Artwork https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/195332

Note

Desk (Secretary). ca. 1730–35. Pine; carved, painted, gilded, and varnished linden wood decorated with colored decoupage prints; mirror glass; the inside of the fall front lined with silk not original to the secretary. European Sculpture and Decorative Arts. Fletcher Fund, 1925

Artwork facts

Maker: Unknown maker
Date: ca. 1730–35
Place: No production place recorded
Current location: Gallery 507
Owner: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Materials: Pine; carved, painted, gilded, and varnished linden wood decorated with colored decoupage prints; mirror glass; the inside of the fall front lined with silk not original to the secretary
Classifications: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Secretary desk, Woodwork-Furniture
Dimensions: Overall: 102 x 44 x 23 in. (259.1 x 111.8 x 58.4 cm); Overall Depth: 58.4 cm; Overall Width: 111.8 cm; Overall Height: 259.1 cm
Image rights: public domain / open access image
Text rights: Met Open Access metadata is CC0 to the extent possible under law
Attribution: Fletcher Fund, 1925

Linked entities

ClassificationEuropean Sculpture and Decorative Arts ClassificationWoodwork-Furniture MaterialPine; carved, painted, gilded, and varnished linden wood decorated with colored decoupage prints; mirror glass; the inside of the fall front lined with silk not original to the secretary Current ownerMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Primary Open Access Image (image/jpeg)

Desk (Secretary). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Fletcher Fund, 1925

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