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The Bridal Chamber of Herse, from a set of eight tapestries depicting the Story of Mercury and Herse

Design attributed to Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona (Italian, active 1540–52)

Date: ca. 1550
Accession Number: 41.190.135

Dress

Date: ca. 1760
Accession Number: 1996.374a–c

Altar Frontal with Man of Sorrows and Saints

Date: ca. 1465
Accession Number: 1991.156

Old Trees, Level Distance

Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090)

Date: ca. 1080
Accession Number: 1981.276

Cosmological Mandala with Mount Meru

Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 1989.140

Quilt Top, Crazy pattern

Date: ca. 1885
Accession Number: 1989.66

Evening ensemble

Gilbert Adrian (American, Naugatuck, Connecticut 1903–1959 Hollywood, California)

Date: 1945
Accession Number: C.I.58.25a–c

Musical Party in a Garden

Date: 1647
Accession Number: 64.101.1314

Salor Main Carpet

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1974.149.46

The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Date: 1495–1505
Accession Number: 37.80.6

Shoes

Date: 1690–1700
Accession Number: 06.1344a, b

Evening dress

Madame Grès (Alix Barton) (French, Paris 1903–1993 Var region)

Date: 1958
Accession Number: 1973.104.2a, b

Silk 'Kashan' Carpet

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 58.46

Round gown

Date: ca. 1795
Accession Number: 1979.20a–g

O-daiko

Kodenji Hayashi?

Date: ca. 1873
Accession Number: 89.4.1236

Tapestry with Dragons and Flowers

Date: 11th–12th century
Accession Number: 1987.275

Pipa

Date: late 15th–early 16th century
Accession Number: 50.145.74

Oyster Dress

Alexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010)

Date: spring/summer 2003
Accession Number: 2003.462

Armchair (Fauteuils à La Reine) (one of a pair)

Georges Jacob (1739–1814, master 1765)

Date: ca. 1780–85
Accession Number: 58.75.25

Wedding ensemble

Mainbocher (American, 1890–1976)

Date: 1937
Accession Number: C.I.50.110a–j

Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daisho)

Long sword (katana) blade inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen (Japanese, Bizen, Muromachi period, active ca. 1440)

Date: long sword blade, dated 1440; short sword blade, 15th century; mountings, late 18th century
Accession Number: 36.120.417a, b, .418a–c

Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias

Signature probably refers to Jean Drouart (French, Paris, died before October 1715)

Date: dated 1712
Accession Number: 1989.3

Safavid Courtiers Leading Georgian Captives

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 52.20.12

Bar Suit

House of Dior (French, founded 1947)

Date: spring/summer 1947
Accession Number: C.I.58.34.30

Tulips panel

Candace Wheeler (American, Delhi, New York 1827–1923 New York)

Date: 1883–87
Accession Number: 28.34.2

Floral Tent Panel

Date: ca. 1635
Accession Number: 1981.321

Ensemble

Jacques Doucet (French, Paris 1853–1929 Paris)

Date: 1920–23
Accession Number: 1975.15a–c

Coatdress

André Courrèges (French, born 1923)

Date: 1965
Accession Number: 1974.136.3

Coat

Date: ca. 1833
Accession Number: 1981.210.4

Evening dress

Jacques Fath (French, 1912–1954)

Date: spring/summer 1947
Accession Number: 1993.55