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The Met’smascotis

William,a faience

hippopotamusmade

almost 4,000 years

ago in Egypt. The

tomb statuette

reappears in

numerous guises,

including these

bookends.

PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF THE MET STORE AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK

THE URBAN EDIT

VArt Nouveau is

well covered at the

Met. Dragonflies

were a popular

motif, as in a 1904

hair ornament from

Louis C Tiffany,

here turned into

an iron-on patch.

V Squi nt at these puzzle pieces a n d

you can pick out a selection of the

two million works that the Met has

amassed since it was founded in

1870, including the relocated Temple

of Dendur, a gift from Egypt in 1965.

FROM THE GIFT SHOP

Metropolitan

Museum of Art,

New York

The set

includes

a hat and

rattle toy

Browse at store.metmuseum.org

NYC-themed gifts include

this baby blanket set.

While you’ll see many yellow

cabs passing the museum on

Fifth Avenue, the last

Checker Taxi went in 1999.

The Met’s Medieval

branch at The Cloisters,

in the far north of

Manhattan, is home to the

late 15th-century French

Unicorn Tapestries. Sales

of this kids’ backpack

help a children’s charity.

Romain de Tirtoff,

known as Erté, helped

shape the Art Deco

look of 1920s New

York, from Harper’s

Bazaar covers to

Ziegfeld Follies

sets. This beaded

clutch is inspired

by his designs.