# Secretary

- By: Attributed to Martin Carlin
- By: Sèvres Manufactory
- By: various French
- Date: ca. 1781–85
- Medium: Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, ebonized holly, and other marquetry wood; brass; green-colored metal; gilt-bronze mounts; marble top. Soft paste porcelain plaques from the Sèvres Manufactory.
- Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
- Dimensions: H. 120.3 cm, W. 80 cm, D. 45.7 cm
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459251)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/rl/web-large/DT3598.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)