#met museum

[theantonian]

Pair of Gold Earrings

Hellenistic period, 2nd century BC

Gold, plasma, pearl

H: 6.70 centimetres (each)

W: 303 grains

Although missing some of their pendants, these earrings are intricately made, with careful attention to detail. They follow the common disc and amphora type of the middle and late Hellenistic period, but the use of a large emerald is unusual: emeralds became more popular during the Roman period.

These earrings have a highly decorated disc, above which is a large stylized floral motif, either a palmette or an acanthus leaf. This is soldered on to the main disc, which has a central motif in the form of a double rosette, with berries formed of tiny granules, some now missing, between each leaf. Small flowers further decorate the design, originally filled with blue-green enamel, the colour perhaps emulating the emerald, some of which survives. Below the disc hangs a large amphora, with dolphins forming its handles and an emerald for the body. The casing for the stone is decorated in a design familiar from vase painting and metal vessels. The foot of the amphora is in the form of a square box formed of sheet gold. Originally, on either side of the amphora hung pendants, and on one of the earrings the chains and two of the pearl beads survive.

A hook is soldered to the back of each disc.

from The Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, New York

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art uncrating "The Madonna of the Rosaries," a painting by Caravaggio, on loan from the Austrian government, 1950.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

[divesslow]

18th century daggers from India and Turkey

[3ternalvalentin3]

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lana del rey at the 2024 met gala after party

[youngjaelee]

Cosmetic Dish in the Shape of a Trussed Duck

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Art Collection

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 121

Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Reign: reign of Akhenaten–Tutankhamun

Date: ca. 1353–1327 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt

Medium: Hippopotamus ivory (tinted)

Dimensions: Part A: l. 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in); w. 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in); th. 1.8 cm (11/16 in); Part B: l. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in); w. 4 cm (1 9/16 in); th. 1.2 cm (1/2 in)

Accession Number: 40.2.2a, b

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Green wool dress, ca. 1887, American.

Designed by Catherine Donovan.

Met Museum.

[taf-art]

Fleur de Lis (c. 1895-1900). Robert Reid.

[fashion-plates]

Met Costume Institute

Walking dress. British. ca. 1830

[lightthereis]

William Morris - Jasmine Print

[theantonian]

Greek Gold diadem with Hercules knot (250–150 BCE),

Gold, garnet, carnelian, sardonyx

3×9 1/8 in. (7.6 × 23.1 cm).

On loan to the Metropolitan Museum.

[marzipanandminutiae]

the Met Museum's weirdly fetishizing description of that one gorgeous blue velvet Victorian cape squats in my mind without paying rent

this is the cape:

Pretty! Made by Emile Pingat! Very Gothic! love it.

this is part of the description:

 The rich color of the royal blue velvet is evocative of the original wearer who at that point in time would have been seen as a precious jewel who required continual attention and assistance. That perceived helplessness is also reflected in the cape's lack of armholes, which would limit easy mobility.

...I. what.

I suspect it's blue because she liked blue and commissioned it that way (or selected that one ready-made for the color). and, my guy, there is clearly a big front opening through which one can reach for things. would you say that about a men's cape without armholes? they definitely existed, and plenty of women's capes DID have them. how does this No Armholes For Female Helplessness theory play out in view of those facts?

I also suspect this person wrote that part of the description one-handed

[imitationcrabs]

6/7th century gilded copper crab of the Moche culture of Peru

[probablymoons]

"Occupations for Women" 1887 trading cards

Bandmaster/ Fireman/ Teacher Highwayman/ Fisherman/ Sailor

[clearbreathing]

19th century ottoman dagger sheath

[3ternalvalentin3]

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met gala 2024: garden of time

my fav looks so far♡

[aworldofpattern]

Anna Wintour in bespoke LOEWE at the Met Gala 2024

'Inspired by a circa 1944 evening cape by 20th century designer Charles James and tailoring from the LOEWE Fall Winter 2024 women’s collection, Anna’s tuxedo in wool with a silk satin shawl collar is decorated with floral motifs using hand-dyed feathers, tonal beading, and pearl embroidery. The jacket is paired with a long sleeve dress in bias-cut silk satin.'

'Awakening Flower Bouquet' embroidery inspired by Tulipes Hollandaise fabric by Charles Frederick Worth, 1889, from the Met's archives.