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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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Pilgrim bottle

Workshop of Orazio Fontana

Date:: ca. 1550
Culture:: Italian (Urbino)
Medium:: Maiolica (tin-enameled earthenware)
Dimensions:: Overall (confirmed): 14 15/16 x 9 x 5 3/8 in. (37.9 x 22.9 x 13.7 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Accession Number:: 32.100.385a, b

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