Chandelier

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This gaslight chandelier and pair of wall sconces (64.36.4, .5) come from the parlor of the Tweedy House, built in 1853 in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. The three full-length female figures personify Art, Science, and Industry--the driving forces of the mid-nineteenth century.

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