decorated surfaces

Different Places

The world travels of a pair of lidded bowls.

Jeffrey Weaver | September 21, 2016

The wine glass that wasn’t.

Annelisa Stephan | August 30, 2016

We call this unusual object a table, but is it?

Tristan Bravinder | August 29, 2016

A new Museum display highlights masterpieces of European silver, brought together for the first time.

Jeffrey Weaver | August 22, 2016

Exploring the royal iris of French art.

Philippe Halbert | April 25, 2016

Roman silversmiths used fire and basic tools to create this exquisite silver cup in the 1st century A.D.

A newly acquired masterpiece from the great age of clock-making.

Jeffrey Weaver | January 12, 2016

How did Louis XIV's court smell?

An unusual table once owned by Louis XIV offers a peek into a king’s private world.

Neoclassical selfies? Check.

Marie-Antoinette’s armchair gets the royal treatment.

Philippe Halbert | January 6, 2015

Before her ill-fated end, Marie-Antoinette was a peerless patron of the decorative arts.

Philippe Halbert | October 16, 2014