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Hidden Doors and Secret Drawers: Furniture by the Roentgens

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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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After a composition by Hans Burgkmair  (German, Augsburg 1473–1531 Augsburg)

Date:
16th century
Culture:
German
Medium:
Boxwood Frame, black wood.
Dimensions:
8-1/2 x 6-7/8 in. (21.6 x 17.5 cm)
Classification:
Sculpture
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:
17.190.480

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