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   Wood, Architectural Elements
Works of Art (21)
Architectural Ensemble from a Jain Meeting Hall, last quarter of 16th century, India, Gujarat, Patan, Teak with traces of color (16.133)  
 
Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, ca. 1775–78, and later, French (Paris); Made in Paris, France, Oak and plaster, painted and gilded; bronze-gilt, mirror glass, oak flooring, etc.; (1972.276.1)wo 
 
Door, second half of 15th century; Timurid, Iran or Central Asia, Wood with traces of pigment (23.67.7)  
 
"Dutch" door, 1772, American, Gumwood, oak (34.79a,b) 
 
Pair of doors, 9th century; cAbbasid, Iraq, Carved wood (31.119.1,.2)  
 
Pair of doors, ca. 1325–1330; Mamluk, Egypt (Cairo), Wood inlaid with carved ivory panels (91.1.2064)  
 
Panel, 14th century; Marinid, Morocco, Carved and polychromed wood (1985.241)  
 
Panel, Marquetry, second half of 8th century; cAbbasid, Egypt, Fig wood and bone (37.103)  
 
Panel, probably 13th century, Egypt or Syria, Carved wood with traces of pigments and gilt (30.112.3)  
 
Paneling and chimneypiece, 17th century (ca. 1600), From a room in a house on the Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, Oak and stone (65.182.1,.2) 
 
Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh House, ca. 1758; painting ca. 1770-80, King George County, Virginia (16.112)  
 
Shoin Room 
 
Staircase, ca. 1677–80, Attributed to Edmund Pearce (English), From Cassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire, England (destroyed 1922), Pine, ash, oak (32.152) 
 
Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio, ca. 1479–82, Possibly designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (Italian, Sienese); Executed by Giuliano da Maiano (Italian), Made in Gubbio, Italy, Walnut, beech, rosewood, oak, and fruitwoods on walnut base (39.153)  
 
Temple strut with a devata standing on a hermit sage, 13th century, Nepal, Wood (1988.148.2)  
 
Wood panel, 11th century; Fatimid, Egypt, Carved wood (11.205.2)  
 
Architectural Ornament, late 19th–early 20th century, Toba Batak people, Sumatra, Indonesia, Wood, paint (1988.143.68)  
 
Doorboard (Jovo or Tale), late 19th–early 20th century, Kanak peoples, northern Grande Terre Island, New Caledonia, Wood, paint (1979.206.1758)  
 
Gable Figure (Dilukái), 19th–early 20th century, Belauan people, Belau (Palau), Caroline Islands, Wood, paint (1978.412.1558a–d)  
 
Gable Ornament (P'naret), mid-20th century, Big Nambas people, Malakula Island, Vanuatu, Fern wood (1979.206.1584)  
 
Housepost, late 19th–early 20th century, Auguena village, Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands, Wood (1986.486)  
 
Thematic Essays (3)