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

Adam Weisweiler

Medium: Oak veneered with burl thuya, amaranth, mahogany, satinwood, holly, and ebonized holly; painted metal; one soft-paste porcelain plaque; fifteen jasper medallions; gilt-bronze mounts; marble; leather (not original)
Dimensions: Overall: 51 × 27 × 16 in. (129.5 × 68.6 × 40.6 cm)
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Dated: ca. 1787
Pixels: 3677 × 3865
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Adam Weisweiler. Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), ca. 1787. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.