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Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Secretary (Secrétaire)

c. 1800

attributed to Bernard Molitor

(French, 1755–1833)
France, 18th century
mahogany on oak carcass, ormolu mounts, marble top
Overall: 144.6 x 103.5 x 46.1 cm (56 15/16 x 40 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)
The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection 1979.36
Location: 202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
  • (Wildenstein); Akram Ojjeh; (Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Monaco).
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection is on View in Year in Review Exhibition,” February 7, 1980, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99. Reproduced: cat. no. 35, p. 68; Mentioned: p. 59 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
  • {{cite web|title=Secretary (Secrétaire)|url=false|author=Bernard Molitor|year=c. 1800|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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