Craig Thibodeau: Wisteria Puzzle Cabinet

Craig Thibodeau , ein kalifornischer Kunsttischler von Weltrang baute diesen „Kunstschrank“ ,  stark inspiriert duch die Möbel der Roentgens aus dem 18.Jahrhundert, die sich nur die reichsten Potentaten aus Europa leisten konnten. Wisteria Puzzle Cabinet  ist ein Unikat für einen Puzzle Sammler, welches in einer Reihe weiterer Puzzle Möbel von Thibodeau steht, siehe auch die Videos seines YT-Kanals.  Er schreibt dazu u.a.:

„This Wisteria marquetry flower decorated puzzle cabinet was designed in collaboration with Robert Yarger (stickman puzzles) for a puzzle collector that was interested in a large cabinet with a sequentially solved puzzle system and a few forms of mechanical movement.

The mechanical work I do is inspired by the work of Abraham and David Roentgen, who specialized in highly complex mechanical furniture over a quarter millennia ago (1760-1790) for clientele that included Marie Antoinette, Empress Catherine II, and King Frederick William II.

As different parts of the puzzle system are solved two moving components automatically open revealing a variety of additional small puzzles to be solved. The most complex of which is the magnetically activated clock mechanism that unlocks a series of drawers.“