Dressing Table

Dressing Table

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A classic example of the Queen Anne style, this dressing table has cabriole legs that terminate in delicate “slipper” feet and a carved shell that is fully integrated into the scrolls of the skirt.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.