Architect's Table, oak, mahogany, walnut, pine, cherry; bronze, brass, iron, steel, gold; leather, gold, This mechanical table has a rectangular double-hinged top veneered with flame-grained mahogany. It can also serve as a console. A horizontal molding, on which reading, writing, and drawing materials may be propped, emerges automatically when the top is raised. Below is a long frieze drawer decorated with milleraies banding and moldings and mounted with drapery-swag handles. The interior is fitted with a leather-covered writing slide above a nest of moveable drawers. The square, tapering legs decorated on all sides with millerailles panels have gilt-bronze profiles and moldings and brass block feet. The molding on the tops of the three legs were gilded only on the three visible corners. All four legs are screw-topped to permit easy transport. Latches underneath the tabletop can be turned outward to hold adjustable candlesticks., Neuwied, Germany, ca. 1780–1795, furniture, Decorative Arts, mechanical table, mechanical table
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Architect's Table, oak, mahogany, walnut, pine, cherry, bronze, brass, iron, steel, gold, leather, gold, mechanical table, rectangular double-hinged top veneered, flame-grained mahogany, serve, console, horizontal molding, reading, writing, drawing materials, propped, emerges automatically, top, raised, long frieze drawer decorated, milleraies banding, moldings, mounted, drapery-swag handles, interior, fitted, leather-covered writing slide, nest, moveable drawers, square, tapering legs decorated, sides, millerailles panels, gilt-bronze profiles, moldings, brass block feet, molding, tops, three legs, gilded, three visible corners, four legs, screw-topped, permit easy transport, Latches underneath, tabletop, turned outward, hold adjustable candlesticks, Neuwied, Germany, ca, 1780–1795, furniture, Decorative Arts, mechanical table, mechanical table
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