Chest

Nehemiah Randall

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The architectural motifs on this chest suggest that Nehemiah Randall may have been trained as a carpenter rather than a cabinetmaker. The fluted central oval and the borders of painted dentils and rosettes are borrowed from architectural details of Federal-period houses. The oval and the arches decorating the skirt were laid out with a compass and ruler.

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