Architectural Decoration
Beadwork, Baskets & Textiles
Ceramics, Glass & Metalwork
Coins
Furniture
Vernon Hall Collection
Collection Applied and decorative arts
Architectural Decoration
Over the years, the Chazen has acquired some objects that were originally produced as architectural decoration. These include Roman floor mosaics...
Beadwork, Baskets & Textiles
Generally, at the UW-Madison, the collecting of textiles, woven objects, and beadwork is the purview of the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, which is part of the School of Human Ecology. And, in fact, most of the Chazen's holdings...
Ceramics, Glass & Metalwork
Approximately 350 pieces of Chinese export porcelain, made for both the American and European markets, constitute one of the museum's strongest and most complete ceramic collections. Of the over four hundred English and Irish ceramics...
Coins
Coins, because of their abundance and their intimate connections to the ruling elite of the ancient Greco-Roman world, offer a unique insight not only into the historical events with which they are bound up but also into the social history...
Furniture
Furniture was originally acquired to complement the displays of painting and sculpture and to provide historical context. The first piece, a 16th-century cabinet a deux corps, was acquired in 1969...
Vernon Hall Collection
Vernon Hall, professor of comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin from 1964 to 1980, donated a total of 301 portrait medals between 1970 and 1978. The medals in the Hall collection range...