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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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Sèvres Manufactory  (French, 1740–present)

Decorator:
Decorator (shipping scenes): Jean-Louis Morin (active 1754–87)
Maker:
Gilder: Étienne-Henry Le Guay (active 1748–49, 1751–97)
Date:
1775
Culture:
French (Sèvres)
Medium:
Soft-paste porcelain
Classification:
Ceramics
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Accession Number:
58.75.103-.109

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