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The Jade room, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – Antique Print

The Jade room, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
The Jade room, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: The Jade room, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The Jade room, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Carved jade and other Chinese works were displayed in a dedicated room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and this glass negative records how that space looked in the years between 1900 and 1910. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made large-format views of American cities, landmarks and institutions during that decade, produced the image. Its 8 by 10 inch format gives the rows of cases and the careful, even lighting that museum interiors of the period were known for. Photographs like this one show how early twentieth-century museums presented decorative arts as objects of quiet contemplation.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 070013. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsGalleries & museums. Interiors. Jade art objects.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71600

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