Architectural elements from the La Roque Mansion, Astoria, New York

Architectural elements from the La Roque Mansion, Astoria, New York

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

These architectural elements were originally part of the Horace Whittemore house, later known as the La Roque Mansion, located at 4-17 27th Avenue, Astoria, New York. The house was demolished in 1965.

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.