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Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg

Attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur (probably Swiss, active Stuttgart, recorded 1453–1460)

Date: dated 1460
Accession Number: 04.3.36

Mask

Inscribed by Myōchin Muneakira (Japanese, Edo period, 1673–1745)

Date: dated 1745
Accession Number: 19.115.2

Helmet

Date: ca. 1525–1550
Accession Number: 04.3.456a

Armor (Gusoku)

Helmet bowl signed Saotome Iye[tada?] (Japanese, Edo period)

Date: 16th and 18th centuries
Accession Number: 14.100.172

Burgonet with Falling Buffe

Date: ca. 1550
Accession Number: 04.3.217; 22.140

Sword and Scabbard

Date: ca. 60 B.C.
Accession Number: 1999.94a-d

Hunting Sword with Scabbard

Grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann (German, Imst 1717–1787 Passau)

Date: ca. 1740
Accession Number: 26.145.243a, b

Musette de Cour

unknown, France

Date: ca. 1700
Accession Number: 2003.63a–d

Odalisque

Anthony Caro (British, born New Malden, Surrey 1924)

Date: 1984
Accession Number: 1984.328a-d

Helmet

Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 1983.413

Ball gown

House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)

Date: spring/summer 1948
Accession Number: C.I.58.13.6a, b

"MR" Armchair

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (American (born Germany), Aachen 1886–1969 Chicago, Illinois)

Date: 1927
Accession Number: 1980.351

Flintlock Gun

Pierre Le Bourgeois (French, Lisieux, died 1627)

Date: ca. 1620
Accession Number: 1972.223

Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519–56)

Peter Peck (German, Munich, 1503–1596)

Date: ca. 1540–45
Accession Number: 14.25.1425

Helmet

Date: 5th century
Accession Number: 28.60.2

Saber

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 36.25.1297

Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)

Design of the decoration attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)

Date: dated 1527
Accession Number: 19.131.1a–r, t–w, .2a–c; 27.183.16

Damascus Room

Date: dated A.H. 1119/ A.D. 1707
Accession Number: 1970.170

Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony

Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active 1590–1610)

Date: dated 1606
Accession Number: 1970.77

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen (German, Herrnhag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780)

Date: ca. 1776–79
Accession Number: 41.82

Dagger with Zoomorphic Hilt

Date: second half 16th century
Accession Number: 2011.236

Armor (Yoroi)

Date: early 14th century
Accession Number: 14.100.121b–e

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1978.409

Untitled

Anish Kapoor (British (born India) 1954)

Date: 2007
Accession Number: 2008.29

Sword

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 32.75.225

Cased Set of Flintlock Rifle and Pair of Pistols

Made by Nicolas Noël Boutet (French, Versailles and Paris, 1761–1833)

Date: ca. 1800
Accession Number: 1970.179.1a–q

Sword and scabbard

Date: ca. 7th century A.D.
Accession Number: 65.28a, b

Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias

Signature probably refers to Jean Drouart (French, Paris, died before October 1715)

Date: dated 1712
Accession Number: 1989.3

Tournament Helm (Stechhelm)

Date: ca. 1500
Accession Number: 29.156.67a

Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, Serial Number 12406

Samuel Colt (American, 1814–1862)

Date: ca. 1853
Accession Number: 1995.336

Armor

Date: ca. 1400–1450 and later
Accession Number: 29.154.3

Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland

Made under the direction of Jacob Halder (British, master armorer at royal workshops at Greenwich, documented in England 1558–1608)

Date: 1586
Accession Number: 32.130.6a–y

Tapestry Room from Croome Court

Room after a design by Robert Adam (British, Kirclady, Scotland 1728–1792 London)

Date: 1763–71
Accession Number: 58.75.1–.22

Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great (1729–1796)

Johan Adolph Grecke (Russian, Saint Petersburg, recorded 1755–90)

Date: 1786
Accession Number: 1986.265.1, .2

Armor of Henry II of France

Date: ca. 1555
Accession Number: 39.121a–n

Burgonet

Filippo Negroli (Italian, Milan, ca. 1510–1579)

Date: dated 1543
Accession Number: 17.190.1720

Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.323

Harquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683–1706) with Buff Coat

Armor attributed to Richard Holden (British, London, recorded 1658–1708)

Date: ca. 1683
Accession Number: 15.113.1–.5; 29.158.885

Kettle Drums

Franz Peter Bunsen (ca. 1725–1795 (master 1754))

Date: 1779
Accession Number: 2010.138.1-.4

Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor

Date: ca. 1510
Accession Number: 14.25.716

Helmet (Spangenhelm)

Date: 6th–7th century
Accession Number: 42.50.1

Blade for a Dagger (Tanto)

Rai Kunitoshi (Japanese, active ca. 1290–ca. 1320)

Date: ca. 1315–16
Accession Number: 1991.373a, b

Portions of a Costume Armor

Kolman Helmschmid (German, Augsburg, 1471–1532)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 24.179; 26.188.1, .2; 29.158.363a, b

Helmet

Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 50.87

Presentation Smallsword

Made by James Morisset (English, London, active 1768–1800)

Date: hallmarked for 1797–98
Accession Number: 26.145.315a, b

Sword

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 55.46.1

Pair of Diviner's Figures

Date: 19th–mid-20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.390-.391

Flintlock Rifle

Jacob Kuntz (American, Allentown, Pennsylvania 1780–1876 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Date: ca. 1810–15
Accession Number: 42.22

Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daisho)

Long sword (katana) blade inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen (Japanese, Bizen, Muromachi period, active ca. 1440)

Date: long sword blade, dated 1440; short sword blade, 15th century; mountings, late 18th century
Accession Number: 36.120.417a, b, .418a–c

Dagger with Hilt in the Form of a Blue Bull (Nilgai)

Date: ca. 1640
Accession Number: 1985.58a, b