Belt

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This belt and another in the collection, acc. no. 2010.110.75, are among the last pieces that Salgo acquired. Complete belts are rare, and in 1996, after decades of collecting, this piece appeared on the market. Salgo had the patience and knowledge to wait for pieces of this quality. References Important English, Continental and American Silver and Gold. Sale cat., Christie’s, New York, May 17, 2011, nos. 117-118. [Wolfram Koeppe 2015]

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