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

Maker

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

Date

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)

Form

Desk

Culture

French, Paris and Sèvres

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

58.75.44

Credit line

Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958