New York Times: At the Met: 3

"An advantage of having lots of undervalued art students on the payroll"

"Trope [sic] D'Loiel [sic] Trim on panel"

"Outlets w/Plates trimmed to fit"

I didn't think I was looking at art. I was looking at the floor, where the wall met the floor. And there was something wrong with the trim. It seemed two dimensional. Was I looking at some Trompe D'Loeil? I shook my head, looked again: I was being silly, the trim was obviously three-dimensional. Why had I been so silly? I looked again: now it was two-dimensional again.

I was looking at a wide doorway which had been filled in with a panel; this panel in turn contained a normal-sized door, but never mind about that now. Most of the walls had trim. To make the panel match the other walls, it had been adorned with trompe l'oeil trim.

Then I realized that the faceplate of the electrical outlet panel on the wall had been cropped to fit the trim. All in all, it seemed like this trim was making a lot of trouble for the people doing facilities management.

At the Met: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12

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