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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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Pair of ewers

Attributed to Church Works  (Hanley, Staffordshire)

Date:
possibly 1778–92
Culture:
British, Staffordshire
Medium:
Black basalt (stoneware)
Dimensions:
Each H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics
Credit Line:
The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Accession Number:
32.100.353, .354

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 509

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