Exhibition Dates: Opening May 6, 2008

Exhibition Location: The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Gallery, Lila Acheson Wallace Wing

... Joseph Breck, who in the 1920s oversaw the acquisition of many extraordinary examples of this style: lacquered vases by Jean Dunand; a silver, lapis lazuli, and ivory coffee service by Jean E. Puiforcat; Henri Simmen's aventurine-glazed pottery ...

2008-04-18

December 14, 1999 — March 26, 2000

Gallery for Modern Design and Architecture, Lila Acheson Wallace Wing, first floor

... including Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Josef Hoffmann, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, and Jean Dunand, will be arranged thematically and stylistically. The Arts and Crafts movement, initiated in England during ...

1999-12-01

French Art Deco is one of the great strengths of the Metropolitan’s modern design collection. The Museum has been actively collecting in this area since the 1920s, when pieces were acquired directly from their designers in Paris. This presentation in The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Gallery features many of the collection’s most important works, some of which have not been shown for generations.

The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Gallery, Lila Acheson Wallace Wing, Modern Art, 1st floor

... textiles by Paul Poiret; jewelry by Georges Fouquet; lacquer work by Jean Dunand; and the magnificent set of reverse-painted and gilded glass ...