French Secretaires

This exquisite French Louis XVI secretary desk exemplifies the refined elegance and craftsmanship of late 18th to early 19th century French furniture. Constructed from rich mahogan...

A rare 18th century French Louis XV period chateau bonheur du jour or secrétaire handcrafted of walnut by very talented artisans in Lyon for a wealthy chateau owner near Villeurbanne, circa 1750s. This impressive antique French secretary features a chapeau de gendarme crown above a pair of carved serpentine doors with brass mesh grilles and beautiful green and gold damask fabric backings that open to reveal a painted interior with two display shelves. Three carved drawers are below. The lower section features a flat serpentine shaped writing surface that lifts opens to reveal plenty of storage above a carved, scalloped apron with C-scrolls and a center carved shell motif. Raised on four elegant cabriole legs ending in scrolled French toes. This grand Lyonnaise French library desk...

A gorgeous Louis XV style French dore bronze mounted Boulle Marquetry secretary desk or cabinet. With a cylindrical form in ebonized veneer a...

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...

19th century bombe marquetry secrétaire à abattant, marble top and bronze mounts. Offered for sale is a late 19th century Louis XV style bombe marquetry secrétaire à abattant with a...

A stunning, petite French slant-top desk or "bureau de pente" in the Louis XV style, turquoise and gold polychromed with Chinoiserie detailing, and red under-body. Desk opens to rev...

A French Louis XV period Rococo secretary with hidden compartment, circa 1760. This antique French writing desk features a slant-leaf front...

French reconstruction designer Pierre Cruège's forme libre masterpiece bureau with abattant. Rare natural oak version Brass details Inside the desk compartment, a letter rack and ...

This beautiful Empire clapper secretaire is made of burr walnut. It has very elegant detached columns with Fine chiseled bronze elements on top and bottom of each column. Inside of the secretaire there is leather desk and several drawers including a secret drawer...

A late 19th century French Louis XVI style secrétaire à abattant, or drop front secretary desk, crafted with intricate inlaid veneers of mahogany and various exotic woods. Four dovet...

Exquisite 18th-Century Louis XV Secretary Desk This stunning Louis XV Secretary Desk, dating back to 1770, showcases the elegance of 18th-century Fr...

Scriban or secretary chest in the Louis XVI style from France. This piece is made of solid wood construction, primarily mahogany. It has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous Fr...

With a canted white marble rectangular top with a three-quarter pierced gallery above a frieze drawer, the fall-front with gilt-tooled black leather writing surface enclosing a fitte...

"Émile Gallé Game Table in Walnut and Marquetry of Veneered Wood with a Floral Thistle Motif (c. 1895). Émile Gallé’s game table is an exceptionally refined work of art, perfectly e...

This wonderful walnut secre´taire a` abattant was constructed in the style of Louis XVI during the 19th century. Topped with a great piece of black and white marble. A single, slim d...

Handcrafted during the 19th century, this 19th Century French Louis Philippe Period Stripped Pine Secretary is ideal for the casual decor with its clean lines and sublime functionali...

Very rare cylinder bureau with oyster veneer France Plum wood, buckthorn around 1770 Dimensions: H x W x D: 111 x 100 x 51 cm, writing height: 70 cm Description: Extremely interes...

This Secretary 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, classical an...

A Truly Magnificent 19th century Secre´taire a` Abattant by Maison Rogie´ of Paris After the original in the Wallace Collection, London, made in 1777 by Pierre-Antoine Foullet Con...

Classic antique Early 19th Century French Empire drop front secretary desk made with magnificent high quality flame mahogany adorned with bronze doré mounts and its original gray mar...

Dimensions - H: 49 in W: 27 1/4 in D: 13 3/5 in IMPORTANT: This piece is not by Maison Forest it is signed and by Jules Piret but cannot be changed in the listing. An exceptional a...

This rare and exceptional cabinet by Maison Forest is the sort of furniture that gives off an air of quiet authority, like it knows the room will eventually organize itself around it...

This extraordinary French Second Empire period secre´taire a' abattan features flame mahogany, gilt brass-mounts and retains its original dark grey speckled granite top. Decorated th...

An exceptional and early Art Deco console by Jules Leleu, dating from the early 1920s — a period marking the full emergence of Leleu’s mature decorative style. Presented at a time wh...

This Louis XVI walnut slant-front secretary desk is a fine example of 18th-century French craftsmanship and sophistication, ideal for collectors and interior enthusiasts seeking time...

A grand scale 18th century French Louis XV Period secrétaire with bibliothèque, or desk with display cabinet, from the Loire Valley. Made of solid cherry wood with chestnut as a seco...

Large French Bureau Plat / Bureau de Ministre in Mahogany with Gilt Bronze Mounts, Empire / Napoleon III, French Empire / Napoleon III Bureau de Ministre (Bureau Plat) in Mahogany wi...

Very elegant Louis XVI style cylinder secretary in mahogany and light wood marquetry with floral basket decorations on the front of the cylinder and floral arrangements on the sides ...

Elegant French secretary chest in Louis XVI style, beautifully crafted with richly figured wood veneer and fine floral marquetry decoration to the fall-front panel. The upper section...

French transition 18th Century marble top marquetry secrétaire à abattant chest with brass mounts. Original marble top in character stones. Gorgeous marquetry on all surfaces. Origi...

Directoire style desk with cylinder top, France 19th century Mahogany veneer with satinwood inlays. This elegant little desk is perfect for a small working space. The writing top fo...

Make a statement in a study, library, or living room with this exceptional antique French secrétaire à abattant, crafted in solid oak circa 1860. The slant-front form is elevated on ...

Superb Art Deco desk/secretaire by Primavera. It is made of a beech wood structure, all faces entirely covered with leather (parchment). All angles are reinforced with chromed metal....

19th Century Country French Louis XVI Painted Secretaire is a marvelous example of rural artisans in the provinces emulating the styles in current favor of the court. In the instanc...

Antique Louis XVI style ormolu and Sèvres porcelain mounted secretaire French, c. 1840 Height 127cm, width 76cm, depth 37cm This magnificent ...

This unique secretary desk by Pierre Cruege perfectly illustrates French design from the 1950s and 60s, combining functional minimalism with refined elegance. Constructed from light ...

French 19th century Louis XV style Burlwood Ormolu Mounted Lady’s Desk. Elegant French burlwood and ormolu mounted Lady’s cylinder desk. The single door cabinet is raised by slend...

BLANCHE KLOTZ (ATTRIBUTED TO) Ash chest of drawers, tapered legs mounted at an angle and covered in parchment, 3 drawers lined in parchment. H 157 x W 65 x D 42 cm Provenance Privat...

Beautiful 19thc Robin’s egg blue secretary/fall front desk.

A late 18th-century French Louis XVI secrétaire à abattant crafted in walnut and topped with a gray and white veined marble slab. Sourced in Provence, France, the secretary features ...

Refined Louis XVI cylinder bureau from France, circa 1780-1790. The carcass is pine with beautifully figured, thick-sawn walnut veneer; the interior is likewise finished in walnut. T...

Full height : 133 cm including 2 cm marble Length : 90 cm Depth : 44 cm Table top : 82.5 x 70 cm Inner dimensions « lower part » Length : 76 cm Depth : 44 cm Made from an Italian desk from the late 1940s. Birch bark marquetry and mineral inlays : stone, labradorite (inside outside), amethyst, crystals. The inside is enriched with straw marquetry and patinated silver foils. The two doors present marquetry on both sides with an inner mirror to provide light and reflect the top marquetry. Rock crystal handles, Rain forest green marble from Rajahstan. Sophie Gallardo has studied interior design before learning wood painting restoration...

Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and two drawers flanked by two ebonized columns shows a beautiful oak veneer design. The woo...

French Empire Secretary Desk, 19th Century – Mahogany Veneer, Marble Top, Bronze Details This stunning 19th-century French Empire secretary desk is a true statement piece, showcasin...

Place this elegant antique secrétaire à abattant in an office, study, or bedroom. Crafted in France circa 1840, the fruitwood cabinet features clean, classical lines with a molded to...

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...

We present you a Louis Philippe secretaire from the mid-19th century. There are three bottom drawers, a removable board flush with the rest, and a narrow drawer with a concave-conve...

Exquisite Louis XVI Secretary Desk – France, c. 1780-1800 This stunning Louis XVI secretary desk, crafted in France between 1780 and 1800, is a masterpiece of 18th-century craftsman...

Louis XVI style fall top secretaire, France second half of the 19th century, mahogany veneer with white marble top. In very good condition. The se...

This oak desk from 1949 is an emblematic piece of Marcel Gascoin's work and of the Reconstruction period in French housing. Marcel Gascoin, born August 24, 1907 in Le Havre and died...

A French gilt-metal mounted mahogany bureau à cylindre writing desk. With a grey marble top over three drawers, the fall enclosing a sliding tan leather writing surface, an interior...

Desk with mirror attachment - Bureau à cylindre France Mahogany Directoire circa 1800 Dimensions: H x W x D: 149 x 97 x 50 cm Description: Top-mounted desk standing on tapered rou...

This secretary Desk belongs to our ÉGÉE COLLECTION designed by the Parisian designer Eric Gizard. Eric adopts for this collection the refined codes of Scandinavian design, combin...

18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume A mid-18th century ladies' desk or so-called "bureau de pente", its shaped fall-front opening to reveal a red lea...

A Very Special and Palatial Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Bois Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre By François Linke François Linke – Index Numbe...

Louis XV style bombe secretary inlaid marquetry, Ormolu Mounted. Signed Henry Dasson. This 19th century bombe tulipwood secretary is built with superior craftsmanship and intricate ...

An 18th century French Louis XVI Bureau in Walnut with drop front, inner writing surface and cubby holes.

Secretary with "lacquered" decoration in the style of Coromandel lacquers decorated with chrysanthemums, flower vases and other beautiful objects. Rectangular, it opens with four dra...

19th Century Country French Louis XVI secretary is a truly astonishing work of the cabinetmaker's art! Hand-crafted from solid old-growth in...

A very fine 19th century Louis XVI marquetry inlay secretaire A Abattant by Charles Diehl. Kingwood, satinwood and tulipwood inlay with fine gilt bronze ...