title: Pleated fan

medium: Painted leaf of needle and bobbin laces, sticks of imitation tortoise

country: probably France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Probably france

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


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

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

medium: Aquatint on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England

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 Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: "Assyrian Head" Pattern Cheese Scoop

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

medium: silver plated, metal

country: Meriden, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Meriden, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metallic beads Technique: beaded netting

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Plaque

medium: Gilt copper, wood (frame)

country: Italy

subjects: Metalwork Italy

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


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


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Wicker Work Pattern

date: late 18th - mid 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Woodcut (facsimile): An embroiderer at work

medium: Black ink printed on white paper

country: France

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
France

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


title: Dark Rocks and Tall Cliffs with Choppy Ocean

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: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Katzenbach and Warren Inc.


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Landscape, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

subjects:
Landscape
Lauterbrunnen, switzerland


title: Sampler

date: mid-19th century

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

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Textile

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

country: England or France

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Frieze

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


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: Ceiling paper


title: Ornament Design, Shield and Roman Standards

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

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

country: London, probably England

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing
London, probably england

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed, ungrounded

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Project for Carved Panelling

creator: Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1610–1662

medium: Pen and brown ink, graphite, red chalk on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Mausoleum of the Ranee, Wife of the Emperor Jehangire, Near Allahabad, 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: Western Entrance of Fort St. George, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V.C. Berntgen


title: Book paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Church, Germany

country: Germany

subjects: Architecture Germany


title: Frieze

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

medium: Block-printed on paper

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


title: Floor Plan of a Building (Verso of -1)

creator: John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843

medium: Pen and gray ink on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. E. Sanderson Cushman


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on ungrounded paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Textile

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Sidewall

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

country: Ithaca, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Ithaca, new york, usa


title: Stomacher

date: late 17th or early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk, metallic (metal foil-wrapped silk core) Technique: plain weave linen foundation, embroidered on the front with couching stitches; trimmed with applied silk ribbon and woven metal trim, needle lace rose; backed with a block-printed linen lining printed with a pigment; ribs of unidentified material Label: linen embroidered with silk and metallic yarns; trimmed with needle lace rose, silk ribbon and woven metal trim; lined with block printed linen

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England
Roses

credit_line: Purchase; General Funds


title: Textile

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

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


title: Border

date: 18th century

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


title: Abstract Arabesque Vines

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: The Dewey Arch, Madison Square, New York

medium: Photographic print on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Design for Wall Decoration, Yellow (North) Drawing Room

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: napkin ring

medium: wood

country: Scotland for export

subjects:
Tableware design
Scotland for export


title: Fork

medium: Glass beads, steel, thread

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Design for a Chinese Pavilion

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

country: England

subjects: Architecture England


title: Micro-mosaic

medium: Gold sheet and wire, glass mosaics

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome, italy

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


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: View of Ocean and Sky, Value Study

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Design for Candelabrum and Panel of Grotesques

creator: Unknown

date: early 16th century

medium: Pen and brown ink on paper, lined

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Walter Leo Hildburgh


title: Oval Saloon

date: 19th century

medium: Pen and black ink, violet, red, and blue wash on wove paper


title: Gloves

medium: Medium: wool Technique: knitted

country: Kuressaare, Estonia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Knotted, knitted and crocheted textile
Kuressaare, estonia

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Ernest Harms


title: Kuwana, Mouth of the Kiso River, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

country: Japan

subjects: Seascape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Prince Albert, King of Hearts from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Plate 10, from Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière

creator: Etienne Joseph Daudet, French, 1672 - 1730

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style but without heavy outlining thread

country: Germany or Italy

subjects:
Lace
Germany or italy

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


title: Sampler

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: glass beads and cotton on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in overcasting with withdrawn element work on plain weave foundation; triangular tabs of looping using beads

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Sarah Bernhardt as the Duke of Reichstadt (later King of Rome)

creator: Aimé Dupont, 1842 – 1900

medium: Platinum print Support: sensitized white wove paper, laid down on thick white wove paper

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Portrait
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of W.E. Dyer


title: Covered Tankard

date: late 16th century

medium: Stoneware, pewter

country: Siegburg, Germany

subjects:
Ceramic
Siegburg, germany

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: France

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Design for Ceiling Decoration, Probably for the Entrance Hall

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Interior England


title: Carceri Series, Title Page

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of John Judkyn


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Study for "Fortune"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon, graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut velvet with satin ground

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England

credit_line: Gift of Harold Norton


title: Study of landscape, Switzerland

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

subjects: Architecture Usa Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Sidewall

creator: Gilbert Wall Paper Company

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Frieze

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Picture

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Feathers

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Border

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


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: Ceiling paper

creator: Potter Wall Paper Mills

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica


title: Tora's Rain (Oiso, Tora-ga-ame), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

medium: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: salt

medium: glass

country: Waterford, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Waterford, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Allegorical Figure Depicting Putti as "Asia" and "Africa"

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

date: 18th–19th century

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Landscape, Interlaken, Switzerland

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

country: Interlaken, Switzerland

subjects:
Nature studie
Interlaken, switzerland
Landscapes
Nature

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


title: Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side

creator: Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926

medium: Etching in black ink on wove paper

subjects:
Landscape
New york, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Ruth B. Moran


title: Band

date: 16th or 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: embroidered

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Sidewall

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

medium: block-printed and embossed paper

country: Rixheim, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Rixheim, france

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


title: Tassel

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted, with bobbin lace

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper, gilt, flocked

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Brighton Art Gallery and Museum


title: Knife with Engraved Mythical and Biblical Figures

medium: silver, steel

country: Netherlands or Flanders

subjects:
Cutlery
Netherland or flander

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Man's Face


title: Illustration for "Roman Military Punishment" by John Beaver

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

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Smoking Stand (Tabako-Bon)

medium: wood, lacquer, gold, silver, brass

country: Japan

subjects: Container Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Scenic Plaque

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: Glazed stoneware, wood (frame)

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed ?, stenciled, handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Window Decoration, Probably for the East Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Watercolor, graphite on white wove paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Embroidered picture

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk, and silk-wrapped metal embroidery on silk foundation, mica Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, couching, and needlelace (looping, and loop and twist) stitches on 7&1 satin foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Theater Design for a Dining Room

creator: Francesco Nicoletti, 1728 – 1776

date: before 1776

medium: Pen and black, brown ink, brush and light brown wash, rose watercolor on white laid paper, mounted on blue-green board with gold ruled lines

country: Italy

subjects: Theater Italy Roses

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of Drawings and Prints Fund


title: Vase

creator: Dedham Pottery, United States, 1896 – 1942

medium: stoneware

country: Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Massachusetts, usa


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Henry Gledhill & Co., 1889 – 1900

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, metallic threads Technique: embroidered in satin and knot stitch

country: China

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China

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


title: Landscape

medium: Graphite, brush and gouache on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: needlework on gauze weave (buratto)

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

country: France

credit_line: Gift of Essex Institute


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Morrison Hecksher


title: Iris motif

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: birdcage

medium: Silver

country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

subjects:
Metalwork
Amsterdam, netherland

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall - sample

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: White-Bodied Sunbird, Plate 17 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Knife

medium: ivory, steel

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: The City of Charleston, South Carolina, Looking Seaward and Showing the Burned District, from Harper's Weekly, December 28, 1861, p. 822.

creator: Harper & Bros., New York, New York, USA

date: December 28, 1861

medium: Wood engraving black ink on newsprint paper

country: Charleston, South Carolina, USA

subjects:
Graphic design
Charleston, south carolina, usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Carlson


title: Advertisement for Beer

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects: Poster Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Susanna and the Elders

creator: Heinrich Aldegrever, German, 1502 - ca. 1561

medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: The Golden Tiffany

creator: Sears, Roebuck and Co., founded 1886

medium: Machine printed on embossed paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed, mica, liquid

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: "Cat, Answered François; "Dat's Mister Lynk,'" Illustration for Mooswa & Other of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 1900, p. 103)

creator: Arthur Henry Howard Heming, American, b. Canada, 1870–1940

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Table cover

medium: Medium: linen, silk, metallic thread (gold on silk core) Technique: satin, knot and couching stitch embroidery

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


title: Edge

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

country: Italy or Belgium

subjects:
Lace
Italy or belgium


title: Sidewall

creator: F. Arthur

medium: Machine-printed

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Bernard Scott, c/o Waterhouse Wallhangings


title: Sampler

creator: Elodia Altamirano

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in long-armed cross, cross, and double running stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: The Rhinoceros

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on laid paper

country: Nuremberg, Germany

subjects:
Animal
Nuremberg, germany


title: Chalice cover

medium: Medium: linen Technique: cutwork

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

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


title: Frieze

creator: Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hackensack, new jersey, usa


title: Sidewall - sample


title: Border

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


title: Sidewall - sample


title: Sidewall

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

country: Cortland, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cortland, new york, usa


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

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic England Birds

credit_line: Gift of Forsyth Wickes


title: Band

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: dove-tailed tapestry (for all verticals) 1:1 general, 2:1, 2:2 some; slit tapestry (for all diagonals) generally with 2 shots non-horizontal weft between color areas; double-faced; sides both intact, end are cut

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Gift of the Museum of the Cranbrook Academy of Art


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

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

medium: Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper

country: Florence, Tuscany, Italy

subjects:
Drawing
Florence, tuscany, italy

credit_line: Gift of Janos Scholz


title: Study for "The Mermaid Window," A.H. Barney Residence, New York, NY

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon, brush and wash on wove paper

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Architecture
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Foreground Studies, Ramapo

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Box

medium: wood

country: Scotland

subjects: Container Scotland


title: Pillow sham

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: quilted plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Floral design for printed textiles

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Frieze

creator: W.N. Peak, Brooklyn, New York, 1880 - 1900

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Landing of Columbus

creator: American Bank Note Co.

medium: Engraving in black ink on paper, laid down

country: USA

subjects: Numismatic Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Denby


title: Border

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Frieze

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Tip Top House

medium: Glass stereoscopic transparency

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton, silk, metal Technique: cut supplementary warp loops (velvet) in a plain weave foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Clara Waldeck


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Head of an Elderly Bearded Man

medium: Black chalk on cream paper

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Elephant Hotel, Atlantic City

medium: Plated metal, printed celluloid

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Coat

date: mid- 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Fragment

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Scenic

medium: Hand painted paper

country: China

subjects: Wallcovering China

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


title: Ticket for James Figg

creator: A.M. Ireland

medium: Etching on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Towel

medium: Medium: cotton, silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey

credit_line: Gift of Henry G. Dwight


title: Finial

medium: Carved wood, gessoed and gilt

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Ogden Codman


title: Miniature brisé fan

medium: Painted ivory sticks, silk ribbon, gilt rivet

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded


title: Border fragment

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidery

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: A Tower of Cortez, Mexico

creator: Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926

medium: Etching in black ink on paper

country: Mexico

subjects: Architecture Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Ruth B. Moran


title: Doorway with nude figure and winged creatures

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: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: embroidery on plain weave foundation; Weft-faced plain weave: slit tapestry. Warp-faced plain weave embroidered in chain stitch.

country: Ica, Peru

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Ica, peru

credit_line: Gift of Harry Dennis Jr.


title: Study for Inspiration Point, Riverside Drive, New York City

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and yellow watercolor, white heightening on gray cardboard

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Costume Design: No. 135, Two Little Breads, for Blue Bird

creator: Boris Anisfeld, Russian, active USA, 1879–1973

medium: Brush and watercolor on board

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Theater
Usa
Birds


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Deerfield Academy


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Frieze


title: Teapot with Dark Celadon Glaze

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: linen warp, cotton weft Technique: block printed (two reds, two purples, blue and yellow) on 1/2 twill

country: Europe

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Cap streamer

date: late 17th–early 18th century

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: borders

medium: Block-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Design for the Corridor to the Chinese Gallery, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Quick Landscape with Trees, Water and Haystacks

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: Autograph Album with Illustrations

creator: Georg Philip Rugendas, German, 1666–1742

medium: Tooled, gilt leather binding; brush and gouache on laid paper

subjects: Ephemera Germany

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Unfinished piece

medium: Medium: linen, paper Technique: needle lace Label: Linen needle lace couched to paper support

country: Spain

subjects: Lace Spain


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidery on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Donald B. Palmer


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper


title: Fragment

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: stamped velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile

credit_line: Gift of Milton Sonday


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, wool Technique: satin appliqué, embroidered and couched, on even sided twill

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Banknote Proof: The Capitol

creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C.

medium: Engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Numismatic Usa

credit_line: Gift of Caroline King Duer


title: Dish

medium: Glass

country: possibly Cork, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Possibly cork, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Marbreur de Papier, pl. I from "Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers"

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Gibson Girl and Flowers

medium: Silver

subjects: Container Usa Flowers

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Scarf sample

date: mid-19th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Barbara Rogoff


title: Morning, Hook Pond, East Hampton

medium: Etching, roulette, and sandpaper ground in brown (?) ink on tan paper, mounted on cardboard

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Landscape
New york, usa

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


title: Shawl fragment

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: 2/2 twill tapestry weave, embroidered Label: 2/2 wool twill tapestry with wool embroidery

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
India

credit_line: Bequest of Dorothy Franklin Rolph


title: St. Julian of Antinoe from St. Peter's colonnade

creator: Antonio Gabbani

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Death and the Lansquenet

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Frieze

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Castles on the Rhine

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

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Colorado State Historical Society


title: Fisherman with His Tackle

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on vellum with various fabrics

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth M. Riley


title: Choppy Sea with Dramatic Clouds

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: Valentine Greeting

medium: Brush and watercolor on embossed paper

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Paris Exposition of 1855

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Sophia Credle


title: Ceiling paper


title: Lakeside Landscape

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Brush and watercolor, three borders ruled in graphite on off-white wove paper.

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Darning sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running and four-sided cross stitch with overcasting over withdrawn element work on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Emiston, American

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

country: New York, NY, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
New york, ny, usa


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


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Rough Sketch of Waves, Rocks, and Cliffs

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink on off-white wove paper


title: Border

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


title: Lying-In Hospital, Dublin

creator: James Malton, English, 1761 - 1803

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: England or France

subjects:
Wallcovering
England or france

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Skirt panel

date: late 18th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Gossler and Wilt Wall Paper Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: two interconnected structures: twill plus plain weave (lampas) Label: silk lampas

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Design for China Decoration

creator: Rose Samson

medium: Water color, gold, on paper

subjects:
Tableware design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Design for Grotesque Decoration

creator: Unknown

date: mid–late 16th century

medium: Pen and brown ink on laid paper, mounted on laid paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

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


title: 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: Jupiter, from The Seven Planets

creator: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Astronomy Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Sidewall

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

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: slit tapestry weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Salesman's sample book

medium: Medium: marbleized paper, cardboard, cotton, linen Technique: plain weave, twill weaves, float weaves (damask), supplementary weft pile (velveteen); 108 examples are block-printed

country: Manchester, England

subjects:
Sample book
Manchester, england

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


title: Fishing Reel

medium: Silver

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, cross, brick, back, star, four-sided cross, and star stitches with couching on plain weave foundation

country: Friesland, Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Friesland, netherland


title: Sampler

creator: Elizabeth Starr Fowler, American, 1822 - 1904

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, cross, detached chain, eyelet, and rococo stitches on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk in stem, cross, detached chain, eyelet, and rococo stitches

country: Guilford, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Guilford, connecticut, usa


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Creamer with Landscapes

creator: The Sweetser Company, New York, New York, active 1900 – 1915

medium: silver, gold

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
New york, new york, usa
Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Shirley Seid in memory of Lauraine and Emanuel Kaplan


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: natural linen Technique: grid of laid cords with needle lace, reticella style and edge of bobbin lace, continuous braid-like

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Figure

medium: Earthenware

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Gift of Fannie Moses


title: Border

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

medium: Block-printed

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Band fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: velvet

country: France


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Doorplate from the Guaranty Building

creator: Louis Henry Sullivan, American, 1856–1924

medium: Cast iron

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Roger G. Kennedy


title: Cameo

date: late 19th century

medium: Paste

subjects: Jewelry Usa

credit_line: Gift of The French Institute


title: View of an English Palladian country house in a park

creator: Norbert Bittner, 1786 - 1851

medium: Pen and ink with watercolors on paper

country: Austria

subjects: Architecture Austria

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council


title: Folding screen

medium: Block printed on joined sheets

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Frieze

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

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa


title: Fork

medium: steel, horn, silver, mother-of-pearl, ivory

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

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


title: Beheading of John the Baptist

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut and black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Germany


title: House on a Street

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on cream paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper


title: Coif

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk-core embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, coral, leaf, and chain stitches with looping and detached looping on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk and metallic threads in stem, coral, leaf, chain, and detached looping stitches

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England
Corals & anemones

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


title: Sky and Calm Ocean

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on laid paper, lined

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Chevaux de Halage

creator: Charles Francois Daubigny, 1817-1878

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on paper

subjects: Landscape France

credit_line: Gift of Jules R. Breuchaud


title: The Lute Player and the Singer (2nd state)

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

date: before 1500

medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper

country: Bocholt, Westphalia, Germany

subjects:
Figure
Bocholt, westphalia, germany

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Sampler

creator: Hannah Wedgwood

date: mid-18th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Bag

date: probably 19th century

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

country: Nayarit, Mexico

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Nayarit, mexico

credit_line: Gift of Marian Hague


title: Thatched Cottage by a Swamp in Evening Light

creator: Antoni Waterloo, 1618–1677

medium: Etching on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Landscape Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Design for a Steeple

creator: Unknown

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

country: Germany

subjects: Architecture Germany

credit_line: Friends of the Museum Fund


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

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Fragment

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Bag

medium: Medium: gilt wire, silk and silver-wrapped silk Technique: weft-faced plain weave with continuous and discontinuous wefts.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Ceiling medallion

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Fragment

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

country: northern Europe

subjects:
Lace
Northern europe

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Viper Grass

creator: Arthur Wilcock

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed on both sides

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

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


title: Tritoma Uvaria, Plate XXII

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

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Standing figure with raised arm looking upward

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Floor Plan of a Building

creator: John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843

medium: Pen and gray ink on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. E. Sanderson Cushman


title: Ceiling paper

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Siege of a City (Part 2)

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Landscape Germany


title: Study of Veiled Nude Figure

creator: Louis Schaettle, American, 1867–1917

medium: Graphite on light brown paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Miss Mae Schaettle


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Frieze

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Fragment

date: possibly 13th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered


title: Sample book

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

medium: Block-printed, gilded, handmade paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Decorative Arts Association Acquisitions Funds and through gift of Anonymous Donor and Bequest of Mary Hayward Weir


title: Band

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Plate 5, from Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière

creator: Etienne Joseph Daudet, French, 1672 - 1730

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france


title: Textile

creator: Morris & Company, Decorators Ltd., 1875–1941

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave with doubled warps

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

credit_line: Gift of Robert W. Friedel


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: silk Technique: cut loops of a supplementary warp in a plain weave-like foundation (velvet) with a stamped pattern

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Sampler

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

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Cap crown

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace with ground of loop and twist with twist return

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Candlestick

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Vessel

medium: Painted earthenware

country: Peru

subjects:
Ceramic
Peru
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Charles W. Gould


title: Ace of Spades

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Demitasse Spoon with Mouse

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Purse

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk, gold-wrapped silk Technique: tapestry woven

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Old Woodbury Historical Society


title: Fragments

date: 16th–early 17th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Henley Race Day

creator: John Hassall, British, 1868 - 1948

medium: Chromolithograph on paper, mounted

subjects:
Chromolithograph
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Basket

medium: enamel, copper

subjects: Enamel England

credit_line: Gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: wool, bast fiber Technique: supplementary warp uncut pile loops in a plain weave foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Ascending male figure

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Panel

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, wool Technique: drawloom woven (two interconnecting structures)

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Fragment

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


title: Ceiling paper

creator: W. Campbell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed

country: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hackensack, new jersey, usa

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


title: Uncut waistcoat fronts

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on satin weave Label: silk embroidery in satin, stem and knot stitches on silk satin weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Figure from Last Judgment


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: resist printed

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Drawing

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France

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


title: Embroideries of Mrs. C. W. Holmes, Jr.: Pussy WIllows, Orchard, and Drifting Snow

creator: Alfred Laurens Brennan, American, 1853–1921

medium: Pen and black ink, white gouache, on paper (mounted) and on illustration board

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of E. Maurice Bloch


title: Sidewall

creator: Jacquemart & Bénard, France

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery and linen needlelace on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, knot, cross, threaded running, back, cross, and buttonhole stitches with needlelace on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Vestment

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, cotton, metal Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain weave foundation with addition of one supplementary weft (metal) for facing

country: Russia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Russia

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Nutmeg Grater

creator: Thomas Phipps, English, d. 1823

medium: silver, steel, brass

subjects:
Metalwork
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Jay Bernard Joseph


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, and back stitches with withdrawn element work on plain weave foundation

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Fragment and hexagon

medium: Medium: linen, metallic thread Technique: needle lace, interlacing

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Remembrance Greeting

medium: Engraving, brush and oil paint on paper

country: England

subjects:
Greeting card
England


title: Commemorative Scrapbook Documenting the 1901 Record Breaking Coach Race from New York City to Philadelphia and Back Again

creator: James Hazen Hyde, American, 1876 - 1959

medium: Newspaper and magazine clippings mounted on heavy wove paper, annotated in pen and ink, bound in red leather with gilded lettering

subjects: Ephemera Usa

credit_line: Gift of James Hazen Hyde


title: Ivy Silhouette Motif

date: late 18th - mid 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Chandelier

date: 15th–16th century

medium: Bronze

country: possibly Netherlands

subjects:
Lighting
Possibly netherland

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Sampler

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Vase

creator: Caroline Virginia (Rich) McGuffey, American, 1839 – 1905

medium: Gilt, enameled porcelain

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dona Guimaraes


title: Border

medium: Block printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Frieze

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Landscape, Interlaken, Switzerland

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Interlaken, Switzerland

subjects:
Landscape
Interlaken, switzerland

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


title: Frieze

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

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa


title: Knife from an Ivory Cutlery Set

medium: steel, ivory

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Rufus-Bellied Flycatcher, Plate 4 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fragments

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Pair of Wine Bottle Coolers (Seaux à Demi-Bouteille)

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Beach View of Rocky Promontory, Boats, and Ruins

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

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Dinner Fork from Rockledge Service

creator: George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926

medium: silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

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


title: Boutique de Tailleur à Venise

creator: William Unger, German, 1837 - 1932

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Jug

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.


title: Manicure set

medium: Gilt and filigreed silver, turquoise

country: India

subjects: Jewelry India

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Cover

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: linen on linen Technique: counted stitche and satin stitch embroider; overcasting creating deflected element work on plain weave

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Marco Grassi


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: long floating satin stitch and applique on plain weave

country: France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: sugar bowl

medium: earthenware

country: Switzerland

subjects: Ceramic Switzerland

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


title: Frieze

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


title: "Detail de la base des mats places sur le pont-neuf en Juillet 1838"

creator: Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

medium: Graphite Support: tissue paper mounted on light tan paper

subjects: Architecture France

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


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

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Border

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

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Sketchbook Page: Bracket Supports, Niagara

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: pointing left hand and wrist

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: black crayon, white chalk on blue-gray paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Borders

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Brighton Art Gallery and Museum


title: Fragments

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: wool on cotton Technique: crewel emroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: The Children's Bath

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

medium: Engraving on off white laid paper

country: Bocholt, Germany

subjects:
Figure
Bocholt, germany

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Textile

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

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Gift of Hiroko Hoshii


title: Textile

date: mid- 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: damask

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

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


title: Study of foliage

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

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


title: Border

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica flakes

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Mourning picture

medium: Hair, cardboard, brass, velvet, glass

subjects: Miniature England

credit_line: From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper


title: Under the Falls, Catskill Mountains

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: September 14, 1872

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Scarf sample

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed on plain weave

credit_line: Gift of Barbara Rogoff


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
India

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Panel

medium: Medium: silk Technique: tied resist patterning in warp; cut supplementary warp pile (ikat velvet)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


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: Sampler

medium: Medium: wool and silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, eyelet, tent, and plush stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Bridge for the New York Connecting Railroad, Queens Boulevard, Long Island

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink, white chalk on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Bracelet

medium: Hair, gold, ivory, seed pearls, pailettes

country: England or USA

subjects:
Jewelry
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Lester


title: Shoreline with Breaking Waves and Puffy Clouds

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Textile

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

country: Dodecanese, Greece

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Dodecanese, greece

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on ungrounded paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: punched work fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: painted and punched work with embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Sidewall

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

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Samurai Warrior

date: late 19th century

medium: Brass

subjects: Container Japan

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


title: Band

medium: Medium: satin, silk, metallic threads Technique: embroidered, couched

country: China

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China


title: Sidewall - fragment


title: Ocean Scene, perhaps New Jersey

medium: Brush and watercolor, white goache and graphite on white wove paper, lined


title: Flounce

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Pool in the Woods

medium: Brush and wash, traces graphite on wove paper.

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Shawl

medium: Medium: wool Technique: 2/2 twill tapestry (field); 2/2 twill double interlocked tapestry (inner border); 2/2 twill tapestry patches embroidered mainly in stem stitch

country: Kashmir, India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Kashmir, india

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George Albrecht


title: Office Hongrois

creator: Wilhelm Wörnle, Austrian, 1849 - 1916

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Halbert, English

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation; patches of cotton

country: Westmoreland, England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Westmoreland, england


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: machine made

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Clark S. Marlor


title: Set of Demitasse Spoons in Raphael Pattern

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

date: patented 1874, produced late 19th century

medium: silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


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: Fowling

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

medium: Black ink on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Four Continents

medium: Honeycomb-cut and engraved glass

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Urn and pitcher

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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William B. Eldredge


title: Sigfid and Kriemnild

creator: Gestochen Gonzenbach

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Germany, Europe

subjects:
Print
Germany, europe


title: Fishing motif

date: patented 1871

medium: Silver, brass, copper

country: USA

subjects: Container Usa


title: The Saviour

creator: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: March of Intellect No. 2

creator: William Heath, British, 1794 - 1840

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print England


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


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

creator: Dufour et Leroy

medium: Block-printed

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Rose Franken


title: Tamari and Ivy onPpine-bark Lozenges

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: 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: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sketchbook Page: Two Portraits

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Contours of Waves on Beach

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Sketches of Children at Eyub

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: The Sheriff's Posse, Illustration for Century Magazine (XXXVII, No. 3, January 1889, p. 449)

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

medium: Wood-engraving in black ink on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of E. Maurice Bloch


title: Sampler

creator: Marguerite Maurel

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

country: Pezenas, France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Pezenas, france

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


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Fountain of Neptune, Florence

country: Italy

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Misses Leupp


title: Ornament Design, Arabesque Panel between Roman Standards

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Border

date: early 19th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Ceiling border

medium: Machine-printed paper

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


title: Purse

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

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: The Beheading of John the Baptist

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

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Frieze

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

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed

country: Japan

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

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


title: Portrait Sketch of a Young Woman

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Black crayon, white chalk, on green paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Chalice cover (half)

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Fork

medium: steel, enamel

subjects: Cutlery Netherland

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


title: Study for Hercules and Antaeus

creator: Annibale Carracci, Italian, 1560–1609

medium: Black chalk on paper

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: double cloth

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Emily Talmage


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

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: England

subjects: Botany Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Cape

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Textile

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

country: Portugal

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Capital in St. Chapelle de Paris

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on beige paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: "Assyrian Head" Pattern Sugar Tongs

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

medium: silver plated, metal

country: Meriden, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Meriden, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Wood block

medium: Wood and brass

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


title: Decor Chasse et Peche

creator: Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france


title: Chimneypiece Design with Cast-iron Grate

creator: Benjamin Dean Wyatt, British, 1775 – 1852

medium: Point of brush and gray, rose wash, gray, rose wash, graphite Support: white laid paper

subjects: Metalwork England Roses

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann


title: Brisé fan and case

medium: Painted ivory sticks, silk ribbon, faceted stone

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Plate XLIII 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: Frieze

creator: Delicourt et Cie, French, 1838 - 1860

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


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: silk 7&1 satin (gray) with supplementary warp binding supplementary weft (white). All other colors have been painted on the surface.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe

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


title: Waves on Beach 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: Study of seascape

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: Sugar Bowl (Sucrier)

creator: Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1740 - 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Fashion Plate, Modes Vraies

creator: Rossin, French, active 19th c.

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Cap stand

date: mid-18th century

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Nevers, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Nevers, france


title: Plant Stand (Jardinière)

creator: Bruckmann & Sohne, German, 1805 – 1973

country: Heilbronn, Germany

subjects:
Botany
Metalwork
Heilbronn, germany

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Rodman A. Heeren


title: Plaque

creator: Thomas Bentley, English, 1730 – 1780

medium: Jasperware, gilt wood, glass

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Plate XXVII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

subjects: Print Europe


title: Personification of "Textiles," 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:
Costume & fashion
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Standing Mother and Child

creator: Carlo Morelli, Italian, active 1830—1860

medium: Charcoal on light green paper, laid down

country: Florence, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Florence, italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Sketches in Turkey

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

date: 5th–7th century

medium: Medium: linen, wool Technique: plain weave with continuous supplementary weft patterning

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Sketch of Half an Ornamental Motif

creator: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

medium: Black chalk

subjects:
Ornament & design
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Dish and cover

creator: Wedgwood, English, established 1759

medium: Molded and glazed earthenware ("majolica")

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Marilyn G. Karmason


title: Fashion Plate for Woman's

medium: Hand-colored engraving Support: off-white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Library


title: Scent flask and cap

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Corner of Winter, Washington and Summer Streets, Boston

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

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


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold Norton of the Hayden Company


title: Border

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: knotting (macramé)

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

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Dish, from a Tea Service

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

date: 19th century

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Fragment

date: 15th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic threads (yellow silk and gold strips wound on a silk core), linen Technique: cut (in two heights) and voided supplementary warp pile (velvet)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Alfred G. Burnham


title: Frieze

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

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: South East View of Tritchinopoly, 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: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Porcelain Figure Mounted as a Two-Light Candelabra (One of a Pair)

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

date: 18th or 19th century

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, bronze, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

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


title: Textile

date: 18th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: The Taking of Christ, from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Yellow-Billed Waterhen, Plate 28 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Designs for embroidery

medium: Black crayon on tracing paper

subjects: Drawing France


title: Paper Fan Motif

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Cap crown

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: brocatelle

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Portrait of Adam-Frans van der Meulen

creator: Pierre-Louis van Schuppen, 1627 - 1702

medium: Etching on paper in black ink

subjects: Print France Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


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: Kain panjang (long sarong)

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 Harvey Smith


title: Border

date: late 18th century

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

subjects: Lace France


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk on cotton Technique: stem, padded overcasting, satin, speckling, and knot stitches on gauze weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: table

medium: wood, carved, painted, gilded

subjects: Miniature France

credit_line: Gift of Michael Greer


title: Sidewall

creator: Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france


title: St. Clare on façade of S. Silvestro in Capite

creator: Giuseppe Mazzoni

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on satin ground

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Butter Dish in the Shape of a Folded Napkin

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

medium: silver plated, metal, gold

country: Wallingford, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
Wallingford, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Cup and Saucer, from a Tea Service

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Plate 12, Femina Veneta (Venetian Woman), Diversarum Nationum Ornatus Cum Suis Iconibus

creator: Alessandro Fabri, Italian, active late 16th century

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Kit Robbins


title: Study of candelabras

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France


title: Textile

date: mid- 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: twill weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Floor paper

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Sidewall and Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Study of "Soul in Bondage"

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: Design for North wall, Yellow Drawing Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Robert Jones, British, active 1815 – 1833

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Welcome Panel

creator: Clauss Kuntzli

medium: stained glass, silver stain, enamel, metal

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

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


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris

creator: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903

medium: Etching and drypoint on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. David Keppel


title: Two Vestals at an Altar

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Ceiling paper


title: Cotton Prints Samples

medium: Medium: paper, printed cotton

subjects:
Sample book
France

credit_line: Gift of Virginia Hamill Johnson


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on satin ground, continuous paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Lyon, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Chokichi, "the untamed horse"

creator: Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786 – 1864

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

country: Japan

subjects: Theater Japan


title: Japonesque Style Pattern Number 5 Frunit Knife

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

medium: gold plated, silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


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

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic England Birds

credit_line: Gift of Forsyth Wickes


title: Textile

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Netherland

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a 3/1 twill foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: The Baolee at Ramnagur, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Cap streamers

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

country: France

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Hewitt House

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Architecture
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

country: USA

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Dyer's record book

creator: Thomas Ratcliffe

medium: Medium: leather, paper, cotton Technique: (samples) block and roller printed on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Sample book
England
Dyes and dyeing

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Pierced Dish

creator: Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1749 – 1760

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Study of landscape

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite, brush and gouache on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Plate Designs Cover Sheet for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream paper

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: The Marriage at Cana; Hagar and Ishmal; David and Goliath

medium: Hand painted on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered in cross, chain, buttonhole, and knot stitches with needle lace on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Übersee, Traunstein, Bavaria

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache, charcoal on grey paper, laid down

country: Übersee, Germany

subjects:
Landscape
Übersee, germany

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Helen Haseltine Plowden


title: Design for Ceiling Decoration, Probably for Conservatory/Music Room or Perhaps Dining Room

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Wooded Countryside

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound


title: Sidewall

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa

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


title: Sampler

creator: Lucy Lathrop

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, eyelet, cross, long armed cross, rococco variation, chain and couching stitches on plain weave foundation

country: possibly New York, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Possibly new york, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Frieze

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Pocket Knife from Traveling Dressing Case

creator: Asprey & Son Co., London, England, 1872 - 1879

medium: mother-of-pearl, steel, brass

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Bush Clover on Lattice

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Ceiling detail with two seated figures and escutcheon

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: Jar from Traveling Dressing Case

creator: Thomas Whitehouse, British, active 1848-98

medium: glass, silver


title: The Good Samaritan

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

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: A Printing Shop

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: matchsafe

date: late 19th century

medium: Porcelain

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


title: The Vesper Bell

creator: Axel Herman Haig, Swiss, 1835 - 1921

medium: Etching in brown ink on cream-colored heavy paper

subjects: Print Switzerland

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen warp, cotton weft Technique: block printed (2 reds and black), yellow and blue applied by brush, plain weave foundation.

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Edge

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Adrienne A. Sheridan


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Lobed Dish with Ganymede, Jupiter, and Sphinxes

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

medium: faience

country: Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Moustiers-sainte-marie, france

credit_line: Gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Apron

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt


title: Port Side of 5075 Tanker, Showing Camouflage

creator: Griffith Baily Coale, American, 1890–1950

medium: Color lithograph on paper, laid down on cardboard

subjects: Transportation Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Griffith Baily Coale


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Bush Clover and Stripes


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: braided tape, needle lace fillings

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Gilt Demitasse Spoon, Part of Set of Ten

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

medium: silver, gold

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dona Guimaraes