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

Martin Carlin

Medium: Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and ebonized holly; ten soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble; velvet (not original)
Dimensions: Overall: 47 × 31 3/4 × 16 3/8 in. (119.4 × 80.6 × 41.6 cm)
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Dated: ca. 1773
Pixels: 3663 × 3865
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Martin Carlin. Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), ca. 1773. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.