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Rolltop desk
Maker David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780)
ca. 1785–86
- Medium
- Oak, veneered with pau amarello (yellowheart) and mahogany; gilt bronze and copper
- Classification
- Woodwork-Furniture
- Dimensions
- confirmed: 45 × 40 3/4 × 27 5/16 in. (114.3 × 103.5 × 69.4 cm)
- Culture
- German
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of the Estate of Ruth S. Stanton, in honor of Oliver Stanton, 2018
- 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
