Metropolitan Museum of Art - Modern European Decorative Arts Photos

Decorative arts at the run of the 20th Century including styles like Art Nouveau, plus works by artists like Dresser, Knox, & Webb are well represented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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Art Nouveau Wisteria dining room by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer from Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau details of furniture & woodwork of Wisteria dining room by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer from Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau details of pointillist mural of Wisteria dining room by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer from Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau details of ceramics of Wisteria dining room by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer from Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Art Nouveau Wisteria dining room (1910-14) by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer from Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau details of furniture & woodwork of Wisteria dining room (1910-14) by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer from Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau details of pointillist mural of Wisteria dining room (1910-14) by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer from Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau details of ceramics of Wisteria dining room (1910-14) by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer from Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Art nouveau Wisteria dining room by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer from Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art nouveau Wisteria dining room mural at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Desk set of bronze & malachite by Charles Asprey of London at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of piece of Desk set of bronze & malachite by Charles Asprey of London at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Art nouveau Wisteria dining room (1910-4) by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer from Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art nouveau Wisteria dining room mural (1910-4) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Desk set of bronze & malachite (1851) by Charles Asprey of London (exhibited at Crystal Palace expo) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of piece of Desk set of bronze & malachite (1851) by Charles Asprey of London (exhibited at Crystal Palace expo of 1851) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Cabinet decorated with painting of Backgammon Players by Philip Webb at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Veneered armoire with silvered mounts & plaque of King Merovech over forces of Attila the Hun in 451 by Jean Brandely, Charles-Guillaume Diehl & Emmanuel Frémiet of Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of plaque of King Merovech over forces of Attila the Hun in 451 on veneered armoire by Jean Brandely, Charles-Guillaume Diehl & Emmanuel Frémiet of Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of silver mounts on veneered armoire by Jean Brandely, Charles-Guillaume Diehl & Emmanuel Frémiet of Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Cabinet decorated with painting of Backgammon Players (1861) by Philip Webb (exhibited at London International Exhibition of 1862) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Veneered armoire with silvered mounts & plaque of King Merovech over forces of Attila the Hun in 451 (1867) by Jean Brandely, Charles-Guillaume Diehl & Emmanuel Frémiet of Paris (made for Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of plaque of King Merovech over forces of Attila the Hun in 451 on veneered armoire (1867) by Jean Brandely, Charles-Guillaume Diehl & Emmanuel Frémiet of Paris (made for Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of silver mounts on veneered armoire (1867) by Jean Brandely, Charles-Guillaume Diehl & Emmanuel Frémiet of Paris (made for Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Oak side chair by Edward Welby Pugin at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Repoussé copper mirror frame with mythical dragons by John Pearson at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Allegory of the French Republic enamel plaque by Alfred-Bernard Meyer of Paris from a set marking victory of France over Prussia at Valmy in 1792 at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Earthenware dishes by Théodore Deck over Art Nouveau fireplace surround attrib. Désiré Muller all of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Oak side chair (1870) by Edward Welby Pugin at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Repoussé copper mirror frame with mythical dragons (1899) by John Pearson at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Allegory of the French Republic enamel plaque (1892) by Alfred-Bernard Meyer of Paris from a set marking victory of France over Prussia at Valmy in 1792 at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Earthenware dishes (c1885-90 & c1870-80) by Théodore Deck over Art Nouveau fireplace surround (c1900) attrib. Désiré Muller all of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Detail of stoneware Art Nouveau fireplace surround attrib. Désiré Muller of Lunéville, France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau armchair with Aubusson tapestry covers by Henri-Jules-Ferdinand Bellery-Desfontaines of Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau cabinet-vitrine by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy of Liege, Belgian at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of Art Nouveau cabinet-vitrine by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy of Liege, Belgian at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Detail of stoneware Art Nouveau fireplace surround (c1900) attrib. Désiré Muller of Lunéville, France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau armchair with Aubusson tapestry covers (c1905) by Henri-Jules-Ferdinand Bellery-Desfontaines of Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau cabinet-vitrine (1899) by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy of Liege, Belgian at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of Art Nouveau cabinet-vitrine (1899) by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy of Liege, Belgian at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Earthenware jardinière by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer & Clément Massier at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau stoneware vase by Georges Hoentschel of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Porcelain vase with snails by Léon Kann for Sèvres of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Porcelain bottle with scene of children by Taxile-Maximin Doat for Sèvres of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Earthenware jardinière (c1893-5) by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer & Clément Massier at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau stoneware vase (1899-1900) by Georges Hoentschel of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Porcelain vase with snails (1900) by Léon Kann for Sèvres of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Porcelain bottle with scene of children (c1902) by Taxile-Maximin Doat for Sèvres of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Art Nouveau porcelain vase de Chevilly by Alexandre Sandier for Sèvres & Lilly vase by Nils Emil Lundström for Rörstrand Factory of Sweden at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Sèvres porcelain fennel coffee set by Léon Kann at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Sèvres porcelain fennel coffee set topped by insects by Léon Kann at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Earthenware pitcher by Max Läuger for Tonwerke Kandern of Germany at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Art Nouveau porcelain vase de Chevilly (1900) by Alexandre Sandier for Sèvres & Lilly vase (c1900-3) by Nils Emil Lundström for Rörstrand Factory of Sweden at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Sèvres porcelain fennel coffee set (1900-4) by Léon Kann at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Sèvres porcelain fennel coffee set topped by insects (1900-4) by Léon Kann at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Earthenware pitcher (c1900) by Max Läuger for Tonwerke Kandern of Germany at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Stoneware jug by Richard Riemerschmid for Reinhold Merkelback of Germany at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau silver & glass beaker by Emmanuel Jules Joé-Descomps of Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau silver vase by Philippe Wolfers of Wolfers Frères of Brussels, Belgian at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau bronze hand mirror by Rupert Carabin of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Stoneware jug (1900-2) by Richard Riemerschmid for Reinhold Merkelback of Germany at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau silver & glass beaker (1903) by Emmanuel Jules Joé-Descomps of Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau silver vase (c1896) by Philippe Wolfers of Wolfers Frères of Brussels, Belgian at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau bronze hand mirror (1906-7) by Rupert Carabin of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
German pendant beside two Art Nouveau pendants by René-Jules Lalique of Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Engagement Ball stained glass window by Eugène Oudinot of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Bone china bottle vase with scarab beetle in Eclectic style attrib. Christopher Dresser for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Clutha glass vase by Christopher Dresser made by James Couper & Sons of Glasgow for Liberty & Co. at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
German pendant (left lower) (early 20thC) beside two Art Nouveau pendants (c1900) by René-Jules Lalique of Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Engagement Ball stained glass window (1885) by Eugène Oudinot of France at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Bone china bottle vase with scarab beetle in Eclectic style (c1862) attrib. Christopher Dresser for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Clutha glass vase (c1890) by Christopher Dresser made by James Couper & Sons of Glasgow for Liberty & Co. at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Earthenware gourd vase by Christopher Dresser made by Linthorpe Pottery of Middlesborough, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Christopher Dresser earthenware pitcher made by Linthorpe Pottery plus vase made by Ault Pottery of England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Crane Flying over Waves tile by Christopher Dresser for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent over bronze + cloisonné enamel tulip vases possibly by Christopher Dresser for Elkington & Co. of Birmingham at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Earthenware & silver salad bowl & servers by Christopher Dresser made by Linthorpe Pottery of Middlesborough, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Earthenware gourd vase (c1880) by Christopher Dresser made by Linthorpe Pottery of Middlesborough, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Christopher Dresser earthenware pitcher (1879-82) made by Linthorpe Pottery plus vase (c1893) made by Ault Pottery of England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Crane Flying over Waves tile (c1870) by Christopher Dresser for Minton of Stoke-on-Trent over bronze + cloisonné enamel tulip vases (c1885) possibly by Christopher Dresser for Elkington & Co. of Birmingham at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Earthenware & silver salad bowl & servers (c1879-82) by Christopher Dresser made by Linthorpe Pottery of Middlesborough, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Electroplate & ivory tureen by Christopher Dresser made by JW Hukin & JT Heath of Birmingham, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Electroplate & bamboo travel tea set by Christopher Dresser made by JW Hukin & JT Heath of Birmingham, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Silver plated toast rack by Christopher Dresser of Hukin & Heath of London at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Copper & brass watering can by Christopher Dresser for Benham & Froud of London at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Electroplate & ivory tureen (1880) by Christopher Dresser made by JW Hukin & JT Heath of Birmingham, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Electroplate & bamboo travel tea set (c1879) by Christopher Dresser made by JW Hukin & JT Heath of Birmingham, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Silver plated toast rack (1881) by Christopher Dresser of Hukin & Heath of London at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Copper & brass watering can (c1885) by Christopher Dresser for Benham & Froud of London at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Silver claret jug by Archibald Knox made by Haseler & Co. for retailer Liberty & Co. at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Terracotta jardinière by Archibald Knox made by Carter & Co. for retailer Liberty & Co. at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Ivory paper knife & enameled silver spoon both by Archibald Knox made by Haseler & Co. for retailer Liberty & Co. at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Peonies glass vase cameo cut by George Woodall for Thomas Webb & Sons of Stourbridge, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Silver claret jug (1900-1) by Archibald Knox made by Haseler & Co. for retailer Liberty & Co. at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Terracotta jardinière (c1900-5) by Archibald Knox made by Carter & Co. for retailer Liberty & Co. at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Ivory paper knife (1907-8) & enameled silver spoon (1902) both by Archibald Knox made by Haseler & Co. for retailer Liberty & Co. at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Peonies glass vase (c1885) cameo cut by George Woodall for Thomas Webb & Sons of Stourbridge, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Two-layered glass vase cameo cut by George Woodall for Thomas Webb & Sons of Stourbridge, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Glass cameo cut spirit flask in form of eagle & swan head by Thomas Webb & Sons of Stourbridge, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.

Two-layered glass vase (c1890) cameo cut by George Woodall for Thomas Webb & Sons of Stourbridge, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Glass cameo cut spirit flask in form of eagle & swan head (late 19thC) by Thomas Webb & Sons of Stourbridge, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.

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