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February 1, 2017

Watch a Marie Antoinette automaton play the dulcimer

by Larra Morris

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In 1784, cabinetmaker David Roentgen (1743-1807) made this astonishing automaton of Marie Antoinette playing a dulcimer as a gift for King Louis XVI to give to his queen. This fantastic contraption is in the collection of the Musée des arts et métiers de Paris.
via Boing Boing

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