Crédits: Oct 25, 2012
Discover the hidden features and intricate interior of this cabinet.
One
of the finest achievements of European furniture making, this cabinet
is the most important product from Abraham (1711--1793) and David
Roentgen's (1743--1807) workshop. A writing cabinet crowned with a
chiming clock, it features finely designed marquetry panels and
elaborate mechanisms that allow for doors and drawers to be opened
automatically at the touch of a button. Owned by King Frederick William
II, the Berlin cabinet is uniquely remarkable for its ornate decoration,
mechanical complexity, and sheer size.
This cabinet is from
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, and is on view at The
Metropolitan Museum of Art in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The
Princely Furniture of the Roentgens:http://www.metmuseum.org/en/exhibitio...
Footage courtesy of VideoART GmbH and Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.