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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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Paul de Lamerie  (English, 1688–1751, active 1712–51)

Date:
1731–32
Culture:
British, London
Medium:
Silver gilt
Dimensions:
Diam. 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm)
Classification:
Metalwork
Credit Line:
The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
Accession Number:
49.7.91

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