Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire)

Jean Henri Riesener

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