Fireback

Colebrookdale Furnace

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Iron firebacks protected the chimney’s masonry and reflected heat back into the room. This example features a central design of an arcade supported on twisted columns, interspersed with hearts and tulips. It was cast at Colebrookdale Furnace, the first iron foundry in the colony of Pennsylvania.

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