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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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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 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.); Diam. 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1962
Accession Number:: 62.187.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 510

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