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Secrétaire à abattant sur base

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 était réputé pour ses meubles élégants décorés de porcelaine de Sèvres. La plaque centrale de ce secrétaire, en porcelaine peinte par Edmé-François Bouillat, est marquée à l’arrière d’une lettre correspondant à l’année 1776. Le secrétaire fut d’abord propriété de la soprano Marie-Joséphine Laguerre, qui eut une vie luxueuse et dissolue grâce à des amants fortunés. Il fut ensuite acquis par Maria Feodorovna, alors grande-duchesse de Russie, qui visita Paris en 1782.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Secrétaire à abattant sur base
  • Artiste: Attribué à Martin Carlin, Français, 1730–1785
  • Date: v. 1776
  • Technique: Placage de bois de rose, d'amarante, de houx et de sycomore sur bâti de chêne ; six plaques de porcelaine de Sèvres à pâte dure et deux plaques d'étain peintes ; ferrures en bronze doré ; tablettes de marbre ; soie moirée
  • Dimensions: 110,5 x 102,9 x 32,7 cm
  • Crédits: Don de M. et MmeCharles Wrightsman, 1976
  • Accession Number: 1976.155.110
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Bookcase, Martin Carlin French, Tulipwood and satiné on oak; glass, and gilt-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Bookcase
Martin Carlin
ca. 1785
Jewel coffer on stand (petit coffre à bijoux), Martin Carlin French, Oak veneered with tulipwood, sycamore, holly, and ebonized holly; thirteen soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; velvet (not original), French, Paris and Sèvres
Jewel coffer on stand (petit coffre à bijoux)
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1775
Cabinet, Martin Carlin French, Oak veneered with tulipwood and amaranth, holly, and ebonized holly; gilt bronze, soft-paste porcelain, marble, mirror glass, silk, French, Paris and Sèvres
Cabinet
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1775–80
Writing and dressing table, Martin Carlin French, Sycamore, mahogany, boxwood, and ebony on oak; gilt bronze; brass; marble; leather, steel, French, Paris
Writing and dressing table
Martin Carlin
ca. 1785
Candlestick and workbox (table à ouvrage en guéridon), Martin Carlin French, Oak, veneered with tulipwood, boxwood, and ebony; gilt-bronze; blue velvet, French
Candlestick and workbox (table à ouvrage en guéridon)
Martin Carlin
ca. 1785

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