Antique Desk With Hidden Drawers

It usually has eight but sometimes four turned legs resting on toupie feet connected with x stretchers or h stretchers.

Antique desk with hidden drawers.

If this secret drawer design had a locking mechanism it would have most likely been a simple spring lock also called a quaker lock. Contrasting veneers and black inlays featuring items found in nature made desks both beautiful and functional. 5 out of 5 stars 651 651 reviews 1 85. Look for cedar mahogany and oak.

Favorite add to surf desk with hidden drawer. Another key indicator of authenticity is the drawer linings. Shop desks and other antique and modern storage pieces from the world s best furniture dealers. This is a fairly typical place for a hidden drawer in an early highboy.

It originally appeared in the november 1939 issue of american collector magazine a publication which ran from 1933 1948 and served antique collectors and dealers. An antique secretary s desk usually has a small hutch or bookcase on top drawers and a pull down writing area that hides smaller drawers and cubbies in its unused position. The bureau mazarin is an early type of kneehole desk dating from the 1660s with two or three tiers of drawers on each side a small central drawer and a drawer in the kneehole space as well. Many antique desks built during the federal period lasting roughly from 1780 to 1820 contained hidden drawers designed to keep guns or other weapons close at hand.

Everything on the front is actually a drawer even the parts that look like decorative pieces. The face of the desk conceals three drawers the center drawer containing compartments. It has so many hidden drawers and at least one drawer hidden in side another drawer. Most antique desks were made by hand and use fine.

Typically antique secretary desks from the 1800s have solid wood or much thicker veneers. Some styles come without the bookcase on top. This article discusses hidden compartments found in antique furniture pieces especially desks and secretaries and describes some examples with multiple secret compartments. Solid top hidden screw handle pull drawer desk cabinet door antique vintage old furnitureknowledge.

Part of the crown is actually the drawer front. Often a set of drawers at the base of the bookcase section is revealed when the top is open. In an early 18thcentury highboy i copied the crown moulding conceals a hidden lace drawer. Check out our hidden drawer desk selection for the very best in unique or custom handmade pieces from our shops.

I found this desk in a flea market and thought it was very interesing. The drawer hidden behind the valence in this 18th century desk could very well remain hidden. Is opened the flat writing surface often lifts to reveal storage below.