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Friedrich von Knaus German
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Title: Miraculous Writing Machine
Maker:
Friedrich von Knaus (German, 1724–1789)
Date: 1760
Culture: Austrian, Vienna
Medium: Iron, brass, bronze (cast, some colored), paper, wood (with marbleized stucco, gilding)
Dimensions:
70 7/8 × 42 1/8 × 38 9/16 in. (180 × 107 × 98 cm)
Right leaf opened: 74 × 44 1/8 × 39 in. (188 × 112 × 99 cm)
Three leaves opened (front): 74 × 44 7/8 × 46 7/16 in. (188 × 114 × 118 cm)
All leaves opened: 74 × 47 5/8 × 52 3/8 in. (188 × 121 × 133 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Technisches Museum, Vienna
Accession Number: SL.2.2019.45.2a, b
