title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Various Symbols Motif

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

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 Helen Snyder


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

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


title: Sampler

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, knot, cross, and couching stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Austria

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Austria

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Butterfly

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

country: England

subjects:
Drawing
England
Butterflies & moths

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Corner Design for Mosaic Floor

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

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

country: USA

subjects: Tile Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Study for Proposed Music and Arts Center, New York, NY

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Pastel on brown wove paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Renaissance doorway with Egyptian vase

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: Dado

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


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

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Cathedral Spires, Yosemite

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Study of arm

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on gray paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


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

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Folded Shirt with Child's Head for "New York Clothing House, Baltimore."

date: late 19th century

medium: Brass

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Upholstery fabric

medium: Medium: wool, linen on hemp ground Technique: cut velvet (velours d'Arras or moquette)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Madame Raimundo de Madrazo


title: Fragment

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton, wool batting Technique: block-printed and resist-dyed plain weave, quilted

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


title: Souvenir square

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: 4\1 satin printed by chromolithography and embossed Label: cotton satin printed by chromolithography and embossed

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith


title: Border

date: mid-18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Sidewall

creator: A. H. Davenport, American

medium: Block-printed and flocked paper

country: Alsace, Rixheim, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Alsace, rixheim, france


title: Jaques' Extracts showing Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley, California

creator: Jaques Atwood & Co., Chicago, Illinois

medium: Lithograph on heavy white wove paper

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Graphic design
Europe and usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Carol MacDonald


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Laurence Colwell


title: Rocher St. Michel, Le Puy

medium: Graphite on brown paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Bird Among the Peonies

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Architectural Details at Nevers

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Ceiling paper


title: Woman smoking

medium: Cast and chased silver

country: Possibly Newark, NJ, USA

subjects:
Container
Possibly newark, nj, usa


title: Spring in the City

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Fork

medium: steel, glass beads, thread

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Plave LVI from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Ceiling paper

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Cover

medium: wood

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Lattice Motif

date: late 18th - mid 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Portrait of Frau Wetterstein

creator: F.A. Meyer, German, active 19th century

medium: Black and white crayon, and brush and wash on paper

subjects: Drawing Germany Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: City Skyline

medium: Graphite and white heightening on light brown paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Sampler

date: 18th century

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Embroidered picture

creator: Mary B. Tyrrell

medium: Medium: silk, plain weave Technique: stem, satin, knot stitching; long floating stitching for foliage; faces, hands and background painted

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Shin'Ichiro Foujita


title: Tiraz tapestry fragment

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: tapestry weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation, linen back Technique: embroidered using satin and stem stitch in twelve colors of silk, two colors of couched silk chenille, appliqué of black silk plain weave on 7&1 satin foundation.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Ceiling medallion

medium: Block-printed

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


title: Fashion Plate from Le Moniteur de la Mode

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

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Temple hanging

date: 13th century (bodhisattva), 18th–19th century (hanging)

medium: Medium: silk, metal threads, paper Technique: the bodhisattva is needle looping technique; the hanging is made from various woven fabrics sewn together

country: China

subjects:
Architecture
Embroidery & stitching
China

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition Fund


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of Four)

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

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

subjects: Cutlery France


title: Advertisement for "England's Glory Matches, S.J. Moreland & Sons"

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: Fragment of a bag

medium: Medium: wool Technique: Tapestry) dove-tailed, use of non-horizontal weft; diagonal flat interlacing; braiding–4-strand; sides stitched together to form bag; warp ends covered by stitching forming opening; diagonal flat interlacing; braiding 4-strand

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded


title: Les Amateurs de Paysage

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Head of a Turbaned Youth

creator: Giuseppe Nogari, Italian, 1699–1763

medium: Red chalk on cream paper

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Portrait
Venice, italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Box

medium: Rock crystal, gilt metal

country: France

subjects:
Container
France
Minerals & gems

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Border

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: raised needle lace

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


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

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

medium: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper

country: Japan

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: The Writer's Buildings, Calcutta, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of W. & J. Sloane


title: Two Sketches of Lisieux

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite, brush with blue wash and white heightening on blue-gray paper

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Design for a Side Table

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

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

subjects: Furniture Japan


title: Border

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


title: Writing kit

medium: Wood (ebony?), ivory, gold, steel, metal, cork

subjects:
Appliance & tool
France

credit_line: Gift of Clinton Wilder


title: Sketches of a Fountain in Rome

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Promenade Dress

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

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
London, england


title: Window shade

medium: Block printed and flocked, applied mica flakes, canvas

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Miser's purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, steel Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Punch-Carving Pattern

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Sampler

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

country: Austria

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Austria

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Darning sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Monks in a Cloister

creator: Friedrich Schroeder, German, 1768 - 1839

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: "Dad's Coming!", from Harper's Weekly, November 1, 1873, p. 969.

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: November 1, 1873

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Carlson


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed


title: Street Scene


title: Textile

date: early–mid-18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic Technique: damask with supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Regence

creator: Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of A. Germain


title: Seated female figure in robes

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: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Brisé fan

medium: Tortoise shell sticks and bail, silk ribbon

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


title: Commemorative picture

medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Carol MacDonald


title: Design for Firescreen, Four Hounds

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

medium: Black crayon, graphite on tracing paper

subjects: Metalwork Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on green wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Figure of a Dog

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

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


title: Trees, Stream, and Distant Town

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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: Border

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

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Melle Noblet

creator: Henri Grevedon, 1776–1860

medium: Lithograph in black ink on paper

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


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Interior View of the Academy of Music as Seen from Dress Circle

creator: A. Brown and Company

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Brooklyn, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


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: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, wood support

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Vase

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: earthenware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Pleated fan

medium: Gilded parchment leaf painted in watercolors, carved and gilded mother-of-pearl sticks with gold and silver foil

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Ornament Design

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textile: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Kitchen Scene with Rear Bedroom, possibly for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Stripes Motif

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Drawing

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

country: France and USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France and usa

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


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

creator: Dufour et Leroy

medium: Block-printed, mounted on muslin

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Rose Franken


title: American Falls from The Falls of Niagara: Being a Complete Guide

medium: Color wood engraving on white paperboard

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Larsen


title: Castle Garden

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support

credit_line: Gift of Nancy McClelland Collection


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Design for a Sugar Bowl

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: spoon bowl

date: late 17th century

medium: silver

subjects: Cutlery Italy

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed on paper

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


title: Sidewall

creator: Ericson & Weiss

medium: Block-printed paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Scrapbook of textile and ribbon swatches

medium: Medium: silk, metallic, wool Technique: various weave structures.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Sample book
France

credit_line: Bequest of Benjamin E. Marks


title: Textile

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile


title: Jug

creator: George Tinworth, English, 1843 - 1913

medium: Salt-glazed stoneware, incised and relief decoration

country: Lambeth, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Lambeth, england

credit_line: Gift of L. Bancel La Farge


title: Sampler

creator: Marie Claerejo

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: cross stitch

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Darning sampler

creator: Hannah Walne

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation with paper backing Technique: embroidery

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Sampler

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk on cotton Technique: cross, long-armed cross, running, satin and back stitch on plain weave foundation; counted stitches

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

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


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Cap streamer

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Rough Ocean with Rocks and Distant Cliffs

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Waistcoat fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, gold-wrapped silk, horsehair (ID: lab) Technique: tapestry woven with continuous and discontinuous wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Adam and Even, from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Cavemen Chasing Elephants, plate 3 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

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

date: 1596 or after

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France


title: Little Putney Bridge

creator: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903

medium: Etching and drypoint on paper

country: USA

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. David Keppel


title: Ornament Design, Roman Altar Dedicated to Mars and Roman Standards

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sketchbook Page: Seated Figure

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Study of seashore, Rhode Island

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

country: Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Seascape
Rhode island, usa


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Border

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed (red and black) and immersion-dyed (yellow) on plain weave

country: Europe

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


title: Interior of the Palais Royal, Plate 27 of Vues Pittoresques de Principaux édifices de Paris

creator: L. Roger, French, active 18th century

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Knife with Spiral Pattern Handle

medium: steel

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Europe

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


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: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk, linen Technique: embroidery of satin, stem and running stitches in 16 colors of silk; appliqué of silk 5&1 satin, silk machine-made net and silk chenille

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Decorative Panel for July Festival

creator: Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, graphite on cream paper mounted on cream laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Architecture
France

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


title: Decorative panel

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
France


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of Man with Beard

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits


title: Band

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

country: Italy, Spain, or Portugal

subjects:
Lace
Italy, spain, or portugal


title: Design for Stained Glass Window

creator: Graham Somervell, Scottish, b. ca. 1819

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: 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: Wall Decoration (West) Wall, Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Snap-the-Whip

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: September 20, 1873

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Portrait of Willem de Vos, from the Icones Principum Virorum

creator: Anthony van Dyck, Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641

medium: Etching on paper in black ink

subjects: Print Netherland Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Cup and Trembleuse Saucer

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Grape Bunch-Shaped Covered Bowl

medium: faience

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Ceramic
France or italy

credit_line: Gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Maple Leaves Motif

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Standing Cup

medium: silver

country: Kraków, Poland, Europe

subjects:
Metalwork
Kraków, poland, europe

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Harry G. Friedman


title: Decor Chasse et Peche

creator: Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france


title: Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Large Rocky Cliffs and Choppy Ocean

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Sampler

creator: Izelle Shaw Adams, American

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross, long-armed cross, satin, stem, daisy and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Sampler

creator: Lydia Stocker, American, 1785 - 1841

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

country: Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Lynn, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: Creamer

medium: silver, gold, wood

subjects:
Metalwork
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Arthur Ross


title: Pair of mirrors

date: 19th century

medium: Carved and gilded wood, mirrored glass

subjects: Furniture France

credit_line: Bequest of Mary Hayward Weir


title: In the Harbor of Catania

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: "Smoke Up & Up Fumar Cigars"

creator: Huntley, Boorne, & Stevens

medium: Plated tin, printed gilded

country: England

subjects: Container England

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Dado

credit_line: Gift of Louis Lyons


title: "Subway N.Y."

creator: T. S. Gilbert

medium: Silver

country: North Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Container
North attleboro, massachusetts, usa


title: Square textile

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: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton, silk, metallic thread Technique: satin stitch embroidery on plain weave

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Alice B. Beer


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

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite over proof printed in blue ink on paper

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Marietta

creator: Hans Meyer, German, active in Italy, 1846 - 1919

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Plates 3, 4, and 5, Illustrations for "Roman Military Punishment" by John Beaver

creator: A.M. Ireland

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: double cloth

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstadter


title: Textile

date: 12th–13th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery on plain weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Unwinding the cocoons

creator: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Antwerp., Netherlands

subjects:
Figure
Antwerp., netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council


title: Slop Bowl, from a Tea Service

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Shawl

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: wool, silk Technique: black center and fringe: 2/2 twill panels and borders: complementary weft, patterned 3/1 twill (all panels and borders, including fringe, are woven, cut and attached)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Augusta F. Berdansky


title: Architectural Details

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Spoon Tray

date: mid–late 18th century

medium: porcelain

country: China (for export)

subjects:
Ceramic
China (for export)


title: Fragment of a valance

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

country: India

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Restricted Funds


title: Trimming

medium: cotton, silk, wool, wood

subjects: Trimming England

credit_line: given by Miss Amy R. Knox


title: Fragments

creator: Meillier et Cie

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

country: Bordeaux, France

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Knife with Fluted Agate Handle

medium: steel, agate, silver

country: probably Netherlands

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably netherland

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


title: Light Shoreline with Large Distant Cliffs

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Plate, in Nouveaux Livre de Parterres contenant 24 pensséz diferantes (New Book Containing 24 Different Variations for Garden Beds)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Studies of putti

creator: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

medium: Black chalk and white heightening on grey paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Carriage 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

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Fork

medium: Steel, mother-of-pearl, horn

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


title: Vase (Plate 5 of a Series)

creator: Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567

medium: Black ink on paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

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


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: double cloth

country: Europe or USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Europe or usa

credit_line: Gift of Catherine L. Frangiamore


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen, metal wire Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe

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


title: Folding Knife From Traveling Cutlery Set

medium: brass, steel

country: Bohemia/Germany

subjects: Cutlery Bohemia/germany


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: Architectural and Figure Sketches

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey-brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Key

medium: wrought, cast, and cut-out steel

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Metalwork
Italy or spain

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Bag

medium: Medium: silk, glass beads Technique: embroidered with beads

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England


title: Dessert Spoon with Mouse on Handle

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Perfume Bottle from Traveling Dressing Case

creator: Thomas Whitehouse, British, active 1848-98

medium: glass, silver

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Study of Waves on Rocks with Cliffs

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

country: USA


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Curtain panel

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed and painted on plain weave, taffeta

country: China

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. F. Heyward Hunter


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Steeple in Cambridge

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper; verso: green paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Man's suit coat

medium: Medium: silk, linen

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of International Business Machines Corp.


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on continuous paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Design for China Decoration

creator: Anna M. de Pool

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica flakes

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Design for a Cabinet in the "Boulle" Style

creator: Pagny, French, 1856 – 1888

medium: Brush and black ink, wash, yellow gouache, brown watercolor, graphite on heavy white paper

subjects: Furniture France

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Tomb of George Washington, Mt. Vernon

creator: Unknown, American

medium: Black, white chalk, brush and white gouache, pen and white ink on prepared paper

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


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Flask

date: mid-18th century

medium: Blown glass

country: Netherlands

subjects: Glassware Netherland


title: Frieze

creator: Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: The Children of Charles I of England

creator: Armand Waltney

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Sidewall

creator: Jones and Erwin, Inc.

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Textile

date: early 19th century

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

country: Europe

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Valentine from the opera "Die Hugenotten" (The Huguenots)

creator: Jenny Lind, Swedish, 1820–1887

medium: Lithograph on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Toys & game
Europe
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten


title: Batteur d'or, Plate II

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

date: 18th century

medium: Engraving on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Christopher Columbus

date: patented 1892

medium: Plated brass

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed, handmade paper, joined

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Study of Bending Nude Figure Holding Cup

creator: Louis Schaettle, American, 1867–1917

medium: Charcoal and chalk on light brown paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Miss Mae Schaettle


title: Hanging

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave foundation; mordants for black, two reds, and lavender were block printed; madder dyed; yellow and blue applied by brush Label: cotton, mordant printed and dyed, painted

country: India

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


title: Study of foliage

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Cover

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: chromolithography printed on 4&1 satin

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith


title: Bourdalou

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: porcelain (probably hard paste), vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: 3/4 Fraction, Educational Game

creator: The Cincinnati Game Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Toys & game
Europe and usa
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Old Squaws

creator: Frank Weston Benson, American, 1862–1951

medium: Etching in black ink on shogum paper

subjects: Animal Usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: A View of the Three Fountains in the Gardens at Versailles

creator: S. Rigaud

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on machine-made paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

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


title: Feeding the Squirrels in Union Square

creator: H. Claudius

medium: Wood engraving on paper

subjects: Print Usa


title: Textile

date: 15th–18th century

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


title: Waistcoat pocket

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

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


title: Knife from Folding Cultery Set

medium: steel, silver, bone

subjects:
Cutlery
France
Skeletons & bones

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on machine made paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Knife

date: late17th century

medium: ivory, steel, silver


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

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


title: Frieze

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

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: The Annunciation

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of red chalk on cream paper

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Studies of Architectural Details

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on beige paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Plate 17 from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum by Jacques Besson

creator: René Boyvin, French, 1525 - 1625

date: after 1578

medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper; brush and watercolor, gouache and gold paint, cut out and laid down on tan wove paper

subjects: Transportation France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council


title: Bell Krater

medium: earthenware

subjects: Ceramic Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Ornament Design, Cinerary Urn and Roman Standards

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Vase

medium: Glass

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

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


title: Homeward Bound

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: December 21, 1867

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: Stomacher

medium: Medium: silk, metallic, paperboard Technique: embroidered Label: silk embroidered with metallic yarns

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France or italy


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, satin, long armed cross, threaded running, Roumanian, fern, and buttonhole embroidery stitches on plain weave foundation Label: cotton embroidered with silk in cross, stem, satin, long armed cross, threaded running, Roumanian, fern, and buttonhole embroidery stitches

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico
Ferns

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Hôtel dela Marquise de Brunoy, Plate 60 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: Design for a Passageway with Canopy, for Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: 1803 or earlier

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

country: England

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Shawl

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: embroidered on tapestry weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
India

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Cap streamer

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Ewer and Basin

creator: Gottlieb Menzel, German, 1676 – 1757

medium: silver, gold

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Metalwork
Augsburg, germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Valentine Greeting

medium: Chromolithograph on embossed paper

country: USA

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed oatmeal paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Red-Eyed Pigeon, Plate 22 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds


title: Button

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

date: late 18th century

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

country: Haiti

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Haiti

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


title: Two-Handled Sugar Bowl

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

date: late 19th–early 20th century

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Ceiling paper


title: Frieze

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Band

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: green silk, metallic thread Technique: needle lace with filet knotting and needle interlacing

country: Spain

subjects: Lace Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Textile

creator: Philippe Wyngaert

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

country: Rouen, France

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Uncut slips

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidery using counted stitches on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk, metallic, beads and shell Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and knot stitches with couching and applique of woven ribbon on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany
Shells & molluscs


title: figure study: design for a fountain

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: black crayon, white chalk, on gray paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Designs for Embroidery

medium: Black crayon on tracing paper

subjects: Drawing France


title: Vase (One of a Pair)

creator: Minton Ceramics Manufactory, English, established 1796

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

subjects:
Ceramic
England
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Textile

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

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

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


title: Drawing

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: Stick pin

medium: Gold, pearl, rubies

subjects: Jewelry France

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


title: Jar from Traveling Dressing Case

creator: Thomas Whitehouse, British, active 1848-98

medium: glass, silver

country: London, England

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Border

medium: Block-printed


title: Textile

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

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain

credit_line: Gift of Mary E. Dreier from the estate of Katherine S. Dreier


title: Box

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

country: possibly France

subjects:
Container
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Minnette Lang, in memory of her father, Otto J. Lang


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal, ivory/bone Technique: beaded, crochet

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Spetsmönstret (Lace pattern)

creator: Rörstrand Porcelain Factory, Founded in Sweden, 1726

country: Sweden

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Paul F. Walter


title: Fragments

date: 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: velvet

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Queen of Hearts

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: The Larkin Wallpaper Book, No. 4

creator: Larkin Co. Distributors, 1875

medium: Machine-printed paper, oatmeal paper, sanitary paper

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Charles B. Wood, III


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of The Metropolitan Museum of Art


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk and metallic thread on a silk foundation Technique: embroidered

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Dorothy Franklin Rolph


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Brisé fan

medium: Gilded and painted horn sticks with steel paillettes, gilt metal bail and faceted stone at rivet, silk ribbon and tassel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Sheila Bruce


title: Fragment

date: 13th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 2/1 twill with complementary wefts

country: Sicily (possibly), Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Sicily (possibly), italy

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Les Contes de revenants

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Armchair

medium: wood, metal, tapestry

subjects: Furniture France


title: Window shade

medium: Printed, hand painted, and flocked on textile support, applied mica flakes

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallcovering

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Byzantine Scroll—Bonn

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on beige paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Pleated fan

medium: Painted and gilded silk leaf with tambour work and metallic spangles, carved and pierced ivory sticks, mother-of-pearl backing on guards, glass stone at the rivet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Sugar Bowl and Stand

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

date: mid- 18th century

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: Mennecy, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Mennecy, france

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Raje Gaut, The Principal Road Up To Rotas Ghur, Bahar, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Fan case

medium: printed paper

country: probably England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Probably england

credit_line: Bequest of Emily H. Chauncey


title: Four Trencher Salts

creator: James Rood, English, active 1710 – 1718

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: Fragment with factory stamp

creator: Miles & Edwards, 1847

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

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: study of hand to mid bicep

medium: Pencil, white chalk on tan paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Fragment

date: 14th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

country: Egypt

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Egypt

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Brooch

medium: Gold, silver, rubies, diamonds

country: France

subjects: Jewelry France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper, mica

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Sidewall

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Goblet

medium: Glass

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

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


title: A Mosque at Juanpore, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave foundation; plain weave has paired warps and paired wefts

country: Phipps Bridge, near Merton, England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Phipp bridge, near merton, england


title: Study With Still Life

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Band

medium: Medium: undyed linen, silk Technique: bobbin lace, Eastern European, peasant


title: College Life in New England

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: August 1, 1857

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

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


title: Handkerchief

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Rufus King


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Design for a Painted Ceiling with Alternative Suggestions, Possibly for the Entrance Hall

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: 1801 or earlier

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

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Personification of "Ceramics," Study for the Dome of the Manufacturer's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on paper

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Textile

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: crewel wool, linen, cotton Technique: embroidery on plain weave

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Elevation of Wall with Three Niches

creator: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and green watercolor, gray wash, graphite on white laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
France


title: Sketchbook Page: Hilly Landscape

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Landscapes

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Drawing

creator: Louis Apollinaire Sicard, French, 1807–1881, Lyon

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: Ceiling paper

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: Frieze


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed on plain weave; glazed Label: cotton, printed by engraved roller and blocks, glazed

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: "Eddie, Teddie, and Babe"

medium: Plated brass, printed celluloid

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Sampler

creator: Martha Goddard, American

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Arch Rock from Freshwater Bay

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

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

country: England and Germany

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


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

creator: William Hogarth, English, 1697 - 1764

medium: Aquatint on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Border

date: mid-18th–early 19th century

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

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Peonies and Blossoms

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Snuffbox

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, brass, diamonds?

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 8-harness satin (red) patterned by weft floats (yellow), alternate shots of which are complementary (dark and light blue); floats were bound on the front in plain weave (now worn off)

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China


title: "What is this bill? Give it me to look at."

creator: John French Sloan, American, 1871 – 1951

medium: Charcoal, brush and gray wash on wove paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Quilt

date: mid- 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed, quilted

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

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


title: Religious Figure

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on cream paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sampler of embroidery and crochet

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered in satin, fishbone, buttonhole, running, cross, and double running stitches, with deflected element work, withdrawn element work, and looping on plain weave foundation

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sampler

creator: Peggy Dodge, American, b. 1774

medium: Medium: silk and wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, stem, chain, feather, Rumanian, buttonhole, surface satin, half cross, and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Ipswich, massachusetts, usa


title: Tea or Coffee Cup and Saucer

creator: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

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

country: England

subjects:
Ceramic
England
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi


medium: Brush and gouache on off white paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Tumbling Blocks

medium: Medium: silk Technique: pieced and sewn patchwork of woven fabrics Label: Pieced and sewn of woven silk fabrics

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Lynde Wright and A. Elizabeth Wadhams


title: Tile

creator: Paul Revere Pottery, American, 1908 - 1942

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Tile
Boston, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Coverlet

medium: Medium: tussah silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain stitches on plain weave foundation Label: cotton embroidered in tussah silk

country: Bengal, India

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Bengal, india

credit_line: Gift of Marian Hague


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

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Cord

medium: Medium: linen, silk, wire

subjects: Trimming France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Corner Design for Mosaic Floor

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

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

country: USA

subjects: Tile Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Sidewall

creator: Janeway & Carpender, New Brunswick, New Jersey, est. ca. 1872

medium: Machine-printed

country: New Brunswick, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Sampler

creator: Increase Giberson, English

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: study of a male costumed figure

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Sanguine crayon, white chalk on salmon-pink paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Garden seat

creator: Mintons

medium: Molded and glazed earthenware

country: Staffordshire, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Staffordshire, england

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


title: Sidewall

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Textile

date: late 16th–early 17th century

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

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain

credit_line: Gift of L. Boyd and Annie McQuarrie Hatch


title: Fragment

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

country: Nazca, Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Nazca, peru

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


title: Folding Traveling Knife with Ivory Handle

medium: ivory, steel, gold plated, brass

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Cutlery
France or italy

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


title: Geometric Pattern

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: The Windmill on the Road

creator: George Hitchcock, American, 1850–1913

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink on cream-colored paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Figure of a Male Performer

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Study for "Fortune"

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element work with needle lace, edging is bobbin lace of continuous braid like

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Die Thierwelt (The Animal Kinggom)

creator: Henri Frederich Müller, German, active 19th c.

medium: Marbled paper slipcase with applied printed label

country: Vienna, Austria, Europe

subjects:
Game
Vienna, austria, europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Frieze detail of winged 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: Trimming

date: mid–late 18th century

medium: Medium: metal strip, metal strip wrapped around silk core Technique: bobbin lace, metallic

country: Europe

subjects: Lace Europe

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Anthony S. Felsovanyi


title: A Roman Soldier Fighting one of Hannibal's Elephants, pl. 7 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

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

date: 1596 or after

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Umbrella Handle

creator: Henry Rado, American, 1859–1921

medium: silver

subjects:
Metalwork
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Henry R. Rado, Miss Margaret H. Rado and Dr. Alfred Rado


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk, cotton, and wool on plain weave cotton, knitted cotton, and machine-made cotton Technique: embroidered, sewn and knitted

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Miser's purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crochet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: bark, raffia Technique: bark, beaten and/or chewed, pieced with raffia stitching

country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Non-woven textile
Democratic republic of the congo

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Frieze

creator: Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872

country: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hackensack, new jersey, usa


title: Plate with "Disheveled Birds" (One of Thirteen)

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England Birds

credit_line: Gift of Forsyth Wickes


title: Tassel

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe


title: Sampler

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

country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Amsterdam, netherland


title: Native American Motifs

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

medium: Silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Container
Providence, rhode island, usa

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


title: Bookplate for Leonard Cox

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and white gouache on thin, light brown paper

country: USA

subjects: Mythology Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Panel

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic Technique: slit tapestry

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

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


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen, metal wire Technique: braided and knotted


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall - sample

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: tray

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

medium: tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Hôtel de la Monnaie, Plate 36 of Vues Pittoresques de Principaux édifices de Paris

creator: Mlle Guyot, active 18th c.

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Cord with tassels

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


title: Fragments

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: Soup Plate (One of a Pair)

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

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Sampler

creator: Rosalie le Marchand, Italian

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Fragment

date: 9th–12th century

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

country: Egypt

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Egypt

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: God the Father

medium: Brush and oil on laid paper

country: Italy

subjects: Religion Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Towel

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: stitch using silk: double running; cut out areas filled with metal-wrapped silk secured by buttonhole stitch


title: Carpet bag

medium: Medium: wool pile on linen foundation, leather Technique: woven with supplementary warp looped pile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

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


title: Carceri Series, Plate XVI

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis


title: Ten of Hearts

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Pleated fan

medium: Painted paper leaf, carved ivory sticks, glass stone at rivet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy

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


title: Decanter with Stars and Vesica

creator: Cork Glass Company, 1783–1818

medium: glass

country: Cork, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Cork, ireland


title: Snail motifs

creator: Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1866 – 1926

medium: Silver

country: Newark, New York, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new york, usa


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper


title: A Cadet Hop at West Point

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: September 3, 1859

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

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


title: Border

date: late 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Architectural Details

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Stormy Ocean with Dark Sky and Cliffs

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Textile

creator: Bannister Hall Printworks

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

credit_line: Gift of Clifton S. Billings


title: Nightcap

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on linen and cotton ground, silk binding, silk and metallic tassel Technique: embroidered using chain, buttonhole and stem stitches on plain weave Label: linen and cotton embroidered with wool in chain, buttonhole and stem stitches; silk binding, silk and metallic tassel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Figures paying homage to a knight

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

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Drawing

creator: M. Levy

medium: Brush and gouache on pre-printed squared laid paper

country: Berlin, Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Berlin, germany


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa


title: case

medium: leather, silk, metal

subjects: Cutlery Italy

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


title: Hospital, Middlesex, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Three putti

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: Sketchbook Page: Historic Portrait No. 3 (Self-Portrait)

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Francis, Duke of Bedford

creator: Samuel William Reynolds, British, 1773–1835

medium: Mezzotint on laid paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Shawl fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: interlocked twill tapestry weave

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
India

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Evsie Beloussoff


title: Edge

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Carceri Series, Plate VIII

medium: Etching

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis


title: Bookpaper

medium: Gilt leather, paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Germany

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


title: Shawl

medium: Medium: silk, cotton Technique: twill weave

country: France or Scotland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France or scotland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert Blumenthal


title: Study of two hands reaching

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pencil, chinese white, on blue-gray paper

country: USA

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Cravat end

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

country: France

subjects: Lace France


title: Ceiling paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant for two reds applied by brush over resist; blue applied over resist; background achieved by yellow over blue; chintz on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Fragment

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

country: Turkey

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Turkey

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Sketchbook Page: Columbine

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: goblet

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

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


title: Title Page, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: "Marienbad"

medium: Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl and various stones

subjects: Container Europe

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, gilt foil Technique: netting

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Gate of the Tomb of the Emperor Akbar, At Secundra, Near Agra, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"


title: Soldier in antique dress with profile studies

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Figure
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Handkerchief

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Braguin


title: Ornament Design

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Altro spaccato per longo della stessa bottega, ove si vedonofra le aperture del vestibolo le immense piramide, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching on paper

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert


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

subjects:
Architecture
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Dessert Fork with Bird on Handle

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: gold plated, silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Birds
Paris, france

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


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

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

medium: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper

country: Japan

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Title Page, Nouvelles Cheminée faittes en plusieur en droits (New Designs for Fireplaces)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Liqueurs (Liqueurs) for the Services des Objets des Dessert (Dessert Service)

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper, circular border in pen and brown ink

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: drawloom woven; lampas: 7&1 satin plus 1+3 twill

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Lyon, france

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


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


title: Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Amine from the opera "Die Nachtwandlerin" (The Somnanbule)

creator: Jenny Lind, Swedish, 1820–1887

medium: Lithograph on white wove paper

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Toys & game
Europe
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten


title: Vignettes of Ladies Fashions

creator: Riep

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print Germany


title: Ramsgate

creator: James Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 – 1902

medium: Etching and drypoint on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Design for Berlin Wool Work

creator: Carl F. W. Wicht, German

medium: Brush and gouache on pre-printed squared paper

country: Berlin, Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Berlin, germany


title: Fragments

date: mid-18th century

medium: Medium: silk and metal Technique: continuous and discontinuous supplementary in a plain weave foundation; only the metal wefts are bound to the front in a regular order

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile

credit_line: Gift of Marguerite E. Flynn


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Letter case

medium: Medium: leather, silk, metal thread Technique: embroidered in couching stitches

country: Tetuan, Morocco

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Tetuan, morocco

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim


title: Hanging

medium: Medium: silk Technique: couched embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Gordon


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Greeley Municipal Museum


title: Pleated fan

medium: Printed and hand-colored paper leaf, carved, drilled and gilded bone sticks, rivet set with stone, gilt metal bail

country: possibly France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Possibly france
Skeletons & bones

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


title: Abstract Landscape and Lanterns

date: late 18th - mid 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Landscapes


title: Geisha Holding Fish on Platter

date: late 19th century

medium: Ivory, pigment

subjects: Fish Container Japan

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


title: Dado

creator: Delicourt et Cie, French, 1838 - 1860

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

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


title: Covered Two-Handled Cup and Saucer

creator: Coalport Porcelain Factory, English, active late 18th - 20th centuries

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

subjects:
Ceramic
England
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Reeves


title: Purse with Egyptian ornament

creator: Sloan & Company

medium: Gold mesh, turquoise

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Jewelry
Newark, new jersey, usa

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


title: Warming Plate

medium: copper, silver

country: Sheffield, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield, england

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Funeral of Lord Nelson

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

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

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


title: Waves on Rocks in front of Distant Hill with Windmill

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

country: USA

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Sampler

creator: Ysabel Gonzalez

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Design for a Teapot

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Dado

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Drawing

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: Folding Knife (Part of Traveling Cutlery Set)

medium: steel, silver, gold

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

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


title: Dinner Knife With Engraved Braided Pattern

medium: silver, steel

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Possibly germany


title: Border

date: 18th century

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Seki, Early Departure, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

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

country: Japan

subjects: Figure Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven 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: Study of Light over Ocean and Waves


title: Teapot

creator: Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, German, established by 1753

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Border

creator: Ericson & Weiss

medium: Block printed on paper


title: Tablecover

date: late 16th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Interior View, Augustin Daly's Theater, New York

medium: Black ink on heavy white paper

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Print
Europe and usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leonard Bloch in memory of Mrs. Laura Barkus


title: Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Vielka from the opera "Vielka"

medium: Lithograph on white wove paper

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Toys & game
Europe
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Landscape, Steckelberg, Switzerland

date: August 1, 1867

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Steckelberg, Switzerland

subjects:
Landscape
Steckelberg, switzerland


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: silk Technique: damask, 5 unit satin

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles D. Webster


title: Sidewall and border

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

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: wool on cotton; linen and cotton lining Technique: chain stitch embroidery on 2/2 twill foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Portrait of Philip IV, King of Spain, after Diego Velazquez

creator: Edouard Manet, French, 1832 – 1883

medium: Etching in black ink on white paper

subjects: Print France Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Sidewall - sample

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

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Valance

medium: Medium: cotton, linen Technique: resist printed, indigo dyed

country: England

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Rudolph Fleugge


title: Fragment

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


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed and combed, varnish

credit_line: Gift of Morris County Historical Society


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace France


title: Cover fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: plain weave

country: Canada

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Canada