Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), Attributed to Martin Carlin, ca. 1776

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Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), Attributed to Martin Carlin (French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730–1785 Paris), ca. 1776, French, Paris and Sèvres, 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, 43 3/8 x 40 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. ( x x ), Woodwork-Furniture, Attributed to Martin Carlin (French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730–1785 Paris), Attributed to the cabinetmaker Martin Carlin, who was known for his graceful furniture mounted with Sevres porcelain, this exquisite two-piece desk was made about 1776. A date letter for that year is painted on the back of the central porcelain plaque, together with the mark of Edme-Francois Bouillat (1739/40–1810), a painter at the Sevres manufactory

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