The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Milk jug (part of a service)

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Hidden Doors and Secret Drawers: Furniture by the Roentgens

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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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Milk jug (part of a service)

Minton(s) (1793–present)

Date:: ca. 1830
Culture:: British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Medium:: Bone china
Dimensions:: H. 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Esta Edwards Kroeger, 1987
Accession Number:: 1987.477.6

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