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325 Results Found

Image	Title of Work of Art	Artist or Culture of Origin	Date or Style or Period	Materials and Techniques	Accession Number	Collection
	The Adams Vase	Paulding Farnham, Tiffany & Company	1893–95	Gold, amethysts, quartzes, spessartites,...	04.1	American Decorative Arts
	Gift of Edward D. Adams, 1904
	Album quilt		ca. 1860	Cotton	52.103	American Decorative Arts
	Gift of Eliza Polhemus Cobb, 1952
	Architectural elements from North Family Dwelling, New Lebanon, New YorkArchitectural elements from ...		ca. 1830–40	Wood	1972.187.1	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, 1972
	Armchair	Thomas Affleck (attributed to)	1765–75	Mahogany, white oak	59.154	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage and The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, by exchange; Robert G. Goele...
	Armchair	Samuel McIntire (attributed to)	1801	Mahogany, birch, white pine	45.105	American Decorative Arts
	Rogers Fund, 1945
	Armchair	Charles-Honoré Lannuier	1805–12	Mahogany	31.44.2	American Decorative Arts
	The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, 1931
	Armchair	Auguste-Émile Ringuet-Leprince	1843	Ebonized fruitwood (apple or pear), beec...	69.262.3	American Decorative Arts
	Gift of Mrs. Douglas Williams, 1969
	Armchair	John Jelliff (attributed to)	1868–70	Rosewood, ash, mother-of-pearl	68.133.3	American Decorative Arts
	Gift of Josephine M. Fiala, 1968
	Armchair		ca. 1775	Mahogany, red oak, sweet gum	1984.287	American Decorative Arts
	Bequest of Barbara Bradley Manice, 1984
	Armchair	Gustave Herter (attributed to)	ca. 1855	Walnut	1986.204	American Decorative Arts
	Friends of The American Wing Fund, 1986
	Armchair	Louis Comfort Tiffany; Samuel Colman	ca. 1891–92	Oak, silk velvet	1992.125	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, Harry W. Havemeyer and Frelinghuysen Foundation Gifts, in memory of H. O. Havemeyer, 1992
	Armchair	Attributed to Thomas Affleck	ca. 1768	Mahogany and white oak with modern yello...	2007.302a-c	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, John Stewart Kennedy Fund and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 2007
	Armchair	Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather G...	ca. 1907–9	Honduras mahogany, ebony, fruitwood, sil...	1992.127	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1992
	Armchair		1640–1700	Oak	1995.98	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, Friends of the American Wing and Sansbury-Mills Funds, Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Gift, Mrs. Muriel Gluck G...
	Armchair (from a set)	Frank Lloyd Wright	ca. 1902–3	White oak	1972.60.4	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, Emily Crane Chadbourne Bequest, 1972
	Autograph quilt	Adeline Harris Sears	ca. 1856–63	Silk with inked signatures	1996.4	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, William Cullen Bryant Fellows Gifts, 1996
	Banister-back chair		1715–35	Poplar, maple, ash	52.195.8	American Decorative Arts
	Gift of Mrs. Screven Lorillard, 1952
	Basin (Lebrillo) with Figure of a Woman	Damian Hernández (attributed to)	1660–80	Tin-enameled earthenware, decorated in t...	11.87.3	American Decorative Arts
	Gift of Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, 1911
	Basin (Lebrillo) with Lacework Pattern		ca. 1650	Tin-glazed earthenware decorated in coba...	12.3.1	American Decorative Arts
	Gift of Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, 1912
	Basket	Myer Myers	1770–76	Silver	54.167	American Decorative Arts
	Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1954
	Beakers	Jurian Blanck Jr.; Benjamin Wynkoop	ca. 1683 and 1711	Silver	33.120.621-.622	American Decorative Arts
	Jointly owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Kingston, N.Y., 1933
	Bed rug	Maker Unknown	1796	Linen/cotton and wool	33.122	American Decorative Arts
	Rogers Fund, 1933
	Bedspread (Colcha)	Doña Rosa Solís y Menéndez	1786	Colored silks on weft-faced rib weave, c...	1971.20	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, Everfast Fabrics Inc. Gift, 1971
	Bedstead	Attributed to Thomas Seymour	1810–15	Mahogany, mahogany veneer, mahoganized m...	18.110.64	American Decorative Arts
	John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1918
	Bedstead		1830–60	Maple, pine	1981.226	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1981
	Bella Apartment window	Louis Comfort Tiffany	ca. 1880	Leaded glass	2002.474	American Decorative Arts
	Gift of Robert Koch, 2002
	Belt buckle	California Jewelry Company, William Cumm...	ca. 1868	Gold, champlevé enamel	2000.571	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, Susan and Jon Rotenstreich Gift, 2000
	Bench		1825–50	Pine	66.10.2	American Decorative Arts
	Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1966
	Biblical sampler	Sarah Lawrence	1768	Silk thread on linen	1999.271	American Decorative Arts
	Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1999
	Blanket chest		1835–75	Pine	66.10.15	American Decorative Arts
	Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1966

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