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Commode (commode à vantaux)
Adam Weisweiler
Oak veneered with mahogany and thuya; gilt bronze; marble · 1780
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Architect's Table
David Roentgen, German
furniture, decorative arts, mechanical table — oak, mahogany, walnut, pine, cherry; bronze, brass, iron, steel, gold; leather, gold · 1780
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Corner Cabinet
Jean Henri Riesener
Oak, mahogany, marble, and gilt-bronze mounts · 1780
Art Institute of Chicago
Mahogany writing table
David Roentgen
gild on wood (plant material), copper (metal), leather, mahogany (wood), oak (wood), cherry (wood), spruce (wood), bronze (metal) · 1780
Rijksmuseum
Obelisk clock with a Franklin movement
David Roentgen
Oak, thuya burl wood, gilded bronze, silver, and steel · 1780
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Writing table
David Roentgen
gild on maple (wood), bronze (metal), oak (wood), wood (plant material), satinwood (wood), gilding (material) · 1780
Rijksmuseum
The Bard
Benjamin West
Oil paint on oak · 1778
Tate
Secretary (secrétaire à abattant)
Adam Weisweiler
Oak veneered with mahogany; white marble top and shelf; gilt-bronze mounts and adjustable candleholders. · 1777
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Writing table
David Roentgen
rosewood (wood), wood (plant material), bronze (metal), rosewood (wood), oak (wood) · 1775
Rijksmuseum
Game table
David Roentgen
Oak and walnut, veneered with mahogany, maple, holly (the last two partially stained); iron, steel, brass, gilt bronze; felt and partially tooled and gilded leather · 1775
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Boudoir from the Hôtel de Crillon
Pierre-Adrien Paris, French
Oak, painted and gilded · 1772
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rolltop desk
David Roentgen
Oak, cherry, pine, mahogany, veneered with maple, burl woods, holly, hornbeam (all partially stained), tulipwood, mahogany, and other woods; mother-of-pearl; partially gilded and tooled leather; gilt bronze, iron, steel, brass, partially gold-lacquered brass · 1771
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wall paneling
Pierre Ranson
Oak, painted · 1770
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Upright secretary
Pierre Roussel
Oak, pine, king-wood, satin-wood, holly, stained woods, satiné, purple-wood, tulipwood, sycamore, gilt bronze, marble · 1770
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Secretaire belijmd met roze- en esdoornhout en met blauw-grijs geaderd blad van marmer. Twee onderdeuren, een neerklapbaar blad en een lade. Beslag van verguld koper of brons
Pierre Roussel
maple (wood), rosewood (wood), oak (wood), marble (rock), gilding (material), copper (metal), wood (plant material), kingwood (wood), bronze (metal) · 1770
Rijksmuseum
Small oval writing table (one of a pair)
Roger Vandercruse Lacroix
Oak veneered with satiné wood, tulipwood; leather; gilt bronze · 1770
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bureau Secretary
David Roentgen
Walnut, cherry, fruitwood, pine, oak, maple, stain, gilded bronze, brass, and iron · 1770
Art Institute of Chicago
Bentside spinet
John Harris Jr.
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, white oak,
birch, maple, cherry, white cedar, white pine · 1769
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Oval table
David Roentgen
Oak, walnut, pine, cherry, and maple, veneered with maple, hornbeam, holly (all partially stained), cherry, mahogany, tulipwood, and other woods; gilt bronze, iron, brass, steel; partially tooled and gilded leather · 1769
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Drop-front secretaire (secrètaire à abattant)
René Dubois
Painted and varnished oak, veneered with European lacquer, mahogany, purplewood, gilt-bronze mounts · 1765
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wall clock-barometer (baromètre et thermomètre en cartel)
Lange
Gilt-bronze, tortoiseshell, steel, oak · 1765
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Commode
Louis Gabriel Moreau
Oak, tulipwood, satin-wood, holly, satiné, gilt-bronze, marble · 1765
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Drop-front secretaire (secrètaire à abattant)
René Dubois
Painted and varnished oak, veneered with European lacquer, mahogany, purplewood, gilt-bronze mounts · 1765
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Longcase astronomical regulator
Ferdinand Berthoud
Case: oak veneered with ebony and brass, with gilt-bronze mounts; Dial: white enamel; Movement: gilded brass and steel · 1763
The Metropolitan Museum of Art