Decorative Arts
See Also: Design Arts, Feng Shui
Mueums and Exhibits
NGA: Decorative Arts
An introduction to decorative arts with an in-depth study of Art Nouveau, and several online tours of objects including Italian cabinet galleries, porcelains and ceramics from different regions, Medieval metalwork and enamels, and more.
The Met: American Decorative Arts
Read an introduction to the collection and view around 49 selected highlights from the collection online.
LACMA: Decorative Arts and Design
Browse selected works from the collections online including contemporary ceramics and glass, furniture, jewelry, lamps, textiles wood, and more.
MFA: Splendor and Elegance
European decorative arts and drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection, an online tour from the Museum of Fine Art, Boston.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum of decorative arts and design with a searchable database of over 30,000 works and 50,000 images from the collections including furniture, ceramics, glass, fashion, paintings, metalwork, prints, photographs, textiles, and sculpture.
Louvre Museum: Decorative Arts
The Art Institute of Chicago: European Decorative Arts
Musee d'Orsay: Decorative Arts
The Frick: Gilt Bronzes
View images of andirons, clocks, lighting fixtures, and mounted porcelains in the permanent collection of the Frick Museum.
The Frick: Clocks
View images of table clocks, mantel clocks and longcase clocks from the sixteenth through the eighteenth century, plus around 14 images of pocket watches.
Resources
Decorative Arts and Material Culture
A digital library of resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.