Maker: David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780). Date: ca. 1780. Cu
Maker: David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780). Date: ca. 1780. Culture: German, Neuwied am Rhein. The Roentgen manufactory was particularly well known for its rolltop writing desks with four, six, or even eight legs, distinguished in the 1770s by the accomplished marquetry á la mosaïque (also known as “painting in wood”) and gilt-bronze mounts that decorated their exteriors. -- source link
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