Title: Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
Object type: Desk
Date: ca. 1776
Artist: Attributed to 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 sycamore; six Sèvres soft-paste porcelain plaques and two painted tin plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble shelves; moiré silk
Dimensions: 43 3/8 x 40 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (110.1 x 102.9 x 32.7cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1976
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY