The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Tea service (Plateau Duplessis, théière Calabre, gobelet Herbert et socoupe, pot à lait Bouillard (?))

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The Roentgens' Rolltop Desk

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Watch as this desk's hidden features are revealed.

The richly embellished surface of this rolltop desk conceals a wealth of mechanical surprises and features, including a spectacular arrangement of almost forty compartments and drawers. Abraham (1711–1793) and David Roentgen (1743–1807) designed this table not just for writing and reading but also to function as a dressing table, or poudreuse.

This table, from Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens in Washington, D.C., is featured in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens (on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013).

Learn more about this object: http://trio.hillwoodmuseum.org/detail.php?t=objects&type=related&kv=13072

Footage courtesy of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens.

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Tea service (Plateau Duplessis, théière Calabre, gobelet Herbert et socoupe, pot à lait Bouillard (?))

Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)

Decorator:: Charles-Louis Méreaud (active 1756–80)
Date:: 1759–60
Culture:: French, Sèvres
Medium:: Soft-paste porcelain
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Bequest of Emma T. Gary, 1937
Accession Number:: 37.20.5a, b–.9

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