Decorative Arts & Design

A Presidential Pair

Dawn Reid, Curatorial Assistant, Decorative Arts & Design | February 20, 2012

Come celebrate Presidents’ Day at the Carnegie Museum of Art by getting a closer look at a pair of decanters once owned by President James Monroe. These two water decanters are the only known surviving objects from an immense 340-piece service made for President Monroe in 1818 and 1819. The Monroe service has eluded scholars for almost 200 years—a large…

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The Antiques Roadshow at Carnegie Museum of Art

Rachel Delphia | August 17, 2011

UPDATE: Watch the segment filmed in the Bruce Galleries! Visitors to the museum on Saturday, August 13, might have been disappointed to see that the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries of decorative arts and design were temporarily closed. But the cause of the shutdown is reason to celebrate: the Antiques Roadshow filmed a spot in the gallery for a forthcoming episode. So…

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