# Rolltop desk

- By: David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780)
- Date: ca. 1780
- Medium: Oak, pine, walnut, cherry, tulipwood, and mahogany (later drawers), veneered with maple hornbeam (both partially stained), tulipwood, burl wood (stained), mahogany, holly, walnut, and other woods; gilt bronze, brass, steel, and iron;…
- Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
- Dimensions: Overall: 44 7/8 × 45 3/4 × 26 1/2 in. (114 × 116.2 × 67.3 cm)
- Culture: German
- Credit line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/202161)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/es/web-large/DP270770.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)