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Cover, Peruvian, Colonial period, late 17th to early 18th century
Cover, Peruvian, Colonial period, late 17th to early 18th century

Wool, silk, cotton, and linen interlocked and dovetailed tapestry. Denman Waldo Ross Collection.

Desk and bookcase, Puebla, Mexico, mid 18th century
Desk and bookcase, Puebla, Mexico, mid 18th century

Inlaid woods and incised and painted bone, maque, gold and polychrome paint, metal hardware. Ann and Gordon Getty Collection.

José Manuel de la Cerda, Desk on stand, 18th century
José Manuel de la Cerda, Desk on stand, 18th century

Lacquered and polychromed wood with painted decoration. On loan from The Hispanic Society of America, New York, NY.

High chest of drawers, about 1730–40
High chest of drawers, about 1730–40

Japanned butternut, maple, white pine. Bequest of Charles Hithcock Tyler.

Diego Salvador Carreto, Basin with Landscape in Chinese Style, late 17th century
Workshop of Diego Salvador Carreto, Basin with Landscape in Chinese Style, late 17th century

Tin-glazed earthenware. Philadelphia Museum of Art: Purchased with the Joseph E. Temple Fund, 1908. © Philadelphia Museum of Art. 

Jacob Hurd, Teapot, about 1730–35
Jacob Hurd, Teapot, about 1730–35

Silver. Gift of William Storer Eaton in the name of Miss Georgiana G. Eaton.

John Singleton Copley, Nicholas Boylston, about 1769
John Singleton Copley, Nicholas Boylston, about 1769

Oil on canvas. Bequest of David P. Kimball.

Attributed to Kano Naizen, Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, about 1600
Attributed to Kanō Naizen, Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, about 1600

Ink, color, gold, gold leaf on paper. Anonymous Loan.

Cover, Peruvian, Colonial period, late 17th to early 18th century
Cover, Peruvian, Colonial period, late 17th to early 18th century

Wool, silk, cotton, and linen interlocked and dovetailed tapestry. Denman Waldo Ross Collection.

Desk and bookcase, Puebla, Mexico, mid 18th century
Desk and bookcase, Puebla, Mexico, mid 18th century

Inlaid woods and incised and painted bone, maque, gold and polychrome paint, metal hardware. Ann and Gordon Getty Collection.

José Manuel de la Cerda, Desk on stand, 18th century
José Manuel de la Cerda, Desk on stand, 18th century

Lacquered and polychromed wood with painted decoration. On loan from The Hispanic Society of America, New York, NY.

High chest of drawers, about 1730–40
High chest of drawers, about 1730–40

Japanned butternut, maple, white pine. Bequest of Charles Hithcock Tyler.

Diego Salvador Carreto, Basin with Landscape in Chinese Style, late 17th century
Workshop of Diego Salvador Carreto, Basin with Landscape in Chinese Style, late 17th century

Tin-glazed earthenware. Philadelphia Museum of Art: Purchased with the Joseph E. Temple Fund, 1908. © Philadelphia Museum of Art. 

Jacob Hurd, Teapot, about 1730–35
Jacob Hurd, Teapot, about 1730–35

Silver. Gift of William Storer Eaton in the name of Miss Georgiana G. Eaton.

John Singleton Copley, Nicholas Boylston, about 1769
John Singleton Copley, Nicholas Boylston, about 1769

Oil on canvas. Bequest of David P. Kimball.

Attributed to Kano Naizen, Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, about 1600
Attributed to Kanō Naizen, Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, about 1600

Ink, color, gold, gold leaf on paper. Anonymous Loan.