Mantelpiece from a house on the Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Mantelpiece from a house on the Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The paneling (65.182.1) and chimneypiece (65.182.2) in this room once graced the house of William Crowe, a prosperous merchant and bailiff of Yarmouth in 1594 and 1606. Crowe was a member of the Company of Spanish Merchants, which conducted trade with the Netherlands. His political and business affiliations are in evidence: the company's coat of arms, including a shield with a four-masted ship, is prominently carved above the fireplace; Tudor roses are worked into the chimneypiece; and the paneling is conceived in a Dutch manner, possibly by Dutch craftsmen. As reconfigured in the Museum, the room is quite dark, but in its original position it was brightened by two windows and a decorated plaster ceiling.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mantelpiece from a house on the Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, NorfolkMantelpiece from a house on the Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, NorfolkMantelpiece from a house on the Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, NorfolkMantelpiece from a house on the Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, NorfolkMantelpiece from a house on the Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

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.