New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-10
Museum Officials Hope TO Gel
FiGanC'er'S Consent 10 Show
S60.000,0Q0 Collection.
Now in Storage.
RARE TAPESTRIES IN LOT
worries, Gnamels, miniatures,
Sculptures and Bronzes Also
included-New Wing
Will Be Ready in
Time

When J. Pierpont Morgan returns
from mis- trip abroad tho officials Of he
metropolitan Museum of Art win take
nap with the fnancier the matter of OK
hibting next fan a large part Of his
art collection stin in storage ar the
museum, the total valuation of which
has been placed az 500 01OO0G. That
Part of the collection not vet seen by
the public includes the great uocntschcl
cc'cctiOn Of worries and cuamels.
we'll as tapestries of great rarity. min
iatureS. sculptures ana bronze and
silver collections.
owing 10 Mr.. Morgan's absence no
plans have yet been made for the dis
play Of any more of the collection. His
PAINTINGS are still on view in the special
exhibition gallery and are to remain
there for an indefinite length of time.
Addition II, the new wing 20 the
north Of the main building. will be
ready for occupancy early i'm the sum-
mer rs il was announced last Febru-
airy by museum officers that with Nh.
MoIs san's consent galleries i'm this new
structure would offer temporary quar-
tcrs for as much of the collection as it
could accommodate. and ds there has
been no definite announcement since
then to the contrary. it is here that the
ncw exhibit wall probably be placed.
Smaller than Morgan Wing"
This addition was planned for other
Things. 1t is only half the size of the
wing to be erected to the south of the
main building. to Ice called Addition
J X. or the Morgan wing which has
ueen planned TO hold the entire Morgan
collection. Addition n has been under
construction for more than two wears.
Park Department officials say il will be
impossible 10 get the Morgan wing
finished inside Of three years even if
the plans are acted on at once 10y the
Board Of Estimate budget committee.
Although museum officials have given
no indication Of the full extent Of tho
Morgan collection not yet seen. il in
cludes among other things a set OF
Gothic tapestry valued at SJoo,uoo.
There are two busts by Houdon. The
Given KISS" and The Bought Kiss,
appraised at S1OOOOo; the Pfungst coli
lection Of bronzes. valued at S200,0oO,
and the Gutzmann collection Of six
tocnth and seventeenth century gold
smiths and sivcrsmiths' work, said TO
hc worth 100000 II also comprises
Lord Coventry's set Of three Rose du
Barry Sevres vases, appraised al SO
EN.
The rock crystals and wood carvings
iu Mr.. Morgan's collection are declared
10 be the finest known. There is also
a golden chain which belonged To King
Christian If and rock crystal bowl
That belonged to queen Christina Of
sweden QG29-'S9).
The collection Of enamels includes
those which were on exhibition IN the
South Kensington Museum and the
UocutscheI collection. obtained in Paris
Jacques Seligmann went 10 Lohdoh
with Mr.. Morgan to supervise the pack
irg Of this part Of the collection
There * also a collection Of minld-
,ures. said to be one Of the finest III
,be world. including examples Of work
from the sixteenth 10 the nineteenth
century,. The most valuable miniature
i'm the collection. according to {. G..
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