Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant)
Object type: Drop-front secretaire
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French
Artist: Jean-François Dubut
Artist bio: French, died 1778
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1760
Medium: Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble
Dimensions: confirmed: 47 5/16 × 26 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (120.2 × 66.7 × 29.2 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession year: 2019