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Hidden Doors and Secret Drawers: Furniture by the Roentgens

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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Cup and saucer (Gobelet litron et soucoupe)

Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)

Date:: ca. 1800
Culture:: French, Sèvres
Medium:: Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions:: .141) Cup H. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm.) .142) Saucer Diam. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Alfred Duane Pell, 1902
Accession Number:: 02.6.141, .142

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