Secretary desk

Date

last quarter 18th century

Medium

Wood, marble, gilt bronze

Dimensions

Overall: 55 × 30 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (139.7 × 77.5 × 36.8 cm); Overall (marble top): 1 1/8 × 31 × 16 in. (2.9 × 78.7 × 40.6 cm)

Form

Desk

Culture

French

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

48.187.728a, b

Credit line

Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948