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Rolltop desk

David Roentgen (German, Herrnhag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780)

Date: ca. 1776–79
Accession Number: 41.82

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

Settee

George Jakob Hunzinger (1835–1898)

Date: ca. 1876–85
Accession Number: 1992.269

Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland

Made under the direction of Jacob Halder (British, master armorer at royal workshops at Greenwich, documented in England 1558–1608)

Date: 1586
Accession Number: 32.130.6a–y

Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great (1729–1796)

Johan Adolph Grecke (Russian, Saint Petersburg, recorded 1755–90)

Date: 1786
Accession Number: 1986.265.1, .2

Untitled

Anish Kapoor (British (born India) 1954)

Date: 2007
Accession Number: 2008.29

Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, Serial Number 12406

Samuel Colt (American, 1814–1862)

Date: ca. 1853
Accession Number: 1995.336

Portions of a Costume Armor

Kolman Helmschmid (German, Augsburg, 1471–1532)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 24.179; 26.188.1, .2; 29.158.363a, b

Sword

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 32.75.225

Dagger and Sheath

Date: ca. 1605–27
Accession Number: 1984.332

Hunting Sword with Scabbard

Grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann (German, Imst 1717–1787 Passau)

Date: ca. 1740
Accession Number: 26.145.243a, b

Small desk with folding top (Bureau brisé)

Marquetry by Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt (Dutch, 1639–1715, active France)

Date: ca. 1685
Accession Number: 1986.365.3

Burgonet with Falling Buffe

Date: ca. 1550
Accession Number: 04.3.217; 22.140

Smallsword of Col. Marinus Willett (1740–1830)

C. Liger (French, Paris, recorded 1770–93)

Date: 1785–86
Accession Number: 17.87.3a, b

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

Helmet

Date: ca. 1525–1550
Accession Number: 04.3.456a

Tournament Helm (Stechhelm)

Date: ca. 1500
Accession Number: 29.156.67a

Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head

Date: ca. 1475–80
Accession Number: 23.141

Saber

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 36.25.1297

Armor of Henry II of France

Date: ca. 1555
Accession Number: 39.121a–n

Burgonet

Filippo Negroli (Italian, Milan, ca. 1510–1579)

Date: dated 1543
Accession Number: 17.190.1720

Ball gown

House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)

Date: spring/summer 1948
Accession Number: C.I.58.13.6a, b

Dagger with Hilt in the Form of a Blue Bull (Nilgai)

Date: ca. 1640
Accession Number: 1985.58a, b

Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I

Kunz Lochner (German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567)

Date: dated 1549
Accession Number: 33.164a–x

Flintlock Rifle

Jacob Kuntz (American, Allentown, Pennsylvania 1780–1876 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Date: ca. 1810–15
Accession Number: 42.22

Saber with Scabbard

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 23.232.2a, b

Helmet

Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 1983.413

Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun

J. C. A. Brun (French, Paris, active 1849–72)

Date: dated 1866
Accession Number: 1993.415

Watch

Jacques Goullons (French, active Paris, 1626–died 1671)

Date: ca. 1645-1648
Accession Number: 1975.1.1244

Odalisque

Anthony Caro (British, born New Malden, Surrey 1924)

Date: 1984
Accession Number: 1984.328a-d