18th Century English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C English painted oak bureau bookcase with a mirrrored top. 1770.
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Bookcases
Materials
Oak
English Bureau Bookcase
18th Century English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Very small late 18th C English painted oak bureau bookcase. 1780. Reference: 7382 Dimensions 34 inches (86 cms) Wide 19.5 inches (50 cms) Deep 82 inches (208 cms) High.
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Bookcases
Materials
Oak
George III 1774 English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
George III, dated 1774, bureau bookcase, English. Splendid quality with superb mahogany timbers.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Solid Walnut English Bureau Bookcase
$15,763Sale Price|20% Off
Early 18th Century Solid Walnut English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful early 18th century solid walnut bureau bookcase having attractive double domed top with replacement mirror plates to panelled doors enclosing well fitted interior abov...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Late George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with Brass Eagle Surmount, c.1815
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
The unusually prominent brass eagle gives the piece considerable individuality and a rather more sculptural character than is generally found on English bureau bookcases of the period.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Fine Early 20th Century Antique English Chippendale Revival Bureau Bookcase
Located in Nottingham, GB
An impressive early 20th-century English bureau bookcase in the Chippendale Revival style, finely crafted from mahogany and distinguished by its imposing architectural proportions, c...
Category
Early 20th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Fine Early 20th Antique Century English Art Deco Golden Oak Bureau Bookcase
Located in Nottingham, GB
A handsome early 20th-century English bureau bookcase with Art Deco influences, finely crafted from golden oak and distinguished by its glazed bookcase, fitted writing interior and i...
Category
Early 20th Century Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Oak
18th Century English George II Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century English George II Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Category
Antique 18th Century English George II Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Late 18th Century English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
A late 18th century English George III mahogany Bureau bookcase ‘secretaire’ with fretwork open swan neck pediment, centred by a shaped finial, above a pair of glazed doors, slant fr...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Bookcases
Rare small early-18th century walnut bureau bookcase cabinet
$23,666Sale Price|23% Off
Rare small early-18th century walnut bureau bookcase cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare, small, English early-18th century walnut bureau bookcase/ cabinet with a moulded swan-neck pediment.
Category
Antique 18th Century English George II Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
English Satinwood Painted Bureau Bookcase
$1,875Sale Price|44% Off
English Satinwood Painted Bureau Bookcase
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century English Satinwood secretary/bookcase. Two astragal glazed doors above open to reveal two adjustable shelves for display, a fall front opening to reveal a fully fitted in...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Sheraton Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
English mahogany bureau bookcase, having broken arch pediment above dentil molded cornice, the upper cabinet with hexagon glass mullion doors, the lower cabinet with fall front secre...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Blown Glass, Mahogany
18th Century English Walnut Bureau Bookcase, or Secretary Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine 18th Century George II Period walnut bureau bookcase, in two parts. The upper section had two doors with original beveled glass panes and opens to one fixed shelf and two adju...
Category
Antique 18th Century British George II Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English 18th century antique oak bureau secretary with top/bookcase
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This exceptionally beautiful and practical antique English oak bureau bookcase dates from the 18th century and has developed the finest possible patina over the centuries.
Category
Antique 18th Century Classical Roman Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Oak
George III circa 1760 English Oak Thomas Chippendale Carved Bureau Bookcase
$4,892Sale Price|20% Off
George III circa 1760 English Oak Thomas Chippendale Carved Bureau Bookcase
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer absolutely stunning hand made in England George III circa 1760-1780 Bureau bookcase with Thomas Chippendale carvings This is a true piece of classic Engl...
Category
Antique 1760s English George III Secretaires
Materials
Oak
Ornately Carved English Oak Library Bureau Bookcase Lion's Head Brass Handles
$5,381Sale Price|20% Off
Ornately Carved English Oak Library Bureau Bookcase Lion's Head Brass Handles
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable, ornately carved, circa 1860 Jacobean revival, Antique Library Bureau bookcase Please note the delivery fe...
Category
Antique 1860s English Jacobean Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Walnut Bureau Bookcase with Mirrored Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Walnut Bureau Bookcase with Mirrored Doors
Category
Antique 18th Century English Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
George III Period Mahogany Bureau Desk / Bookcase, late 18th / early 19thc
$3,712Sale Price|25% Off
George III Period Mahogany Bureau Desk / Bookcase, late 18th / early 19thc
Located in Houston, TX
An exceptional English George III period mahogany bureau bookcase, circa 1790.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century William and Mary Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase or Cabinet
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century William and Mary Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase or Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine quality William and Mary style double dome bureau bookcase or antique English walnut cabinet.
Category
Antique 18th Century British William and Mary Cabinets
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique 19th century solid warm brown teak slant front desk with upper cabinet
$4,794Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 19th century solid warm brown teak slant front desk with upper cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
The addition of the upper cabinet gives the piece its vertical monumentality and places it firmly within the tradition of the English secretary bookcase or bureau bookcase. The entir...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indonesian Victorian Desks
Materials
Brass
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Late 18th Century English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Richmond, VA
Late 18th Century English Bureau Bookcase with Shaped Bonnet and Painted Interior
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Bookcases
English Bureau Bookcase or Secretary, Exceptional Color and Style Inlaid Leather
Unavailable
H 96 in W 40 in D 21 in
English Bureau Bookcase or Secretary, Exceptional Color and Style Inlaid Leather
Located in Athens, GA
English Bureau bookcase or secretary in light mahogany.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Chippendale Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Atlanta, GA
English mahogany bureau bookcase with Chippendale fretwork glazed doors and batwing hardware.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
English Walnut Bureau Bookcase or Secretary
Located in Lawrenceburg, TN
Georgian style burl walnut bureau bookcase with mullion glass doors, urn inlaid slope, good fitted interior on bracket feet. This secretary has three long drawers for storage beneath...
Category
Vintage 1980s Bookcases
A Fine George II English Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in London, GB
An exquisite George II period walnut bureau bookcase of exceptional colour, grain, and patina, dating to circa 1740.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
English George II Period Chinoiserie Painted Bureau Bookcase, circa 1740
Unavailable
H 86.62 in W 40.95 in D 22.45 in
English George II Period Chinoiserie Painted Bureau Bookcase, circa 1740
By Giles Grendey
Located in Paris, FR
An English George II period chinoiserie red and gold painted bureau bookcase, in the style of Chinese lacquer, circa 1740-1750.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Remarkable and Rare Rosewood Bureau Bookcase for the English Market
Unavailable
H 23.5 in W 39 in D 86 in
Remarkable and Rare Rosewood Bureau Bookcase for the English Market
Located in Woodbury, CT
A carved padouk (A rosewood subspecies, sometimes called the "Blonde Rosewood") Chinese export bureau bookcase having glazed doors and dentil molded crown over a fall front enclosing...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bookcases
Materials
Padouk
Early 19th Century English Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Richmond, VA
The handsome 19th Century English Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with Glass Doors and Blind Chippendale Fretwork is the perfect piece for many spaces.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Bookcases
English George I Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1720. A moulded cornice is above a cross-banded mirrored door retaining its original beveled plate opening to shelves; the lower section with a sloping fall with moulded bookre...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
An English late 18th century mahogany bureau bookcase.
Located in Miami, FL
An English late 18th century mahogany bureau bookcase.The bookcase has a wonderful golden color to the mahogany.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Mahogany Blonde Bureau Bookcase/Desk
Unavailable
H 90.5 in W 43 in D 21.5 in
Early 19th Century English Mahogany Blonde Bureau Bookcase/Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Early 19 Century English Mahogany Blonde Bureau Bookcase/Desk
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
18th Century English Red Lacquer Double-Domed Bureau Bookcase
Located in Millbrook, NY
Fine English 18th century red lacquer double-domed bureau bookcase with chinoiserie decoration.
Category
Antique 1720s British Queen Anne Secretaires
Materials
Lacquer
English Secretaire Bureau Bookcase Astragal Glazed Mahogany Library Cabinet
Unavailable
H 87.37 in W 38.23 in D 18.23 in
English Secretaire Bureau Bookcase Astragal Glazed Mahogany Library Cabinet
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An attractive Edwardian satinwood banded inlaid mahogany glazed secretaire. The mahogany boasting a well figured flamed grain and rich patina. The upper section with a built-in...
Category
Early 20th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
English Secretaire Bureau Bookcase Astragal Glazed Mahogany Library Cabinet
Unavailable
H 88.47 in W 45.56 in D 20.87 in
English Secretaire Bureau Bookcase Astragal Glazed Mahogany Library Cabinet
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An attractive 19th century inlaid mahogany glazed secretaire. The mahogany boasting a well figured flamed grain and rich patina. The upper section with a carved cornice above a...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase (Secretaire)
Unavailable
H 92.63 in W 44.25 in D 21.38 in
Late 18th Century English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase (Secretaire)
Located in San Francisco, CA
A late 18th century English George III mahogany Bureau bookcase (secretaire) with fretwork open swan neck pediment, centered by a shaped finial, above a pair of glazed doors, slant f...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
English Country House George I Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Unavailable
H 78 in W 36 in D 19.5 in
English Country House George I Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Located in Salisbury, GB
Very rare George I double dome walnut bureau bookcase, it is of a smaller than the regular size and so can fit in most homes. This George I walnut bureau bookcase was made circa 172...
Category
Antique 1720s British George I Desks
Materials
Walnut
Tall English Secrétaire Bureau Bookcase Astragal Glazed Mahogany Library Cabinet
Unavailable
H 91.07 in W 47.68 in D 21.7 in
Tall English Secrétaire Bureau Bookcase Astragal Glazed Mahogany Library Cabinet
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
An attractive 19th century flamed mahogany glazed secrétaire. The mahogany boasting a well figured flamed grain and rich patina. The upper section with a projecting cornice abo...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
William & Mary Red and Polychrome Japanned Bureau Bookcase, English, circa 1690
Unavailable
H 80.5 in W 39.75 in D 21.75 in
William & Mary Red and Polychrome Japanned Bureau Bookcase, English, circa 1690
Located in New York, NY
A fine William & Mary Red Japanned bureau bookcase with moulded cornice above two mirror glazed doors enclosing shelves, decorated in gold with birds, foliage and diaper pattern, the...
Category
Antique 1690s British William and Mary Secretaires
Materials
Blown Glass, Wood
George I, Burr Walnut Bookcase
Located in Chicago, IL
AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH, GEORGE I, BURR WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE WITH A PARTIALLY FITTED UPPER SECTION BEHIND MIRRORED DOOR, CANDLE SLIDE ABOVE DESK SECTION OVER FOUR GRADUATED OAK LINED DR...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Secretaires
Superb Early 18th Century English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Middleburg, VA
Superb early 18th century English bureau bookcase. Upper bookcase with marquetry decoration around the original shaped mirror plates over two candle slides.
Category
Antique Early 1700s English Queen Anne Desks
Materials
Walnut
18th Century English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty 18th C English painted pine bureau bookcase. 1780. Dimensions 38 inches (97 cms) wide 18.5 inches (47 cms) deep 81.5 inches (207 cms) high.
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Bookcases
Materials
Pine
William & Mary Style Burled Walnut English Bureau Bookcase, Early 18th Century
Sold
H 80 in W 40.5 in D 24 in
William & Mary Style Burled Walnut English Bureau Bookcase, Early 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
The William & Mary style burled walnut English bureau bookcase with beveled old mirror doors and bureau slant front enclosing fitted interior and green embossed leather writing surfa...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English William and Mary Secretaires
Materials
Brass
English Triple Breakfront Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An impressive English triple breakfront mahogany bureau bookcase.
Category
20th Century English Georgian Bookcases
ENGLISH BURR WALNUT DOUBLE DOME BUREAU BOOKCASE
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
ENGLISH BURR WALNUT DOUBLE DOME BUREAU BOOKCASE WITH FITTED INTERIOR TOP AND BOTTOM WITH A BOOK WELL.
Category
20th Century British Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
English Burr Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
English Burr Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase Circa 1970, Fitted With Interior Top And Bottom With A Book Well
Category
20th Century English Bookcases
English Antique Mahogany Bureau Bookcase Circa 1800
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Beautiful English mahogany bureau bookcase in solid core with beautiful bookmatched flame mahogany veneers and original pulls.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Bookcases
19th Century English Painted Glazed Bookcase Bureau
Located in Staffordshire, GB
19th century English painted glazed bookcase bureau circa 1845.
Category
Antique 1840s British Bookcases
Materials
Pine
Antique English George III Slant-Front Secretary w/ Bookcase in Cuban Mahogany
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H 90 in W 38.5 in D 21 in
Antique English George III Slant-Front Secretary w/ Bookcase in Cuban Mahogany
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A fine 18th century George III English bureau bookcase secretary in solid West Indies/ Cuban mahogany.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
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English Bureau Bookcase For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic English bureau bookcase available at 1stDibs. Each English bureau bookcase for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and brass. There are 51 variations of the antique or vintage English bureau bookcase you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without an English bureau bookcase — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each English bureau bookcase bearing Georgian, Victorian or Arts and Crafts hallmarks is very popular. A well-made English bureau bookcase has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Century Furniture are consistently popular.
How Much is an English Bureau Bookcase?
Prices for an English bureau bookcase can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $702 and can go as high as $32,000, while the average can fetch as much as $9,325.
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.
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