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Secretary, oak (wood); bronze (metal); looking glasses; lemon wood; yew (wood); marble (rock); porcelain; purpleheart (wood)…
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Desk

Secretary

Maker unknown

Medium
oak (wood); bronze (metal); looking glasses; lemon wood; yew (wood); marble (rock); porcelain; purpleheart (wood); gilding (material); tin (metal)
Dimensions
width 76 cm x depth 39 cm
Accession
BK-1992-30
Credit line
Purchased with the support of the Belport Familienstiftung
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Secretary
ca. 1781–85
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Secretary Cabinet
Ireland · 1732
Art Institute of Chicago
Secretary
Philadelphia · 1795-1805
Philadelphia Museum of Art

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