Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
Object type: Desk
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris and Sèvres
Artist: Sèvres Manufactory|Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix
Artist bio: French, 1740–present|French, 1727–1799
Artist role: Manufactory|Maker
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: porcelain ca. 1764, secretary ca. 1775
Medium: Oak veneered with satin-wood, green and black-stained wood; gilt bronze, marble, soft-paste porcelain, silk
Dimensions: Overall: 50 1/2 × 33 5/8 × 14 in. (128.3 × 85.4 × 35.6 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Accession year: 1958