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Biedermeier Butler Desk
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier butler desk made of flamed birchwood, ebonized handles, brass keys. Drop front writing
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Biedermeier Butler Desk
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Biedermeier butler desk made of oak, inlaid ebonized wood, ebonized columns, and brass hardware
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Federal Butlers Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very attractive Mahogany southern Federal Butlers Desk probably mid Atlantic states around 1820-30
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Circa 1825 English Mahogany Butlers Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
Circa 1825 English Mahogany Butler's Desk with Brass Hardware. Drop front writing surface with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Brass
Butler's Desk or Walnut Secretary
By Brian Holcombe
Located in Princeton, NJ
A contemporary take on the butler's desk. A butler's desk is a cabinet that converts into a desk
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desks
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Inlay Butler's Desk, circa 1920
Located in Southampton, NY
Louis XV style inlay butler's desk, circa 1920.
Two tiers, both with small central drawers, topped
Category
Early 20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
American Federal Swirl Mahogany Butler's Desk New York, Circa 1800s
Located in Germantown, MD
An American Federal Swirl Mahogany Butler's Desk New York Circa late 18th Century to Early 19th
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Desks
Materials
Brass
American Federal Mahogany & Satinwood Butler's Desk with Paw Feet. NY, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American Federal mahogany butler's desk with a carved molded edge, three upper drawers with
Category
Antique 1810s American Federal Desks
Materials
Brass
H 49 in W 47 in D 22.75 in
18th C. Italian Butler's Desk Nicely Raised on Turned Leg Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian butler's desk from the 18th century raised on later base. This antique case piece from
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Desks
Materials
Wood
18th c English George III flame mahogany bookcase with butlers desk
Located in Dallas, TX
18th c English George III flame mahogany bookcase with butlers desk.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Bookcases
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Mahogany Butler's Desk Unrestored - Restoration in Progress
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Unionville, TN
This early 19th-century English mahogany butler’s desk, dating to circa 1800-1810, exemplifies the
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Regency Desks
Materials
Mahogany
H 48 in W 36 in D 20 in
Mid-19th Century French Butlers Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautifully detailed item is made of oak with inlay mahogany. Item dates back to the 1850s and contains many drawers inside of fall-front.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
English 19th Century Walnut Campaign Butler's Desk with Three Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English walnut Campaign butler's desk from the 19th century with writing area, three drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century English Campaign Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 31.75 in W 34.5 in D 19.25 in
Continental 19th Century Biedermeier St. Butler’s Desk/Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fruitwood, and ormolu butler's desk/commode. The eight drawer chest is raised by square feet below the
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ormolu
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
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Very Fine Custom c1940s Bubble Glass Drop Front Butlers Desk Break Front MINT
By Baker Furniture Company, Heritage-Henredon, Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very Fine Custom c1940s Bubble Glass Drop Front Butlers Desk Break Front MINT.
Phenomenal quality
Category
20th Century American Federal Secretaires
Materials
Leather, Glass, Mahogany
H 84 in W 65 in D 16 in
Italian Florentine Giltwood Bureau Secretary Butlers Desk Chest
Located in Forney, TX
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With desk open: 24.5" Deep
Clearance to desk: 28"
Keywords: Butlers desk, secretary, secretaire
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Butler's Desk and Etagére, New York, Possibly Duncan Phyfe
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in New York, NY
Butler’s Desk and Etagére, circa 1825
New York, possibly by Duncan Phyfe
Mahogany (secondary
Category
Antique 1820s American Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Huge Gilded Ebonized Period French Louis XV Marble Top Butlers Desk Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
very rare, monumental butlers desk or large scale commode in solid oak with incredible hand polished
Category
Antique 1770s French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Rhode Island Empire Butler's Chest of Drawers with Desk in Mahogany, circa 1825
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful example of an early American Empire chest with full-column front and stand-up butlers
Category
Antique 1820s American American Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
H 65 in W 52.5 in D 24 in
An Exceptional 19th Century Irish Fall Front Bureau by Butlers of Dublin
By Butler's of Dublin
Located in Dublin, IE
Butler of Dublin. The moulded fall front opens forwards revealing a writing surface which rests on two
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Desks
Materials
Brass
1800s American Federal Mahogany Butler's Secretary Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
An early 19th Century Federal Mahogany Butler's Secretary Desk recently refinished.
Measure 45.75
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Classical English Regency Bookcase Secretary Desk
Located in Tarry Town, NY
, fall front desk and resting on a carved original bracket feet or butler desk. Great workmanship and
Category
Antique 1820s English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
19th Century Federal Curly Tiger Figured Walnut Butler's Fall Front Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Curly Tiger Figured Walnut Butler two-part Fall Front Desk. Hand-rub refinished
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Federal Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique English Regency Mahogany Butlers Secretary c. 1820
Located in Westfield, MA
This exquisite English Regency mahogany butler’s secretary, dating to circa 1820, captures the
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Georgian Five Piece Breakfront with Arrow Inlay
Located in Milford, NH
textile backing, over a single base, with a center slide out butler’s desk in the top drawer with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Cabinets
Materials
Textile, Glass, Mahogany
Fine English George III Antique Mahogany Secretary Desk circa 1780
Located in Shippensburg, PA
a faux composition disguising the "butler's desk" hidden within.
This withdraws and the drawer
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Georgian Flame Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Butlers Drop Desk Individual Glass
By Baker Furniture Company, Heritage-Henredon, Kittinger Furniture Company, Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Georgian Flame Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Butlers Drop Desk Individual Glass MINT!
Category
20th Century American Georgian Cupboards
Materials
Mahogany
H 102 in W 84 in D 18 in
Neoclassic Period French Commode W/Hidden Butler's Secretary & Writing Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
, which opens to reveal a small writing desk with three open cubbies for organization within. The lower
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Wood
H 35.75 in W 49.25 in D 23.75 in
Biedermeier Period 19th Century Walnut Butler's Chest with Drop Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Biedermeier period walnut butler's chest from the 19th century with drop front desk, ebonized
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Butlers Desk / Linen Press
Located in Cloverdale, IN
This Butlers desk features a flame mahogany veneer exterior with solid marble top. The interior
Category
Antique 19th Century English Edwardian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th c. Chippendale English Butlers Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
Rare mahogany butlers desk with drawers and pullout writing desk.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Hepplewhite Mahogany Sideboard with Butler's Desk, circa 1790-1800, RI
Located in Providence, RI
central oval. The butler's desk is as fully developed as we have seen and must have been a very special
Category
Antique 19th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Period Light Oak Slant Front Bureau Secretary Butlers Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
This antique bureau desk was hand-crafted in Victorian England around the year 1870. Today the
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Secretaires
Materials
Oak
English Adams Style Painted Mahogany and Satinwood Breakfront with Butler's Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
butler's secretary and the centre section has an elegant serpentine shape.
Category
Early 20th Century Adam Style Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
H 86 in W 82 in D 23 in
Inlaid and Pen Work Knee Hole Desk
Located in Woodbury, CT
, bordered by ebony.
Four drawers on either side flank the butler’s desk within. The butler’s desk is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Edwardian Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique English Freestanding Mahogany Writing Desk by M.Butler of Dublin
Located in GB
This highly impressive freestanding desk is made in mahogany to an 18th century Robert Adam design
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Adam Style Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 30.71 in W 59.85 in D 34.85 in
Antique English 19th C Freestanding Mahogany Writing Desk by M.Butler of Dublin
Located in GB
This highly impressive freestanding desk is made in mahogany to an 18th century Robert Adam design
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Adam Style Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
H 30.71 in W 59.85 in D 34.85 in
English Edwardian Butler's Letter Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Edwardian Butler's Mail Box Carved Wood and Mother of Pearl With Key from a Palm Beach
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Edwardian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique 1800s Butler Chest with Desk Drawer
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Cherry drop front butler chest with desk drawer.
Category
Antique Early 1800s English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
American Butlers Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
American Plum Pudding Mahogany butlers desk with fall front desk top, pull out three drawer bottom
Category
Antique 19th Century American Desks
American Empire Butlers Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century figured Cherry and Quilted Maple Butlers Desk. Nicely figured Cherry on the case and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown American Empire Desks
Materials
Cherry
19thC English Regency Butlers Desk/Bookcase
Located in San Francisco, CA
A William IV English Regency small scale Butlers Desk with bronze screened bookcase doors. Nicely
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Rosewood
George III Mahogany Butlers Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
George III mahogany butlers desk, early 19th century. With a two shelf display rack, a plum pudding
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Desks
Materials
Brass
English Hepplewhite Inlaid Butler's Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
English Hepplewhite inlaid butler's desk , the top is cross banded with mahogany and boxwood, the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century English Campaign Mahogany Butler's Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
A mahogany English Campaign butler's desk, circa 1820, featuring two drawers with embossed black
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Campaign Desks
Materials
Brass
American Mahogany Fall Front Butler's Desk. Baltimore, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany fall front butler's desk with oval satinwood string inlay, fitted interior
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Desks
19th Century Swedish Period Karl Johan Butler's Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish period Karl Johan butler's desk or chest with pull-out desk over three drawers. The desk
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Desks
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century English Fall Front Butler's Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
Early 19th century English fall front butler's desk, the pullout / pull-out fitted interior with
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Desks
Materials
Brass
American Hepplewhite Mahogany Burl Ashe Butlers Desk. Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
American Hepplewhite mahogany fall front butlers desk with fitted burl Ashe interior, Ashe cross
Category
Antique Early 1800s American Hepplewhite Desks
19th Century Regency Mahogany Butler's Desk or Secretary
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fine 19th century English regency butler's desk or secretary. Constructed from mahogany featuring a
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
English Geo III Mahogany Butlers Desk
Located in Buchanan, MI
Handsome English George III flame mahogany butlers desk, graduated shelves over fall front desk
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
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
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Empire Desks
Materials
Maple
Swedish 1870s Birchwood Butler's Desk with Drop Front and Three Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish birchwood butler's desk circa 1870 with drop front desk and three lower drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Brass
H 42.75 in W 39.5 in D 18.5 in
Biedermeier Butler's Desk
Located in New York, NY
Also known as a lady's desk, this chest was designed to hold jewelry, correspondence and trinkets
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fir
Biedermeier Butler's Desk
Located in New York, NY
Comprised of three locking drawers, and a "faux" drawer above which locks and falls to reveal secret drawers and compartments.
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fir
18th Century English Chest on Chest with Butlers Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
butler's desk with six thin drawers and four letter slots. There is also a middle section that will lock
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Widdicomb Chinese Chippendale Style Mahogany Display Cabinet with Butler’s Desk
By John Widdicomb
Located in Milford, NH
shelves with glass inserts, over a lower case with a fitted butler’s desk with brass pulls
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
H 96 in W 44 in D 21 in
Antique American Mahogany Baltimore 'Butler's' Desk/Secretary Chest, circa 1820
By John Needles
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American mahogany Baltimore 'Butler's' desk/secretary chest, circa 1820. The desk made of
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American American Empire Dressers
Materials
Mahogany
H 45.5 in W 43 in L 45.5 in
Fabulous Antique British Colonial Butler's Desk 'With Secret Compartments'
Located in Atlanta, GA
reveals a series of small drawers and cubbies for storage within. What could make this Butler's desk even
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian British Colonial Secretaires
Materials
Glass, Wood
H 79.5 in W 42.75 in D 19 in
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the butlers desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and metal, every butlers desk was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a butlers desk, we have 51 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer butlers desk, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each butlers desk bearing Georgian, Neoclassical or Regency hallmarks is very popular. A well-made butlers desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Brian Holcombe and John Needles are consistently popular.
How Much is a Butlers Desk?
Prices for a butlers desk start at $423 and top out at $75,000 with the average selling for $5,200.
Finding the Right Case Pieces And Storage Cabinets for You
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.
Questions About Butlers Desk
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023A butler, with respect to furniture, is a desk. Its roots are in the 18th century, when a butler's desk referred to a piece of furniture that belonged to a head servant or butler in a wealthy home. It eventually became a practical piece of furniture in England and in homes in the United States. Shop a variety of butlers from some of the world's top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023What an old-fashioned writing desk is called varies by design. Pieces with drop-down fronts are secretary desks (these are typically made of two parts: a chest of drawers on the bottom and a hutch or cupboard with shelves on the top), while ones that rest on two pillars, cabinets or bookcases are pedestal desks. A desk with a small writing surface positioned in front of drawers and cubbies is a bureau à gradin. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of desks.
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