Collection consists of color and black and white 35 mm slides of American and European applied and decorative arts, including arms and armor, book arts, calligraphy, ceramics, commercial design, enamels, furniture, gemanuscripts, glass, illuminated manuscripts, industrial design, intarsia, ivory, medals, metalwork, mosaics, musical instruments, numismatics, rugs, seals, stage design, tapestry, textiles, wallpaper and wood-carving.