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Reading, Writing, and Roentgen

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Carolyn Sargentson, independent art historian and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum, outlines how changing social practices altered the designs and styles of furniture, both for the nobility and the lower classes.

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 torcheres

Possibly after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel  (German, Neuruppin 1781–1841 Berlin)

Manufacturer:
Royal Ironworks, Berlin
Date:
ca. 1820–30
Culture:
German (Berlin)
Medium:
Cast iron
Dimensions:
H. 44 in. (110 cm); Diam. top 5 in.(14.5cm); Diam. base 14 in. (37 cm)
Classification:
Metalwork
Credit Line:
Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 2007
Accession Number:
2007.188.1, .2

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