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Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant)
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Veneered on oak in front with panels of black and gold lacquer partly Chinese and partly European and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood rosewood satinwood purplewood and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman 2019
Title: Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant)
Description:
Veneered on oak in front with panels of black and gold lacquer partly Chinese and partly European and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood rosewood satinwood purplewood and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble.
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