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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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Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)

Decorator:: Charles-Louis Méreaud (active 1756–80)
Date:: 1759–60
Culture:: French, Sèvres
Medium:: Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions:: H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm.); L. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Bequest of Emma T. Gary, 1937
Accession Number:: 37.20.9

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