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"On Liberty"

Vivienne Westwood (British, born 1941)

Date: fall/winter 1994–95
Accession Number: 1995.213a–h

The Backgammon Players

Philip Webb (1831–1915)

Date: 1861
Accession Number: 26.54

Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi

`Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903–86)

Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 13.160.10

"Khusrau Hunting", Folio from Khusrau and Shirin

Hatifi

Date: dated A.H. 904/A.D. 1498–99
Accession Number: 69.27

Musical Clock with Spinet and Organ

Veit Langenbucher (1587 - 1631)

Date: ca. 1625
Accession Number: 2002.323 a-f

Gloves

Date: 1824
Accession Number: C.I.46.59.15a, b

Sandals

Salvatore Ferragamo (Italian, founded 1929)

Date: 1938
Accession Number: 1973.282.2

Wedding ensemble

Mainbocher (American, 1890–1976)

Date: 1937
Accession Number: C.I.50.110a–j

Armor (Yoroi)

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

Jane & Cinderella

Giorgio di Sant'Angelo (American, born Italy, 1933–1989)

Date: spring/summer 1971
Accession Number: 1998.493.189a, b

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)

Date: 19th–mid-20th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.127

Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg

Date: late 16th–mid-17th century
Accession Number: 22.229

Shoes

Date: 1690–1700
Accession Number: 06.1344a, b

Chegah-Skah-Hdah

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 89.4.597

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)

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

Hunting Sword with Scabbard

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

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

Qur'an Manuscript

Date: dated A.H. 1268/A.D. 1851–52
Accession Number: 1980.603

Tournament or Cavalry Shield

Date: ca. 1450
Accession Number: 25.26.1

Sword

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 32.75.225

Ennanga

Ganda

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 89.4.926

Siyotanka

Date: ca. 1850–1900
Accession Number: 89.4.3371

Kettle Drums

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

Date: 1779
Accession Number: 2010.138.1-.4

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

Rolltop desk

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

Date: ca. 1776–79
Accession Number: 41.82

Coat

Paul Poiret (French, Paris 1879–1944 Paris)

Date: ca. 1919
Accession Number: C.I.61.40.4

Armchair

Designed by Francis H. Bacon (1856–1940)

Date: 1886–88
Accession Number: 1993.75

Musette de Cour

unknown, France

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

Armor

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

Ensemble

Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 1994.413.1a–k

Ensemble

Louis Vuitton Co. (French, founded 1854)

Date: fall/winter 1998–99
Accession Number: 1999.58a–d