
Library table
William Kent
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
This table is related to a group of library tables possibly designed by the architect William Kent (1685–1748) and variously attributed to the cabinetmakers William Vile (ca. 1700–1767) and Benjamin Goodison (ca. 1700–1767) and the carver John Boson (ca. 1705–1743).
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.