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Hidden Doors and Secret Drawers: Furniture by the Roentgens

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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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After a model by James Vibert  (Swiss (active also in Paris), born 1872)

Maker:
Executed by Émile Muller (French, 1823–1889)
Date:
ca. 1900
Culture:
French (Paris)
Medium:
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (18.4 x 13 x 12.1 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics
Credit Line:
The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, 2004
Accession Number:
2004.119

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 556

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