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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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Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Demonstration

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Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Animation

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Style of Ralph Wood the Elder  (1715–1772)

Date:
ca. 1780–90
Culture:
British, Staffordshire
Medium:
Lead-glazed earthenware
Dimensions:
H. 5 1/8 in. (13.0 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics
Credit Line:
Bequest of Helen Hay Whitney, 1944
Accession Number:
45.35.34

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