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Mahogany writing table
Also titled Schrijftafel van mahoniehout
David Roentgen (Herrnhaag, 1743–1807)
c. 1780 - c. 1785
- Medium
- mahogany (wood), bronze (metal), copper (metal), leather, spruce (wood), wood (plant material), cherry (wood), oak (wood)
- Classification
- table
- Dimensions
- height 77 cm x width 68.5 cm x depth 45.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- J.E.F.E. de Kleyn-von Artner Bequest, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
After 1780 marquetry went out of fashion in Paris. Unembellished panels of wood with an attractive grain were increasingly used as veneer; mahogany was a particular favourite. This development was followed throughout Europe, and also by Roentgen, who sold his furniture in Paris, among other places.
