title: Drawing

date: late 19th century

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

country: France and USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France and usa

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


title: Darning sampler

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Collar and cuffs

medium: Medium: linen Technique: cutwork, needle filling stitches, embroidery

country: Denmark

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Denmark

credit_line: Gift of Ida-Gro Dahlerup


title: Catching geese

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

medium: Black ink on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Textile

date: 18th century

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

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Textile

medium: Medium: linen Technique: block printed on plain weave Label: block printed on linen

country: Russia

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Fording the Sakawa River (Odawara), 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: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Border

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Planter

creator: Mintons

medium: Glazed earthenware ("majolica")

country: Stoke-on-Trent, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Stoke-on-trent, england

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Norton Spritz


title: Fox Hunters in the Chase

medium: Silhouette of white paper, cut out, on black paper mount

country: England

subjects: Silhouette England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Napkins

medium: Medium: linen Technique: damask

credit_line: Gift of Carnegie Corporation of New York


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Micro-mosaic

medium: Gold sheet and wire, glass mosaics

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome, italy

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


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Alan Moss


title: Study of Ocean at Night

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: "Assyrian Head" Pattern Punch Ladle

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

medium: silver plated, metal

country: Meriden, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Meriden, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Brisé fan

medium: Lacquered and gilded wood sticks, silk ribbon

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Textile

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: double cloth

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstadter


title: Eight Urns

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

medium: Pencil, pen and brown ink with gray wash; verso: pencil, pen and brown ink and brown wash

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Imperial Presentation Box with Napoleon III's Cipher

creator: Alexandre-Gabriel Lemonnier, French, 1808 - 1894

medium: gold, diamonds

subjects: Container France

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


title: Floor paper

creator: W.N. Peak, Brooklyn, New York, 1880 - 1900

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

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


title: Advertisement for "Atlas Ready Mixed Paint"

creator: Whitehead & Hoag Company

medium: Plated metal, printed celluloid

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa

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


title: Sampler

creator: Isabell Lawry

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, long armed cross, satin and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation; bands of withdrawn element work with needle made fillings (reticella); overcasting creating areas of deflected element work

country: Scotland or England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Scotland or england

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Frieze

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

country: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Bristol, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sidewall

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

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Delafield, Hope & Linker


title: Recto: The Month of April (Figures in a park near a castle); Verso: Youth from The Three Ages of Man (?)(Merry-makers)

creator: Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Netherlandish, 1502 – 1550

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

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


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

medium: Wood engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france


title: The Syndics of Drapers

creator: Karl Köpping, German, 1848 - 1914

medium: Etching and drypoint on paper

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Ellen Wolf


title: Border

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace (reticella)

country: Belgium, France or Netherlands

subjects:
Lace
Belgium, france or netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Figures from Last Judgment

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Declaration of Independence

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Brisé fan

date: late 18th century

medium: Carved, pierced and painted ivory sticks, faceted stone at rivet, silk ribbon

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


title: Sidewall

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

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa


title: Sash

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk on cotton Technique: uncounted stitches; satin and double running stitches on plain weave; foundation has a crepe effect due to over twisted z-spun yarns used for warp and weft

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John Carver


title: Maisaka, Imaki Point, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

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

country: Japan

subjects: Seascape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Fragment

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Fork)

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

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

subjects: Cutlery France

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


title: Sugar Bowl, from the Duc d'Orléans Service

creator: Tournai Porcelain Factory, Belgian, established ca. 1750

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic Belgium

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Two Sketches, Corbel and Waterfall

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

country: USA

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Designs for embroidery

medium: Black crayon on tracing paper

subjects: Drawing France


title: Sun over Waves and Cliffs

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: Tea Bowl and Saucer (One of a Pair)

creator: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Parchment with unfinished needle lace

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen, parchment Technique: needle lace (loop and twist) in a variety of stitches and a variety of combinations of open and closed areas

subjects: Lace England

credit_line: Gift of Titi Halle


title: Fiddler at a Punch Party

creator: Benjamin West Clinedinst, American, 1859–1931

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Sampler

creator: Mary McIlroy

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitches (cross stitch is looping, backward movement type) on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Serving Vessel, Les Glaces (Ice Cream) from the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

medium: Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper

subjects:
Ceramic
France
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Depart pour le chasse

creator: F. Pieters

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

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


title: The Inaugural Procession at Washington Passing the Gate of the Capitol Grounds, from Harper's Weekly, March 16, 1861, p. 161.

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: November 16, 1861

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper

country: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

subjects:
Graphic design
Washington, district of columbia, usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Carlson


title: Textile

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

country: Nantes, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Knife

medium: Steel, brass, horn, bone

country: Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Germany
Skeletons & bones


title: Border

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Sidewall

creator: Frederick Beck & Co., 1860

medium: Machine-printed and embossed

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, steel Technique: knotted netting

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: La Couseuse (The Woman Sewing)

creator: Jean-Francois Millet, French, 1814 – 1916

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

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. David Keppel


title: Skirt fragment

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: probably England

subjects:
Wallcovering
Probably england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roy T.B. Langenberg


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Button

medium: Gilt copper, watercolor on ivory

credit_line: Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott


title: Sketchbook Page: Caricature of Carolus-Duran

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on laid paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Single Early Tulip, Plate 73 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

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

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects: Botany Print Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: The Kipling

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Christ standing

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Band

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Bourdalou

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Glens Falls, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Glen falls, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


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: Orphrey

date: 15th–16th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Golf Caddy and Clubs

medium: Silver

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Acanthus leaf: from a cast

creator: Esther Silver

medium: Sepia wash on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Exterior of the Duke's Theater, Dorset Gardens, London, After a 17th Century Book Illustration

creator: Richard Sawyer

medium: Etching with engraving, hand colored

subjects: Theater England

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Freund


title: Folding screen

medium: Block printed on handmade paper, wood frame

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Michael Boudrez


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: Border

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Plaete Bendes, Figuréz et Broderée, in Nouveaux Livre de Parterres contenant 24 pensséz diferantes (New Book Containing 24 Different Variations for Garden Beds)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Cap streamers

date: early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: France

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Sidewall

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton, paper Technique: embroidered on net

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

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


title: Fragment

date: 12th–13th century

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

country: India

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Fragment

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


title: Design for Ceiling and Four Walls of Room

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

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

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Self-portrait

creator: Giuseppe Sabatelli, Italian, 1813–1843

medium: Charcoal on grey paper

subjects: Portrait Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Winged figure holding strap with putto

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Half Dome, 4967 feet, Yosemite

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Gilded Leather Case for Traveling Cutlery Set

date: early 17th century

medium: leather, gold, cotton

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


title: Textile

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: The Open Table for the Three Uppermost Classes of Men of Lower Austria

creator: Christian Engelbrecht, German, 1672–1753

medium: Engraving with etching on wove paper

subjects: Ephemera Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Samuel C. Harriman


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Cap crown

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

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Studies of Drapery of "Fortune"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon, graphite on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Crossing the River Styx

creator: Julius Caesar Thaeter, German, 1804 - 1870

medium: Steel engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Cover

medium: Medium: wool on linen Technique: embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Kakegawa, Mount Akiha, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

country: Japan

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Bulls and goats attacked by foxes

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

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: relief and resist printed, colored ground

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Brinckerhoff Jackson


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, glass and metal beads Technique: beaded knitting, crossed stockinette stitch

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Funffte Ausgab seiner vorhabenden werckes...

creator: Johann Jakob Schübler, German, 1689–1741

medium: Engraving on laid paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Window shade

medium: Block printed and hand painted on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Border

medium: flocked

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Samuel J. Dornsife


title: Figure from Last Judgment

medium: Red chalk on paper


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Pennsylvania, usa

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


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on continuous paper, polished ground

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Architectural Ruin on Cliffs over Ocean

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on off-white paper, lined

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Seascape Usa

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


title: Alps

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Brush and watercolor on grey-green paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Optical Toy: "The Magic Lantern" (Spooner's Protean Views, no. 5)

creator: William Spooner, England, active 1830 – 1854

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted


title: Head scarf

medium: Medium: cotton, silk and metal Technique: embroidered

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey

credit_line: Gift of Henry G. Dwight


title: Angel in the Church of the Gesù

creator: Francesco Maratti

subjects: Cutlery France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Plate XLVIII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

credit_line: Gift of the C. Helme and Alice B. Strater Collection


title: Bottle

medium: glass

credit_line: Gift of Dalmar Tifft


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Band

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

credit_line: Museum purchase in memory of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Imperial Paper and Color Corporation


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sampler

creator: Gabriella Magneda

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Knife

medium: Steel, gilding, agate

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly france

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


title: "Baxter" Print: Gems of the Great Exhibition of 1851, Gem No.1

creator: George Baxter, 1804 – 1867

medium: Lithograph, with woodblock-printed oil inks, ruled borders in gold paint Support: white wove paper laid down on white wove paper

country: England

subjects:
Architecture
England
Minerals & gems

credit_line: Gift of Whitney Hartshorne


title: Sampler

creator: Jane Skeate, English

medium: Medium: wool and silk embroidery on wool foundation with linen edging tape Technique: embroidered in cross, half cross, and stem stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: August in the Country – The Sea-Shore

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Bratina with Tcharka Cups and Stand

creator: Ovchinnikov Factory, Russia, 1853 – 1917

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: Lidded bowl

medium: Tinned and engraved copper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell C. Veit


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Design for Textile

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white laid paper

country: Geneva, Switzerland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Geneva, switzerland

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

country: Spitalfields, England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spitalfields, england


title: Book Cover

creator: Jeremiah Draper, American, active 1800s

medium: Block print on laid paper

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Wallpaper design
Europe and usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Two Members of Commodore Perry's Party, American Sailor and Soldier

creator: Utagawa Yoshiiku, Japanese, 1833 - 1904

medium: Woodcut on mulberry paper

subjects: Print Japan

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Aesop's Fable: The Fox and the Crow

medium: Block-printed paper, polished ground

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Frieze

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, linen Technique: continuous braid like bobbin lace, plain weave fabric

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: The Descent of the Holy Spirit (The Pentecost), 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: Design for a Bourgeois Biedermeier Interior

creator: R. Haes

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

country: Coblenz (Koblenz), Germany

subjects:
Interior
Coblenz (koblenz), germany

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt


title: Ceiling border

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

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


title: Seated Man

creator: George Charles Aid, American, 1872–1938

medium: Graphite and black crayon on illustration board

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Bellum

medium: Metal

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott


title: Fragment

date: 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: The Rock of Tritchinopoly, Taken on the River Cauvery, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Sidewall

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

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Allons! Allons! Il faur partir, Plate 9 from "Inconvénient"

creator: Auguste-Xavier Leprince, French, 1799 - 1826

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: USA


title: Plate in Nouvelles Cheminée faittes en plusieur en droits (New Designs for Fireplaces)

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: Invitation for a Funeral

creator: Jane Ireland, British

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Fruit Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

subjects:
Cutlery
Fruits
Paris, france

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


title: Corner Design for Mosaic Floor

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

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper

subjects: Tile Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Coverlet

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: double cloth

country: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Bethlehem, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marian Hague


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Female Mask with Tendrils

creator: F.S. Gilbert

medium: Silver

country: North Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Container
North attleboro, massachusetts, usa

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Standing Figure with Staff

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on laid paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Knife

medium: wood, steel

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Three-Tined Fork with Jasperware Handle

creator: Wedgwood, English, established 1759

medium: jasperware, gold plated, silver

subjects: Cutlery England


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: Jar and lid

medium: Glass

country: Waterford, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Waterford, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Design for Lampshade, Polo Players

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

medium: Graphite on tracing paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: Plate XLI from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france


title: Textile

date: late 17th century–early 18th century

medium: Medium: silk on cotton Technique: drawnwork and knot stitch embroidery on twill weave; bobbin lace

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. E. Sanderson Cushman


title: Band

medium: Medium: wool Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary warps patterning

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Sketchbook Page


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Fragment

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Square

medium: Medium: silk 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: Sampler

creator: Marya Lopez

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Band

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

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy or spain


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: No. 19

creator: Gebrüder Thonet, Austrian, founded 1853

medium: Bent wood, woven caning

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Furniture
Vienna, austria

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt and various donors


title: Sketchbook Page: Tennyson Poem


title: Chintz border

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds and 2 purples applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied in two strengths by brush; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Chalice veil

medium: Medium: metallic embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave, bobbin lace trimming Label: silk embroidered with metallic yarns, metallic bobbin lace edging

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France or italy

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


title: Tablecloth

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: damask, embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Carnegie Corporation of New York


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Bourdalou

date: 18th century

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Floor paper

creator: Warren, Lange & Company

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

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


title: Section of a petticoat

medium: Medium: linen embroidery, cotton cording, cotton foundation Technique: stitched using trapunto technique; embroidered in satin, stem, coral knot, French knot, and eyelet stitches with deflected element work

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England
Corals & anemones

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


title: Frieze

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Spring

creator: James Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 – 1902

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Seal

medium: Gold, mother-of-pearl

country: Austria

subjects: Jewelry Austria

credit_line: Bequest of Joan W. Leidesdorf


title: Medallion

date: late 17th century

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

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed on machine-made paper

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Delafield, Hope & Linker


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

country: USA


title: Frieze

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa


title: Ceiling paper


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

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: Sidewall and border

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Rober Gerry, Roslyn Landmark Society


title: Edge

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace (continuous braid-like)

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Derelict group around a fire

medium: Graphite and pen and ink on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Drawing Germany

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


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

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

country: Jersey City, NJ, USA

subjects:
Mural design
Jersey city, nj, usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Panel

date: 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: linen, wool Technique: embroidered in cross and satin stitch

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Design for Side Panels of a Coach

creator: Charles Crace, British, active 1727 – 1784

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

country: England

subjects: Transportation England

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


title: Two Gentleman Conversing in a Park

creator: Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle, France, 1717 – 1806

medium: Black and red chalk, brush and watercolor on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure France

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


title: Side wall with fireplace

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and tan and gray wash on wove paper.

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England


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: Printing block

medium: Medium: wood

country: Crayford, England

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Crayford, england


title: Border

date: mid-18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Textile Design: A Butterfly

medium: Red chalk, pen and red ink on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Italy
Butterflies & moths

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Fork

medium: ivory, silver, steel

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk or linen on linen Technique: embroidery and drawnwork

country: Spain


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dennis Katona


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Design for a Detail of an Arabesque Frieze

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: wool, cotton, hemp Technique: cut pile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Sleepy Hollow Restorations


title: Sampler

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

country: Vierlande, Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Vierlande, germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: American Beauty

creator: Roycroft Shops, East Aurora, NY, 1895 – 1938

medium: Copper

country: Aurora, New York, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
Aurora, new york, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Textile

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

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


title: Seated Woman

creator: George Charles Aid, American, 1872–1938

medium: Indelible pencil on paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Dish and cover

creator: George Jones & Sons, Ltd., active 1861 – 1951

medium: Glazed earthenware

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Norton Spritz


title: Designs for embroidery

medium: Black crayon on tracing paper.


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

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


title: Darning sampler

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in cross, four sided, and running stitches on plain weave foundation


title: Sidewall

subjects: Wallcovering Germany

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Man Serving Wine from a Vessel, from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Europe

subjects:
Print
Europe
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sacred to Washington

creator: Ebenezer Clough

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

country: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Boston, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of the children of the late Edith Parsons Morgan


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Ralph P. Hanes


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

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


title: Saturn, from The Seven Planets

creator: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects: Astronomy Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Border

medium: Medium: silk and metal embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running, roumanian, stem and chain stitches on plain weave

country: Greece

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Greece

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


title: Environs de Paris

creator: Paulot and Carré

medium: Block printed on handmade paper, wood frame

country: France

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. David Brown


title: Great Senegal Swall, Plate 6 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Decorative Motif

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Plate 14, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Concert de Famille

creator: Wilhelm Krauskopf, German, founded 1847

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: satin weave

country: France or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France or spain

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


title: Turkish Tombstones

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: slit tapestry; nonhorizontal wefts; note: loomed width 36.5cm

country: Chancay, Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Chancay, peru

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Textile

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

country: probably England

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

credit_line: Gift of James W. Jasper


title: Sampler

creator: Rebecca Barnes, American

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

country: USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Sun Breaking through Clouds over Sea

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on white-colored paper, mounted

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Ice Skater

medium: Silver-plated metal (possibly alpacca)

subjects: Container Germany

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


title: Pleated fan

medium: Painted and gilded paper leaf, carved and painted ivory sticks with foil behind guards, glass stone at rivet

country: probably France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Probably france

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Warren


title: Heraldic Panel

creator: Hanns Brenisa

medium: stained glass, silver stain, enamel, metal

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

credit_line: Gift of the C. Helme and Alice B. Strater Collection


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on paper, masonite support

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Sugar caster

medium: Molded tin-glaze earthenware, overglaze lustre

country: Staffordshire, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Staffordshire, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore


title: Ice Cream Fork from Rockledge Service

creator: George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926

medium: gold plated, silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds


title: Fragment

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Wall Elevation

creator: James Byres

medium: Pen and black ink, gray and black watercolors on laid paper

country: England

subjects: Architecture Interior England

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


title: Study of Standing Female Figure

creator: Louis Schaettle, American, 1867–1917

medium: Graphite on light brown paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Miss Mae Schaettle


title: Standing Turkish Lady

creator: Alfred Boilot, French, 19th cenury

date: after 1887

medium: Etching on vellum

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Sampler

creator: Catalina de Aranaga

medium: Medium: cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered using cross, foursided, and running stitches

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Design for Grotesque Ornament

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France


title: Study for "Wedding Procession"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Design for the West Wall of the Music Room, for Brighton Pavilion, Brighton, England

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache over traces of graphite on white wove paper

subjects: Interior England


title: Drawing

creator: Johannes or Jakob Stauffacher, Swiss, b. 1850 or 1860

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

country: Switzerland and USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Switzerland and usa

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


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Technique: withdrawn element work

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: plain weave with discontinuous weft (slit tapestry)

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt


title: Plate 5, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

creator: Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Law, Nude Study for "Contemplative Spirit of the East," Lunette in East Grand Staircase, Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul, MN

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on cream laid paper

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Deerfield Academy


title: Cruet Set

medium: silver, glass

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: Legislation, Cartoon for Mosaic in Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda

medium: Charcoal and graphite on tan paper


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Pleated fan and case

medium: Silk leaf, carved wood sticks

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Panels

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: twill weave with supplementary weft

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Gordon


title: Sidewall

medium: Leather, silver leaf, varnish

country: Netherlands

subjects: Wallcovering Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Border

date: late 16th–early 17th century

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

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


title: Dessert Dish

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

date: mid- 19th century

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Emily H. Chauncey


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Two Views, Landscape and City Skyline

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Semi-Draped Female Figure

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Fruit Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Fruits
Paris, france

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


title: Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment on a Rebel Rifle Pit Near Yorktown

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Ceiling paper

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

credit_line: Gift of Antiquarian and Landmarks Society, Inc.


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk and metal Technique: velvet

country: Italy or France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or france

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Urn

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Rouen, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Rouen, france

credit_line: Gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Frieze

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


title: Puppet

date: 19th century

medium: Carved and painted wood, batik textile

country: Java, indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Theater
Java, indonesia

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Morris Ernst


title: House — Sobantes

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: The Golden Tiffany

creator: Sears, Roebuck and Co., founded 1886

medium: Machine-printed and embossed paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: "Cairo 93"

medium: Patinated brass

country: possibly Europe

subjects:
Container
Possibly europe

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


title: Plate in Nouveaux Livre de Paysages (New Book of Landscapes)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

subjects: Architecture Netherland Landscapes

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Sampler

creator: Anne Goddard, American

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Belgium or Italy

subjects:
Lace
Belgium or italy

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk thread Technique: compound satin with supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Self-Portrait of Anthony van Dyck

creator: Anthony van Dyck, Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641

medium: Etching on paper in black ink

subjects: Print Netherland Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Border

country: England or France

subjects:
Wallcovering
England or france

credit_line: Gift of E.A. Entwisle


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: Mantle

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: complementary wefts, one continuous, two discontinuous

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Pièces Montées (Tiered Cakes) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

medium: Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller (mule) printed on plain weave

country: England

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Frieze

creator: Philadelphia Wall Paper Mills

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


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: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Four of Clubs

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Girl with Bowl

creator: Louise Howland King Cox, American, 1865–1945

medium: Graphite on light brown paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Sketchbook Page: Historic Portrait No. 8 (Self-Portrait)

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits


title: Fork with Ornate Silver Handle (Part of Traveling Cutlery Set)

medium: steel, gold plated, silver

country: Poland

subjects: Cutlery Poland


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

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Abraham Lincoln

creator: George E. Bissell, 1839 – 1920

medium: Bronze

subjects: Sculpture Usa

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Cup and Saucer

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Skirt fragment

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

country: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

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

credit_line: Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck


title: Dish with Figures on Horseback

medium: wood, paper, paint, lacquer

country: possibly France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Chimneys – Lusanne

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and blue wash on light brown paper

subjects: Animal Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Two Putti

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

medium: Black chalk on cream laid paper

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Venice, italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Die Moritat (The Murderer's Deed)

creator: Frau Sattler

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: Germany

subjects: Wallcovering Germany

credit_line: Gift of Deutsches Tapetanmuseum


title: Second Intermezzo, for La Liberazione di Tirenno e. D'Arnea

creator: Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635

medium: Engraving with black ink on paper

subjects: Theater France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William G. Fitch


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sampler

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

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Embroidered panels

medium: Medium: silk, pearl, wood Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, couching and looping stitches on 4/1 satin foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Sketchbook Page: Letter about Refusal from Salon

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA


title: Square Bottle

creator: Grieksche A [de] (the Greek A Factory), Delft, Netherlands, founded 1658

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, gold

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: "Smile!"

creator: Paye & Baker Manufacturing Company, American, 1901–ca. 1965

medium: Silver

country: North Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Container
North attleboro, massachusetts, usa

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Architectural Details at Lisieux

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, cotton, linen, metallic thread Technique: bobbin lace (?) probably machine


title: Plate

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Glass


title: Border

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: plate

creator: Metaale Pot [de] (the Metal Pot Factory)

medium: Tin glazed earthenware


title: The Cave of Adullam

creator: Irving Ramsey Wiles, American, 1861–1948

medium: Brush and black and grey watercolor, with graphite, on cream paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of E. Maurice Bloch


title: Sketch of Helmet and Men at Eton

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Embossed leather, painted, gilded

subjects: Wallcovering Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift in memory of Josephine C. Howell and through bequest of Edith M. Henderson and from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Sketchbook Page: O Goddess! Mother!

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sampler

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

country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Amsterdam, netherland


title: Charles I

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Purchase


title: Table cover

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Daniel Boone

medium: Patinated brass

subjects: Container Usa


title: Band

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace

country: Russia

subjects: Lace Russia


title: Cap streamers


title: Ladies' Fashion: Hairdressing and Hats

creator: Johann August Rossmassler, German, 1752 - 1783

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Germany


title: Drawing

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

medium: Opaque watercolors

country: Geneva, Switzerland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Geneva, switzerland

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Sidewall

creator: Conowingo Wall Paper Company

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Conowingo, Maryland, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Conowingo, maryland, usa


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, long-armed cross, back, satin, eyelet, chain, four-sided, and threaded Gobelin stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Friesland, Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Friesland, netherland


title: Border

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: satin and stem stitch embroidery on taffeta

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


title: Frieze

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

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of a Young Man (Self-Portrait)

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits


title: Suspenders

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, leather Technique: knot stitches on taffeta

country: Europe

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe


title: Textile

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Frieze

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


title: Chintz

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants (black, 3 reds, 2 purples) applied by brush or pen (red over a resist); blue applied by brush over resist; yellow (now faded) applied by brush; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstradter


title: Rain 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: Snuff Box

medium: three-color gold, vitreous enamel, silver, old-mine cut diamonds

country: Switzerland

subjects: Container Switzerland

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Woman Reading

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

medium: Etching on laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Plate III, from "Characters who Frequented Button's Coffeehouse About the Year 1720"

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

medium: Aquatint on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Portrait of Jan Snellinck, from the Icones Principum Virorum

creator: Anthony van Dyck, Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641

medium: Etching on paper in black ink

subjects: Print Netherland Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Posset Pot

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

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Frieze or dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Elisabeth Draper, Inc.


title: Border

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Landscape

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Brush and blue wash, graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: View of the Interior of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn, Looking West Toward the Rose Window

creator: Unknown

medium: Albumen print mounted on board

subjects: Architecture Usa Roses

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leon Dabo


title: Fragment

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

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Gordon


title: Study of landscape, Switzerland

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Otsu Teahouse Fountain, 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)

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Foamy Waves on Rocks

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: Figure

medium: ivory

subjects: Sculpture Japan

credit_line: Gift of J. Lionberger Davis


title: Medal

medium: Silver

country: probably USA

subjects:
Numismatic
Probably usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed oatmeal paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Geometric design for printed textile

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Sedge Hats on a Lattice

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Grasses & sedges

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

credit_line: Gift of Delafield, Hope & Linker


title: Fork with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Knife)

creator: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

medium: steel, silver; porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Pair of Porcelain Hotei Mounted as Two-Light Candelabra

creator: Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

medium: soft paste porcelain; bronze, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: A Vase, and a Lamp on a Stand, in Dessins d'Ango Ornements et Architecture (Drawings of Ornaments and Architecture by Ango)

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

medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Architecture
Ornament
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Sketchbook Page: Maple Leaf

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Cap streamer

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Seascape with Cliffs and Foreground Rock

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Cermonial Knife or Kris

date: possibly 800–1000

medium: steel

country: Indonesia

subjects: Cutlery Indonesia


title: Garrick in the "Farmer's Return"

medium: Etching and aquatint on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sidewall

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Slatter, English

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation, woven silk ribbon, mica and paper, linen tape Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, stem, eyelet, and chain stitches on plain weave foundation. Central panel appliqued over another embroidery.

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Letter from George Troup regarding the Prince Regent and Brighton Pavilion

creator: George IV, King of England, English, 1762 – 1830

medium: Pen and brown ink on white thin wove paper with black border

subjects:
Graphic design
England
Graphic arts

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


title: Spoon with Lion's Head (with Fork and Knife)

medium: silver, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Fork)

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

date: after 1730

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


title: Band

date: 16th–18th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: long-armed cross, back and knot stitch embroidery on plain weave; needle lace

country: possibly Sicily, Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Possibly sicily, italy

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: The Chalees Satoon in the Fort of Allahabad on the River Jumna, 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: Textile

medium: Medium: wool Technique: printed

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


title: Frieze


title: Seascape with Beach

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: "Le Jardin d'Armide" [The Garden of Armida]

creator: Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Arthur V. Stanley


title: Textile

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

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


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk on silk Technique: stem stich and laid work embroidery, couching

country: Europe

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Albright-Knox Art Gallery


title: Sidewall

creator: Sears, Roebuck and Co., founded 1886

medium: Machine-printed and embossed

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Farmhouse

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Design for an Ornamental Colonette

creator: Gertrude M. Clarke

medium: Pencil and yellow and brown watercolors on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


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

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: First Act of Soliman

creator: Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635

medium: Engraving with black ink on paper

subjects: Theater France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William G. Fitch


title: The Jungle: The Old Railroad from the New

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

medium: Lithograph on ivory laid paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Panel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Matchsafe

creator: Whitehead & Hoag Company

date: early 20th century

medium: Celluloid, metal

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa

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


title: Greeting card

medium: Embossed paper with chromolithograph

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts


title: Wall pocket

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: embroidered

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Switzerland


title: Sash ends

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk on cotton Technique: double running and satin stitches on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John Carver


title: Devotional Picture: The Pentitent Magdalene

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper, mounted

subjects: Drawing Germany


title: Border fragment

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

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Gordon


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

medium: Medium: bast fiber warp, cotton weft Technique: resist patterning on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Two Small Studies of Sea with Cliffs on Left

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Purse

date: mid-18th century

medium: Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery with gilt spangles on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, knot and couching stitches with attached coils of gilt foil and gilt spangles on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Germany

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


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

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

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


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

medium: Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper


title: Scent bottle

medium: Agate, gold

country: England

subjects: Container England

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


title: Fragment

date: 15th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

country: Egypt

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Egypt


title: Border

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

country: France


title: Plate, butter

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Staffordshire, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Staffordshire, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham

creator: Lumb Stocks, British, 1812 - 1892

medium: Steel engraving on paper

subjects: Print Europe


title: Valentine Greeting

medium: Chromolithograph, gold paint on isenglass on embossed paper

country: USA

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sampler

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered in withdrawn element work with needlemade fillings and deflected element work using overcasting on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Ceiling paper

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sampler

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

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland


title: Knife with Mother-of-Pearl and Wood Handle

medium: steel, silver, wood, mother-of-pearl, brass

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


title: Design for a State Coach or a Sedan Chair

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

date: before 1695

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash and red, sepia and yellow watercolor, graphite on off-white laid paper

subjects: Transportation Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Textile

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: taffeta

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Study of Landscape, Hudson River, NY

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Ferdinandes Magalanes Lusitanus, plate 4 from "Americae Retectio"

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

medium: Engraving on off white laid paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Netherland
Graphic arts

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Jacob H. Schiff


title: Frieze

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Pair of suspenders

medium: Medium: cotton, linen, glass Technique: knitted, beaded

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Ocean Breaking on Shore with Rocks

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

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Elongated Steel Carving Knife

date: mid-16th century

medium: steel

subjects: Cutlery England


title: Forest

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Brush and watercolor on grey-green paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Little Nimrod

creator: James Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 – 1902

medium: Mezzotint on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Harlech Castle, North Wales

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

medium: Etching and aquatint in black ink on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Ruth B. Moran


title: Border

date: late 16th–early 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Textile

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: wool; linen Technique: crewel wool embroidery on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Frontispiece for Book 4, in Eight books of Ornament

creator: William Delacour, French, 1741 – 1767

medium: Engravings on white laid paper, bound in half-calf and marbled boards

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Paris, france

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Cup and cover

medium: Porcelain

subjects: Ceramic Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Joan Wheeler


title: Nightcap

medium: Medium: silk, metallic (metal-wrapped silk-core yarn) Technique: embroidered in satin and stem stitches on plain weave foundation Label: silk embroidered in metallic yarns in satin and stem stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Serene View of Ocean and Beach

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Bristol, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Band

date: early 18th century

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

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Section of the Long Side of Entrance Hall at Syon House, Middlesex, in Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Vol. II, 2nd Edition

creator: Robert Adam, British, 1728–1792

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Border

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


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Kenneth E. Kidd


title: Fraktur: Gedächtniss (In Memory of) Jacob Hessel

medium: Calligraphy in brown ink, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Calligraphy
Pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Plate

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Study for Cartoon, "Editor's Easy Chair"

creator: Thomas Nast, American, b. Germany, 1840–1902

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Library


title: Plate LIX from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

medium: Brush and gouache on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, gilt foil Technique: netting

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Sketchbook Page: Sweet Scented Syringa

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: double cloth

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Sleepy Hollow Restorations


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed, flocked

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of a Man with a Beard

medium: Graphite on laid paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france
Portraits


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

country: Japan

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

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


title: Episodes in the Reign of Heinrich I

creator: Julius Caesar Thaeter, German, 1804 - 1870

medium: Steel engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Frieze

creator: Kayser & Allman

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Panel border

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

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Architectural Details at Lisieux

medium: Graphite, white heightening and blue wash on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

medium: Medium: linen Technique: plain weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of Leopold Blumka


title: Jar and lid

medium: Glass

country: Ireland or England

subjects:
Glassware
Ireland or england


title: Dinner Plate with the Arms of Ker-Martin

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: China (for British market)

subjects:
Ceramic
China (for british market)

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Sketchbook Page: Sketch of Rabbit


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace (commonly called Rosaline)

country: Belgium or Italy

subjects:
Lace
Belgium or italy


title: with Coin and Stamp Compartment

medium: Plated metal

country: probably England

subjects:
Container
Probably england

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


title: Sample sheet

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

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Alice B. Beer


title: Textile Design: Japonisme

creator: Warner and Sons, Ltd., London, England

medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
England

credit_line: Museum Purchase


title: Vase

medium: glass

country: Waterford, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Waterford, ireland


title: Woman's pocket

medium: Medium: linen warp, cotton weft, wool embroidery Technique: embroidered on plain weave Label: linen warp, cotton weft, embroidered with wool

country: USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Roxa Wright


title: Hounds

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

medium: Graphite on tracing paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: Window shade

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Sampler

creator: Elizabeth Warren, English, b. ca. 1808

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Funffte Ausgab seiner vorhabenden werckes...Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Verkleidunen zu modernen geographiscehen und astronomischen Perpendicul-Uhren, erschienen bei Jer.

creator: Johann Jakob Schübler, German, 1689–1741

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Mourning sampler

medium: Medium: wool, silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave cotton with paired warps and wefts (Penelope canvas)

country: New Hampshire, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
New hampshire, usa

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


title: Still-life

creator: Yvonne Paul

medium: Pencil on tan paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Man's coat (choga)

medium: Medium: wool, silk Technique: embroidered

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
India

credit_line: Gift of Mabel Choate


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed and flocked on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on satin

country: China

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China


title: A Courtyard

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

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Cory-Heller Company

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Newark, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Designs for Wallpaper and Textiles: Birds

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Box

medium: Shaped tortoiseshell, ivory, wood, silk (cord) silk velvet (interior)

country: Austria

subjects: Container Austria

credit_line: Gift of Estelle S. Frankfurter


title: Bracelet

creator: Fortunato Pio Castellani & Sons, Italy, founded 1815

medium: Gold, emeralds

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome, italy

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


title: Miser's purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


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: Mars, from The Seven Planets

creator: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Astronomy Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Cap stand

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Nevers, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Nevers, france

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


title: spoon

medium: silver

country: Netherlands

subjects: Cutlery Netherland

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


title: Execution Scene

creator: Andrea Boscoli, Italian, 1550–1606

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

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Orphrey fragment

date: 15th–16th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: compound weave

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain


title: Sketches from Château de Blois

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Self-Portrait

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sketchbook Page

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Band

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

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Window shade

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Norman Hasselriis


title: Frieze

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

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


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: Textile

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

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Footstool

medium: Wood, wool, tin

subjects: Furniture Usa

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