title: Sidewall

creator: Thomas Strahan & Co., Manufactory

medium: Machine-printed

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Anonymous Gift


title: Plate LVII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Portrait of Anthony Cornelissen, from the Icones Principum Virorum

creator: Anthony van Dyck, Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641

medium: Etching on paper in black ink

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Orange Blossoms

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

country: England

subjects: Drawing England Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: A Scene of Execution

creator: Maynard Dixon, American, 1875–1946

medium: Brush and black ink, white gouache on brown paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken


title: Rocky Outcropping, Trees, and Distant Boats on Ocean

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa Trees

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


title: Design for Berlin Wool Work

creator: W. Gabbe Nieder

medium: Brush and gouache on pre-printed squared paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Germany


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets


title: Ulos ragidup (ceremonial shoulder cloth)

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: tied resist patterning in warp or weft (ikat) on plain weave, with supplementary weft patterning

country: North Sumatra, Indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
North sumatra, indonesia

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Textile

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound cloth

country: Florence, Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Florence, italy

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall - sample

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

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Border

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

country: New Brighton, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brighton, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Comptometer

creator: Felt and Tarrant Mfg. Co.

medium: Metal, plastic

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Usa

credit_line: Gift of New York Life Insurance Company


title: Mexican Children near a Well, New Mexico

creator: Eugene Higgins, American, 1874–1958

date: July 1921

medium: Graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Alpheus Cole


title: Border

date: mid-18th century

medium: Medium: Technique: needle lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Abstract autumn grass motif

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
Grasses & sedges

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered in chain, button hole, satin, overcasting, threaded running, and knot stitches with needle made lace-loop and twist on plain weave foundation

country: Denmark

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Denmark

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Waistcoat panels

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of the Honorable Walter H. Annenberg


title: Eight of Clubs

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

date: 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: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Sketches of a Building and a Ruin

creator: Remigio Cantagallina, Italian, ca. 1582–1656

medium: Pen and black ink on laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Florence, italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Cliffs over Portree Harbor

medium: Graphite on white wove paper, lined

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Stained glass window: Young Christ among the doctors

creator: John C. Wolf

medium: Brush and watercolor on heavy paper

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George F. Bateman


title: Bowl

medium: glass, silver

subjects: Glassware Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Sidewall - sample

creator: The Art Wall Paper Mills

medium: Machine-printed

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: needlework on gauze weave (buratto)

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


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: Hookah base

medium: Metal, silver (Bidri ware)

country: Hyderabad, Bedar, India

subjects:
Nature studie
Hyderabad, bedar, india
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell C. Veit


title: Not a Bad Idea for Warm Weater (Proof)

creator: John Leech, English, 1817 - 1864

medium: Chromolithograph on paper, mounted on heavy paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Chromolithograph
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Tile

date: early 6th century

medium: Earthenware

country: Greece

subjects: Ceramic Greece

credit_line: Bequest of Ruth Vollmer


title: Ribbed Grape

date: mid-19th century

medium: Pressed glass

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Granville Price


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Sidewall and border


credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Figura Vigelima

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Textile

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

country: England

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: A City Farm, New York

creator: Mary Nimmo Moran, American, 1842–1899

medium: Etching in brown ink on paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Architecture
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Ruth B. Moran


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Border

date: late 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Perspectiva. Corporum Regularium.

creator: Wenzel Jamnitzer, German, 1508–1585

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

country: Switzerland

subjects: Print Switzerland

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


title: Fork with Earthenware Handle

medium: steel, silver, earthenware

country: probably France

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably france

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


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Fashion Plate for Woman's

medium: Black ink, hand-colored watercolor Support: off-white wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Library


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstradter


title: Textile

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

country: USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mabel Haynes


title: A Scene in the Farce of "Lofty Projects"

creator: George Cruikshank, English, 1792 - 1878

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print England


title: Candlestick

medium: Marble, gilt bronze

subjects: Lighting France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Mr. Peter G. Sachs in memory of Miss Edith L. Sachs


title: Sidewall - sample

creator: Becker, Smith & Page, Inc., founded 1899

medium: Machine-printed

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Sellier-Carossier, pl. I 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


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Textile

date: early 19th century

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

country: probably Alsace, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Probably alsace, france

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Trimming

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk, cotton Technique: uncut loops of supplementary warps in an 8-harness satin foundation (velvet)

subjects: Trimming Italy

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


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: Sample card of macramé

medium: Technique: 1 cord made of twisted wool, 2 fringes made with a sewing technique, the rest made with knotting and braiding techniques.

country: Germany

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

credit_line: Gift of Martin Kamer


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and knot stitches with cutwork with needle-made fillings on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Child's dress

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

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


title: Textile

date: 18th century

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

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
India

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Fragments

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: High Cliffs and Breaking Waves

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on white wove paper, lined

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Study of landscape, Switzerland

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Sidewall

country: Canada

subjects: Wallcovering Canada

credit_line: Gift of Peter Cotton


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Study of Nude Figure

creator: Louis Schaettle, American, 1867–1917

medium: Graphite on light brown paper

credit_line: Gift of Miss Mae Schaettle


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sketchbook Page: Man Standing

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Title page, "Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma," from part 20 of "The Complete Works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi"

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Architecture
Italy, europe

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Winged figure with a horn and putto with fasces

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: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and linen on linen Technique: cross, long-armed cross, double running, stem, "aztec" and deflected element work on plain weave foundation; counted stitches; hemmed at bottom and top; cut edge at right

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


title: High Tide

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: August 6, 1870

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered in deflected element work using chain, overcasting, and reverse herringbone stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Denmark or Northern Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Denmark or northern germany


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund


title: Tannery, with His Dogs, Came Galloping Up the Cañon

creator: Ernest Thompson Seton, American, 1860–1946

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on white paper

subjects: Animal Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Pillory, Charing Cross, 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: Vignette of Ladies Fashions

creator: Riep

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print Germany


title: A Cat and a Setting Hen

creator: Agostino Carracci, Italian, 1557 – 1602

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Nature studie
Italy
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Sampler

creator: Sarah Goundrey, English

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

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Countryside with Pond and Trees

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style with Point de Paris ground

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Dessert Fork wtih Beetle Clutching Mouse

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Beetles
Paris, france

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


title: Decanter and stopper

medium: glass

country: Waterford, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Waterford, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Knife with Silver and Tortoise-Shell Handle

medium: steel, tortoise-shell, silver, wood

country: France

subjects:
Cutlery
France
Shells & molluscs

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block and roller printed

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Cartoon for Memorial Window: Courage, Oberlin College

date: early 20th century

medium: Photograph mounted on gray board

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Obelisk

creator: Petrus van Marum

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland


title: Optical Toy: "The Entrance to Green Park" (Spooner's Protean Views, no. 11)

creator: William Spooner, England, active 1830 – 1854

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england


title: Le Printemps from Les Quatre Saisons

creator: Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, French, 1725–1811

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, General Acquisitions Endowment, Eleanor G. Hewitt, and Pauline Cooper Noyes Funds


title: Border

date: early 18th century

medium: Medium: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Sketch of Sandsend, Whitby, England

date: July 1892

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: Butterfly

creator: René Lalique, French, 1860–1945

medium: silver, opal, enamel

subjects:
Jewelry
France
Butterflies & moths

credit_line: Gift of Alice Stern


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Frieze

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Designs for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

date: 19th century

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers


title: Centerpiece with the Four Continents

creator: Charles Nicolas Odiot, French, 1789 – 1868

subjects:
Metalwork
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: 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: Fragment

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Portrait of a Man with a Turban

creator: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–1664

medium: Red crayon on laid paper

subjects: Figure Italy Portraits


title: Totsuka Teahouse, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

medium: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper

country: Japan

subjects: Seascape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Blackamoor Figure of a Fruit Vendor

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany Fruits


title: Chest

creator: Stephen Rockwell

medium: Leather, wood, brass, paper

subjects:
Container
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Paul G. Darrot


title: Dessert Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

medium: Brush and gouache, grpahite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Pair of wig stands

medium: Glazed porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration

country: China (for export)

subjects:
Ceramic
China (for export)

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


title: Architectural Details at Blois

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Decor galerie de Flore

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Alan Moss


title: Plate

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Scarf sample

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Barbara Rogoff


title: Lincrusta dessin

medium: Lincrusta dessin

country: England or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Stan Dufford


title: Needle case

medium: Label: painted cardboard covers, silk leaves lined with wool

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Germany

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


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on laid paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Ceiling paper

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: State Carriage of George III

creator: William Chambers, British, b. Sweden, 1726–1796

medium: Black and various colored inks on white paper


title: Coverlet

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: double cloth

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mabel Choate


title: Fontaine des Innocens, Plate 80 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"

creator: Les Campion Frères, Paris, France

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: The Fishing Temple, Virginia Water

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Pen and brown ink on white wove paper

subjects: Architecture England

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


title: Jardin d'Hiver

medium: Paper, applied ground color

credit_line: Purchase in memory of Eleana Peabody Schotte


title: Porte St. Antoine, Plate 77 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"


title: Fashion Plate from The Young Englishwoman

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france


title: Wall Elevation

medium: Graphite, pen and green, black ink, brush and violet, green, yellow watercolors on wove paper

subjects: Architecture Interior England


title: Sunset Over Sailing Boats

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Seascape Usa


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: Fragment

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

country: Germany or Netherlands

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Marbleized

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Frieze

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

country: Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philidelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Madonna and Child

creator: Egisto Rossi, Italian, 1824 or 1825–1899

medium: Pen and blue ink, graphite on cream paper, laid down

country: Italy

subjects: Religion Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Pearsey, English

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Border


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland


title: Cap streamer

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Scenic Panel from 'Les Course de Chevaux'

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: Design for a Sugar Bowl

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica flakes

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Ceiling paper


title: Window shade

medium: Bamboo, silk fabric and thread, paint

country: China

subjects: Wallcovering China

credit_line: Gift of Miss Edna Bahr


title: Bedcover

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: wool plain weave (3 selvage to selvage widths sewn together); stitches – herringbone, double running

country: Huixquilucan, Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Huixquilucan, mexico

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arthur W. Butler


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen, metal wire, metal sequins, wooden core Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe

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


title: 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: Plate XIII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Chalice cover

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered on warp and weft twill weave

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France or italy

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Scenic

medium: Hand painted on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Harry Paine Bingham


title: Design for Doorway and Bookcase, probably for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England


title: Sidewall

creator: Frederick Beck & Co., 1860

medium: Machine printed on paper

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Sketchbook Page: Town and Figures

medium: Graphite on laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Decanter and stopper

country: Cork, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Cork, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony – "How Many Eggs?"

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: Covered Creamer with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei)

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Chest

creator: Villa Demidoff

date: 16th century

medium: Walnut, ivory and fruitwood inlay

subjects: Furniture Italy

credit_line: Gift of American Association of Interior Designers


title: Button

date: late 19th–early 20th century

medium: Ceramic, silver, glass

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England

credit_line: Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott


title: Decorative panel

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Alan Moss


title: Wright Flyer

medium: Plated metal, celluloid

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Condiment Bottle

medium: glass

subjects: Glassware England

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: New Stock Exchange, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

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: Vase

date: Late 19th century

medium: cloisonné enamel

country: Japan

subjects: Enamel Japan

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Elevation of a Country House

creator: John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. E. Sanderson Cushman


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: rinser, wineglass

subjects: Glassware Ireland


title: Bookmark

medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Dennison


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John Rolph, from the collection of her sister, Mrs. Evsei Beloussoff, and in her memory


title: Two-Handled Sugar Bowl with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk


title: Design for Footed Vase, in Vasses de la Maison Royalle de Loo Nouvellement (New Vases for the Royal House of Loo)

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: House of Mademoiselle de Colange, Plate 85 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"

creator: Les Campion Frères, Paris, France

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper

subjects: Print Europe


title: Panel fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on satin

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China


title: Vase

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: Glazed and hand-painted stoneware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

country: USA

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Study of landscape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Floral design for printed textiles

creator: Jean DuBois, Swiss, 1789 - 1849

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

country: Geneva, Switzerland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Geneva, switzerland
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Design for Column Capital for July Festival Architecture

creator: Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache, black wash, graphite on dark cream 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: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

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


title: Armchair

medium: Carved and painted wood, velvet upholstery (modern)

subjects: Furniture France

credit_line: Bequest of Mary Hayward Weir


title: Sampler

creator: Hannah Whitney Lunenburg, Canadian

date: September 1795

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

country: Nova Scotia, Canada

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Nova scotia, canada

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Fork

medium: ivory

country: probably France

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably france

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


title: Nativity scene with angels

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Border

creator: Charles Swainson, English

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Rollin Stickle


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

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

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


title: Sampler

date: 18th or 19th century

medium: Medium: silk and metallic foil on silk core embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: The National Parachute, or, John Bull Conducted to Plenty and Emancipation

creator: James Gillray, 1756 – 1815

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on embossed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, from "Ackermann's Repository"

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe


title: Ocean and Rocks with Large Cliffs and Distant Boats

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Ottoman

creator: Wenzel Friedrich, Bohemian, 1827–1902

medium: Steer horn, wood, metal, brass, glass, leatherette (not original)

country: San Antonio, Texas, USA

subjects:
Furniture
San antonio, texas, usa

credit_line: Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen


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

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Botany Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Design for a Jug

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Table cover

medium: Medium: cotton or linen Technique: embroidered, bobbin lace border

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Coffeepot with Chinoiserie Figures in Landscape

medium: faience

country: probably London, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Probably london, england
Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: The Yard – Tattersall's, the Saturday Before the Derby

creator: Charles Mottram, English, 1807 - 1876

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england


title: Clock case

creator: John Scott

medium: Carved wood

subjects:
Timepiece & measuring device
London, england


title: Stage Design: Garden Scene with Fountain, plate 8, part 5, from "Architetture e Prospettive dedicate alla Maestà di Carlo Sesto"

creator: Johann Andréas Pfeffel, German, 1674–1748

medium: Etching with engraving on white laid paper

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Theater
Augsburg, germany

credit_line: Gift of Roger Selchow


title: Old Cemetery, Venice

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Case

medium: shark skin

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany


title: Beaker with Water Birds (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 Birds

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Ruins of the Palace, Madura, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Sidewall - sample

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Study of lagoon, Venice, Italy

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Seascape
Venice, italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Queen of Diamonds

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

date: 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: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Antiquarian and Landmarks Society, Inc.


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Band

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, Binche style with Binche ground

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Dramatic Study of Ocean, Cliff, and Light-filled Sky

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Workhouse, St. James Parish, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Argyle

medium: copper, silver, wicker

country: Sheffield, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield, england

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Scene of the Confederate Attack on the West Side of Crew's Hill

creator: Harry Fenn, American, 1845–1911

medium: Pen and ink, brush and black and grey wash, with white gouache, on grey paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa


title: Study of seashore, Rhode Island

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Charcoal and graphite on paper

country: Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Seascape
Rhode island, usa


title: figure study for a fountain design

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: black crayon, white chalk, on gray paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Sidewall - sample


title: Frieze


title: Sampler

creator: Ann Burrows, English

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

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Figural Group of a Cherub and a Seated Lady

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of Paul Manheim


title: Ribbon-tied urns

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, General Acquisitions Endowment, Eleanor G. Hewitt, and Pauline Cooper Noyes Funds


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: wool, silk, and paint on silk Technique: split, stem, cross and couching on plain weave silk on plain weave linen. Uncounted stitches.

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


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe

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


title: Sampler

creator: Emilie Beier

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered in satin, eyelet, and stem stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Textile

date: mid- 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England

credit_line: Purchase, General Funds


title: La Traverse, from La Vie de Château

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: L'arrivée des Lettres et des Gournaux


title: Border and sidewall

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Nancy V. McClelland


title: Jardin partage en quatres parterres et Thérasses (Garden Beds and Four 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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

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

country: Egypt

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Carpet

medium: Medium: cotton, bast, fiber, wool Technique: printed on supplementary warp cut pile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Europe

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


title: Textile

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

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


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

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: The Large Cat

creator: Cornelis Visscher, Netherlandish, 1629-1658

medium: Etching with engraving on off-white laid paper Support: white laid paper

subjects: Figure Netherland


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Unfinished Sketch, Possibly Cliffs

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Pleated fan

medium: Printed, hand-colored, and gilded paper leaf, carved and gilded ivory sticks

country: probably France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Probably france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robertson D. Ward, from the collection of her mother, Mrs. Helen Wright-Clark Dawson


title: Bonnet veil

medium: Medium: silk Technique: machine made bobbin lace

subjects: Lace Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Augustus Bleeker


title: Ewer

medium: glass, silver

subjects: Glassware Europe

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Frieze

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

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ornament Design with Vase and Cameos

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Standing figure of the Archangel Gabriel

country: Italy

subjects: Drawing Italy

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Ceiling paper

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa


title: Sidewall

creator: Ericson & Weiss

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Knife with Triangular Pattern Ivory and Bone Handle

creator: London Cutler's Company

medium: steel, silver, gold, ivory, bone

country: London, England

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
London, england
Skeletons & bones

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


title: Sidewall

creator: York Wall Paper Company, 1895

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on ungrounded paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: chatelaine

creator: G. Parvis

medium: metal, gold, vitreous enamel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe


title: Processes of Wallpaper Production

medium: Engraving on paper

country: probably England or USA

subjects:
Wallpaper design
Probably england or usa


title: Saving a Gun

creator: Isaac Walton Taber, American, 1857–1933

medium: Crayon, pen and ink, on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Sidewall

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Our Women and the War

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: September 6, 1862

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

country: USA

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


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Doccia, Italy

subjects:
Ceramic
Doccia, italy

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Border


title: Vase

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: Earthenware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Shawl

medium: Medium: silk, painted ivory (faces) Technique: satin stitch embroidery and appliqué on crèpe; macrame

country: China

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William H. Clarke


title: Seeing the Old Year Out

date: January 5, 1861

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


title: Undulating Wave Motif

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

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Le Sagitaire (Sagittarius) from le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Design for Mosaic Floor

creator: Frederick Krieg, American, b. Germany 1852–1932

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

subjects: Tile Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metallic beads Technique: embroidered net with beads

country: Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: République Française Liberté Égalité

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

country: France

credit_line: Gift of John Jay Ide Collection


title: Mackerel Cove, Conanicut Island, Rhode Island c. 1877

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Design for a Plate

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

medium: Brush and gold, pink, white gouache, graphite on cream paper

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Sashiko Motifs

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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


title: A View of the Palace of Chantilly

creator: S. Rigaud

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Peonies and Ropes


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Antiquarian and Landmarks Society, Inc.


title: Title Page, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England Landscapes


title: brooch

medium: hair, gold, ivory, seed pearls, pailettes

country: England or USA

subjects:
Jewelry
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Lester


title: Fragment

date: 13th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, star, and four-sided stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Metamorphic library table-steps

creator: Thomas Sheraton, English, 1751 - 1806

medium: Mahogany, brass, felt

subjects: Furniture England


title: Sampler

creator: Maria Atwater, American

date: early 19th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert T. Hoyt in memory of Hannah McAllister


title: View of the Academy of Music and Brooklyn Sintary Fair Building with Connecting Bridge

creator: A. Brown and Company

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects: Print Usa


title: Fragment

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask; alternating rows of S-twist and Z-twist stems on the plants

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Botany
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

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


title: Border

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

medium: Block-printed on embossed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Designs for Chocolate Cups, Plate 1 from 1st Cahier d'Ornemens et Fleurs

creator: Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s

medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Figure of Punch

medium: Plated brass

subjects: Container England

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


title: Sidewall

date: 18th century

medium: Leather, embossed, paint, gilt

country: Flanders

subjects: Wallcovering Flander


title: Embroidered tiraz fragment

date: 10th century

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

country: Iraq

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Iraq


title: Street in Saverne

creator: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903

medium: Etching and open bite or sandpaper ground

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Sidewall

date: 17th century

medium: Leather, paint, metallic leaf


title: Fashion Plate no. 367 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes

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

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sidewall

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa

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


title: Design for a Platter

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


title: Hiragana and blossoms motif

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Synagogue, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper


title: Ornament Design, Urns and Cameo with Sacrifice to Jupiter Ammon

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Sampler

creator: Maria Anselma

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered with withdrawn element work on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: The Long Room, Custom House, from "Ackermann's Repository"

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

subjects: Print Europe


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: River Landscape with Two Buildings Connected by a Bridge

creator: Augustin Hirschvogel, 1503 – 1553

medium: Etching on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Landscape Germany

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Compliments of the New York Watering Company: Printing, Moire, Re-dyeing and Finishing

creator: New York Watering Company, American

medium: Medium: paper, cotton, silk, metallic thread

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Sample book
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Augusta Dillon


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on satin ground, handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Donald L. Finlayson


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, cotton Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft

country: Philippines

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Philippine

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Frieze

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

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: warp-dyed, cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation

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

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


title: Burgos Cathedral

creator: Axel Herman Haig, Swiss, 1835 - 1921

medium: Etching in brown ink on cream-colored paper

country: Switzerland

subjects: Print Switzerland

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Hillside with Large Rocks and Trees

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

country: USA

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

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


title: Panel

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk and wool on cotton Technique: embroidered on plain weave

country: Balkans

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Balkan


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: Technique: bobbin lace, discontinuous tape

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Scene from the Mexican War

creator: Victor Semon Pérard, American, 1870–1957

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Flounce

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand


title: Carpet fragment

creator: Bigelow Carpet Company, American

medium: Medium: wool, hemp Technique: cut pile on plain weave ground

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Richard P. Wunder


title: Ornamental Spring-loaded Cherry Pitter

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

medium: gold plated, silver

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Panel

medium: Medium: linen, wool Technique: embroidered, needle lace

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Towel

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: "Vues d'Italie" [Bay of Naples]

creator: Dufour et Leroy

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Rose Franken


title: Chintz border

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

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Valentine Greeting

medium: Brush and watercolor, cut-paper on embossed paper

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Plate XXV from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidery in satin, stem and knot stitches; couched silk cord; appliqué of silk ribbon on plain weave Label: Satin, stem and knot stitches in silk, couched silk cord, and appliquéd silk ribbon on silk plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Monsieur Robert de Micheaux


title: Brisé fan

medium: Carved and pierced horn sticks, mother-of-pearl guards with steel piqués, silk ribbon


title: Chimneypiece Design

creator: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Lake with Wooded Shores, Maine

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: October 1878

medium: Graphite on white wove paper

country: Millinocket, Maine, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Millinocket, maine, usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Cover

medium: Medium: silk, gold Technique: embroidered

country: Armenia

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Armenia

credit_line: Gift of George Arnold Hearn


title: L’Air

creator: Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825

medium: Etching on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Harry Horton Benkard


title: View of a Bridge and Buildings at Honda, Colombia

medium: Graphite and oxidized white gouache on gray laid paper

country: Colombia

subjects: Landscape Colombia


title: Design for a Woven Motif

medium: Brush and gouache on oily tracing paper

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Angel and Child

creator: Giovanni Vitalba, Italian, 1783 - 1792

medium: Engraving in brown ink on white paper

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Bequest of George Campbell Cooper


title: Design for Woven Shawl with Paisley Motif

medium: Brush and gouache on brown oiled translucent paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France


title: Trophy Design

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

medium: Etching on laid paper


title: Design for Doors for a Porte Cochère

creator: Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper


title: Title Page

creator: Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679

medium: Engraving and etching on paper

subjects: Print France


title: Street Scene, Guayaquil, Ecuador

medium: Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper

country: Guayaquil, Ecuador

subjects:
Architecture
Guayaquil, ecuador


title: Soleil

creator: Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783


title: Sampler

creator: Susannah Cathells, American

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
New york, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe


title: Fragment

date: 14th century

medium: Medium: linen warp, silk weft Technique: 2/1 twill patterned with complementary wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

credit_line: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan


title: Brooch

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Jewelry Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Sampler

medium: Medium; silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: cross, satin, tent, half-cross, and back stitches on plain weave

country: Denmark

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Denmark


title: Lit en Chaire a Precher Composé dans le Gout nouveau et des plus en usage

creator: Aubert Henri Joseph Parent, French, 1753 - 1835

medium: Print


title: Design for an Altar

creator: Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650

medium: Pen and bistre, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
France


title: Sampler

creator: Sarah Harris

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross stitches on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Burton Brimer


title: The Gentleman's and Cabinet-Maker's Director

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

subjects: Furniture England


title: Cartouche

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

subjects:
Bound print
Paris, france


title: Two Designs for Chairs

creator: Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789

medium: Etching on paper


title: Chimborazo from the Rio Guayas, Ecuador

medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite

country: Ecuador

subjects: Landscape Ecuador


title: Box or Snuffbox Design

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: The English Army on Campaign

creator: Artaria and Co., founded 1770

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

country: Austria

subjects: Print Austria


title: Vases, from "Raccolta di Vasi Diversi"

creator: Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664


title: Rosette Design for a Ceiling


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in chain stitch on ribbed plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: The Teton Range from the East

creator: Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926

medium: Graphite on gray-brown paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Moran


title: Ironwork Gate Design

creator: Jacques Valentin Fontaine, French, active 1740 – 1760

date: mid- 18th century

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: woven

country: Turkey

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Turkey

credit_line: Gift of Dikran Kelekian


title: Cartouche with Armorial Trophies

creator: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

medium: Etching and engraving on paper

country: Munich, Germany

subjects:
Bound print
Munich, germany


title: Door Frame and Figure Studies

creator: Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805

medium: Pen and ink, brush and gray-brown, gray watercolor on laid paper

subjects: Architecture Italy


title: Saint Dominic

creator: Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Religion Netherland


title: Five chalices

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Metalwork
Rome, italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: Design for Painted Decoration of a Wall, with Alternate Suggestions

creator: Unknown, Austrian

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on white laid paper

subjects:
Wallpaper design
Austria

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims


title: Scroll- and Bandwork Escutcheon

creator: Jacob Floris the Elder, Flemish, 1524 - 1581

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print Netherland

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


title: Self-Portrait

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

medium: Graphite on wove paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Henrietta Haller


title: Design for a Tympanum

medium: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper

country: Italy


title: Band

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element work

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Gift of Marian Hague


title: Fantastic Landscape with Scenes from the Old and New Testaments

creator: Remigio Cantagallina, Italian, ca. 1582–1656

medium: Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on white paper

country: Florence, Italy

subjects:
Landscape
Florence, italy


title: Three sketches of cartouches

creator: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786

date: before 1775

medium: Pen and ink on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy


title: Design for a Lighthouse

creator: A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Geography

creator: Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815

medium: Etching and crayon engraving in brownish-black ink on paper

subjects: Print England


title: Textile

medium: material: plain satin embroidered with silks Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt


title: New Years in Yoshiwara

creator: Katsushika Hokusai, 1760 – 1849

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

country: Japan

subjects: Figure Japan

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects: Trimming France

credit_line: Gift of Harriet Crocker Alexander


title: Lit à la Militaire

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Trellis architecture

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

subjects:
Architecture
Theater
Rome, italy


title: Panels for a bag

date: late 16th or early 17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: tapestry weave

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain


title: Corniche pour Cabinet et Entresol

creator: Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

medium: Engraving on off white laid paper

country: Paris, France


title: Sidewall

medium: Leather, stamped, painted, silvered

country: Holland

subjects: Wallcovering Holland

credit_line: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt


title: Woman

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Whiteface Mountain, New York, Part One

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: July 1856

medium: Graphite on gray-green wove paper

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Landscape
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Carl Schurz Seated

creator: Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

medium: Graphite on grey wove paper

country: New York City, New York, USA

subjects:
Portrait
New york city, new york, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Elevation d'une Porte entre deux Pilastres

subjects:
Architecture
Print
Paris, france


title: Feu à l'Italienne

country: Rouen, France

subjects:
Print
Rouen, france


title: Iceberg, Canada

date: June–July 1859

country: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

subjects:
Seascape
Newfoundland and labrador, canada


title: Jeune Moine a la Grecque

creator: Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801

medium: Etching on paper


title: POELE circulaire couronné d’un draperie, orné de médaillons et guirlandes, d’un genre neuf et très-galant

creator: Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794

medium: Etching and hand colored watercolor on paper


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Sampler

creator: Betsy Adams, American

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

country: Concord, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Concord, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe


title: Bras de Cheminée à l'Antique


title: Pleated fan

medium: Silk leaf painted with gouache, with painted parchment medallions, gold and silver embroidery and spangles, ivory sticks with silver and gilt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt


title: Portrait of Gilles-Marie Oppenord

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

medium: Photomechanical print

subjects:
Bound print
Paris, france
Portraits


title: Portrait of Johann A. Lisman

creator: Antonio Pazzi, Italian, 1706 - after 1768

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print Italy Portraits


title: Terrace garden

medium: Graphite on wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Dickie, Illustration for Scribner's Monthly (XVIII, No. 5, September 1879, p. 653)

creator: Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924

date: September 1879

medium: Printed in black ink on paper

subjects: Ephemera Usa


title: Africa

creator: Giovanni Volpato, Italian, 1740 - 1803

medium: Etching and brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print France


title: Peep-Show Print

date: mid-18th century

medium: Engraving and brush and wash on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: River and Trees

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

medium: Graphite on white laid paper

country: near Dorset or Manchester ?, Vermont, USA

subjects: Near dorset or manchester , vermont, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw


title: Sense of Sound, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith)

creator: Crispijn de Passe the Elder, Dutch, ca. 1565 - 1637

medium: Blackwork, engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany


title: Kneeling Woman

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Title Page

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Bound print
Paris, france


title: Ornamented Clock, Vase, and Console Designs

creator: Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Bound print
France


title: Vignette, A Blessed Sword and Hat

creator: Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752

medium: Etching on paper

credit_line: Gift of Alice Donlevy


title: Design for a Horizontal Panel of Ornament

creator: Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, French, 1759 – 1795

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Paris, france


title: The Holy Family, from "Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum, New York"

creator: Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, French, 1837 - 1880

credit_line: Gift of Samuel P. Avery


title: Button

medium: Brass

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Design for Ceiling Decoration

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Interior
Rome, italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: Design for a Monument

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on lined off-white laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy


title: Title Page

creator: Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677

date: late 17th century

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Man in a Landscape

creator: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

subjects:
Print
Landscapes
Paris, france


title: The Madonna and Child

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland


title: Plan, Sketch for Library Museum for J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq., New York

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

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and blue and yellow watercolor, red and green crayon, on tracing paper mounted on white laid paper

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Greenough


title: Fragment

date: 13th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: complementary weft faced twill with inner warps (samite) Label: silk weft-faced twill with complementary wefts (samite)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

credit_line: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan


title: A Pair of Scissors with Handles Formed by Half-figures of Women with Rinceaux as Legs

medium: Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on heavy off-white paper

country: Italy

subjects: Metalwork Italy


title: Pair of slippers

medium: Soldered tin

subjects: Metalwork Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Trial Proof for Cotton Printing: "Pastoral Scene with Peacocks and Poultry"

creator: Joseph Sympson, British, 1710 - 1750

date: after 1721

medium: Copper engraving in brown gum paste on eight sheets of laid paper with deckle edges, framed in two parts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design

credit_line: Gift of Bridget Mahon


title: Two Shepherdesses in a Landscape

creator: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

date: after 1751

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Jan Lutma, Goldsmith

creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of George Campbell Cooper


title: Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Death Carrying a Lamp

creator: Louis-Jean Desprez, French, active Sweden, 1743–1804

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray, blue-gray wash, graphite on off-white paper

subjects:
Theater
Rome, italy


title: Stockings

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: knitting

country: England

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William P. Treadwell


title: Sketch, Three Figures in Architectural Setting with Helmet and Shield

creator: Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

medium: Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Drawing
Rome, italy


title: Magicien Chinois

country: France

subjects: Print France


title: Gloves

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: leather, silk, metallic thread

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Study for The Iron Bedstead of King Og, Plate 324, Physica Sacra

creator: Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736

date: before 1731

medium: Brush and grey, black wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper

country: Zürich, Switzerland

subjects:
Religion
Zürich, switzerland

credit_line: Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund


title: Great Scientists, Playing Card from Set of "Cartes héroïques" or "Des grands hommes"

creator: Eugène Moreau, French, active 19th c.

medium: Stencil-colored lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Marquis Val Verde de la Sierra


title: Insertion lace

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: machine made (Levers machine)

subjects: Lace France

credit_line: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt


title: Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament

creator: François Marcou, French, 1595 – 1660

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
France


title: Gaines et Piedestal

creator: Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

medium: Engraving on off white laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Title plate, from Grottesco in diversche manieren (Various Grotesques)

creator: Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606

country: Antwerp, Belgium

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Antwerp, belgium

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


title: Cliff near Bolton, on the Winooski

creator: Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

date: October 1, 1864

medium: Graphite on grey paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Title Page

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

medium: Photomechanical print

subjects:
Bound print
Paris, france


title: President Chester A. Arthur, Standing

medium: Graphite on wove paper

subjects: Portrait Usa


title: Twilight over Cat Harbour, Canada

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: June or July 1, 1859

medium: Oil and graphite on paperboard

country: Lumsden, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

subjects: Lumsden, newfoundland and labrador, canada

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Sampler

creator: Teresa Belardinelli

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe


title: Design for a Woven or Printed Fabric

medium: Brush and purple watercolor on paper

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Near Hintersee, Germany

medium: Graphite on tan laid paper; verso: graphite

country: Bavaria, Germany

subjects:
Landscape
Bavaria, germany


title: Button

medium: B) Brass, C) Copper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Tree with Vines, Jamaica

medium: Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard; verso: graphite

country: Jamaica

subjects:
Nature studie
Jamaica
Trees
Nature


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Cowtan and Sons, Ltd.


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: machine made

country: possibly France

subjects:
Lace
Possibly france


title: Plate, from Le Jugement Universal

creator: Tommaso Piroli, Italian, 1752 - 1824

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print Europe


title: Sampler

creator: Margaret Grant, American

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa


title: Fukuroi: Famous Totomi Kites (Fukuroi, meibutsu Ensu tako) from the series 53 Stations of Tokaido

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

medium: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper

country: Japan

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson


title: Trophy Design

creator: Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789

date: late 18th century

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects: Print France


title: Designs for Roman Arms and Other Classical Motifs

creator: Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and bistre wash, gray watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Classicism Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: Design for a sedan chair

medium: Pen and black ink, watercolors, and traces of charchoal on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Drawing
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander


title: Design for a Book Cover: The Complaining Millions of Men

creator: Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961

medium: Brush and gouache on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts


title: Playing card

medium: Red and black ink, paper

country: Europe

subjects:
Playing card
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Jean McKinnon Holt


title: Jael and Sisera

creator: Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634 - 1705

medium: Pen and brush and brown ink on cream paper

subjects: Figure Italy


title: View of Pisa, Italy

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

medium: Graphite on wove paper

country: Pisa, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Pisa, italy

credit_line: Gift of Henrietta Haller


title: Four Studies of Leopard Heads

medium: Etching or engraving on paper


title: Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper

credit_line: Gift of Jacob H. Schiff


title: Handkerchief

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William P. Treadwell


title: Sash

medium: Medium: silk Technique:

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Man

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Landscape with Cows

medium: Pen and ink on paper

subjects: Landscape Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Section of a Parliament Building or Academy

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray and pink wash, black chalk on paper

subjects: Architecture France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Mt. Katahdin from Katahdin Lake, Maine

date: probably 1877

medium: Oil and graphite on paperboard

country: Maine, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Maine, usa


title: Title page, plate 1, in Nouvelle suite de cahiers de flerurs naturelle a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, No.1

creator: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

date: after 1775

medium: Etching with colored inks à la poupé on cream laid paper tipped in cream paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France


title: Designs for Candlesticks, Cartel Clock Case, and a Trophy

creator: Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

medium: Etching on paper


title: Arabesque Ornament Design

creator: Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796

medium: Aquatint and etching on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Paris, france


title: Textile

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

country: Rhodes, Greece

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Rhodes, greece


title: Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border

creator: Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France

medium: Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France


title: Sketches of Bowls

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Tableware design
Italy


title: Mount

date: early 19th century

medium: Silvered brass

subjects: Metalwork Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mary A. Peoli


title: Two Sofa Designs

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

subjects: Print France


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple


title: Plan et Elévation d’un Rétable d’Autel posé sous une Rosette, orne d’un Pilastre de l’ordre Toscan./Plan et Elévation d’un Rétable d’Autel, orné de deux Pilastres avec sa partie de Lambris

creator: F. Cornille, active 1740 - 1756

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper


title: Design for an Embroidered or Woven Fabric

medium: Brush and gouache on oily tracing paper

subjects: Drawing France


title: Design for Susanna and the Elders

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, red and black chalk on cream laid paper, lined

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy


title: Two Chair Designs


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk

subjects: Trimming Usa

credit_line: Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green


title: Ice Cream Pail (Seau à Glace)

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

date: pail ca. 1772; cover possibly later

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Study of a Young Boy

medium: Graphite on rough paper


title: Study for "The Beneficence of the Law," Essex County Courthouse, Newark, NJ

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Animal Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Kenyon Cox


title: Title Page

creator: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

medium: Etching and engraving on paper

country: Munich, Germany

subjects:
Bound print
Munich, germany


title: Figural Study

creator: Pietro da Cortona, Italian, 1596 - 1669

medium: Red crayon on paper


title: Tlacotepec and Nevado de Toluca from Toluca, Mexico

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: March 1892

medium: Graphite on beige wove paper

country: Toluca, Mexico

subjects:
Landscape
Toluca, mexico

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Chimney Piece Design

creator: D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647

medium: Etching on laid paper

country: France


title: Crosses

creator: Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Etui with Writing and Grooming Instruments

medium: Enamel on copper, gilt copper, steel, ivory, cut wood

country: Staffordshire, England

subjects:
Enamel
Staffordshire, england

credit_line: Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt


title: Abaye Palm, Mt. Salus, Jamaica

date: June 1865

medium: Graphite and white gouache on brown wove paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Jamaica
Palms
Nature


title: Moonlight Bamboo and Figure Sketches, Kingston, Jamaica

date: July 1865

medium: Graphite on gray wove paper

country: Kingston, Jamaica

subjects:
Figure
Kingston, jamaica


title: Ornamental Medallion Designs

creator: Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century

medium: Etching on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Paris, france


title: Ornament

creator: Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, French, 1725–1811

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: Paris ?, France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
Pari , france

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Border

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

country: Belgium or France

subjects:
Lace
Belgium or france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George Nichols from the collection of her mother, Mrs. J.P. Morgan


title: Departure for the Fields

creator: Claude Lorrain, French, 1604 - 1682

subjects: Landscape France

credit_line: Bequest of George Campbell Cooper


title: Drawing

medium: Pen and ink on paper

subjects: Religion Italy


title: Embroidered picture

creator: Elizabeth Parry

medium: Medium: silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique:

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe


title: Two Sketches of a Foot

date: early 18th century

medium: Red crayon on light brown paper


title: Stage Design: Side Wing

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

medium: Pen and bistre on paper

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Drawing
Rome, italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: Design for a Fantastic Urn

creator: Ange Laurent de LaLive De Jully, French, 1725 – 1779

medium: Etching

subjects: Architecture France


title: Porte Dorique

creator: François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany


title: Design for Monument

medium: Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Drawing Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique; 4&1 satin damask

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile

credit_line: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan


title: Cartouche Design

creator: Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731

subjects: Print France


title: Democritus in Meditation

creator: Salvator Rosa, Italian, 1615 - 1673

medium: Etching with drypoint on paper

subjects: Print Italy


title: Elevation of Mansion

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

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Greenough


title: Man Dancing with a Mask

creator: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

date: mid- 18th–late 18th century

country: London, England

subjects:
Bound print
London, england


title: Design for a Balustrade (Rail)

creator: Gabriel Bonthomme, France, active ca. 1775


title: Triumph of Galatea

creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

medium: Pen and brown ink, traces of black chalk on white laid paper; framing lines in black chalk

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Sculpture, from a Series of Seated Muses

medium: Pen and bistre on paper, mounted

country: probably Venice

subjects:
Drawing
Probably venice


title: Rocaille Ornament Design

creator: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755

date: after 1736

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Elevation of the Facade of a Theater, Amsterdam

creator: Cesare Recanatini, Italian, 1823–1893

medium: Pen and gray washes on cream-colored paper

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Clouds and Rainbow over a Mountain Valley

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

medium: Brush and oil on paperboard

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Landscape
New york, usa


title: Figures

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

medium: Graphite on wove paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Henrietta Haller


title: Design for a Woven Fabric, Fragment

medium: Purple, white, and black gouache on oily tracing paper, mounted

subjects: Drawing France


title: Cupid Having Cupid Eat the Heart of a Boy, Which She Has Cut Out

creator: Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England

medium: Etching on paper


title: Box Lock

medium: Cast and engraved iron

country: Spain

subjects: Metalwork Spain


title: Embroidery sample

medium: Medium: silk, paper Technique: embroidered on cut supplementary warp pile (velvet)

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Pillar strip

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

subjects:
Interior
Rome, italy


title: Tequendama Falls near Bogotá, Colombia

medium: Graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on brown wove paper; graphite on off-white wove paper

country: near Bogota, Colombia

subjects:
Landscape
Near bogota, colombia


title: Project for the elevation of an altar

medium: Pencil, pen, washes and chinese black on paper

country: Italy

subjects: Architecture Religion Italy


title: Woodblock Trial Proof for a Printed Textile

medium: Brush and gouache on white paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France


title: Two Trophy Designs

creator: Jacques Ignace de Latouche, French, 1694 – 1781

medium: Etching and engraving on paper

subjects: Print France


title: The Virgin With the Child

creator: Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

medium: Brush and brown watercolor on paper

subjects:
Drawing
Rome, italy


title: Design for a Doorcase

creator: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786

medium: Graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and bistre wash on paper


title: Bougeoire

creator: Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

medium: Engraving on off white laid paper

country: Rouen, France

subjects:
Print
Rouen, france


title: Letter to Dr. Dudley Tenney

creator: Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924

medium: Pen and black ink on paper

subjects: Ephemera Usa


title: Figure

medium: Graphite on wove paper.


title: Saint John the Evangelist in the Wilderness

creator: Hendrik Goltzius, Netherlandish, 1558 – 1617

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut in black, green, and white ink on paper

subjects: Print Netherland


title: Summit of Mt. Washington

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Graphite on paper off-white wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.


title: Playing cards

medium: Graphite on wove paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Usa
Amusement


title: Table cover

creator: Sybil Carter Indian Mission and Lace Industry Association

medium: Medium: linen Technique: plain weave with bobbin lace insertions Label: woven linen with bobbin lace insertions

subjects: Lace Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Bayard Cutting in memory of Mary E. Parsons


title: The Angel Leading Tobias Homewards

medium: Brush and gray-brown watercolor on paper


title: Design for a Turkish Bath Pavilion

medium: Pen and ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on paper


title: Two Frame Designs

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

medium: Etching on laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Paris Bordone, Italian, 1500 – 1571

date: 16th century

medium: Charcoal with white chalk on blue paper

subjects: Drawing Italy Portraits


title: A Bacchanalian Revel

creator: Henri Antoine de Favanne, French, born England, 1668 - 1752

medium: Pen and brown ink, charcoal, brush and gray wash on laid paper

subjects: Drawing France


title: Portrait of John Knox (1505-1572)

creator: Benjamin Hall, 1808 - 1884

medium: Line and stipple engraving

subjects: Print England Portraits


title: Floral Trophy

subjects:
Print
Flowers
Paris, france


title: Figure

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Stage Design, Group of Antique Buildings

creator: Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826

medium: Pen and bistre ink on paper

subjects: Theater Italy


title: Design for a Bowl

creator: Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Rome, italy


title: Lamp

medium: Blown and pressed glass, tin, cork

country: probably Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Glassware
Probably massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. W. Sterling Peters


title: Elevation of a Salon

medium: Pen with red and black ink

subjects: Architecture Drawing France


title: Man on Horseback

medium: Graphite on wove paper, mounted in an album


title: Lit à la Duchesse

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper


title: Alpine Landscape

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: June - September 1868

medium: Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard

country: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland

subjects:
Landscape
Germany, austria, or switzerland

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk, linen Technique: lampas Lable Silk and linen lampas

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Cloud Sketch, Catskill, New York

date: August 6, 1844

medium: Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite

country: Catskill, New York, USA

subjects:
Nature studie
Catskill, new york, usa
Nature