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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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Manufacturer: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (1759–present)

Designer:: John Flaxman (British, York 1755–1826 London)
Date:: ca. 1789
Culture:: British, Etruria, Staffordshire
Medium:: Jasperware
Dimensions:: Framed: 3 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. (7.9 x 4.8 cm); unframed 2 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (7.3 x 3.8 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession Number:: 11.202.2a

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