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Exhibition

Celebrating the Year of the Horse

Through January 26, 2027
Celebrating the Year of the Horse brings together works from The Met collection to explore the horse’s enduring nature and vital place in Chinese civilization.
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Essay

Horse Armor in Europe

March 1, 2010

By Dirk H. Breiding

Mankind has used animals such as onagers (wild donkeys), horses, camels, elephants, and dogs in conflicts for thousands of years, but no other animal has been employed so widely and continuously and was at times so comprehensively protected as the horse.
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editorial

Textile as Portable Garden

November 17, 2015

By Sylvia Wu

Intern Sylvia Wu investigates the history and original use of a textile fragment from the Department of Islamic Art's collection.
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Textile Conservation at The Met

February 28, 2023
Learn about the science, art, and exhibition techniques of textile conservation at The Met.
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From the Ground Up: Conservation Treatment of an Indian Textile

August 18, 2015

By Julia Carlson

Assistant Conservator Julia Carlson outlines the extensive conservation treatment recently applied to a set of Indian textile fragments now on view in gallery 464.
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Celebrate the Year of the Horse with Chinese Calligraphy

February 17
Celebrate the Year of the Horse, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, with a calligraphy video demonstrating four script types.
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Voices of Jerusalem: A Textile Merchant in the Old City

September 16, 2016
Bilal Abu Khalaf is a textile merchant in the Old City.
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Barry X Ball on an Egyptian Fragment of a Queen’s Face

June 6, 2016
Artist Barry X Ball reflects on an Egyptian fragment of a queen’s face in this episode of The Artist Project.
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Grasping the Foot of Lightning in a Maya Scepter Fragment

July 2, 2015

By James Doyle

Assistant Curator James Doyle analyzes a jade fragment from the Met's collection that may have originally formed the base of a scepter depicting the Maya god of lightning, K'awiil.
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Essay

Textile Production in Europe: Silk, 1600–1800

October 1, 2003

By The Costume Institute and Melinda Watt

Before the Industrial Revolution, the creation of a patterned silk textile required a skilled weaver and a considerable investment in equipment and raw materials.
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Art

Fragment of textile with horses

Date: ca. 5th–7th century CE
Accession Number: 2004.255

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Art

Fragment of the marble stele (grave marker) of a hoplite (foot soldier)

Date: ca. 525–515 BCE
Accession Number: 38.11.13

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Art

Composed Armor for Man and Horse

Left reinforcing elbow stamped with marks belonging to the Missaglia workshop (Italian, Milan, recorded 1430–1529)

Date: ca. 1450–1525 and later
Accession Number: 29.150.9

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Art

Panel with Horse Heads

Date: 11th century
Accession Number: 11.205.2

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Portrait of William Duguid

Prince Demah Barnes (American, ca. 1745–1778)

Date: 1773
Accession Number: 2010.105

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Tunic Fragment

Date: 7th–9th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.394

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Tunic fragment

Wari artist

Date: 650–1000 CE
Accession Number: 30.16.4

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Art

Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)

Part of the decoration design by Jean Cousin the Elder (French, Souci (?) ca. 1490–ca. 1560 Paris (?))

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

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The Journey of the Magi

Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni) (Italian, Siena or Cortona ca. 1400–1450 Siena)

Date: ca. 1433–35
Accession Number: 43.98.1