The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Pair of flower vases

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Hidden Doors and Secret Drawers: Furniture by the Roentgens

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Wolfram Koeppe, the Marina Kellen French Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses the intricate furniture designs created by Abraham and David Roentgen. The father-and-son team created innovative designs that were combined with intriguing mechanical devices to revolutionize traditional French and English furniture types.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013.

The exhibition and catalogue are made possible by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

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Pair of flower vases

Fontainebleau (Manufacture Royale, established 1530, 1535 or 1539)

Maker:: Jacob Petit (French, 1796–1865)
Date:: ca. 1834–40
Culture:: French (Fontainebleau)
Medium:: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions:: Each, H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1894
Accession Number:: 94.4.228, .229

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