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A work made of hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding.

Conductor for the Monkey Band, c. 1765

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

Large ebony cabinet with white designs, ivory figures, clock.

Cabinet, About 1640

Miniature dining room with dark wood floors, dark wooden furniture, walls decorated with floral paintings.

A20: Virginia Dining Room, 1758, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature aristocratic room with dark wood floors, darker wood-paneled walls, upholstered furniture, and marble fireplace.

E-4: English Drawing Room of the Late Jacobean Period, 1680-1702, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Blue and white stoneware jug on a squared base with white molded classical imagery for the frieze and decorative elements .

Ewer, c. 1790

William Adams

Miniature upper-class room with front door, dark wood floors, spiral staircase, and white walls with wooden decorations.

A7: New Hampshire Entrance Hall, 1799, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature aristocratic home library with wood-paneled walls, floral carpet, and ornate and upholstered furniture.

E-20: French Library of the Louis XV Period, c. 1720, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Earthenware flower vase with five individual necks for plants, two swirly handles and a high base. The vessel decorated with flowers, leaves, and birds in green, blue, and red.

Flower Vase (one of a pair), c. 1700-22

Grieksche A Factory

Porcelain cream jug with a branch-shaped handle decorated with two reclining goats and a small bee.

Goat and Bee Cream Jug, c. 1745

Chelsea Porcelain Factory

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica).

Salt Cellar, c. 1530

the Milan Marsyas Painter

Miniature aristocratic home sitting room beige paneled walls; chandelier; and wooden, upholstered furniture.

A21: Virginia Parlor, 1758-87, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of pine, mahogany, paint, gilding, iron, brass, and marble.

Sideboard and Wine Cabinet, 1859

William Burges

Miniature version of a large entryway in a stately home, with front door open, dark wood floors, wood-paneled walls with portraiture, a floral rug, and wooden furniture.

A24: Virginia Entrance Hall, 1751-55, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Bright miniature living room with white walls and ceiling, wooden floors, large windows, double doors, and minimal furniture.

A36: California Living Room, 1850-1875, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature dining room with yellow painted and white wood-paneled walls, rustic wooden furniture, dark wood floors.

A3: Massachusetts Dining Room, 1720, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of wood, possibly elm; walnut and maple veneers; ebonized fruitwood; modern horsehair upholstery.

Armchair, c. 1927

Josef Albers

A work made of color lithograph, with applied glittered, on paper.

Honky Tonk, 1981

Luis Jimenez

A work made of silk, warp chevron twill weave; cut warp fringe; applied gold leaf.

Kyoto Rooftop: Nishijin VII, 1985

Glen Kaufman

A work made of steel, wood, bone, and staghorn.

Combined Axe and Flintlock Pistol, Axe, 1570/1600 Pistol, 1670/1700

A work made of steel, gilding, brass, copper, leather, and velvet textile.

Cuirass and Pauldrons for a Papal Swiss Guard, 1590; decoration 1623/44

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