Cabinet

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Enclosing ten small drawers and a central compartment behind its fall front, this collector’s cabinet was used to store precious objects and personal documents. Its exterior and interior surfaces are richly decorated. The central scene on the front represents the dramatic rescue of Andromeda. Chained to a rock, King Cepheus’ daughter was freed by Perseus, who, wearing flying sandals, wielded his sword to slay the sea monster.

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