# Writing table

- By: David Roentgen (Herrnhaag, 1743–1807)
- Date: c. 1775 - c. 1780
- Medium: bronze (metal), wood (plant material), rosewood (wood), rosewood (wood), oak (wood)
- Classification: table
- Dimensions: depth 51.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-16678--30f10352bd4a3e28f0f057fcec656287)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/SCpsN/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Under David Roentgen, the family cabinetmaking workshop in Neuwied (Germany) became the most famous in all of Europe. Like his father Abraham, he specialized in mechanically complex furniture; even this simple table is not opened with a key, but by means of a system of hidden buttons. The tabletop has a chinoiserie scene in marquetry.