New-York tribune., 1906-09-05
CARVED WOOD EXHIBITS
metropolitan Museum Has NeJ,
additions 10 Collection.

si- csspar Purdon Clarke. director Of the Metro
poA'an Museum Of Art. announced yesterday the
nesirninz % Development % the institution On
ule lines nj an Industrial; art museum. He placed
on exhibition various specimens Of carved wood
recently purchased by the trustees. together with
important gifts from j. Pierpcnt Morgan. president
90 the Museum. ranging from fifteenth century
Gothic through the Renaissance % the period Cf
louis XVI in France. They have been arranged
IN Gallery the first floor. and viii be open to
the public to-day.
sir Purdon said that ha believed in time the
Museums collection Of woodwork and furniture
would equal and even excel the famous collection
IN the Cluny ar Paris. When the ambitious build
ing plans Of the trustees realized it was hoped
20 devote whole wing 10 wood carving and
medieval furniture. showing the best examples Of
the woodwork OF Europe. A detailed description OF
this collection OF woodwork and furniture is pub
lished in the September Bulletin" which s out
to-day
Sir Purdon also announced that the north
wing OF the Museum would be finished within two
years a Of more than 1900 COO. II will con-
tain two parallel galleries two galleries and
an amphitheatre. where lectures art viii be
delivered by curators the subjects Of their re-
spective departments Lectures on art will also
be given there in cooperation with Columbia Uni
versty and the National Academy Of Design. in
furtherance OF their scheme 20 establish great
school OF fine arts
The committee on sculpture recently reported TO
the trustees that the collection of brouzes in the
Museum IS mainly confined 10 the reproductions Of
the busts and statuettes found az Herculaneum.
there being few important works IN bronze Of con-
temporary sculptors The committee urged that
much sculpture in bronze has been produced IN this
country OF historic interest. well of artistic
value. and that the expenditure OF a sum of money
eQual 10 the cost or one original work OF antiquity
| or Of one moderately important picture, would
crelte whole collection OF small hronzes which
would be Of popular interest. and would tend 10
stimulate this important department or art. The
direetion and -het a 9oIIlc,ion ~ bTonzes be made
this art. especially n the United States. The di-
/ rector announced that. in accordance with this
| recommendation. and with the approval of the
trustees. twenty small bronzes by prominent Amer
| lean sculptors have been obtained as nucleus
about which A comprehensive collection may be
made made by purehsse and. il Is hoped 6s GIT as oe-
diately available, have been selected for purchase.
ert oIIectIon I'm the co1,iTt VinTeT Among these
are works by J. q A. Ward. Augustus 81. Gaudens.
The director added that several cases Of modern
museum as in was not tbe Intention 10 confne the
collection TO native work, but to secure noteworthy
! examples by foreign sculptors as well Prelimi
! nary steps have been taken already toward this
| end and soon there will he placed on eAhlhi,lon
/ Gilbert Alfred Dewey and + Onslow Ferd;
/ As inquiries are frequently received al the MI
sented in its collections The Bulletin publish es
| which are either owned by OF loaned 20 the Mu-
The list compiled by A dFIorviIly Of the staff OF
the Museum and arranged chronologicaI'y. shows
4 that there IN the Museum ST paintings 10y
. American artists 4 which three hundred are its
4 property and eleven loaned. OF the total num-
. Der IS6 exhibition.
/ The Museum has Just received from Jacob II
/ SChn and Edward D. Adams. trustees, gift Oi
unusual character II consists of a series OF The
I decorations Of the imperial orders and the medals
/ or Jauan. the issue Of which was authorized by
I the japanese government upon the application o;
/ Mr. Schh and Al the suggestion of Mr.. Adams, for
/ the express purpose Of the gift The collection
comprises forty-six objects Of which number are
. in gold many in silver and a few in brOn1V- Sew
/ eral OF the orders are jeweled. most OF them are
/ enameed. and all are accompanied 10y their CORE
/ Spending sashes ribbons and buttons and appro-
/ priately mounted on silk in lacquered cases.