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Abraham Roentgen (30 January 1711 – 1 March 1793) was a German
Koeppe, Wolfram. "Abraham and David Roentgen". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (June 2013)
Biography at the Getty museum
* German furniture makers 1711 births 1793 deaths Businesspeople from Cologne {{Germany-engineer-stub
Abraham Roentgen (30 January 1711 – 1 March 1793) was a German Ébéniste
''Ébéniste'' () is a loanword (from French) for a cabinet-maker, particularly one who works in ebony.
Etymology and ambiguities
As opposed to ''ébéniste'', the term ''menuisier'' denotes a woodcarver or chairmaker in French. The English equi ...
(cabinetmaker
A cabinet is a case or cupboard with shelves and/or drawers for storing or displaying items. Some cabinets are stand alone while others are built in to a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood (s ...
).
Roentgen was born in Mülheim am Rhein, Germany. He learned cabinet making
A cabinet is a case or cupboard with shelves and/or drawers for storing or displaying items. Some cabinets are stand alone while others are built in to a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood (s ...
from his father. At age 20, he traveled to The Hague
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, Rotterdam
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and Amsterdam
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, learning from established cabinet makers.
He became known for his marquetry
Marquetry (also spelled as marqueterie; from the French ''marqueter'', to variegate) is the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns, designs or pictures. The technique may be applied to case furn ...
work, and worked in London
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(in the workshop of William Gomm) until 1738. On 18 April 1739, he married Susanne Marie Bausch from Herrnhut
Herrnhut ( Sorbian: ''Ochranow''; cs, Ochranov) is an Upper Lusatian town in the Görlitz district in Saxony, Germany, known for the community of the Moravian Church established by Nicolas Ludwig, Count von Zinzendorf in 1722.
Geography
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. His son, David Roentgen
David Roentgen (1743 in HerrnhaagFebruary 12, 1807), was a famous German cabinetmaker of the eighteenth century, famed throughout Europe for his marquetry and his secret drawers and poes and mechanical fittings. His work embraces the late Rococ ...
, was born on 11 August 1743.
In 1753 they migrated to the Moravian settlement at Neuwied
Neuwied () is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. Th ...
, near Koblenz
Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary.
Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...
, where he established a furniture manufactory.
Upon his retirement in 1772 his son David took over the business and established his own reputation.
Abraham Roentgen died in Herrnhut in Saxony Germany in 1793.
Literature
** Manuel Mayer: ''Die Verwirklichung eines Möbels. Der Schreibsekretär von Abraham Roentgen in der Residenz zu Würzburg'', in: ''Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Kunst und Geschichte'', Bd. 70, Archiv des Historischen Vereins für Unterfranken und Aschaffenburg, Bd. 141, Würzburg 2018, , S. 239-259. ** Wolfram Koeppe (Hg.): Extravagant Inventions. The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, Exhibition catalogue, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2012. ** Heinrich Kreisel: ''Möbel von Abraham Roentgen'', in: ''Wohnkunst und Hausrat, einst und jetzt'', Bd. 5, Darmstadt, o. J. ** Claus Bernet: ''Abraham Roentgen.'' In: ''Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon'' (BBKL). Band 29, Bautz, Nordhausen 2008, , Sp. 1177–1181. ** Andreas Büttner, Ursula Weber-Woelk, Bernd Willscheid (Hg.): ''Edle Möbel für höchste Kreise - Roentgens Meisterwerke für Europas Höfe''. Katalog des Roentgen-Museums Neuwied, Neuwied 2007, . ** Andreas Büttner: ''Roentgen. Möbelkunst der Extraklasse,'' hrsg. von der Stadt Neuwied. Kehrein, Neuwied 2007, . ** Melanie Doderer-Winkler: ''Abraham und David Roentgen (1711–1793; 1743–1807),'' in: ''Rheinische Lebensbilder,'' Bd. 17, hrsg. von Franz-Josef Heyen, Köln 1997, S. 57–78. ** Dietrich Fabian: ''Abraham und David Roentgen. Von der Schreinerwerkstatt zur Kunstmöbel-Manufaktur,'' Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1992, . ** Detlev Richter, Bernd Willscheid: ''Reinheit, Feuer & Glanz - Stobwasser und Roentgen. Kunsthandwerk von Weltrang,'' Katalog des Roentgen-Museums Neuwied, Neuwied 2013, . ** Peter Prange: ''Roentgen, Abraham.'' In: ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' (NDB). Band 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, , S. 730 f. (Digitalisat). ** Wolfgang Thillmann, Bernd Willscheid (Hg.): ''Möbeldesign - Roentgen, Thonet und die Moderne,'' Katalog des Roentgen-Museums Neuwied, Neuwied 2011, .External links
Koeppe, Wolfram. "Abraham and David Roentgen". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (June 2013)
Biography at the Getty museum
* German furniture makers 1711 births 1793 deaths Businesspeople from Cologne {{Germany-engineer-stub