Mechanical table (Table mécanique)

Jean Henri Riesener, 1778

Artist

Jean Henri Riesener (French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris)

Date

1778

Medium

Oak veneered with marquetry of bois satiné, holly, amaranth, barberry, stained sycamore, and green-lacquered wood; gilt-bronze mounts; steel, iron and brass fittings; mirror glass; velvet (not original)

Size

Overall: 31 × 44 1/2 × 27 1/4 in. (78.7 × 113 × 69.2 cm)

Type

Woodwork-Furniture

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed