the Hollywood Swank Faux Gator Highboy Secretary Desk by Michael Amini. This luxurious piece combines faux gator skin tex...
Category
1990s Chinese Modern Secretaires
Materials
Chrome
$320 Sale Price
57% Off
Early 20th Century Secretary with Drawers and Marquetry and Brass Details
Located in New York, NY
This early 20th century secretary has two drawers and a flap, with storage behind the flap. The flap opens by key, which is included. The ...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Regency Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Arne Hovmand Olsen Vanity / Secretary in Teak with Etched Glass Doors
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark
Designer: Arne Hovmand Olsen
Manufacturer: Linnebjerg
Era: 1950s
Materials: Teak, Glass
Measurements: 39.5" wide x 21.5" deep x 33" tall
Condition: In excelle...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Teak, Glass
Baroque Walnut Secretaire, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Italian secretaire standing on bracket feet with four drawers and trapezoidal top with an inclined flap. The walnut veneer is contrasted with panel-shaped frames and decorated with a...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
19th C Chippendale Style Mahogany Block Front Shell Carved Secretary Desk Lowboy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century Chippendale style mahogany blockfront secretary desk. Item features solid mahogany wood construction, dramatic shapely legs terminating with ball and claw feet on the fr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Chippendale Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$11,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Danish Secretary
Located in Austin, TX
Secretary from mid-century Denmark made of solid wood construction, primarily rosewood. This piece has four wooden legs with an x stretcher. There are three dovetailed drawers with e...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Rosewood
Beautiful French 19th Century Hand-Painted Secretary Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful French 19th century hand-painted secretary desk, the patina is so much beautiful in person, it has a little repair on one side, see...
Category
1880s French Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Sleek Danish Mid Century Modern Designer Secretary Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Danish Design Danish glossy veneer secretary attributed Erling Torvits for Klim Møbelfabrik. This secretary has a hinged leaf that drops down and becomes a sturdy desktop. Inside the...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century Swedish Two Part Mahogany Bureau - Antique Leather Secretaire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th-century, antique Swedish two-part bureau made of handcrafted, polished, partly veneered Mahogany in good condition. The secretaire is composed of two upper doors, three shelve...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
French Directoire Style Medium-Large Secretary Desk in Wood, Orange
Gray
Located in Landivy, FR
This Secretary desk is a handmade modernized interpretation of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century. This period design is remarkable with its straight, classic...
Category
2010s French Neoclassical Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Wood, Cherry, Lacquer
Empire Secretaire, Walnut, Maple, Paw Feet, Austria circa 1815
Located in Regensburg, DE
Fine Early Biedermeier or late Empire Secretaire / Drop-Front /Secretary Desk from Austria around 1815-20.
Walnut veneered on hardwood (walnut and mahogany). Partly ebonized and deta...
Category
1820s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
$9,473 Sale Price
31% Off
Edwards and Roberts Antique Inlaid Secretary Desk, 1860-1875, London
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Stately Mahogany inlaid leather top secretary desk, London England 1860-1875 by Cabinetmakers Edwards and Roberts. Moulded cornice over arched glazed panel doors with green fabric lined interior above a rolled front inlaid fan, shell and scroll decoration.
Pull out embossed green leather writing surface above graduated drawers on narrow feet: stamped "Edwards and Roberts" on top drawers edge. Famous cabinetry makers.
The firm Edwards and Roberts were among the best English antique furniture cabinet makers of the second half of the nineteenth century. The company was founded in 1845 and by 1854 was trading as ‘Edwards and Roberts’, 21 Wardour Street, ‘Antique and Modern Cabinet...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Glass, Mahogany
Original 18th Century Venetian Secretary Desk Bookcase burled walnut with inlaid
Located in Vigonza, Padua
What makes this piece unique and special is its originali twist to the characteristic Secretaire, a must-have object among Venetian aristocratic families that could not be missing in...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Dutch Rococo Style Bombe Burled Walnut Secretaire
Located in Chicago, IL
Dutch Rococo style burled walnut bombe front secretaire with carved ball and claw feet. Three drawers with cast brass pulls and cast brass detailed key ho...
Category
1940s Dutch Rococo Revival Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Stunning Poul Hundevad Rosewood Secretary Cabinet , Denmark
Located in Buffalo, NY
Danish modern, two piece, book matched rosewood, bookcase secretary cabinet by Poul Hundevad ... Birch wood interior,,, features a 26 inch height bottom cabinet with sliding doors, a...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Birch, Rosewood
*An Exquisite 19th Century French Flame Mahogany Fitted Secretaire
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Exquisite 19th Century French Flame Mahogany Secretaire.
Complete With Fitted Interior, & Enclosed Shelves, Raised On A Plinth ...
Category
19th Century French Regency Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass, Steel
18th Century English Painted Bureau
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th century English painted oak fall front bureau. 1760.
Height to desk: 28 1/4-inches
Internal reference: H
Code: 8872
Dimensions:
W: 43.5" (110.5 cm)
H: 39.5" (100.3 cm)
D: ...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Paul McCobb Connoisseur Collection Mahogany and Cane Secretary Bar Cabinet
By Paul McCobb
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Paul McCobb Connoisseur Collection Mid Century Mahogany and Cane Secretary Bar Cabinet
This secretary measures: 38.25 wide x 18 deep x 77.5 inches hig...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
Antique English Regency Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, Circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Regency Mahogany Secretary bookcase, Circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
19th Century Venetian Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
A painted Venetian secretaire with shelves and drawers on bottom portion of body.
Category
19th Century Antique Secretaires
Extraordinary Mahogany Sécrétaire À Abattant, Circa 1810
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Secrétaire à abattant with arched bonnet and a fall front elaborately decorated with brass and copper inlay along with a scarab form drop pull. The arched door drop down to reveal co...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Barley Twist English Oak Secretary with Display Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, TX
This cabinet/secretary comes from England.
The cabinet is made from English oak.
It is highly carved and boast barley twist columns.
The cabinet doors have beautiful fretwork wedged ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Biedermeier Secretary Desk in Maple Burl
By Biedermeier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A refined 19th-century Biedermeier secretary desk, exquisitely crafted in maple burl and veneers, showcasing the elegance and simplicity characteristic of the Biedermeier period. The...
Category
19th Century German Antique Secretaires
Materials
Maple
Red Large Secrétaire, Design by Eric Gizard, Paris
By Éric Gizard
Located in Landivy, FR
This large secretary desk is mounted in our French workshops and delivered fully assembled.
The overall dimensions of the box itself are
Widt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Ash, Lacquer
$3,766 / item
Rare Golden Lacquer and Brass Maison Jansen Secretary Cabinet 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
An exciting example of French design firm Maison Jansen’s commissioned pieces. This secretary cabinet is made from solid mahogany, lacquered in a rich dark brown and bronze–golden fi...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Clock Secretary Circa 1820
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exceptional 19th-century Swedish clock secretary, circa 1820, combines functionality with timeless Gustavian elegance. Crafted from pine, this impressive piece features a beauti...
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Pine, Paint
Vintage French Louis XVI Style Cherry Abbatant Secretary Desk for Bloomingdales
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XVI Style Cherry Wood Abbatant Secretary Desk for Bloomingdale's. Item features 2 dovetailed drawers with lined interior, working locks and key, green tooled leather top writing surface, original label which reads "Made expressly for Bloomingdale...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XV Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
English Sheraton Satinwood Secretary
Located in Queens, NY
English Sheraton-style (19th Century) satinwood and inlaid small secretary with arched lattice doors and pediment top
Category
19th Century Sheraton Antique Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Satinwood
20th Century Biedermeier Style Secretaire
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Biedermeier style secretaire
Delicate secretaire in Biedermeier style. Tulip veneer, partially blackened, on solid pinewood....
Category
20th Century Biedermeier Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Pine
Henri 2 Cabinet or Secretaire in Sculpted Oak Renaissance Style, 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Rare cabinet desk Henri II style in carved oak. The base is made up of two boxes each with a drawer and a door carved and framed by columns. On the wooden top rests the cabinet treat...
Category
1870s French Renaissance Revival Antique Secretaires
Materials
Oak
$2,775 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Style Dore Bronze Mounted Boulle Marquetry Secretary Desk or Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous Louis XV style French dore bronze mounted Boulle Marquetry secretary desk or cabinet. With a cylindrical form in ebonized veneer a...
Category
1830s French Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
$59,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Secretaire by Jacques Adnet
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deci secretaire desk was designed by Jacques Adnet, made of Tamo Ash Wood. The style of this secretaire features sleek lines, geometric shapes and a comb...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Ash
Flemish Style Bombe Secretary Bookcase by Marge Carson
By Marge Carson
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and dramatic cabinet in the Flemish style, by Marge Carson, Inc., 2004. In a fine distressed ecru with gilt trim finish. The scrolled crest rail with a shell center over double textured glass...
Category
Early 2000s American Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood
Elegant Louis XV Period French Secretary Desk with Hidden Compartment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period Rococo secretary with hidden compartment, circa 1760. This antique French writing desk features a slant-leaf front...
Category
Early 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Peter Hvidt Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen Sekretär Midcentury Søborg teak
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen und sehr seltenen Midcentury Sekretär von Søborg Møbelfabrik aus den 1960er Jahren zum Verkauf an. Der Entwurf stammt von Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-N...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Teak
Gorgeous Walnut And Ostrich Leather Slant Front Secretary Desk
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Gorgeous Walnut And Ostrich Leather Slant Front Secretary Desk
Dimensions : 35" Wide X 23" Deep X 45" Tall
This stunning secretary desk was made in a gorgeous faux ostrich leather ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Ostrich Leather, Walnut
Blue French secrétaire desk with storage units, designed by Eric Gizard, Paris
By Éric Gizard
Located in Landivy, FR
This secretary Desk belongs to our ÉGÉE COLLECTION and has been created in a KUBE concept for optimized storage spaces.
The ÉGÉE collection is designed by the Parisian designer Eri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Ash, Lacquer
French Painted Secretary Desk with Fallfront, Mid 19th century
Located in South Salem, NY
This late 19th-century French secretary exudes timeless elegance with its creamy painted finish. Its writing surface boasts a faux marble pattern, a lovely feature of French furnitur...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Early-20th Century Art Deco Secretaire, likely Scandinavian
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Art Deco secretaire, likely of Scandinavian origin, dating to the 1920s. Raised on tall, tapering legs with patinated capitals and brass sabots, the piece features a wide dra...
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century Roll-Top Bureau, France
Located in New York, NY
French roll-top desk resting on fluted legs with brass inlays and sabots. The refined fluting continues along the pilasters, creating a cohesive design. The lower section offers ampl...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Secretaires
Materials
Marble, Brass
$22,000 / item
Louis Philippe Secretary with Marble Top
Located in Hudson, NY
Louis Philippe secretary with marble top.
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Stunning Victorian Antique Golden Oak Slant Front Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elevate your interior with the timeless elegance of this Victorian antique slant front desk, crafted in richly grained golden oak and featurin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Kindel Winterthur Collection Mahogany Goddard Townsend Secretary Writing Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
Kindel Winterthur Collection Mahogany Goddard Townsend Blockfront Secretary Writing Desk. Made from mahogany with a high sheen finish. This exception ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Federal Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$4,900 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Mahogany Secretary Chest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A classic secretary chest finely crafted in mahogany. With a tall fall front top opening to a fitted interior with three small drawers above and below the serpentine cubby holes. The...
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Secretary by Emiel Veranneman, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Secretary by Emiel Veranneman, 1950s
Neon system not in working condition
Category
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Antique, New and Vintage Secretaires
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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