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Title: Annual report of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Philadelphia Museum of Art Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. Annual report Pennsylvania Museum of Art. Annual report
Subjects: Philadelphia Museum of Art Art
Publisher: Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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he date 1620; two antique carved chests; a series of European andOriental bronzes; seven panels of Swiss stained glass, of the six-teenth and seventeenth centuries, which are added to the valuablecollection of similar glass previously presented by Miss Lewis, andthe sum of $1000 for the purchase of exhibition cases. With theseadditions it is believed that the Museum collections of enamelsand stained glass are now among the most comprehensive of theirkind in this country. The enamels occupy seven cases, three ofwhich are in the East Gallery, and four nearby, in the BloomfieldMoore room. PEESSIi^G NEEDS OF THE MUSEUM The most pressing need of the Museum at present is an addi-tional fund for the extension of its valuable collections. With theannual income from the Joseph E. Temple Trust many of the mostimportant collections and objects in the Museum have been pur-chased, and each year the name of this generous patron appearson an ever-increasing number of labels. Such a bequest is a per-
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DOVE-SHAPED WIXE VESSEL OX WHEELS (CHIU CHE TSUN ) CLOISOXXfi EXAMEL CniXESE. CHIEX-LUXG PERIOD, 1736-1795 AFTER AX OLD FORM OF THE HAX DYXASTY (202 B.C.-220 A.D.) BEQUEST OF ^IISS MARY LEWIS 19 ennial benefaction which perpetuates for all time the memory ofthe donor among his fellow-citizens. The income derived from the Temple bequest, however, is farfrom sufficient to permit the Trustees to take advantage of the op-portunities constantly presented for the acquirement of the moredesirable objects ofiered for sale. Public museums in other citiesare, as a rule, far more liberally endowed, and are thus enabled tosecure many of the important objects which should come to Phila-delphia. A larger fund for purchases is needed to enable thisMuseum to keep abreast with the museum development of othercommunities. Public-spirited citizens are, therefore, urged to give to this sug-gestion the serious consideration which it merits. The Museum is also greatly in need of funds for purchasingbooks fo

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