Document Details Berlin Secretary Cabinet [with clock and music box] - Catalog No. 34, ca.1778-1779, 1786; complicated wooden cabinetry, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin:
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- Title: Berlin Secretary Cabinet [with clock and music box] - Catalog No. 34, ca.1778-1779, 1786; complicated wooden cabinetry, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
SubTitle: 359x152x88 cm, precision clock with seconds hand, lunar dial and music box - Author: David Roentgen, Achim Stiegel, Peter Kinzing
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Keywords: clock
Other Keywords: Roentgen Kinzig
Language: ENG
Notes: Precision clock integral to the furniture - Catalog No. 34, made ca. 1778-1779, modified 1786; owned by Kunstgewerbemuseum Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; 359xa52x88 cm, clock from the Kinzig workshop (including a musicbox playing " Andante - Menuett - Polonaise, Allegro" is integrated in a central and very visible position in theis 'showpiece' desk, one oth the most elaborate baroque pieces of furniture ever created, Catalog entry has 6 color phopographs (incl. 2 showing the clock).
Edition: 34 -- Copyright: 1778
Kind: Chapter
Type: Floor clock
Geographic area: NA/Other
Topic: NA/Other
Organization: Exhibition
Pages: 134-139
Entered By: fortunat
BHM No: 18017
Parent Document ID: 18015 - Parent Document Title: Extravagant Inventions - The Princeley Furniture of the Roentgens - [Catalog of the Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum, Oct 30, 2012-Jan 27,2013] - Publisher:
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