An Imperial dressing table by David Roentgen (master 1780-1807) Neuwied ca 1785-1790, Louis XVI

Mahogany, brass and gilt-bronze, rectangular, freestanding, the frieze with a drawer when pulled pushes the top backwards revealing an interior with an adjustable mirror flanked by a pair of compartments with back-sliding jalousies, in the center a fall front, revealing two narrow hinged compartments for a sander and inkwell, flanking a narrow drawer below a fold-out board that forms a writing surface that can be raised to a reading stand, swag handles, beaded moldings, a “milleraise” ornament frames the front frieze and decorates the square, detachable, tapering legs on two sides.
Underneath two labels, one pre-printed 1897 in Cyrillic regarding the Palace of Grand duke Kirill Vladimirovich, but not filled in, partly placed over a handwritten inventory label in Cyrillic with: "Heremitage", "No 35" and "No XXXII". Length 95, width 66, height 81 cm. With keys.