Secretary cabinet

Date

ca. 1735

Medium

Oak, pine, and walnut decorated in red, gold, and silver japanning; brass; mirror glass

Dimensions

Overall: 81 × 41 1/4 × 22 in. (205.7 × 104.8 × 55.9 cm)

Form

Desk

Culture

British

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

2014.186a, b

Credit line

Purchase, Acquisitions Benefit Fund 2013; Gift of Mrs. Edward Karfiol, in memory of Edward Karfiol; Gift of Bernard M. Baruch, in memory of his wife, Annie Griffen Baruch; and Gifts of Irwin Untermyer, George Blumenthal and Mrs. Russell Sage, by exchange, 2014