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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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Teabowl and saucer

Date:: 1780–90
Culture:: Chinese
Medium:: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions:: Teabowl (.12): H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.); Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm.) Saucer (.13): H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.); Diam. 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Mrs. Harold D. Shattuck, 1962
Accession Number:: 64.160.12,13

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