title: Sampler

creator: Mary Ann Bottel

medium: Medium: silk on wool Technique: cross, stem, romanian stitches on plain weave wool. Counted stitches.

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Greeting Card with Needle and Thread

creator: Agata Brick Kösemark, Possibly German, active 1820s

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper with steel needle and silk thread

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Ephemera
Europe and 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 Hamill and Barker


title: stick pin

medium: fresh-water pearl, gold, enamel, diamonds

country: France

subjects: Jewelry France

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


title: "Colonnes rostrales, fetes de Juillet 1838"

creator: Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

medium: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on off-white paper mounted on off-white paper

subjects: Architecture France

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


title: Tile

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

date: late 19th century

medium: Glazed stoneware

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Tile
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Florence Barnes


title: Caddy

medium: copper, silver

country: Sheffield?, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield , england

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


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

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

country: Japan

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Sketches of Figures on Boats

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: I Play Poker with the Old Man

creator: Charles Dana Gibson, American, 1867–1944

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Vase

creator: Emile Gallé, French, 1846 - 1904

medium: Earthenware

country: Nancy, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Nancy, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds, and General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Abundantia Terrae

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

date: after 1908

medium: Photostat

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Architecture
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Edging

date: early 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


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

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: England

subjects: Botany Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Louis XVI or Trianon

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of A. Germain


title: Sketchbook Page: Rubbing of Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus) Leaf

medium: Graphite, blue crayon on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Roses

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

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


title: Palampore

date: late 18th century

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

country: India

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Restricted Funds


title: Design for Window Wall Decoration, possibly for Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: View of Blue Seascape with Cliffs and Structures

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: after 1878

medium: Blue colored pencil on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Handkerchief

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Braguin


title: Wrapping cloth (furoshiki)

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: flat surface resist on plain weave

subjects: Poster Japan

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund


title: Ceiling border

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Textile

date: mid-18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds, purple and black applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied over resist.

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Study of landscape, Switzerland

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and watercolro, graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Sidewall

medium: Hand painted on handmade paper

country: China

subjects: Wallcovering China

credit_line: Gift of Hanley Henoch


title: Sidewall - sample

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: wool and cotton Technique: embroidered in half cross and tent stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Europe

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Cushion cover

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: counted stitch; double running and back stitch embriodery on plain weave

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Marco Grassi


title: Pleated fan and box

medium: Linen bobbin lace leaf, incised and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks with silver and gold foil, gilt metal bail

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed on paper


title: Sidewall - sample


title: door knocker

medium: Bronze

subjects: Metalwork Italy

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper, satin ground

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Delafield, Hope & Linker


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Study of a Baby

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

medium: Graphite on grey-brown laid paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Plate

medium: glass

subjects: Glassware Europe

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers and Butterflies

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on blue paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Butterflies & moths
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Study of foliage

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

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


title: 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: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Castles in Spain

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support


title: Study of landscape

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: USA or England

subjects:
Wallcovering
Usa or england


title: Figures from Last Judgment

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, knot, and back stitches with overcasting on plain weave foundation Label: cotton embroidered in satin, stem, knot, and back stitches with overcasting

country: Dresden, Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Dresden, germany


title: Cushion cover

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet), printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

country: England or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Old Woodbury Historical Society


title: Casket

date: first half 16th century

medium: Tooled leather over wood, metal, silk (interior)

subjects: Container Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Ceiling paper


title: House in Granada

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain weave patterned by floats of a set of supplementary warps

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

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


title: Design for Textile or Wallpaper

medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache, pen and blue ink on paper mounted on cream wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France

credit_line: Gift of Lillian M. Travis


title: Chalice cover

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

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Lucius Albinius Rescues the Vestal Virgins

creator: Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and grey, red, and yellow wash on white laid paper

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Fashion Plate, Modes Vraies

creator: Laure Noël, French, 1827 - 1878

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Portrait of Etienne-Jean Bartillot

creator: Jean-Pierre Simon, French, 1650 - 1710

medium: Etching on paper in black ink

country: Japan and Europe

subjects:
Print
Japan and europe
Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Miser's purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Sampler

creator: Charlotte Payne Lloyd

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Dusasumade Gaut, At Bernardes, On the Ganges, 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: Church of Saint Chaumont, Plate 48 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


title: Vase

creator: Joseph Fortune Meyer, 1848 – 1931

medium: earthenware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave, indigo dyed, resist applied with stencil (katazome)

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Quick Landscape with Trees and Mountains

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

country: USA

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

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


title: Coffeepot

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

medium: silver

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Louise B. Scott


title: Ein Spieler aus allen liekannten spielen zusamengesetzt (A Player Composed of All Known Games)

creator: Andreas Geiger, Austrian, 1765 - 1856

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Figure
Vienna, austria

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


title: Asia

creator: Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sampler

creator: Dinah Phillips

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidery

country: England

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: Bag

date: probably 19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: doublecloth

country: Mexico

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Mexico

credit_line: Gift of Marian Hague


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Fragment

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Sample book

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper, oatmeal paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of C. R. Jones


title: Peonies and Plum Blossoms

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Christ Preaching (The Hundred Guilder Print)

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

medium: Etching, drypoint, laid down on cream laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed ingrain paper, applied mica flakes

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Persian miniature: Standing woman

creator: Unknown

date: 18th century

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and opaque watercolors and gold.

country: Persia

subjects: Drawing Persia

credit_line: Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn


title: Sidewall

medium: Oatmeal paper

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Band

date: late 17th century

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Micro-mosaic

medium: Gold sheet and wire, glass mosaics

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome, italy

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


title: Jardin d'Hiver

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Muro

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

country: England or Scotland

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England or scotland

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


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: silk Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet), voided, in satin ground with cut and uncut pile

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: La Bohémienne

creator: Lionel Aristide Lecouteux, French, 1847 - 1909

medium: Etching on vellum

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Closeup of Waves and High Cliffs

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: Textile

creator: Feldtrappe

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: brown printed by engraved roller; yellow block printed on plain weave

country: Rouen, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Bill for making coat

creator: Din Smith

medium: paper

subjects: Ephemera Usa

credit_line: Gift of E. Maurice Bloch


title: Scrapbook of textile swatches

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Sample book
France

credit_line: Gift of Virginia Hamill Johnson


title: A Buggy Horse

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Animal Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Figures in Lotus-Shaped Reserve

medium: Silver

country: China

subjects: Container China

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


title: Sampler

creator: Ann Davies

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Butterfly

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Drawing
England
Butterflies & moths

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Ithaca, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Ithaca, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ceiling paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sketchbook Page: Finances

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sample sheet

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

credit_line: Gift of Alice B. Beer


title: Funerary Portrait of James Cardinal Gibbons

creator: Griffith Baily Coale, American, 1890–1950

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Griffith Baily Coale


title: Fragment

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran


title: Corner detail with partially nude male figure

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: Ocean View with Beach


title: Design for a Printed Textile: Floral Border with Islands on a Lake

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

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

country: Geneva, Switzerland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Geneva, switzerland
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Costaguti coat of arms and part of a female figure


title: Border

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

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


title: Figure with fronds and putto

subjects: Figure France


title: Schlesinger and Mayer Department Store

creator: Louis Henry Sullivan, American, 1856–1924

medium: Cast iron

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company


title: Fragment

date: mid- 18th century

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

subjects: Lace France

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Border fragment

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk, metal-wrapped silk Technique: silk embroidery using back and montenegrin cross stitch; metal thread embroidery using chain, detached buttonhole or looping (sometimes padded), satin, overcast loops, and whipped stem stitches on plain weave

country: Italy or Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy or germany

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa


title: Bandbox

creator: William Campbell

medium: Block-printed paper, lithograph, pasteboard support

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Edith Labouisse Eno


title: Snuff Box

medium: Tortoiseshell, gold

subjects: Container France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Border

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed and embossed

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Aimée and Rosamond Lamb


title: Wall Elevation

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and blue and yellow washes on wove paper

country: England

subjects: Architecture Interior England

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


title: Evening Dress

creator: Rudolph Ackermann, English, b. Germany, 1764–1834

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
London, england


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed, embossed paper

country: France or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or usa

credit_line: Gift of The Metropolitan Museum of Art


title: Ladies' Fashion: Hairdressing and Hats

creator: Johann August Rossmassler, German, 1752 - 1783

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Germany


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed and painted (by brush) on plain weave


title: Architectural Details at Bourges

medium: Graphite on brown-gray paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Niagara River

creator: D. Friend, American

medium: Color lithograph

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Larsen


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Sidewall


title: Vessel

medium: Earthenware, slip

country: Peru

subjects:
Ceramic
Peru
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor Boldgett


title: Russia, Ace of Spades from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sketchbook Page: Meadow Lily

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Lilies

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sketchbook Page: Sketches of Flowers and Leaves

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Flowers


title: Sketchbook Page: Leaf from Vine

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Emperor Napoleon III

medium: Copper, metal

country: France

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


title: figure study for a fountain design

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: black crayon, white chalk, on buff paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Window shade

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Norman Hasselriis


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Interior and Exterior of the Olympic Theater, Near Drury Lane, London

creator: Jacob C. Schnebbelie, 1760–1792

medium: Etching, hand colored

subjects: Theater England

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


title: Vues d'Italie

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Edward L. Nesbitt


title: Church on a Hill

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper


title: Sketchbook Page: Man with Beard


title: Sketchbook Page: Landscape

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Landscapes


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

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects:
Ceramic
France
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Devotional picure of St. Leander, Archbishop of Seville

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolor on vellum

country: Spain

subjects: Print Spain

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Sketch of Landscape and Staircase

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

subjects: Seascape Usa Landscapes


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Komon and Kimekomi Balls

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Sketchbook Page: Ye Ghost (Self-Portrait)

country: USA

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave, indigo dyed, resist applied with stencil (katazome)

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Salt stand

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Window shade

medium: paper, hand painted

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Sampler

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered in satin, running, stem, buttonhole, chain, knot, and bullion knot stitches with withdrawn element and cutwork with needle made fillings on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of C.E. Shade


title: Plate O, F.IIII, Rhombentrikontaeder und Ikosaeder (Rhombic Triacontrahedron and Icosahedron), Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (Perspective of the Regular Bodies)

creator: Wenzel Jamnitzer, German, 1508–1585

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects:
Model and prototype
Germany

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


title: Vernal Fall, 300 Feet, Piwyac

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: borders

medium: Machine-printed paper, flocked, gilt

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Portrait of Unidentified Man

creator: Richard Dighton, British, 1795–1880

medium: Pen and ink with watercolor

subjects: Figure England Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Surtout de Table (Table centerpiece)

creator: Pierre-Philippe Thomire, French, 1751 - 1843

medium: Cast and gilt bronze with hand engraving, cut glass, silvered-mirrored glass

subjects:
Metalwork
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of the Reverend Alfred Duane Pell


title: Pleated fan

medium: Paper leaf with hand-colored etching, pierced and painted ivory sticks, rivet set with faceted stone

country: probably England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Probably england

credit_line: Bequest of Emily H. Chauncey


title: Sketchbook Page: Figure Sketch

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on blue-grey paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Virgin and Child

creator: Girolamo Siciolante, Italian, ca. 1521 - 1575

medium: Graphite, brush and white gouache on blue laid paper

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Rome, italy

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Harry G. Friedman


title: Sidewall

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

medium: block-printed and embossed machine-made paper

country: Rixheim, Alsace, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Rixheim, alsace, france

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


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V.C. Berntgen


title: plate

creator: Paul Revere Pottery, American, 1908 - 1942

medium: earthenware

country: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Boston, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Justin G. Schiller


title: Sketchbook Page: Landscape

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Landscapes


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Fragment

date: 10th century

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

country: Iran

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: An Excavated Temple On the Island of Salsette, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Sidewall


title: Plaid Floral

medium: Block-printed

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Katzenbach and Warren Inc.


title: Knife with Earthenware Handle

medium: steel, silver, earthenware

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly france

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave; yellow and blue applied by brush (no green)

country: possibly Netherlands

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Possibly netherland

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Border

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

country: Belgium or France

subjects:
Lace
Belgium or france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Rufus King


title: The Prodigal Son

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Tea Caddy

medium: earthenware, tin-glaze

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: St. Francis Borgia (de Borja) from St. Peter's colonnade

creator: Vincenzo Mariotti

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Title Page, Vasses de la Maison Royalle de L'oo Nouvellement (Vessels of the Royal House of L'oo)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Design for Flowered Fabric or Wallpaper

medium: Brush and blue and grey gouache, graphite on wove paper

country: France and USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France and usa

credit_line: Gift of Hanley Henoch


title: Thanksgiving Day – The Dance

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: November 27, 1858

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Plank bridge over an Iris Pond

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Butter plate

date: mid- 19th century

medium: Molded tin-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed decoration, overglaze decoration

country: Staffordshire, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Staffordshire, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore


title: Fashion Plate from Le Monde Elégant

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Cover

date: 18th or 19th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen? Technique: embroidery and openwork

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Border

date: early 18th century

medium: Medium: muslin Technique: deflected element work (drawnwork and embroidery)

country: Tønder, Denmark

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Tønder, denmark

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


title: Skirt panel

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain


title: Parade of Louis XIV on the Pont Neuf, Paris

creator: Johann van Huchtenburgh, 1646 - 1733

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print Germany


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on machine made paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Album Cover Design for Le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac)

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Mustard Pot with Attached Stand and Spoon (Moutardier à Plateau; Cuillère à Moutarde)

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

date: early 18th–mid- 18th century

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Decorative panel

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper, varnished

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Interior View, New Theater, Philadelphia

creator: W. Ralph, active 1794–1808

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Theater
Europe and usa


title: Man's coat

medium: Medium: silk velvet, metal thread Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: netting

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Flounce

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Running female figure

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France


title: Ribbon

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: A Stairway

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

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design


title: Ceiling paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Ten of Diamonds

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

date: late 19th century

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Design for a Ewer

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed with hand painting

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Thornton W. Marshall


title: Small Spoon with Fluted Ivory Handle

creator: Joseph Willmore

medium: ivory, silver

country: Birmingham, United Kingdom

subjects:
Cutlery
Birmingham, united kingdom

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrill


title: Fragment

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: wool on linen Technique: embroidered on twill weave

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Mildred J. Davis


title: Plate 2 of the Recueil d' ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique...

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

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: 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


title: Bedcover

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: running stitch and double running stitch on plain weave; plain weave backing; inner layer of wadding

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Edla Cusick in memory of her mother, Aline Bernstein, and Aunt, Ethel Frankau


title: Set for a Christmas Crèche (Nativity)

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

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream paper

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council


title: Plate 8, Design for Gentleman's Costume, Journal des Luxus und der Moden (Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Vol. 2, No. 3

creator: Georg Melchior Kraus, German, 1737–1806

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet)

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran

credit_line: Gift of Friends of Louisa Bellinger


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needlework on hand knotted net

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


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: Fragment

date: early 17th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Design for a Fan

creator: Anna M. de Pool

medium: Pencil, watercolor, and gold on paper. Red seal.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Design for a Teapot

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: appliqué

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy or spain


title: Waistcoat panel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: A Stag Among Trees

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

subjects: Silhouette England Trees

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Pitcher

creator: Holdcroft

medium: Molded and glazed earthenware

country: Longton, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Longton, england

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Marilyn G. Karmason


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Textile

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

country: Netherlands

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Darning sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Bands

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

country: Italy or Belgium

subjects:
Lace
Italy or belgium


title: Waves Breaking on Rocks

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

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Botany Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica flakes

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread, metal sequins, glass beads Technique: appliqué on velvet

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Bandbox lid fragment

medium: Block-printed paper on pasteboard support

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Ceiling Paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Flowers on a Weave

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Flowers


title: St. Elizabeth

creator: Israhel van Meckenem, German, ca. 1440 - 1503

date: before 1500

medium: Engraving on white paper

country: Bocholt, Westphalia, Germany

subjects:
Figure
Bocholt, westphalia, germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: "Culture et Arsonnage du Coton" from Diderot's Encyclopedia, Vol. I

creator: Robert Bénard, French, 1734–1772

country: France

subjects:
Graphic design
France
Graphic arts

credit_line: Transfer from the Cooper Union Museum Library


title: Peonies floating on water

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Deer hunt

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

medium: Black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council


title: Frieze

creator: Wilson and Fenimore

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Design for a Vase

creator: Jacques Damery, Flemish, 1626 – 1685

medium: Etching on white laid paper

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Rome, italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Samuel W. Bridgham


title: Plate 1954, Modes de Paris (Paris Fashion), Petit Courrier des Dames, Journal des Modes (Little Ladies' Mail, Fashion Journal)

creator: Samuel and Joseph Fuller, London, England

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

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Library


title: Cerasus Avium

creator: Lemaire, Paris, France, 1846-1955

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print France


title: Sarong

date: 19th century

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

country: Indonesia

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

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Thebes

creator: Liberty & Company, London, England, founded 1875

medium: Mahogany, leather

country: England

subjects: Furniture England

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


title: Textile

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

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Chasse de Campaigne


title: Figures near a Ruined Colonnade

creator: Charles-Louis Clérisseau, French, 1721 – 1820

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and brown and gray wash, white gouache on off-white laid paper

subjects: Architecture France

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


title: Frieze

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


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: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: deflected element work (drawnwork and embroidery)

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Design for a Rocaille Ornament

creator: Crace & Son, British, 1768 – 1899

medium: Brush and gouache, gold paint on dark blue wove paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
England

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


title: Matchsafe

date: probably 19th century

medium: Brass, leather, paper

country: USA

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Robed figure with whip

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool, linen Technique: embroidered on warp-faced plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Scene of a Spanish Inquisition

medium: Etching on paper

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Equipment Used for Making Silk Textiles

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sampler

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

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Botany Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Vitré

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Interior Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Chest

medium: Leather-covered wood, iron lock, brass tacks, fabric, paper.

country: Concord, New Hampshire, USA

subjects:
Container
Concord, new hampshire, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Paul G. Darrot


title: Knife

medium: Steel, mother-of-pearl, horn

country: Habaner, Eastern-Central Danube, Austria-Hungary

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


title: Olive-Backed Sunbird, Plate 16 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: Moses

creator: Robert Nanteuil, French, 1623 – 1678

medium: Etching on paper in black ink

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed and flocked on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Two sketches of Ridges

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: The Select Wall Papers

creator: Diament & Co., A.L., 1885

medium: Machine-printed, block printed, intaglio printed, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Various Donors


title: Tea caddy and cover

date: late 18th century

medium: Porcelain painted in enamels

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Susanne

creator: Charles Albert Waltner, French, 1846 - 1925

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Window Alcove for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

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

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Cap crown

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Fragment

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Knife with Axe Shaped Blade and Dragon

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: West Front of Saint Patrick's Cathedral

creator: James Malton, English, 1761 - 1803

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print England


title: Persian Pattern Ice Cream Knife

creator: Edward C. Moore (1827-1891)

medium: gold plated, silver

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
New york, usa


title: Waistcoat pocket

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Temple of Minerva, Athens, Greece

creator: Hubert Robert, French, 1733 – 1808

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and brown, green, and gray wash on white laid paper, laid down

subjects: Architecture France

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


title: Title to the Monesteries

creator: Ludwig Friedrich

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Sketchbook Page: Red Whelk

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sketchbook Page


title: Christ Appearing to His Mother

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on off-white laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Border

creator: Jacquemart & Bénard, France

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: Ornament Design, Three Panels

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and metal embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, chain, satin, knot, double running, buttonhole, herringbone, and four-sided stitches and areas of deflected element work on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Lidded Jar with Full Moon and Birds

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: earthenware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Mourning Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave Label: Silk, embroidered in silk

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Passementerie, Dessins de Galons

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Window Wall Elevation

medium: Pen and gray ink on wove paper

subjects: Architecture Interior England


title: Pyramide surmontée d'un vase monumental, from "Collection de divers sujets de vases, tombeaux, ruines et fontaines, utile aux artistes..."

creator: Jean-Laurent Legeay, French, ca. 1710–86

date: 1768, published 1770

medium: Etching

credit_line: Gift of Whitney Warren


title: Textile

date: 18th or 19th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: satin, stem, chain and couching stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Iran

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Caricature

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Sketchbook Page: Sketch of a Genet


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper mounted on plaster

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Dow


title: Border

medium: Block printed and flocked paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Jar

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa


title: Convolvulus Cneorum

creator: Brion, French, active 19th c.

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Chintz fragments

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants (2 reds, 2 purples, 2 browns) applied by brush or pen, sometimes over resist; yellow and 2 blues (over resist) applied by brush; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Interior View of the Coburg Theater, London

creator: Jacob C. Schnebbelie, 1760–1792

medium: Etching, hand colored

country: England

subjects: Theater England

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


title: England, Ace 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


title: New Gate, Chapel, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe


title: Ceiling detail with winged male figure

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: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: "A [Match] For You"

medium: Silver, enamel

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Fashion Plate, Modes Vraies

creator: Laure Noël, French, 1827 - 1878

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper


title: Sampler

creator: Ludmilla Herzog

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

country: Hungary

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Hungary


title: Le Soir [The Evening]

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Germaine Little


title: Allegory of Time and Old Age, plate 32 of "Iconographia Complectens In Se Passionen..."

creator: Melchior Küsel I, German, 1626 - 1683

medium: Etching on paper

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Mythology
Print
Augsburg, germany


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed on ungrounded paper

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Architectural panels from the Western Methodist Book Concern Building, Chicago, Illinois (Harry B. Wheelock, architect)

creator: Kristian Schneider, American, 1865 - 1935

medium: Molded terracotta

country: Chicago, USA

subjects:
Architecture
Ceramic
Chicago, usa

credit_line: Gift of Peter R. Miller


title: Country Scene

creator: Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823–1900

medium: Graphite, brush and white gouache on pale blue paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Chalice cover

date: mid-17th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


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


title: Knife

medium: silver, enamel, steel

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Campanile of St. Barnabas, Venice

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on blue-grey paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Cruel effets d'une digestion interrompue, Plate 5 from "Inconvénient"

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

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Ocean Breaking on High Cliffs

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: Candlestick

creator: Louwijs Victorsz

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: St. Nicholas of Tolentino from St. Peter's colonnade

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, back, and half-cross stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: with Hidden Photo Compartment

creator: Battin & Company, American, 1896 - 1922

medium: silver, photo, celluloid

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa


title: Textile

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

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

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


title: Veil pin

medium: Gold, emeralds, diamonds, silver

subjects: Jewelry France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Quick Study of Ocean and Cliffs with Moon

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


title: Kimono

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: resist printed with a stencil on plain weave

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Japan

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund


title: Tape Measure Case

creator: Unger Brothers, Newark, New Jersey, 1872 – 1919

medium: silver

subjects:
Metalwork
Newark, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Alice Stern


title: shrine, votive with figure of four-armed Ganesha

date: 12th century

medium: Brass

country: Northern, India

subjects:
Metalwork
Northern, india

credit_line: Gift of Paul Manheim


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

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


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Picture

creator: C.W. White

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed by engraved plate (with color added) on 7&1 satin

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Ceiling paper

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: Design for Stained Glass Window

creator: Sir Walter Sterling of Drumpellier, Scottish, 1780–1864

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

country: Scotland

subjects: Glassware Scotland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann


title: Reverie

creator: Henri-Emile Lefort, French, 1852 - 1916

date: After 1882

medium: Etching on vellum

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Sidewall

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Nemesis

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

country: Nuremberg, Germany

subjects:
Figure
Nuremberg, germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


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

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Two Sketches of Men

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Landscape with Large, Dark Trees and Haystacks, probably Newport

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

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


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Block printed, hand painted, gilded on handmade paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: White Men Stalking a Tiger

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

subjects: Silhouette England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Lausanne Chimneys

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Candelabrum

creator: Alphonse Giroux & Cie, 1799–1867

medium: Gilt bronze

subjects:
Metalwork
Paris, france

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Fiber composition, tung oil

credit_line: Gift of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library


title: Three figures

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk yarn, glass beads Technique: bead-linked mesh

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Textile

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: stamped

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England

credit_line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers and Birds

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Birds
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Folding Fork with Damascened Floral Handle

creator: FGS

medium: steel, gold, brass

country: possibly Carlsbad, Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly carlsbad, germany
Flowers

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


title: House of Lords, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Two winged figures with crowns


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Louis XVI Pattern Teaspoon

creator: Joseph E. Birmingham

medium: silver

country: San Francisco, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
San francisco, usa

credit_line: Gift of Joy Newport Jepson


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: "Peintures decoratives du theatre du Franconi dans le grand carre des champs elysees 1833"

creator: Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

medium: Watercolor, graphite Support: off-white paper mounted on off-white paper

subjects: Architecture France

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


title: Okabe, Mount Utsu, 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

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Knife

medium: Brass, steel

country: England

subjects: Cutlery England


title: Christ Driving the Merchants (or Money Changers) from the Temple, from The Little Passion Series

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Architecture Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Women doing washing near a cow-herd

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

medium: Red chalk on white paper

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


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: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of The Metropolitan Museum of Art


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: metal beads, silk Technique: metal beads sewn on to machine-made net using running and back stitches


title: Trophy composed of musical instruments

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

medium: Pencil and watercolors on paper

country: USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Izabel M. Coles


title: Trade Card: Advertisement

creator: John Comyn

medium: Engraving Support: white laid paper

subjects:
Trade card
England

credit_line: Purchase in memory of Sarah Amelia Cooper Hewitt


title: Frieze


title: Frieze

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


title: Dado

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Frieze

creator: Kayser & Allman

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Edna de Frise


title: Plate 7, Chart from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Bartholomeo Vincent

subjects:
Maps & charts
Print
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Plate 46, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on paper

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


title: Fragment

date: 18th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H.P. Davison


title: Sampler

creator: Catherine Monteith, American

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

country: Albany, New York, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Albany, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York


title: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on off-white laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany


title: Temple Church, from "Ackermann's Repository"

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Architecture Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Drawing

date: late 19th century

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

country: France and USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France and usa

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


title: Four 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


title: Study of seascape, Murano, 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: Decorative panel

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed panel

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Alan Moss


title: "Assyrian Head" Pattern Fish Serving Fork

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

medium: silver plated, metal

country: Merriden, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Fish
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Merriden, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Bowl

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: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Crosshatching Motif

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Knife with Agate Handle

date: late 17th century

medium: steel, silver, agate

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Souvenir picture

medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Boris Kroll


title: Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Singer in Concert-Toilette

creator: Jenny Lind, Swedish, 1820–1887

medium: Lthograph on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Toys & game
Europe
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten


title: Purse

medium: Medium: metal, glass beads Technique: knitted with beads

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiesenberger


title: Six of Spades

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Fylfot motif

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


title: Traveling Fork with Ivory Handle

medium: ivory, silver

country: France

subjects: Cutlery France


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: Fashion Plate

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

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
England


title: Japonesque Style Pattern Number 5 Frunit Knife

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

medium: gold plated, silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Vase

creator: Kataro Shirayamadani, Japanese, 1865–1948

medium: earthenware, copper

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Cat and kitten

date: late 19th–early 20th century

medium: Cast and painted brass

country: Austria

subjects: Miniature Austria

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Fashion Plate from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes, no. 41

creator: Heloïse Leloir, French, active 19th c.

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sampler

creator: Dinah Bird, English

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, rococo, running and double running stitches on plain weave foundation; sewn to linen tape and mounted on paper

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Panel

medium: Medium: cotton, linen, silk Technique: applique on a linen foundation with buttonhole, fishbone, knot, stem and chain embroidery stitches

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: "In Me A [Match] You'll Always Find"

creator: Sampson Mordan & Company

medium: Silver, enamel

country: London, England

subjects:
Container
London, england

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


title: Design for a wall panel in Moorish Style

creator: J.D. Woodward

date: about 1894

medium: Blue and yellow watercolors on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Beach and Ocean

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: Border

date: late 16th–early 17th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Border

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: linen, metal thread Technique: embroidered cutwork

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Two Sketches of Mr. Bowle’s Home

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

date: early 19th century

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

country: Spain

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

credit_line: Gift of Alice Baldwin Beer


title: Seascape with High Cliffs


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on continuous machine-made paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Valentine Greeting

medium: Brush and watercolor on embossed paper

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Shoreline with Calm Sea, Possible Debris

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound


title: Niche with statue

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Architecture France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Sidewall

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured ground

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: On Escalier de Geants

medium: Graphite on gray paper


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on paper


title: The "Ariel" Over the Pyramids

creator: W. Walton

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Decorative panel

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Alan Moss


title: Pleated fan

date: late 18th–mid- 19th century

medium: Gouache-painted and gilded parchment leaf backed with paper, pierced, carved, painted and gilded ivory sticks, tortoise shell rivet

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Possibly germany
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Bag face

date: mid–late 18th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Goblet with Hunting Scene

date: 19th century

medium: Glass

subjects: Glassware England

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on joined sheets

credit_line: Gift of Gladys Voorhees Clark


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

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

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Wall Decoration, Blue (South) Drawing Room

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Pleated fan and case

date: late 18th century

medium: Silk leaf, pierced, carved and painted ivory sticks with applied gold foil

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Title-page for an Album of Drawings, "Disegni originali di artisti moderni"

creator: Giovanni Piancastelli, Italian, 1845–1926

medium: Pen and black ink, charcoal stumping Support: thick white wove paper

subjects: Ephemera Italy

credit_line: Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Soup Tureen

creator: John Wakelin, English, active 1776 – 1805

medium: silver

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: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on laid paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Fan leaf

creator: Antoine Denis Chaudet, 1763 – 1810

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed by engraved plate on 7\1 satin weave

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Miss C. Frances Beiber


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Frieze

country: USA


title: Panel

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Medium: silk on cotton Technique: embroidered

country: Portugal

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Portugal


title: Waves Crashing on Beach with Row of Cliffs in Distance

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: Chrysanthemums

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Sampler

creator: Merwine Family

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: Border

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Robert L. and Mrs. Jean L. Thompson


title: La côu et la pluie, que c'est romantique! Plate 3 from "Inconvénient"

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

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry N. Flynt


title: Female Mask and Butterflies

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

medium: Silver

subjects:
Container
Providence, rhode island, usa
Butterflies & moths

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


title: Chintz

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

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Chintz

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant for black, 1 red and 2 purples applied by pen and brush over resist; madder dyed; blue applied by brush over resist; chintz on plain weave


title: Lucullus

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Sidewall

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


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france


title: Pocket

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Robinson Crusoe

medium: Machine printed with engraved copper rollers

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Frances Irene Clark


title: Textile

date: 18th–19th century

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

country: Indonesia

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

credit_line: Gift of Herbert Emken


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ivy and Willow Motif

country: Japan


title: Sketchbook Page: Arrow Head

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Lotus-shaped cup

medium: Colored faience (ceramic frit)

country: Egypt

subjects: Ceramic Egypt

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Pleated fan

date: mid- 19th century

medium: Painted paper leaf with applied silk and ivory; pierced and carved ivory sticks, gilt metal bail with knotted silk tassel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China

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


title: Brisé fan

medium: Pierced tortoise shell sticks, silk ribbon

country: possibly France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Possibly france
Shells & molluscs


title: Sampler

creator: Maria Nadeouton

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk on cotton Technique: embroidered in satin, back, long-armed cross, knot, stem, double running, cross, and aztec stitch (withdrawn element) on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Traveling Spoon

medium: silver, brass

country: Northern Germany or Denmark

subjects:
Cutlery
Northern germany or denmark

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


title: Textile

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

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


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Bracelet

date: late 19th century

medium: Formed, pierced and carved tortoiseshell

country: Naples, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Naples, italy

credit_line: Gift of Christian Rohlfing


title: Ceiling paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin

creator: Jean Morin, French, 1605 - 1650

medium: etching on paper with black ink

country: France

subjects:
Decorated paper
France
Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Frieze

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Textile

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

country: Manchester, England

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Cap streamers

date: early 18th century

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Fragment

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: damask, supplementary weft

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Japan


title: Flask

date: 18th century

medium: Glass

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

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


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

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: England

subjects: Botany Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Sketchbook Page

country: USA

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Knife

medium: Mother-of-pearl, brass, horn, steel

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Cutlery
France or italy


title: Fragment

date: possibly 12th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered


title: Fragment

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

country: England or France

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council


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: Textile

date: 17th century

medium: Technique: woven, combination of two structures

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Okazaki, Tenshin Bridge, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

country: Japan

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Teaspoon from Rockledge Service

creator: George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926

medium: silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

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


title: Collar

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Wall Elevation with Fireplace and Two Doors

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

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

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Pan-American Exposition

creator: Whitehead & Hoag Company

medium: Plated metal, printed celluloid

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa

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


title: Ceiling paper


title: Sidewall


title: Border

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

country: Italy or Germany

subjects:
Lace
Italy or germany


title: Sidewall

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


title: Folding Knife From Traveling Cutlery Set

medium: silver, gold

country: probably Carlsbad

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably carlsbad


title: Pillow for making bobbin lace

medium: Medium: wood, straw, linen, iron, copper, oil cloth, cardboard. Technique: patterns and tools

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Robert C. Greenwald


title: Edging

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Printing block

medium: Medium: wood

country: Crayford, England

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Crayford, england


title: Cover

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: trapunto embroidery on plain weave

country: Europe

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Edla Cusick in memory of her mother, Aline Bernstein, and Aunt, Ethel Frankau


title: Towel end

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needlework on knotted net

country: Germany

subjects: Lace Germany

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


title: Pleated fan and case

date: late 19th–early 20th century

medium: Silk leaf, tortoise shell sticks

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Ignudo from Sistine Chapel ceiling

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Self-Portrait

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Etching in black ink on paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Western Methodist Book Concern Building, Chicago, Illinois (Harry Bergen Wheelock, architect)

creator: Kristian Schneider, American, 1865 - 1935

medium: Molded terracotta

country: Chicago, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Chicago, usa

credit_line: Gift of Peter R. Miller


title: Sketchbook Page: Boy's Head

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: possibly Waterford, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Possibly waterford, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Advertisement for McLaughlin's Coffee from the Children's Scenes and Life Series

creator: Cosack & Co., Buffalo, New York, USA

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Ephemera
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Carol MacDonald


title: Landscape with Houses

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper

country: USA

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Interior and Exterior Views of the Regency Theater, Tottenham Street, London

creator: Jacob C. Schnebbelie, 1760–1792

medium: Etching, hand colored

country: England

subjects: Theater England

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


title: Christmas Boxes in Camp – Christmas, 1861

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: January 4, 1862

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Valentine Greeting

medium: Brush and watercolor, embossed metal paper on embossed white paper

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Nevers

medium: Graphite, brush and orange wash on pink paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Border

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on ingrain paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Figure of Harlequin Dancing with Columbine

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic Germany


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Figures

medium: Painted terracotta, glass (eyes)

country: Italy

subjects: Ceramic Italy


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on paper


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: Machine-printed on continuous paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Seven of Clubs

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

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Chalice cover

medium: Medium: silk, metal and coral beads Technique: embroidered and beaded

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain
Corals & anemones

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sampler

creator: Susanna Hope Spilsby, English

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Study of landscape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


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

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

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


title: Sample

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


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: Spherical Cane Handle

medium: wood, silver

country: India

subjects: Metalwork India

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor