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.
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Empire Drop Front Desk
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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French Empire Flame Mahogany Drop Front Secretaire Abattant Secretary Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Empire Flame Mahogany Drop Front Secretaire Abattant Secretary Desk.
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Early 19th Century French Empire Flame Mahogany Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in Miami, FL
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Located in Big Flats, NY
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Located in Miami, FL
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19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
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19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
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19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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Empire Secretaire, Walnut, Maple, Paw Feet, Austria circa 1815
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Empire Secretaire, Walnut, Maple, Paw Feet, Austria circa 1815
Located in Regensburg, DE
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Located in New Orleans, LA
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Located in Baton Rouge, LA
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Classical Empire Tiger Maple Two-Tone Inlaid Drop Front Butlers Desk
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Classical Empire butler's desk feature two toned inlay tiger maple with drop front desk opening to writing surface with storage drawers and pigeon holes, lower long drawers ...
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Antique American Empire Neoclassical Mahogany Drop Front Abattant Desk C1840
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Antique American Empire Neoclassical Mahogany Drop Front Abattant Desk C1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Click on “Ask Seller” to Request a Quote*** Antique American Empire Neoclassical Mahogany Drop Front Abattant Desk Unsigned C1840.
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19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
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19th Century Empire Drop-Front Oak Secretary Desk or Abattant, Chest France
Located in Miami, FL
Secretaire a abattant, France circa 1820, Biedermeier period. The outside with fall front and three drawers flanked by two ebonized columns shows a beautiful oak veneer design. The w...
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French 19th Century Empire Solid Marble Top Mahogany Secretaire
Located in Carmine, TX
This Empire secrétaire (drop-front desk) reflects the bold, architectural elegance of the early 19th century.
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Baker Furniture French Empire Burl Wood Secrétaire á Abattant With Brass Ormolu
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Baker Furniture French Empire Burl Wood Secrétaire á Abattant With Brass Ormolu
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Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding French Empire or Neoclassical style drop front secretary desk By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Gorgeous burl wood, with ebonized columns, and original brass hard...
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Empire Secretaire with Ink Painting, Ebonized, Maple, Brass, Vienna circa 1815
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Empire Secretaire with Ink Painting, Ebonized, Maple, Brass, Vienna circa 1815
Located in Regensburg, DE
Fine neoclassical Empire or early Biedermeier Secretaire / Drop Front Desk from Vienna, Austria around 1810-15.
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Baker Signature Empire Style Drop Front Desk / Secretary with Cabinet
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Toledo, OH
American, mid-20th century, mahogany Empire style secretary by Baker Furniture. Gilt trim, applied half pilasters with brass hardware. Fall front tooled leather writing surface, 26.5...
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Antique American Empire Flame Mahogany Bookcase Drop Front Secretary, circa 1840
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H 83.5 in W 47 in D 21.5 in
Antique American Empire Flame Mahogany Bookcase Drop Front Secretary, circa 1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
An American Empire flame mahogany secretary features upper bookcase with double fretwork glass doors opening to adjustable shelf interior with drawers and pigeon holes surmounting ca...
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Antique Classical Flame Mahogany Empire Abattant, circa 1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Classical Empire abattant (drop front desk) features bookmatched flame mahogany, drop front opens to reveal banded writing surface, central cabinet flanked with carved reticu...
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Antique American Empire Flame Mahogany Carved Slant Front Secretary 19th Century
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Antique American Empire Flame Mahogany Carved Slant Front Secretary 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique American Empire slant drop front desk features flame mahogany with cared floral and foliate decoration, upper bookcase, drop front opens to reveal writing surface and interio...
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A First Period Empire Bombay Shaped Drop Front Desk
Located in New York, NY
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19th Century French Empire Drop Front Secretary
Located in Fairhope, AL
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19th Century French Empire Drop Front Secretary with Marble Top
Located in Fairhope, AL
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Empire Drop Front Desk For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the empire drop front desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each empire drop front desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and mahogany. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect empire drop front desk — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 19th Century are available. Each empire drop front desk bearing Empire hallmarks is very popular.
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An empire drop front desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $6,750, while the lowest priced sells for $1,895 and the highest can go for as much as $31,300.
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