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: Martin Carlin|Sèvres Manufactory|Nicolas Bulidon|Guillaume Noël|Marie-Claude Sophie Xhrouuet|Jacques-François Micaud
Artist bio: French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730–1785 Paris|French, 1740–present|French, active 1763–92|French, active 1755–1807|active 1775–88|French, active 1757–1810
Artist role: Maker|Manufactory|Decorator|Decorator|Decorator|Decorator
Artist nationality: French|French|French|French| |French
Date: ca. 1773
Medium: Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and ebonized holly; ten soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble; velvet (not original)
Dimensions: Overall: 47 × 31 3/4 × 16 3/8 in. (119.4 × 80.6 × 41.6 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Accession year: 1958
Tags: Flowers|Desks