Title: Writing and eating table
Object type: Writing and eating table
Date: ca. 1780
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, gilt bronze, soft-paste porcelain, marble
Dimensions: Overall: 29 1/4 × 13 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (74.3 × 34.3 × 26 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