Desk
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
Martin Carlin|Edme François Bouillat père|Sèvres Manufactory
French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730–1785 Paris|French,1739/40–1810, active 1758–1800|French, 1740–present
Carlin, Martin|Bouillat père, Edme François|Sèvres Manufactory
ca. 1776
Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and sycamore; six Sèvres soft-paste porcelain plaques and two painted tin plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble shelves; moiré silk
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1976
Garlands|Flowers