Secrètaire con ribaltina

Jean Henri Riesener French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 524

Nel 1783 Jean-Henri Riesener costruì questo splendido secrètaire per Maria-Antonietta insieme a un comò abbinato, oggi anch’esso parte della collezione del Museo. Era stato commissionato per una delle stanze private della regina a Versailles, dove conservava le scatole di lacca giapponesi ereditate dalla madre, l’imperatrice Maria Teresa d’ Austria. Frammenti scelti di oggetti di lacca giapponese del Seicento furono riutilizzati come impiallacciatura per questi arredi regali. La lucentezza della lacca nera e oro e il brillante ebano creano uno sfondo straordinario su cui risaltano le bellissime guarniture in bronzo dorato, fatte di festoni e ghirlande intrecciate di fiori dall’aspetto naturale. Al centro del fregio nella parte superiore del mobile sono inserite le iniziali della regina.

Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris), 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), French, Paris

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Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris), 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), French, Paris
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris), 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), French, Paris
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris), 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), French, Paris
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris), 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), French, Paris
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris), 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), French, Paris
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris), 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), French, Paris
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris), 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), French, Paris
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris), 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), French, Paris
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris), 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), French, Paris

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