Encompassing works of art in a variety of media, this exhibition will feature about 120 highlights from the distinguished collection of Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick of California. Since 1985, the Wornicks have assembled a major collection of contemporary decorative arts, primarily by American artists, but also including European, Australian and Asian artists.

This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of the decorative arts of the Empire style. Named for its identification with the Napoleonic Empire, the style was the new formal language championed by Napoleon after his coronation in 1804.

Many of the greatest artists from the 15th through the 18th centuries designed three-dimensional objects. Made for Manufacture: Drawings for Sculpture and the Decorative Arts, through May 20, 2007 at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, showcases the detailed drawings they made to guide the craftsmen who translated their two-dimensional ideas into three-dimensional objects.

More than three hundred masterpieces from Henry Francis du Pont's magnificent collection of American decorative arts will be on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) from February 18 through May 6, 2007.

More than three hundred masterpieces from Henry Francis du Pont's magnificent collection of American decorative arts will be on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) from February 18 through May 6, 2007.

The Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts has evolved from one that was established as a repository of decorative art in 1907, during the presidency of J. Pierpont Morgan. Today it is responsible for a comprehensive and important historical collection, one of the Metropolitan Museum's largest, reflecting the development of art in the major Western European countries.

The American Wing houses one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of American art in existence - more than 15,000 paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts objects - all of which are accessible to the public on four floors of gallery and study areas. It also features one of the Museum's loveliest and most popular spaces, The Charles Engelhard Court, a glassed-in garden featuring large-scale American sculptures, leaded-glass windows, and other architectural elements.