Rolltop desk

David Roentgen

Maker

David Roentgen

Date

ca. 1780

Medium

Oak, pine, walnut, cherry, tulipwood, and mahogany (later drawers), veneered with maple hornbeam (both partially stained), tulipwood, burl wood (stained), mahogany, holly, walnut, and other woods; gilt bronze, brass, steel, and iron; marble; partially tooled and gilded leather

Dimensions

Overall: 44 7/8 × 45 3/4 × 26 1/2 in. (114 × 116.2 × 67.3 cm)

Form

Desk

Culture

German, Neuwied am Rhein

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

58.75.55

Credit line

Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958