Title: Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
Object type: Desk
Date: porcelain ca. 1764, secretary ca. 1775
Artist: Attributed to Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix 
Artist bio: French, 1727–1799
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
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
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY