title: Archbishop's Throne and Canopy; Six Separate Studies for a Throne, Prie-Dieu, and Canopy

creator: Hippolyte-François Joseph Equennez, 1772 – 1854

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache, traces of black chalk, ruled border in pen and black ink on heavy white paper

country: Tournai, Belgium

subjects:
Furniture
Tournai, belgium

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Frederick Formes Horter


title: Commemorative picture

medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard-woven

country: USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Gift of Carol MacDonald


title: Band

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, Binche style with no ground

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sampler

creator: Francisca Montero

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sketchbook Page: Whale

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sketch of Kenyon Cox

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

subjects: Portrait Usa


title: Print

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: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Thornton W. Marshall


title: Rail Road Suspension Bridge near Niagara Falls

creator: C. Parsons

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of William J. Donald


title: Study of seashore, Rhode Island

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

country: Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Seascape
Rhode island, usa

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


title: Circular snuff box

creator: Claude-Pierre Pottier, French, active 1778 - 1806

medium: Stamped and rolled gold, cut opalescent glass, metallic foil

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Container
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Stripes and Dianthus Flowers

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
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Seated Monkey

date: late 19th century

medium: Patinated brass, glass

country: Europe

subjects: Container Europe

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Female Figure


title: Textile

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

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Fork with Agate Handle

medium: silver, agate

country: England

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Sampler

date: 19th century

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: red and purple printed by engraved roller; green and blue relief printed; tan ground printed by blotch roller; plain weave foundation

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Ceiling paper

creator: The Art Wall Paper Mills

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Frieze

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Plate 43, 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: Hôtel des Invalides, Plate 44 from "Vues Pittoresques des Princepaux Édifices de Paris"

creator: Les Campion Frères, Paris, France

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Towel fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: eccentric weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Europe

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Arming the Knight

creator: William Ridgway & Co., Staffordshire, England, 1830 - 1848

medium: Steel engraving on paper


title: Warfare Illustration

subjects: Print Netherland


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Charmeur d'Oiseaux

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

country: Normandy, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Alice B. Beer


title: Sketch of Rough Sea with Rocks and Dark Sky

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

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Design for a Lambrequin in Wool Work

creator: Hertz and Wegener

medium: Brush and gouache on pre-printed squared paper

country: Berlin, Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Berlin, germany

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


title: Sidewall


title: Bridge of Louix XVI, Plate 68 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"


title: Design for Embroidery, Corner of Gentleman's Waistcoat

creator: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786

medium: Brush and gouache, pen and black ink on oiled translucent paper, joined at center

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

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


title: Band

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Needle case

medium: Label: stamped leather covers, painted silk leaves lined with wool

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Germany

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


title: Cord with tassels

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: metallic thread, pailettes, glass stones

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe


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

medium: Wood engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france


title: Sleeve lace (engageante)

date: early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France


title: Chasuble

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidered on foundation of plain weave with continuous supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick W. Greenfield


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed, distemper paint

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of the Preservation Society of Charleston, S.C.


title: Fashion Plate from Le Monde Elégant


title: Folding fork

creator: Gavet Coutelier, France

medium: Silver, wood, steel

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france


title: Design for a Box Cover

creator: Anna M. de Pool

date: About 1894

medium: Gold, water color, on paper. Red seals

country: USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Darning sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Floral design for printed textiles

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white laid paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Vase (Plate 9 of a Series)

creator: Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567

medium: Black ink on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

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


title: Wood block

medium: Wood, brass

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Purchase in memory of Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce


title: Darning sampler

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching


title: Brooch

medium: Hair (human), gold

subjects: Jewelry Usa

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Haynes


title: Sample

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

country: Enghien, Belgium

subjects:
Lace
Enghien, belgium


title: Collar

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered on plain weave; bobbin lace

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

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

subjects: Lace England

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Vase

creator: Munden

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Tassel

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe


title: Un Amour de Jeunesse

creator: Carl Ernst Forberg, German, 1844 - 1915

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Spring Blossoms

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: 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: Sampler

creator: Sarah Grundy

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: counted stitches; cross, long-armed cross, and four-sided cross stitch on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Cameo

medium: Paste

credit_line: Gift of The French Institute


title: Waistcoat

date: mid- 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Ornament Design

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


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: Textile

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Bottle

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

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

medium: Etching on laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Sampler

creator: Ysabel Mancilla

medium: Medium: wool, silk, and cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, double running, and aztec stitch (withdrawn element work) on plain weave foundation

country: Tlaxcala, Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Tlaxcala, mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Kenneth Lutz


title: Sidewall

medium: Embossed paper

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


title: Metropolitan Fair Building, New York

medium: Wood engraving on paper

subjects: Print Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Alexandria Bridge, Chickamauga

creator: Harry Fenn, American, 1845–1911

medium: Pen and ink on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Demitasse Spoon with Centipede

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: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sketches of Heads

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper; verso: green paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Candle Snuffer

creator: Thomas Radcliffe, English

country: London, England

subjects:
Metalwork
London, england

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


title: Textile

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed

country: Jaipur, India

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

credit_line: Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Cornish Coast ocean with Boat on Horizon

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Portrait of Sir George Wombwell and His Brothers

creator: Richard Dighton, British, 1795–1880

medium: Pen and ink with watercolor

subjects: Figure England Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Jack of Hearts

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: Sketchbook Page: Female Nude

medium: Graphite on laid paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.


title: Spearhead

medium: steel

country: Central or East Africa

subjects:
Metalwork
Central or east africa

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: "Escepcional De La Espanola"

medium: Plated metal, enamel

country: Probably Europe

subjects:
Container
Probably europe

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


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support, newsprint

credit_line: Gift of Staten Island Museum


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: natural linen Technique: lace of early premade tape with needle fillings

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

country: USA/England ?

subjects: Wallcovering Usa/england

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Mercury, from The Seven Planets

creator: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Astronomy Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Carceri Series, Plate X

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Wall tile

medium: Lead-glazed earthenware

country: Ottoman Empire (present day Syria)

subjects:
Tile
Ottoman empire (present day syria)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell C. Veit


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on continuous paper

country: France or England

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or england

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Frieze

creator: Alfred Peats Company

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Snuffbox mounted with two miniatures

medium: Mother-of-pearl, chased gold, inlaid lacquered tortoiseshell, hand-painted watercolor on ivory, glass

subjects:
Container
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Batteur d'or, Plate I

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

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Kain panjang (long sarong)

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

country: Yogyakarta, Indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Yogyakarta, indonesia

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Sampler

date: 11th–15th century

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft (brocade)

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Miser's purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crochet, embroidery

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element work

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain


title: Plate XLIX from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france


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: Catafalque of Louis Boucherat, Second State, St. Gervais, Paris

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

medium: Engraving in black ink on paper

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


title: Chalice cover

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Belgium or Italy

subjects:
Lace
Belgium or italy

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Six of Diamonds

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Bandbox

medium: Machine-printed paper, pasteboard support, newsprint

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk, glass beads, pearls Technique: beads sewn on individually and as applique of pre-made shapes, on 4/1 satin foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Adrienne A. Sheridan


title: Fork

creator: Herder

medium: ivory, steel, silver

country: Germany / Netherlands

subjects:
Cutlery
Germany / netherland

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


title: Band

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Three Landscapes, Design for Washington Board of Trade Dinner, May 13, 1908

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on thin board

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: embroidered in stem stitch on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Peru


title: Dining Hall, Asylum, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Textile

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

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

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


title: Study of a Statue, or Cast

medium: Graphite on light brown paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Mantle Clock Supported by a Hotei ("Laughing Buddha")

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

medium: soft paste porcelain; enamel, brass, steel, glass, bronze, gold, porcelain

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

creator: Ithaca Wall-Paper Mills, Ithaca Wall-Paper Mills, inc. 1900-1907

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Ithaca, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Ithaca, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ornamental detail with botanical motifs

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects:
Botany
Ornament & design
Ornament
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Side chair

date: mid-19th century

medium: papier mâché, parcel gilt black lacquer, mother of pearl

subjects: Furniture England

credit_line: Gift of Jennifer C. Kruger and Lucy C. Stark


title: Bamboo Stalk

medium: Patinated and gilded copper

country: Japan

subjects: Container Japan

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


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: View of the Decoration of a Dome for the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago

creator: J. Carroll Beckwith, American, 1852–1917

medium: Printed on sensitized paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leon Dabo


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Sketchbook

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: The White Plume

creator: Cephas G. Childs, 1793–1871

medium: Lithograph with black ink on India paper

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Matchsafe Depicting Train Ticket and View of Monte Carlo

medium: Silver, enamel

country: probably France

subjects:
Container
Probably france


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed; glazed

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: The Cliff Dwellers of New York

creator: Mary Nimmo Moran, American, 1842–1899

medium: Etching and scotch stone tone in brown ink on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Ruth B. Moran


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


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: Carceri Series, Plate VI

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis


title: Sampler

creator: Anna Joaquina Aguirre y Guadalajara

medium: Medium: glass beads and silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, long-armed cross, and overcasting sewing on beads, on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Le départ pour la promenade, from La vie de château

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Pendant and slide

medium: Gold, brilliants

country: Normandy?, France

subjects:
Jewelry
Normandy , france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand


title: Decorative panel

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
France


title: Cap

medium: Medium: cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in knots, back stitch and underside quilting on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed

country: Jaipur, India

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

credit_line: Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck


title: Piety

creator: Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch, 1566 – 1651

medium: Brush and white gouache, and black chalk on gray laid paper

country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

subjects:
Figure
Amsterdam, netherland

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Portrait of George Beets

creator: Richard Dighton, British, 1795–1880

medium: Pen and ink with watercolor

country: England

subjects: Figure England Portraits


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: 3-1 twill weave

country: India or Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
India or iran


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Colorado State Historical Society


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland


title: Bowl

date: 13th century

medium: Glazed and lustered stonepaste

country: possibly Kashan, Iran

subjects:
Ceramic
Possibly kashan, iran

credit_line: Gift of Ephron Gallery


title: Scenic

creator: Sadie Agnes Estelle Irvine, American, 1887–1970

medium: Molded earthenware

subjects: Ceramic Usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Dessert Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: White-Eyebrowed Longtail, Plate 2 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


title: Border

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

medium: Block-printed and flocked

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

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


title: Christ in the Garden

creator: Georg Pencz, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: The Atlantic, Nude Study for "The Marriage of the Atlantic and Pacific," Mural in the Senate Chamber in the Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, WI

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on cream laid paper

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Border

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Wine glass

medium: glass

country: Great Britain

subjects:
Glassware
Great britain

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore


title: Sampler

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

country: Austria

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Austria


title: Study of Light and Clouds on Ocean

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Isometric View of Torra de Ottaggio

creator: Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

country: Italy

subjects: Landscape Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Sidewall

creator: Crossler and Wilt Wallpaper Co.

medium: Machine-printed

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

credit_line: Gift of Daphne Cox


title: Coca bag

date: possibly 1200

medium: Medium: wool Technique: Section A) complementary warps, plain weave; Section B) warp-faced plain weave

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Sampler

creator: Isabell Morison, Scottish

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

country: Scotland

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Scotland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Study of Trees

medium: Red chalk on laid cream paper

subjects: Landscape Italy Trees


title: Textile

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

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: A Member of Commodore Perry's Party, Western Woman on a Horse

creator: Yoshitora Utagawa, Japanese, active 1850 - 1870

medium: Woodcut on mulberry paper

country: Japan

subjects: Print Japan

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Panel

medium: Medium: linen, wool, wilk Technique: needlepoint; counted stitches

country: Europe

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Fouad M. Al Akl


title: Sidewall

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

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa

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


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Cup and Saucer with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Fragment

date: 12th–13th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: resist-printed Label: resist printed cotton

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Portrait of a Young Woman

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Black crayon, white chalk, on buff paper

country: USA

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Chintz

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


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Shin'Ichiro Foujita


title: Stylized floral design for printed textile

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed ingrain paper, applied mica flakes

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Study of landscape, Baveno, Lake Maggiore, Italy

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

date: September 1857

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

country: Baveno, Lake Maggiore, Italy

subjects:
Landscape
Baveno, lake maggiore, italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: beaded crochet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Walking and Morning Dress

creator: Ackermann’s, London, England

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
London, england


title: Sampler

creator: Harriet Jane Coon

date: 19th century

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

country: Half Moon, New York, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Half moon, new york, usa


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Pitcher

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

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Biloxi, mississippi, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Vase

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: earthenware, glaze

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of J. Lionberger Davis


title: Purse

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: metal thread on silk Technique: embroidered on satin foundation

country: France or England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France or england


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Frieze

creator: Liberty Paper & Bag Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Ceiling paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Border

date: mid-16th century

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Orphrey

date: 15th–16th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk, metallic thread Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

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


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

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Patchwork cover

medium: Medium: silk, cotton Technique: chromolithography printed on 7 & 1 satin, stitching

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded


title: Border

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: raffia Technique: plain weave, pieced, pom-poms

country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

subjects:
Trimming
Democratic republic of the congo


title: Countryside with Stream and Trees

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

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


title: Panel for women's trousers

date: 18th–19th century

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

country: Iran

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Iran

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


title: Cathedral Rock, Yosemite

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Wood Motif

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Folding Fork and Spoon Bowl with Eagle Finial

date: early 17th century

medium: silver

country: Possibly Zeeland, Netherlands

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly zeeland, netherland

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


title: Chintz

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 3 reds and black applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; 2 blues applied by brush over resist; yellow applied by immersion over resist; madder in orange stripe applied by block; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

country: USA


title: La Maison qui brule

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

country: Nantes, France

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Three Designs for Wall Sconces in the Chinese Taste, Plate 48 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs

creator: Thomas Johnson, English, 1714–1778

medium: Etching on cream laid paper, bound in book

country: England

subjects: Furniture England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter


title: Sketch of Ocean with Tall Vertical Cliffs

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Pleated fan and case

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: Silk leaf embroidered with steel sequins, mother-of-pearl sticks with steel piqués, mother-of-pearl washer

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Design for Grotesque Decoration

creator: Unknown

date: mid–late 16th century

medium: Pen and brown ink, black chalk on off-white laid paper, mounted on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

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


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: crochet (interlooping)

country: Germany

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

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: St. Francis from façade of S. Silvestro in Capite

creator: Vincenzo Felice

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Sketchbook Page: Notes on Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Design for a Frontispiece, Allegory of America

creator: Marten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603

medium: Graphite, pen and brown ink, red chalk, brush and gray wash on white paper lined with heavy laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Mythology Figure Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt


title: Sheath

medium: silver, enamel

subjects: Cutlery Germany


title: Sampler

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

country: Friesland, Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Friesland, netherland


title: Frieze

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


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: Sujets et Liste des Objets de Dessert par ordre (List of Subjects for the Service on the Theme of Desserts by Order)

medium: Pen and brown ink, red crayon on cream laid paper

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Sidewall

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

medium: machine-printed on machine-made paper

country: Rixheim, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Rixheim, france

credit_line: Gift of Delafield, Hope & Linker


title: Study of Seated Nude Figure

creator: Louis Schaettle, American, 1867–1917

medium: Charcoal on light brown paper

credit_line: Gift of Miss Mae Schaettle


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

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


title: Border, uncut

creator: J. & Comp'y.

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Samuel J. Dornsife, A.I.D.


title: Fragment

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask, 4&1 satin weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

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


title: Overskirt

medium: Medium: raffia, hemp Technique: embroidered with buttonhole and pile stitches on plain weave

country: Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Kasai, democratic republic of the congo

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers and Birds

medium: Brush and gouache on gray paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Birds
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: General Thomas Swearing in the Volunteers Called into the Service of the United States at Washington D.C.

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

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


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textile: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers


title: Tremal Naig's Choultry, Madura, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Beating Cotton

medium: Brush and watercolor on mulberry paper

country: China

subjects: Figure China

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel


title: Coverlet fragment

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: wool, linen (or cotton) Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft patterning (overshot)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Sarah S. Denner


title: Tile

creator: J.G. & J.F. Low Art Tile Works, 1883 – 1902

date: late 19th–early 20th century

medium: Glazed stoneware

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Tile
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Florence Barnes


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

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Reclining Woman

creator: Eugene Andre Champollion, French, 1848 - 1901

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Textile

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed (2 reds, 2 purples, yellow, brown and blue) on plain weave foundation

country: probably France

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica flakes

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Orphrey

medium: Medium: silk, metal, linen Technique: embroidery, couched gold and silver threads

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy or spain

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Harry G. Friedman


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered and appliquéd

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Sidewall

creator: Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hackensack, new jersey, usa


title: Sampler

date: 17th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Frieze

creator: Liberty Paper & Bag Co.

medium: Machine-printed

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V.C. Berntgen


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold Norton of the Hayden Company


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Au Bords de la Riviere

medium: Block printed on joined sheets

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Mary Cramer and Mattina Proctor


title: Textile

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

country: Nantes, France

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund


title: Design for a Wrought Iron Light Fixture

creator: Anna M. de Pool

medium: Pen and ink, watercolor on Bristol board. Red seals.

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Ornament Design, Two Panels and Urn with Vulcan

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Design for a Plate

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on continuous paper

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


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Antiquarian and Landmark Society, Inc.


title: Bracelet

medium: Dyed horsehair

country: probably England

subjects:
Jewelry
Probably england

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


title: On the Beach at Long Branch – The Children's Hour

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica


title: Sidewall


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: France

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: embroidered in stem stitch on plain weave foundation

country: Peru

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Peru

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes


title: Textile

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

country: England

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Plaque

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Ceiling paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Tradecard, Crace and Son

medium: Etching, brush and aquatint on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
England
Graphic arts

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


title: Study of Cliffs, Mt. Desert, Maine

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on wove paper

country: Mt. Desert Island, Maine, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Mt. desert island, maine, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Helen Haseltine Plowden


title: Darning sampler

creator: S. Hille

medium: Medium: silk, cotton, wool Technique: embroidered in running (pattern darning) and cross stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Sidewall

creator: Alfred Peats Company

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sketchbook Page: Young Man with Sketchbook


title: Boats Sheltered by Rocks on Shore near Choppy Sea

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: Doorway in Orléans

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sketches of Heads

medium: Graphite on paper; verso: green paper

subjects: Portrait Usa


title: Connanicut Island with Fort Adam

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


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Fragment

date: 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet), cut and uncut

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Psyche's Lovely Self


title: Shawl fragment

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave with interlocking

country: Russia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Russia

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Riefstahl


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed, gauffre, gilt, flock

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Eight of Hearts from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Portrait of Josse de Momper, from the Icones Principum Virorum

creator: Anthony van Dyck, Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641

medium: Etching on paper in black ink

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Sampler

creator: Susan Eve

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: Textile

date: 9th–12th century

medium: Medium: undyed linen warp (Z2S), Z-spun wool weft with S-spun undyed linen Technique: weft-faced plain weave; slit tapestry with non-horizontal wefts

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Emil Delmar


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: appliqué

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sharkskin Cutlery Case Lid

medium: sharkskin, wood

country: Europe

subjects: Cutlery Europe

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


title: A Parisian Ball – Dancing at the Mabille, Paris

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: November 23, 1867

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Frieze

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold Norton of the Hayden Company


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Frederick Beck & Co., 1860

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Plate LV from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk, metal, cotton and metal-wrapped cotton threads on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, knot, herringbone, overcast cords, running and cross stitches, with deflected element work with overcasting

country: Dresden, Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Dresden, germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Amorino

creator: Orazio Fontana, 1540 – 1571

date: possibly ca. 1600

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

country: possibly Urbino, Italy

subjects:
Ceramic
Possibly urbino, italy

credit_line: Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy


medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple

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

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects: Architecture Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Night Landscape with Stream and Moon in Cloudy Sky

medium: Pen and black ink on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Chintz fragments

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

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Designs for Colored Glass Vases

medium: Brush and rose and green wash, gold gouache, graphite on white wove paper

country: Czechoslovakia

subjects: Glassware Czechoslovakia Roses

credit_line: Gift of Virginia Hamill


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed, machine-made paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Italy


title: Dessert Spoon with Hornet

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Sampler

date: mid-19th century

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: wig stand

creator: Factory of Leroy

date: mid-18th century

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Marseille, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Marseille, france

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


title: Ruffle fragment

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Remembrance Greeting

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor montage on paper

country: England

subjects:
Greeting card
England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Frieze

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Tall Rocky Cliffs and Rough Ocean

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Urn

medium: Ormolu mounted cut glass, gilt bronze

subjects: Metalwork France

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


title: Design for Window Drapery

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
England

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

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

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Fraktur: Bird and Flowers

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

country: Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Calligraphy
Pennsylvania, usa
Birds
Flowers


title: Cap crown

date: late 17th–early 18th century

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Watch House, St. Mary le Bone, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects:
Print
Europe
Skeletons & bones


title: Box

medium: Opal matrix, diamonds, emeralds, gold, gilding, silver

country: USA

subjects: Container Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

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

medium: embossed

country: Alsace, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Alsace, france

credit_line: Anonymous Gift


title: The Army of the Potomac – A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty

date: November 15, 1862

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Frieze

creator: Kayser & Allman

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed


title: Seashore, Newport, RI

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: October 18, 1877

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Newport, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Seascape
Newport, rhode island, usa


title: Jersey Street, New York

creator: J. S. Hodgson

medium: Pencil on white paper

subjects: Drawing Usa


title: Handkerchief

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Braguin


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed

country: Switzerland

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

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Riefstahl


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, ribbed, liquid mica


title: Designs for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on beige paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Button with portrait of a lady

date: 18th century

medium: Painted paper, metal, glass

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France
Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott


title: Bread Tray

medium: copper, silver

country: Sheffield?, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield , england

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Flask

date: 1st–4th century

medium: glass

country: Roman Empire, probably Syria

subjects:
Glassware
Roman empire, probably syria

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Lucnow Taken From the Opposite Bank of the River Goomty, 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: Trimming

medium: Medium: wool, linen, silk Technique: stamped

subjects: Trimming Usa

credit_line: Gift of Lea S. Luquer


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: The Printer

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Comb

medium: tortoiseshell

country: possibly France

subjects:
Jewelry
Possibly france

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Design for a Pitcher

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

medium: Brush and watercolor, gold, white gouache, pen and ink on cream paper

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Sketchbook Page: Standing Figure and Bust

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cut, withdrawn, and deflected element work with pattern darning and needle-made fillings on plain weave foundation

country: England, Germany, or Denmark

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
England, germany, or denmark

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sidewall

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Study for "Koshari–or Indian Fun-maker"

creator: Eugene Higgins, American, 1874–1958

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Alpheus Cole


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

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland Landscapes

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Bowl and lid

medium: Earthenware

subjects: Ceramic Switzerland

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


title: The Snodgrass Farmhouse, Chickamauga

creator: Harry Fenn, American, 1845–1911

medium: Pen and ink, with white gouache, on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Brighton Palace

medium: Letterpress, etching and aquatint, brush and watercolor on white wove paper mounted on heavy cream board, lines ruled in color and gold paint

country: England

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Council


title: Sidewall - sample

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


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

creator: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789

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

subjects: Cutlery France

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


title: The Annunciation, 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: The Nailing to the Cross, from The Little Passion Series


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed and flocked

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Charles R. Gracie & Sons, Inc.


title: Sketchbook Page: Sketches of Flowers

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Flowers


title: Two of Spades

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Plate

medium: porcelain, overglaze decoration

country: Saint Petersburg, Russia

subjects:
Ceramic
Saint petersburg, russia

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Band

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Sampler

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in running, double running, herringbone, stem, back, eyelet, cross, knot and satin stitches with detached looping on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Textile

medium: Medium: linen Technique: relief printed linen, quilted

country: England or Ireland

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

credit_line: Gift of John Judkyn


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Button

medium: brass

country: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Waterbury, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott


title: Textile

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

country: India

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in withdrawn element work, aztec stitch, on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Two Male Peasants Singing

medium: Laquered wood, enamel, sandpaper

country: Russia

subjects: Container Russia

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


title: Fruit Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

subjects:
Cutlery
Fruits
Paris, france

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


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Standards and Wall Decoration, Banqueting Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal beads Technique: beaded crochet

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Leather Case For Traveling Cutlery Set

medium: leather, silk

subjects: Cutlery Italy


title: Annunciation to the Shepherds

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

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: damassé (5-harness satin, interruption of 2, warp-faced for background plus 4/1 twill, weft-faced for pattern)

country: Spain

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles


title: Allegorical Centerpiece of the "Four Continents"

creator: Ludwigsburg Pottery & Porcelain Factory, German, 1758 - 1824

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Blue (South) Drawing Room, Proposed Wall Decoration

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Interior England


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Borders

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

country: France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

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

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

country: Florence, Tuscany, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Florence, tuscany, italy

credit_line: Gift of Janos Scholz


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Glens Falls, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Glen falls, new york, usa


title: Side wall elevation

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and tan-colored wash on wove paper

country: England


title: Certificate of Membership in the Book-binder's Guild

creator: Johannes Ibersperger, Austrian

medium: Pen and red and black inks on parchment; silk ribbon with seal in wooden mount mechanically attached to certificate

country: France and England

subjects:
Ephemera
France and england

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool, linen Technique: tapestry weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Tassel

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

subjects: Trimming Italy


title: Flounce

subjects: Lace France

credit_line: Sarah Cooper Hewitt Fund


title: Sidewall

medium: Embossed and printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Ornament

date: early 17th century

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Italy

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Portrait of Albrecht of Brandenburg

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Portrait Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Study of violet leaves and grass

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite, brush and gouache on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Grasses & sedges
Nature

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


title: Frieze

creator: Leissner & Louis

medium: Machine-printed, embossed paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Salem Art Association


title: Le Vieux Coq (The Old Rooster)

creator: Felix Bracquemond, France, 1833 – 1914

medium: etching in brown ink on cream paper

subjects: Print France


title: Handkerchief

medium: Medium: linen Technique: plain weave center, bobbin lace (late Valenciennes ground)

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


title: Shawl

medium: Medium: wool Technique: twill weave with supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Cole Younger


title: The Orchard Wind-Break, Illustration for The Century Magazine (XXXVII, No. 4, February 1889, p. 501)

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

medium: Wood-engraving in black ink on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of E. Maurice Bloch


title: Study of landscape

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Fragment

creator: Miles & Edwards, 1847

medium: Technique: block printed on plain weave foundation; block registration marks visible

country: London, England

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Dado

medium: Embossed

credit_line: Gift of the Commission of Renovation of the Executive Mansion


title: Messrs. E.G. Henderson & Son's Horticultural Establishment, Wellington Road, St. John's Wood, London

creator: E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england


title: Knife with Antler and Silver Handle

medium: antler, steel, silver

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably germany

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


title: Vignette for Ladies' Fashions

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

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Paris, France, Europe

subjects:
Print
Paris, france, europe


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Prince of Babylon

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

medium: Machine-printed

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Bowl and lid

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

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk and metallic thread embroidery, foil strips, coiled gilt wire, and spangles on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in running, stem, satin, knotting, and couching stitches on plain weave foundation; faces painted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Germany


title: Dado

medium: Machine-printed on continuous paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Paper Sample

medium: Coated paper

subjects:
Decorated paper
England

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


title: Flask and stopper

medium: Glass, straw, cork

country: Possibly Asia

subjects:
Container
Possibly asia

credit_line: Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi


title: The Ostrich Hunt

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Stained glass window: First communion

creator: John C. Wolf

medium: Brush and watercolor on heavy paper

country: USA

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George F. Bateman


title: Darning sampler

medium: Medium: linen, wool, cotton Technique: embroidered in running (pattern darning) and cross stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sampler

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cutwork with pattern darning and needle-made fillngs with deflected element work on plain weave foundation

country: England or Northern Europe

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
England or northern europe


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in eyelet, cross, marking cross, knot, chain, and running (pattern darning) stitches on plain weave foundation Label: Linen embroidered with silk in eyelet, cross, marking cross, knot, chain, and pattern darning stitches

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold Norton of the Hayden Company


title: Two-tined Fork with Brass Handle

date: early 18th century

medium: steel, brass

country: Netherlands or Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Netherland or germany


title: Letter opener

date: 19th century

medium: Ivory

country: France

subjects:
Appliance & tool
France

credit_line: Gift of Kit Robbins


title: Neckerchief

medium: Medium: cotton on linen Technique: cutwork, embroidery, bobbin lace inserts

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Campaign ribbon

medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Boris Kroll


title: Medicis

creator: Cristalleries de Saint-Louis

medium: Pressed glass

subjects: Glassware France

credit_line: Gift of Cristalleries de Saint-Louis


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Edna de Frise


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Nancy V. McClelland


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

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


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk, metallic threads, sequins, linen (backing) Technique: embroidered using knot, split, satin, surface satin, and couching stitches on silk plain weave; plain weave linen backing

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace England

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


title: Ornament Design, Arabesque Panel between Roman Standards

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Teapot

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

medium: silver, ivory

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Gift of John V. Rowan, Jr. in memory of Winifred D. Shrubsole (Mrs. Eric N. Shrubsole)


title: Sketchbook Page: Self-Portrait

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Band

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in long-armed cross stitches on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk in long-armed cross stitch

country: Greece

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Greece


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: General Ulysses S. Grant

medium: Plated brass

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Vase

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: stoneware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: La fils du fernier, from La vie de château

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Design for Doorway

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Design for China Decoration

creator: Mary Morison Brownson, American

medium: Gold, watercolor on paper. Red seal.

subjects:
Tableware design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: The Small Horse

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: High Cliffs Overlooking Beach

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Coca bag

medium: Medium: wool Technique: plain woven with complimentary warp patterning

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


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

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: "Full of the D"

date: copyrighted 1888

medium: Silver

subjects:
Container
Providence, rhode island, usa


title: salt

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Block-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sketchbook Page: Sleepy

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Annie, Seated

creator: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903

medium: Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. David Keppel


title: Fragments

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

country: India

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
India


title: Ceiling paper

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Ornament Design, Tripod between Roman Standards

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

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing
Rome, italy


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Kayser & Allman


title: Ceiling paper

country: USA


title: Border

medium: Medium: raffia Technique: plain weave embroidered with stem and pile stitches

country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Democratic republic of the congo

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Fragments

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

country: England or France

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


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Two Cones, plate H. iiii in Persepctiva. Corporum Regularium

creator: Wenzel Jamnitzer, German, 1508–1585

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Model and prototype
Switzerland

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


title: Cap streamer

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed and flocked

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Ceiling paper

credit_line: Gift of Antiquarian and Landmarks Society, Inc.


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, ribbed ground


title: Shawl

medium: Medium: wool Technique: plain and interlocked twill tapestry; pieced together Label: plain and interlocked wool twill tapestry, pieced together

country: Kashmir, India for European market

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Kashmir, india for european market

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand


title: Two Hounds at Play

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

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

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Cover

medium: Printed and embossed cardboard.

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Usa

credit_line: Gift of The Package Designers Council (Francis E. Blod, President).


title: Lilium Tigrinum Flore Pleno, Plate 27 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 Lilies

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Towel

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, back, double running, four sided, and deflected element work on plain weave foundation; end with knotted fringe sewn to towel

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Textile

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

country: Coromandel Coast, India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Coromandel coast, india

credit_line: Gift of John Carter Brown


title: Design for a Capital

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

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

subjects: Architecture France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council


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 Mrs. V.C. Berntgen


title: Miser's purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: netted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

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

country: Milan, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Milan, italy


title: Interior of the Pantheon Theater

creator: Wise

medium: Colored line engraving

country: England

subjects: Print England

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


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace


title: Figure of a Man: Study from Life

creator: Agnes Blackwell

medium: Charcoal on paper; watermark

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Frieze

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sketches in Siena

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Two-Tined Fork with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Knife)

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

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

subjects: Cutlery France

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


title: Wallpaper Design: Reconciliation of Venus and Psyche

creator: Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851

medium: Graphite, black, white chalk, brush and black ink on brown coated paper mounted to paperboard

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallpaper design
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Christian H. Aall and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund


title: Ceiling paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Plate 12, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

creator: Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed; highly glazed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Dish

medium: Glazed earthenware

subjects: Ceramic Switzerland

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


title: Fork

medium: Brass, steel

subjects: Cutlery England


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed; glazed


title: Sidewall

creator: Thomas Strahan & Co., Manufactory

medium: Machine-printed

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Panel

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

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


title: Sidewall

creator: W. Campbell & Co.

country: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hackensack, new jersey, usa


title: with Pocket Knife

medium: Silver, gilding, metal

country: London, England

subjects:
Container
London, england

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


title: Sugar Bowl

creator: R. & W. Wilson, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active ca. 1825 – ca. 1846

medium: silver

subjects:
Metalwork
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Louise B. Scott


title: Le Peintre

creator: Adolphe Alphonse Géry-Bichard, French, 1841 - 1914

medium: Etching on paper

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: USA


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: plain weave embroidered with withdrawn element work, needlework filling stitches, bobbin lace

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Footed Bowl

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Floral Design for printed textiles


title: The Hammock

creator: James Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 – 1902

subjects: Print England


title: Sketches in Milan

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of Four)

creator: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789

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

subjects: Cutlery France


title: Senegal Lark-Hell, Plate 20 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: Study of lagoon, Venice, Italy

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Butter plate

date: mid- 19th century

medium: Molded earthenware, underglaze and overglaze decoration

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore


title: Hara, Fuji at Daybreak, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

medium: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper

country: Japan

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Designs for Two Knife Handles

creator: Johann Theodor de Bry, German, 1561 - 1623

date: 16th century

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Metalwork Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and through gift of Mrs. Edward C. Post


title: Design for a Window, Possibly for Lobby or Vicinity South of Dining Room

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: 1802 or earlier

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstradter


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on continuous paper, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering England

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


title: Sidewall - fragment

creator: Huet

medium: Block printed on paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Bowl

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

medium: silver plated, britannia metal

country: Meriden, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
Meriden, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Portrait of a Young Woman

creator: Unknown, American

medium: Oil on canvas

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos