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Contents:
Introduction
Hans Piena (ed.)
Recycled royal Roentgen furniture
Angie Barth & Michel Jamet
Mechanisms in roll-top desks made by Johannes Kroll
Thorsten Weil
The Mechanics of Furniture РA Toilet and Writing Table by Jean-Fran̤ois Leleu, The Wallace Collection, London
Paul Tear
The Nelson bed
Paul A. Ellis
Sperm Whale Oil as a lubricant in door closing floor springs
Sven Habermann
The restoration of a cylinder bureau and the reconstruction of its mechanism
Joost Hoving
Plastic strips on wooden drawer runners to prevent wear
Christian Fischer
The Millennium Clock: Art and Artefact
Sarah Gerrish
Museum clocks: born to run?
Mikhail Guryev
Furnished mechanism or mechanized furniture? The multi-disciplinary restoration of clocks, musical boxes and scientific instruments
Melgert Spaander
The history of locks and keys
Jan-Reinder Luinge
Locks, keys and secrets. The case of the locksmiths of 17th and 18th century Paris
Carolyn J. Sargentson
