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George Bissinger

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Bissinger, French crystal-and gem engraver, exhibited 112 different works at the Paris Universal Exhibition 1878, comprising cameos representing the Birth of Venus, a Bacchanalian procession, and a series of remarkable imitations of ancient, Renaissance and 18th century cameos and intaglios of the Paris Cabinet des Médailles.

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