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A work made of walnut, steel, gold, and iron.

Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols, c. 1720

A work made of steel, jade, gold, precious gems, and wood.

Dagger (Kinjal) with Scabbard and Case, 18th/19th century

A work made of steel and wood (ash).

Military Fork, 1550/1600

A work made of steel with gilding.

Close Helmet, 1551, possibly 1557

A work made of wood-block print in black ink, over traces of brown ink, with hand-applied blue, light blue, several greens, pink, orange, pale-orange, yellow, pale-red, and dark-gray watercolor, on ivory japanese paper.

Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite, 1893/94

Paul Gauguin

A work made of steel.

Cuirass from an Armor of Tsar Dmitry I, 1605/06

A work made of block-printed paper.

"La Constance" Wallpaper Fire Board, 1790/95

A work made of steel.

Bevor ("Falling Buff"), c. 1500

A work made of wood-block print in black ink with brush and stencil-applied red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and brown watercolors on ivory japanese paper, laid down on cream japanese paper.

Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), 1894/95

Paul Gauguin

A work made of steel, bronze, and walnut scabbard: bronze, wood, and velvet.

Swiss Dagger with Scabbard, 1556

Elongated cabriole legs of carved mahogany support a cabinet veneered with mahogany and outlined by ebony mouldings. On the front panel of the cabinet the veneer is quartered and the mouldings bordered by carved rococo C-scrolls. A skirt of intricately carved scrolls, floral garlands and single blossoms frames the cabinet on three sides. This relief work and the galleried superstructure are painted, it appears, to simulate ivory.

Cabinet on Stand, c. 1760

William Vile

A work made of steel, iron, and leather.

Composite Zischägge (Helmet), c. 1620

A work made of steel.

Close Helmet for the Tourney, 1550/60

A work made of steel, silver, and wood.

Ballock Dagger, 1450/1500

A work made of gold, enamel, and ink on parchment.

Double-Sided Pendant with Symbols of Christ and the Passion and Christ Among the Doctors, c. 1575-c. 1625

A work made of gold, enamels, and glass.

Pendant with the Holy Sacrament, c. 1650-c. 1700

A work made of lead-glazed earthenware with polychrome decoration.

Vase, c. 1924

René Buthaud

A work made of steel, iron, copper, and wood.

Cup-Hilted Rapier, 1660/70

A work made of steel and leather.

Breastplate with Associated Fauld, c. 1570

A work made of steel, silver, gold, wood, and rayskin.

Rapier of the Guard of the Duke-Electors of Saxony, 1590/1600

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