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Salad bowl (Saladier) (one of six) (part of a service)

Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Date: 1780
Accession Number: 37.20.37
Apron

Valentina (American, born Russia, 1899–1989)
Date: 1935–45
Accession Number: 2009.300.6834
Helluones librorum (Bookworms)

Joshua Kirby Baldrey (British, 1754–1828)
Date: November 10, 1786
Accession Number: 66.544.58
Devotional Statuette of the Virgin and Child

Date: ca. 1250–70
Accession Number: 17.190.725
Arrowhead

Date: ca. 9th century B.C.
Accession Number: 61.100.52
Photograph

Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)
Date: ca. 1974
Accession Number: 2005.293.13
Trees and Houses

Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century
Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 80.3.549
Poem by the Monk Sosei (act. 850-97)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Date: ca. 1767–68
Accession Number: JP2441
Mirror Case

Date: ca. 1350
Accession Number: 17.190.246
Piece

Date: 1680–1700
Accession Number: 20.57.77a, b
Inlay fragment, bar, rosette row

Date: 304 B.C.–A.D. 364
Accession Number: 10.130.2721
Fragment

Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 1975.31.12
[Organ Grinder Street Musician, Possibly Bethune Street, New York City]

Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1930–33
Accession Number: 1994.254.605
Evening ensemble

Carolina Herrera (American, born Venezuela, 1939)
Date: fall/winter 1992–93
Accession Number: 2005.292.12a–c
Forty-nine miniature limestone vessels from Tomb of Perneb

Date: ca. 2381–2323 B.C.
Accession Number: 14.7.56
Piece

Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 96.14.1548
Key

Date: 16th–19th century
Accession Number: 1991.17.116
Ensemble

André Courrèges (French, born Pau, 1923)
Date: 1965
Accession Number: 1974.136.9a, b
Fringe

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 08.103.266
Bronze handles and part of the rim of a cauldron

Date: ca. 850–750 B.C.
Accession Number: 74.51.5674

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Salad bowl (Saladier) (one of six) (part of a service)
Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Date: 1780
Accession Number: 37.20.37
Apron
Valentina (American, born Russia, 1899–1989)
Date: 1935–45
Accession Number: 2009.300.6834
Helluones librorum (Bookworms)
Joshua Kirby Baldrey (British, 1754–1828)
Date: November 10, 1786
Accession Number: 66.544.58
Devotional Statuette of the Virgin and Child
Date: ca. 1250–70
Accession Number: 17.190.725
Arrowhead
Date: ca. 9th century B.C.
Accession Number: 61.100.52
Photograph
Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)
Date: ca. 1974
Accession Number: 2005.293.13
Trees and Houses
Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century
Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 80.3.549
Poem by the Monk Sosei (act. 850-97)
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Date: ca. 1767–68
Accession Number: JP2441
Mirror Case
Date: ca. 1350
Accession Number: 17.190.246
Piece
Date: 1680–1700
Accession Number: 20.57.77a, b
Inlay fragment, bar, rosette row
Date: 304 B.C.–A.D. 364
Accession Number: 10.130.2721
Fragment
Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 1975.31.12
[Organ Grinder Street Musician, Possibly Bethune Street, New York City]
Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1930–33
Accession Number: 1994.254.605
Evening ensemble
Carolina Herrera (American, born Venezuela, 1939)
Date: fall/winter 1992–93
Accession Number: 2005.292.12a–c
Forty-nine miniature limestone vessels from Tomb of Perneb
Date: ca. 2381–2323 B.C.
Accession Number: 14.7.56
Piece
Date: 18th–19th century
Accession Number: 96.14.1548
Key
Date: 16th–19th century
Accession Number: 1991.17.116
Ensemble
André Courrèges (French, born Pau, 1923)
Date: 1965
Accession Number: 1974.136.9a, b
Fringe
Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 08.103.266
Bronze handles and part of the rim of a cauldron
Date: ca. 850–750 B.C.
Accession Number: 74.51.5674