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Translucent glass object which transitions to green around the base featuring an underwater scene with fish and aquatic plants. The gray backdrop glows white around the bottom, illuminating the piece.
Edward Hald, Vase. Gift of the Estate of William E. Brigham

Decorative Arts and Design Galleries

Translucent glass object which transitions to green around the base featuring an underwater scene with fish and aquatic plants. The gray backdrop glows white around the bottom, illuminating the piece.
Edward Hald, Vase. Gift of the Estate of William E. Brigham

Museum Galleries, Decorative Arts and Design

Introduction

Works of decorative arts and design are integrated into many galleries throughout the Museum, with concentrations presented in the Lucy Truman Aldrich Porcelain Gallery, featuring 18th-century porcelain figures and tableware; the Mrs. Alexis B. Hafken Farago Bridge Gallery, featuring Asian and European ceramics from the 17th to the 19th centuries; and the Happy White Pendleton Bridge, featuring European and American glass from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Elizabeth Williams, David & Peggy Rockefeller Curator, Decorative Arts

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