Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 748 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,693 of them are available online. There are 1,596 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Flat frieze featuring ornate acanthus scrolls, swans, snakes, and floral motifs in a continuous pattern that appears three-dimensional on a neutral background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper featuring an architectural frieze with ornate and extravagant Corinthian columns and foliage patterns with gold leaf detailing against a gray background.

Joseph Dufour

Wallpaper Dado

Aged, sunset painting of a vast city with bridges, tall circular buildings and grand houses close to the shore. People horseback riding and in boats are in the water.

Jacques Callot

Tour of Nesle and the City (La Tour de Nesle et La Cité) Wallpaper

Cream, vertical wallcovering with a stone statue holding a garland, standing atop an orange pedestal, in an archway,with a teal circular medallion of a cherub riding a lion below.

Etienne de Lavallée

Flowers and Figures Wallpaper

Neoclassical frieze pattern featuring stylized carved structures decorated with acanthus leaves interspersed with geometric diamonds on an olive background. The objects give off the illusion that they’re 3D.

Unknown Maker, French

Diamond and Volute Wallpaper Border

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring a pattern of repeating brown illustrations of wildlife in nature, surrounded by vibrant, decorative floral chains and foliage motifs; set on a faded blue background.

Unknown Maker, French

Flowers and Subjects Wallpaper

Scene portraying two haloed figures and a glowing baby in a palm grove, with a dramatic sunset sky and tropical flora around.

Unknown Maker, French

The Flight into Egypt Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment featuring two vivid golden-yellow Corinthian columns adorned with lion heads, acanthus leaves, and florals with a teal stripe lining the base. The backdrop is gray and water stained.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper of Two Column Capitals

Symmetrical composition with playful winged cherubs surrounding an abundant vase. One of the cherubs holds rope tied to a bird, while the other is aiming an arrow at it.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper Dado Cupids and Garlands

Ornate trophy monument consisting of a female bust, musical instruments, a basket with sickles, an assortment of vases and bowls, and twisting vines all set atop an ornamental marble base.

Xavier Mader

Trophy with Bust of a Woman Wallpaper

Elaborate trophy tribute to Homer, with his bust prominently placed atop a classical pedestal, adorned with laurels, flanked by mythical griffins, and surrounded by instruments of poetry and knowledge.

Xavier Mader

Trophy with Bust of Homer Wallpaper

Gray rectangular panel with an elaborate decorative border and raised hunting scene of two figures, one standing holding an arrow aimed at a bird in flight and the other sitting.

Dubuisson et Basset

Wallpaper Dado

Aged wallpaper containing hanging floral bouquets within blue circular medallions against a pale orange background. Blue vine-like leaves curve around the medallions.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Weathered, light brown wallpaper with an upper shaded floral border and faint floral motifs surrounding an embellished, electric green three-legged chalice made out of three birds with outstretched wings.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Directoire Vase Wallpaper Border

Scene depicting two men dressed in armor and finery within a garden and a distant estate. One man is kneeling before the other, who is helping him to his feet.

Unknown Maker, French

Henri IV and Biron or Crillon

Marcia Ancier

Defend the Right to Live: Women's March to the Pentagon

Roger Palmer

El-Cap

Felix Bonfils

42. Le Caire Mosquée de Mohammed-Ali Fontaine des Ablutions

G. Lekegian & Co.

Femmes sur la Charette No. 60

Felix Bonfils

Street in the Toulon Quarter Cairo (Rue du Caire-Quartier Toulon)