Drop-front secretary
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire)
Jean Henri Riesener
French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris
Riesener, Jean Henri
1783
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)
Bequest of William K. Vanderbilt, 1920
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