Doorway

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The design of this doorway and its decoration are characteristic of Philadelphia architecture of the early Federal period. The doorway features a broken pediment and a frieze that is decorated with applied composition ornaments. Details of the frieze include a draped classical figure, in the center, holding a garland in each raised hand.

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