The sun., 1910-08-10
NEW BRONZES ~ SEtu.
Nine Baryes and aa EperEne ss Irish
silver shief Among Nccessioas.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in
telling of the progress ans expansion Of
the institution Announces IN the RHiistIH
published to-day the acquisition through
recent purchases of nine Barye bronzes
and IN the department Of ceramics Of
five pieces oi wheildon ware. a Chelsea
dressing mirror and stand. Crown
Derby biscuit group and three pieces Of
early Worcester
There has also been acquired an i'm
portant piece of Irish SILVER. an epergne.
ani IN the department of early English
furniture there has b..en put on view IN
the sccessious room two piece. Of early
English oak. a rare Gothic armolre and "A
court cupboard The ByHei,n also de-
scrihes the new library building. and
william Loring Andrews tells Of the
library Itself. Us growth and serv iceab lie
ne<s
Mr. andrews quotes from the trustees
annua rrrort for iSsi. IN which an ap-
pel made for contributions of hooks
ou az. - da'ement that ,he library
had or the ,'recc ing November l sixty
four rpund and i52 unbound books and
psrph.ets Those. he says. were housed
az d.. small DARK and damp room IN the
l..--m.nt ~ the old building where 1t
was hsalthful neither for library workers
nor FOR the hooks themselves
Ia IS>s the library WAS removed 10 a
ru"rn on the second f'oor next 90 the irrIs-
tees room The growth of the library had
teen such that more than ~ OO volumes
were removed TO the new quarters Two
hundred and ten journals and mAga zines
IN English. French. German. Danish. Hun
garian. Spanish. Italian. Greek and syrian
ar" on file In the library
Articles Of permanent value IN them
" which are not likely 10 find place elssw he r.
arr uelng lndsred as fast a. the stat can
find opportunity from lts other work.
Although the library Of the museum IL
naturally a specialized one. its range has
widened to such an extent that the card
catalogue of the library proper already in
deNes more than forty principal sub jects
The library poeeesses n few illuminated
manusCr ipts and. SAYS Dr Andrews a
number Of the quaint and beautiful books
of tho sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
the art and power Of making which " lost.
1T IA hoped that the number Of such
books rich and rare. which form the
enduring and inspiring part Of any library.
will te augmented toy further contribu-
tlons for few will question the appro-
DTtdteneSe ana ueeiThDlHtf IN any ART
museum 81 a section that shows the origin
and growth Of an art which has produced
things 81 great beauty as well A. utility
and which IL moreover the art preservs-
tive of all arts
Ot the Barge bronzes the BaiiehA says
that the acquisition - important because
with the exception Of a few examples Of
BArye which ~ enumerates that great
sculptor Of animals has hitherto been in
adequately represented IN the museum.
IL names ~ perhaps the most important
of the new Baryes a pair of candelalra
With their accompanying centr-pieca
made nv Barye In iss for the Duo de
Montpensi"r. youngest rOn of Louis
Philippe
The epsrgna in Irish silver il the work
~ Robert Calderwood at Dublin about
1859 IL will prove of interest 10 students
81 Anne riCan -ilverware. which in 80 many
ways was influenced by the Worktof the
English and IRISH zilverrmithr Dr " "
Nalsntiner who writes 81 this piece. saws
hat the hest piece 81 irish silver IN Trinity
College. Dublin. - n replica of this one