Word: armoring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Though it is a well-established sport of the irreverent to poke fun at the policies and the purchases of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's painting department, there is one branch of the Metropolitan that needs to apologize to no one-the Department of Arms & Armor. Today the Metropolitan is fourth in importance in the world's armories. Ranking just after Vienna, Paris and Madrid it can elevate its ventail at Milan and the Tower of London. Last week the trustees of the Metropolitan unveiled a bronze tablet designed by Sculptor Daniel Chester French and dedicated...
...lived in the vicinity of Riverdale-on-the-Hudson since the 17th Century, it was his good fortune never to want for money. His wealth was lucky for him, for no one has ever yet made a fortune from either of Bashford Dean's hobbies, ichthyology or armor...
...branches of art other than painting, the Metropolitan is admittedly a museum of the first rank. Its prints, casts, sculpture, bronzes, terracottas, glass, Classical, Egyptian, Far and Near Eastern art, armor, jewelry, musical instruments, European and U. S. decorative art, metalwork, costumes, textiles and laces, make it the necessary U. S. focal point of anyone seriously interested in worldwide craftsmanship. Last year's deficit of $883,384.35, due to administration expenses, reported recently by Metropolitan authorities (TIME, March 3), is an indication of the sums being spent to keep this esthetic treasury of increasing benefit to the nation...