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

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)

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

58.75.57