Robe à la Polonaise, American, 1780–85, silk. Gift of heirs of Emily Kearny Rodgers Cowenhoven, 1970. 1970.87a, b. The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The polonaise gown first came into fashion in the 1770s. It was...

Turn of the century sixty-three inch long gold chain, set with eighty-seven faceted amethysts suspending a fancy-cut amethyst cross, American, ca. 1900.

A Skull-and-Bones ballot box. American, 19th century. Photo Christie's Image 2009 Together with a small black book listing member names inscribed Edward T. Owen. 1872. on one side and 322. on the other, along with approximately 50 photographs. The skull:...

Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860), Portrait of John Meer In celebration of a recent gift to the museum by a Maryland family, the Walters Art Museum presents the focus show, Rembrandt Peale’s Portrait of John Meer: A New Addition to the American Art Collection,...