Drop-front secretary (secrétaire à abattant)
- Date
- c. 1790 - c. 1795
- Medium
- bronze (metal); ebony (wood); lacquer (coating); maple (wood); boxwood; marble (rock); wood (plant material); gilding (material); purpleheart (wood); oak (wood)
- Dimensions
- width 81.5 cm x depth 35.5 cm
- Form
- Desk
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Accession
- BK-16653
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