机械台（Mechanical Table） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	机械台（Mechanical Table）
品名（英）	Mechanical table (Table mécanique)
入馆年号	1933年，33.12
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Jean Henri Riesener【1734 至 1806】【法国人】
创作年份	公元 1778
创作地区
分类	木工家具（Woodwork-Furniture）
尺寸	整体: 31 × 44 1/2 × 27 1/4 英寸 (78.7 × 113 × 69.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	这张桌子顶部下方画的数字2964对应于《库龙花园杂志》（Journal du Garde Meuble de la Couronne，一本列出王室住宅新家具的分类账）中的一个条目，并将这张多功能桌子确定为玛丽·安托瓦内特从她最喜欢的橱柜制造商让·亨利·里塞纳那里订购的首批作品之一。里塞纳是威斯特伐利亚人，在巴黎有着成功的职业生涯，为女王制作了许多华丽的作品。1778年12月12日，这张桌子被送到凡尔赛宫，就在她期待已久的第一个孩子Marie Thérèse Charlotte出生的前一周。为了缓解玛丽·安托瓦内特在怀孕晚期的不适，这张桌子是由为她服务的美犬默克林用一种特殊的机制安装的。隐藏在两端装饰精美的镀金青铜牌匾后面，这种机制允许女王以坐姿或站姿使用桌子。通过一侧的可拆卸曲柄，顶部可以在中空支腿中向上或向下移动的棘轮金属轴上升高或降低（详见下文）。桌子可以用于各种活动，如吃饭、写作、阅读和穿衣，因为顶部的中央面板可以被抬起形成讲台，也可以被翻转成镜子。按下桌子前缘的按钮，将铰链盖释放到六个隔间，用于存放化妆品和书写设备。顶部复杂的镶嵌装饰随着时间的推移已经失去了一些微妙的色彩。由天然（原本是白色的）冬青树和黑色染色的冬青树交替构成，bois缎面格子架在染色柔软的黄色悬铃木地面上，围绕着由原本亮黄色的barberry木切割而成的玫瑰花结。
介绍（英）	The number 2964 painted underneath the top of this table corresponds to an entry in the Journal du Garde-Meuble de la Couronne (a ledger listing new furniture for the royal residences) and identifies this multipurpose table as one of the first pieces ordered by Marie-Antoinette from her favorite cabinetmaker, Jean-Henri Riesener. A native of Westphalia, Riesener had a successful career in Paris and made many sumptuous pieces for the queen. This table was delivered to Versailles on December 12, 1778, exactly a week before the long-awaited birth of her first child, Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte. To alleviate Marie-Antoinette’s discomfort during the advanced state of her pregnancy, this table was fitted by Mercklein, a mécanicien in her service, with a special mechanism. Hidden behind a finely decorated gilt-bronze plaque at either end, this mechanism allowed the queen to use the table in either a seated or a standing position. By means of a detachable crank at one side, the top can be raised or lowered on ratcheted metal shafts that move up or down in the hollow legs (see detail below). The table could be used for various activities such as eating and writing and also reading and dressing, since the central panel of the top can be lifted to form a lectern and reversed to reveal a mirror. Pressing buttons along the front edge of the table releases the hinged lids to six compartments for the storage of cosmetic and writing equipment. The intricate marquetry decoration of the top has lost some of its subtle coloring over time. Framed alternately with natural (originally white) holly and black-stained holly, the bois satiné trelliswork encloses rosettes cut of an originally bright yellow barberry wood against a stained, soft yellow sycamore ground.