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Style: American Empire
Antique American Empire Flame Mahogany Secretary Desk With Leaded Glass c1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique American Empire secretary offers flame mahogany construction with upper having arched pediment over bookcase having double doors with leaded glass over lower with slant fr...
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Mid-19th Century Antique American Empire Secretaires

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

Antique Greco America Empire Flame Mahogany Quervelle School Secretary 19th C
By Anthony Gabriel Quervelle
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique American Empire secretary in the manner of Quervelle offers deeply striated flame mahogany construction with Greco-Roman features having upper bookcase with double glass doors with arch...
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19th Century American Antique American Empire Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany, Glass

19th Century American Empire Secretary Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
A remarkable, and strong early 19th century American Empire secretary bookcase of grand architectural scale with an incredible arched pedimen...
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1830s American Antique American Empire Secretaires

Materials

Mahogany

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 desk. Provides ample storage as a chest of drawers, and doubles as a secretary with ...
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1820s American Antique American Empire Secretaires

Materials

Brass

American Mahogany and Stenciled Secretary with Bookcase. NY Circa 1825
Located in Hollywood, SC
American mahogany stenciled and painted foliage secretary bookcase with fitted inlaid birds eye maple interior, shelving, fall front desk, lower cabinet doors, and terminating on scr...
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19th Century American Antique American Empire Secretaires

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English Mahogany Secretary Desk, 19th Century
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Antique American Empire Burled Mahogany Chest of Drawers, Circa 1820s
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Antique American Empire Classical Flame Mahogany Secretary, c1840
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American Empire Neoclassical Meeks School Flame Mahogany Secretary Desk, c1840
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Early 19th Century Mahogany American Empire Secretary with Bookcase
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