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Maker David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780)
Designer Designs for figural marquetry by Januarius Zick
Decorator Stencil drawings and stamp-cutting of marquetry Elie Gervais
Maker Frieze mounts attributed to Pierre Rémond
ca. 1775–79 with later alterations
- Medium
- Oak, pine, walnut, mahogany, and cherry veneered with hornbeam (partially stained), tulipwood, walnut, holly and maple (both partially stained), boxwood, mahogany, and other woods; red brocatelle marble; gilt bronze; iron, steel, and brass
- Classification
- Woodwork-Furniture
- Dimensions
- 35 1/4 x 53 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (89.5 x 135.9 x 69.2cm)
- Culture
- German
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
- 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
