Note: the de Young will open at 10 am on Saturday, 5/4.
Open today 9:30 am – 5:15 pm
In this post from the objects conservation lab, Catherine Coueignoux discusses a decorative technique known as marquetry used in the making of an 18th-century French writing table.
By Catherine Coueignoux
Thanksgiving is when you get to use all the best stuff in your kitchen.
Rulers across India and Europe used jewelry to underscore their status.
By Martin Chapman
Until the 1730s, most of the world’s diamonds were sourced from India.
Mughal emperors and later Indian rulers wore turban ornaments as a sign of their rank.
Jacques Cartier was impressed with the splendor of jewels adorning Indian royalty.
The wallpaper’s subject imagined a perceived idyllic way of life in the South Pacific.
By Martin Chapman and Eve Rosekind
This magnificent bed was made for a prominent figure of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
A reliquary casket tells the story of a bloody murder that shook the medieval world.
Objects in the European Decorative Arts and Sculpture collection at the Legion of Honor reflect the distinct history of how East Asian art has influenced European decorative arts and interiors.
By Thomas Wu