Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant)

Jean-François Dubut

Maker

Jean-François Dubut

Date

ca. 1760

Medium

Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble

Dimensions

confirmed: 47 5/16 × 26 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (120.2 × 66.7 × 29.2 cm)

Culture

French

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

2019.283.3a, b

Credit line

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019