
Sofa
Duncan Phyfe
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
In its quality and condition, this scroll-back sofa is among the finest known examples of this classic New York form. The modern black horsehair and gilded tacks that cover the original period upholstery foundations replicate the look of the sofa when it first came out of the workshop.
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.