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Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
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Oak veneered with tulipwood amaranth holly and sycamore; six Sèvres soft-paste porcelain plaques and two painted tin plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble shelves; moiré silk
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman 1976
Title: Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
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Oak veneered with tulipwood amaranth holly and sycamore; six Sèvres soft-paste porcelain plaques and two painted tin plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble shelves; moiré silk.
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