Embroidered Miniature of King Charles I (ca. 1650-70)
England
Satin worked with silk & metal thread
6 ¼ x 4 ½ in. (15.9 x 11.4 cm)


The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Mrs. Thomas J. Watson Gift, 1939 (39.13.7).
Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.


From the exhibition:

English Embroidery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ca. 1580–1700: ‘Twixt Art and Nature





Settee for Wanstead House (before 1731)
William Kent (1685–1748)
United Kingdom
Carved gilt wood, upholstery


Rievaulx Terrace and Temples, National Trust

From the exhibition:

William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain



Jar with depiction of human face chewing coca (AD 1100–1470)
Chimu/Inca, Peru
Clay; incised
6 ½ x 5 ½ x 8 in. (16.4 x 13.8 x 20.1 cm)


American Museum of Natural History, B/8875

From the exhibition:

Carrying Coca: 1,500 Years of AndeanChuspas


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