Furniture at the Met

[Jay Knoll]

If you're lucky enough to be able to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC you can see this in person:

Extravagant Inventions
The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens

But this is almost as good, and you save the airfare!

http://www.metmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/listings/2012/roentgen?vid=e1204a6e-2697-4b57-9083-48183ba0cf50

Click around and find the videos, they are great

Enjoy

Jay

 

[Theshipstore]

The genius of what he created is totally unreal.
He had one abstract mind for design and execution

Sal

 

[TJ Cornish]

If you're lucky enough to be able to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC you can see this in person:

Extravagant Inventions
The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens

But this is almost as good, and you save the airfare!

http://www.metmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/listings/2012/roentgen?vid=e1204a6e-2697-4b57-9083-48183ba0cf50

Click around and find the videos, they are great

Enjoy

Jay

I've made stuff like this......Not.

Truly cool - thanks for sharing.

 

[tiralie]

Thanks for reminding to watch this.
The 3D modeling and animation of the unfolding of the 18th Century Game table really gives you insight into how this table was made.
I think that along with the video talks by curators for this show along with a library of others (e.g. Duncan Phyfe exhibit), the Met is doing a great job of online education.
Tim

 

[HowardH]

It's crazy to think this was executed entirely with hand tools.  No Festool or Felder!  [blink]  There are probably craftsmen of their caliber alive today but not many.  Maybe David Marks could be inspired!