Summary
S o many of the leading cabinetmakers in the 18th century were French that David Roentgen (1743-1807) is often described as such - yet he never even set foot in the country.
He had his workshop a few miles north of Neuwied, a town founded in 1653 by Count Frederick of Wied on the ruins of Lagendorf, which had been all but destroyed during the Thirty Years' War.See the full content of this document
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Cabinetmaker Who Perfected His Craft
Unfortunately, the town is on the banks of the Rhine and is in constant danger of being flooded, the worst flood being in 1926 that encouraged the construction of a dyke that was started two years later.
By 1931, the town had a the best flood protection in the whole of the country, plus a statue ...See the full content of this document
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