401- Reading and Writing Stand
Neuwied, circa 1760-1765
By Abraham Roentgen
Pine, oak, and walnut veneered with pali
sander, alder, rosewood, ebony, ivory, and
mother-of-pearl; gilded metal fittings
The tabletop bears the archepiscopal coat
of arms and the monogram JPC for Johann
Philipp Churfurst.
Height: 2 ft. 6 /2 in. (76.8 cm); Width:
2 ft. 4% in. (71.7 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 7% in.
(48.8 cm)
Accession number 85.DA. 216
PROVENANCE
Johann Philipp von Walderdorff, Prince
Archbishop and Elector of Trier; by descent
to Count Emanuel von Walderdorff.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Heinrich Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen
Mφbels-Spδtbarok und Rokoko (Munich,
1970), vol. 2, pp. 294, 428, fig. 992; Hans
Huth, Roentgen Furniture: Abraham and
David Roentgen, European Cabinetmakers
(London and New York, 1974), fig. 110;
Josef Maria Greber, Abraham und David
Roentgen: Mφbel fur Europa (Starnberg,
1980), vol. 2, pp. 32-33, pis. 57-58; Dietrich
Fabian, "Entwicklung der Roentgen:
Mehrzwecktische-Funktion, Konstruktion,
Oberflachenschmuck, Einrichtung," Alte
und moderne Kunst-174-175 (1981), pp. 18-26,
figs. 14,14a; Georg Himmelheber, "Abraham
Roentgen and the Archbishop of Trier,"
Antiques 127 (January 1985), pp. 245-259,
fig. 12; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14
(1986), no. 207, p. 248, illus.; Dietrich
Fabian, Roentgenmφbel aus Neuwied (Bad
Neustadt, 1986), p. 29, illus. p. 33, figs, n-14;
Handbook 1991, p. 185, illus.Architectural Woodwork
- Floor
(?) German, circa 1725
Pine veneered with kingwood, bois satinι,
sycamore, tulipwood, and olive
Length: 10 ft. 11 in. (332.7 cm); Width:
9 ft. 11 in. (302.2 cm)
Accession number 78 .DH.360.1-.4
One-quarter of floor 402PROVENANCE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, deaccessioned, 1970; [Dalva Brothers,
Inc., New York, 1970].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1977 to mid 1979,"
no. 10, p. 46, illus.232 GERMAN TABLES