Search the collections

Videos (3)
Reading, Writing, and Roentgen

Close

<p>Please enable flash to view this media. <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">Download the flash player.</a></p>

Please enable flash to view this media. Download the flash player.

Art Object
Program Information

Reading, Writing, and Roentgen

Program information

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.

David Roentgen: Long-Case Clock

David Roentgen: Long-Case Clock
(00:00:52)

The Roentgens' Berlin Secretary Cabinet

The Roentgens' Berlin Secretary Cabinet
(00:02:20) 10583 views

Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Demonstration

Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Demonstration
(00:02:17) 16547 views

Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Animation

Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Animation
(00:01:00) 3012 views

Related Content

Kneeling angel (one of pair)

Kneeling angel (one of pair)

Mary (from a nativity)

Mary (from a nativity)

Angel from a nativity

Angel from a nativity

Joseph (from a nativity)

Joseph (from a nativity)

Infant Christ (from a nativity)

Infant Christ (from a nativity)

Browse current and upcoming exhibitions and events.

Exhibitions:

Events:

Events:

Kneeling angel (one of pair)

Date:
late 18th–19th century
Culture:
Guatemalan
Medium:
Polychromed and gilded wood, stiffened polychromed cloth; hair and glass.
Dimensions:
H. 37 1/2 in. (95.3 cm.)
Classification:
Sculpture
Credit Line:
Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964
Accession Number:
64.164.238 a-c

This artwork is not on display

120019975

Close