United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.00597291970View of ceiling medallion installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 19th Century American exhibit, designed by Edward Vason Jones.Edward Vason Jones was an architect from Albany, Georgia who specialized in a neoclassical style. He took on many projects in the southeast but also gained national fame, leading to design work for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the White House. Throughout his career, Jones took photographs and made sketches of a wide range of architectural interests, which would inform his work. He was also a recognized as a collector and connoisseur of early 19th century American furniture and decorative arts. In 1970, Jones collaborated with Berry Tracy, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing, on an exhibit, '19th Century America.' He designed several period rooms and installed them with the help of his own crew. Jones also loaned furniture from his personal collection for the exhibit.image/jpegVIS 222.011.162ahc222011162ahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/William R. Mitchell Jr. photograph collection, Atlanta History CenterArchitectsArchitectural elementsDecorationsCenterpiece construction for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 19th Century America exhibitStillImage