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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 ebonized holly; ten soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble; velvet (not original)
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1958
Martin Carlin (Maker)
Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory (Manufactory)
Oval front plaques decorated by Nicolas Bulidon (Decorator)
Oval side plaques decorated by Marie-Claude Sophie Xhrouuet (Decorator)
Six plaques decorated by Guillaume Noël (Decorator)
Two plaques decorated by Jacques-François Micaud (Decorator)
Title: Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
Description:
Oak veneered with tulipwood amaranth holly and ebonized holly; ten soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble; velvet (not original).
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