# Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

- By: Attributed to Martin Carlin
- By: Sèvres Manufactory
- By: Central plaque decorated by Edme François Bouillat père
- Date: ca. 1776
- Medium: 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
- Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
- Dimensions: 43 3/8 x 40 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (110.1 x 102.9 x 32.7cm)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1976
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/206499)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/es/web-large/DP105712.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)