# Rolltop desk

- By: David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780)
- By: Drawer pulls after a design by Thomas Chippendale
- By: Marquetry panel after a design by Januarius Zick
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1941
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/198715)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/es/web-large/DP106652.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)