Cabinet, by Martin Carlin, ca. 1775–80
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Cabinet

Maker Martin Carlin (French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730–1785 Paris)

Manufactory Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory

Decorator Plaques painted by Jean-Baptiste Tandart

Maker Plaques gilded by Jean-Pierre Boulanger

Maker and Cyprien-Julien Hirel de Choisy

ca. 1775–80

Medium
Oak veneered with tulipwood and amaranth, holly, and ebonized holly; gilt bronze, soft-paste porcelain, marble, mirror glass, silk
Classification
Woodwork-Furniture
Dimensions
Overall" 36 1/2 × 13 1/8 × 13 3/4 in. (92.7 × 33.3 × 34.9 cm)
Culture
French
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line
Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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