Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant)

Jean-François Dubut · ca. 1760

Drop-front secretaire (secrétaire à abattant)

Veneered on oak, in front with panels of black and gold lacquer, partly Chinese and partly European, and on the sides with floral marquetry in tulipwood, rosewood, satinwood, purplewood, and various other end-cut woods; mounts of gilded and chased bronze; top of breche d'Aleps marble

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0

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