The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Peacock with tail down

Art Object

Reading, Writing, and Roentgen

Carolyn Sargentson, independent art historian and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum, outlines how changing social practices altered the designs and styles of furniture, both for the nobility and the lower classes.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013.

The exhibition and catalogue are made possible by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

Video/Audio (4)

David Roentgen: Long-Case Clock
(00:00:52)

The Roentgens' Berlin Secretary Cabinet
(00:02:20) 10523 views

Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Demonstration
(00:02:17) 16384 views

Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Animation
(00:01:00) 3001 views

Peacock with tail down

Date:: 1787
Culture:: Hungarian (Munkács)
Medium:: Silver, parcel-gilt
Dimensions:: Overall: 7 3/16 x 12 in. (18.3 x 30.5 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of The Salgo Trust for Education, New York, in memory of Nicolas M. Salgo, 2010
Accession Number:: 2010.110.63a, b

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Struck on the plain rim of the base: 1] the town mark of Munkács, 2] the import mark and 3] standard mark.
Provenance

Lord Walston ; Paul Wallraf ; [ sale, Sotheby's, London December 8, 1983, lot 91; to Salgo ] ; Nicolas M. Salgo (from 1983) ; Salgo Trust for Education (until 2010; to MMA)
See also
What
Metal (59,364)

Metalwork (14,716)

Silver (14,056)

Gilt (9,043)

Figures (5,008)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Hungary (482)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,257)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Europe (including Germany), 1600–1800 A.D.