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Drop-front secretary (secrétaire à abattant)
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Drop-front secretary (secrétaire à abattant)

Adam Weisweiler · c. 1790 - c. 1795 · lacquering; gild; boxwood; bronze (metal); ebony (wood); marble (rock); maple (wood); gilding (material); wood (plant material); lacquer (coating); purpleheart (wood); oak (wood)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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This secretary – a writing desk with a lockable front panel – is decorated with 17th-century Japanese lacquerwork taken from old chests or cabinets. Parisian dealers in luxury goods, such as Dominique Daguerre, bought the costly lacquerwork and had new pieces of furniture made in which it was incorporated.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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furnituredesksecretaryornaments ~ art
Credit lineDrop-front secretary (secrétaire à abattant). c. 1790 - c. 1795. Adam Weisweiler. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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