Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958

Catalogue

Year
1782
Dimensions
Overall: 51 × 27 × 16 in. (129.5 × 68.6 × 40.6 cm)

Artist

Adam Weisweiler
Adam Weisweiler

Sculpture

Adam Weisweiler (French, 1750–1810)

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