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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

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 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

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 and mahogany, painted and gilded; iron straps; and metal mounts.

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

A work made of porcelain polychrome enamels and gilding.

Plate, c. 1820

Wedgwood Manufactory

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