Mechanical table (Table mécanique)

Jean Henri Riesener|Jean-Gotfritt Mercklein

Maker

Jean Henri Riesener|Jean-Gotfritt Mercklein

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)

Dimensions

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

Form

Table

Culture

French, Paris

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

33.12

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1933