Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,137 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,605 of them are available online. There are 2,180 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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showing 20 works out of 1588

Utagawa Kunisada II

Temporary quarters of the New Yoshiwara: Courtesans patronized by Owariya Hikotaro viewing cherry blossoms (Shin Yoshiwara kataku: Owariya Hikotaro kakae yujo hanami zu), Edo (Japanese period)

A tall, cascading waterfall on the left edge, framed by colorful rocky terrain, and travelers crossing a bridge near the rushing waters.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Ono Falls on the Kisokaidō (木曾海道小野ノ瀑布 Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu), Edo Period

Tan, striped sheet with three, thin repeating vertical red lines and alternating thick and thin repeating horizontal yellow lines. In the middle, the red lines are slightly off center.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper

Aged, cream wallpaper with repeating motifs of butterflies, diamond bordered, circular landscapes, and two young children, one on a pedestal and the other standing, surrounded by instruments and plants.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Cupid Wallpaper

Segment of vintage wallpaper featuring a pattern of romantic vignettes of figures. They are set in pastoral scenes framed by blue and pink garlands set against a mottled, terracotta canvas.

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

Arabesques with Cupids Wallpaper

Weathered print of red and white flower garlands surrounding a lined center pillar which holds a circular pendant above. Instruments, flowers, and draping fabric are at the object’s base.

Unknown Maker, French

Arabesques and Flower Wallpaper

Repeating decorative print of white outlined buildings and trees against a white-dotted light blue background. Black and blue floral motifs sit overtop the dotted background and surround the outlined buildings.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Garlands of Flowers Wallpaper

Blue, aged wallpaper with repeating white birds on top of pink flowers, a standing jester, and colorful flower bouquets in elaborate free-standing vases. Winding flower garlands surround the empty space

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper

Vintage pattern featuring clusters of pink three-petaled flowers arranged in a diagonal grid on a mosaic-like teal backdrop.

Simon

Wallpaper

Painting of one three-legged vase between two round vases which are placed in the archways of an architectural backdrop. The vases and archways are bronze with white patterning against a blue background placed in the archways of an architectural backdrop.

Simon

Wallpaper Dado Arcades and Vases

Pastoral scene of a winged cherub playing in a patch of lush greenery and blooms, contrasting with the rich blue surrounding background.

Dufour et Leroy

Little Allegories Wallpaper

Three, bronze flower bordered cream panels with bronze reliefs of a woman wrapping a leaf garland around a lamb and two repeating motifs of a cane and leaf basket.

Jacquemart et Bénard

Wallpaper Dado

Aged, cream wallpaper with repeating motifs of two winged babies encircling a sleeping dog in brown and tan watercolor. Pink flower bouquets and leaf garlands surround the babies throughout.

Simon

Flowers and Cupids Wallpaper

Crinkled, yellow wallpaper with repeating figures, sitting and riding a horse, enclosed in rotated diamond frames, against vertical stripes made out of yellow wavy lines and black-dotted white sections.

Ferrouillat et Cie

Diamond-Shape Design Wallpaper

Cream wallpaper with multicolored birds sitting atop thin, winding brown branches which have leaves and various colored flowers on them. Butterflies, with outstretched wings, fly around the branches.

Dufour et Leroy

Wallpaper

Panel of vintage fabric wallpaper depicting an abstract geometric blue and peach pattern on a tan background. The design is vertically aligned and features a centric textured blue stripe.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Imitating Fabric

Aged, brown print of various aged figures performing household chores on a winding hilltop with trees. The older figures hang laundry and tend the fields and younger figures comb goats.

Unknown Maker, French

Landscape Wallpaper

Weathered, blue wallpaper with repeating motifs of white doves next to white ribboned pink and white flower bouquets and in blotchy textured black trees.

Unknown Maker, French

Birds and Flowers Wallpaper

Scuffed wallpaper with multiple turquoise and brown-toned jagged zigzag lines layered and repeated on top of a brown muted background.

Unknown Maker, French

Wallpaper Imitating Fabric

Aged, gray toned print of fishermen at shore with trees and building ruins on a cliffside behind them. A thick intricate border with leaves and dotted embellishments surrounds the landscape.

Claude-Joseph Vernet

Marine Scene Dado