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: Adam Weisweiler|Sèvres Manufactory|Edme François Bouillat père|Pierre Rémond|Josiah Wedgwood and Sons|Geneviève Taillandier
Artist bio: French, 1744–1820|French, 1740–present|French,1739/40–1810, active 1758–1800|French, Paris 1747–1812 Paris|British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1759–present|active 1774–98
Artist role: Maker|Manufactory|Decorator|Maker|Factory|Decorator
Artist nationality: French|French|French|French|British| 
Date: ca. 1787
Medium: 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)
Dimensions: Overall: 51 × 27 × 16 in. (129.5 × 68.6 × 40.6 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Accession year: 1958