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Drop-front secretary on stand (Secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Attributed to Adam Weisweiler (1744–1820, master cabinetmaker 1778–after 1810)

Manufactory:: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Decorator:: Plaques decorated by Edme François Bouillat père (French, 1739/40–1810, active 1758–1810)
Decorator:: Borders attributed to Geneviève Taillandier (active 1774–98)
Maker:: Gilt by Jean-Pierre Boulanger (1722–1785, active 1754–85)
Factory:: Pottery "cameos" by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (1759–present)
Maker:: Certain gilt-bronze mounts by Pierre Rémond (1747–1812)
Date:: ca. 1787
Culture:: French, Paris and Sèvres
Medium:: Oak veneered with burl thuya, amaranth, mahogany, satinwood, holly, and ebonized holly, painted metal, gilt-bronze mounts, marble top; large soft-paste Sèvres porcelain plaque, fifteen Wedgwood jasper medallions
Dimensions:: H. 51 in. (129.5 cm.), W. 27 in. (68.6 cm.), D. 16 in. (40.6 cm.)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Accession Number:: 58.75.57

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 529

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