title: Sampler

creator: Sarah Pike, English

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Nightcap

medium: Medium: silk, metallic (silver metal foil wound onto white silk core) Technique: two interconnected structures of 4\1 satin and plain weave (lampas), embroidered in surface satin stitch Label: silk lampas, embroidered with silk and metallic yarns

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
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 Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Quick Study of Choppy Sea

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Der Musterreiter (Travelling Salesman)

creator: Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geissler, German, 1770 - 1844

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave, glazed and polished

country: England

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund


title: Adirondack Mountain View

medium: Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphte on wove paper, laid down

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Sidewall - sample

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

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Brooklyn Sanitary Fair of 1864: New England Kitchen

creator: A. Brown and Company

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects: Print Usa


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, ribbed ground


title: Chaise longue

medium: carved walnut, beechwood, caning, (upholstered cushions later)

subjects: Furniture France

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


title: Sultane Reine (The Queen Sultana), plate 29 from Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to Mecca)

creator: Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809

medium: Black ink on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor G. Hewitt


title: Ceiling paper


title: Cravat end

date: early 18th century

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

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Medal

medium: Brass-colored base metal

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Horsemen in a Landscape

creator: Alessio De Marchis, Italian, 1684–1754

medium: Brush and brown wash, red, black chalk on cream laid paper

country: Italy

subjects: Landscape Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Coat

medium: Medium: silk

country: probably England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Probably england


title: Stained glass window: Christ and Peter

creator: John C. Wolf

medium: Brush and watercolor on heavy paper

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George F. Bateman


title: Border

date: mid-18th century

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Fragment

date: 19th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on handmade paper, ungrounded

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Italian girl

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on gray paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Our Army before Yorktown, Virginia

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Mantle fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: plain weave with discontinuous warp and weft (tapestry) interlocked Label: wool tapestry with discontinuous warps, interlocked

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru


title: Portable desk

medium: Papier-mâché, mother-of-pearl, wood

country: Possibly Birmingham, England

subjects:
Furniture
Possibly birmingham, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Rogers Denckla


title: Handkerchief

medium: Medium: piña (pineapple) fiber, cotton Technique: appliqué, embroidery and drawnwork on plain weave

country: Philippines

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Philippine

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Lock and hinge

date: late 16th–mid- 17th century

medium: Cast and engraved steel, iron

country: Spain

subjects: Metalwork Spain

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

creator: Dufour et Leroy

medium: Block printed on continuous paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sugarbowl

creator: Kuznetsoff Pottery, founded 1810

date: late 19th century

medium: Porcelain, enamel, gilding

country: Russia

subjects: Ceramic Russia

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Krieg in memory of their sister, Miriam Krieg


title: Border

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: embroidery on plain weave using rosette chain, chain, spaced satin, satin, stem, star, and overcasting stitches; needle lace (reticella)


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Fragment

date: 7th century

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

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Unfinished Landscape Sketch (Recto); Quick Sketch of Trees in Wind (Verso)

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

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


title: Two Sketches of Cottage

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Study of foliage

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk, linen Technique: embroidered in satin and chain stitch on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Frieze

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

country: Sandhill, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandhill, new jersey, usa


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Steel-wire bracelet

medium: Gold, steel wire

country: France or Germany

subjects:
Jewelry
France or germany

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


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: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Textile

creator: Robert McKay

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller print on plain weave with bands of weft floats

country: Lancashire, England

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


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

country: USA

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Cover

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Textile

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed

country: Jaipur, India

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

credit_line: Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck


title: Cushion

date: late 17th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France or italy

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


title: Album Pintoresco Herbario

medium: Pressed flowers in purple leather binding studded with mother-of-pearl

country: Jalapa, Mexico

subjects:
Ephemera
Jalapa, mexico
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

medium: Embossed paper

credit_line: Gift of Samuel J. Dornsife


title: Design for a Platter

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Decorative panel for July Festival

creator: Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

medium: watercolor, gouache, brush & black ink, graphite on tan paper mounted on off-white laid paper

country: France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Architecture
France

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of D. Lorraine Yerkes


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Wave Crashing on Single Rock

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

country: England

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg


title: Button

creator: Wedgwood, English, established 1759

medium: stoneware (jasper), steel

country: Etruria, England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Etruria, england

credit_line: Gift of Astrid Sampe


title: Textile

medium: Madium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper roller on plain weave

country: Alsace, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton or linen Technique: embroidered

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Netted textile

medium: Medium: maguey fiber Technique: single element knotted net Label: maguey fiber knotted net

country: Peru

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

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Marie Torrance Hadden


title: The Sacred Trees of the Hindoos At Gyah, Bahar, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes
Trees


title: Trimming

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk, wire

subjects: Trimming France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Design for a Stained Glass Window

creator: Izabel M. Coles, American, 1890 - 1964

medium: Ink and watercolor on tracing paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Izabel M. Coles


title: Edging

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Thanksgiving Day – The Dinner

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: November 1858

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Tasoye, North Dome, 3729 Feet, Yosemite

creator: Carleton E. Watkins, American, 1829 – 1916

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed on ingrain paper

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Head of Apollo

creator: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831

medium: Color pencil on cream paper

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Embroidered picture

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: wool on cotton Technique: split and flat surface embroidery stitches

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Map sampler

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

subjects:
Maps & charts
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen warp, cotton weft Technique: block printed (2 reds, yellow), blue applied by brush over yellow, plain weave foundation.

country: Jouy, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound twill, brocaded

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstradter


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Sampler

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

country: North Holland, Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
North holland, netherland


title: Alternate Scheme for Ground Floor Plan of a Country House

creator: John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843

medium: Pen and brown ink on paper

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. E. Sanderson Cushman


title: Frieze

creator: Wallace Wall-Paper Co., Cortland, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Cortland, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cortland, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sidewall

creator: W. Campbell & Co.

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Golodik


title: Sidewall

medium: Embossed

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


title: Design for State Bedchamber, in Second Livre d'Appartement (Second Book on Interiors)

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: Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles

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

date: February 1860

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Band

date: mid- 18th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Monstrance

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Dessert Knife with Mother-of-pearl Handle

medium: mother-of-pearl, silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Thompson in memory of Mr. and Mrs. G. Auclair


title: Inro

medium: Lacquer, cord

country: Japan

subjects: Container Japan

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Design for a Chinese Pavilion

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

country: England

subjects: Architecture England

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


title: Study of foliage

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

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


title: Ceiling paper


title: Frieze

creator: Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


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

creator: Dufour et Leroy

medium: Block-printed

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Rose Franken


title: Une visite dans le voisinage

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: Textile

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of L'Antiquaire, Inc.


title: Knife with Triangular Pattern Ivory and Bone Handle

creator: London Cutler's Company

medium: steel, silver, gold, ivory, bone

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

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


title: Architect's Table

creator: David Roentgen, German, 1743–1807

medium: oak, mahogany, walnut, pine, cherry; bronze, brass, iron, steel, gold; leather, gold

country: Neuwied, Germany

subjects:
Furniture
Neuwied, germany


title: Male figure supporting slab; wall detail


title: Survey Institution, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Uncut waistcoat front

medium: Medium: silk Technique: couching, knot, and satin stitch embroidery and appliqué on warp-faced plain weave Label: Couching, knot, and satin stitch silk embroidery and appliqué on silk warp-faced plain weave

country: China, for French market

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China, for french market

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Rocking

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Design for a Teacup

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Interior of the Astor library, New York

medium: Wood engraving on paper

subjects: Print Usa


title: Band

date: 17th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Design for a Wrought Iron Light Fixture

creator: J. Flinch

medium: Pen and ink, watercolor on Bristol board

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Band

medium: Medium: Technique: bobbin lace, Continuous braid like


title: Fragment

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

country: Genoa, Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Genoa, italy


title: The Coat of Arms of Tschertie

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut and black ink on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Sketchbook Page: Iris

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Conowingo Wall Paper Company

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Conowingo, Maryland, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Conowingo, maryland, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Design for Three Lamps

medium: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, tempera on tracing paper

subjects: Lighting France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund


title: Ornament Design with Urn 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: Sampler

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

country: Austria

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Austria

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg


title: Design for Wall with Three Gothic Arches, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Sidewall

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

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Decorative Plate and Stand

creator: Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864

date: 19th–mid- 19th century

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; brass

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
Vienna, austria

credit_line: Bequest of Cornelie J. Oppenheim


title: Embroidered panel for casket

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk, and silk-wrapped metal metal embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, couching, looping, and knot stitches on 7/1 satin foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on machine-made paper

country: USA

subjects: Transportation Usa

credit_line: Gift of Wiscasset Public Library


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: Fragment

date: 16th–early 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Border

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Chef des Indiens (Indian Chief), plate 8 from the series Caravanne du Sultan a la Mecque (Caravan of a Sultan Going to Mecca)

creator: Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor G. Hewitt


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of a Man

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits


title: Coins on Simulated Alligator Skin

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

medium: Silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Container
Providence, rhode island, usa

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


title: One end of an Octagonal Room in Gothic style

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink, gray and rust-colored wash on wove paper.


title: Study of figure

medium: Pastel crayon on gray-green paper


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa


title: Plate IV of "Travail et emploi du Coton" from Diderot's Encyclopia, Vol. I

creator: Robert Bénard, French, 1734–1772

medium: Engraving on white paper

subjects:
Graphic design
France
Graphic arts

credit_line: Transfer from the Cooper Union Museum Library


title: Design for Decorative Panel for July Festival Architecture

creator: Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

medium: Brush, pen, watercolor, gouache, black ink, wash, graphite on off-white paper mounted on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Architecture
France

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


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Discord: The Good and the Bad Household

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

medium: Engraving with black ink on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland


title: Standing female figure pointing

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Footed Cup and Saucer with Diamond Lattice Pattern

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Leather Case, from a Sèvres Breakfast Service (Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine)

medium: leather, wood, fabric, metal

subjects: Container France

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


title: Royal Cock Pit, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: "I Am W.W. King, Who The [Devil] Are You"

medium: rolled, cut and engraved brass

country: USA or England

subjects:
Container
Usa or england


title: Chair seat

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Ceiling paper

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

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Cup and Saucer, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

creator: Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

subjects: Ceramic Italy

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Fragment

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: needlework on gauze weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Crosshatched Pattern

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: View in the Fort of Tritchinopoly, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Designs for a Gate, a Railing Panel, Two Key Hole Ornaments, and a Key Top, in Nouveau Livre de Serrurie (New Book of Ironsmithing)

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

medium: Engraving and black ink on cream laid paper

subjects: Architecture France

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of D. Lorraine Yerkes


title: Bracelet

medium: Dyed horsehair

country: probably England

subjects:
Jewelry
Probably england

credit_line: Museum purchase through bequest of Ida McNeil in memory of Lincoln C. McNeil and Catherine McNeil


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Drawing

medium: Gouache and graphite on laid paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: La manie de la Truelle, from La vie de château

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Scissors

creator: Walter Thornhill & Co

medium: steel

subjects:
Metalwork
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Richard Grant


title: Dish

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Button

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

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

country: Haiti

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Haiti

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


title: Border

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace (late Valenciennes ground)


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Handkerchief

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: Technique: block printed

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


title: Cap

medium: Medium: cotton, linen, silk, metallic Technique: embroidery

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund


title: Bowl

medium: glass, silver

subjects: Glassware Netherland


title: Christ on the Mount of Olives (Agony in the Garden), from the Great Passion

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Milk Jug

medium: copper, silver

country: Sheffield?, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield , england


title: Border

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


title: Ornament Design

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: Teapot and lid

creator: Kuznetsoff Pottery, founded 1810

date: late 19th century

medium: Enameled and gilt porcelain

country: Novo-Kharitonovo, Russia

subjects:
Ceramic
Novo-kharitonovo, russia

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Krieg in memory of their sister, Miriam Krieg


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstradter


title: Textile

date: 11th–15th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave with paired warp and supplementary weft

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Border

medium: Roller printed on machine-made paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sketchbook Page: Caricatures

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Soccer Game

creator: Ricardo de los Ríos, Spanish, 1847 - 1929

medium: Engraving on vellum

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sketchbook Page


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on paper


title: Ghent

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Brush and watercolor on blue paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


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

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

subjects: Seascape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross stitch on spaced, plain weave cotton foundation (Penelope canvas)

country: Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Pennsylvania, usa

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: crewel wool on cotton Technique: Uncounted stitches chain stitch [done with a needle] and knots and satin stitch on a 2/2 twill foundation.

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H. P. Davison


title: 'Egyptian' Pattern Berry Spoon

creator: Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1866 – 1926

medium: silver

country: North Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Fruits
North attleboro, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Sampler

creator: ? Youde, American

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, rococo, eye, satin, fishbone, back, knot and chain stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton, glass beads Technique: embroidery with beads and needle lace with beads on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sketchbook Page: Pressed Leaf


title: Christmas Greeting

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk, linen Technique: chain stitch embroidery made with a tambour hook using 12 colors of silk, on silk plain weave. Back: linen plain weave

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Design for Printed Textile

medium: Block print on laid paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Brunschwig & Fils and James Amster and from General Acquisitions Endowment and Friends of Drawings and Prints Funds


title: Illustration of Architectural Ornament

creator: Wendel Dietterlinn the Elder, 1551 – 1599

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Architecture
Germany


title: Band

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Panel

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave

country: Indonesia

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

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Brisé fan

medium: Lacquered, painted and gilded wood sticks, silk ribbon and tassels, gilt metal bail

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand


title: Curtain panel

date: 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton, linen Technique: resist printed warp (ikat) on plain weave

country: Spain

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

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Séligmann


title: brocaded silk fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: compound weave with discontinuous supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Twixt the Gloaming and the Mirk

creator: Mary Nimmo Moran, American, 1842–1899

medium: Etching and mezzotint, printed with plate tone in brown ink on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Ruth B. Moran


title: Halt of a Wagon-train, from Harper's Weekly, February 6, 1864, pp. 88-89

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: February 6, 1864

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper with slight coloring added by hand

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Carlson


title: Music in a Public Garden

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

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Ceiling paper

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Band

medium: Technique: woven


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, knot, and chain stitches with deflected element work on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metallic beads Technique: beaded netting

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Portrait of Conrad von der Rosen

creator: Daniel Hopfer, German, 1470 - 1536

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

subjects: Portrait Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Ornament Design, Cameo and Urns

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Frieze


title: Barometer

creator: Henry Lepaute, French,

medium: Brass, metal, glass

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Metalwork
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiesenberger


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: Nautical Oil Lamp

medium: steel

subjects:
Metalwork
Usa
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Natalie K. Blair


title: Sidewall


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: slit tapestry

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Gift of the Museum of the Cranbrook Academy of Art


title: Brooch

creator: Carlo Giuliano, Italian, 1831 - 1895

medium: Gold, enamel, diamonds

country: London, England

subjects:
Jewelry
London, england

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Annie Schermerhorn Kane, and various donors


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Handkerchief

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Braguin


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: taffeta

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: A Dominican Female Saint in Ecstasy and Other Studies

creator: Sante Pacini, Italian, 1735–1790

medium: Black chalk, brush and white gouache on paper with brown prepared ground

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: Sampler

creator: Sophia Stevens Smith, American, 1804 - 1881

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

country: Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Wethersfield, connecticut, usa

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


title: Portrait of a Costumed Figure

medium: Black crayon, white chalk, on buff paper

subjects: Portrait Usa


title: Ceiling paper

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Dog in Feathered Hat and Ruffled Collar

medium: Silver

country: England

subjects: Container England

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


title: Ceiling paper

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Knife

medium: ivory, silver, steel

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

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


title: Sun Striking Cliffs with Ocean

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on white wove paper, lined

country: USA

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Seascape with Cliffs and Rock

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france


title: Case

date: early 18th century

medium: Wood, leather, gilding

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably germany


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Theater Interior with a Tight-Rope Walker

creator: Alexander Wilson, Scottish, active USA, 1766–1813

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Theater
Europe and usa


title: Ladies' Fashion: Hairdressing and Hats

creator: Johann August Rossmassler, German, 1752 - 1783

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Germany


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Textile

date: 18th century

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

country: Thasos, Greece

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Thasos, greece

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


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed paper, flocked, gilt

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain weave, indigo dyed, resist applied with perforated stencil (kitri-bori)

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Takami Sugiura


title: Awl from Traveling Dressing Case

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

medium: mother-of-pearl, steel, brass

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Mariner's Compass

creator: Olivia C. Whitridge

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: pieced and sewn patchwork of plain and roller-printed fabrics

country: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
New bedford, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of william Katzenbach


title: figure study for a fountain design

medium: black crayon, white chalk, on gray paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Souvenir

medium: Medium: silk Technique: satin weave with supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Boris Kroll


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation Label: cotton embroidered with silk in cross and eyelet stitches

country: Gouda, Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Gouda, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Trellis-work Design

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper

subjects: Architecture England

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


title: Watch fob

creator: Marcus and Co., New York

medium: Leather, gold, stone

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Jewelry
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Skirt panel

date: mid-18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

country: France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

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


title: Teapot

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: earthenware, bronze

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Commemorative scarf

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by lithography

country: France or Germany

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arthur Tufts


title: Floral design for printed textiles

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Bowl

date: late 9th-11th century

medium: Wheel thrown earthenware, slip, underglaze painted in polychrome pigments under a transparent glaze

country: Khurasan, Iran

subjects:
Ceramic
Khurasan, iran

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy G. Shepherd


title: Figure of a dog

creator: Emile Gallé, French, 1846 - 1904

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Nancy, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Nancy, france


title: Plate XXX 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: Rooftops

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Prunus spinosa; Prunier de St. Julien

creator: Mlle. Duclos, French, born ca. 1845

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Decorative panel

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Alan Moss


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Design for an Embroidered (or Woven) Field

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper; verso: graphite

credit_line: Gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Embossed wool

medium: Medium: wool Technique: stamped

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England

credit_line: Gift of Ginsburg and Levy


title: No. 8

creator: Gebrüder Thonet, Austrian, founded 1853

medium: Bent beech wood, caning

country: Austria

subjects: Furniture Austria

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of American Institute of Interior Designers


title: Ceiling border

medium: Block-printed

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


title: Flounce

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand


title: Sampler

creator: Katy, American

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Fashion Plate with Ladies' Headwear

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Europe


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Sample sheet

medium: Medium: paper and wool Technique: fulled plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Alice B. Beer


title: Knife

medium: Steel, horn, gilding

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably germany

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


title: Guildhall, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper


title: Border

date: late 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Lineated Cuckoo, Plate 18 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds


title: Hodogaya (Shinkame Bridge), 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: Study of foliage

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

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


title: Collar


title: Realto Bridge, Court of Justice, Public German Warehouse

creator: Johann Sebastian Müller, German, ca. 1715 - 1792

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper


title: Autumn Maneuvers

creator: Albert Ludovici

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Chromolithograph
London, england


title: Partridge, Illustration for Every Saturday (I, October 1, 1870, p. 632)

creator: Harrison William Weir, English, 1824 – 1906

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James O. Green


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Flounce

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle and bobbin lace motifs appliquéd to machine made net

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Miss Violet Carmine, Initial I

creator: Edward Windsor Kemble, American, 1861–1933

medium: Pen and black ink on illustration board

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of E. Maurice Bloch


title: Ewer

medium: Cut blown glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: The Flagellation, from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Sidewall

creator: William H. Mairs and Company, Brooklyn, New York

medium: Machine-printed

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Golodik


title: Chintz

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for black, brown and 3 reds applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied by brush over resist; yellow applied by brush; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Garniture of jardinière and urns

medium: Enamel, gilt bronze

country: France

subjects: Enamel France

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Bowl

medium: Glass


title: Collar

medium: Technique: appliqué and embroidery on net


title: Plate, from the "Eden" Service (One of Sixteen)

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Allegories of the Four Continents

creator: Jacques Le Moyne

date: early-mid 18th century

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Spain

subjects: Tile Spain

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Ornament Design, Patera and Urns

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: ceiling paper

creator: Warren, Fuller and Co.

medium: Machine-printed and embossed

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Goft of Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities


title: Six of Clubs

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Textile

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

country: USA

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


title: Dessert Fork with Bee

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: gold plated, silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Tassel

date: 17th century

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: Necklace

medium: Dyed horsehair

country: probably England

subjects:
Jewelry
Probably england

credit_line: Museum purchase through bequest of Ida McNeil in memory of Lincoln C. McNeil and Catherine McNeil


title: Sidewall

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Frieze

creator: Lewis Chase Wall Paper Company, Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA

country: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Bristol, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Walls in Toledo

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: "Assyrian Head" Pattern Berry Spoon

creator: Meriden Brittania Company, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1808 - 1898

medium: silver plated, metal

country: Meriden, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Meriden, connecticut, usa
Fruits

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Frieze


title: Perspectiva: Corporum Regularium

creator: Wenzel Jamnitzer, German, 1508–1585

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Model and prototype
Switzerland

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Textile

country: England

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roy P. Frangiamore


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, silver foil on silk thread Technique: woven

country: Italy or France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or france

credit_line: Gift of Courtlandt Palmer


title: Sestertius of Emperor Trajan

medium: Cast bronze

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop


title: Pleated fan

medium: Painted parchment and silk leaf; carved, pierced and painted ivory sticks backed with mother-of-pearl, rivet set with faceted stone, cast gilt metal bail

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: Study of landscape, Meiringen, Switzerland

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and wash, gouache, graphite on wove paper

country: Meiringen, Switzerland

subjects:
Landscape
Meiringen, switzerland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Drawing

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper, mounted on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Friends of Drawings and Prints with special assistance from Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Phyllis Dearborn Massar


title: Courtyard, Granada


title: No. 3, S.Z. Goldberg

creator: S.Z. Goldberg

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

country: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Boston, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Jack Brown and Ms. Martha Brown


title: Fragments

date: late 16th–early 17th century

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

country: Spain or Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain or italy

credit_line: Gift of L. Boyd and Annie McQuarrie Hatch


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on paper

country: France


title: Sidewall

medium: Ingrain paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Ornament Design with Male Portrait Cameo

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing
Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Three of Spades

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk and metallic thread Technique: warp-oriented plain weave pattern by continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts

country: Spitalfields, England

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spitalfields, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John Hay Whitney


title: Vase (One of a Pair)

creator: Coalport Porcelain Factory, English, active late 18th - 20th centuries

date: mid- 19th–late 19th century

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. D. Chester Noyes


title: Vase

creator: Newcomb Pottery, founded 1884 – ca.1940 sale of pottery ceased

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
New orleans, louisiana, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Fork

medium: ivory, silver, enamel, steel, iron

country: Sheffield, England

subjects:
Cutlery
Sheffield, england

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


title: Les Vendanges

creator: Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811

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

country: Jouy, France

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Sweetmeat glass

medium: Glass

subjects: Glassware England

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Cape

medium: Medium: S-spun tussah silk embroidery, Z-spun cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain and back stitch with French knots on two layers of plain weave; inner layer of unspun cotton Label: cotton embroidered with tussah silk in chain and back stitch with French knots

country: India for export

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
India for export

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Elizabeth Haynes


title: Design for Garden Parterres with Scroll Motifs and Boxwood Arbor, in "Nouveaux Livre de Parterres," in Oeuvres Du Sr. D. Marot..., The Hague: Chez Pierre Husson, c.1702

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

medium: Etching and engraving on cream laid paper

subjects: Architecture France

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Lottery Drawing: Coopers Hall, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Tray, from a Breakfast Service (Plateau; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine)

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

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


title: Designs for Headboards

medium: Etching and black ink on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Furniture Netherland


title: Rough Study of Waves

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: Textile

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Ladies' Fashion: Hairdressing and Hats

creator: Johann August Rossmassler, German, 1752 - 1783

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Germany


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Imperial Wall Paper Co., Sandy Hill, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

country: Sandy Hill, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, usa


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: The Holy Family with Saint John

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash on cream paper; verso: red chalk

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Pair of Chambersticks with Snuffers

creator: William Cafe, British

medium: silver

country: London, England

subjects:
Metalwork
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Cahn, Jr. in memory of Rosalie S. and William M. Cahn


title: Sparaxis Tricolor Varr., Plate 77 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

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

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: Belgium

subjects: Botany Print Belgium


title: Dish, from a Dessert Service

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

medium: porcelain (feldspar), vitreous enamel, gold

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Bequest of Emily H. Chauncey


title: Fashion Plate from Le Mercure des Salons, Modes de Paris

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

medium: Wood engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
England


title: Vignette of Ladies' Fashions

creator: Esnauts et Rapilly, French, active 1766 – 1804

country: Paris, France, Europe

subjects:
Print
Paris, france, europe


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Chrysanthemum Pattern Dinner Knife

creator: Charles T. Grosjean, American, d. 1888

medium: silver, steel

country: New York, New York, USA

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

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk, cotton or linen lining Technique: compound weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie

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


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace, 6-sided reworked ground

country: France

subjects: Lace France


title: Study of foliage

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite, brush and wash on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Two Roman Soldiers in Conversation

creator: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831

medium: Graphite on cream paper, laid down


title: "Orchestres du grand carre des champs-elysees (1838)"

creator: Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

medium: Brush & pen & watercolor, graphite Support: light tan 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: Regence

creator: Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of A. Germain


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk, metal threads, sequins, paste jewels Technique: satin weave, embroidered with silk and metal threads

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Side chair

creator: Samuel Pratt

medium: Oak

subjects: Furniture England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of Dona Guimaraes


title: Ciborium with lid

date: 16th century

medium: Gilt copper

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Kovsh

medium: silver, gold

country: Moscow, Russia

subjects:
Metalwork
Moscow, russia

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


title: Folding Fork (Part of Traveling Cultery Set)

medium: steel, silver, gold

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Miss D. Lorraine Yerkes


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border


title: corner reading chair

medium: wood (walnut, fruitwood), upholstery, iron

subjects: Furniture France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore


title: Frieze

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: View of Naples (or vicinity)

medium: Brush and gouache on paper

subjects: Landscape Italy

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Anne Duffy


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Lobster Claw with Pearl

medium: Brass, glass pearl

country: Japan

subjects: Container Japan Crustaceans

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


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

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Mary and Ann Hogarth's Shop Card

creator: Jane Ireland, British

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Landscape, Grindelwald, Switzerland

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Grindelwald, Switzerland

subjects:
Nature studie
Grindelwald, switzerland
Landscapes
Nature

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


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

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


title: Devotional picture of the Madonna of the Chair

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolor on vellum

country: Spain

subjects: Print Spain

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Panel

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in bukhara couching stitches on plain weave

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey

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


title: Sidewall

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Fragment

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstradter


title: Sidewall

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


title: Hand or foot piece

date: probably 19th century

medium: Silver

country: India

subjects: Jewelry India

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Vase

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: Hand-painted and glazed earthenware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Border

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Moët & Chandon Champagne Hamper

medium: Brass, enamel

subjects: Container France


title: Print

creator: Maison Martinet, French, active 19th c.

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: "Insomnia," Study for a Poster for Paine's Celery Compound

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on cream wove paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Towel

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: silk and metal wrapped silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidery, drawnwork

credit_line: Gift of Henry G. Dwight


title: Sketchbook Page: Sketch of Flower

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Flowers

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: glass beads and silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, cross, stem, and overcasting using beads on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Darning sampler

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

country: Denmark or Northern Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Denmark or northern germany


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen, wood Technique: braided and knotted Label: Braided and knotted linen, wood

country: Italy

subjects: Trimming Italy

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


title: Lapis Polaris Magnes (Invention of the Compass), plate 2 of the Nova Reperta (New Inventions for Modern Times)

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

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Antwerp, Netherlands

subjects:
Figure
Antwerp, netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Samuel P. Avery


title: Head of Diana

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

medium: Etching and aquatint on paper

country: England


title: Chintz

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

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


title: The Flagellation of Christ, from series The Passion of Christ

creator: Martin Schongauer, German, 1450–1491

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Scenic Panel from 'La Guerre de I'indépendance Américaine'

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: Sketchbook Page: Wings

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: A Kneeling Angel

creator: Elisabetta Sirani, Italian, 1638–1665

medium: Black chalk on buff-colored paper

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Stained glass window

creator: John C. Wolf

medium: Brush and watercolor, white gouache, pen and black ink, graphite on illustration board

country: USA

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George F. Bateman


title: Carriage

creator: R.Ackermann & I.G.Beygangs

country: London, England

subjects:
Transportation
London, england


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Fragment

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

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: A Pair of Wine Coasters

medium: silver, copper, wood

country: Sheffield, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield, england


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace of discontinuous tape; six bobbins used for connecting bars

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Christ Before Pilate, from series The Passion of Christ


title: Bowl

subjects: Glassware England


title: Darning Sampler

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Decanter with Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock

medium: Cut and engraved blown glass

subjects: Glassware Ireland Roses


title: Fragment with factory stamp

creator: Miles & Edwards, 1847

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave fabric; block registration marks visible

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, silver-wrapped silk, silver wire Technique: tapestry woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Panel

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

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey

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


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 France

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


title: Granada

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: warp-faced plain weave patterned by continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound on the front in 1/3 twill

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Europe


title: Piccadilly Looking Toward the City

creator: Thomas Shotter Boys, English, 1803 – 1874

medium: Lithograph

subjects: Landscape England

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Roger A. Flynn


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

creator: The Art Wall Paper Mills

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Nine of Clubs

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: wool on linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Purse

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: woven

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: In St. Peter’s, Rome

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Creamer

creator: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Shawl

medium: Medium: wool Technique: embroidered and pieced Label: wool embroidery on wool twill weave, pieced together

country: India for European market

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
India for european market

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert


title: Architectural Details


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk and silk-wrapped metal thread embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and couching stitches with looping (needle made lace) on 4/1 satin foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Fjord in Norway

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: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sewing sampler

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: sewn and embroidered on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Dado

creator: Jacquemart & Bénard, France

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Royal Circus from Ackermann's Repository

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint with watercolor on paper

subjects: Theater Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Beach with Cliffs

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Floral design for printed textiles

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

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Sidewall- fragment

medium: Block-printed paper

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Natchez Historical Society


title: Lake Ah-Wi-Yah, Yosemite

creator: Carleton E. Watkins, American, 1829 – 1916

medium: Albumen silver print

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Niagara Falls

medium: Color wood engraving

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Larsen


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg


title: Man's coat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: floats of continuous supplementary weft, floats of a supplementary warp, and embroidery (using silk, satin, stem, and knot stitches)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Study of landscape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Tile

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

medium: Glazed stoneware

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Tile
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Florence Barnes


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper on pasteboard support

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Floral design for printed textile

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Kings Sail

medium: Graphite on paper; verso: green paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Buckle

medium: Silver, gold, iron

subjects: Jewelry England

credit_line: Gift of Janet Mavec


title: Light Sketch of Sky

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


title: Panels

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft (?)

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Textile

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

country: England

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold Norton of the Hayden Company


title: Fishing Village

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey paper


title: Pair of Cake Tongs With Caterpillar

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Stand

medium: copper, silver

country: Sheffield?, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield , england

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Textile

creator: Talwin & Foster, 1783 - 1790

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed (red, light purple) with yellow and blue applied by brush on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sauceboat (One of a Pair)

creator: Bow Porcelain Manufactory, English, active ca. 1744 – 1776

medium: soft paste porcelain, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund


title: Cap fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: bobbin lace, English style

subjects: Lace England

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica, liquid

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Vase

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Who the Devil Told You We Were Going to Charge?

creator: Ludovico Marchetti, Italian, 1853 - 1909

medium: Graphite with grey and black washes and white heightening on white watercolor paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Knife with Scimitar-Shaped Blade from a Cutlery Set

medium: steel, wood, horn, silver, brass

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Chairback

medium: Medium: wool on canvas Technique: counted stitch embroidery

country: Scotland

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Scotland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. James A. Aborn


title: Two ornamental panels

creator: Agostino Mitelli, 1609 - 1660

medium: Black ink on paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

credit_line: Gift of F. Burrall Hoffman


title: Button

medium: Blackened, silvered, and gilt tin

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. Glen Gould


title: Case Bottom for Folding Traveling Cutlery Set

medium: leather, paper

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany


title: Bed sheet

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace insertion sewn between pieces of linen to form a sheet, withdrawn element work around the outer edges

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Pauline Cooper Noyes Funds and through gift of Mrs. Edward Stern


title: Clovel

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite, black pastel and white heightening on beige paper.

country: USA

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Ceiling paper


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of City of New York, Housing and Development Administration


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen, silk, net, metallic thread, metal sequins Technique: couching and satin stitches and applique on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Ceiling paper


title: Ceiling paper

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.


title: Château de Papes, Avignon

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Study of Moonlight on Ocean

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


medium: Wood engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Study of foliage

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature


title: Carriage

creator: R.Ackermann & I.G.Beygangs

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Transportation
London, england


title: Seam joint

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle interlacing

country: Spain

subjects: Lace Spain


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: withdrawn element work with needle-made fillings on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: China

subjects: Glassware China

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Jefferson Patterson


title: Lantern

medium: Gilded tôle (iron, tin), glass

country: probably Boston, USA

subjects:
Lighting
Probably boston, usa

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Natalie K. Blair


title: Mourning sampler

creator: Ann Crosley

date: 1828 with later additions

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

country: Ireland and USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Ireland and usa


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Unfinished Study of Waves and Distant Hills

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Border

date: early 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textile: Flowers and Birds

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Birds
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Birdcage with fishbowl

medium: Sycamore-inlaid fruitwood and fruitwood veneered wood, carved gilt wood, blown enamel-painted and gilt-decorated glass, cast brass, stamped gilt metal, metal wire

country: Netherlands

subjects: Container Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Channing Hare


title: Study of seashore, Point Judith, RI

country: Point Judith, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Seascape
Point judith, rhode island, usa


title: Freiburg

medium: Graphite on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Vase (Plate 1 of a Series)

creator: Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567

medium: Black ink on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co.


title: Cord with two tassels

date: mid-19th century

medium: cotton, silk, wool, wood

country: England

subjects: Trimming England

credit_line: given by Miss Amy R. Knox


title: Causeries du soir, from La vie de château

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Figure Toy

creator: Harriet Blackstone, American, 1864–1939

medium: Brush and oil, graphite on board

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Miss Stell Andersen


title: Textile

date: 17th–early 18th century

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

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on handmade paper, polished ground

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Preliminary Design for a Bank and Office Building in New York City, N.Y.

creator: Montague Flagg, American, 1842–1915

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink on cardboard, with metallic gold border

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Christian Francis Rosborg


title: Abstract Gourd Motif

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Ceiling Paper

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

country: Philadephia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadephia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Comb

medium: Tortoiseshell

country: possibly France

subjects:
Jewelry
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Owen E. Robinson and Mrs. John B. Hendry in memory of Mrs. John A. Logan


title: Sidewall

creator: Cole and Son, Ltd.

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Cole and Son, Ltd.


title: Panel

date: 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: multicolored silk and hand-woven linen Technique: counted stitch embroidery

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Vera Maxwell


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: relief printed and glazed

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

credit_line: Gift of Miss Bertha Schaefer


title: Capelet

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, wool, metallic thread Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft; twill (lining)

country: Russia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Russia

credit_line: Gift of Harold Norton of the Hayden Company


title: Chalice cover

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace Label: linen needle lace

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen warp, cotton weft Technique: block printed and painted on plain weave

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

medium: Bursh and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Rebecca and Eliezer

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Textile

date: late 18th century

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Three Sketches of a Nun Wearing a Hat

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Roundel

date: 14th–15th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Study for Maximum Mass Permitted by the 1916 New York Zoning Law, Stage 4

creator: Hugh Ferriss, American, 1889–1962

medium: Black crayon, stumped, pen and black ink, brush and black wash, varnish on illustration board

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Architecture
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss


title: Fujikawa, Approach of a Nobleman, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

subjects: Figure Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle

medium: glass, steel, gold, brass

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Button

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

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

country: Haiti

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Haiti

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


title: Spoon

date: late 17th century

medium: ivory, silver, brass


title: Purse

medium: Medium: gold-wrapped silk, horsehair Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Architectural Details

medium: Graphite on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Allegorical Figure of "Asia"

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

date: 18th–19th century

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: The Domes from the Valley, Yosemite

creator: Carleton E. Watkins, American, 1829 – 1916

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk Technique: appliqué

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