Secretary ca. 1781-85 Attributed to Martin Carlin French This upright rectangular drop-front secrétaire is thought to have come from the Parisian workshop of the French cabinetmaker ("maitre-ébeniste") Martin Carlin. From his quarters in the Rue de Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Carlin produced writing-desks, commodes, and secretaires inset with porcelain plaques or panels of "pietre dure", all exquisite pieces befitting his illustrious clientele. The daughters of Louis XV, Madame Adélaïde and Madame Victoire, decorated the Chateau Bellevue at Meudon near Paris with some of his masterpieces.Carlin crafted several drop-front secrétaires like the one in the Lehman Collection. The present example has Ionic fluted columns in the forecorners and Ionic pilasters on the rear corners, resting on a lower stage supported on four straight tapering and fluted octagonal legs. The white marble top of the upper section is surrounded by a gilt bronze molding chased with laurel leaves and berries surmounted o

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Secretary ca. 1781-85 Attributed to Martin Carlin French This upright rectangular drop-front secrétaire is thought to have come from the Parisian workshop of the French cabinetmaker ("maitre-ébeniste") Martin Carlin. From his quarters in the Rue de Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Carlin produced writing-desks, commodes, and secretaires inset with porcelain plaques or panels of "pietre dure", all exquisite pieces befitting his illustrious clientele. The daughters of Louis XV, Madame Adélaïde and Madame Victoire, decorated the Chateau Bellevue at Meudon near Paris with some of his masterpieces.Carlin crafted several drop-front secrétaires like the one in the Lehman Collection. The present example has Ionic fluted columns in the forecorners and Ionic pilasters on the rear corners, resting on a lower stage supported on four straight tapering and fluted octagonal legs. The white marble top of the upper section is surrounded by a gilt bronze molding chased with laurel leaves and berries surmounted o

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