The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St
212.535.7710
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Food Warmer with Insert
- When
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Tuesday Feb 23, 2010 (11am–noon)
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
- Price
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Free with museum admission
- Links
Join curator Jeffrey Munger as he visits the special exhibition Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44, on view now through March 21, 2010. Only the second European porcelain factory able to make true porcelain in the Chinese manner, this enterprise developed a highly distinctive Baroque style in its tablewares, decorative vases, and small-scale sculpture. Meet at the entrance to the Wrightsman Exhibition Gallery for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts on the 1st floor at 11 a.m.
Image: Food Warmer with Insert. Austrian (Vienna), Du Paquier factory, 1730-35. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964 (64.101.269 a-d)
