Chest of Drawers

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The green background and the red and yellow ornamental borders are characteristic of painted furniture from the Schwaben Creek Valley in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. A recent study for the Pennsylvania German Society has determined this chest’s decoration to be unique.

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