Museum Exhibition

Cottage Industry: The Val-Kill Furniture Shop

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

July 18, 2026 – May 9, 2027

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Val-Kill, this exhibition celebrates the trailblazing workshop, led by women and shaped by immigrant and rural craftspeople.

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Exhibition artworks

Representative work

Frederick Theodore Weber

XVII Century Room, American Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art

ca. 1928

Etching

Plate: 8 3/16 × 10 11/16 in. (20.8 × 27.2 cm) Sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 11/16 in. (31.7 × 47.4 cm)

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Featured works

American

Side Chair

1660–90

Maple, oak

37 x 20 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (94 x 52.1 x 44.5 cm)

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Gustav Stickley

Armchair

ca. 1903

Oak, pewter, copper and wood inlays. Leather seat.

47 1/4 x 23 x 22 in. (120 x 58.4 x 55.9 cm)

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Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony

Linen Press

ca. 1904

Oak, tulip poplar, brass

55 x 41 x 18 3/4 in. (139.7 x 104.1 x 47.6 cm)

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Bumpei Usui

The Furniture Factory

1925

Oil on canvas

36 × 43 in. (91.4 × 109.2 cm)

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United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Dining Table

1800–1825

Maple, ash

24 1/8 x 50 x 27 in. (61.3 x 127 x 68.6 cm)

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American

Drop-leaf Table

1700–1800

Maple

24 x 34 in. (61 x 86.4 cm)

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18 documented works in this exhibition

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