Watch as this desk’s hidden features are revealed.
The richly embellished surface of this rolltop desk conceal a wealth of mechanical surprises and features, including a spectacular arrangement of almost forty compartments and drawers. Abraham (1711–1793) and David Roentgen (1743–1807) designed this table not just for writing and reading but also to function as a dressing table, or poudreuse.
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This table is from Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens, Washington DC, and is on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens:
http://www.metmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/listings/2012/roentgen
More information about this object can be found here:
http://trio.hillwoodmuseum.org/detail.php?t=objects&type=related&kv=13072
Footage courtesy of Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens.
