Part of a carving from an overmantel (five parts)

Part of a carving from an overmantel (five parts)

Grinling Gibbons

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

From the Salon at Holme Lacy, Herefordshire. Carved with the monogram and coronet of John, 2nd Viscount Scudamore, and his wife, Frances.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Part of a carving from an overmantel (five parts)Part of a carving from an overmantel (five parts)Part of a carving from an overmantel (five parts)Part of a carving from an overmantel (five parts)Part of a carving from an overmantel (five parts)

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.