Celery vase

Bakewell, Page & Bakewell

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The cut decoration on this vase and on the nearby decanter and compote is a variation on the strawberry diamond-and-fan pattern, the most popular cut-glass pattern in the United States in the early nineteenth century. All of these pieces emulate the richly cut tableware of the Anglo-Irish tradition.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art