- Artist
- Jean-Henri Riesener
- Artist Info
- French, 1734 - 1806
- Title
- Roll-top Desk (Bureau à cylindre)
- Dated
- c. 1775/1785
- Classification
- Decorative Art
- Medium
- veneered on oak principally with tulipwood and purplewood, with ebony (or wood stained to resemble ebony) and boxwood for stringing; gilded bronze mounts
- Dimensions
- overall: 121.3 x 128.2 x 78.2 cm (47 3/4 x 50 1/2 x 30 13/16 in.) overall (depth of table top): 34.8 cm (13 11/16 in.) overall (height to table top): 76.2 cm (30 in.)
- Credit
- Widener Collection
- Accession No.
- 1942.9.410
- Image Use
- Open Access
