"This furniture allowed you to move in certain ways that might be seductive."
Curator Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide on a mechanical table by Jean-François Oeben.
Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.
Why do some call this table seductive?
Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide
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Contributors
Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide
Henry R. Kravis Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Henry R. Kravis Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Photography by Joseph Coscia, Jr.
Art Mentioned
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Jean-François Oeben
and Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix
ca. 1761–63