Gallery 730 - Federal Alcove

Part of The American Wing

American Wing Gallery 730

Desk and bookcase
Date: 1800–1810
Accession Number: 34.135
Armchair
Attributed to Adam Hains (1768–after 1820)
Date: 1792–97
Accession Number: 1995.482

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American

The American Wing
700–741, 743–745 & 747–774

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ANE

Ancient Near Eastern Art
400–406

2nd Fl

Arms and Armor

Arms and Armor
370–380

1st Fl

AAOA

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
350–358

1st Fl

Asian

Asian Art
200–253

2nd Fl

Medieval Art

Medieval Art and The Cloisters
1–4, 6–14 & 16–20

Drawings and Prints

Drawings and Prints
690–693

2nd Fl

Egyptian

Egyptian Art
100–138

1st Fl

European Paintings

European Paintings
600–644, 800–812 & 814–827

2nd Fl

ESDA

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
500–503, 505–520 & 522–556

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Greek and Roman

Greek and Roman Art
150–176

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Damascus Room

Islamic Art
450–464

2nd Fl

Lehman

The Robert Lehman Collection
950–962

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Medieval Art

Medieval Art and The Cloisters
300–307

1st Fl

Modern

Modern and Contemporary Art
813, 828–830 & 900–925

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Appleton Pipe Organ

Musical Instruments
680–684

2nd Fl

Photographs

Photographs
850–852

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Card No. 8, from the advertising card series "Cabinet Photos, Allen & Ginter" (H807, Type 2), issued by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights Cigarettes

"A Sport for Every Girl" - Women and Sports in the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick
773

1st Fl

Morning Glory

Cambodian Rattan - The Sculptures of Sopheap Pich
209, 249, 251

2nd Fl

Duke Francesco I d'Este

Velázquez's Portrait of Duke Francesco I d'Este - A Masterpiece from the Galleria Estense, Modena
624

2nd Fl

The Boxer: An Ancient Masterpiece

The Boxer - An Ancient Masterpiece
153

1st Fl

Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons; Cranes and Flowers of the Four Seasons

Birds in the Art of Japan -
225–232

2nd Fl

At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston

At War with the Obvious - Photographs by William Eggleston
852

2nd Fl

Making the Invisible Visible

Making the Invisible Visible - Conservation and Islamic Art
458

2nd Fl

The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New Empire

The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia - Charting a New Empire
404

2nd Fl

Objects from the Kharga Oasis

Objects from the Kharga Oasis -
302

1st Fl

Land Marks

Land Marks -
399

1st Fl

The Fall of Richmond, Virginia on the Night of April 2nd, 1865

Drawings and Prints - Selections from the Permanent Collection
690

2nd Fl

The Camp of the Seventh Regiment near Frederick, Maryland, 1863

The Civil War and American Art -
964–965, 955

1st Fl

African Art, New York, and the Avant Garde

African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde -
359

1st Fl

Living in Style: Five Centuries of Interior Design from the Collection of Drawings and Prints

Living in Style - Five Centuries of Interior Design from the Collection of Drawings and Prints
691–693

2nd Fl

Bashford Dean and the Creation of the Arms and Armor Department

Bashford Dean and the Creation of the Arms and Armor Department -
380

1st Fl

The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi

The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi -
926

1st Fl

Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronze Sculpture from the Robert Lehman Collection

Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronze Sculpture from the Robert Lehman Collection -
960

1st Fl

Everyday Epiphanies: Photography and Daily Life Since 1969

Everyday Epiphanies - Photography and Daily Life Since 1969
851

2nd Fl

Poudreuse

Furniture by Abraham and David Roentgen on loan from the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin -
553, 533

1st Fl

Fabergé

Fabergé from the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection -
555

1st Fl

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This hallway displays furniture made in Neoclassical style in Philadelphia. Architectural components include a cornice copied from "The Solitude," the country home outside Philadelphia of John Penn (1760–1834).

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