Earls of Pembroke (British) Hind 1910, 345.2; Bartsch XIII.234.11-A (as Mantegna); Washington
What’s life like behind the scenes at a museum? This documentary offers a rare glimpse at the inner workings of several North American institutions.
Follow the conservation of a Kanaga mask at the National Museum of African Art in Washington
item Title: Untitled (Dream Catcher) Artist: Marie Watt (Seneca, born Seattle, Washington
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Augustus Brine John Singleton Copley 1782 Elijah Boardman Ralph Earl 1789 George Washington
Listen to personal recollections of Charles James from those who knew and worked with him. Former clients, assistants, muses, and friends share their stories with fashion journalist Alina Cho, and illuminate the life and work of the legendary couturier.
Play Audio Image, from left to right: Layne, Stephen Washington, James Harwick
CopeA splendid convergence of cultures can be seen in this cope, a semicircular cape and hood worn in processions during Christian liturgical services. The form itself is thus Christian, as is the Eastern Orthodox subject matter of the embroidered orphrey, or ornamental border, that embellishes each of the straight sides, which would have met at the front of the wearer
Also, in the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., there is a cope without orphrey
CopeA splendid convergence of cultures can be seen in this cope, a semicircular cape and hood worn in processions during Christian liturgical services. The form itself is thus Christian, as is the Eastern Orthodox subject matter of the embroidered orphrey, or ornamental border, that embellishes each of the straight sides, which would have met at the front of the wearer
Also, in the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., there is a cope without orphrey
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Card Table American 1760–90 Robe à la Polonaise American 1780–85 George Washington
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Healy 1842 Washington Allston Edward Augustus Brackett 1843–44; carved 1843â
Washington, DC: Textile Museum, 1984, p. 39, no. 4.
