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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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Plate (one of a pair)

After a design by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (French, Lille 1636–1699 London)

Date:: ca. 1735–40
Culture:: Chinese
Medium:: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions:: H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.); Diam. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1962
Accession Number:: 62.187.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 510

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