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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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Pair of three-light wall sconces

Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)

Modeler:: Model attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis (active 1748–74)
Date:: ca. 1760–61
Culture:: French (Sèvres)
Medium:: Soft-paste porcelain, gilt bronze
Dimensions:: Each, H. 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954
Accession Number:: 54.147.20 a–d, .21 a–d

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 523

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