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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique George II period small walnut bureau
Located in London, GB
A George II period golden walnut Bureau of attractive small proportions, herringbone inlaid throughout, having ¼ veneered fall-front opening to reveal leather writing surface and ste...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Top cabinet secretary, Baden, around 1780/90 Walnut and walnut burl
Located in Münster, DE
Secretary à deux corps
Top cabinet Baden, around 1780/90
Walnut and walnut burl veneered and marquetry,
3-tier chest of drawers, cylinder lock with automatic pull-out mechanism, o...
Category
German Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Nutwood
$14,958 Sale Price
20% Off
1750s Spanish Bargueño with Marquetry and Red Tortoiseshell Plaques
Located in Marbella, ES
An elegant antique Spanish chest, richly decorated with filigree marquetry in gold tones and red tortoiseshell panels inlaid on each drawer front. Its original wrought iron fittings ...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
English Chippendale Mahogany Secretary / Bookcase with Interior Drawers, C. 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany slant front architects secretary / bookcase with a carved dentil molded edge cornice, upper flanking glass doors with...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Baroque Secretaire, Bern ‘Switzerland’ 1750, Attribute to Mathaeus Funk
By Mathaeus Funk
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite 18th century Baroque secretaire, Bern (Switzerland) 1750, attributed to Mathaeus Funk (cabinetmaker 1697-1783). Rectangular body with two ...
Category
Swiss Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Elegant Louis XVI Cherrywood Secrétaire Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Louis XVI cherrywood secrétaire cabinet.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Cherry
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau / Secretaire, Copenhagen Approx. 1780
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI bureau / Secretaire in 3 parts.
Upper part with three doors. Middle part door with fluted over a la grecque away, flanked by pair of side doors with oval fillings. Exteriors of doors with fluted flat profiles.
With 2 fold-down writing boards: Top writing board with leather for standing working position.
Behind the writing board a small drawer front with additional small drawers. Middle part with sloping writing flap for a sitting working position.
Behind the writing board are numerous drawers in Thuja wood...
Category
Danish Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
$6,305 Sale Price
40% Off
18th c American Mahogany Dome Top Secretary with Compass Star Inlay
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful form two part American mahogany dome top secretary, its upper case with a molded cornice over two fitted doors, opening to a compartmentalized interior with open shaped v...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Mahogany Bureau, Copenhagen 1780-1790
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Louis XVI bureau in solid mahogany. In 3 parts.
Top with tooth cut profiled top list. Pair of doors with fillings, sides with profiled quartz columns.
Bottom part with slant-front desk behind which numerous small drawers with knobs in bone.
Sides with fluted columns.
All keyholes with brass...
Category
Danish Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Classicist Vienna Secretary, circa 1790
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Richly inlaid classicist secretary circa 1790-1800 original from Vienna. Some repairs in the past. Very good original condition with sigs of usage.
Category
Austrian Biedermeier Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Elegant Louis XVI Cherrywood Secrétaire Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Louis XVI cherrywood secrétaire cabinet.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Cherry
Dressing Chest
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An 18th century mahogany dressing chest with bookcase and writing surface, designed by Thomas Chippendale. An attractive, practical and compact piece of...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
$32,759
AMAZING ENGLISH STATIONERY BIN WITH LIFTING 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
AMAZING STATIONERY BIN WITH LIFTING
English, 18th century.
in lacquered wood.
Gold decoration representing pagodas and river landscapes. Friezes with plant motifs.
Lower body with ...
Category
English Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Lacquer
18th century Secretaire with fold down table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Period 18th century Secretaire, complete with fold down writing table and secret drawer. Recently waxed and polished, this piece is in excellent condition.
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Table Top Escritoire with Revolving Tabernacle
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Table Top Escritoire with Revolving Tabernacle
This piece is made in superb Walnut veneers, it is of European in origin with many drawers and a disguised central section, it has a ...
Category
William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Dutch Neoclassical Apothecary Cabinet, Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Dutch neoclassical apothecary cabinet ~ secretary was obviously a product of sublimely talented artisans, indeed! Created with a stately elegance inspired by ancient Greek architects, it features a crown with facing pitched moldings flanking a center pediment that is a design copied by the early Federal style furniture crafters in the then-young country of the USA. A bold cornice provides a platform for the crown moldings, and appears over the generously sized upper cabinet, whose two large, tailored doors open to reveal adjustable shelf storage above, and a tambour cabinet below that opens to reveal multiple cubby holes, ideal for the pharmacist...
Category
Dutch Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Brass
18th century Louis XVI Walnut Bureau, France
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 18th century French Louis XVI Bureau in Walnut with drop front, inner writing surface and cubby holes.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Italian Rococo Oyster Burl Secretary Cabinet / Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Rococo secretary desk / cabinet with an upper door that folds down to reveal a writing surface and 5 small interior drawers, over three drawers with serpentine fronts and orn...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Metal, Brass
Late 18th-Century Scandinavian Two-Part Secretary, Circa 1790
Located in Atlanta, GA
This rare Scandinavian two-part secretary dates to the late 18th century and exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of Northern European furniture from the Gustavian era. The upper se...
Category
Scandinavian Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood
Louis XVI–Style Secretary with Glass Doors, Repainted Black, Blue Interior
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined Louis XVI–style secretary featuring a classic architectural form and elegant proportions. The upper section is fitted with glazed doors, revealing a contrasting blue-painte...
Category
Danish Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Baroque Cabinet with Secretaire, Germany 1750
Located in Belmont, MA
Add timeless elegance to your home or office with this original Baroque cabinet featuring a built-in secretary desk, crafted in Germany circa 1750. This exquisite piece originates fr...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Kingwood Bureau De Dame
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French kingwood bureau de dame.
With gilt bronze decorative mounts.
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Late 18th Century Pine Secretaire with Slanted Desk and Geometric Panels
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish pine tall secretaire from the late 18th century, with carved date, slanted desk and geometric panels. Created in Spain during the last quarte...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Pine
Secrétaire veneered and inlaid in different woods, France, late 18th century
Located in Milano, IT
Secrétaire panelled in rosewood and inlaid in different woods, France, late 18th century. The body is entirely panelled with herringbone panels within inlaid Greek-style frames. On t...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
English Scarlet Gilt and Polychrome Japanned Secretary
Located in Stamford, CT
A marvelous 18th century scarlet gilt and poly chrome secretary later Japanned. This English secretary has a double domed cornice over a pair of mirrored doors opening to fitted inte...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Louis XIV Carved Walnut Wood Drop-Leaf Cabinet
Located in IT
This elegant drop-leaf cabinet was made in the early eighteenth century in walnut wood finely carved with rocaille motifs. It has a particular patina of the carvings, slightly darker...
Category
European Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
$35,976 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century 2 Piece Secretary Desk Writer’s Bureau
Located in Pasadena, TX
48" Victorian secretary desk writer’s Bureau
Crafted from solid cherry, this multi-function piece can serve as a desk as well as a bookcase....
Category
North American Victorian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
German Biedermeier Olivewood Inlaid and Parcel Gilt Secretary / Bookcase
Located in Queens, NY
German Biedermeier (18th Century) olivewood secretary / bookcase in shaped rectangular with the top section having a hinged 2-door shelved cabinet with glass windows bordered by parc...
Category
German Biedermeier Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century Baroque Secretaire, South German, 1750-1760
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique 18th century Baroque secretaire, South German, probably Lake of Constance region, circa 1750-1760.
Elaborate bombe shaped Baroque secretaire with beautiful walnut, elmwood an...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Louis XVI Secretaire with Urn Decoration, around 1790
Located in Greding, DE
Louis Seize secretary featuring five drawers and a flat writing flap. Veneered with cherry wood, this secretary is adorned with fire-shaded inlays. The central motif of the laurel wr...
Category
German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Italian Neoclassical Walnut Hinged Secretary / Bookcase on Fluted Legs, C. 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian Neoclassical Walnut hinged slant front secretary / bookcase with molded edge cornice, flanking carved incised pinwheels, upper hinged doors with interior shelving, central in...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Parmesan Louis XV tiffin, mid-18th century
Located in Vicenza, IT
Elegant Emilian limelight of Parma manufacture, datable to the mid-18th century, the middle of the Louis XV period. Carved solid wood cabinet, entirely hand-carved, with rich rocaill...
Category
European Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Secrétaire en Cabinet by Jean-Francois Leleu
By Jean-François Leleu
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The later breccia marble top over two paneled doors opening to reveal shelves, above a drawer over a fall front with an interior fitted with drawers and compartments, and two further...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Secretaire, France 1770
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite secretaire de dame, France 18th century, beautiful kingwood veneer on front, sides, top, back and the inside. The writing surface is covered with leather. With original bro...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
An 18th century gilt-bronze mounted double-face desk or bureau plat with herring-bone marquetry. The k...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
Walnut and plum Baroque Secretary à deux corps around 1760
Located in Münster, DE
Secretary à deux corps
Baroque around 1760
Walnut and plum veneered on softwood, lower part with concave corrus and three drawers,
two-door top with symmetrically arranged compart...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Nutwood
Fine Gillows George III Period Satinwood Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
An exceptional English Sheraton-period satinwood secretaire cabinet. Attributed to Gillows.
Late-18th century, George III, ca 1790.
Measures:
H 59 1/2’’ (151 cm)
W 30’’ (76 cm)
D 19’’ (49 cm).
This small, beautifully-proportioned, and sophisticated antique writing cabinet...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Satinwood
Louis XVI Cylinder Desk, South German, 1780-1800
Located in Belmont, MA
Exquisite Louis XVI Cylinder Desk, South German, 1780-1800, with beautiful walnut veneer on the outside and on the inside, including the writin...
Category
German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$6,950 Sale Price
42% Off
Inlaid Drop-Leaf Secretaire Fir Walnut Slab Veneer, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Veronese drop-leaf secretaire date back to mid-18th century. Walnut burl slab veneered fir with marple and cypress treadings.
Three crossbow-shaped drawers surmounted by a folding d...
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Silver
18th Century Walnut Bureau
Located in Faversham, GB
A splendid and well proportioned 18th century and later walnut bureau of exceptional craftsmanship.
The top is finished with a galleried edge upon turned vase finials. The fall open...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
$4,094 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Oak Drop Front Secretaire
Located in Dallas, TX
French oak drop front secretarie with green leather writing surface.
Circa 1780
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Metal
$10,920 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century, Italian Walnut Wood Bureau Chest of Drawer
Located in IT
18th century, Italian walnut wood bureau chest of drawer
This bureau chest of drawer was made in Emilia, in Italy, at the beginning of the 18th century. The structure is entirely paved in the precious wood essence of walnut and walnut root. The upper portion has a door that opens to the fore to show inside a compartment divided into six drawers. There is also a secret, which is fulfilled by running the support plan.
The front then has three drawers equipped with door locks and handles in chiseled bronze.
The cabinet rests on a band that front is interrupted to create two feet, a feature that gives elegance and lightness to the compositional line.
The walnut veneer is applied playing on the different designs of the wood and this gives the furniture a refined chromatic effect of great decorative.
This flap is suitable to be inserted in different environments of your home is combined with antique furniture in...
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Ladies Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
Charming and rare 18th C. Italian painted small ladies desk having deep yellow, maroon and and gold/ochre scrolling foliate in chinoiserie motifs wit...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$4,225 Sale Price
35% Off
18th Century Baroque Secretary or Writing Desk in Walnut
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Exceptional Baroque secretary or writing desk, probably from southern Germany, around 1760.
The softwood corpus à deux corps, ornamentally veneered in walnut, burl and other preciou...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Nutwood, Walnut, Pine
Late 18th Century French Cherry Wood Secretaire
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A late 18th century French provincial secretary made of cherry wood.
Solidly cherrywood body standing on 6 feet with moulded sides, slight...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Cherry
Secretary in Mahogany With Inlaid wood and Brass Handles from the 1790s
Located in Lejre, DK
Light mahogany secretary decorated with inlaid wood decorations and brass handles from around the 1790s.
Measurements in cm: H:130 W:107 D:48
Category
Danish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Roll Top Desk, France 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique Louis XVI Roll Top Desk was made in France around 1780. The outside of the secretary desk has a kingwood veneer with a gorgeous mar...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Kingwood, Yew
Cylinder Desk, Germany, 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI cylinder desk, Germany circa 1780, so called "Zopfstil". Walnut, rosewood and maple veneer and intarsia. In very good refinished cond...
Category
German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Maple, Rosewood, Walnut
18th Century Louis Seize Rosewood and Walnut Secretaire Secretary
Located in Münster, DE
Diagonal flap secretary
Louis Seize, around 1780/90, rosewood, walnut and other precious woods veneered and marquetry, 1 spacious drawer, original fittings, wax polish
Dimension...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Rosewood, Walnut, Softwood
18th Century Double Dome Secretaire
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Glazed secretary in oak from the first part of the 18th century of very good quality with double dome
Double dome secretaries are the rarest and ...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Louis XV Walnut Secretary Bookcase from Bordeaux
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Bordeaux, France circa 1760, this exceptional “secrétaire à abattant” with upper display cabinet is built in two sections. The upper portion features a graceful arched bon...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Export Lacquer Bureau on Stand and Toilet Glass Dressing Table
Located in London, by appointment only
A Chinese export lacquer bureau on stand decorated with an unusual polychrome flower design
This Chinese lacquer bureau on stand was made in ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Lacquer
Dutch 18th century Cuban mahogany bombé writing cabinet with glass upstand.
Located in AALSMEER, NL
Very beautiful Cuba flower mahogany writing cabinet with 'S-lid' inlaid with olive green leather.
wall cabinet with two (old) glass doors, mirrored flower veneer and carvings on the ...
Category
Dutch Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
A Fine Old
Ody George I Burr Walnut Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine English George I-period burr (burl) walnut secretaire cabinet attributed to Old & Ody.
Early-18th century, ca 1720.
The top section separates from the base and opens to reveal numerous fitted drawers, behind doors with original bevelled arched mirror plates.
The base contains a fall-front fitted secretaire with small drawers, two of which have secret drawers. Engraved mounts are contemporary if not original. All locks and cross-grained mouldings are original.
Beautiful deep rich colour throughout, with superb matched burr veneers within herringbone lines.
Bun feet are original. Lined throughout in best-quality English oak.
The well patinated, green, gilt-tooled liner in the writing surface appears original. In excellent condition overall.
Very much in the style of John Old & William Ody.
One of the most original early-18th century pieces of English walnut cabinet...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Baroque Secretaire, Lake Constance Region
Located in Belmont, MA
18th century baroque secretaire, Lake Constance region. Two-drawer body on curved square feet, foldable desk, inside six drawers, a wide shelf and a sec...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
18th Century, Italian Neoclassical Marquetry Wood Secretary
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian Neoclassical Marquetry Wood Secretary
Dimensions: cm H 143 x W 97 x D 40. Depth with the drop-down door open 90 cm. Writing desk height 75 cm.
This elegant sec...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Boxwood, Rosewood
IMPORTANT ANTiQUE GEORGE II 1740 FIGURED WALNUT
HARDWOOD BROWN LEATHER BUREAU
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original English circa 1740 Figured Walnut, Rosewood & Boxwood writing bureau with brown leath...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Hardwood, Walnut
Blue Painted Swedish Secretaire
Located in Washington, DC
A blue painted Swedish Drop Front Secretaire with decorative painting inside the doors.
Category
Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 18th Century French Petite Secretaire or Bureau with Projecting Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 18th-century French dark wood secretary or fall-front bureau cabinet with charming proportions. Featuring a carved projecting cornice and arched front, original glass mirr...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Wood
18th Century Serpentine Bow Front Butler
s Desk or Bureau Desk
Located in Madrid, ES
This is a beautiful example of a "Butler's Desk" which was used in the 18th and 19th centuries by the head servant of a household. Basically a bureau combined with a standing desk, clothing and personal items could be stored in lower drawers and important papers and records would be kept in the desk, which closes up and slides into the body of the bureau when not in use. This piece is in particularly fine shape, exhibiting rich wood grain and a sliding desk...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
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