George Washington

F. C. Key & Sons

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the obverse is a bust of Washington within an invected trefoil border. On the reverse, a ruler, a square, and an open compass are superimposed on a wreath. Above the joint of the compass there is a radiating square of six points. For another example of the same obverse, but different reverse, see 07.124.22.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art