title: Ceremonial Knife or Kris

date: possibly 800–1000

medium: steel

country: Indonesia

subjects: Cutlery Indonesia

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


title: Tassels

date: early 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidered

country: Spain or Portugal

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain or portugal

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

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


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed on paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed and flocked paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Samuel J. Dornsife


title: Sketchbook Page: Elm Leaf

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Flounce

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Plate 15, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

creator: Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Jug

medium: Glass

country: possibly Cork, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Possibly cork, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Rough Study of Choppy Sea

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Decorated Squares Motif

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Rank badge

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: embroidered in satin and couching stitches on ribbed plain weave

country: China

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China


title: Equipment Used for Making Silk Textiles

creator: Robert Bénard, French, 1734–1772

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Waves Crashing in front of Distant Cliffs

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


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Badger, English

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation, linen edging Technique: embroidered in cross, eyelet, satin, and half cross stitches on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Study of Light and Shadow on Ocean and Sky

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Sketch of Lisieux

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey-brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Three urns

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: Design for a rug

creator: Unknown

medium: Pen and ink, watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Fishnet

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

medium: Silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Container
Providence, rhode island, usa

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Head of the Laocoon (from a cast)

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

medium: Charcoal on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Izabel M. Coles


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: The Banquet of Belshazzar

creator: Jan Harmensz Muller, Dutch, 1571 - 1628

medium: etching and engraving

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Frieze

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element work

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Bar Harbor, Maine

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper


title: Weaver's book

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Medium: leather, paper, and ink

country: North Yorkshire, England

subjects:
Sample book
North yorkshire, england

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Clarence Webster


title: Sampler

date: late 19th century

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

country: USA or England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa or england


title: Frieze

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Study of Gently Rolling Waves and Clouds

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: madder colors block printed, blue applied by brush on plain weave

country: Europe

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


title: Fruit Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Fruits
Paris, france

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: withdrawn element and cutwork with needle made fillings, including needle knotting (tenerife)

country: Mexico

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


title: Cap streamers

medium: Medium: linen, horsehair Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

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


title: View of Queen Square

creator: Robert Pollard, English, 1755 - 1838

medium: Engraving and aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Seated allegorical figure

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects: Mythology Figure France


title: Ceiling paper


title: Dessert Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france


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

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Chrysanthemum Blossoms

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Flowers


title: Bag face

date: mid–late 18th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: America

medium: Gilt metal, wood (frame)

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Metalwork
Probably germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: USA


title: Ornament Design with Ewer and Cameos

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Ceiling paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Sleeve cuff

medium: Medium: linen, cotton (?) Technique: needle lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Dr. John Herschels neueste Entdeckungen in der Mondwelt (Dr. John Herschel's newest discovery on the moon)

medium: Hand-colored etching on paper

subjects: Print Europe

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


title: Wall Decoration, Entrance Hall, North Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: 1802 or earlier

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

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: silk Technique: damassé brocaded

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Europe


title: Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

medium: Brass

subjects: Container Usa


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt


title: Bodice fronts

medium: Medium: linen Technique: trapunto, open-work and embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

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


title: Venus, 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: Border

date: late 19th–early 20th century

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

country: Burano, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Burano, italy


title: Jacket

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

country: Denmark

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Denmark

credit_line: Gift of Ida-Gro Dahlerup


title: Brisé fan

medium: Painted ivory sticks, silk ribbon and tassel, metal bail, faceted stone at rivet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Sheila Bruce


title: Sketches in Pompeii

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Gilt Demitasse Spoon, Part of Set of Ten

medium: silver, gold

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dona Guimaraes


title: Upholstery fabric

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: wool, linen Technique: cut velvet (moquette or velour d'Amiens)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt


title: Three Studies of Man in a Habit

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey-blue paper


title: Plate V, from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Lining paper - fabric

medium: Twill flannel?

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Inyo County Museums Dept., Independence, California


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Jeune Femme Au Bord De La Mer

creator: Eugene Andre Champollion, French, 1848 - 1901

medium: Etching on vellum

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Study of corbels

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: Demitasse Spoon with Lizard

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france
Reptiles & amphibians

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


title: Brisé fan

medium: Carved ivory sticks, silk ribbon, glass stone

country: China, for export to Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China, for export to europe

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Frieze


title: Vase

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: earthenware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia, pl. 19 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

creator: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618

date: 1596 or after

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Frieze

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa


title: Figure Sketches at St. Peter’s

medium: Graphite on cream paper


title: Brisé cockade fan

medium: Drilled vulcanized rubber, silk ribbon

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry Woodward Haynes


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall - sample

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

medium: Machine-printed

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Orphrey

date: 15th–16th century

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


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

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: A Couple in a Drawing Room

creator: William Henry Hyde, American, 1858–1943

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

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Advertisement for Sewing Equipment

medium: Chromolithograph

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Ephemera
Europe and usa

credit_line: Gift of Carol MacDonald


title: Doubt and other things...

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Printed in black, red ink on white paper. Illustrations in color; black and white. Bound in boards.

subjects: Ephemera Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Embroidered picture

creator: S. Handley

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

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H.P. Davison


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: Armchair

medium: painted and gilded wood, velvet upholstery

subjects: Furniture England

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Spiros Skouras


title: Fylfot motif

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Mending sampler

medium: Medium: wool, cotton, and linen embroidery on cotton and wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, herringbone, threaded herringbone and overcasting stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: beaded crochet

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Study for cartoon "Welcome in the Year 1917"

creator: Winsor McCay, American, 1869 - 1934

medium: Pen and black ink, blue color pencil on illustration board

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. R.M. Hunt


title: Christ and Mary from Last Judgment

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: compound satin with discontinuous supplementary weft twill

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Scarf sample

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Barbara Rogoff


title: Purse

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Tiraz fragment

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

country: Iraq

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Iraq

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Vase

medium: Enamel on copper, nickel

subjects: Enamel Japan

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


title: Paper knife

medium: Various metals

country: USA

subjects: Metalwork Usa

credit_line: Gift of the daughters of Louis deBébian Moore


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace England

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


title: Distant Island with Church and Possible Debris

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: McSorley's Back Room

creator: John French Sloan, American, 1871 – 1951

medium: Etching on off-white wove paper


title: Fragment

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

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


title: Choppy Sea with Many Distant Sailboats

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound


title: Trade Card Advertisement for S. A. Maxwell Wallpaper

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

medium: Offset color lithograph on heavy paper

country: Milton, Iowa, USA

subjects:
Ephemera
Milton, iowa, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Vase

creator: Jacques Sicard, French, 1865–1923

medium: Molded, glazed, and lustered earthenware

country: Zanesville, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Zanesville, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: La Chasse au Sauglier (l'attaque)

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Study of landscape, Lake Maggiore, Italy

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York City, Chancel Decoration

creator: John La Farge, American, 1835–1910

medium: Watercolor, gouache, over graphite on buff-colored thick wove paper

country: New York City, USA

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
New york city, usa

credit_line: Gift of L. Bancel La Farge


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk; paint Technique: painted


title: Stamp Office, Somerset House, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe


title: Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Sylvia

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

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


title: Chintz fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants (2 reds, black, purple and brown) and dye (yellow) applied by brush or pen; blue brushed over resist; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Grape Shears with Grape Vine Handles and Slug

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: Tile

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

medium: Molded glazed earthenware

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Tile
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Florence Barnes


title: Locket in the form of a heart

medium: Gold, silver, enamel, pearls, diamonds

subjects: Jewelry England

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


title: Necklace

creator: Fortunato Pio Castellani & Sons, Italy, founded 1815

medium: Cast and woven gold, enamel, carved emeralds, pearls

subjects: Jewelry Italy

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Border

date: early 19th century

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

subjects: Lace France


title: Venus Genitrix: Fireworks

creator: Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, French, 1715–1759

medium: etching on off-white laid paper, laid down on frame of white laid paper

subjects: Theater France

credit_line: Gift of Christopher Mendez


title: Flowers

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Isao Homma and Mr. and Mrs. S. Okajima in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Tatsugoro Okajima


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Saint Matthew and Saint John

creator: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Sun Shining on Ocean

medium: Graphite on white paper, lined

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Rocky Inlet, perhaps Conanicut Island

medium: Graphite on lined paper, mounted


title: The Battle of Bunker Hill – Watching the Fight from Copp's Hill, in Boston

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk, linen Technique: woven

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Pleated fan

medium: Gilded paper leaf with hand-colored lithograph, sandalwood sticks, pierced and inlaid with steel discs, brass ball with silk and metallic tassel

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Switzerland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry Woodward Haynes


title: The Elysee

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of D.M.C. Hopping


title: Scrolling polychrome passion flower floral garlands

medium: Block-printed on continuous paper

subjects: Wallcovering Flowers

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed with oil-based color

country: England or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Sketchbook Page: Man's Head

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Band

medium: Medium: cotton and wool Technique: tapestry-woven; warp selvage with remains of what may have been a fringe or tassel; 3 sections: a) slit tapestry b) slit tapestry. Use of non-horizontal wefts limited use of wrapping c) slit tapestry, use of non-horizontal wefts; sides: intact, end: one end, warp selvage, with remains of what may have been a fringe or tassel

country: Nazca, Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Nazca, peru

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt


title: Study of coastline, Capri, Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Waiting for a Bite, from Harper's Weekly, August 22, 1874, p. 693

medium: Wood engraving on off-white wove paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Carlson


title: borders

medium: Block-printed paper, varnish

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Container

creator: Gavet Coutelier, France

medium: Horn, ivory

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Portrait

medium: Molded, glazed, and lustered earthenware

subjects:
Ceramic
Zanesville, ohio, usa
Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Illustration

medium: Watercolor and gouache on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Design for Lobby, Possibly the Ante Room to the Music Room

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

country: England

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Border corner

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textile: Flowers and Birds

date: 19th century

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Birds
Flowers


title: Textile

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

country: India, Coromandel Coast (for Thai market)

subjects: India, coromandel coast (for thai market)

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Bottle

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

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: 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


title: Sidewall

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

country: USA


title: Miser's purse

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

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: He Sat Still, Studying His Mother's Strong, Lined Face

creator: Elizabeth Shippen Green, American, 1871–1954

medium: Charcoal, brush and grey oil paint on paper, varnished and mounted on illustration board

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John C. B. Moore


title: Miser's purse

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


title: Frieze

creator: William H. Gledhill

country: Irvington, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Irvington, new jersey, usa


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper


title: Landscape with a Castle

medium: Pen and brown ink, white chalk on paper

country: England, Europe

subjects:
Drawing
England, europe
Landscapes


title: Pleated fan and case

date: early 20th century

medium: Silk net leaf embroidered with gold spangles, carved, pierced and gilded bone sticks, mother-of-pearl washer, gilt metal bail

country: possibly France

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert Halsband


title: Frieze

creator: LINCOLN

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: probably USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Probably usa

credit_line: Gift of Virginia Hamill


title: Sea Weed

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

country: Pekalongan, Indonesia

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

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Ornament Design with Urn

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: Plate VI, Design for Gentleman's Costume, Journal des Luxus und der Moden (Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Vol. 1, No. 2

creator: Georg Melchior Kraus, German, 1737–1806

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Mounted Vase

date: 18th century

medium: porcelain, bronze, gold

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

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


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Design for wallpaper and textiles, flowers

medium: Brush and gouache on blue paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Hounds at Play

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

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Ceramic Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: Study of figure

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Mackerel Cove

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, crayon, traces of graphite on heavy gray wove paper

country: Jamestown, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Jamestown, usa

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


title: Sketchbook Page

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Five of Diamonds

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Plate IX, from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper


title: Folding Spoon (Part of Traveling Cutlery Set)

medium: steel, silver, gold

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Le Guet du Chien

creator: Charles Francois Daubigny, 1817-1878

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on paper

subjects: Animal France

credit_line: Gift of Jules R. Breuchaud


title: Chintz fragment

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

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Bedcover

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in chain stitch

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
India

credit_line: Gift of Frances George


title: Sampler

creator: Briegitt Friederici

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

country: Denmark or Northern Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Denmark or northern germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Textile

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: wool on cotton Technique: crewel embroidery with knots, chain, stem, cross, back, running, roumanian, speckling buttonhole, daisy and thorn stitches with couching and laid stitches on a 2/1 twill foundation

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. F. Huntington Babcock


title: The Death of Julius Caesar

creator: Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843

medium: Pen and black ink, gray, red, and yellow wash on white laid paper, laid down

country: Bologna, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Bologna, italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

country: Greece

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Greece

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Landscape

medium: Etching on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of Man, Marionette Puppet

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

country: USA

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on machine-made paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Rendering for Bliss Family Mausoleum

creator: Hughson Hawley, American, 1850–1936

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on heavy drawing board

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Fragment

date: early 10th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: warp-faced plain weave with warp ikat patterning, painting and gilding

country: Yemen

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

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: State Funeral (Pompe fun

creator: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, French, 1715–1790

medium: Etching and engraving Support: white laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Roger Selchow


title: Moulin de la Galette, Paris

creator: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943

date: April 1887

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper


title: "He is the image of you"

creator: Arthur Ignatius Keller, American, 1866–1924

medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache on illustration board

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


medium: Brush and gouache on off-white paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Spoon

medium: ivory

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany


title: Fragment

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

country: Italy or France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or france

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


title: Mug

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: porcelain

country: China (for export)

subjects:
Ceramic
China (for export)

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Picnicking in the Woods

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: September 4, 1858

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


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


title: Plate XXXII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sketchbook Page: Seated Baby

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Spreading the leaves on the feeding trays

creator: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Antwerp, Netherlands

subjects:
Figure
Antwerp, netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait


title: Sketchbook Page: Seated Figure with Violin


title: Fragment

date: 17th–18th century

medium: 1902-1-304Medium: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Portrait Sketch of a Young Woman with Closed Eyes

medium: Black, blue crayons, white chalk, on gray paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Sketches of Earthenware

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Ceramic Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

date: late 19th century

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: late 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style with heavy outlining thread

country: Spain

subjects: Lace Spain


title: Frieze

creator: Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Prism

medium: Pressed glass

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Granville Price


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Pen and brown ink on paper


title: Dessert Spoon with Lizard and Moth

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: gold plated, silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Butterflies & moths
Paris, france
Reptiles & amphibians

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


title: Study of landscape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Bilboquet

date: possibly ca. 1780

medium: Ivory, silk cord (replacement)

subjects:
Toys & game
France
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Panel

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

country: India

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

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


title: Decorative panel

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Alan Moss


medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Portrait of Lady Boyd

creator: James MacArdell, Irish, 1729 - 1765

medium: Etching on paper in black ink

subjects: Print England Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Band

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed and embossed paper

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

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


title: Textile

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

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


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Franklin S. Chase


title: Miss L

creator: James Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 – 1902

medium: Etching and drypoint on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Border

medium: Medium: wool Technique: cross-knit looping Label: wool cross-knit looping

country: Peru

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

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


title: Valentine Greeting

medium: Wood engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Rooster's Head

medium: Plated brass, glass

country: Europe

subjects: Container Europe

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


title: Sunset, Nantucket

medium: Brush and watercolor on grey-green paper

country: USA

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Clock with Chinoiserie Pattern

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

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Textile

date: 16th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Cornish Sea Coast with Two Rows of Cliffs in Foreground

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

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


title: study of hands holding flute

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pencil, blue crayon, on light yellow paper; watermark

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin, brocaded

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Study for portrait, Bell Tilghman

creator: Harriet Blackstone, American, 1864–1939

medium: Red pastel crayon on paper

subjects: Figure Usa Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Miss Stell Andersen


title: Orphrey fragment

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread on linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: The Holy Trinity

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on laid paper

subjects: Religion Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Knife with Multi-Colored Enamel Handle

medium: steel, enamel, semi-precious stone

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

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


title: Valentine Greeting

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on embossed paper


title: Quick Sketch of Ocean and Cliffs with Light-Filled Sky

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


title: Azalées (Azaleas)

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

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

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: Floral design for printed textile

creator: Jean DuBois, Swiss, 1789 - 1849

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Donald B. Palmer


title: Multiplex

creator: Hammond

medium: Metal, wood

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Leaf-Shaped Dessert Dish

date: mid- 18th century

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Design for a Vase

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Cortland, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cortland, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sketches of Heads

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper; vero: green paper

subjects: Portrait Usa


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Fork)

medium: steel, silver; porcelain, vitreous enamel


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Border

date: early 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Fork with Porcelain Handle (with Knife and Spoon)

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, silver, gold

subjects: Cutlery Germany


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Empress Eugenie

creator: Passerat Fils & Cie, French

date: mid- 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers and Birds

date: 19th century

medium: Brush and gouache on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Birds
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Side chair

medium: wood

country: Canada

subjects: Furniture Canada


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of City of New York, Housing and Development Administration


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Samuel J. Dornsife


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk on cotton Technique: embroidered

country: Iran

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Iran


title: Design for a Lighting Fixture

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

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

subjects: Lighting England

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


title: Bottle and stopper

medium: Glass

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

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


title: Cap crown

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


title: studies of two hands holding flutes (?)

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

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


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

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Cupids and Scroll Work

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

medium: Silver

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Kenneth Lutz


title: Three 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: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked


title: Sampler

creator: Catherine Cavanagh, American

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

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
New york, usa

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


title: Sampler

date: after 1795

medium: Medium: silk and metal threads (flat metal and metal-wrapped silk) on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, French knots, stem and chain stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Leipzig, Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Leipzig, germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: "Chaises de fantaisie," no. 8, in Le Garde-Meuble (The Storehouse)

creator: Désiré Guilmard, French, 1810–1885

medium: Hand-colored lithograph on cream laid paper

subjects:
Furniture
Paris, france


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


title: Fragment

date: possibly 13th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Pleated fan

medium: Parchment leaf painted with watercolor; carved and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks, pin set with a brilliant

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Border

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

country: France

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sample

medium: Technique: appliqué and embroidery on net

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk, linen Technique: Front: embroidery in satin, stem and knot stitches using 33 different silk yarns on silk 7&1 satin; appliqué of silk woven fabric. Back: linen plain weave.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Reed Brushes and Bamboo Leaves

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Bark cloth

date: 19th or early 20th century

medium: Medium: mulberry tree bark (Broussonetia papyrifera); tapa Technique: beaten bark fiber, rubbed and hand painted Label: beaten and rubbed Broussonetia bark, hand-painted

country: Samoa

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Non-woven textile
Samoa
Trees

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: cut loops of a supplementary weft in a 2/1 twill foundation (velvet)

country: Europe or USA

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

credit_line: Gift of John Rieck


title: Frieze

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

country: USA


title: borders

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Portrait of Louis Hesselin

creator: Robert Nanteuil, French, 1623 – 1678

medium: Etching on paper with black ink

subjects: Print France Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Portrait of Jean-Balthasar Keller

creator: Pierre Drevet, 1663 - 1738

medium: Etching on paper in black ink


title: Ornament Design, Foliate Panel between Roman Myrtle and Laurel Crowns

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

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Border fringe

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: knotting (macramé)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Non-woven textile
Italy


title: Vase

creator: University City Pottery

medium: Glazed porcelain

country: University City, Missouri, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
University city, missouri, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Sidewall


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: needle lace insertion in plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects: Lace Mexico


title: Shono, Rainstorm, 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

subjects: Figure Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: "Le Jardin d'Armide" [The Garden of Armida]

creator: Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Arthur V. Stanley


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of Man in Profile

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on laid paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france
Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Sampler

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in long armed cross, satin, overcasting variation, and withdrawn elements with needlemade fillings (reticella) on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: The Tuileries From The Garden, Plate 62 from "Vues Pittoresques des Princepaux Édifices de Paris"

creator: Les Campion Frères, Paris, France

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fragment

date: 18th or 19th century

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

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Convent Garden Marker, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper


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

creator: Dufour et Leroy

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Rose Franken


title: Espalier Garden Fashioned as a Labyrinth with Two Fountains

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

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Architecture France

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Sidewall

creator: Hitchner and Yerkes

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Camden, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Camden, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sampler

creator: Anna Margareta Wartenberg

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

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller

country: France or Switzerland

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


title: Cup with "Strohblumen" Pattern

creator: Tettau Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1794

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Old Woodbury Historical Society


title: Plate 10, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

creator: Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Sampler

creator: Ramona Benyto

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, cross, wrapped cross, chain, stem, chevron, threaded back, back, four-sided, eyelet, coral, and threaded chevron stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain
Corals & anemones


title: Plate

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Catharine W. Pierce


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded


title: Rough Ocean with Towering Cliffs at Right

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: Ceiling paper

creator: William H. Mairs and Company, Brooklyn, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa


title: Textile

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

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


title: Fragment

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Venice, italy

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


title: Ceiling Paper

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

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Fork with Agate Handle

medium: agate, silver, steel

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Border

date: 16th–17th century

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

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain


title: Lauffenbourg on the Rhine

creator: James Mallord William Turner, British, 1775–1851

medium: Etching and mezzotint on white paper

subjects: Landscape England

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


title: Textile

creator: Arthur Wilcock

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

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


title: Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria, King of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Berry Server with Leaf-form Bowl, Red Enameled Strawberries and Dragonfly

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver, enamel

subjects:
Cutlery
Dragonflies
Fruits
Paris, france

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


title: Sampler

creator: Annette Genet, French

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Striped-Throated Lapwing, Plate 27 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: Frieze and border

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Salon Interior

creator: A. Redkovsky, Russian, active mid–19th century

medium: Brush and watercolor and gouache over graphite on white wove paper

country: Russia

subjects: Interior Russia

credit_line: Gift of Léon Grinberg


title: Sample sheet

medium: Medium: wool, paper Technique: fulled

subjects:
Sample book
France

credit_line: Gift of Alice B. Beer


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Portrait of Louise King Cox

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Charm in the form of an egg

medium: Gold, enamel

subjects: Jewelry Russia

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


title: Textile

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed and resist printed on plain weave Label: printed and resist printed cotton

country: India

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


title: Edge panel

medium: Medium: silk, metal thread Technique: applique and embroidery on brocaded damask ground

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Miss C. Frances Beiber


title: Frieze

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

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Waves and Rocks

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: Sketchbook Page: Figures

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: New York, from Governor's Island, 1820

creator: I. Hill

medium: Black, colored inks, on paper.

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of William J. Donald


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton, linen Technique: embroidery, needle lace, cutwork on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

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


title: Britannia

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Sidewall

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


title: Sketches at Lausanne

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Fables of Fontaine

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

country: probably France

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


title: Cigar Butt

date: late 19th century

medium: Gold, metal

subjects: Container France

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


title: Design for Lidded Jar

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

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

country: Japan

subjects: Container Japan


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted on paper

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 4&1 satin damask; warp float face of the satin as background

country: Spitalfields, England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spitalfields, england

credit_line: Purchase, General Funds


title: Frame with Blank Oval, and Elaborate Foliage Scroll Decoration, in Dessins d'Ango Ornements et Architecture (Drawings of Ornaments and Architecture by Ango)

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

medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Architecture
Ornament
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Cap streamers

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Sidewall - fragment

credit_line: Gift of J. Everette Fauber, Jr.


title: Worn Shoe Sole

medium: Silver, glass

subjects: Container Usa


title: Sidewall

creator: Dufour et Leroy

medium: Block printed and flocked on handmade paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, steel beads Technique: knitted using openwork stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Cover

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal thread Technique: embroidery with appliqué

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed, painted

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Inkwell and stand

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Switzerland

subjects: Ceramic Switzerland

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


title: Part of the Interior of an Hindoo Temple, At Deo, In Bahar, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Architecture
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Sketches of an Altar, a Chapel Section, a Capital and Profiles of Cornices

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

medium: Pen and brown ink with gray wash; verso: pen and brown ink

country: France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Border

creator: Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Sidewall - sample

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: two integrated structures: 5/1 satin patterned by 3/1 twill

country: Turkey

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Turkey

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Sampler

creator: Berthe Oppenheimer

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Figure

medium: Ivory

subjects: Sculpture China

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Design for a Plate

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk embroidery with paint on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, running and knotted stitches on plain weave; hands, face and background are painted

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H.P. Davison


title: Figures from Last Judgment

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France


title: Veil

medium: Medium: silk Technique: needlework on net

country: Spain or France

subjects:
Lace
Spain or france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. James A. Aborn


title: Sidewall

creator: Cole and Son, Ltd.

medium: Block-printed

subjects:
Wallcovering
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Cole and Son, Ltd.


title: The Christmas-Tree

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: December 25, 1858

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa Trees

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: 5-harness satin foundation patterned by floats of the complementary foundation wefts and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound on the front in 1/4 twill by a supplementary warp.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. and Mrs. Joseph Klein


title: Campaign ribbon

medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Boris Kroll


title: Sampler

creator: Matilda Jane Goddard, American

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Coat-of-Arms

medium: Silver

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: The Penance of St. John Chrysostom

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

date: before 1495

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: La Bastille, Plate 57 from "Vues Pittoresques des Princepaux Édifices de Paris"

creator: Les Campion Frères, Paris, France

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Vertical rectangle. The head of a woman tilted upward and facing left. Signed in charcoal, upper right: "M. Alice Travers."

creator: M. Alice Travers

date: About 1890

medium: Charcoal on paper. Watermark

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Pleated fan

medium: Paper leaf with hand-colored lithograph, painted wood sticks, horn washer at rivet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe

credit_line: Gift of dorothy Warren in memory of Blanche Allien Warren (Mrs. Charles Clarke Warren)


title: Nissaka, The Murder-Stone, 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

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


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

date: late 18th century

medium: earthenware, vitreous enamel; brass, steel

subjects: Cutlery France

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


title: Drury Lane Theater from Ackermann's Repository

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Black ink with watercolor on paper

subjects: Theater Europe


title: Recto: Fountain Design with Oceanus and the River Gods Arno and Tiber

creator: Jacopo Zucchi, Italian, ca. 1541– ca. 1590

medium: Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Tableware design
Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund


title: Riva, No.1

creator: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903

medium: Etching and drypoint on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Ceiling paper

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

date: 19th century

medium: Brush and gouache on gray paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Sketchbook Page: Man in Profile

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on blue-grey laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Covered Butter Dish (One of a Pair)

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Noble and Lady

creator: Theodor de Bry, Flemish, 1528 – 1598

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament


title: Miser's purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Le Chant du Coq

creator: Charles Francois Daubigny, 1817-1878

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on paper

subjects: Animal France

credit_line: Gift of Jules R. Breuchaud


title: Plate No. 153 in Fashion Review in the Family Gazette [Revue de la Mode, Gazette de la Famille]

creator: E. Cheffer, French, active late 19th century

medium: Lithograph on cream wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Cutlery
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Library


title: Niagara in Winter from Canada Side from The Falls of Niagara: Being a Complete Guide

medium: Color wood engraving on white paperboard

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Larsen


title: Study for "Isle of Capri: The Faraglioni"

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and wash, graphite on wove paper

subjects: Landscape Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Helen Haseltine Plowden


title: Vase (Plate 8 of a Series)

creator: Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567

medium: Black ink on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Horse's Head

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Lock and key

date: late 16th–mid- 17th century

medium: Cast and engraved steel, iron

subjects: Metalwork Spain


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Allen E. Smith


title: Jar and lid

creator: De Drie Posteleyne Astonne (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels)

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Cope

medium: Medium: silk Technique: voided velvet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation


title: Sampler

creator: Griet Ruwen

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

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Plate 2, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

creator: Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ocean with Rocky Outcropping and Trees

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa Trees

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


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Gathering Berries

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa Fruits

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Frieze

creator: Alfred Peats Company

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Sidewall


title: Sampler

creator: Ann Ritchie, Scottish

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

country: Scotland

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Scotland


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Sidewall and label

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Border

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sampler

creator: Sarah Ann Marbert, American

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross and long-armed cross stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Tile

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

medium: Glazed stoneware

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Tile
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Florence Barnes


title: Fragment

creator: Saunier

medium: Medium: linen Technique: resist block printed on plain weave; immersion dyed in indigo

country: Macon, France

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Mariposa Grove, Grizzly Giant, Yosemite

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Ram's Head

medium: Brass, horn, glass

subjects: Container Europe

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


title: Ceiling paper


title: Waves Breaking on Rocks with Cliffs in Background

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Obelisk

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware


title: Session House, Clerkenwell, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fashion Plate from "Le Moniteur de la Mode"

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

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france


title: goblet

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Ornament Design, Triangular Panel with Winged Lions and Two Roman Crowns

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


title: Part of the City of Patna, on the River Ganges, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Primula Sinensis Filicifolia Rubra, Plate LXVIII from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

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

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Ithaca, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Ithaca, new york, usa


title: Fishing Village

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sampler

creator: Elizabeth Robson, English

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross, double running, upright Gobelin and eyelet stitches on a plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: With Lion on Tambour-Style Opening

medium: Ivory, wood, canvas, brass


title: Dish

medium: Engraved brass inlaid with silver

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Metalwork
Venice, italy

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Frieze

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

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Design for a Cup or Saucer

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: basket

medium: Silver

country: Holland

subjects: Miniature Holland

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


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


title: The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Ceiling Design: a trellised balustrade, opening to the sky, possibly for entrance hall

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: 1802 or earlier

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

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Fashion Plate from Le Monde Elégant


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Samuel J. Dornsife


title: Chair seat

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

country: France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Mourning sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery, paint and ink on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, knot stitches andcouching on plain weave foundation using chenille and loosely twisted threads, with painted background

country: probably Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Probably massachusetts, usa

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


title: Allegorical Figure of "America"

creator: Alcora Ceramic Factory, Spanish, 1727 – 1858

date: mid- 18th–early 19th century

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Spain

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Spain

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Sidewall

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Border


title: Case

date: early 17th century

medium: ivory, steel

country: Flanders

subjects: Cutlery Flander

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


title: The Lord's Prayer paper cut-out

creator: David Davidson, American, 1881–1967

medium: Pen and ink, brush and ink on white paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Figures

medium: Painted terracotta, glass (eyes)

country: Italy

subjects: Ceramic Italy


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Sampler

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Sidewall


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


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: Sketchbook of Newport, Rhode Island, New Jersey and England Views

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: after 1890

medium: Graphite, pen and ink on white wove paper, bound

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Sidewall

medium: linen, paint

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Michel N. Benisovich


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William B. Eldredge


title: Sampler

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, long-armed cross wth knotted raised stitches on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles P. Morgan


title: Sampler

creator: Ann Gawthorn, English

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Waves Breaking on Beach with Cliffs

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Sidewall

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Brighton Art Gallery and Museum


title: Garment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered; lined

country: Portugal

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Portugal

credit_line: Gift of Henri Cadgene


title: Nuremberg Castle, Germany

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Nuremberg, Germany

subjects:
Landscape
Nuremberg, germany


title: sidewall

creator: Robert Jones, British, active 1815 – 1833

medium: Block printed on handmade paper, varnish


title: Driving Home the Corn

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: November 13, 1858

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

date: early 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: plain compound weave with discontinuous supplementary weft twill

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Sampler

creator: Elizabeth Mercer, American

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa


title: Fragment

date: 13th century

medium: Medium: wool on linen

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Designs for Tableware, Plate XVI of Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils.

creator: William Chambers, British, b. Sweden, 1726–1796

medium: Engraving on tan laid paper

country: England

subjects:
Tableware design
England


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave; fabric dyed for red

country: England or France

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Two Dogs Near Some Bushes

medium: Silhouette of black paper on white paper mount

subjects: Silhouette England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Christmas Greeting

medium: Chromolithograph, silk on embossed paper

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed

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


title: Border

date: 18th century

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

country: Cyclades, Greece

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Cyclades, greece

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


title: View of Union Square after the Announcement of the Nomination of Horatio Seymoure by the Democratic National Convention

medium: Wood engraving on paper

subjects: Print Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: The Halt

creator: Adolphe Lalauze, French, 1838 - 1905

date: After 1876

medium: Ethcing on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and two-sided cross stitches plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sidewall

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901


title: Sparrows and Bamboo leaves and other Blossoms on a Checked Pattern

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Flowers


title: Sketch of Landscape with Trees and Sky

date: late 19th century

medium: Graphite on white wove paper, lined

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

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


title: Allegory of America

date: late 17th century

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Austria or Switzerland

subjects:
Mythology
Ceramic
Austria or switzerland

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Granada

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Brush and watercolor on tan paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Fan leaf

date: late 18th century

medium: Gouache-painted parchment

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on handmade paper, glazed

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Portrait of a Man: Study from Life

creator: Coralie E. Feilner

medium: Charcoal on paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Eight of Diamonds

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Sketch of Stone Frog and Farm House

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Usa
Reptiles & amphibians


title: Chalice

date: late 15th–16th century

medium: Molded and gilt copper, engraved pewter

country: possibly France

subjects:
Metalwork
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell C. Veit


title: Fashion Plate with Ladies' Headwear

date: 19th century

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Europe


title: Textile

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 3/1 twill patterned by continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound on the front in 1/3 twill and bound on the back in the same twill

country: Turkey

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Turkey

credit_line: Gift of Lois Clarke in Memory of Alice Baldwin Beer


title: Border

medium: Medium: cotton foundation, wool and metallic embroidery, sequins Technique: embroidered on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg


title: Vase

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: details of figure studies

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pencil, black crayon, white chalk, on gray paper

country: USA

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller and block printed, glazed

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Custom House, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Platter

creator: W. S. Coleman

country: Staffordshire, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Staffordshire, england

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


title: Scenic

medium: Hand painted on handmade paper

country: China

subjects: Wallcovering China

credit_line: Gift of John Judkyn in memory of his mother, Florence Judkyn


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Winged figure holding glass in upraised hand

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: Optical Toy: "A Snow Scene"

creator: William Spooner, England, active 1830 – 1854

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england


title: Sketchbook Page: Seated Figure

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Unfinished Study of Mountains

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Carol Howard


title: Tumbler

medium: Blown and overlaid glass

subjects: Glassware France

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Max Kobre


title: Textile

medium: embroidered net

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper on pasteboard support

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Rollin Stickle


title: Souvenir ribbon

medium: Medium: silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Boris Kroll