Sampler with biblical verse in Tamil and English

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This tiny sampler was most likely made at one of the charity or orphan schools run by the British in India. Some of these institutions were by the local British officers and authorities, for the education of both boys and girls born to British parents; other schools were run by missionaries for the education of Christian Indian children.

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