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Lot Essay
With its elaborate mechanism designed to accommodate a whole spectrum of domestic activities, this sophisticated little table, veneered in figured mahogany, the late 18th century production of the Roentgen workshops.
Developed in the late 1780s by David Roentgen (1743-1807), who took control of his father Abraham's (1711-1793) workshop in 1772, the prototype of this can be found in the collection of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in Coburg, while other examples have been recorded in Schloss Ludwigsburg, Swabia, and the collections of the Duchess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in the Wittumspalais, Weimar. Another example, made by David Roentgen and branded with a French royal inventory marque au feu is illustrated in D. Fabian, Roentgen Möbel aus Neuwied, 1986, p. 72, figs. 117-120.
Developed in the late 1780s by David Roentgen (1743-1807), who took control of his father Abraham's (1711-1793) workshop in 1772, the prototype of this can be found in the collection of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in Coburg, while other examples have been recorded in Schloss Ludwigsburg, Swabia, and the collections of the Duchess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in the Wittumspalais, Weimar. Another example, made by David Roentgen and branded with a French royal inventory marque au feu is illustrated in D. Fabian, Roentgen Möbel aus Neuwied, 1986, p. 72, figs. 117-120.