secretaires - desks
Secretaire. A French term for a type of bureau desk in translation a 'secretary'. Like a bureau, it has a drop front that pulls out to reveal a writing surface, small drawers and pigeonholes. Its front, however, is usually disguised as a drawer which, when let down, is supported on semicircular brass slides known as quadrants. The secretaire may have either cupboards or drawers beneath the writing desk.
10 item(s) found:
19th century cedar secretaire chest with fitted interior and paper label for Lawson and Carter
A fine and rare early 19th century Australian cedar secretaire chest, Tasmania,…
A good large cedar secretaire chest, Australian 120 x 57 x 117 cm, with pull down top drawer front enclosing simple drawers made from an unidentified native timber. (Possibly Myrtle)
Auckland secretaire chest. In Victorian times rimu was valued highly as a decorative timber, typified by its use in this Auckland chest as the feature timber, with kauri as the secondary timber used for unseen construction elements.…
Victorian walnut secretaire, with drop front, leather insert
Federation style blackwood secretaire/bookcase, with original leadlight with adjustable shelving, in fine original condition with Arts & Crafts handles.
Art Nouveau bookcase with leadlight doors with drop down secretaire
Fiddleback blackwood secretaire with a plinth base, a glazed top section, the lower part a fall front with a fitted interior, five drawers and open shelves
Arts & Crafts secretaire desk in Tasmanian blackwood, made by Art Furniture Manufacturers