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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

Burgonet

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

Date: dated 1543
Accession Number: 17.190.1720

Untitled

Anish Kapoor (British (born India) 1954)

Date: 2007
Accession Number: 2008.29

Rolltop desk

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

Date: ca. 1776–79
Accession Number: 41.82

Hunting Sword with Scabbard

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

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

"MR" Armchair

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

Date: 1927
Accession Number: 1980.351

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

Burgonet with Falling Buffe

Date: ca. 1550
Accession Number: 04.3.217; 22.140

Celestial globe with clockwork

Gerhard Emmoser (working 1556, died 1584)

Date: 1579
Accession Number: 17.190.636

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

Dagger with Zoomorphic Hilt

Date: second half 16th century
Accession Number: 2011.236

Settee

George Jakob Hunzinger (1835–1898)

Date: ca. 1876–85
Accession Number: 1992.269

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

Tournament Helm (Stechhelm)

Date: ca. 1500
Accession Number: 29.156.67a

Ball gown

House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)

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

Armor of Henry II of France

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

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

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

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

Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, Serial Number 12406

Samuel Colt (American, 1814–1862)

Date: ca. 1853
Accession Number: 1995.336

Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head

Date: ca. 1475–80
Accession Number: 23.141

Saber

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 36.25.1297

Calligraphic Plaque

Date: probably late 17th century
Accession Number: 1987.14

Presentation Sword with Scabbard

John Targee (American, ca. 1774–1850)

Date: ca. 1815–17
Accession Number: 22.19a, b

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

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

Flintlock Rifle

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

Date: ca. 1810–15
Accession Number: 42.22

Smallsword of Col. Marinus Willett (1740–1830)

C. Liger (French, Paris, recorded 1770–93)

Date: 1785–86
Accession Number: 17.87.3a, b

Yataghan from the Court of Suleyman the Magnificent

Workshop of Ahmed Tekelü (possibly Iranian, active Istanbul, ca. 1520–30)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 1993.14

Helmet

Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 1983.413

Helmet

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

Presentation Smallsword

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

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

Small desk with folding top (Bureau brisé)

Marquetry by Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt (Dutch, 1639–1715, active France)

Date: ca. 1685
Accession Number: 1986.365.3

Odalisque

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

Date: 1984
Accession Number: 1984.328a-d

Watch

Jacques Goullons (French, active Paris, 1626–died 1671)

Date: ca. 1645-1648
Accession Number: 1975.1.1244

Saber with Scabbard

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 23.232.2a, b

Helmet

Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 50.87

Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony

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

Date: dated 1606
Accession Number: 1970.77

Armor

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

Becca

David Smith (American, Decatur, Indiana 1906–1965 Bennington, Vermont)

Date: 1965
Accession Number: 1972.127

Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor

Date: ca. 1510
Accession Number: 14.25.716

Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun

J. C. A. Brun (French, Paris, active 1849–72)

Date: dated 1866
Accession Number: 1993.415

Cased set of a flintlock rifle, a pair of pistols, and accessories

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

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

Flintlock Gun

Pierre Le Bourgeois (French, Lisieux, died 1627)

Date: ca. 1620
Accession Number: 1972.223

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

Sword

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 32.75.225

Shield of Henry II of France

Date: ca. 1555
Accession Number: 34.85

Sword

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 55.46.1

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 and Sheath

Date: ca. 1605–27
Accession Number: 1984.332