Secretary cabinet
19th centuryWood, marqueterie; MetalH x L x P: 231 x 140 x 73 cm
Object: Secretary cabinet
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker
- Title:
- Secretary cabinet
- Date:
- 19th century
- Inventory Number:
- 2021-203/028
- Collection:
- Furnishings
- Domain:
- Mobiliary art
- Furniture
- Carpentry
- Wooden furniture
- Designation:
- Secrétaire
- Iconography:
- Musical instrument
- Man
- Flower
- Material | Technique:
- Wood, marqueterie; Metal
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 231 x 140 x 73 cm
- Description:
- Secretary desk with three doors and thirteen drawers, all in marquetry and veneer. The hinged desktop shows a man with a harp. The marquetry on the doors and drawers is oval and rectangular. Rocaille inlays in the upper two doors. Moulded and scalloped cornice. Locks in the shape of laurel wreaths. Metal handles in the shape of garlands.
- Acquisition method:
- This object has been retro-inventoried. The circumstances of its arrival in the collection are currently not known. If you have any information that might be useful to the work’s provenance, please contact digital@mnaha.etat.lu .
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d’archéologie, d’histoire et d’art Luxembourg (MNAHA) / Photo: Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
Object: Secretary cabinet
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker
- Title:
- Secretary cabinet
- Date:
- 19th century
- Inventory Number:
- 2021-203/028
- Collection:
- Furnishings
- Domain:
- Mobiliary art
- Furniture
- Carpentry
- Wooden furniture
- Designation:
- Secrétaire
- Iconography:
- Musical instrument
- Man
- Flower
- Material | Technique:
- Wood, marqueterie; Metal
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 231 x 140 x 73 cm
- Description:
- Secretary desk with three doors and thirteen drawers, all in marquetry and veneer. The hinged desktop shows a man with a harp. The marquetry on the doors and drawers is oval and rectangular. Rocaille inlays in the upper two doors. Moulded and scalloped cornice. Locks in the shape of laurel wreaths. Metal handles in the shape of garlands.
- Acquisition method:
- This object has been retro-inventoried. The circumstances of its arrival in the collection are currently not known. If you have any information that might be useful to the work’s provenance, please contact digital@mnaha.etat.lu .
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d’archéologie, d’histoire et d’art Luxembourg (MNAHA) / Photo: Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
