- at the Musée Condé, Chantilly). The drop-front
secretary (sécretaire à
abattant)
initially designed by Oeben, or by
Riesener in Oeben's workshop, presents...
-
drawers and
nooks for
papers and
small objects. As in a "secrétaire à
abattant," or fall
front desk, the main
working surface or
desktop is
hinged and...
- c. 1783; Secrétaire à
abattant,
delivered to Marie-Antoinette's
cabinet intérieur at Versailles, c. 1783; Secrétaire à
abattant,
delivered to Marie-Antoinette's...
- desk.
Scrutoire and
scriptoire are
ancient variations. The "secrétaire à
abattant" is a
nearly identical form, but
usually in a
French style such as Louis...
- desk
Plantation desk
Portable desk
Rolltop desk
School desk Secrétaire à
abattant, see Fall-front desk
Secretaire en
portefeuille Secretary desk Shtender...
- open,
given the
trouble involved. The fall
front desk or "secrétaire à
abattant", and the
slant top desk are also related.
Unlike all of
these earlier...
- 1776-77,
Getty Museum,
United States Secrétaire à
abattant, 1776,
Waddesdon Manor, UK Secrétaire à
abattant, 1770-80, V&A, UK
Table à ouvrage, 1770. delivered...
- Secrétaire à
abattant by Jean-François Leleu, Paris, ca 1770 (Musée
Nissim de Camondo, Paris)...
- 21.7 cm;
Metropolitan Museum of Art Drop-front
secretaire (secrètaire à
abattant); 1770–1775;
painted and
varnished oak, ****gany,
purplewood and gilt-bronze...
-
their laps
applied to the
corners of a drop-front
secretary (secrétaire à
abattant) that was
produced under the
direction of the
sculptor and entrepreneur...
