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Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Adam Weisweiler →

ca. 1787

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) · Overall: 51 × 27 × 16 in. (129.5 × 68.6 × 40.6 cm)

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Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet). by Adam Weisweiler. ca. 1787. 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). Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) — Adam Weisweiler · ca. 1787 · Metropolitan Museum of Art · Arcz