Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant)

Jean-François Dubut

Medium: Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble
Dimensions: confirmed: 47 5/16 × 26 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (120.2 × 66.7 × 29.2 cm)
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Dated: ca. 1760
Pixels: 3200 × 4000
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Jean-François Dubut. Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant), ca. 1760. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.