The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-20
rHE METROPOLITAN ~, 81, ~.


Art this month Some may Ire found in
m" Room ~ Recent AccessIon-. new
Gallery ;. the old room un the Fin h avenue
SADIE being CLOSED; the new pictures are
principally ia Gallery = and in th- French
section. and new statunry IN Gallery ~
On exhibition IN the Wing Of Decorative
Arts ~ ~ are two tapestries woven hy
Wilhelm ds Pannelnaker. an illustration
of one is in the current BYHshs. II shows
III. nupiials II Mercury and Herss These
tapestries were lent by Mr.. George Blu
mpntha
Next season the Museum will continue
the project Of holding contemporary ex-
hibit'ons of special character. They
are planned To be- Of national a. well
~ local character. therefore each is TO
cover a period % ten weeks Two such
exhibitions have been arranged for the
season 81 loiO-ii one ~ early rugs.
the other Of arms and armor The ex-
hibltiOn Of rugs will open on or about
the first of November and will include
forty or fifty OF the finest specimens in
the private collections Of America. rang
ing in date from the fourteenth to the
eighteenth century. the purpose being
to show what a wonderful and exquisite
art was embarked in these products Of
the early looms Of persia. Asia Minor and
India The exhibition Of arms and
arnor will be opened in February and its
main purpose will be to stimulate interest
an a branch Of art for the study of which
the material generally available in this
GO Intry is extremely limited.
To the late Mrs. John Stemme the
Museum il indebted for a collection 81
various objects Of interest. presented In
memory OF her husband. Included among
these are a pair Of japanese iron stirrups.
lacquered and richly inlaid in gold and
silver with various coats Of arms. pieces
which date from the late sixteenth or early
seventeenth century. OF Japanese prove
nance also are a small bronze Buddha
CAmidal and n little box inlaid and en-
riched with fan togib and floral designs in
gold. shakudo and mother 81 pearl "A de-
sign quite in the style 81 the great Korin.
whose name " bears. OF Chinese origin
are several fragments Of brownish yellow
tiles which come from the roofs Of the
tombs Of China's Ming Emperorz, situated
few miles outside 81 Pekin. a beautiful
carved rhinoceros horn cup % the Oh len
lung period u7S6-aS and a carved Indian
agate and rock crystal snuf bottle. The
objects illustrative 81 the fictile arts 81
Europe include n number 81 enamelled
glass bottles. the European equivalent Of
Stiegal ware. and n collection Of German
stoneware Jugs. pharmacy vases and
stems coming from the factories 81 Wester-
wald. Nuremberg. Altenburg and Magde-
burg Bronze pe-tles and mortars. Ger
man and English. with three examples Of
French fsienc-. a Delft blue fnd white
plate and n Swiss and German tale are
among the Stemms gifts
The Museum has recently purchased a
superb example 81 the so-Called Polish
ca rpets that were woven. as general opin-
ion now comedies. in Persia in the first
half ~ the -eventeVnth century. II is
in Wing r. Room II The ground is rose
the border light blue faded 20 a silver gray
On these back grounds the design IL de-
veloped in the familiar color scheme of
white and yellow. light green and blue
salmon and green. strengthened by dark
pas-a ges in brown green and blue In
Parts az the exposition ~ 4 SIS number ~
rugs Of this kind were shown by Prince
Czartoryrki They were sometimes said
10 have been made in Poland by Oriental
weaver- working from models brought
from Persia and India. The Yerkes col
lection contained several ~ the finest spec
linens extant.
Galleries - and p now contain pal
ings % the Dutch and Flemish schools,
and in Gallery ~ have been placed those
81 the Spanish school gathered, a. in the
Dutch and Flemish schools. from the Mar
qIand collection and from other -unre-
sirictsd sources We have Already de-
scrih--d the portrait % Don Pedro Mocl rte
nv GOya the full length portrait OF lady
by Zurharsn and SAINT lago bv ~ Greco.
lent by Archer " Huntington. bIt the
Bulletin informs ~ ss u the identity OF
the Goya Pedro Mtear'e despite his
name was spanish though the McCartys
u Donegal claim spanish blood and was
tenor in the choir ~ the cathedral chapel
at Toledo ~. - n Toreldor costume.
not alone lecau=e Goya was fanatic on
the subject II bulltghtinR bu' also he
cause Don Ppdro was fond Of the polite
game In Gallery u two paintings by
Claude. Monet -Pointe Slin'e Adrcs-.-
and 4. Aiguille A Etreta'.- ~ers lent by
MIR William Church Osborn. The latter
was painted IN isSS The former Is an earlier
work The Guiiarist- 10y Manet j. also !
lent 10y Mr. Osborn
I.ynd. Sietson Their. has been added TO |
the collection II paintings by American
artists - portrait 10y Joseph Ames usIs- !
1877 n. was we'll known in his day ~
= genre painter. hi- Death 81 Webster I
having been a favorits The portrait. !
uuit. ~ IN. romantic KEY. - that Of the |
lawyer James Topham Brady and was eve
cui.si in 1889 Captain and Mrs " q Fitch |
haV. made an important Gift 10 the Mu- |
scum in memory Of their son. Clyde Fitch. !
the dramatist. The furniture and deco |
raiIons. including the painted wall panels. |
81 a small French room % the First En- |
pire period will form an admirable addi- |
ton 90 the eighteenth century rooms now |
IN the Museum. This gift will not he dis |
PLAYED until the completion Of tho part |
the building which il now being con-
strIctsd. A. n part Of this memorial . |
number 81 chaTmiug a nd quaint eighteenth |
century sculptures In wax have been in
Cluded and are now To be seen In the Room |
Of Recent Acce--ions.
In the sarne room there il also \ small |
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