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Khan Academy: Demonstration of the Roentgens' Dressing Table (Poudreuse)

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In this video [2:16] see how this desk converts into a dressing table. When closed, this table may not seem like one of the most complex pieces of European furniture ever made. However, once opened, its concealed drawers and hidden features are exposed, and the entire piece transforms into a dressing table, or poudreuse. Scholars believe it was commissioned as a wedding gift from Abraham (1711-1793) and David Roentgen (1743-1807) by Friedrich August III, Elector of Saxony, to his bride in 1769.

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