title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on satin ground, continuous paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Textile

date: 19th century

medium: printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

rights_statement: CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) via Smithsonian Open Access.

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Lincoln Johnson


title: Jar and cover

date: possibly 19th century

medium: Bronze, inlaid metal

country: Philippines

subjects: Metalwork Philippine

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Yad

medium: silver, wood

country: Italy or France

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Italy or france

credit_line: Gift of Ruth Friedman in memory of Harry G. Friedman


title: Figure Toy

creator: Harriet Blackstone, American, 1864–1939

medium: Brush and oil, graphite on board

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Miss Stell Andersen


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, eyelet, star, and double running stitches with deflected element work and cutwork on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: handle

date: late 17th century

medium: silver

country: Italy

subjects: Cutlery Italy

credit_line: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg


title: Cockade fan

medium: Brocaded silk leaves trimmed with marabou, incised and drilled bone sticks with metallic foil

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of Sheila Bruce


title: Decor Pastoral

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Chair seat

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: counted stitch embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, L'Écrevisse (Cancer) from the Le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

medium: Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, pink, tan watercolor, red crayon, graphite on cream laid paper mounted on cream laid paper, ruled border in pen and brown ink

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: e-gasuri (warp and weft ikat) on plain weave

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Shin'Ichiro Foujita


title: Plate

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: possibly Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Possibly delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Two-Handled Sugar Bowl with Landscapes

creator: The Sweetser Company, New York, New York, active 1900 – 1915

medium: silver, gold

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
New york, new york, usa
Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Shirley Seid in memory of Lauraine and Emanuel Kaplan


title: Plate

date: late 19th century

medium: Creamware with underglaze transfer printing and painting

subjects: Ceramic Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell


title: Sidewall

creator: Ithaca Wall-Paper Mills, Ithaca Wall-Paper Mills, inc. 1900-1907

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Ithaca, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Ithaca, new york, usa


title: Study of landscape, Brunnen, Switzerland

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and watercolo, graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Dark Sea and Sky with Distant Boats

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest


title: Knife Blade with Threaded Screw Base

date: early 17th century

medium: steel


title: Fragment

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: plain weave embroidered with withdrawn element work, needlework filling stitches

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Castles in Spain

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support, varnish

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Tea Bowl and Saucer (One of a Pair)

creator: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

date: late 18th century

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Sidewall

creator: Whiting & Sons, 1880s – ca.1900

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa


title: Study of foliage, Trachselwald, Bern, Switzerland

date: August 2, 1867

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Bern, Switzerland

subjects:
Nature studie
Bern, switzerland
Nature


title: Sampler

creator: Sarah Davenport, English

date: October 7, 1681

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in eyelet, satin, back, double running, cross, montenegrin, four-sided, and overcasting stitches, with two bands of withdrawn element work with needlemade fillings, looping, wrapping, and interlacing, on plain weave foundation.

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Sharkskin Sheath for Agate-handled Knife and Fork

medium: wood, sharkskin, metal

subjects: Cutlery England


title: Ewer

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: earthenware, glaze, silver overlay

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (pottery)

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa (pottery)

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Floral design for printed textile

creator: Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers


title: Cheese Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

creator: François Nicoud, French, active Paris ca. 1875-1890

medium: gold plated, silver, mother-of-pearl

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds


title: Sidewall - fragment

creator: Janeway & Carpender, New Brunswick, New Jersey, est. ca. 1872

medium: Machine printed on paper

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William B. Eldredge


title: Demitasse Spoon with Dragonfly

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Dragonflies
Paris, france


title: Band

date: early 19th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed paper and flocked on satin ground

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Textile

date: 16th or 17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: counted stitch embroidery

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Vase

creator: Emile Gallé, French, 1846 - 1904

medium: Glass, enamel, gold

country: Nancy, France

subjects:
Glassware
Nancy, france

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ormond Russell Maisch


title: Cup

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: treen

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
England

credit_line: Gift of Clinton Wilder


title: Sash

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk Technique: compound weave Label: silk and metallic thread in compound weave

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Scrapbook of textile swatches

medium: Medium: paper, printed cotton textile samples

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Sample book
France

credit_line: Gift of Virginia Hamill Johnson


title: Border

date: early 18th century


title: Interlaced circles

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

medium: Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Floral lattice pattern

medium: Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Fork with Agate Handle

medium: steel, silver, agate

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

credit_line: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg


title: Dessert Fork with Cricket Handle


title: Teapot with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern

creator: Carl Thieme Potschappel Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1872

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
Germany


title: Carceri, No. 9

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

date: 18th century

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print Italy


title: Ceiling paper

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

country: USA


title: Horology: Repeating Watch, from pl. XLV from "A Cyclopaedia of Horology - Rees's Clocks Watches and Chronometers"

creator: Abraham Rees, 1743 - 1825

medium: Engraving on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Border

medium: Medium: Technique: needle lace


title: The Virgin with the Monkey

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Lace
France or italy

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: Design for the Entrance Hall, the East Wall, the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Watercolor, pen and black ink, traces of graphite (?) Support: paper

subjects: Interior England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed and flocked

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of David Stockwell


title: frame, door

creator: Lockwood de Forest, American, 1850–1932

medium: carved teakwood

country: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Ahmedabad, gujarat, india

credit_line: Gift of Carnegie Corporation of New York


title: Frieze

creator: Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Pitcher

creator: Duncan Glass Company

medium: glass (pressed)

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Quick Study of Waves and Large Dark Rock

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in two-sided cross and double running stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Bohemia

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Bohemia

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Textile

medium: Medium: raffia Technique: appliqué embroidery on plain weave

country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Democratic republic of the congo

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Collar

date: 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technigue: needle lace

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Drawing

creator: A. Philipson

medium: Brush and gouache on pre-printed squared laid paper

country: Berlin, Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Berlin, germany

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Curtain

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave, float weave, grouped warps and wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Paul Brandwein


title: Fork

date: late 17th to early 18th century

medium: ivory, steel, silver


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Pittsburg W.P. Co., 1896 – 1915

medium: Machine-printed

country: New Brighton, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brighton, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Ellis Gamble's Shop Card

creator: A.M. Ireland

medium: Etching on paper


title: Armband

medium: Medium: glass beads, hide Technique: lane stitch embroidery with beads Label: Lane stitch embroidered glass beads on hide

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Evening Dress

creator: Rudolph Ackermann, English, b. Germany, 1764–1834

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, discontinuous tape

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Kayser & Allman

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Design for Firescreen, Hounds

creator: William Hunt Diederich, American, b. Hungary, 1884–1953

medium: Black crayon, graphite on tracing paper

subjects: Metalwork Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: Stables of the Duc d'Orléans, Plate 76 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"

creator: Les Campion Frères, Paris, France

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: The College of Physicians, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper


title: Open Lock, Akron, Ohio

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Akron, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Transportation
Akron, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Waves Breaking on Beach

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Frieze

creator: Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882


title: Fragment

date: 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: twill weave

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran


title: Nine of Spades from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france


title: Frieze

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Seal

medium: Parcel-gilt silver

subjects: Jewelry France

credit_line: Bequest of Joan W. Leidesdorf


title: Grasses and Cranes

date: early - mid 19th century

medium: Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Grasses & sedges

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Sidewall - sample

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Dish

medium: Brass

country: Germany

subjects: Metalwork Germany

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Sketchbook Page: Peacock Feathers

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Model of a River Boat

medium: wood, paint

country: Egypt

subjects:
Model and prototype
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop


title: Textile

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: two interconnected structures

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Hope from the loggia at St. Peter's

creator: Giuseppe Lironi

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Portrait of Jan van der Wouwer, from the Icones Principum Virorum

creator: Paulus Pontius, Flemish, 1603 - 1658

medium: Etching on paper in black ink

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Darning sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running stitches on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Patchwork

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: patchwork of printed fabric

country: England or USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg


title: Pitching Quoits (Part of a Panorama)

creator: Robert Pollard, English, 1755 - 1838

medium: Etching on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England


title: A Nice Game for Two or More (Proof)

creator: John Leech, English, 1817 - 1864

medium: Chromolithograph on paper, mounted on heavy paper

subjects:
Chromolithograph
London, england


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds


title: Sampler

creator: Alice Pearlee, American, b. 1745

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: Calm Shoreline with Dramatic Billowing Clouds

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest


title: St. Paul's Cathedral, from "Ackermann's Repository"

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, continuous braid-like

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Border

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: grid of laid cords with needle lace, reticella style


title: Undulating Bush Clover, Flowers and Stripes

medium: Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Flowers


title: beaker

medium: glass

country: Bohemia

subjects: Glassware Bohemia

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Pipe bowls [3]

medium: clay


title: caster

creator: Albertus Kiell

medium: earthenware, glaze

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland


title: Footed Dish from the Service Rousseau

creator: Felix Bracquemond, France, 1833 – 1914

medium: enameled earthenware

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Bed hanging

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk-core threads Technique: embroidery in satin and couching stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: King of Diamonds

creator: E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

date: late 19th century

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Sidewall

creator: Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sampler

creator: Rindelite Brougers

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running (pattern darning), stem and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant for 2 reds and black applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied over resist; yellow applied over blue for green; chintz on plain weave

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
India

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered with drawnwork on plain weave

country: England or France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England or france

credit_line: Gift of the estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper


title: Fork-Tailed Blue-Vented Bee-Eater, Plate 10 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds


title: West Country Mails at the Gloucester Coffee House, Piccadilly

creator: Charles Rosenberg

medium: Engraving, aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england


title: Silver ankle bracelet

medium: Chased silver

subjects: Jewelry India

credit_line: Gift of Paul Manheim


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Machine-printed

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Robert B. De Blieux´


title: Shoreline with Trees in Wind and Distant Boats

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa Trees


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery made with a tambour hook in twenty-four colors of silk, on silk plain weave

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Lyon, france


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstradter


title: Textile

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 4&1 satin damask; background is the warp float face of the satin

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Otras Leyes por El Pueblo (Other Laws for the People)

creator: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

medium: Aquatint and etching on paper

country: Spain

subjects: Animal Spain

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Plate 16, Design for Gentleman's Costume, Journal des Luxus und der Moden (Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Vol. 4, No. 6

creator: Georg Melchior Kraus, German, 1737–1806

medium: Engraving, hand-colored with brush and watercolor on cream paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Frieze

creator: York Wall Paper Company, 1895

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Floral design for printed textiles

creator: Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white laid paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Slip case for a book

medium: Leather on paper

subjects: Container Usa

credit_line: Transferred from Cooper Union Library


title: Sidewall

creator: Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Chintz fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds, brown, black and lavender applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied (by brush?) over resist; yellow applied by brush over blue for green; chintz on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
India


title: Foundling Hospital, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: The Egg Vendor

creator: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Study for "Wedding Procession"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Red Door, Marbleized Wall

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and red gouache, green, yellow and grey wash on white wove paper

country: England

subjects: Interior England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in running, cross, satin, and stem stitches on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Eight of Hearts

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Frieze

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: stenciled resist (katazome) on plain weave

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: variation of cross stitch on plain weave

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Plate, from the "The Secret Village of Mice" Set

creator: Pillivuyt & Cie, French, established ca. 1818

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through bequest of Dona Guimaraes and from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Frieze

creator: Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900


title: Fork with Ornately Engraved Handle

medium: silver

country: Netherlands or Flanders

subjects:
Cutlery
Netherland or flander

credit_line: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg


title: Exhibition of Watercolored Drawings, from "Ackermann's Repository"

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper


title: Rabbit in the Moon

medium: Medium: silk, metal threads Technique: embroidered in pattern darning, satin and couching stitches on gauze-weave foundation

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
China


title: Border

creator: American Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association, 1879–1887

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds


title: Cut paper

medium: Gold-leaf embossed on white paper

subjects: Ephemera Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henriette B. Bonaventure


title: Sidewall

creator: Kayser & Allman

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Knife with Gryphon's Head Engraving

medium: silver, steel

country: probably Netherlands

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably netherland


title: Sidewall

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell


title: Design for a Chinese Pavilion

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

subjects: Architecture England


title: Cavalcade de Longchamp

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Seven of Spades

creator: E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century


title: Game of Yellowstone No. 1122

creator: The Cincinnati Game Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

medium: Photomechanical reproductions on laminated paper, cardboard box

subjects:
Toys & game
Usa
Amusement


title: Sidewall and frieze

creator: M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk and metal

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Sidewall

creator: J.J.L. and Co.

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Pair of bowls

medium: Glazed porcelain

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Gift of Paul Manheim


title: Inconvenient des Eperons dans les magasins de nouveauté

creator: Genty, French, active 19th c.

subjects: Print France


title: Cravat end

date: mid-18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, Brussels style

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Museum Purchase in Memory of the Council


title: "Herculean" Pedestal with Allegorical Figural Group Depicting the "Four Continents"

creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: Germany

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: ceiling paper

creator: F. E. James Co., New York, New York

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Sampler

creator: Teresa Alva Gimenez Grazalema

medium: Technique: embroidered

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

country: England or USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Herbert Emken


title: Christ on the Cross (The Crucifixion), from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Sampler

creator: Tomasa y Nocenya Rey

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, stem, chain, four-sided, and back stitches on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Border

medium: Block-printed, flocked

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of D. Lorraine Yerkes


title: Waste Bowl from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: gold plated, silver

subjects:
Metalwork
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roswell Miller


title: Textile

medium: Medum: cotton Technique: block printed (two reds, black) with yellow and blue applied by brush on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Fashion Plate from Le Monde Elégant

medium: Wood engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france


title: Tammany Hall at 14th Street

creator: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.

medium: Collodion prints mounted on yellow cardboard

country: Europe

subjects: Architecture Europe

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt


title: Stage Design

creator: Andrea Pozzo, Italian, 1642–1709

date: before 1693

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and white wash on cream laid paper

country: probably Rome, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Probably rome, italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Shawl fragment

medium: Medium: cashmere wool Technique: single faced 2/2 twill tapestry weave Label: cashmere wool single-faced 2/2 twill tapestry

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
India

credit_line: Gift of Lea S. Luquer


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Study of foliage

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and wash, graphite on paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Crested Fern, Plate 30 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds
Ferns

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Cup and Saucer with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei)

creator: Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: fork tines

date: late 17th century

medium: silver

country: Italy

subjects: Cutlery Italy

credit_line: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg


title: The Western Entrance of Shere Shah's Fort, Delhi, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: "Assyrian Head" Pattern Table Spoon

creator: Meriden Silver Plate Company, Meriden, Connecticut, 1869–1898

medium: silver plated, metal

country: Meriden, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Meriden, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Patchwork cover

medium: Medium: silk, cotton Technique: chromolithography printed on 7 & 1 satin, pieced and sewn Label: pieced and sewn silk satin, printed by chromolithography; backed with roller printed cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith


title: Panel

medium: Medium: raffia Technique: plain weave embroidered with pile stitches, cutwork

country: Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Kasai, democratic republic of the congo

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Border

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave; mordant for red

credit_line: Gift of L'Antiquaire, Inc.


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: "Assyrian Head" Pattern Pie Server


title: Ceiling paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: cattails

creator: Fulper Pottery Company, founded 1805

medium: Glazed stoneware

country: Flemington, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Flemington, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Senate Chamber, Harrisbug, Pennsylvannia

creator: August Kollner, 1813–1850

medium: Lithograph with black ink on paper

subjects: Interior Usa


title: Steep Cliffs with Rocks Below

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on off-white-colored (soiled) laid paper, mounted

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Hall

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: counted cross stitch on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection


title: Tuna fishing

creator: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

date: ca. 1596 or after

medium: Black ink on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave; mordant painted and dyed and resist dyed (chintz) on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
England

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Textile

medium: Medium: wool, silk Technique: satin weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell


title: Orphrey

date: late 16th or early 17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal, linen Technique: embroidery, couched gold thread

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Harry G. Friedman


title: Palampore

date: mid–late 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant printed or painted and resist-dyed plain weave (chintz) Label: cotton, mordant-printed, resist-painted, and dyed (chintz)

country: Pondicherry, India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Pondicherry, india


title: Orangeriee placé en Allées d'Arbres (Orangerie in Tree Paths), in Nouveaux Livre de Parterres contenant 24 pensséz diferantes (New Book Containing 24 Different Variations for Garden Beds)

creator: Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

subjects: Architecture Netherland Trees

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Landscape, Bautzen, Germany

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Bautzen, Germany

subjects:
Landscape
Bautzen, germany


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave foundation

country: Switzerland or France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Switzerland or france

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave. Three reds, two purples and black printed. Two blues: one printed, one hand applied. Yellow hand applied. Note block marks.

country: Neuchatel, Switzerland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Neuchatel, switzerland

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Floral design for printed textile

creator: Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a twill foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: Knife with Green-stained Ivory and Silver Applique Handle

medium: green-stained ivory, steel, silver

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany

credit_line: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg


title: Bedcover

medium: Medium: linen, wool Technique: embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mabel Choate


title: South Sea House Dividend Hall, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Waistcoat fronts

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of the estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Box

creator: Louis Toussaint, French, active 1856 - ca 1880

medium: Chased, engraved and enameled gold

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Container
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift from the Thomas W. Evans Collection from University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: netting Label: netted silk with metal beads and rings

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Frieze

creator: Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica,

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Holman


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds


title: Doily

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: plain weave embroidered in stem, running, satin, knot, detached chain, looping and speckling stitches


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, glazed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
England

credit_line: Gift of Harold Norton of the Hayden Company


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Ceiling border

creator: M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834

medium: Block printed and flocked on machine-made paper

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, chain, eye, four-sided, rococo, knot, satin, roumanian, and running stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection


title: Letter with swatches

creator: Poache Frères

medium: Technique: resist paste printed by block; immersion dyed in indigo to achieve two shades of blue

country: Rouen, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Rouen, france

credit_line: Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Chalice cover

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Venice, italy


title: Soap Dish from Traveling Dressing Case

creator: Thomas Whitehouse, British, active 1848-98

medium: glass, silver

country: London, England

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Part of the Kanaree Caves, Salsette, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Costume Design: Sketch of Mytel, from Blue Bird

creator: Boris Anisfeld, Russian, active USA, 1879–1973

medium: Brush and watercolor on board

country: USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Theater
Usa
Birds


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Sketchbook Page: White Flower

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Flowers

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Plate 26, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop


title: An Afternoon Drive

creator: H. W. Standing

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects:
Chromolithograph
London, england


title: Frieze

creator: Benton, Heath & Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 1875 - 1917

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Stand

date: 18th century

country: Japan

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Sidewall

creator: Einbeck Herting

medium: Block-printed, stamped foil, continuous paper

subjects: Wallcovering Germany

credit_line: Gift of Deutsches Tapetenmuseum


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, discontinuous tape

country: Milan, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Milan, italy

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: Cane Handle

medium: wood, silver

country: India

subjects: Metalwork India

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Logement et Nourriture

creator: William Unger, German, 1837 - 1932

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin

subjects: Print Germany


title: Sidewall on board

medium: Block-printed on paper, mounted on pine board

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Saucer, from a Breakfast Service (Soucoupe; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine)

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Katrina H. Becker in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Hickox


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of Young Man

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits


title: Border

medium: Block-printed


title: Tureen

creator: Thomas Bradbury and Son, English, 1795 – 1943

medium: silver plated, copper

country: Sheffield, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield, england

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Darning sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running cross and four-sided stitch on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Countryside with Trees and Distant Water

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper.

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Japanese Thatched-Roof House

medium: Brass

subjects: Container Japan

credit_line: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England


title: Demitasse Spoon with Two Ants Feeding on a Dead Bee

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: gold plated, silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Decorative Arts Association Acquisition, and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds


title: Ticket for Joe Miller's Benefit

creator: Jane Ireland, British

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Fashion Plate from Le Moniteur de la Mode

creator: J. Bonnard, French, active 19th c.

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Frieze

creator: Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Dessert Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

creator: François Nicoud, French, active Paris ca. 1875-1890

medium: steel, gold plated, silver, mother of pearl


title: Harbor: Cos Cob, Connecticut

creator: Childe Hassam, American, 1859–1935

medium: Drypoint on off-white wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Study for "June Woods"

medium: Charcoal, graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: box

creator: Henri Clavel

medium: Gold, enamel

subjects:
Container
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of the Panwy Foundation, from the collection of Maria Wyman


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Morris County Historical Society


title: The Choice of Reuben and Gad, Illustration for The Century Magazine (XXXVII, No. 5, March 1889, p. 687)

creator: Mary A. Hallock Foote, American, 1847–1938

medium: Wood-engraving in black ink on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of E. Maurice Bloch


title: A Seascape

creator: Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA


title: Textile

date: 12th–13th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered on plain weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, discontinuous tape

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: St. Lucy from St. Peter's colonnade

creator: Giovanni Maria de Rossi

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: ceiling paper

creator: F. E. James Co., New York, New York

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Frieze

creator: Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900


title: Plate 8, from Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière

creator: Etienne Joseph Daudet, French, 1672 - 1730

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france


title: Jug and lid

creator: Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, Russia

medium: Glazed porcelain

country: Saint Petersburg, Russia

subjects:
Ceramic
Saint petersburg, russia

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, and herringbone stitches on plain weave foundation

country: possibly Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Possibly pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Cleobolus

creator: Claude Vignon, French, 1593–1670

medium: Graphite and red chalk on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: The Cattle Raid by the Confederate Cavalry

creator: Alfred R. Waud, American, b. England, 1828–1891

medium: Pen and ink, black and white gouahce, on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Design for a Sugar Bowl

creator: Noritake, Japan and New York, New York, USA

medium: Brush and black, gold gouache, yellow watercolor, graphite on cream paper

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Calm Shoreline with Very Distant Boats

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest


title: Design for a Plate

medium: Brush and gold gouache, pen and black ink, graphite on cream paper


title: Darning sampler (unfinished)

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: embroidered in running and cross stitches onplain weave foundation

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Fork with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Knife)

medium: steel, silver; porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Cutlery Germany

credit_line: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg


title: Floor tile

date: 14th century

medium: Red earthenware, inlaid with pipe clay

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Study after "At Icart Point, Guernsey"

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

country: Guernsey

subjects: Landscape Guernsey


title: Scarf sample

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Barbara Rogoff


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Holman


title: Study of Bending Nude Figure

creator: Louis Schaettle, American, 1867–1917

medium: Graphite on light brown paper

credit_line: Gift of Miss Mae Schaettle


title: George Lambart's Book Plate

creator: A.M. Ireland

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Fashion Plate from The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine

creator: A. Bodin, French, active 19th c.

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sampler

creator: Hetty Lees, American

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in rococo, satin and cross stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Mabel Choate


title: Flounce

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Etui Fork with Green-stained Ivory and Mother-of-Pearl Handle

medium: green-stained ivory, pewter, steel, mother-of-pearl

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably germany


title: Bracelet

medium: engraved raised sheet gold, cabochon emerald, rose-cut cut diamonds

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Jewelry
Possibly germany
Roses

credit_line: Gift from the Thomas W. Evans Collection from University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine


title: Floral design for printed textile

creator: Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752–1818

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Ladle with Shell-Shaped Bowl

medium: silver plated, copper

subjects:
Cutlery
Sheffield, england
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Plate XLV from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france


title: Sidewall - sample

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Ithaca Wall-Paper Mills, Ithaca Wall-Paper Mills, inc. 1900-1907

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Ithaca, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Ithaca, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ersten Ausgab seines vorhabenden Wercks

creator: Johann August Corvinus, German, 1683–1738

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Architectural Fantasy

creator: Wendel Dietterlinn the Elder, 1551 – 1599

date: late 16th century

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Architecture Germany


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine printed on machine-made paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Berne D'Essen


title: Six of Hearts

creator: E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Indians Catching Fish with the Help of Pelicans

creator: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

medium: engraving on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Fish Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: The Adoration of the Shepherds

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and brown and grey wash on cream laid paper

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Decorative panel

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Alan Moss


title: Bag

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: stem, running and knot stitches using attached coils of gilt wire and gilt spangles. Trimmed with floral vine made of dyed silks bound to wire.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France
Flowers

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Morris County Historical Society


title: The Rise of Rome: Female Head Facing Left, Cleopatra

creator: Gustav Jensen, Danish, 1898 – 1954

medium: China crayon

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Ellen Gustav Jensen


title: Inro

medium: Carved and lacquered wood, silk (cord)

country: Japan

subjects: Container Japan

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Design for floor covering

creator: Standish

date: about 1895

medium: Watercolors on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Vase

creator: Hugh Cornwall Robertson, 1845 – 1908

medium: Earthenware, oxblood

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Bedcover

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: machine quilted

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell


title: Sidewall - fragment

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Gotha Porcelain Factory, German, established ca. 1757

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of Ralph V. Sollitt


title: Livery trimmings

medium: Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation

country: France or Spain

subjects:
Trimming
France or spain


title: Erasmus

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Valence

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave

country: Dodecanese, Rhodes, Greece

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Dodecanese, rhodes, greece

credit_line: Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crocker


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Interior with Chinese Wallpaper

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: 1802 or earlier

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white wove paper, silhouetted

country: England

subjects: Interior England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Medallion Decoration

creator: George W. Shiebler & Co., American, 1876 - 1910

medium: Silver

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Container
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener


title: Cup

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: treen

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
England

credit_line: Gift of Clinton Wilder


title: Pillow cover

creator: Sheldon Tapestry Factory

medium: Medium: wool, silk Technique: tapestry woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, Esq.


title: Towel

medium: Medium: raw silk, metal sequins Technique: embroidered on plain weave with punched work

country: Greece

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Greece


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA


title: Sidewall

creator: Arthur & Robert

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund


title: Bloomers

date: late 19th century

medium: Plated metal

country: Europe

subjects: Container Europe


title: Six of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Architectural Details from House in Orléans

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Illustration for "Roman Military Punishment" by John Beaver

creator: William Hogarth, English, 1697 - 1764

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Waistcoat fronts

medium: Medium: silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery on satin weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: Fragment

date: mid 16th – mid 17th century

medium: Medium: silk metallic thread Technique: bobbin lace, metallic

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Water Ripples

medium: Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Purchase in memory of Mrs. Edward F. Caldwell


title: Fragment

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a twill foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Border fragment

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin made continuous tape with net added

subjects: Lace France


title: Le double piègle

creator: Aaron Martinet, French, 1762 - 1841

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print France


title: Trial proof: Portrait of Henry van Dyck

creator: Walter Appleton Clark, American, 1876–1906

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa Portraits

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Admission coin to Women’s Welfare Exposition

medium: Gilt metal

subjects: Metalwork Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henriette B. Bonaventure


title: Embroidered picture

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: wool, silk Technique: embroidered in stem and knot stitches on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D. Hill


title: Cameo

medium: Shell, gold

subjects:
Jewelry
Italy
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. L. H. Domke


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, steel Technique: crocheted

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Dado

creator: American Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association, 1879–1887

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain weave patterned by floats of a supplementary warp and continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in 1/3 twill on the front by the foundation warp

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Rodman Gilder


title: Border corner

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Design for an Altar, plate 2 of "Nuove Inventioni d'Ornament..."

creator: Filippo Passarini, 1636–1698

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Rome, italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William Greenough


title: Two Sketches of a Man Seated on Rocks in San Remo

medium: Graphite and white heightening on cream paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Cerises (Cherries) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

medium: Pen and brush and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper; verso: graphite

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: The Marque, Paris

creator: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943

medium: Brush and watercolor on heavy board

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Study for "Fortune"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Kabuki players as the Eight Sennin (Triptych)

creator: Kininaga, d. ca. 1820

medium: Woodcut on paper, mounted

country: Tokyo, Japan

subjects:
Figure
Tokyo, japan

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander


title: Ceiling paper

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sidewall

creator: Ithaca Wall-Paper Mills, Ithaca Wall-Paper Mills, inc. 1900-1907

country: Ithaca, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Ithaca, new york, usa


title: The Mocking of Christ, from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Creamer

creator: R. & W. Wilson, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active ca. 1825 – ca. 1846

medium: silver

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Louise B. Scott


title: Print

date: 19th century

medium: Woodcut on beige laid paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France


title: Looking for Camp, Illustration for Century Magazine (XXXVII, No. 1, November 1888, p. 108)

creator: Mary A. Hallock Foote, American, 1847–1938

medium: Wood-engraving in black ink on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of E. Maurice Bloch


title: Sidewall

medium: Oatmeal paper

credit_line: Gift of Samuel J. Dornsife


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: Oyster Shell

medium: Plated brass

country: probably Europe

subjects:
Container
Probably europe
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener


title: Summer

creator: James Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 – 1902

medium: Etching and drypoint on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

country: Italy or England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy or england


title: Patchwork panel

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed on supplementary weft pile (velveteen), stitching

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith


title: Fragment

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: satin stitches, couching stitches and knots on crepe foundation

country: Japan

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Gordon


title: Border

date: late 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Frieze

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

country: Glens Falls, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Glen falls, new york, usa


title: Purse

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: wool, hemp Technique: embroidered in counted flame stitch

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Marian Hague


title: Holy Family

creator: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

medium: Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper

country: Florence, Tuscany, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Florence, tuscany, italy

credit_line: Gift of Janos Scholz


title: Button

medium: Enameled metal, steel beads

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott


title: Sidewall


title: Salesman's sample

medium: Medium: silk Technique: satin, stem and knot stitches on satin weave Label: silk embroidery in satin, stem and knot stitches on silk satin weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Sidewall

creator: Frederick Beck & Co., 1860

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Historical Society of Cheshire County


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, half cross, satin, stem and knot stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on machine made paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle

creator: Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, steel, silver

subjects: Cutlery France

credit_line: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg


title: Ocean with Waves Breaking on Rock

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sheath for a Cutlery Set

creator: W G W

medium: fruitwood, silver

country: Netherlands

subjects: Cutlery Netherland


title: Table

medium: Wood

subjects: Furniture Usa

credit_line: Gift of the Hulla family in memory of Mark Wilson Hulla


title: Grand Canyon, Arizona

creator: Eugene Higgins, American, 1874–1958

date: September 10, 1921

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Alpheus Cole


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of United State Department of Interior, National Park Service


title: Three of Spades from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Ceiling Decoration, probably for the Conservatory/Music Room

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink on thick white wove paper

country: England

subjects: Interior England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Architectural Details

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Bandbox

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Market Day

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Chatelaine chain

date: mid-19th century

medium: Silver

country: India

subjects: Jewelry India

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sampler

creator: Isidora Taxada

date: possibly 1776

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, cross, stem, chain, four-sided, back, and running stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: brocaded

country: Sumatra, Indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Sumatra, indonesia

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Frieze

creator: Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed, with blue and yellow applied by brush, on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Primula Praenitens, Var. Atrorosea Plena, Plate LXII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

creator: E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england


title: Bonnet veil

medium: Medium: silk Technique: machine embroidery on machine-made net

country: Europe

subjects: Lace Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Augustus Bleeker


title: Ceiling paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded


title: Band

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Border

date: early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: box

medium: Wood (possibly olivewood), paint

subjects: Container Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiesenberger


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Ornament Design, Cameo of a Veiled Priest and Roman Standards

creator: Michel Angelo Pergolesi, Italian, active ca. 1760–1801

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor over graphite on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain weave foundation

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Le Verseau (Aquarius) from the Le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

medium: Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, pink, tan watercolor, white gouache, graphite on cream laid paper mounted on cream laid paper

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Folding Spoon with Engraved Decoration From Traveling Cutlery Set

medium: gold plated, silver

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

credit_line: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg


title: Border

date: mid-16th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: selected warps and wefts of the linen plain weave fabric wtihdrawn, leaving a 1/16 of an inch square grid for needlework; natural linen darned into solid pattern areas; red silk wrapped around the grid and pulled tight for an openwork background.

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Plate 19, Costume Parisien (Parisian Costume), Journal des Dames et des Modes (Journal of Ladies and Fashion)

creator: Carle Vernet, French, 1758–1836

medium: Engraving, hand-colored with brush and watercolor on off-white paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Library


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sketchbook Page: Woman's Head

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Ornament Design, Arabesque Panel and Roman Standards

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper


title: Sampler

creator: Catherine Monteith Wilson, American

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross stitch on plain weave foundation

country: Albany, New York, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Albany, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York


title: Panel

medium: Medium: raffia Technique: plain weave embroidered with stem stitches

country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Democratic republic of the congo

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Woman's cap

date: late 17th–18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, needle lace

country: Belgium or Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Belgium or germany


title: Brooch

medium: photograph, gilded metal

subjects: Jewelry Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Windmill & Rail Road

medium: Block-printed paper, wood support, varnish

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: The Dancing Girl

creator: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903

medium: Lithograph on cream wove paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Guilloche Enamel Match Safe

creator: House of Fabergé, 1842 - 1918

date: late 19th century

medium: metal, enamel, topaz

country: Saint Petersburg, Russia

subjects:
Container
Saint petersburg, russia

credit_line: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener


title: Coverlet

medium: Medium: wool, cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Edgar O. Smith


title: Border

medium: Medium: silk Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style with heavy outlining thread

subjects: Lace Spain


title: Waistcoat front

date: mid-18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery on satin weave

country: France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Chintz fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant for black, 2 reds and 2 purples applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied by immersion over resist; chintz on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
India


title: Manhattan Watch Co.

creator: Sackett, Wilhelms, and Betzig, NY

date: after 1884

medium: Chromolithograph on wove thin board

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Ephemera
Europe and usa

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Jacob H. Schiff


title: Study for "Wedding Procession"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Fragment

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: damask

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain


title: Dark Cliffs with Ocean and Stormy Sky

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest


title: Sidewall

medium: Stencilled, embossed surface

country: Japan

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

credit_line: Gift of Marc Rabun, c/o David Hanks & Associates Inc.


title: Coca bag

date: possibly 1200–1500

medium: Medium: wool Technique: warp-faced plain weave

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor in memory of Alexander M. Bing


title: Frieze

creator: Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Tile

creator: J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1877 – 1883

medium: Glazed stoneware

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Tile
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Florence Barnes


title: Indian Pitching Dirt, Taos

creator: Eugene Higgins, American, 1874–1958

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Alpheus Cole


title: knife

medium: metal, silver plate, celluloid

country: England or USA

subjects:
Cutlery
England or usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Cruet

medium: glass, copper, silver

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Embroidered picture

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on punched paper foundation Technique: embroidered

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Miss Wilhelmina L. Kechner


title: Porcelain Flowers

creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic Germany Flowers

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: The Entrance of An Excavated Hindoo Temple, At Mavalipuram, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Architecture
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: The Entombment, from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on off-white laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Pitcher

creator: Wedgwood, English, established 1759

medium: Glazed earthenware (“majolica”)

country: Burslem, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Burslem, england

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Norton Spritz


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped threads with silk core, metallic sequins Technique: four metallic gold yarns couched on silk plain weave moiré; sequins sewn on; couching has been done over paper padding

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy


title: Ornament Design with Cameo and Urns

creator: Michel Angelo Pergolesi, Italian, active ca. 1760–1801

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element work

country: Spain

subjects: Lace Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Design for a Half-tone Engraving: How to Obtain a Patent, Copp & Co. Patent Attorneys, Washington, D.C.

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gouache, graphite on paper, laid down on brown board

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Border

date: early 19th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Cover

medium: Medium: silk embroidery; linen ground Technique: stem, satin, roumanian and buttonhole embroidery stitches on plain weave

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Museum Purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund


title: Sidewall

creator: Benton, Heath & Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 1875 - 1917

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: The Holy Family

creator: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–1664

medium: Graphite, red chalk, pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper

country: Genoa, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Genoa, italy

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Lyon, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Vase

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: earthenware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dona Guimaraes in memory of Sarah McGuffey


title: Sampler

creator: Ann Porter Bent, English

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitches on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Fork

medium: Steel, horn, mother-of-pearl, brass

country: possibly France

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly france

credit_line: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg


title: Sketches in Canebec

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in long-armed cross, two-sided cross, and double running stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Textile

medium: Medium: linen Technique: relief printed on handwoven plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Alice Glick


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: grid of laid cords with needle lace, reticella style

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Study of a seated woman in costume

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Black crayon on salmon-pink paper

country: USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Drawing
Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on continuous paper


title: The Great Bull, An Hindoo Idol, at Tanjore, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe

credit_line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: I Stood by Speechless in My Bewilderment

creator: Howard Chandler Christy, American, 1872 - 1952

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Button

creator: Agostino Brunias, Italian, ca. 1730–1796

date: late 18th century

medium: Gouache paint on tin verre fixé, ivory (backing), glass, gilt metal

country: Haiti

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Haiti

credit_line: Gift of R. Keith Kane from the Estate of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes


title: Frieze

creator: Philadelphia Wall Paper Mills

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Border


title: Fragment with factory stamp

creator: Miles & Edwards, 1847

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave foundation. Block registration marks are visible. Blocks for ten different colors were used. Four bands of red weft (now faded) were woven into fabric at heading.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
London, england

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Frieze

creator: Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: King of Spades

creator: E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Debating Society, Piccadilly, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, cotton, metal strips Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain weave cotton foundation, extra weft floats

country: Russia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Russia


title: Folding Spoon From Traveling Cutlery Set

medium: brass

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany


title: Frieze


title: Sampler

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in withdrawn element work with satin, cross, double running, four-sided and long-armed cross stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Pleated fan

medium: Parchment leaf painted in gouache, carved and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks overlaid with gold and silver foil, rivet set with a faceted stone

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Doreur sur Cuir, from "Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers"

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Advertisement for the "National Union of the United Brewery Workmen"

creator: Whitehead & Hoag Company

medium: Plated metal, printed celluloid

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener


title: Tobacco Jar

creator: Vergulde Bloempot [de] (the Golden Flowerpot)

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Plaque


title: Designs for Two Chairs in

medium: Watercolor, graphite Support: white wove paper

country: England

subjects: Furniture England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann


title: Tassel

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe


title: Trompe l'Oeil Painting, Decoration for the Staircase, De Voorst, The Netherlands, Plate from "Nouveaux livres de peintures de salles et d'Escaliers"

creator: Arnold Joost van Keppel

medium: Etching on white laid paper

country: Netherlands or France

subjects:
Architecture
Netherland or france

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Remembrance Greeting

medium: Chromolithograph on embossed paper

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa


title: Necklace

date: before 1799

medium: Gold beads and filigree, cabochon rubies

country: India

subjects: Jewelry India


title: "Hans Sloane" Botanical Plate (One of Twelve)

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Botany Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Towel fragment

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: plain cloth, silk and metal on linen Technique: embroidery

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey

credit_line: Gift of Jean Mailey


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed on machine-made paper

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Delafield, Hope & Linker


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia A. Bill


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Head of Athena (from a cast)

creator: Adile Marie Osborne

medium: Charcoal on paper

country: USA

subjects: Classicism Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Mirror

medium: Carved, gessoed and gilt pine, mirrored glass

country: Northern Italy or France

subjects:
Furniture
Northern italy or france

credit_line: Bequest of Mary Hayward Weir


title: Ceiling paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mark Bitter, Robert Bitter, Ward Bitter, and Tami Bitter Cook


title: Valentine Greeting


title: Study for "Prudence," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Charcoal and graphite on off-white wove paper, laid down

country: Jersey City, NJ, USA

subjects:
Mural design
Jersey city, nj, usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Design for Berlin Wool Work

creator: A. L. Dittmarsch

medium: Brush and gouache on pre-printed squared paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Germany


title: God dividing light from darkness, from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo

creator: Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Fragment

date: 10th–11th century

medium: Medium: silk, linen, gold leaf Technique: tapestry woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile


title: Frieze

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Carpet fragment

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: triple cloth

country: USA or England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa or england

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Samuel W. Bridgham


title: Spoon from an Ivory Cutlery Set

medium: ivory

subjects: Cutlery Germany

credit_line: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on paper


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk on cotton Technique: tent stitch embroidery

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Iran

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on satin

country: China

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China


title: Support for the Making of a Woman's Needle Lace Collar

medium: Pen,ink,parchment,paper

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Europe

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt and Au Panier Fleuri Funds


title: Tile

creator: William Frend De Morgan, British, 1839–1917

medium: Glazed earthenware

subjects: Tile England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

country: England or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Sidewall - fragment

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

country: Glens Falls, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Glen falls, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of the Jefferson County Chapter, Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities


title: Flounce

medium: Medium: linen Technique: Brussels style bobbin lace

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf Esq. in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf


title: Border

date: early 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Nine of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Elephant and Palms

medium: Silver

country: India

subjects: Container India Palms

credit_line: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener