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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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Attributed to Bernard II van Risenburgh  (ca. 1696–ca. 1767)

Date:
ca. 1745–49
Culture:
French
Medium:
Oak veneered with bois satiné and end cut wood, leather, gilt bronze
Dimensions:
Overall, at widest points: 31 3/8 x 34 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (79.7 x 87.6 x 50.2 cm)
Classification:
Woodwork
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Robert Lehman, 2006
Accession Number:
2007.90.7

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