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Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant), Jean-François Dubut, ca. 1760, Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black…
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Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant)

Jean-François Dubut · 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)
Accession
2019.283.3a, b
Credit line
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Culture
French
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