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Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), Martin Carlin|Sèvres Manufactory|Nicolas Bulidon|Guillaume…

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Desk

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

Martin Carlin|Sèvres Manufactory|Nicolas Bulidon|Guillaume Noël|Marie-Claude Sophie Xhrouuet|Jacques-François Micaud · ca. 1773

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)
Accession: 58.75.44
Credit line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Culture: French, Paris and Sèvres

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