Basin stand

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A rare group of Newport furniture—fire screens, tea tables, and stands—features tripod bases and diminutive feet carved like cat’s paws. This basin stand is one of the finest and most ambitious examples. The top rim held the basin; the middle disk, with three cutouts, the soap dishes; and the lowest disk, dished out in the center, the water bottle.

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