Draw-top table

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the sixteenth century, simple planks resting on trestles gave way to tables with sturdy, fixed supports of varying design. Following an architecturally inspired scheme that gained favor during the reign of Henri II (1547–59), this example has a rectangular top supported by leaf-carved balusters that form an arcade. Panels at either end　 feature personifications of seasons: Spring, with flowers, and Summer, with wheat.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art