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Secrètaire con ribaltina e gambe

Attributed to Martin Carlin French
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
Decorator Central plaque decorated by Edme François Bouillat père French
ca. 1776
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 529
Martin Carlin era noto per i suoi eleganti mobili decorati con le porcellane di Sèvres. La formella centrale di porcellana del secrètaire, dipinta da Edmé-François Bouillat, sul retro presenta le lettere che indicano l’anno 1776. La prima proprietaria del secrètaire fu la soprano Marie-Joséphine Laguerre, che ebbe una vita dissoluta e lussuosa grazie ai suoi ricchi e numerosi amanti. Il mobile fu poi acquistato da Maria Feodorovna quand’era ancora gran duchessa di Russia, infatti si era recata a Parigi nel 1782.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Secrètaire con ribaltina e gambe
  • Artista: Attribuito a Martin Carlin, Francese, 1730-1785
  • Data: ca. 1776
  • Materiale e tecnica: Quercia con impiallacciatura di tulipier, amaranto, agrifoglio e sicomoro; sei formelle di porcellana Sèvres a pasta tenera e due lamine di stagno dipinte; guarniture in bronzo dorato; mensole di marmo; seta marezzata
  • Dimensioni: 110,5 x 102,9 x 32,7 cm
  • Crediti: Dono di Mr. Charles Wrightsman e consorte, 1976
  • Numero d'inventario: 1976.155.110
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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NARRATOR: The beauty and refinement of French eighteenth-century furniture attracted an international clientele. Among them were the future empress and emperor of Russia, Paul and Maria Feodorovna. They stopped in Paris on a Grand Tour of Europe, while traveling incognito as the count and countess du Nord. Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide.

DANIËLLE KISLUK-GROSHEIDE: And we know that they visited, in 1782, the luxury shop of the marchand-mercier Daguerre. And it is very likely that, at that occasion, Maria selected this piece, which she then had sent to Russia and used in Pavlosk, this wonderful jewel box country house that they were building outside St. Petersburg.

NARRATOR: Paris was also a magnet for foreign-born cabinetmakers. This secretary is attributed to the German-born Martin Carlin. He specialized in fashionable Sèvres-mounted pieces, and you can see a number of them here.

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