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Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), Martin Carlin French, Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and sycamore; six Sèvres soft-paste porcelain plaques and two painted tin plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble shelves; moiré silk, French, Paris and Sèvres — Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
Attributed to Martin Carlin
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory
Decorator Central plaque decorated by Edme François Bouillat père
ca. 1776

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), Adam Weisweiler French, Oak veneered with burl thuya, amaranth, mahogany, satinwood, holly, and ebonized holly; painted metal; one soft-paste porcelain plaque; fifteen jasper medallions; gilt-bronze mounts; marble; leather (not original), French, Paris and Sèvres — Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1787

Salad bowl (saladier) (one of six) (part of a service), Sèvres Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres — Salad bowl (saladier) (one of six) (part of a service)
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory
Possibly decorated by Edme François Bouillat père
or possibly by Geneviève-Louise Bouillat
1780

Ice cream cup (tasse à glace) (one of thirty-one) (part of a service), Sèvres Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres — Ice cream cup (tasse à glace) (one of thirty-one) (part of a service)
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory
Decorator Edme François Bouillat père
1771

Plate (assiette à palmes) (1 of 102) (part of a service), Sèvres Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres — Plate (assiette à palmes) (1 of 102) (part of a service)
Multiple artists/makers
1780

Ice cream cup (Tasse à glace) (part of a service), Sèvres Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres — Ice cream cup (Tasse à glace) (part of a service)
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory
Decorator Edme François Bouillat père
1771

Plate (part of a service), Sèvres Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres — Plate (part of a service)
Multiple artists/makers
1784

Plate (assiette à palmes), Sèvres Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres — Plate (assiette à palmes)
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory
Decorator Edme François Bouillat père
1771

Oval platter, Sèvres Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres — Oval platter
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory
Decorator Edme François Bouillat père
1771

Saucer

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory

Decorator Decorator (of saucer): Flower painting by Edme François Bouillat père

After a design by François Boucher

1758/59

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