Exhibitions: Decorative Arts Galleries and Period Rooms

Century Vase. Designed by Karl L. H. Müller (American, born Germany, 1820–1887). Made by Union Porcelain Works (1863–circa 1922). Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 1876. Porcelain, height: 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm), diameter of base: 10 in. (25.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carll and Franklin Chace, in memory of their mother, Pastora Forest Smith Chace, daughter of Thomas Carll Smith, the founder of the Union Porcelain Works, 43.25

Long-Term Installation

Decorative Arts Galleries, 4th Floor

The Brooklyn Museum's decorative arts collection is housed on the fourth floor of the Museum. The focus of the collection is a group of twenty-three American period rooms ranging in date from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century. Interspersed with the period rooms are galleries that display an outstanding collection of American and European decorative arts. Additional objects from the decorative arts collection are on display on the fifth floor in American Identities and the Luce Visible Storage ▪ Study Center.