title: Fragment

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

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

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


title: Coif

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk-core embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in plate (flat), braid, stem, and couching stitches on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Allen E. Smith


title: Serving Spoon with Twig and Lizard Handle

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france
Reptiles & amphibians

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


title: Serpent brooch with pendants

medium: Cast and raised gold, cut garnets, turquoise cabochons (eyes of serpent)

country: probably England

subjects:
Jewelry
Probably england

credit_line: Gift of Charlotte Y. Salisbury in loving memory of her husband, Harrison E. Salisbury


title: Platter

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

medium: Glazed and lustered earthenware

country: Fulham, London, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Fulham, london, england

credit_line: Museum purchase through bequest of Dona Guimaraes


title: Sampler

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: counted stitch embroidery on plain weave cotton

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Bristol, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

medium: Block-printed, flocked on glazed ground

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Frieze

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

country: Cortland, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cortland, new york, usa


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Penwipe

medium: Tortoise shell, gold, silk

subjects:
Appliance & tool
France
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: "Assyrian Head" Pattern Cake Knife

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

medium: silver plated, metal

country: Meriden, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Meriden, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Matoi Motif

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Sketch in Bourges

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on brown-gray paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sidewall


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on continuous paper

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


title: Carpet fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Sampler

date: 19th century

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

country: Zamora, Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Zamora, spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Design for a Chinese Pavilion

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

subjects: Architecture England

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and gilded on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of The Metropolitan Museum of Art


title: Frieze


title: Skirt fragment

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton, linen, wool Technique: plain weave

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Séligmann


title: Sidewall

creator: Henry Gledhill & Co., 1889 – 1900

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


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

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on cream laid paper

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Holder

creator: Gavet Coutelier, France

medium: Leather

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Casket

medium: Enamel, metal, gold

country: India

subjects: Enamel India


title: Sidewall

medium: Embossed

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


title: Hanging

creator: Maison Mathevon et Bouvard, French

medium: Medium: silk Technique: lampas; 7&1 satin weave supplemented by a 1S2 twill weave (interlaced connection a 2S1 twill). There are two continuous wefts in each shed of the twill: yellow for the background, and red to create the effect of damask. All other colors are brocaded.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Museum Purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund


title: Fragment

date: early 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Fragment

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on satin

country: China

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China


title: Textile

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

country: Greece

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Greece

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


title: Border

date: early 19th century

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

country: France

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Yad

date: 17th or 18th century

medium: silver

country: Italy or France

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Italy or france

credit_line: Gift of Ruth Friedman in memory of Harry G. Friedman


title: Fashion Plate from Le Moniteur de la Mode

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

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Floor cloth fragment

creator: Schuyler House, Saratoga National Historical Park, Schuylerville, NY, USA

medium: Medium: paint, linolium Technique: painted

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

credit_line: Gift of United States Department of the Interior, National Parks Service


title: Pass-Room Bridewell, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Plate 48, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Cup and Socketed Saucer

creator: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

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


title: "Henry Clay" cigar box

medium: Silver, enamel

subjects: Container Europe

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


title: Textile

date: 18th–early 19th century

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

country: Spain

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


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Tile

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

medium: Glazed stoneware

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Tile
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Florence Barnes


title: Sampler

creator: Sarah Hammon

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross, satin, eye, four-sided canvas, double running, and long-armed cross stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Welcome Panel

creator: Hanns Schnetzer

medium: stained glass, silver stain, sanguine, metal

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

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


title: Cup with "Strohblumen" Pattern

creator: Limbach Porcelain Manufactory, German, 1762 - 1939

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Frieze

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

country: USA


title: Catafalque of Maria-Theresa of Austria, Notre Dame, Paris

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

date: September 4, 1683

medium: Engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Print France

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


title: Service Rousseau

creator: Felix Bracquemond, France, 1833 – 1914

medium: Glazed and hand-painted earthenware

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Border

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Frieze

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Edna de Frise


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Tiles

medium: Earthenware

subjects: Tile Italy


title: Cup

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

medium: porcelain (possibly bone china), vitreous enamel

subjects:
Ceramic
England
Skeletons & bones


title: Portrait

creator: Balancard Romier, French

date: mid- 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: Jacquard woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France
Portraits

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: linen, wool Technique: tapestry weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Gentleman and Swimmer

medium: Ivory

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Container
Probably germany


title: Cherub and Seraphs

medium: Black chalk on paper

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: A Baolee Near the Old City of 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: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Designs for embroidery

medium: Black brayon on tracing paper.

subjects: Drawing France


title: Lambeth Palace, from "Ackermann's Repository"

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Holiday in Camp – Soldiers Playing "Foot-Ball"

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

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


title: Figure Study for "The Temptation of St. Anthony"

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Platter with Birds (One of a Pair)

creator: Derby Porcelain Factory, English, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England Birds

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


title: Study for "Wedding Procession"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Studies of Architectural Details

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey-blue paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Lloyds Subscription Room, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Bridges and Bats on Lattice

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Spade Shaped Server with Slug and Cat Handle

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Floral Decoration

medium: Brass, cloisonné enamel

subjects: Container China Flowers

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


title: View from Green Mountain

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Textile

creator: David Richards, British

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

country: Manchester, England

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Fork with Handle in the Form of a Female Herm

medium: steel, gold plated, bronze

country: Zürich, Switzerland

subjects:
Cutlery
Zürich, switzerland

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


title: Memorial Wool Embroidery Design "Meinem Theuren Vater" and "Meiner Theuren Mater"

creator: F. Ebner, German, 1800 – 1825

medium: Brush and gouache and watercolor, pen and black ink over etching on cream laid paper

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Covered Cup and Saucer

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan


title: Striped lines and hexigons

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


title: Sweetmeat Glass

medium: Glass

subjects: Glassware England

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Towel end

medium: Medium: cotton, silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered on plain weave

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey

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


title: Sampler

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

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sampler

creator: Henrietta Tuttle, American, 1810 - 1830

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

country: Fair Haven, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Fair haven, connecticut, usa


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needlework on twined net

country: France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Tea Bowl with Trembleuse Saucer

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England

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


title: Square

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: machine printed

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

credit_line: Gift of Teresa Kilham


title: Matchsafe

date: late 19th–early 20th century

medium: Brass


title: Coal Scuttle and cover

medium: Enameled tôle, metal

subjects: Metalwork England


title: Border

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

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Trophy Cup and Case

creator: Abraham Drentwet, German, 1647 – 1727

medium: silver, gold, wood, paint

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Metalwork
Augsburg, germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Plate IX, Design for Gentleman's Costume, Journal des Luxus und der Moden (Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Vol. 1, No. 3

creator: Georg Melchior Kraus, German, 1737–1806

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, glass beads Technique: knitted in crossed stockinette stitch with beads

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: The Persian Sibyl 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

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Lace in a frame

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace Europe


title: The Tiger Lily

creator: Arthur Wilcock

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

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

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


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed

country: New Brighton, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brighton, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Frieze

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

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Eugénie, Empress of France, Queen of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: goblet

medium: glass

subjects: Glassware Europe


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

country: USA

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


title: Bowl and stand

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland


title: A Stucco Angel from the Nave Vault, Church of the Gesu, Rome," from the album "Drawings after Ornament and Architecture"

medium: Red chalk on paper, mounted to a larger sheet with multiple framing lines, then inset into a secondary sleeve mount

subjects:
Ornament & design
Architecture
Ornament
France


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed in red on a plain weave foundation that had been dyed gold. A mark where the fabric was secured from the gold dye bath is at both of the lower corners. Woven with one band of heavier weft at the bottom of the fabric.

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Sketchbook Page: Baby's Face

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sketchbook Page: Oak Leaf


title: caster

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Purse

medium: Medium: linen, silk, glass and ceramic beads, metal findings Technique: embroidered with beads

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


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Vase

creator: Mary Chase Perry

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Detroit, Michigan, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Detroit, michigan, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Frieze

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Frieze

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Frieze


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

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

country: Japan

subjects: Figure Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: relief printed and glazed

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk and metal wrapped silk on linen Technique: tent, couching, padded couching, stem and knotting on plain weave linen canvas. Counted stitches.

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen and silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, chain, cross, stem, and button hole stitches with deflected element work on plain weave foundation

country: Germany or Denmark

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany or denmark

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Design for an Octagonal Plate

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Camassia Esculenta, Plate 60 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

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

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Botany Print Netherland


title: Wooded Countryside with Possible Structures

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Architectural Details

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation with linen lining Technique: embroidered in long floating running stitches on plain weave

subjects: Digital Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H.P. Davison


title: Border

date: late 16th–early 17th century

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

subjects: Lace England

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


title: Cup and saucer

medium: Blown and enameled blue milk glass

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

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


title: The Wine Glass

creator: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. David Keppel


title: Vase (Plate 2 of a Series)

creator: Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567

medium: Black ink on paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

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


title: Woman in Barrel Smoking

medium: Silver

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or usa

credit_line: Gift of Newport Historical Society


title: Design for Mosaic Floor

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

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

subjects: Tile Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Ornament Design with Ewer after Enea Vico

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: Commode Chair

creator: Noël J Baudin, French, 1719 - 1784

medium: fruitwood, cane, leather, tin-glazed earthenware

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Furniture
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. W.G. Dunnington, Jr.


title: Border

medium: Block printed on paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Block-printed and flocked paper

country: Rixheim, Alsace, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Rixheim, alsace, france

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


title: Band

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needlework on gauze weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Dado

medium: Block printed on handmade paper


title: African Golden Oriole, Plate 1 of Birds of Western Africa, Vol. VIII

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: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on paper


title: Jan Uytenbogaert, Preacher

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

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

subjects: Portrait Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Elevation of a Bedroom Wall

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on wove paper

country: England

subjects: Architecture Interior England

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


title: Sketch of Choppy Ocean

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

country: USA

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Bowl

date: 1st–3rd century

medium: Glass, metal

subjects: Glassware Italy


title: Rough Sketch of Connanicut Island and Fort Adam

medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on machine-made paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: The Knight and the Landsquenet

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: A Pair of Wine Coasters

medium: silver, copper, wood

country: Sheffield, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield, england

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sentinel, 3270 Feet, Yosemite

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

medium: Albumen silver print


title: Rain Motif

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


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

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Charcoal on tan paper

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Frieze

creator: Frederick Beck & Co., 1860

medium: embossed paper

credit_line: Gift of Salem Art Association


title: Large Two Tined Serving Fork with Brass Handle

date: late 17th century

medium: steel, brass

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


title: Frieze

creator: Liberty Paper & Bag Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Sidewall

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Plate

creator: Léon Parvillée, French, 1830 - 1885

medium: Enamel-painted, glazed and gilt earthenware

subjects: Ceramic France

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


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Ornament Design, Triangular Arabesque Panel between Roman Naval and Grass Crowns

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing
Grasses & sedges
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, steel Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: You See, Sir, Surrender Is Out of the Question

creator: Ludovico Marchetti, Italian, 1853 - 1909

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

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Pillow cover

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: stenciled on plain weave

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: El Capitan, Yosemite


title: Bracelet

creator: Maison Marret Baugrand

medium: Gold, amethyst, leather and silk case

subjects: Jewelry France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Sonia List


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: Spiral Motif

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

date: copyrighted 1888

medium: Silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Container
Providence, rhode island, usa

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


title: Vase (One of a Pair)

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Proposed Design for the South Wall of the Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Square

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed

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

credit_line: Gift of Teresa Kilham


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers and Birds

date: 19th century

medium: Brush and gouache on beige paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Birds
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Plate 31, 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: Sidewall sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Palmer Brown


title: "Dieppe"

medium: Carved bone, velvet-covered wood, mirrored glass

country: Dieppe, France

subjects:
Furniture
Dieppe, france
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of Ira Howard Levy and Stanley Gurell


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Study of landscape, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: August 1867

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Christ before Caiaphas, from The Little Passion Series

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered on plain weave

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru


title: Playing card

medium: Lacquered cardboard

country: Europe

subjects: Figure Europe

credit_line: Gift of James W. Jasper


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Vase Decorated with Figures, Rinceaux, and Festoons

creator: Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567

medium: Engraving

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

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


title: Sampler

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

country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Amsterdam, netherland

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


title: Sketch of House in Orléans

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Gods on a Cloud-bank

creator: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831

medium: Graphite on cream paper, laid down

subjects: Mythology Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Study of Arm and Hand

creator: Edwin Howland Blashfield, American, 1848–1936

medium: Charcoal on off-white wove paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy P. Huntington


title: borders

medium: Block-printed and flocked paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Sketches of Furniture

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Furniture Usa


title: Sampler

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

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Plate in Nouveaux livres de peintures de salles et d’escaliers (New Books on Paintings for Rooms and Stairs)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Design for the Banqueting Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and red, white gouache, watercolor, silver paint, pen and black ink, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Colonial Restoration Society of Bellerose Creedmoor Farm


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

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Study of foliage

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature


title: The Palais Royal, Plate 32 of Vues Pittoresques de Principaux édifices de Paris

creator: J. A. Campion, French, active 1750 - 1800

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Study for Painting "The Landing of Columbus in America," Sala del Minor Consiglio, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy

creator: Francesco Solimena, Italian, 1657–1747

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk on two sheets (joined) of cream laid paper; Verso: Graphite on two sheets (joined) of cream laid paper

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


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

date: handle: 1662–1722; blade: early 18th century

medium: porcelain, gold, steel, silver

country: handle: China (Kangxi)

subjects:
Cutlery
Handle: china (kangxi)

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


title: Frieze

creator: Kayser & Allman

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sketches of Two Buildings

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

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

country: Florence, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Florence, italy


title: Bronze Chandelier, Kaid Bey Mosque, Cairo

creator: Alfred Normand, French, 1822–1909

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, red, green watercolor on tracing paper mounted to heavy wove paper

subjects: Metalwork France

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


title: Bible House, Cooper Institute, Thompkins Market for D. T. Valentine's Manual

creator: Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York

medium: Lithograph on white paper

country: USA

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Hand Shadows

date: mid-19th century

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

country: England

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

credit_line: Gift of Ruth Van Norman


title: Bag

medium: Medium: cotton, silk Technique: printed on velveteen

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England

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


title: Ocean Study with Cliffs and Large Rocks

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Platte Bende decoup de Floeurs (Flat Band of Flowers, Five Different Variations), in Nouveaux Livre de Parterres contenant 24 pensséz diferantes (New Book Containing 24 Different Variations for Garden Beds)

subjects: Architecture Netherland Flowers


title: Cruet Stand

medium: silver plated, metal

subjects: Metalwork England

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed, embossed

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


title: Portrait of Mrs. Henry B. Fuller

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

medium: Graphite on cream laid paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: possibly Cork, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Possibly cork, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Sampler

creator: Jane Dewar, English

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

country: London, England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
London, england

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Berlin Wool Work: Hunting Dog

creator: Heinrich Kuehn, Berlin

medium: Brush and gouache, etching on thick blue wove paper

country: Berlin, Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Berlin, germany

credit_line: Gift of kaltenberg


title: Cameo

date: late 19th century

medium: Paste

subjects: Jewelry Usa

credit_line: Gift of The French Institute


title: Pairs of Stars Motif

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Floral Department of the Great Fair

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa Flowers

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

country: probably England

subjects:
Wallcovering
Probably england

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


title: The Bath House

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut and black ink on off-white laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Textile

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

country: Portugal

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa


title: Fragment

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

country: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

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

credit_line: Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck


title: Jug

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

medium: Tin- glazed earthenware, pewter

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland


title: Sketchbook Page: Rubbing of Syringa Leaf

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite, blue crayon on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Peep-Show Print, View of the Bassin des Suisses, Versailles

creator: Georg Gottfried Winckler, German, 1710 - 1786

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Print
Augsburg, germany

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe

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


title: Mourning sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered and painted on plain weave Label: silk, painted and embroidered with silk

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Waistcoat fronts

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk core thread, flat metal strip and wire coil embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin stitch on 7&1 satin foundation

country: Italy or France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy or france


title: Ceiling paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Street at Saverne

creator: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903

medium: etching and open bite or sandpaper ground on paper, canceled plate

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. David Keppel


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and metallic on linen Technique: cross, stem and satin on plain weave foundation; counted stitches.

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland


title: Fragment

date: 17th–18th century

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

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Russian Guard, Jack of Spades 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


title: Allegorical Figure of Fidelity

creator: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831

medium: Graphite on cream paper, laid down

country: Italy

subjects: Mythology Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Cup, from a Breakfast Service (Tasse; 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: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Corn Exchange, Mark Lane, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

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


title: Woman Pleading for a Soldier's Life

creator: Victor Semon Pérard, American, 1870–1957

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Covered Butter Dish (One of a Pair)

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Freemason's Hall, from "Ackermann's Repository"

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper


title: Choppy Ocean with Large Rock and Sun Breaking through Clouds

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Fragment

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


title: Sidewall

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


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: twisted fringe, embroidered cord

country: Peru

subjects: Trimming Peru

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Agnes M. O'Donnell


title: Pleated fan and case

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: Silk bobbin lace leaf backed with silk, mother-of-pearl sticks, paste jewel at rivet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Cap streamers

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: Fashion Plate no. 347 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes

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

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Ceiling paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Lady in Colonial Dress Striking a Gentleman with Her Fan

creator: Thure de Thulstrup, American, b. Sweden, 1848 - 1930

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Figure
Usa


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Fashion Plate no. 308 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes


title: Border

date: early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France


title: Fragment

date: 15th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: two heights of cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain weave foundation with supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: The Last Judgment, 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: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Man's robe

medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: embroidered on satin weave Label: silk satin embroidered with silk and metallic yarns

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, chain, overcasting, star and knot stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Austria

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Austria

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Undulating Lattice Motif

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Ceiling paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Study of Clouds and Waves

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


title: Border

creator: Josephine Howell

medium: Block printed on machine-made paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Nine of Spades

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Washington State Park and Recreation Commission


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Trimming

medium: cotton, silk, wool, wood

country: England

subjects: Trimming England

credit_line: given by Miss Amy R. Knox


title: Headcovering

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

country: Chantilly, France

subjects:
Lace
Chantilly, france

credit_line: Gift of Salisbury Day from the Estate of Katharine Day


title: Fragment

date: mid–late 18th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

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


title: Tassel

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe


title: Chairs

medium: fruitwood, wool tapestry, brass-headed nails

subjects: Furniture France

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Greenfield


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Columbia Wallpaper

country: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Bristol, pennsylvania, usa


title: Pennant-Winged Night-Jar, Plate 5 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: Escallier du comte d'Albemarle a Voorte (Stairs of the Count d'Albemarle de Voorste), in Nouveaux livres de peintures de salles et d’escaliers (New Books on Paintings for Rooms and Stairs)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Figure of America

creator: Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: fruitwood

country: Eger, Bohemia

subjects:
Woodwork
Eger, bohemia

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Reproduction textile

medium: Medium: silk, cotton Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile in a 7/1 satin foundation (velvet)

country: France

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Josephine

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Ronald S. Kane


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed and flocked

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Josephine Howell


title: Mâts placés sur le Pont-Neuf aux Fêtes de Juillet 1838 (Flagpole for Pont Neuf, Paris, July Festival 1838)

creator: Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on cream paper, mounted on beige paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Architecture
Paris, france

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine printed paper, liquid mica

country: New Brighton, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brighton, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Jack of Clubs


title: Pleated fan

medium: Metallic net leaf backed with silk, embroidered with sequins and paillettes, carved and pierced sandalwood sticks

country: USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry Woodward Haynes


title: Fragment

creator: Bannister Hall Printworks

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave; three blue warp threads in each selvage

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

credit_line: Gift of John Judkyn


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Tassels

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread, wire, glass Technique: embroidered

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Ewer with a Bas-Relief

creator: Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567

medium: Engraving

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

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


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

subjects: Architecture Netherland Landscapes


title: Palampore

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant-painted and resist-dyed (chintz)

country: India

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Restricted Funds


title: Sampler

medium: Technique: various embroidery stitches.

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Alice Jennings Smith in memory of Ruth Jennings Terrill


title: Ersten Ausgab seines vorhabenden Wercks

creator: Johann August Corvinus, German, 1683–1738

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Wall Elevation

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

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

subjects: Architecture Drawing England

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: England or France

subjects:
Wallcovering
England or france


title: Design for Drapery, Possibly for Library

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
England


title: In Our Room, Bourges

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sketches of Decorative Panels or Grillwork

medium: Graphite on beige paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Architecture
Usa


title: Summer in the Country

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: Ornament Design

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Frame

medium: Brass, tin and glass

subjects: Enamel Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sampler

creator: Colette du Wel

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Rabat fragment

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Study of candelabras

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Creamer and lid

creator: Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, Russia

medium: Porcelain

country: Saint Petersburg, Russia

subjects:
Ceramic
Saint petersburg, russia

credit_line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson


title: Firescreen

medium: Hand-painted on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Birds on Lattice

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Stage Design: Ringstadten Castle, for the Last Scene of Undine

creator: Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German, 1781–1841

medium: Colored acquatint

subjects: Theater Germany

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


title: Wall Decoration, Domus Aurea, Rome

creator: Vincenzo Brenna, Italian, 1745 – 1820

medium: Brush and gouache, watercolor, over etching trimmed to the plate mark

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Wallpaper design
Rome, italy

credit_line: Gift of Peter W. Josten


title: Jar and cover

date: possibly 19th century

medium: Bronze, inlaid metal

country: Philippines

subjects: Metalwork Philippine

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate

country: Nantes, France

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: The Glengary Habit, from R. Ackerman's Repository of Arts, &c.

date: September 1, 1817

medium: Wood engraving on cream paper

country: probably England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Probably england


title: Hancock's Corps Assaulting the Works at the "Bloody Angle"

creator: William Brooke Thomas Trego, American, 1859 - 1909

medium: Pen and black ink on wove paper

country: Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, USA

subjects:
Figure
Spotsylvania courthouse, virginia, usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Design for Wall Decoration, Possibly for Lobby or Vicinity South of Dining Room

date: 1802 or earlier

medium: Brush watercolor, pen and ink on paper

country: England

subjects: Interior England


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Study of foliage

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

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


title: Folding Spoon with Engraved Floral Decoration and Lion Cartouche

medium: silver

subjects: Cutlery Germany Flowers

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


title: Sidewall - sample

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with continuous supplementary weft bound on the front in 1/3 twill

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Fragment

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in satin stitch

country: China

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa


title: Sampler

creator: Maria de la Luz Garcia

medium: Medium: wool, silk Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, knot, cross, buttonhole, chain, herringbone, feather, and running stitches with withdrawn element work and needle made fillings on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Brisé fan

medium: Painted ivory sticks, silk ribbon, mother-of-pearl on guards, rivet set with a faceted stone

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Waistcoat fragments

medium: Medium: silk on silk Technique: embroidered in satin stitch on satin weave

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


title: Cranes

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects: Animal Japan


title: Fan-Shaped Butter Dish

creator: Simpson, Hall, Miller, & Co., Wallingford, Connecticut,1866 – 1898

medium: silver plated, metal, gold

country: Wallingford, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
Wallingford, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


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

creator: Dufour et Leroy

medium: Block-printed

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Rose Franken


title: Sidewall

medium: Fiber composition, tung oil, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

credit_line: Gift of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library


title: Border

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg


title: Study for "Wedding Procession"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Cap streamer

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Winged figure looking upward

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Waves and Three Cliffs

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

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: View On the Chitpore Road, Calcutta, 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: Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen and silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in pattern darning and deflected element work on plain weave foundation with

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching


title: Interior of the Place Dauphin, Plate 79 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"

creator: Les Campion Frères, Paris, France

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fork

medium: steel, silver, ivory

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany


title: Frieze

creator: Kayser & Allman

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Textile

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Commander Henry H. Gorringe


title: Fashion Plate no. 319 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes

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

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: The Sphinx, Egypt

medium: Pastel crayons on blue-gray wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Plate

medium: Glass

subjects: Glassware Europe

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache on brown paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Matchsafe

medium: Molded vulcanite

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Lincrusta bedburg

medium: Lincrusta

country: England or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Stan Dufford


title: Towel

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: embroidery using raised knotted stitch

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Ceiling paper

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Lys (Lillies) from the Service de la Culture des Fleurs (Flower Cultivation Service)

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects: Ceramic France Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Christ before Herod, 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: Butter Spreader from Rockledge Service

creator: George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926

medium: silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

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


title: Tigridia Conchiflora Var. Canariensis, Plate 86 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

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

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: Belgium

subjects: Botany Print Belgium


title: Ceiling paper


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


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

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: England

subjects: Botany Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Lincoln Johnson


title: Sketches of Trees and a House

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

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

country: Florence, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Florence, italy
Trees

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Sidewall

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Sketchbook Page: Two Heads

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Fragments

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound weave

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Fragments

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

country: Italy or France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or france

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: British Institution, Pall Mall, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sellier-Carossier, pl. XI 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: Plate (One of Three)

creator: Manufacture de Nast, French, founded ca. 1783 - 1835

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Interior of the Drury Land Theater, London

creator: Augustus Charles Pugin, French, active Great Britain, ca. 1762–1832

medium: Etching with color aquatint, hand colored

subjects: Theater England

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


title: Pleated fan and case

medium: Gilded and gouache-painted skin leaf; mother-of-pearl sticks with metal foil, wood box lined with silk

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Decanter and stopper

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Candle holder

medium: Iron wrought

country: Switzerland

subjects: Metalwork Switzerland

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


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk on cotton Technique: chain stitch embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Antiquarian and Landmarks Society, Inc.


title: Stormy Seas at Minot's Ledge Lighthouse

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Border

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: cross stitch embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt


title: Ten of Spades

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

date: late 19th century

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: The Needles from Alum Bay

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

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

country: England and Germany


title: A Hunt Scene

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

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Fragment

date: 17th–early 18th century

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

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran


title: Sidewall

creator: Carl Herting, German

medium: Block-printed, gold foil applique, silver

subjects: Wallcovering Germany

credit_line: Gift of Deutsches Tapetenmuseum


title: Les Huguenots

creator: Pignet et Cie

medium: Block-printed on paper

country: Saint-Genis-Laval, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Saint-genis-laval, france

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Lovat's Ghost on Pilgrimage

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

medium: Mezzotint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Figure
London, england


title: Stokesia Cyanea, Plate XLII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

creator: Mrs. Withers, English, active 19th c.

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england


title: Sampler

creator: Augustina Barero

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

country: Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: gold metallic foil and gold metallic foil wound onto yellow silk Technique: bobbin lace

subjects: Lace Spain

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


title: Roland Slaying Isabella

creator: Keller

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Frieze

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: Fireplace

date: 16th century

medium: Etching on paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Germany


title: "Assyrian Head" Pattern Table Spoon

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

medium: silver plated, metal

country: Meriden, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Meriden, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Sketchbook Page: Caricature

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Candlestick

medium: glass

subjects: Glassware Ireland


title: Rough Cliff Study

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

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Chintz

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for black, 2 reds and 2 purples applied by pen and brush: yellow and blue applied by brush, used together for green; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Pleated fan

medium: Paper leaf backed with parchment, gilded and painted with watercolour, carved and pierced ivory sticks with silver and gold spangles, mother-of-pearl plaque at rivet

country: England or France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England or france

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: probably France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Probably france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John Early Jackson


title: Frieze

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

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa


title: Pleated fan

medium: Paper leaf with gilded and hand-colored lithograph, pierced ivory sticks with silver foil, mother-of-pearl washer at rivet

country: possibly France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: St. John from St. John Lateran's Basilica

creator: Camillo Rusconi

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Sheet of cartoons of contemporary life

creator: A. Bonaventure, French

date: October 29, 1866

medium: Pen and black ink on glazed linen

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henriette B. Bonaventure


title: Demitasse Spoon with Bee

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: gold plated, silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate

country: Nantes, France

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


title: Miser's 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: The Government House, Fort St. George, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Border corner

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Coverlet fragment

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: double cloth

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift Of Mrs. Irma P. Anderson


title: Sketchbook Page


title: Dress panel

medium: Medium: silk, silk chenille, silk-wrapped corrugated strips of flat metal, silk-wrapped wire coils, feathers, brilliants, paper Technique: embroidery on 8-harness satin using satin, stem and couching stitches, 5-harness satin appliqué

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
France

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


title: Arabesque with lions

creator: Arthur & Robert

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund


title: Pierrot Figure

medium: Brass

subjects: Container Europe

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


title: Sidewall - fragment

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Design for Curtains, for the Music Room or the Banqueting Room, Brighton, Royal Pavilion

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on wove paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Kneeling Figure of St. Ignatius Loyola

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Study of foliage

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

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


title: Brodeur (Embroiderer), Section 18, Plate 1, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades), vol.19

creator: Benoît-Louis Prévost, French, 1735–1804

medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Ewer

date: late 18th century

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Ten of Clubs

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Adam-Hepplewhite

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

medium: Block-printed and flocked paper

country: Rixheim, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Rixheim, france

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


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Purse

medium: Medium: wool on linen ground Technique: brick stitch embroidery on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Stream Framed by Large, Dark Trees

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees


title: Waistcoat, uncut

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

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


title: The Morning Bell, from Harper's Weekly, December 13, 1873, p. 1116.

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: December 13, 1873

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper.

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Carlson


title: Sketchbook Page

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton, silk, metallic thread Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet); continuous supplementary weft

credit_line: Gift of Clifton S. Billings


title: Coif

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk, metallic (metal-wrapped silk-core yarns) Technique: embroidered using running, seeding (speckling), stem and couching stitches on plain weave Label: linen embroidered with silk and metallic yarns in runnning, speckling, stem and couching stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England


title: Designs for Wallpaper and Textiles: Insects

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Insects


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Bag face

date: mid–late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: satin, chain and knot stitch embroidery


title: Frieze

creator: Warren, Fuller and Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Pitcher

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: earthenware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Sidewall

creator: J. C. Arnold, Kassel, Germany

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

country: Kassel, Germany

subjects:
Wallcovering
Kassel, germany

credit_line: Gift of Deutsches Tapetenmuseum


title: Perfume Bottle from Traveling Dressing Case

creator: Thomas Whitehouse, British, active 1848-98

medium: glass, silver

country: London, England

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Sidewall

creator: Albert Ainsworth

medium: Machine printed on oatmeal paper

country: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hackensack, new jersey, usa

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


title: Dish with lid

creator: Wedgwood, English, established 1759

medium: Glazed earthenware (Queen's ware)

country: Etruria, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Etruria, england


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Frieze

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Figures

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA


title: studies of costumed male figures

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: black, sanguine crayons, white chalk, on salmon-pink paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Seascape with Beach and Sun Breaking through Clouds

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Landscape, Stechelberg, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

date: August 1, 1867

country: Stechelberg, Switzerland

subjects:
Nature studie
Stechelberg, switzerland
Landscapes
Nature


title: Pleated fan

medium: Paper leaf with hand-colored engraving, ivory sticks, wood guards Background print appears to be block printed. The fan probably opriginally had metallic spangles that have deteriorated and fallen off, leaving remnants of tarnished metal in circular shapes. There is a glazing over the printed colors. Possibly gum arabic?

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Sketches of People on Montreal Boat

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: King of Clubs

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement


title: Le courage à l'Epreuve, Plate 10 from "Inconvénient"

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

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Textile

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

country: Spain

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

credit_line: Gift of Alice Baldwin Beer


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

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

country: England

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

country: Glens Falls, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Glen falls, new york, usa


title: Kneeling Figures (Detail of a Composition of "The Assumption")

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

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Sidewall

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

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Filigree Work

medium: Silver

country: probably Europe

subjects:
Container
Probably europe

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


title: Wall Elevation with Fireplace

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on wove paper

subjects: Architecture Interior England


title: Case for Fork, Knife and Spoon with Ivory Handles

creator: Joseph Willmore

medium: leather, velvet, silver

country: Birmingham, United Kingdom

subjects:
Cutlery
Birmingham, united kingdom

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrill


title: Flounces

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Sketchbook Page

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Fragment with factory marks

creator: I & L Simpson

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed with color added by block on plain weave foundation

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Necklace

creator: Carlo Giuliano, Italian, 1831 - 1895

medium: Gold, enamel, diamonds, pearls, peridots

subjects:
Jewelry
London, england

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


title: Plate X, 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: Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"

creator: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903

medium: Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. David Keppel


title: Ianvarivs (January)

creator: Martial Courteys, French, died 1592

medium: Grisaille enamel, flesh tones, touches of color, and gold on molded copper

country: Limoges, France

subjects:
Enamel
Limoges, france

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


title: Les Chanteurs

creator: Wilhelm Schmidt, German, 1842 - 1922

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sampler

creator: Martha Savage

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: counted and uncounted stitches; cross, satin, eyelet, knots and couching stitches on plain weave foundation; interlacing

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Candelabrum

creator: Edward Barnard & Sons, English

medium: silver

country: London, England

subjects:
Metalwork
London, england


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Ticket for "The Author's Benefit Pasquin"

creator: A.M. Ireland

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England


title: Knife

medium: Brass, steel

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Plate XVII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum


title: "Assyrian Head" Pattern Table Spoon

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

medium: silver plated, metal

country: Meriden, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Meriden, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Samples

creator: Interiors Import Co. Inc.

medium: Asphaltum composition, wood

country: USA

subjects:
Model and prototype
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Milton Fisher


title: Lion trap

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

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: An Hindoo Temple, At Deo, In Bahar, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Square

date: 16th–17th century

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

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Fragment

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

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

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


title: Spearhead

date: 19th century

medium: steel

country: Central or East Africa

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Central or east africa

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed on machine-made paper

country: France or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or usa

credit_line: Gift of Delafield, Hope & Linker


title: Square

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block and machine printed

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

credit_line: Gift of Teresa Kilham


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: wool on linen and cotton Technique: warp pile on plain weave foundation

country: Wilton, England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Wilton, england

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


title: Nude Study of Man Walking

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Charcoal on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Georgian House Facade

medium: Ivory, pigment

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Architecture
Container
Possibly usa

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


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Ceiling paper


title: Panel for a shirt front or sleeve

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

country: Balkans

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Balkan

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


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

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

country: England

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Ceiling paper


title: Study of landscape, Norway

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

country: Norway

subjects: Landscape Norway

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


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: Technique: bobbin lace, discontinuous tape

country: Europe

subjects: Lace Europe


title: Sample

date: mid-18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on embossed paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: lace of pre-made tape (looks like needle made) with needle work fillings

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Ceiling border

medium: Machine-printed paper

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


title: Dish

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Fragment

date: early 18th century

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Christmas Out of Doors

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: December 25, 1858

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Floral design for printed textiles

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


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: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Design for a Garden Parterre of Cut Grass and Colored Gravel, from Nouveaux Livre de Parterres (New Book of Garden Beds) from Oeuvres du Sr. Marot

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

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

country: The Hague, Netherlands

subjects:
Architecture
The hague, netherland
Grasses & sedges

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund