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XVII Century Room, American Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art

ca. 1928
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 746
An interior view of a period room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a ladder backed chair next to a drop-leaf table, a casket resting on the table, and a cabinet against the wall flanked by side chairs.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: XVII Century Room, American Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Artist: Frederick Theodore Weber (American, Columbia, South Carolina 1883–1956 Astoria, New York)
  • Date: ca. 1928
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/16 × 10 11/16 in. (20.8 × 27.2 cm)
    Sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 11/16 in. (31.7 × 47.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Frederick Theodore Weber, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.131.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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