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Rolltop desk
Maker David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780)
Designer Drawer pulls after a design by Thomas Chippendale
Designer Marquetry panel after a design by Januarius Zick
ca. 1776–79
- Medium
- Oak, cherry, pine, mahogany, veneered with maple, burl woods, holly, hornbeam (all partially stained), tulipwood, mahogany, and other woods; mother-of-pearl; partially gilded and tooled leather; gilt bronze, iron, steel, brass, partially…
- Classification
- Woodwork-Furniture
- Dimensions
- 53 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (135.9 x 110.5 x 67.3 cm.)
- Culture
- German
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1941
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
