The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Dressed Dancer, at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward (Second State)

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The Roentgens' Rolltop Desk

Watch as this desk's hidden features are revealed.

The richly embellished surface of this rolltop desk conceals a wealth of mechanical surprises and features, including a spectacular arrangement of almost forty compartments and drawers. Abraham (1711–1793) and David Roentgen (1743–1807) designed this table not just for writing and reading but also to function as a dressing table, or poudreuse.

This table, from Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens in Washington, D.C., is featured in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens (on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013).

Learn more about this object: http://trio.hillwoodmuseum.org/detail.php?t=objects&type=related&kv=13072

Footage courtesy of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens.

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Dressed Dancer, at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward (Second State)

Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)

Date:: possibly modeled ca. 1895; cast in 1920
Culture:: French
Medium:: Bronze
Dimensions:: 16-7/8 x 8-3/4 x 10 in. (42.9 x 22.2 x 25.4 cm.)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number:: 29.100.392

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 814

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