Aesthetic Splendors: Highlights from the Gift of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore

Aesthetic Splendors: Highlights from the Gift of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore will present nearly fifty superlative examples of paintings, furniture, metalwork, ceramics, and jewelry from the American Aesthetic movement and the Gilded Age. The works, most of which have never been seen by the public, date from the 1860s to the early 1890s, a period that coincides with many significant cultural achievements in New York, including the founding of The Met in 1870.​
The exhibition in the American Wing will evoke the scrupulously restored interiors of the Wigmores' home (which was constructed in 1883), with period light fixtures and reproduction wallpapers of the same era.

The objects in this exhibition are promised gifts from Museum trustee Barrie Wigmore and his wife, Deedee Wigmore, in honor of The Met's 150th Anniversary.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website