This page serves as a guide to Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs 1851-1939, a current exhibition at the Mint Museum Uptown. This Glossary includes definitions of art terms and techniques for the various forms of decorative arts along with audio files to help pronounce terms originating in other cultures around the world.
Metalwork
Enameling
Wood/Furniture
Ceramics
Glass
Click the word to hear how it is pronounced.
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Created by Rachel Dressel, Intern-Mint Museum Library