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Card deck, Russian, paper, c. 1930s, gift of Judge John Webb Green and Ellen McClung, 1957.3.127.1. Although playing cards originated […]


Rose point lace fragment, Belgium, c. early 20th century, linen thread, gift of L. B. Audigier,1934.1.348.4. Perhaps one of the […]


Serving spoon, silver, 1892-1905, made by the J.B. & S.M. Knowles Company, Providence, RI, gift of Judge John Webb Green […]


Stalking Cat, Karel Appel, Dutch, 1921-2006, color lithograph, Gift of Howard Weissman, 1979. 10.1.11. “Painting, like passion, is an emotion […]


Mbwoongntet, or drinking cup, stained wood, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bakuba people, Africa, ca. 1948-1960, gift of Madge Rice, 1972.16.13. […]


Milliefiori glass pitcher, c. 1838, made in Murano, Venice, Italy, gift of Laura Moss, 1936.4.748. “Milleifiori” is a combination of […]


Slipper, Chinese, silk, gift of Dr. John D. Winebrenner, 1998.5.1.1. The ferocious tiger provides protection to a vulnerable child in […]


Cantera stone with footprint, Holocene epoch (11,650 years ago to present), Nicaragua, gift of Col. Joe McEachern, 1947.9.1. This footprint […]


Stein, earthenware, 1900-1910, made by Mathias Girmscheid, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, 1934.1.734. Stein is actually an English shortening of the German word Steinzeugkrug meaning […]


“Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Mejico,” John Disturnell (American, 1801-1877), reproduced in New York in 1847, ink and paper, […]