New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Random Impressions
Of Current Exhibitions
Closing Days of Metropolitan Museums Anniver.
sary Exhibition; Mich Gallery Shows
Modern Work

the collection Of Lowestoft decorated
with the insignia of tho Order Of the
Cincinnati.
The gallery of American silver. A %.
presents two features. Historically
perhaps the most important piece Of
american silver ia the punchbowl
made by Paul Revere. This bowl was
MADE to commemorate the "Illustrious
Ninety-two," members OF the Massa-
chusetts Bay House Of Representa-
tives, who voted, in spite Of peremptory
orders from England, not to rescind
the circular letter which they had sent
TO assemblies of the other colonies and
IN which they urged united action
against rcpressive measures of the
crown. Mrs. Msrsden J. Perry lent the
piece for the exhibition. In an ada
cent case is shown group of silver
made by the two New York silver
smiths, Peter Van Dyke (1680-1750(
and his son. Richard, whose work was
or very high quality. Two teapots lent
by Pierre Jay and Francis P. Garvan.
a porringer and a spoon lent by Luke
vincent Lockwood, two tankards lent
by Il, T. Haines Halsey and one by.
Miss Abbie Estelle Jones, a can lent
by Judge A. T. Clearwater and two
mugs lent by the First Presbyterian
Church of Southampton, L. l., show
the versatility of craftsmanship of the
elder Van Dyke along lines character
istic of New York tradition.
The English silver shown in three
cases in Gallery H 13 might easily
escape the notice it deserves. There
are two distinct groups-a collection
of early English spoons and a case Of
representative pieces by Paul Lameric,
the famous London slversmith of the
first half Of the eighteenth century.
AS different from the elaborate La
merle silver as anything could be is the
collection of early English spoons
twenty-three from the collection of
Marsden J. Perry and six from the COL
lection of Judge A. T. Clearwater.
In Gallery H % a group of cases ex-
hibits laces and costumes dating from
~-'O SdAiJ ySotS " Lic iulQQlS VI tIc
nineteenth century. Here one may see
dainty ball dresses that graced the
dancers of New York's Assembly Bell
IN 1904, grouped with bonnets and
blonde laces Of the same period; the
wedding dress and veil worn by Mr.
Rhodes, who was married in New Yor.
in 1885. and Con the opposite side of
the ROOM two cases displaying black !
laces of French and Spanish fabric.
In central case is & marvellous veil of
Brussels lace bearing the crowned mon
ogram of Marie Louise, second wife of
Napoleon, which Is lent by Mrs. Will
lam H. Moore.
In the adjoining gallery, n IT. q
collection of tassels which occupies
four cases attracts even the most cas-
ual visitor. These tassels represent
an interesting branch of lacemaking
familiar in portraits Of the late six
teenth and seventeenth centuries, when
lace was an important accessory of
male attire-cords and tassels being
used to finish the large lace collars
and to ornament the lace rosettes Of
the elaborate knee garters.
In Gallery H 18 the exhibit Of We
netian rose point has been augmented
by loans from Mrs. Bayard Cutting.
Mrs. Harris Fahnestock and Mrs. Ed
ward Robinson. In the central case of
this gallery may also be seen bas
de rochet, of Flemish bobbin lace, Of
the early eighteenth century, presented
to the museum by the Needle and Bob |
bin Club to commemorate the muse
um's fftieth anniversary.
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