Do not miss the stunning, newly reopened American Wing at the Met. The Museum’s collection of American art, one of the finest and most comprehensive in the world, will return to view in expanded, reconceived, and dramatic new galleries on January 16, 2012. The new installation will provide visitors with a rich and captivating experience of the history of American art from the eighteenth through the early twentieth century. The centerpiece of the new installation is one of the best-known works in all of American art, Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. For the re-hanging of this magnificent work, a large and stately gilded frame has been painstakingly recreated by Eli Wilner & Company from a recently discovered photograph of the painting from 1864. Click below a link to the New York Times Art Review.
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You can salute this a pop of bright color.
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Love this for now into spring and summer!
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The Ralph Lauren Classic
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Love both of these boucles from St. Johns
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Fabulous spot of vibrant color from Milly
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It’s missing the brass but love the cut and the bell shaped sleeves
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