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

Martin Carlin →

ca. 1776

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 · 43 3/8 x 40 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (110.1 x 102.9 x 32.7cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan →

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Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet). by Martin Carlin. ca. 1776. 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. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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