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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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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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