Busk

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The weeping eye reads, "until I see you again." The sun shining on a heart declares, "my love is pure." The vignette of two hearts over a house is inscribed, "love joins them."

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art