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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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Cupid ("L'Amour Falconet")

Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)

Modeler:: After a model by Étienne-Maurice Falconet (1716–1791)
Date:: ca. 1758–66
Culture:: French, Sèvres
Medium:: a) Soft-paste biscuit porcelain b) Glazed porcelain, enameled and gilt
Dimensions:: H. with base 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1945
Accession Number:: 45.60.1a, b

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