Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) by Martin Carlin|Sèvres Manufactory|Nicolas Bulidon|Guillaume Noël|Marie-Claude Sophie Xhrouuet|Jacques-François Micaud

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)

Classification

Woodwork-Furniture

Culture

French, Paris and Sèvres

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958

Accession Number

58.75.44

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