American Period Furniture in Museum Collectionsa SAPFM viewer

In the collection ofMetropolitan Museum of Art

Secretary (sécretaire à abattant)

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

ca. 1815–20 with later additions

Medium

Walnut, parcel-ebonized and mounted with gilt bronze; leather, glass, brass

Dimensions

105 x 37 x 21 in. (266.7 x 94 x 53.3 cm)

Form

Desk

Culture

Austrian

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1991.470

Credit line

Gift of Frederich R. Koch, 1991