title: Cartoon for a Woven Carpet

medium: Brush and gouache on heavy woven paper, lined

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France

credit_line: Gift of John Judkyn


title: The Domes, Yosemite

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

medium: Albumen silver print

country: USA

subjects: Landscape Usa

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

date: 19th century

medium: Brush and gouache on light blue paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Band

date: late 17th century

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Cravat end

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: Plate 20, 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: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of a Young Man

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Distaff

medium: wood, metal

country: Switzerland

subjects: Woodwork Switzerland

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


title: Narrow band

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: tablet woven (double-faced weave for the pattern area and warp twining for the borders)

country: Near East

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Near east

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sketchbook: Figure Studies, Copies After Velázquez

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Band

date: mid–late 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Mary Carothers and Charles de Limur in memory of Ethel Mary de Limur


title: Inkwell and stand

date: 18th century

medium: Earthenware?, metal, glass

subjects: Ceramic Switzerland


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Curtain paper

creator: Jeffrey & Co., 1836–1930 London, England

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

country: London, England

subjects:
Wallcovering
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Helen Fioratti


title: Sampler

date: late 19th century

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Slip case for a book

medium: paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Usa

credit_line: Transferred from Cooper Union Museum Library


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask (warp face of satin for background)

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: Academic Study of a Female Nude

medium: Charcoal on laid paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Bollinger Champagne Crate

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: Plated metal

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Container
New york, new york, usa

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Man's Head


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk on cotton Technique: cross and darning stitches on plain weave foundation with paired warps and paired wefts (basket weave). Counted stitches.

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: mercerized cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, feather, cross, eyelet, and detached chain stitches, with withdrawn element work and deflected element work with looping and overcasting stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey


title: Sampler

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


title: Sidewall

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Jar

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

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Fulham, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Fulham, england

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton warp and linen weft Technique: printed

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

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool, linen Technique: tapestry weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sampler

date: late 18th century

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

country: Europe

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, back, straight, running, scotch and tent stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Germany or Austria

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany or austria


title: Ceiling paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Blue-Headed or Red Bee-Eater, Plate 9 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: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Border

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: grid of laid cords with needle lace, reticella style, edge of punto in aria

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Chintz fragments

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for red, purple and black applied by pen or brush; blue applied over resist; on blue background chintz blue applied by immersion (chintz) on plain weave.

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Villeneuve from Old Château

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: leno

country: Mexico

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Mexico

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Lucy Work Hewitt


title: The Bathers

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: Panel

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

country: Balkans

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Balkan


title: Sidewall

country: England or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Deerfield Academy


title: Academic Study of a Male Nude

creator: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831

medium: Black and white chalk on brown paper

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


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

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

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

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Various Patterns Motif

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Drawing

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper, lined

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: Frieze

creator: George Halbert Wallpaper, Brooklyn, New York

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa


title: Design for the North Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and gouache on white wove paper

country: England

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Waves Breaking beneath High Cliffs

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: after 1878

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: Pleated fan and case

medium: Silk leaf applied with silk, gold thread and sequins, carved and painted ivory or bone sticks, gilt metal bail

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Carceri Series, Plate IX

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis


title: Sewing sampler

medium: Medium: cotton, wool, silk, linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation and machine-made net

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


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

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted on paper

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Christmas Greeting

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: USA

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Allegorical Figure of "Africa"

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Mythology
Ceramic
Vienna, austria

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Case

medium: mahogany, silk, brass

country: probably France

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably france


title: Plate XXXIII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

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


title: Cup and saucer

medium: Hand painted and gilded porcelain

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Billy Martin – Farewell Sketch at Quebec

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed (2 reds, 2 purples and black), yellow and blue are applied by hand, plain weave foundation

country: Europe

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Noli me Tangere (Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen), from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on off-white laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Spoon Bowl with Threaded Screw Base

date: early 17th century

medium: steel

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


title: Funeral of James Cardinal Gibbons at Roman Catholic Cathedral, Baltimore, MD

creator: Griffith Baily Coale, American, 1890–1950

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Griffith Baily Coale


title: Fragments

date: late 17th–early 18th century

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

credit_line: Gift of Alice B. Beer


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Quick Study of Waves on Cliffs

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: Gilt Demitasse Spoon, Part of Set of Ten

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

medium: silver, gold

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dona Guimaraes


title: View at Delhi, Near the Mausoleum of Humanioon, 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: Ceiling paper

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sampler

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

country: Denmark

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Denmark

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Ceiling paper


title: The War - Making Havelocks for the Volunteers, from Harper's Weekly, June 29, 1861, p. 401.

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper.

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Carlson


title: "Modern Woodmen of America"

date: patented 1904

medium: Plated brass

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Knife Blade with Threaded Screw End for Attaching Handle

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany


title: Fragment

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Border

date: early 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle

medium: gold, steel, porcelain, vitreous enamel


title: Charger with Alexander the Great Defeating Darius Surrounded by the Four Continents

creator: Adolf Gaap, German, active in Augsburg, 1664 – 1695

medium: gold plated, silver

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Metalwork
Augsburg, germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Les Grands Hommes

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Gertrude Bilhuber in memory of her father Ernst Bilhuber


title: Cowboy

medium: Silver


title: Silk

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

country: England

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

credit_line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg


title: Sidewall

medium: Fiber composition, tung oil, embossed

country: Japan

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

credit_line: Gift of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library


title: Ceiling border

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


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

medium: Wood engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

creator: Cory-Heller Company

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Newark, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: The Harper

creator: John Sartain, American, 1808–1897

medium: Mezzotint and engraving in black ink on paper

subjects:
Print
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Vase

medium: Glass

country: possibly Waterford, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Possibly waterford, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Wall Elevation

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

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

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Knife with Ivory Handle

medium: steel, brass, ivory

country: Sarajevo, Bosnia

subjects:
Cutlery
Sarajevo, bosnia

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


title: Border

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Design for Woven Silk and Embroidery, with Lion attacking a Deer (recto) and Woman swallowed by Fish (verso)

creator: Unknown

date: late 14th century

medium: Pen and brown ink, traces of leadpoint (recto only) on vellum

country: probably Venice, Italy

subjects:
Fish
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Probably venice, italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Friends of Textiles Fund


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle

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

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

country: France

subjects: Cutlery France


title: Sampler

creator: Mehitable Russell

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

country: USA or England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa or england

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: "Old City Gates, St. Augustine, Fla."

creator: Watson Company

medium: Brass

country: Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Container
Attleboro, massachusetts, usa

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


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed


title: Design for a lamp

medium: pencil on tracing paper

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund


title: Plate 3, 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: Ellis Gamble's Book Plate

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

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


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: Ocean Inlet with Distant Mountains

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: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Ornament Design, Panel and Roman Standards

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of L. Boyd and Annie McQuarrie Hatch


title: Sidewall - fragment

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


title: Medal

creator: Charles Cushing Wright

medium: numismatics

subjects: Numismatic Usa


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Study for woman

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on gray-green paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Fragment

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


title: Border

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

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Fork

medium: Brass, steel

subjects: Cutlery England


title: Sur La Jetée du Houre

creator: Norbert Goeneutte, French, 1854 - 1894

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crochet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Study of a woman

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Design for a Teacup

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Study of a man

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Cup

creator: Minton Ceramics Manufactory, English, established 1796

medium: porcelain (probably bone china), vitreous enamel, gold

subjects:
Ceramic
England
Skeletons & bones


title: Selendang (shoulder cloth)

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: tied resist, stitched resist (tritik), and printed with metallic pigments(prada)

country: Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Palembang, sumatra, indonesia

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: sheath

medium: silver, enamel

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Design for an urn on a stand

creator: John Nash, 1752 – 1835

date: 1815 or later

medium: Graphite on white laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
England

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


title: Head of Athena (from a cast)

creator: S. D. Pratt

medium: Charcoal on paper

subjects: Classicism Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Design for a Milk Pitcher


title: Lafayette Theater, New York

creator: James Eddy

medium: Engraving with etching in black ink on paper

subjects: Theater Usa

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of and in memory of Robert W. Chanler


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: pieced and quilted plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Printing block

medium: Medium: wood

country: Crayford, England

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Crayford, england


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Textile

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

country: Turkey

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey

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


title: Invitation to an Opening at 14 Wigmore Street, 1839

creator: Crace & Son, British, 1768 – 1899

medium: Engraving, pen and ink

country: England

subjects:
Graphic design
England
Graphic arts


title: Scene of Ocean Chop

medium: Graphite on white wove paper, lined

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper, joined

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Spoon

medium: Copper

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Designs for Wallpaper and Textiles: Pink Blossoms in Wreath

medium: Brush and gouache on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton, glass beads Technique: embroidered with beads on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Vase

creator: George E. Ohr, American, 1857–1918

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Biloxi, mississippi, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Plaque

medium: Wood, carved

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall - floral

creator: Ericson & Weiss

medium: Block-printed on paper

country: France or England

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or england
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Folding Fork with Brass Handle

date: late 17th century

medium: brass, steel

country: Netherlands or possibly Spain

subjects:
Cutlery
Netherland or possibly spain


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: USA


title: Carceri Series, Plate V

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching

country: Italy

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis


title: Quick Sketch of Waves Breaking on Beach and Near Cliffs

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Textile

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 7 &1 satin damask; warp float face of satin as background

country: England or Netherlands

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England or netherland

credit_line: Purchase, General Funds


title: Button

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

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

country: Haiti

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Haiti

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


title: Case

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: Gold, diamonds

subjects: Container Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew

creator: Vespasiano Strada, Italian, 1582 - 1622

medium: Pen and ink, brush and red wash on paper, laid down.

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Singeries Amouresuses, Plate 2

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

medium: Engraving with black ink on paper

country: France

subjects: Print France


title: Sampler

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: Pair of cachepots and liners

medium: Painted tôle, wire

credit_line: Gift of Rodman A. Heeren


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: brocatelle

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of the Metropolitan Museum of Art


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed, machine made paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


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

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Knife with Red and Blue Enamel Handle

medium: silver, enamel, semi-precious stone

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Dedication page, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

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


title: Pillow cover

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Vase

creator: Arthur Eugene Baggs, American, 1886–1947

medium: Earthenware

country: Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Marblehead, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: machine made

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa


title: Button

medium: Cloisonne enamel, metal

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China

credit_line: Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott


title: Sidewall - sample

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Traveling Cutlery Set with Antler Handle

medium: antler, steel, leather, silver plated, nickel

country: Austria

subjects: Cutlery Austria


title: Design for a Gate, Two Hounds

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

medium: Black crayon on tracing paper

subjects: Metalwork Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: Countryside with Trees, Haystacks, and Dramatic Clouds

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed and flocked

credit_line: Gift of The Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia


title: Bag

medium: Medium: wool Technique: Section A) complimentary warp, plain weave; Section B) warp-faced plain weave with warp stripes; warp selvage for opening of bag; sides intact

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Study of landscape, Spezia, Italy

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Sampler

creator: Jesualda Gallego

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Yugoyoji Temple (Fugisawa), 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: Architecture Seascape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Ornament Design with Urn and Cameos

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Pleated fan and case

medium: Painted paper leaf, bamboo sticks

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Harold L. Bache


title: Child's stomacher

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on taffeta

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton on linen Technique: running, stem and looping plain weave foundation with counted stitches

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

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


title: Window shade

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Wall tile

medium: Lead-glazed earthenware

country: Ottoman Empire (present day Syria)

subjects:
Tile
Ottoman empire (present day syria)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell C. Veit


title: Borders

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Brighton Art Gallery and Museum


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

date: late 19th century

medium: Technique: embroidered machine net

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Beacon, American

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa


title: Sarong

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: Plain weave. Application of mordants and resist by hand held implement for reds and blue; yellow probably applied directly by brush. Technique very close if not same as for "chintz" dyed in India.

country: Thailand

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

credit_line: Gift of Jacques Mohr


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: natural linen Technique: -Narrow loom-woven tape bent and folded to define pattern -Buttonhole stitch over a cord for raised linear details -Buttonhole stitch over a cord for connecting bars -Needle-made fillings -Padded, shaped and tapered forms in high relief covered by buttonhole stitch

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: "Scribner's Magazine"

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

medium: Silver, enamel

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Container
Providence, rhode island, usa

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


title: Horse Armoury, Tower, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: From my Window, Florence

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on cream paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Cap streamers

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France


title: Portrait of George Washington

medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard-woven damask

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Lyon, france
Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Elisa Parada de Migel


title: Jar and lid

medium: Glass

subjects: Glassware England

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Niagara Falls From Point Prospect - American Side from The Falls of Niagara: Being a Complete Guide

medium: Color wood engraving on white paperboard

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Larsen


title: Border

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica


title: Sketchbook Page: Italian Maple Leaf

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Textile

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Sarah S. Dennen


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Scrapbook of crochet samples

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: crochet

subjects:
Sample book
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Roxa Wright


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Samuel J. Dornsife


title: Reticule

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, painted paper, wire Technique: bobbin lace lined with plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: The Washington

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica flakes

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: William Hardy's Shop Card

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

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Chair

medium: wood

country: Canada

subjects: Furniture Canada

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Border

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V.C. Berntgen


title: Caster

medium: glass, copper, silver

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland


title: Venus and Cupid

creator: Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, ca. 1494–1533

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Pocketbook

medium: Medium: silk, gold-wrapped silk, gold-wrapped linen Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, surface satin and couching stitches

country: France or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France or spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: side chair

creator: Charles Rohlfs, 1853–1936

medium: oak, leather cushions (modern replacements)

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Furniture
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Mary Blackwelder Memorial Fund


title: Episodes in the Reign of Friedrich I

creator: Julius Caesar Thaeter, German, 1804 - 1870

medium: Steel engraving on paper

subjects: Print Europe


title: Folding Knife with Damascened Floral Handle

creator: FGS

medium: steel, gold, brass

country: possibly Carlsbad, Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly carlsbad, germany
Flowers

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


title: "The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas"

medium: Brass

country: probably USA

subjects:
Container
Probably usa

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


title: Louis XVI Pattern Dinner Knife

creator: Joseph E. Birmingham

medium: silver

country: San Francisco, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
San francisco, usa

credit_line: Gift of Joy Newport Jepson


title: Flounce fragment

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Three bishops

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Borders

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Study of a Capital and Base

medium: Graphite and white heightening on beige paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, wool Technique: compound satin weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

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


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Study of women

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


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: Yosemite Falls from the Upper House, 3177 feet

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Plate XXIX from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Chintz fragments

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 3 reds, black and 2 purples applied over resist; dyed; blue applied by immersion over resist; yellow applied by brush; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sampler

creator: S. Edwards, English

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

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Old Monk

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Brush and grey wash on paper

country: USA


title: Mantelpiece Detail, Music Room

creator: Robert Jones, British, active 1815 – 1833

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Wall for Decoration, perhaps for corridor, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain stitch (needle-made), knots and satin stitch on a 2/2 twill foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H.P. Davison


title: Fragment

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

country: Europe

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


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Sandy Hill, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new jersey, usa


title: Winter's Enjoyment in Central Park

creator: George Blair, active United States, 19th c.

medium: Chromolithograph on heavy white paper

subjects: Print Usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Coach

creator: R.Ackermann & I.G.Beygangs

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Transportation
London, england


title: Sampler

creator: Ann Stubbs, English

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Vase (Plate 7 of a Series)

creator: Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567

date: 17th century

medium: Black ink on paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

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


title: Border

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Greeff Fabrics, Inc.


title: Button

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

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

country: Haiti

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Haiti

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


title: Rising Steam 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: Sun Shining Over Ocean

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on white wove paper, lined

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Pair of suspenders

medium: Medium: cotton, glass, ceramic beads Technique: knitted, beaded, crocheted

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

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


title: Chintz fragment

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

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


title: The Coming of Winter, Illustration for Century Magazine (XXXVII, No, 2, December, 1888, p. 162.

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

medium: Wood-engraving in black ink on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of E. Maurice Bloch


title: Sketchbook Page: Two Figures

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Drawing

creator: Carlo Amati, Italian, 1776 – 1852

medium: Pen, ink, watercolors on white paper

country: Milan, Italy

subjects:
Furniture
Milan, italy

credit_line: Gift of Mildred Irby


title: Christ Bearing the Cross, 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: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked

credit_line: Gift of Samuel J. Dornsife


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Band

date: possibly 16th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Louis XVI Medallions

creator: Metaxin

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Austria

subjects: Wallcovering Austria

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Edward M. Davis, III


title: Cover

medium: Medium: linen Technique: macramé

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

credit_line: Gift of Marco Grassi


title: Pleated fan

medium: Painted silk gauze leaf, carved and painted wood sticks

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa


title: Floral design for printed textiles

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

medium: Brush and gouache on blue wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Candlestick

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Floral design for printed textile

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper


title: Flat Ocean with Dark Clouds

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: brocade

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Miss C. Frances Beiber


title: Ceiling border

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: appliqué

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France or italy


title: Kenway - Rossel

creator: Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

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


title: Scenic

medium: Hand painted on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

credit_line: Gift of Joseph B. Fyffe


title: Textile

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

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


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: Sugar Bowl, from a Breakfast Service (Sucrier; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine)

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

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


title: Carpet fragment

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: double cloth

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Emily Talmage


title: Jockeys on Horseback

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: Allegory of justice with sword and scales

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Mythology Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Jar and lid

medium: Glass

country: Waterford, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Waterford, ireland


title: The Handle of a China Cup, the Gem of the Collection

creator: Ernest Thompson Seton, American, 1860–1946

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on white paper

subjects:
Animal
Usa
Minerals & gems

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Magdalen Chapel, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Shawl

medium: Medium: wool Technique: interlocked twill tapestry weave Label: wool interlocked twill tapestry

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
India

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


title: Braid Motif

date: late 18th - mid 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: The Man of Sorrows (with Hands Raised)

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Seascape with Sun Shining through Clouds

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

country: USA

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: raised needle lace

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Venice, italy

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


title: Chintz fragment

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on continuous paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Design for Grotesque Decoration

creator: Unknown

date: mid–late 16th century

medium: Pen and brown ink, black chalk on laid paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Misses Leupp and Mary Turlay Robinson and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund


title: Chrysanthemum Pattern Butter Knives

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

medium: silver

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Vase

creator: Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts, 1895–1908

medium: earthenware

country: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Boston, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Fork

medium: Brass, steel

country: England

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sketchbook Page: Landscape

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Landscapes

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Cap streamers

date: mid-18th century

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Ferris Wheel, World's Fair, Chicago

medium: Plated brass

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Sidewall


title: Cancan Dancer

medium: Cast silver, enamel

subjects: Container France


title: Two Sketches of Sailboats Sailing

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave (red and black), block printed on plain weave (yellow), painted (blue/green)

country: Europe

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Two Studies of Capitals

medium: Graphite on beige paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: possibly Waterford, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Possibly waterford, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Philip Robertson


title: Jar and cover

medium: glass

subjects:
Glassware
Waterford, ireland


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Virtue Paying Homage at the Tomb of Washington

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation, paint Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation; some painted details

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Standing figure with basket

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, steel Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa


title: Fashion Plate from Le Moniteur de la Mode

creator: E. Gailland, French, active 19th c.

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Design for a Jug

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Elevation of Part of an Altar Retable, from "Architectura und Ausztheilung der V Seulen"

creator: Wendel Dietterlinn the Elder, 1551 – 1599

medium: Etching on white laid paper

country: Stuttgart or Strasburg, Germany

subjects:
Architecture
Stuttgart or strasburg, germany

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Richard P. Wunder


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: tapestry woven

country: France

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Sampler

creator: Elvira Giovacchini, Italian

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Textile

date: 19th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: That's No Good, the Squire Said, Quietly

creator: Walter Appleton Clark, American, 1876–1906

medium: Graphite and black crayon on illustration board

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Plate 12 of the Recueil d' ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique...

creator: Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, French, 1677 - 1745

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


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

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert


title: The Jummah Musjed, Delhi, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache on gray paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Ceiling paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Bay of Tangiers

medium: Graphite and white heightening on cream paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Gaming purse

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns, leather lining Technique: embroidered

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Border

date: mid-16th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Trunk

date: mid- 18th century

medium: Wood, wool, metal

subjects: Furniture France


title: Bird

date: possibly 18th century

medium: Gold, enamel, gemstones

country: India

subjects: Jewelry India Birds

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Pope


title: Chair seat

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Knife

medium: ivory (whale bone?), silver, steel, gold

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly france
Skeletons & bones

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


title: Matchsafe

date: late 19th–early 20th century

medium: Silver

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


title: Two Sailboats

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: late 19th century

medium: Brush and watercolor, white gouche, graphite, on white textured wove paper.

country: USA

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Caricature in Profile

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Ornament Design

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Seascape with Stormy Sky

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Design for pierced marble grillework

creator: J.D. Woodward

date: about 1895

medium: Pen and ink with blue watercolors on paper marble grillework

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Pattern with tape lace attached

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: machine made tape applied to glazed cloth and the beginning of needle made fillings added

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Page Williams


title: Floral design for printed textiles

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on blue wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace (Valenciennes ground with Brussels lace)

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Wall pocket

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidery on salmon (faded) and blue silk plain weave; stem, knot, satin and chain stitches using dyed silks; couched gold-wrapped silk and strips of silver foil; plus attached coils of silver and gilt wire.

country: Austria, Germany or Switzerland

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Austria, germany or switzerland

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Fiber composition impregnated with tung oil, embossed and painted

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

credit_line: Gift of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library


title: Rapid Sketch of Ocean with Hatched Sky

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Sampler

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

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Textile

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: copperplate printed

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Salver with Four Continents

creator: Johann Erhard Heuglin II, German, 1687 – 1757

medium: silver, gold

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Metalwork
Augsburg, germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, textured ground


title: Waistcoat front

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped threads with silk core Technique: embroidery using satin stitch and couching in five different metallic yarns on silk plain weave patterned with supplementary warp floats

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

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


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

creator: Dufour et Leroy

medium: Block-printed, mounted on muslin

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Rose Franken


title: Landscape with men gambling

creator: Frederick Bloemaert, Dutch, ca. 1616–1690

medium: Pen and ink on paper

country: Flanders

subjects: Drawing Flander Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Fork with Ivory Handle

medium: steel, brass, ivory

country: Sarajevo, Bosnia

subjects:
Cutlery
Sarajevo, bosnia

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


title: Sketches of Two Heads

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Band

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped threads Technique: embroidered on velvet

country: Europe

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Frieze

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


title: Medallion

date: possibly 13th century

medium: Medium: silk, wool Medium: embroidered and appliquéd


title: Mascarons

date: about 1600

medium: Engraving in black ink on paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

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


title: Perfume Bottle from Traveling Dressing Case

creator: Thomas Whitehouse, British, active 1848-98

medium: glass, silver

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Coat

medium: Medium: cotton foundation, silk embroidery, mirrors Technique: plain weave, resist and block printed, embroidered

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
India

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Floral design for printed textile

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: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Brinckerhoff Jackson


title: Ornament Design

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Campagne Romaine

medium: Block printed on handmade paper, wood frame

country: Paris ?, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pari , france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John G. Hope


title: Cup and Saucer with Wheat Stalks

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Detail of the Sculpture Peace on the Dewey Arch, Madison Square, New York

medium: Photographic print on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Knife

medium: ivory, silver, stainless steel

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

country: Sicily, Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Sicily, italy


title: Sleeve ruffle

date: early 18th century

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

subjects: Lace France


title: Figures from Sistine Chapel ceiling

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: Border

medium: Medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Fourth 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: Pounce Pot (Sandstreuer)

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

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

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Card

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

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Richard Lee's Shop Card

creator: William Hogarth, English, 1697 - 1764

medium: Etching on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sketchbook Page: Whimsied Zephyr Poem

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of Child

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits


title: Border

date: 18th century

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

country: Greece

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Greece


title: Sewing bag

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: sewn from roller-printed plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

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


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Iris

creator: Frederick Daniel Henry Rothenbusch, American

medium: Glazed earthware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: silk plain weave twill with supplementary warp and supplementary wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe


title: Darning sampler

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

country: Scandinavia

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Scandinavia

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Chalice cover

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

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Border

medium: Flocked on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: The Armenian Bridge, Near St. Thomas's Mount, Madras, 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: Cap piece

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: metallic embroidery, sequins on cotton foundation with linen backing Technique: embroidered, padded satin stitches on velvet foundation

credit_line: Gift of Ida-Gro Dahlerup


title: Textile

date: 19th century

medium: printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Lincoln Johnson


title: Band

date: late 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Medallion

date: early 19th century, after 1804

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, Lille style with heavy outlining thread Label: linen bobbin lace

country: Lille, France

subjects:
Lace
Lille, france


title: Carpet fragment

date: late 17th–18th century

medium: Medium: wool, linen or hemp, cotton Technique: cut pile on plain weave (moquette or velours d'Arras)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Flask

date: 1st–3rd century

medium: Iridized glass

subjects: Glassware Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Bottle

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: La Vieille aux Loques

creator: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903

medium: Etching and drypoint on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. David Keppel


title: "Le chien qui lache sa proie pour l'ombre" from La Fontaine's Fables

medium: Black ink on white paper

subjects: Engraving France

credit_line: Gift of Caroline King Duer


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Milford, Va.

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sidewall

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

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


title: Darning sampler

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in running, satin, buttonhole and eyelet stitches with overcasting over withdrawn element work on plain weave foundation

country: Netherlands or Denmark

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland or denmark


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sidewall

medium: Handmade paper


title: Handkerchief

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Braguin


title: Plave VVII, from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Design for Bed with Tented Alcove, probably for the Prince of Wales's Bedroom or Boudoir, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

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

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Knife

medium: ivory, silver, steel, iron, enamel

country: Sheffield, England

subjects:
Cutlery
Sheffield, england

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


title: Dish

creator: Jennens & Bettridge, 1816–1864

medium: paper [papier-mâché], enamel, gilding, varnish

country: Birmingham, England

subjects:
Tableware design
Birmingham, england

credit_line: Gift of Janet Mavec


title: Sidewall

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

credit_line: Gift of Greeley Municipal Museum


title: Design for a Block-printed Cotton Handkerchief

medium: Gouache

country: Geneva, Switzerland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Geneva, switzerland

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Printed Textile Design

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white laid paper


title: Mixing glass

medium: Glass

country: possibly Cork, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Possibly cork, ireland


title: Borders

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Floral design for printed textiles

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on cream wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers


title: Seal

medium: Glass, silver

subjects: Metalwork Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Hanging

medium: Medium: cotton, silk, mirrors Technique: embroidered

country: India

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
India

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert


title: Britannia

creator: Mills & Co./Hartford, 1793

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

country: Hartford, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hartford, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Design for the Making of a Man's Needle Lace Collar

medium: Pen and black ink on parchment paper, lined

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Europe

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


title: Title page, "Rerum et Urbis Mstelodamensiu Historia..."

creator: Wenzel Jamnitzer, German, 1508–1585

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Switzerland

subjects: Figure Switzerland

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


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: linen, wool Technique: supplementary warp-cut pile in a plain weave foundation (velvet)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Border

medium: Block printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Pleated fan

medium: Painted cotton leaf, painted wood sticks, gilded wood guard, gilt metal bail

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


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

creator: Dufour et Leroy

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Rose Franken


title: Mussel Shell

date: late 19th century

medium: Plated brass

subjects:
Container
Europe
Shells & molluscs

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


title: Ornament Design with Female Portrait Cameo

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing
Portraits


title: Design for Wool Work

creator: Hertz and Wegener

medium: Brush and gouache on pre-printed squared paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Germany


title: Fashion Plate from Le Journal des dames et demoiselles

creator: Jules David, French, 1808 - 1892

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Band

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: silk and linen (?) Technique:

subjects: Trimming Italy


title: borders

medium: Machine-printed paper, flocked


title: The Montesian Design

medium: Block-printed

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

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


title: Borders

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Brighton Art Gallery and Museum


title: Floral design for printed textile

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers


title: Oil lamp

date: 1st century BC

medium: earthenware

subjects: Ceramic Italy

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk on cotton Technique: embroidered on drawnwork

country: Iran

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Iran

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: The Nativity (Adoration of the Shepherds) from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Luxor, Egypt

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on blue-gray wove paper

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Window Alcove for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

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

subjects: Interior England

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


title: View in the Fort, Madura, 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: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Fiber composition impregnated with tung oil, embossed and painted

country: Japan, for export

subjects:
Wallcovering
Japan, for export

credit_line: Gift of the Franklin Roosevelt Library


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Figure Sketches at Blois

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey-brown paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Doily

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa


title: Floral design for printed textiles

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on blue wove paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

country: Skros, Greece

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Skros, greece


title: Border


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Frieze

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Design for a Plate

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Chintz fragments

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for red and purple applied over resist; madder dyed; blue applied by immersion over resist, (chintz) on plain weave


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk and metal embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in tent, knot, and couching stitches and looping (needle-made lace) on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

country: Portugal

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Portugal

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


title: Bowl

date: 14th century

medium: Copper, tin

subjects: Metalwork Iran

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell C. Veit


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and chain stitches (made with a tambour hook) on plain weave foundation Label: silk embroidered with silk in satin, stem and chain stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England


title: Border

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: St. Antonius of Padua

medium: Gold, colored stones, enamel, wood pedestal

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Jewelry
Italy or spain

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


title: Cuff band

medium: Medium: wool on linen foundation Technique: embroidered with deflected element work

credit_line: Gift of Ida-Gro Dahlerup


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New Brighton, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brighton, pennsylvania, usa


title: Ignudo from Sistine Chapel ceiling

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: Sidewall

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

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Vase

date: 9th-10th century

medium: Free-blown glass

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Annie I. Kane


title: Seascape (Recto); Study of Rain Clouds (Verso)

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: after 1878

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: Textile

creator: Mainville & Fils

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

country: Orleans, France

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


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sidewall

creator: Cory-Heller Company

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Newark, new jersey, usa


title: Nôtre Dame de Paris, from La vie de château

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sidewall

creator: Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

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


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Shin'Ichiro Foujita


title: Border

date: mid-18th century

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

country: Europe

subjects: Lace Europe


title: Souvenir ribbon

medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Boris Kroll


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

medium: steel, gold plated, silver

country: Poland

subjects: Cutlery Poland

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


title: Jar

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

medium: soft paste porcelain

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: supplementary weft patterned 3/1 plain weave

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran


title: View of a Garden with Pagoda

medium: Ruled borders (on mat) in pen on white laid paper, tipped into beige wove mat

country: England

subjects: Architecture England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Christian H. Aall in honor of Elaine Dee


title: Ornament Design, Paterae and Roman Standards

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Sash

medium: Medium: linen, silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk, paper or linen backing Technique: embroidered

country: Spain

subjects: Trimming Spain

credit_line: Gift of Harold Norton of the Hayden Company


title: Fragment

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sketches at South Riverside Museum

medium: Graphite on paper; verso: green paper

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sidewall

medium: Fiber composition impregnated with tung oil, embossed and painted

country: Japan

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

credit_line: Gift of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library


title: The Fair Toxophilites (Proof)

creator: John Leech, English, 1817 - 1864

medium: Chromolithograph on paper, mounted on heavy paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Chromolithograph
London, england


title: Tile

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze decoration

country: Ottoman Empire (possibly Syria)

subjects:
Tile
Ottoman empire (possibly syria)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell C. Veit


title: Cover

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: counted embroidery stitches using silk: double running, back, overcast long-armed cross on plain weave

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering England

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


title: View of Lucerne

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Bust of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick

creator: Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747

medium: biscuit, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany


title: Sketches of Wall Patterns – Blois

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallpaper design
Usa


title: Salesman's sample

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on compound weave

country: France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

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


title: Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

medium: mother-of-pearl, silver

subjects: Cutlery France

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in buttonhole, cross, chain, satin, knot, hollie point, and running stitches on plain weave foundation with withdrawn element work and needle lace.

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sampler

creator: Elmira Cressey, American, b. 1812

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, chain, satin, eye, stem and speckling stitches on plain weave foundation; counted and uncounted stitches

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Preserve Tureen with Stand, from a Dessert Service

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

medium: porcelain (feldspar), vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Bequest of Emily H. Chauncey


title: Design for a Porcelain Stove

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Resurrection of Christ

medium: Enamel on copper

country: Limoges, France

subjects:
Enamel
Limoges, france

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Harry G. Friedman


title: Juno Seated on a Cloud

creator: Anton Raphael Mengs, Germany, active in Italy 1728 - 1779

medium: Graphite on white paper

subjects: Drawing Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Leafy Vine

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Sample book pages

medium: Medium: cardboard, linen, silk, metallic Technique: Machine made net and lace. See notes for additional information.

subjects:
Sample book
Usa

credit_line: Gift of The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum


title: Jungle Cut Outs

creator: The Schmitz-Horning Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1905 - 1960

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cleveland, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Wallpaper Council, Inc.


title: Design for a carved wood chest

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

medium: Pencil and watercolor on paper

subjects: Furniture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Izabel M. Coles


title: Le Grand Seigneur (The Nobleman), plate 17 from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (The Sultan's Caravan to Mecca)

creator: Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor G. Hewitt


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Woman's Leg

medium: Brass

subjects: Container Europe

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