Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Adam Weisweiler, ca. 1787

Artist

Adam Weisweiler (French, 1744–1820)

Date

ca. 1787

Medium

Oak veneered with burl thuya, amaranth, mahogany, satinwood, holly, and ebonized holly; painted metal; one soft-paste porcelain plaque; fifteen jasper medallions; gilt-bronze mounts; marble; leather (not original)

Size

Overall: 51 × 27 × 16 in. (129.5 × 68.6 × 40.6 cm)

Type

Woodwork-Furniture

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed