Title: Mechanical table
Object type: Mechanical table
Date: 1781
Artist:  Jean Henri Riesener 
Artist bio: French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Oak veneered with mahogany and marquetry of bois satiné, sycamore, holly, ebonized holly fillets, and bayberry, the top with an amaranth border; gilt-bronze mounts; mirror glass; iron and brass fittings; green velvet (not original)
Dimensions: Overall: 28 1/2 × 30 3/4 × 19 in. (72.4 × 78.1 × 48.3 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY