Pistol Display Mounts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

This article discusses methods and materials employed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City to construct pistol display mounts that are compelling and visually unobtrusive. The key features of Met pistol mounts are that they are constructed from steel that is ground, filed, and shaped to fit closely to the object, positioned to leave as little of the mount as possible in the viewer’s sightline, and painted or patinated to blend in with the object or case material depending on the position of the mount relative to the viewer.