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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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Wine bottle cooler (one of a pair)

Doccia manufactory

Date:: ca. 1760–70
Culture:: Italian, Florence
Medium:: Tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions:: H. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm.); Diam. foot 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Mrs. Nereo Fioratti, in memory of her mother, Ruth Costantino, 1985
Accession Number:: 1985.384.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 508

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