Title: Mechanical table (Table mécanique)
Object type: Mechanical table
Date: 1778
Artist:  Jean Henri Riesener 
Artist bio: French, Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 1734–1806 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Oak veneered with marquetry of bois satiné, holly, amaranth, barberry, stained sycamore, and green-lacquered wood; gilt-bronze mounts; steel, iron and brass fittings; mirror glass; velvet (not original)
Dimensions: Overall: 31 × 44 1/2 × 27 1/4 in. (78.7 × 113 × 69.2 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1933
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY