title: Mourning sampler

creator: Emily Silcox, American

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Frieze

creator: Robert S. Hobbs & Co., Brooklyn, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa

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 Victorian Collectibles


title: Frieze

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: St. Martins, in the Fields, 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: Chimneypiece, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching on paper

country: Italy

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed, machine-made paper, ungrounded

country: France or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or usa

credit_line: Gift of Delafield, Hope & Linker


title: Design for Title Page Heading of "The Scarlet Thorn" by John Burroughs

creator: Harry Fenn, American, 1845–1911

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on off-white illustration board

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of E. Maurice Bloch


title: Textile

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

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Plate 7, Vue de l'extérieur de l'église de Notre Dame de Paris (View of the Exterior of the Cathedral Notre Dame, Paris), Vues pittoresques des principaux édifices de Paris

creator: Barthe´le´my Joseph Fulcran Roger, French, 1767–1841

medium: Engraving with brush and watercolor on white paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Architecture
Paris, france


title: Sampler

creator: Josefa D. Paz

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Thread or yarn winder with base

date: late 19th century

medium: Mahogany, metal

country: England

subjects:
Tableware design
England

credit_line: Gift of Clinton Wilder


title: Seascape with Small Waves and Dramatic 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 - fragment

medium: Machine-printed on embossed paper

credit_line: Gift of Old Woodbury Historical Society


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed, mica

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Golodik


title: Box

date: early–mid-17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidered

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy or spain

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


title: Shawl

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: printed on twill weave Label: printed wool twill

country: England or Scotland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England or scotland

credit_line: Gift of Mabel Choate


title: Firenze, Veduta dal Giardino Bobol

creator: Johannes Ruff, Swiss, 1813 - 1886

subjects: Print Europe Landscapes


title: Storm King, Northern Entrance to the Highlands, Hudson River

creator: Edwin Whitefield, American, born England, 1816 - 1892

medium: Brush and wash, gouache, graphite on paper mounted to board

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mary T. Cockroft


title: Band

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: cross stitch variation; needle lace edging

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Design for a Chinese Pavilion

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

subjects: Architecture England

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, stem, running, double running, eyelet, long armed cross stitches and areas of withdrawn elements with needlemade fillings on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Architectural Details from Bourges

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Knife

date: early 18th century

medium: Steel, horn, gilding

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably germany

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


title: Fragment

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: plain weave embroidered with deflected element work

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Cup and Saucer, from a Tea Service

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Expanding Toast Rack

creator: James Edward Hutton, British, 1838 – 1890

medium: silver

country: Sheffield, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield, england

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Stick pin

medium: Silver

subjects: Jewelry Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Dado

creator: Pignet et Cie

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Pantheon Masquerade, from "Ackermann's Repository"

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Catherine W. Pierce


title: Sketchbook Page: Le Point du Jour

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on blue-grey laid paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace of discontinuous tape; six bobbins used for connecting bars; the bobbin-made relief decoration with loops was made separately and sewn on using a needle

country: Netherlands

subjects: Lace Netherland


title: Button

medium: Painted paper, metal, glass

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott


title: Chapel

medium: Graphite on paper


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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Cap fragment

date: possibly 5th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: quilted

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Egypt


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: metal beads, silk Technique: netting

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Cap crown

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Lace
France or italy


title: Tradecard, Frederick Crace and Son

medium: Engraving printed in gilt

subjects:
Graphic design
England
Graphic arts


title: Boxing Glove

country: USA

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Seated bishop

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: Sampler

creator: Dolores Cortes

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

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Sidewall

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Spoon with Snake and Leaf Terminal

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france
Reptiles & amphibians

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


title: Domino paper

medium: Block-printed and stenciled on handmade paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france


title: Window shade

creator: Unknown

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Marco Polo Stufano


title: Boston Evening Street Scene, at the Corner of Court and Brattle Streets

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: November 7, 1857

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

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


title: Footed bowl

medium: Blown glass, enameled and gilt

country: Italy

subjects: Glassware Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi


title: Pair of pitchers

creator: Holiçs, founded 1743

date: late 18th century

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Knife

medium: Brass, steel

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Plate I, from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Bartholomeo Vincent

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


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: Christ in Limbo (Harrowing of Hell), from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on off-white laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: The Progress of Steam

creator: S & J Fuller, British, 1809 - 1862

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of a Pair)

medium: steel, silver, porcelain

country: China

subjects: Cutlery China


title: Thanksgiving Day – Arrival at the Old Home

date: November 27, 1858

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, gold-wrapped silk Technique: tapestry woven with continuous and discontinuous wefts

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Cassolette (perfume burner or essence vessel)

medium: Marble, gilt bronze

subjects:
Metalwork
France
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: warp-faced plain weave patterned by warp dyed (possibly printed) stripes

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Advertisement for Patented Medicine

medium: Chromolithograph

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Ephemera
Europe and usa

credit_line: Gift of Carol MacDonald


title: Waistcoat, uncut

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in satin, stem and knotted stitches on silk 7\1 satin foundation Label: silk satin embroidered with silk in satin, stem and knotted stitches

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Chintz fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block-printed for outlines and imbricated background with mordant painted over resist for fillings (chintz) on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Frieze

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Pieces D'eaux à compagniee d'orangeriée et despalliers, magnifique (Fountain in Garden Design), 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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: A Snow Slide in the City

date: January 14, 1860

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed and/or painted on plain weave Label: block printed on cotton plain weave (qalamkar)

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise, from The Little Passion Series

subjects: Print Germany


title: Sanjo Bridge, Kyoto, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

medium: Woodblock, brush and watercolor on paper, ink with color

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Sampler

date: early 19th century

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

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, padded satin, stem, eyelet, feather over withdrawn element work, four-sided (square), cross, and whipped running stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Teerschelling, Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Teerschelling, netherland


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg


title: Ceiling detail of figure and decorative motif

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Figure
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Textile

creator: American Print Works, founded 1835

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

country: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Fall river, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Herbert Emken


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on blue wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace with ground of loop and twist with twist return

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Frieze

creator: York Wall Paper Company, 1895

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Darning sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Cravat end

date: mid-18th century

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Sketches at Marlborough

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Knife with Agate Handle

medium: steel, agate, silver

country: Scotland

subjects: Cutlery Scotland

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


title: Plate

creator: Hautin and Boulanger, 1836

medium: Glazed porcelain

country: Choisy-le-Roi, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Choisy-le-roi, france

credit_line: Gift of Alice Stern


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Barge Pot, "I Like It Good"

medium: Glazed earthenware

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Pauline Meyer


title: Sultane Noire (The Black Sultana), plate 28 from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to Mecca)

creator: Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809

medium: Black ink on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor G. Hewitt


title: Sidewall

creator: Robert Graves Co., New York, New York

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

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


title: Sidewall

creator: Leissner & Louis

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

credit_line: Gift of Salem Art Association


title: Study for "Fortune"

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: Port Cowes Castle

creator: I. W., active 19th c.

medium: Brush and gouache on sand, glued to paper, mounted

country: England and Germany

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


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: Micro-mosaic

medium: Gold sheet and wire, glass mosaics

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome, italy

credit_line: Gift of Frederick Saal in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Saal


title: Four of Hearts

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: Floral Arch on Stand (One of a Pair)

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Michele Beiny in memory of her grandfather Hanns Weinberg


title: Falcon's hood

date: early 17th century

medium: Label: tooled leather, silk velvet embroidered with metallic yarns and metal beads, silk tassel

country: England or France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England or france

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Elsie De Wolfe


title: Plate with "Disheveled Birds" (One of Thirteen)

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic England Birds

credit_line: Gift of Forsyth Wickes


title: Costume accessories (uncut)

date: late 19th–early 20th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain and slit tapestry weave

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China


title: Details of Adams Building

medium: Graphite on beige paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Fragment

date: 13th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Citadel, from Wharf, Quebec

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Border fragment

date: late 16th–early 17th century

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

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Venice, italy

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


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Scent flask

medium: Cut glass, silver

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Heart-Shaped Sweetmeat Dish

creator: De Paauw (Peacock) Factory, Dutch, active 1651 - 1774

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland


title: Adoration of the Magi

medium: Enamel-painted and fired on copper

country: Limoges, France

subjects:
Enamel
Limoges, france

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Illustrative of Trumbull's Autobiography

creator: John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843

medium: Pen and black ink on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. E. Sanderson Cushman


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Panel with Battle Scene

creator: William Pitts

medium: silver

country: England

subjects: Metalwork England

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Borden


title: Sketchbook Page: Kenyon Van Kock - Van Dyck (Self-Portrait with Dog)

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Native American Man

creator: Unger Brothers, Newark, New Jersey, 1872 – 1919

medium: Silver

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on machine-made paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Ship on Wind-blown Seas

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on white wove paper, lined

subjects:
Seascape
Usa
Ships & the sea

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


title: Fashion Plate no. 310 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes

creator: Imprimerie Mariton, French, active mid-19th c.

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sketchbook Page: Man with Beard in Profile

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Band

date: late 17th–early 18th century

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Brooch and earrings

creator: Eugene Fontenay, French, 1823 – 1887

medium: Gold

subjects: Jewelry France

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


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Edith L.R. Fisher


title: Box in the shape of an egg

medium: Worked tortoiseshell inlaid with gold

subjects: Container France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Fragment

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

country: Turkey

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Turkey


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Edging

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


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: Sidewall

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sampler

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in eyelet, cross, tent, satin, and back stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Italy or Austria

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy or austria

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sidewall

country: USA

credit_line: Anonymous Gift


title: Sidewall

medium: Marbleized

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Gloves

medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns, spangles Technique: knitted, sewn, and embroidered Label: knitted silk, embroidered with metallic yarns and spangles

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: worsted wool, jute Technique: uncut warp loops on compound cloth ground

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William A. Hutcheson


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Study of seascape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Lamp Standards and Wall Decoration, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, cotton, metallic foil wrapped around silk Technique: twill weave with supplementary warp pile (velvet) Label: silk and metallic velvet with linen weft

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Pair of finger plates

creator: A.W.N. Pugin, English, 1812–1852

medium: Brass

subjects: Metalwork England

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Fragment

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal thread Technique: foundation fabric patterned by the contrast of 8-harness satin and warp faced plain weave – or damassé – and brocaded extra wefts bound by the foundation warp

country: possibly France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Possibly france


title: Plan of the Second (or Third?) Floor of a Country House

medium: Pen and brown ink, graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. E. Sanderson Cushman


title: Design for Wall with Doorway, probably for the Ante Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

date: 1802 or earlier

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


title: Steam Locomotive

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

subjects: Transportation Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H.P. Davison


title: Le Desarroi

creator: Beaublé fils, French, 1773 - 1819

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Elephant's Head

medium: Plated brass

country: Probably Europe

subjects:
Container
Probably europe

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on machine-made paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of John Winthrop Aldrich


title: Scrapbook of crochet samples

medium: Medium: cotton, silk, linen, wool Technique: crochet

subjects:
Sample book
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Louis E. Imershein


title: Sidewall

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper, ribbed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

creator: Robert Graves Co., New York, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

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


title: Textile

date: 14th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: twill, brocaded

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Albright-Knox Art Gallery


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, varnished

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Sylvia Goodrich in memory of her grandparents, Orlando R. and Elizabeth Boyd Ballou


title: Cover

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant and resist painted and immersion dyed on plain weave (chintz)

country: India

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Restricted Funds


title: The Jacobite's Journal

creator: Samuel Ireland, English, ca. 1744–1800

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Study of a woman

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: punto in aria needle lace

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Dessert Fork with Gold Plated Honeybee on Handle

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: gold plated, silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Hexagons

medium: Medium: linen, metallic thread Technique: needle lace, interlacing technique


title: Jar and lid

medium: Glass

subjects: Glassware England

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Goblet

medium: copper, silver, gold, lead

country: Sheffield?, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield , england


title: Frieze

medium: Machine printed paper, textured

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Donna Anna from the opera "Don Juan"

creator: Jenny Lind, Swedish, 1820–1887

medium: Lithograph on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Toys & game
Europe
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten


title: Warfare Illustration

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Antwerp, Netherlands

subjects:
Print
Antwerp, netherland


title: Music Box

medium: Tortoiseshell, silver gilt, feathers

subjects: Container France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Candlestick (One of a Pair)

creator: Volkstedt-Rudolstadt Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1762

date: 18th century

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Sampler

creator: Maria de la Luz Garcia

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

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Vues d'Italie

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Edward L. Nesbitt


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Le Lion (Leo) 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, ruled border in pen and brown ink

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

creator: J. B. Nothnagel

medium: Block printed and hand painted on linen

country: Frankfurt, Germany

subjects:
Wallcovering
Frankfurt, germany

credit_line: Gift of Deutsches Tapetenmuseum


title: Sampler

creator: Eliza Page

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross, satin, eye, stem and running stitches on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Knife with Figural Carved Wood Handle

creator: Mortimer & Hunt

date: Handle ca. 1710; blade ca. 1840

medium: wood, steel, silver

country: Handle probably Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Handle probably germany

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

country: France


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Chalice cover

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: View of City Roof Tops

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Fragment

date: 17th or 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embossed pile on pile velvet


title: Blossoms on a grid

date: mid 18th - early 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
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Wig stand

date: 17th century

medium: Porcelain

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

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


title: Sidewall and frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New Brighton, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brighton, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Sylvia Goodrich in memory of her grandparents, Orlando R. and Elizabeth Boyd Ballou


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: cut voided supplementary warp pile in a twill foundation

country: France or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France or spain


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technigue: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Small Knife with Fluted Ivory Handle

creator: Joseph Willmore

medium: ivory, silver

country: Birmingham, United Kingdom

subjects:
Cutlery
Birmingham, united kingdom

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrill


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on pale green wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on ingrain paper

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Knife

creator: Baiiof

medium: steel, silver (?)

subjects: Cutlery England


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

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, graphite on cream laid paper, circular border in pen and brown ink

subjects: Ceramic France


title: Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly, October 11, 1873, p. 900

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper

subjects:
Figure
Usa
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Carlson


title: Textile

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: relief printed

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper, gilt, flocked

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: "Palmettes de Couronnement des orchestres"

creator: Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

medium: Watercolor, pen and black/brown ink, graphite Support: off-white paper mounted on off-white laid paper

subjects: Architecture France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Emily and Jerry Spiegel, gift of Phyllis Dearborn Massar and from General Purchase Fund


title: Wall Elevation with Marbled Niche

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

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

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Sampler

creator: Ann Coleman, English

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Winter at Sea – Taking in Sail off the Coast

date: January 16, 1869

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Oliver Cromwell

creator: Thomas Johnson

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on cream-colored paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Mt. Chocorua from Tamworth, New Hampshire

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

date: October 1895

medium: Graphite, black crayon on paper

country: Tamworth, New Hampshire, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Tamworth, new hampshire, usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Sugar Bowl 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: Fragments of skirt

medium: Medium: silk, cotton Technique: warp printed

country: France or USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France or usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. David Colton


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of a Young Man

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits


title: Bowl

date: 1st century A.D.

medium: Mold-pressed and tooled glass

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Dessert Fork with Slug

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Sellier-Carossier, pl. VIII 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: Seascape with Large Cliffs

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: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper, cardboard support

country: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New haven, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Gift of Amelia L. Hill


title: Drapery Study for "The Active Life," Lunette in the Administration Building, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

medium: Graphite on cream laid paper

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Pipe bowl

medium: Fired and polished earthenware

country: Africa

subjects: Ceramic Africa

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop


title: Bedcover

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: crewel embroidery on linen

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mabel Choate


title: Carrying cloth

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave with warp floats, crêpe spun; four selvedges Label: crepe-spun cotton plain weave with warp floats

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Architectural Fantasy with Tomb and Ruins, Plate from "Rovine Inventione de Giovan. Loren, Legeay Architet. Intagliate da lui stesso in Luce 1768"

creator: Jean-Laurent Legeay, French, ca. 1710–86

date: 1768, published 1770

medium: Etching

subjects: Architecture France

credit_line: Gift of Whitney Warren


title: Border

date: mid-17th century

medium: Medium: Technique: needle lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Border corner

medium: Block-printed

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Ornament Design, Patera and Roman Standards

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

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

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing
Rome, italy

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Plate 49, Costume Parisien (Parisian Costume), Magazine of Female Fashion of London and Paris

creator: R. Phillips, British, active early 19th century

date: February 1802

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

country: London, England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Library


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered, darned and withdrawn elements

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Fashion Plate

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: Philadelphia, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Fitch


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Henry Gledhill & Co., 1889 – 1900

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Design for a Fountain with Landscape

creator: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

medium: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France
Landscapes

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Sampler

creator: Emelie Husband, Scottish

date: mid-18th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation; linen edging Technique: embroidered in cross, double running, knot, herring bone, eyelet, and cross over cross stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Scotland

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Scotland
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Woman with a Basket

creator: George Charles Aid, American, 1872–1938

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

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Sellier-Carossier, pl. XI from "Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers"

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Ticket for Milward's Benefit

creator: Samuel Ireland, English, ca. 1744–1800

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England


title: Waistcoat fragments

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on taffeta

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Face with Extended Tongue

date: late 19th century

medium: Silver

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Pair of stockings

medium: Medium: silk Technique: knitted and embroidered Label: knitted silk, embroidered with silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Knotted, knitted and crocheted textile
France

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper


title: Bandbox

creator: John Perkins

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

country: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New bedford, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Dennison


title: Sampler

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, four-sided, and running stitches, and withdrawn element work with needle-made fillings, on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Woman's Head in Exotic Headdress

medium: Plated brass

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Container
Possibly usa


title: Frieze

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V.C. Berntgen


title: Cyclamen Hederaefolium and Cycla Hederaefolium Flore Albo, Plate 71 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

creator: Arentine H. Arendsen, Dutch, 1836 - 1915

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: Belgium

subjects: Botany Print Belgium


title: Trimming

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: metallic strips wrapped around linen core Technique: bobbin lace

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain


title: Sash

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: diagonal interlacing

country: Canada

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Canada

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Juno from the series Olympus

creator: Delicourt

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Deutsches Tapetenmuseum


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Williamson

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Dessert Fork with Ant and Larva

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: 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: Border

creator: Illinois W.P. Mills

medium: Machine-printed

country: Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: La Marchande d'Eventails

creator: Wilhelm Wörnle, Austrian, 1849 - 1916

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany


title: In St. Peter’s, All Saint Day

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Fragment

date: 18th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: plain weave with complementary wefts and inner warps; binding on the front is 1/3 twill; four dark green, salmon, and yellow wefts; the other colors are bound on the front in 1/3 twill and free floating on the back; the silver is continuous and the silks discontinuous

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
India


title: Sampler

creator: Elizabeth Andrew, English

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in running, double running, fern, eyelet, montenegrin, cross, marking cross, four-sided cross, stem, Roumanian, satin, detached chain, herringbone, and detached looping on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England
Ferns


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers and Birds

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on off white paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Birds
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Dianthuis verschaffelthii, Plate XXXVI from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

creator: Miss Sowerby, English, active 19th c.

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Etruscan Chimneypiece, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching on paper

country: Italy

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Tavern Scene

medium: Silver

country: Europe

subjects: Container Europe


title: Kiosque No. 6, Nouvelles constructions faciles pour jeunes enfants (Kiosk No. 6, New Easy Constructions for Young Children)

creator: Pellerin et Cie., Epinal, France

medium: Hand-colored lithograph on beige wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Toys & game
France
Amusement

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Peter Cooper Hewitt


title: Textile

date: 16th–18th century

medium: Medium: silk, paper with applied gold foil Technique: plain compound satin

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Sidewall

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Morris County Historical Society


title: Textile

date: late 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: woodblock printed, glazed

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Frieze

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk Technique: bobbin lace

country: Spain

subjects: Lace Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Fragment

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace, reticella style

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


title: Quilt

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: pieced and sewn patchwork of roller printed and glazed fabrics, quilted

credit_line: Gift of Miss Bertha Schaefer


title: Frieze

creator: Kayser & Allman

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey


title: Chintz fragment

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Plate 1, The Lady's Magazine, Second Series, Vol. 3

creator: The Lady's Magazine, London, England

date: January 1822

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Library


title: Heart-Shaped Dessert Dish

creator: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Phildelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Phildelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Tudor Rose

creator: W. Scott Morton, ca. 1840 – 1903

medium: Embossed canvas with backing paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Wallcovering
Edinburgh, scotland
Roses

credit_line: Gift of Arlene M. and Thomas C. Ellis


title: Fragment

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, spangles, cut stones, metal, metallic yarns on silk Technique: embroidered, appliquéd on satin weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Plate XL from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sidewall and frieze

creator: Allen-Higgins Co.

medium: Machine-printed

country: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Worcester, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Historical Society of Cheshire County


title: Edging

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on continuous paper


title: Railroad Station, Berlin

creator: Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926

medium: Lithograph on cream wove paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk

country: probably England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Probably england


title: Fork

medium: steel, enamel, silver

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

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


title: Japanese Motifs

creator: James Williamson

medium: Brown ink and watercolor on cream-colored paper

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Decoupage
Europe and usa


title: Study for panel of a balustrade

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Augsburg City Hall

creator: Wolfgang Kilian, German, 1581 – 1662

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Phyllis Massar


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in rococo (Queen) stitch on plain weave foundation

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Trimming

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

country: Russia

subjects: Lace Russia


title: Landscape, Meiringen, Switzerland

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: September 16, 1867

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Meiringen, Switzerland

subjects:
Landscape
Meiringen, switzerland

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

country: England

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


title: Plate, from the Industrial Arts Dessert Service (Assiette Platte, Service des Arts Industriels)

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Charles E. Sampson Memorial Funds


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: Cornish Sea Coast and Protruding Cliffs (Recto); Study of Rippling Water (Verso)

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

country: USA

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed on textured paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Deerfield Academy


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: knitting (interlooping) with overcasting stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Knotted, knitted and crocheted textile
Germany


title: Designs for embroidery

medium: Black crayon on tracing paper

subjects: Drawing France


title: Friedrich Barbarossa and Pope Alexander III

creator: Julius Caesar Thaeter, German, 1804 - 1870

medium: Steel engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Sampler

date: late 18th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Possibly germany


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


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: Hamamatsu, Wintertime, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

medium: Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color

country: Japan

subjects: Figure Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: clock

creator: Alphonse Giroux & Cie, 1799–1867

medium: gilt bronze

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Timepiece & measuring device
Paris, france

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk and wool embroidery on linen foundation, applied to silk Technique: embroidered in split and stem stitches on plain weave foundation and appliqued to plain weave backing

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave; yellow applied by brush

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund


title: Sampler

creator: Teresa Sepeda

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

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Pair of cut-steel shoe buckles

date: late 19th–early 20th century

medium: Steel, cut-steel beads, silk

subjects: Jewelry France

credit_line: Gift of Julia A. Haiblen


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal beads Technique: metal beads sewn to white silk machine-made net using running stitch.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: Allegorical Figures of the Four Continents

creator: Le Nove Porcelain Manufactory, Italian, established ca. 1727

medium: biscuit

country: Italy

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Italy

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Purchase, Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund


title: Design for a Compact

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

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Japan


title: Square

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element work with needle lace, reticella style

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Floral design for printed textile

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers


title: Design for a Box

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

subjects: Container Japan


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: All in the Gay and Golden Weather

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Knife with Silver and Tortoise-Shell Handle

medium: steel, tortoise-shell, silver, wood

subjects:
Cutlery
France
Shells & molluscs

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


title: Sampler

creator: Elizabeth Glanvell

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: counted and uncounted stitches; cross and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Rosalie Coe, from the collection inherited from her mother, Eva Johnston Coe


title: Countryside with Many Trees

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Isis

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Spoon with Enameled Grapes and Grapevine Handle

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver, enamel

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Chinoiserie Pavilion

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and colored inks, graphite on white wove paper

subjects: Architecture England

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


title: Chalice cover

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Flounce fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Belgium or Italy

subjects:
Lace
Belgium or italy


title: Pendant with Madonna

medium: Silver, gold, diamonds, garnets, glass

subjects: Jewelry Italy

credit_line: Gift of Eugen L. Garbaty


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: glass beads, cotton Technique: beads sewn on individually with half cross stitch on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Geometric motif

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Textile

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: damask

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe


title: Wellspring

creator: Richard Redgrave, British, 1804 - 1888

medium: glass, vitreous enamel, gold

country: London, England

subjects:
Glassware
London, england

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisitions Fund in memory of Dona Guimaraes


title: Bonnet veil

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: machine made bobbin lace

subjects: Lace Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Augustus Bleeker


title: Vices Theme, with Large Goblet

medium: Silver

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted and flocked on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Suomen Kansallismuseo


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V.C. Berntgen


title: Border

medium: Block-printed, flocked

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of D. Lorraine Yerkes


title: Suspenders

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Nine 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: Sampler

creator: Bicenta Rodriguez de Arze

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Allées en gazon pour les Therasse Sableux (Grass Walkways, Sandy Terraces), 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

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Architecture
Netherland
Grasses & sedges

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Dragons


title: Allegorical Figural Group of "Europe"

creator: Kloster-Veilsdorf Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1760

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Four Continents

medium: Diamond-cut and engraved glass

country: probably Hesse or Lauenstein, Germany

subjects:
Glassware
Probably hesse or lauenstein, germany


title: Salad Bowl

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and couching stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Sampler

date: 1824, completed early 20th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Purse

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: woven

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


title: From Our Window Granada

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: Sidewall

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Fragment

date: 19th century

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

country: Russia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Russia

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Birdcage

medium: Carved and joined mahogany, metal wire, sheet metal

country: England

subjects: Container England

credit_line: Gift of Alfred G. Burnham


title: Sampler

creator: Dolores Obando

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

country: Puebla, Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Puebla, mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed, stamped gold foil, paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Allen E. Smith


title: Liberty, Cartoon for Mosaic in Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Charcoal on tan paper

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Sears, Roebuck & Co.

creator: Sears, Roebuck and Co., founded 1886

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Robert C. Kaufmann


title: Designs for Snuff Box Covers

creator: William Hogarth, English, 1697 - 1764

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Les parterres du Jardin de Monsieur Rendrop à Watervliet (The Garden Beds of Monsieur Rendrop in Watervliet), in Nouveaux Livre de Parterres contenant 24 pensséz diferantes (New Book Containing 24 Different Variations for Garden Beds)

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

subjects: Architecture Netherland


title: Sidewall

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

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Waves Breaking against Rocks

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Side chair

medium: fruitwood

country: possibly Switzerland

subjects:
Furniture
Possibly switzerland


title: Sampler

creator: Bernabela Gonzalez

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, back, eyelet, detached chain, herring bone, running, cross, stem, and button hole stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Toledo, Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Toledo, spain
Skeletons & bones


title: Owl's Head

medium: Plated brass, glass

country: Europe

subjects: Container Europe

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


title: Study of seascape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Fragment

date: 18th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Map of China

medium: Engraving and brush and wash on paper

subjects:
Maps & charts
Print
England

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Cap streamers

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: De Voorst Palace, Staircase

medium: Etching and black ink on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Knife

medium: steel, ivory

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Design for a Wall Altar

medium: Pen and black ink on paper

country: Italy

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Dish

creator: Keswick School of Industrial Art, 1884 – 1984

medium: Repousséd brass

subjects: Metalwork England

credit_line: GIft of David Dufour


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Birds

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Chasuble

medium: Medium: silk, linen Technique: block printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Rodman A. Heeren


title: Sketches at Pireus

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Officers and General Watching a Naval Battle (Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac)

creator: Allen Carter Redwood, American, 1844 - 1922

medium: Pen and black ink on cream wove paper

subjects:
Figure
Usa
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Fruit Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Fruits
Paris, france

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


title: Sampler

creator: Sally Hall, American

medium: Medium: silk embroidery, wool warp, linen weft Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation

country: East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
East hartford, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen, silk and wool embroidery with glass beads on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim


title: Remains of an Ancient Building Near Firoz Shah's Cotilla, 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: Ornaments

medium: Medium: silk, metal, pearls Technique: split stitch embroidery on satin weave

country: Russia

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Russia

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Harry G. Friedman


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Design for a Chapel Wall

creator: Giovanni Battista della Rovere, Italian, ca. 1561–ca. 1630

date: late 16th century

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on beige prepared paper

subjects: Interior Italy


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Loading or Unloading Goods

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle


title: Sampler

creator: Relief (?) Harris Fitzwilliam

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Head of a Young Woman

creator: George Charles Aid, American, 1872–1938

medium: Etching in green ink on buff-colored paper

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Ceiling paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


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

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper, circular border in pen and brown ink; verso: graphite

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: spoon

creator: "PB"

medium: silver

country: Bergen, Norway

subjects:
Cutlery
Bergen, norway

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Plate XV from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave

country: England

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


title: Band

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element with needle lace (reticella style)


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

country: Japan

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

credit_line: Gift of Arlene M. and Thomas C. Ellis


title: Tile

medium: Stenciled and glazed earthenware

subjects: Tile Usa

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


title: The Hall, Blue Coat School, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Edna de Frise


title: Pair of stockings

medium: Medium: silk Technique: knitted and embroidered Label: knitted silk, embroidered with silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Knotted, knitted and crocheted textile
France


title: Ceiling border

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


title: Compliments of National India Rubber Company

creator: Whitehead & Hoag Company

medium: metal, celluloid

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: 7&1 satin damask

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg


title: linen smoother

medium: glass

country: Ireland or England

subjects:
Glassware
Ireland or england

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica


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: Frieze

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Fashion Plate with Ladies' Headwear

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Europe


title: Sidewall

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 Aimée and Rosamond Lamb


title: Frieze

creator: W.H. Mairs & Co., 1855

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa


title: Cutlery sheath and cap

medium: Leather, silk

subjects: Cutlery Italy

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


title: Ostrich egg and stand

creator: Johannes Meyer, Swiss, 1655 - 1712

medium: ostrich egg

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Ornamental detail with winged figure and vase

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: The Mausoleum of Amir Khusero, at the Ancient City of Delhi, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Bamboo

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Frieze

creator: Cory-Heller Company

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Newark, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Border

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Knife with Agate Handle

creator: Ephraim How

medium: steel, silver, agate

country: Sheffield, England

subjects:
Cutlery
Sheffield, england


title: Sketchbook Page: Young Man's Face (Self-Portrait)

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits


title: Diferent Ballicons (Different Balconies), in Nouveau Livre de Serrurie (New Book of Ironsmithing)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, gilt wire, metal-wrapped silk-core threads Technique: plain weave with discontinuous weft (tapestry weave)

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Tante Bergeron clumped sullenly away, muttering, "A mistress without a wedding ring!...There's a big misery in that," Illustration for Scribner's Magazine (III, No. 3, September 1912, p. 366)

creator: Charles Shepard Chapman, American, 1879–1962

medium: Graphite and black and grey watercolors on white paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Pomade Jar (Pot à Pommade or Pot à Fard)

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

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Fork with Figural Carved Wood Handle

date: early 17th century

medium: wood, steel, silver

subjects: Cutlery Netherland


title: Frieze

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa


title: Sampler

creator: Theresa Velasco y Epynosa

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, cross, chain, running, coral, back, and long-armed cross stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain
Corals & anemones

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Fingernail guard

medium: Silver

country: China

subjects: Jewelry China

credit_line: Gift of Lois Clarke


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Fork)

creator: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

medium: silver, gold; porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Cutlery England


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of The Metropolitan Museum of Art


title: Scenic Panel from 'Scènes Siciliennes'

creator: Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797

medium: block printed paper, canvas mount

country: Rixheim, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Rixheim, france

credit_line: Gift of A.L. Diament and Company


title: Figure

medium: Painted papier-mâché

country: Germany or Italy

subjects:
Figure
Germany or italy

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Fountain

creator: Wendel Dietterlinn the Elder, 1551 – 1599

medium: Engraving on white paper

subjects: Figure Germany


title: Mr. Mallone Raymond and Family

creator: J. H. Bufford, active 1850–71

medium: Lithograph with black ink on white paper

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Figure
Europe and usa


title: Prospetto Interno del Teatro Olimpico Nella Citta di Vincenza (View of the Stage of the Teatro Olimpico at Vicenza)

creator: Andrea Palladio, Italian, 1518–1580

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

country: Italy

subjects: Theater Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Robed woman with two children and a goat

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France


title: Box

date: mid-18th century

medium: Engraved brass and copper

country: The Netherlands

subjects:
Metalwork
The netherland

credit_line: Gift of C. Gustave Mourraille in memory of his sister, M. Mathilde Mourraille


title: Knife

medium: ivory, steel, silver

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

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


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Square in Tangiers

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on cream paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Panel fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on satin weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China

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


title: Home from the War

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

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


title: Vase

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: stoneware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: "Blackpool"

medium: Plated metal, printed celluloid

country: England or USA

subjects:
Container
England or usa

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed

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

credit_line: Gift of Lillian Smith Albert


title: Sugar Bowl from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: silver

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roswell Miller


title: Sketch of Man in Coat and Scarf

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Darning sampler (unfinished)

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: embroidered in running (pattern darning) stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on machine made paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: After the Battle

creator: F.A. Heath, British, active 19th century

medium: Steel engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Border corner

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Sidewall

creator: Thomas Strahan & Co., Manufactory

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of D.M.C. Hopping


title: Frieze

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

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: View of Bloomsbury Square

creator: Robert Pollard, English, 1755 - 1838

medium: Engraving and aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Textile

date: 11th–12th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: plain and twill weave, reversible

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

credit_line: Gift of Albright-Knox Art Gallery


title: Cliffs and Ocean in Sunlight

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on paper, lined

country: USA

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Salesman's sample

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered

country: France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

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


title: A Slave Auction in the South, from Harper's Weekly, July 13, 1861, p. 442.

creator: Theodore Russell Davis, American, 1840 - 1894

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Carlson


title: Rocky Coast and Distant Cliffs

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Textile

date: 13th–14th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: compound plain weave

country: Near East

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Near east


title: Pleated fan and case

medium: Linen lace leaf, pierced mother-of-pearl sticks with applied gold foil, pearl buttons at rivet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Figure of the "Immaculate Virgin" ("Immaculata") on Pedestal

creator: Fulda Pottery and Porcelain Manufactory, German, 1764 - 1789

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Sketchbook Page: Notes on Isis

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Sketchbook Page: Man in Profile

medium: Graphite on laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Sampler

creator: Luisa Dias

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, stem, and buttonhole stitches, with withdrawn element work with needle made fillings, on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Edging


title: Textile

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Netherland


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: metallic strips wrapped around linen core Technique: bobbin lace

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain


title: Border

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Cowboy and Lasso

creator: Shreve & Co., founded 1852

medium: Gold

country: San Francisco, California, USA

subjects:
Container
San francisco, california, usa

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: bast fiber Technique: resist patterning on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Band

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace with ground of loop and twist with twist return

subjects: Lace France


title: Sketchbook Page: Two Nude Female Figures

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Band

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk, metal-wrapped silk, metal coils Technique: satin stitch embroidery for silk; couching stitch for metal-wrapped silk

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Vase

creator: Emile Gallé, French, 1846 - 1904

date: late 19th–early 20th century

medium: Glass

country: Nancy, France

subjects:
Glassware
Nancy, france

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Max Kobre


title: Valentine Greeting

medium: Lithograph, embossed paper on embossed paper

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa


title: Textile

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


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in rococo (Queen) and cross stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: warp printed


title: Study of Michelangelo's "Night"

medium: Charcoal and graphite on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Japonesque Style Pattern Number 5 Frunit Knife

creator: Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818

medium: gold plated, silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Crochet Hook from Traveling Dressing Case

creator: Asprey & Son Co., London, England, 1872 - 1879

medium: mother-of-pearl, steel, brass

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ceiling paper and sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Colonial Restoration Society of Bellerose Creedmoor Farm


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element work with needle-made fillings and embroidery plus macramé

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Knotted, knitted and crocheted textile
Italy

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


title: Frieze

creator: J.J.L. and Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: The Morning Walk – Young Ladies' School Promenading the Avenue

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Nine 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: Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA


title: Collar

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace with needle ground

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: s-spun wool Technique: tapestry weave, embroidered

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds, purple and black applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue and yellow added by brush; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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


title: Frieze

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa


title: Sampler

date: mid-17th century

medium: Medium: linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in double running, overcasting, buttonhole over a cord, satin, hemstitching, and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Border

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Ceiling paper

country: USA