High chest of drawers

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This high chest is part of a small group of case pieces from the Windsor area bearing dates in the 1730s. The exaggerated knees and flat feet parody the elegance of the cabriole legs on chests from urban Massachusetts, while the playful painted birds and beasts are a provincial interpretation of the work of Boston japanners.

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