Antique Desk With Hidden Compartments

These might be scratches nicks or ink stains.

Antique desk with hidden compartments.

This was to keep thieves or snoops at bay. Find secret compartment hidden compartments furniture gun concealment furniture secret compartments diversion safes book safes secret stash clothing. This bookcase offers 10 hidden compartments and would make a stylish addition to your living room den or home office. There were no computers to store important information so these desks and secretaries came with all kinds of secret drawers tills roll down covers and other mechanisms.

Antique desks secretaries. Today antique collectors may find a hidden compartment in a desk or secretary that they didn t even know was there. Older desks will commonly have hidden compartments in them for example. 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.

Here are 10 pieces of furniture with hidden compartments to help you store everything from cords and cables to craft supplies remote controls and even your car keys. A prepper s guide to hiding discovering and scavenging diversion safes and. Antique trunk 1873 with hidden compartments under lid. If you are an antiques fan you can nourish your new antique drop front secretary desk and use it to display other items from years gone by.

Evidence of age is important to value as well. Some have one side of working drawers and one side of faux drawers. Look for signs of wear inside the drawers. For bookworms who love to collect dusty old classics an antique bookcase secretary desk is a winning.

2 in 1 upgrade nightstand with lift top and computer table height adjustable bedside table end table laptop desk with 2 drawer and hidden storage compartment black 4 3 out of 5 stars 48 86 90 86. Hidden in plain sight. In the beginning desks and secretaries were some of the most complicated pieces of furniture you could buy. Some spots may only be large enough to hold a letter while other compartments are larger.

Many also have small front drawers cubbyholes hidden compartments released by a knob in one of the drawers or pop up galleries. The davenport is a type of small case desk with a slanted and or pull out top and a row of drawers down one or both sides. An authentic antique desk will generally have some defect that. As many feature towering dresser like compartments you have plenty of room to store your goods too.

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