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Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
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Oak veneered with burl thuya amaranth mahogany satinwood holly and ebonized holly; painted metal; one soft-paste porcelain plaque; fifteen jasper medallions; gilt-bronze mounts; marble; leather (not original)
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1958
Attributed to Adam Weisweiler (Maker)
Porcelain plaques made by Sèvres Manufactory (Manufactory)
Porcelain plaques decorated by Edme François Bouillat père (Decorator)
Porcelain plaques decorated by Geneviève Taillandier (Decorator)
Jasperware medallions by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (Factory)
Some mounts by Pierre Rémond (Maker)
Title: Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
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Oak veneered with burl thuya amaranth mahogany satinwood holly and ebonized holly; painted metal; one soft-paste porcelain plaque; fifteen jasper medallions; gilt-bronze mounts; marble; leather (not original).
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