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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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After a design by Pieter Boel  (1622–1674)

Date:
ca. 1740
Culture:
Chinese
Medium:
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions:
H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.); Diam. 11 in. (27.9 cm.)
Classification:
Ceramics
Credit Line:
Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1960
Accession Number:
60.78.2

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