Drop-front secretary on stand (secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set)
Adam Weisweiler
In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Maker
- Adam Weisweiler
- Date
- ca. 1790
- Medium
- Oak veneered with ebony, amaranth, holly, ebonized holly, satinwood, Japanese and French lacquer panels, gilt-bronze mounts, brocatelle marble top (not original); steel springs; morocco leather (not original)
- Dimensions
- H. 52-3/8 x W. 34 x D. 16-1/2 in. (133.0 x 86.0 x 41.9 cm)
- Form
- Desk
- Culture
- French, Paris
- Museum
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Accession
- 1977.1.13
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977
