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Florence and Herbert Irving at the opening of the Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for The Arts of South and Southeast Asia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994
1994⸜炻㫸暚⣓⨎㕤ἃ伭ΐ㕗冯崓ỗ䈡ɀ㫸暚⋿Ṇ冯㜙⋿Ṇ喅埻棐攳ⷽ

display of Chinese textiles, jades, metalwork, lacquer and a newly renovated 䓙ŎŢųŵŪůġ ōŦųůŦų⍲ŔŵŦŷŦůġ ŌŰŴŴŢŬ㍸ὃ䫾⯽㊯
“Chinese treasury.” With these two benefactions, Florence and Herb joined ⮶炻䓙⋩ℓᾳ喅⹲䳬ㆸ炻ℙỼIJĴĭĶııġ ⸛㕡
trustees Douglas Dillon and Brooke Russell Astor as among the most 劙⯢炻⯽↢忦Ĺııẞ喅埻⑩炻℞ᷕ⊭㊔㫸
暚ằ⃟㋸岰䘬⣂ẞ䱦⑩ˤIJĺĺĸ⸜炻㫸暚ằ
generous supporters of Asian art in the history of the Metropolitan. Their
⃟㚱揹㕤⮵ᷕ⚳喅埻攟ᷭẍἮ䘬㽫⍂冰
ongoing support was further recognized in 2004 with the naming of the
嵋炻⯙ἃ伭ΐ㕗冯崓ỗ䈡ɀ㫸暚ᷕ⚳ⶍ喅
second ß oor of the Fifth Avenue wing of Asian Art in their honor.
棐䘬⺢姕ㄟㄐ妋♲㋸岰炻娚喅⹲Ỽ㒂㔜ᾳ
In the same year, in acknowledgment of their important support for the
ᶱ㦻⯽奥䨢攻炻䴻屯㶙䫾⯽Ṣ⯰⽿ṩ㊯⮶
Museum’s Thomas J. Watson Library—through the creation of a book
姕妰炻䁢⣏悥㚫⌂䈑棐Ṇ㳚喅埻悐攨⡆≈
purchase fund and an endowment to support the library’s ongoing
ᶱ⋫⸛㕡劙⯢䘬漸⣏䨢攻ˤ喅⹲ℙ姕ᷕ⚳
maintenance—the library’s main reading area was named the Florence and ䷼⑩ˣ䌱☐ˣ慹Ⱄ☐⍲㺮☐⚃ᾳ䌐䩳䨢攻
Herbert Irving Reading Room. ẍ⍲侣㕘ˬᷕ⚳⮞⹓˭ˤ忁ℑ枭㋸䌣ẌḴ
Ṣ㗱⋯㛔净⎚ᶲ㚨ㄟㄐ䘬Ṇ㳚喅埻㋸≑Ṣ
And in a further mark of their support for the institution, in 2011 they
埴↿炻冯吋ḳ⯨ㆸ⒉忻㟤㉱㕗ɀ䉬漵⍲
endowed the position of Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of
ŃųŰŰŬŦġ œŶŴŴŦŭŭġ łŴŵŰų⩚伶ˤijııĵ⸜炻Ṇ㳚
South and Southeast Asia, which is currently held by John Guy.
喅埻悐攨ỵ㕤䫔Ḽ⣏忻Ḵ㦻䘬喅⹲㬋⺷ẍ
The Irvings’ most recent gift of almost 1,300 works of art encompasses all
㫸暚ằ⃟␥⎵炻忚ᶨ㬍娵⎗ḴṢ䘬攟㛇㓗
of the major cultures of East and South Asia and virtually every medium
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