Title: Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
Object type: Desk
Date: ca. 1773
Artist:  Martin Carlin 
Artist bio: French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730–1785 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
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
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY