Writing and toilet table (table mécanique)

Oeben, Jean-François (1721-1763) (attributed to)


Item type:
furniture
Date of creation:
ca. 1750
Height:
72.6 cm  (28 9/16 in.)
Width:
77.7 cm  (30 9/16 in.)
Depth:
44.0 cm  (17 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
wood

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1942.9.413]

Description

Tabletop design includes trophy with kettledrums, music, violin, wind instruments, and harp. A boy beggar strumming a cello(?), ladies in a window dropping coins to his companions.

Iconclass

48A9874
trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kettledrum [2887]
Violin [3573]
Wind instruments [3730]
Harp [3285]
Violoncello [3582]

RIdIM images


tabletop

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4046