Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire)
Jean Henri Riesener
In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Maker
- Jean Henri Riesener
- Date
- 1783
- Medium
- Oak veneered with ebony and 17th-century Japanese lacquer; interiors veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and ebonized holly; gilt-bronze mounts; marble top; velvet (not original)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 57 × 43 × 16 in. (144.8 × 109.2 × 40.6 cm); Length (key): 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
- Form
- Desk
- Culture
- French, Paris
- Museum
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Accession
- 20.155.11
- Credit line
- Bequest of William K. Vanderbilt, 1920
