Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire)

Jean Henri Riesener, 1783

Artist

Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris)

Date

1783

Medium

Oak veneered with ebony and 17th-century Japanese lacquer; interiors veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and ebonized holly; gilt-bronze mounts; marble top; velvet (not original)

Size

Overall: 57 × 43 × 16 in. (144.8 × 109.2 × 40.6 cm); Length (key): 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

Type

Woodwork-Furniture

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed