secrétaire à abattant (writing bureau) - desks
Bureau. A desk, with a sloping fall front lid supported, when in use, by lopers or chains. Less commonly. the bureau may have a tambour top or roll top. Bureaux have been made from the late 17th century. The interior of the desk was fitted with small drawers and pigeonholes. The lower part of the cabinet may consist either of drawers or cupboard space.
A bureau is distinguished from a secretaire by the method of concealment of the writing surface. A secretaire, which serves much the same purpose, usually has the writing section disguised as a drawer, that may be pulled out and the writing surface let down on brass quadrant slides
A bureau is distinguished from a secretaire by the method of concealment of the writing surface. A secretaire, which serves much the same purpose, usually has the writing section disguised as a drawer, that may be pulled out and the writing surface let down on brass quadrant slides
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A French transitional-style tall cabinet, in the form of a secretaire a abattant, with a fall-front enclosing an un-fitted space above a pair of doors, on tapering turned and fluted feet, geometrically-veneered and cast metal-mounted throughout.…
A fine French tulipwood secretaire a abattant, with marble top, the drawers with ebonized banding, cast foliate decorated handles flanked by ormolu corbels.
A 19th century French mahogany secretaire a abattant, with a marble top, the fall enclosing drawers and inset leather writing surface, above a pair of panelled doors. Height 142 cm. Width 73 cm. Depth 40 cm.
A fine French 19th century kingwood secretaire a abattant, of bomb¦ outline with a marble top a fall enclosing inset writing surface and small drawers above a pair of marquetry decorated doors with a shaped on short supports with ormolu sabots.…
An early 20th century Louis XV style kingwood secretaire a abattant with black marble top, having a pair of marquetry decorated doors, below a writing slide and three graduated drawers, on tapering supports terminating in ormolu sabots. Width 32 cm.…
A French Empire gilt wood and mahogany secretaire a abattant 19th century,…
A fine gilt lacquer and gilt bronze mounted secretaire abattant, French or north European circa 1800, 149 x 94 x 44 cm
A decorative French Louis XV style 19th century walnut secretaire a abattant,…
A decorative French Louis XV style kingwood secretaire a abattant with a marble top bomb¦ outline the superb marquetry decorated fall front enclosing drawers and compartments above a pair of doors on short cabriole legs with fine ormolu sabots.…
A superb French late 19th century kingwood secretaire a abattant,…
A Louis XV style marquetry inlaid secretaire a Abattant, circa 1870,…
A French 19th century Empire ormolu-mounted mahogany secretaire a abattant, the rectangular Bleu Turquin marble top above a frieze drawer, the fall-front inset with a brown leather writing surface, the arched interior fitted with six drawers,…
A French 18th century transitional ormolu-mounted tulipwood, satine and parquetry secretaire a abattant, by Louis-Noel Malle, Paris,the shaped stepped marble top above a frieze drawer with foliate handles and escutcheon, the drop-front inlaid with a star,…
A French 18th century Louis XV ormolu-mounted tulipwood and amaranth secretaire a abattant, by Pierre Macret, Paris,surmounted by a shaped stepped marble top, above two small drawers, the drop-front with two quarter-veneered cartouches,…
A French 18th century transitional ormolu-mounted kingwood and tulipwood secretaire a abattant, the shaped marble top above a frieze drawer,…
An early 19th century Dutch mahogany and floral marquetry secretaire a abattant, the frieze drawer above a fall enclosing a fitted interior above three further drawers on tapering block feet. Width 102 cm. Depth 45 cm . Height 159 cm
A fine French 19th century mahogany and brass inlaid Napoleon III secretaire a abattant with inset rouge marble, a frieze drawer below a fall front with brass inlay, enclosing a fitted interior, three graduated drawers flanked by pilasters. Width 67 cm.…
A fine late 19th century French kingwood and floral marquetry fall front secretaire a abattant with inset marble top, a frieze drawer with the fall enclosing writing surface and drawers below four drawers on turned supports. Width 36 cm. Length 72 cm.…
Wmiv figured mahogany secretaire Abattant small drawer top, long frieze drawer fall front revealing fitted interior, three drawer base within leaf carved supports on small turned feet
Louis XV style serpentine walnut secretaire Abattant, with marble top fall front enclosing pigeon holes and drawers above three long drawers all cross-banded and strung with applied scrolled metal handles and mounts, 128 x 75 x 43 cm
An Art Deco mahogany bureau Abattant, circa: 1920.…
A French kingwood Louis XV style secretaire a abattant with marble top, the fall enclosing fitted interior with graduated drawer below.
A fine French kingwood Louis XV style secretaire a abattant with rouge marble top ormolu mounts of serpentine outline, the fall enclosing inset leather writing surface, below graduated drawer on cabriole supports with sabots.
French Napoleonic mahogany secretaire a abattant with flame veneered fall front opening to reveal an interior fitted with shelves and six drawers with a central tamboured shutter opening to reveal further drawers and a shelf,…