Panels for a waistcoat

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brilliantly colored floral designs- inspired by Indian Gujarati prototypes- make for an interesting foil to the grounds' silk curlicues. Competent workmanship and the absence of precious metal-wrapped threads reveal these to be mid-range manufacture. With their embroidery only partially completed, the ink-drawn patterns still visible on the unfinished areas, these unassembled panels provide a fascinating record of working process.

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