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Rolltop desk

Medium

Oak, cherry, pine, mahogany, veneered with maple, burl woods, holly, hornbeam (all partially stained), tulipwood, mahogany, and other woods; mother-of-pearl; partially gilded and tooled leather; gilt bronze, iron, steel, brass, partially gold-lacquered brass

Dimensions

53 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (135.9 x 110.5 x 67.3 cm.)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1941

Classification

Woodwork-Furniture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

German, Neuwied am Rhein

Rights

Public Domain

About David Roentgen

1743–1807Germany

German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780