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Reading, Writing, and Roentgen

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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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Auguste Rodin  (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)

Date:
possibly modeled ca. 1885
Culture:
French
Medium:
Cast plaster
Dimensions:
H. 3-1/4 in. (8.3 cm.)
Classification:
Sculpture
Credit Line:
Presented by Rodin to his pupil Malvina Hoffman and given by her to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Malvina C. Hoffman, 1966
Accession Number:
66.247.2

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