Numbering over 6,000 works, the Museum's collections of American and European decorative arts and design feature objects in a wide range of media. The collection of 19th- and 20th-century American silver is widely considered among the finest in the world.
Rug,1650 Possibly Agra, India
Dressing cabinet, c. 1660 London, England
Cabinet on stand, c. 1660–1680 Probably Pierre Gole (French, 1620–1684) Paris, France
Cabinet, c. 1680–1700
Goa, India
Wine cistern, 1727 Thomas Sutton (Irish, active 1720s) Dublin, Ireland
Candelabrum for the Sulkowsky Service, 1736 Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1775), modeler Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, founded 1710)
Meissen, Germany
Vanderbilt Console, c. 1880–1882 Herter Brothers (American, active 1864–1906)
New York, New York
Martelé dressing table and stool, 1899 William C. Codman (American, 1839–1921), designer Gorham Manufacturing Co. (American, founded 1831)
Providence, Rhode Island
Cabinet, c. 1900–1910 Louis Majorelle (French, 1859–1926)
Front doors from the Robert R. Blacker House, 1907 Charles Sumner Greene (American, 1868–1957) and Henry Mather Greene (American, 1870–1954), designers Peter Hall Manufacturing Company and Sturdy-Lange Art Glass Studios
Pasadena, California
Height and weight meter (model S), c. 1927 Joseph Sinel (American, 1890–1975), designer International Ticket Scale Corporation, maker
New York, New York
Diament dinette set, 1928 Gene Theobald (American, active 1920s–1930s), designer Wilcox Silver Plate Company (American, active 1867–1961),
Division of International Silver Company (American, est. 1898)
Meriden, Connecticut
The Fannie B. Shaw Prosperity Quilt, Prosperity Is Just Around the Corner, 1930–1932 Mrs. Fannie B. Shaw (American) Van Alstyne, Texas
Tea and coffee service, 1935 Harold Stabler (British, 1872–1945), designer Adie Brothers, Ltd. (British, founded 1879)
Birmingham, England
