Card table

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

According to the Bamberg city archives, Nicolaus Bauer (active 1758–1771) made gaming tables for Seehof Castle, the summer residence of the bishops of Würzburg and Bamberg, during the 1750s and 60s. This example, coming from Seehof, can be included in his output. The folding top exhibits marquetry motifs typical of German workshops, while carved asymmetrical shellwork elements adorn the knees.

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