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Upright secretary
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Oak burl yew-wood black-stained wood amboyna harewood satin-wood tulipwood satiné holly purple-wood gilt bronze marble sketches on paper
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1958
Title: Upright secretary
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Oak burl yew-wood black-stained wood amboyna harewood satin-wood tulipwood satiné holly purple-wood gilt bronze marble sketches on paper.
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