Bibliography of The Met’s Photograph Conservation department
Washington, DC: The American Institute for Conservation, 2006.
Throughout the ages, public sculptures have served as didactic tools, offering moral, patriotic, and cultural instruction. Symbols of pride, they have proclaimed cities as tastemakers in civic and aesthetic matters.
French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon created a full-size marble statue of 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.
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Card Table American 1760–90 Robe à la Polonaise American 1780–85 George Washington
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
reportedly the parish church, Castelfranco di Sopra, near Florence (until late 18th century); the Baglioni family, villa Baglioni, Cerreto (late 18th century–about 1903); [Stefano Bardini, Florence, until 1903; probably sold for 115,000 lire through A
Washington, 2003, pp. 148–51 nn. 16, 21, fig. 2, discusses it in conjunction with
Conservators at The Met share the history of the sculpture and the decisions made in the conservation of its tutu.
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Collection of Mr. and Mrs.
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
Alarm Will Sound Artistic Director Alan Pierson looks back on the group’s yearlong exploration of the Museum.
Reich work composed for us; and even a recreation of the legendary Leutze painting, Washington
