The Arms and Armor department collects, preserves, researches, publishes, and exhibits the art of the armorer, swordsmith, and gunmaker.
In 1913, the Museum received as a gift the outstanding collection of European arms
The Robert and Gloria Manney Greek Revival Parlor is a re-creation of what the parlor of a fashionable New York City townhouse of about 1835 might have looked like. The room was designed to showcase a rare suite of seating furniture made for New York lawyer Samuel A. Foot (1790–1878) by the firm of cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854).
In 1966, the Museum received the gift of a suite of furniture made in about 1837
This room, installed in gallery 724, comes from a townhouse for the Baltimore, Maryland, merchant and shipowner Henry Craig (1767–1832). Although it served as the Craig family’s parlor, the Museum has furnished the space as a dining room since the American Wing opened in 1924
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Mrs.
Dimensions: 12 x 18-3/4 in. (30.5 x 47.6 cm) Classification: Drawings Credit Line: Gift
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift
Dimensions: H. 67 1/2 in. (171.5 cm) Classification: Armor for Man Credit Line: Gift
Classification: Paintings Credit Line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift
195.6 g); Wt. of sheath 1.5 oz. (42.5 g) Classification: Daggers Credit Line: Gift
Inscription: At center, inscribed „ingen Skorsten“ [without chimney] in graphite, probably by the artist. Verso: at lower left, inscribed „No 226“ in pen and brown ink (19th-century handwriting)
Boerner Gift, 2008 Object Number: 2008.375 Inscription: At center, inscribed "ingen
22 3/8 × 30 5/8 in. (56.8 × 77.8 cm) Classification: Drawings Credit Line: Gift
