Grate

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The claw-and-ball feet, fluted columns, and urn-and-flame finials on this coal grate exhibit close similarities to Chippendale-style furniture. Indeed, Thomas Chippendale illustrated designs for coal grates in his Gentleman and Cabinetmaker’s Director, noting: "I would recommend the ornamental Parts to be of wrought Brass, and as they may be made to take off, will be easily cleaned."

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