Sécrétaire à la Chanceliére
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782
label: Print Maker
content: Nicolas Dupin, French, active 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Le Père et Avaulez, Paris, 1772–1777
label: Publisher
content: Charles Le Pere, French, active 1772 – 1777
label: Publisher
content: Pierre-Michel Avaulez, French, active 1772 – d. 1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a writing desk with a drop leaf. The desk is carved with minimal ornament motifs including lamb tongue, bound leaf garland, and a scallop shell with scrolling acanthus leaves. The plate is signed.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-252-53
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on off white laid paper