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Hidden Doors and Secret Drawers: Furniture by the Roentgens

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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Table box

House of Carl Fabergé

Maker:: Workmaster: Karl Gustav Hjalmar Armfelt (Finn, working in Russia)
Date:: ca. 1895–1916
Culture:: Russian (St. Petersburg)
Medium:: Palisander wood, silver mounts
Dimensions:: Overall (confirmed): 2 1/8 x 7 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (5.4 x 20 x 10.5 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2008
Accession Number:: 2008.543.12

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