Unlocking an 18th-century French Mechanical Table

With a turn of a key, this table transforms into a desk. Learn how it operates and how it may have been used.

https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/5403/jean-francois-oeben-mechanical-reading-writing-and-toilette-table-french-about-1760/

See how this table is constructed:
https://youtu.be/m5OxVgH-T1I

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https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/paris_lifeluxury/

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