Coffeepot

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This coffeepot is an example of "toleware," a type of painted tin houseware, which was most popular in Pennsylvania. The colorful profusion of flowers on this piece is typical of Pennsylvania German painted decoration.

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