Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin

Medium: Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and sycamore; six Sèvres soft-paste porcelain plaques and two painted tin plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble shelves; moiré silk
Dimensions: 43 3/8 x 40 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (110.1 x 102.9 x 32.7cm)
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Dated: ca. 1776
Pixels: 3791 × 3792
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Martin Carlin. Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), ca. 1776. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.