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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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Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené  (1748–1803)

Decorator:
Carved by Nicolas François Vallois (1738–1788)
Maker:
Gilder: Louis-François Chatard (ca. 1749–1819)
Maker:
Gilder of rosette-shaped bosses on bolt ends: Chaudron
Date:
1786
Culture:
French
Medium:
Carved and painted beechwood, covered in pink silk
Dimensions:
18-1/4 x 27 x 20-1/4 in. (46.4 x 68.6 x 51.4 cm)
Classification:
Woodwork
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977
Accession Number:
1977.102.9

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