Title: Desk
Object type: Desk
Date: ca. 1770
Artist:  Joseph Baumhauer 
Artist bio: French, active ca. 1749–72
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Oak, tulipwood, gilt bronze, soft-paste porcelain, leather, silk
Dimensions: 29 3/4 × 34 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (75.6 × 87.6 × 52.1 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