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Cabinetwork · 49.7.117

Mechanical table

1781

Mechanical table
Medium
Oak veneered with mahogany and marquetry, gilt-bronze mounts
Date
1781
Dimensions
72.4 × 78.1 × 48.3 cm
Catalogue
49.7.117
Credit
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
Indexed

Further views

The top slid back and the mirror raised
Fig. 2 · The top slid back and the mirror raised
The mirror lowered, the writing surface exposed
Fig. 3 · The mirror lowered, the writing surface exposed
Mechanical table

Fig. 1 · Mechanical table

The top slid back and the mirror raised

Fig. 2 · The top slid back and the mirror raised

The mirror lowered, the writing surface exposed

Fig. 3 · The mirror lowered, the writing surface exposed

References

Provenance
  • The Jules Bache Collection; to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1949
Exhibited
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on view in gallery 546
Literature

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