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Reading, Writing, and Roentgen

Carolyn Sargentson, independent art historian and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum, outlines how changing social practices altered the designs and styles of furniture, both for the nobility and the lower classes.

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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Butter dish with cover and tray

Date:: ca. 1765
Culture:: Chinese
Medium:: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions:: Dish with cover (.24ab): H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.); L. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) Tray (.24c): L. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.); W. 4 5/16 in. (11.0 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Mrs. Harold D. Shattuck, 1961
Accession Number:: 61.224.24 a-c

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