title: Sampler

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and counted satin stitches with open work on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Button

medium: Cut steel

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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


title: Wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

country: Possibly Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Button

date: 19th century

medium: brass

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Badge

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton, silk Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: slit tapestry

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: General Greene

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology


title: Gypsy

creator: Samuel Alcock & Co., British, 1828 - 1860

medium: Molded, glazed stoneware

country: Burslem, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Burslem, england

credit_line: Gift of Stephen Parks


title: Towel end

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: braiding

country: USA

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Harry Horton Benkard


title: The Antikamnia Calendar, May and June, 1899: "Ein Stein!"

creator: Louis Crusius, American, 1862 - 1898

medium: Chromolithograph on paper with string binding

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Graphic design
New york, new york, usa
Graphic arts


title: Allegorical Figures of the "Four Continents"

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Tile

date: 18th century

medium: Tin-enamelled earthenware

country: Holland

subjects: Tile Holland


title: Tile wall facing

country: Possibly Rotterdam, Holland

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Knife with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle

creator: William Boswell, active London, late 17th century.

date: late 17th century

medium: steel, silver, agate

country: London, England

subjects:
Cutlery
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Francis B. Lothrop, Mrs. George Batchelder, and Gordon Abbott, Sr.


title: Nouveau Livre de Cartouches inventé et gravé Par Nicolas Perignon Peintre Et Architecte 1759

creator: Alexis-Nicolas Pérignon, French, 1726 – 1782

medium: albums (bound) & books

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: L'oeuvre (Works)

creator: Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Border

date: late 16th century

medium: Medium: Technique: punto in aria needle lace

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Design in Plan and Elevation for Mahogany Sideboard on Casters

creator: A.N. Davenport Co.

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper

subjects: Architecture Furniture

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland


title: Palais, Pattern no 98

creator: Ludwig Lobmeyr, Austrian, 1829 - 1917

medium: Mouth-blown, cut and polished crystal

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Ornament & design
Glassware
Vienna, austria
Minerals & gems

credit_line: Gift of J. & L. Lobmeyr


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

country: France or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or usa


title: Design for Desk Set

medium: Graphite on thin cream laid paper


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Sample book
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering England


title: Wall facing


title: Chandelier

medium: Glass, gilt metal

country: Sweden

subjects: Lighting Sweden

credit_line: Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle


title: Inkstand

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Moustiers-Sainte Marie, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Moustiers-sainte marie, france

credit_line: Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw


title: Creamer

creator: Wedgwood, English, established 1759

date: early 19th century

medium: jasperware, salt glaze

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Michael Bennett Levinson


title: Rosalie

creator: John Henry Belter, American, b. Germany, 1804 – 1863

medium: Laminated rosewood, hardwood, cotton upholstery, metal

subjects:
Furniture
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift in memory of Julia M. Halleran by her children


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Creamboat (One of Three)

creator: Caughley Porcelain Factory, English, 1755 - 1814

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Elevation du côté de la Rue du Pont-Mayou.

creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750

medium: etching and engraving on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Architecture
Print
Paris, france


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

country: France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Fragment

creator: Gordon

date: after 1800

country: probably England

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


title: Machine-made openwork samples

medium: Medium: cardboard, linen, silk, metallic Technique: linen embroidery with ground cloth dissolved Examples of embroidery on net produced by the Schiffli machine Metallic embroidery on net Machine-made openwork in imitation of hand-embroidered net Mostly floral and a few geometric patterns, some designs described as "Spanish" Imitation hand-made filet Machine filet Imitation filet crochet Ploven (burnt-out lace) Fancy curtain lace made on the Levers machines Real filet (handmade) next to Machine-made filet Spotted curtain nets, made chiefly at Nottingham, England and Caudry, France.

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Usa
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum


title: Tracing of Design for Semi-Circular Writing Table

date: November 27, 1905

medium: Carbon tracing and graphite on thin cream paper


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk, chenille, metallic threads Technique: embroidered on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Myra M. and William H. Mathers


title: Wall facing

country: Possibly Delft, Netherlands


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: A Salon in the Palazzo Satriano, Naples

creator: L. Iely

medium: Brush and watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

credit_line: Thaw Collection


title: Button

medium: Copper, glass, tin, plaster

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: A la Pucelle d'Orleans

creator: Richards

medium: Technique: printed by engraved roller

country: Rouen, France

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


title: Recueil Elémentaire d'Architecture

creator: Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791

medium: Bound engravings on paper

country: Europe

subjects:
Architecture
Album (bound) & book
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: PREMIER LIVRE DE NOUVEAUX DESSEINS, DE SERRURERIES. Inventé et gravé Par Babel

creator: Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775

medium: albums (bound) & books

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Suitte des Groupes d'Enfants

creator: Michael Hartwagner, German, d. 1775

medium: Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany


title: Allegorical Figure of "Africa"

creator: Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Livre Curieux et Utile pour Les Sçavans, et Artists. Composé de trois Alphabets de Chiffres, Simples, doubles et triples.

creator: Nicolas Verien, French, active 1685 – 1724

medium: Engravings on cream laid paper, bound in boards with leather spine

subjects:
Graphic design
Paris, france
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Textile

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

country: Alsace, France

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Sidewall sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Palmer Brown


title: The Teatotal Destruction of Sir John Barleycorn

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

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


title: Design after Paintings by Raphael and Paintings in Bologna by Albani, Francia, Parmigianino; Monument Verso: Anatomical Study

creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

medium: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia, watercolor washes on laid paper

subjects: Anatomy Figure Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Design for Round Adjustable Dining Table on Octagonal Base

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on thin cream paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Page from Ackermann's "Repository of the Arts, Science etc,"

medium: Medium: g.) paper and textile swatches (fibers not identified)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Sample book
England


title: L'oeuvre (Works)

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Album of Trophy Designs

creator: Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789


title: No. 4

medium: Mouth-blown glass

subjects:
Glassware
Vienna, austria

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor, Arthur Liu, and Prairie Pictures, Inc. and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Designs for Summer Dining Chairs

medium: Graphite on thin cream laid paper


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Wall facing


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

creator: James Hazen Hyde, American, 1876 - 1959

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

subjects: Ephemera Usa

credit_line: Gift of James Hazen Hyde


title: House Model

medium: Various woods

subjects:
Model and prototype
England

credit_line: Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw


title: Design for a Dining Table on Carved Base

creator: A.N. Davenport Co.

medium: Pen and black ink on thin, cream paper


title: Button

date: late 18th century

medium: Copper, nickel plating

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Button

medium: Stoneware

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England


title: Design for embroidery

medium: Medium: silk, ink, graphite Technique: embroidery on ink drawn pattern on satin weave

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Tile

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze manganese decoration

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Tile wall facing


title: Panel


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed, hand-rubbed oil finish

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mary Kate Conrad


title: Pendant Design with the Virtue Hope, Plate 3, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

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

medium: Engraving on paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund


title: Plate 5, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues


title: The Birches

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

credit_line: Gift of Sharon and Curtis Stetter and Lila Harnett


title: Proof for exhibition catalogue, "Jockeys," Kingore Galleries, New York, NY

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

medium: Offset printing on fabriano cotton wove paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: Côté de l'Ecritoire de Monsieur le Comte de Maurepas., Écritoire pour le comte de Maurepas, 1731, 6th Plate

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

subjects:
Metalwork
Paris, france


title: Design for Sideboard 'C' of Mahogany

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper

country: Boston, MA, USA

subjects:
Furniture
Boston, ma, usa


medium: Medium: e.) paper, cotton, silk Technique: e.) printed and glazed plain weave; plain weave with weft-float patterning; cut-pile weave

subjects:
Sample book
England


title: Wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Design for Round Dining Table on Carved Bracket Feet


title: Wall facing


title: Button

medium: Cut steel


title: Design for Writing Table No. 6

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on thin cream paper


title: Design for stained glass

creator: Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961

medium: Brush and gouache, watercolor on paper mounted on tan illustration board

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Alice C. Morse


title: Textile

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

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


title: Textile

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

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


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology


title: No. 104

creator: Ludwig Lobmeyr, Austrian, 1829 - 1917

medium: Mouth-blown crystal, cut and polished

subjects:
Glassware
Vienna, austria
Minerals & gems


title: Tile wall facing

country: Possibly Rotterdam, Holland


title: Chrysanthemum Pattern Oyster Fork

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: silver

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Design for Sideboard with Glass Door Cabinet Above

date: October 25, 1900


title: Artist's Studio in Berlin

creator: Karl Wilhelm Streckfuss, 1817 – 1896

medium: Brush and gouache on white paper

credit_line: Thaw Collection


title: Bowl

medium: Black transfer on stoneware

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Bequest of Jane M. Epstine


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Sidewall sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Palmer Brown


title: Plate, from a Dessert Service

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

medium: porcelain (feldspar), vitreous enamel, gold

credit_line: Bequest of Emily H. Chauncey


title: Venetian

creator: Reed & Barton, American, 1824–2015

medium: silver plated, metal

country: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Taunton, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Historical Design Inc.


title: Thirty-Six Selected Haynes Stereoscopic Views of the Yellowstone National Park

creator: Frank Jay Haynes, American, 1853 – 1921

medium: cream paperboard

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Richard P. Wunder


title: Dish

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane


medium: Engravings on cream laid paper, bound in boards with leather spine

subjects:
Graphic design
Paris, france
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Pitcher

subjects: Ceramic France


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on joined sheets

credit_line: Gift of Michael Bennett Levinson


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france


title: Wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: L'oeuvre (Works)

creator: Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Mount

medium: Gilt bronze


title: Design for Plain Cassone

medium: Pen and black ink on thin cream laid paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers


title: Design for stained glass

medium: Brush and wash, gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa


title: Panel

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze manganese decoration


title: "Pendant in the Form of a Bowknot," Plate 3 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

creator: Heinrich Raab, German, active Nuremberg 1640 – 1650

medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of Drawings and Prints Fund


title: Tile wall facing


title: Wall facing


title: Design for an Oval Table of Mahogany "B"

medium: Graphite on thin, cream paper


title: Design for Serving Table with Columnar Legs

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper


title: Tassel

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy

subjects: Trimming Italy

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


title: Sampler

creator: Sarah Roper

medium: Medium: silk, cotton, wool Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Probably england

credit_line: Bequest of Marsha Carson


title: Side chairs

creator: John Henry Belter, American, b. Germany, 1804 – 1863

medium: laminated rosewood, hardwood, cotton upholstery, metal

subjects: Furniture Usa

credit_line: Gift in memory of Julia M. Halleran by her children


title: Sampler

creator: Agnes Brown Kinghorn

date: October 1809

medium: Medium: silk, wool Technique: cross, satin and double running stitches

country: Scotland

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Scotland


title: Page of Text, Printed on Recto and Verso

creator: Marie F. Lattré, French, active eighteenth century

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Bound print
France


title: Plate Depicting the Crypta Neapolitana (Grotta di Posillipo), from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

creator: Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Doccia, Italy

subjects:
Ceramic
Doccia, italy

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Borders

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

country: England

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on plain weave

country: Vienna (possibly), Austria

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Vienna (possibly), austria

credit_line: Gift of Myra M. and William H. Mathers


title: Tropics

creator: Willets Mfg. Co., active 1879 – ca. 1912

medium: Gilt and glazed earthenware

country: Trenton, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Trenton, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection


title: Wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

country: Possibly Delft, Netherlands


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology


title: Dish (One of Six)

creator: Cozzi Porcelain Factory, Italian, 1763 – 1812

subjects: Ceramic Italy


title: Urn (One of a Pair)

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

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: supplemenatry warp forming cut and uncut pile in a plain weave foundation (velvet)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: VIIe Cahier de Meubles, et 1er de Lit

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

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Chrysanthemum Pattern Luncheon Knife

creator: Charles T. Grosjean, American, d. 1888

medium: silver, steel

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Album of Designs for Console Tables, Wall Brackets and Ceilings

creator: Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Three Graces

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

medium: block-printed on handmade paper

country: Rixheim, Alsace, France

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Rixheim, alsace, france

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Catesby Foundation, Trove, Brook Berlind, Cara McCarty, and Steve Larson and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Allegorical Figure of "America"

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Mug

date: 18th–mid-19th century

credit_line: Bequest of Jane M. Epstine


title: Design for Sideboard "C" with Six Legs and Five Drawers

creator: A.N. Davenport Co.

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Commemorative textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller-printed on plain weave.

country: USA

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

country: France or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or usa


title: Tile wall facing

country: Possibly Rotterdam, Holland


title: Sidewall sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Palmer Brown


title: Pair of Covered Confinement Cups

medium: lead glass

subjects: Glassware England

credit_line: Gift of Beatrice Taplin


title: Button

medium: Pearl, shell, brass, copper, glass

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


title: Design for Oak Serving Table


title: Wall facing


title: The Study of Prince Karl of Prussia

creator: Eduard Gaertner, 1801 – 1877

medium: Brush and watercolor over graphite on paper

credit_line: Thaw Collection


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed


title: Wall facing


title: The Interior of Hall Place, Leigh, near Tonbridge, Kent

creator: Henry Robert Robertson, British, 1839 - 1921

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

country: Leigh, England, Great Britain

subjects:
Interior
Leigh, england, great britain


title: Dish

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, gold

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Design and Sketch for "MahoganyWriting Table"


title: The Study of King Louis-Philippe at Neuilly

creator: James Roberts, British, active France, ca. 1800–1867

medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache on white wove paper

country: Neuilly, France

subjects:
Interior
Neuilly, france


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Melbourne

creator: Gildea & Walker, active 1881 – 1885

medium: Glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration

country: Stoke-on-Trent, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Stoke-on-trent, england


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on ingrain paper

country: England or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Brian Coleman


title: Album of Trophy and Gold Box Designs

creator: Louis Denis Fossier, French, 1744 – 1781

medium: albums (bound) & books

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France


title: Bougeoir Mouchette et Porte Mouchette, Plateau avec bougeoir et paire de mouchettes, (1730-1735), 6th Plate

creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

subjects:
Metalwork
Paris, france


title: No. 107

creator: Ludwig Lobmeyr, Austrian, 1829 - 1917

medium: Mouth-blown crystal, facet-cut and polished

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Glassware
Vienna, austria
Minerals & gems

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor, Arthur Liu, and Prairie Pictures, Inc. and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Freeman, English

medium: Medium: silk, wool Technique:embroidered in cross stitch and flame stitch on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Myra M. and William H. Mathers


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Tray

creator: Unknown

medium: felt, leather

subjects:
Container
Paris, france

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: discontinuous and interlocked warps and wefts

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland


title: Candlestick

medium: Brass

subjects: Metalwork England

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Wall facing


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

creator: James Hazen Hyde, American, 1876 - 1959

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

subjects: Ephemera Usa

credit_line: Gift of James Hazen Hyde


title: Album of Prints: Different Works by Lalonde, Decorator and Designer, Part II

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: L'oeuvre (Works)

creator: Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Mansarde

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Sampler

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered in counted thread stitches, deflected element work, cross and satin stitches

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers


title: Album of Prints: New Collection of Ironwork in the Newest Taste, by Moreau

creator: Moreau, French, active 18th century

subjects: Print France


creator: Frank Jay Haynes, American, 1853 – 1921

medium: cream paperboard

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Richard P. Wunder


title: Boëtes de Montre [Designs for Watch Cases], plate 54 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper


title: Birds of Paradise

medium: Glass

subjects:
Glassware
Vienna, austria
Birds


title: Design for Sideboard with Raised Side Cabinets and Upper Shelf

medium: Graphite on thin paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Tile

medium: Tin-enamelled earthenware

country: Holland

subjects: Tile Holland


title: Button with Painted Lady

medium: porcelain, copper, glass, tin

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Tile wall facing


title: Side Chair

medium: red walnut, silk damask (modern)

country: England

subjects: Furniture England


title: Zoetrope Strip, Dancers

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: England, United Kingdom

subjects:
Toys & game
England, united kingdom
Amusement

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. E. Henry Harriman


title: Textile

creator: Hamilton Print Works, Lowell, MA, founded 1828

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed Label: printed cotton

country: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Lowell, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: American Textile History Museum Collection


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Sidewall sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Palmer Brown


title: Textile

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

country: France

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


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

country: Possibly Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland


title: Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew

creator: Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish, active Italy, 1591 – 1652

medium: Etching on paper

country: Spain

subjects: Print Spain


title: Spoon

medium: Brass

subjects: Cutlery England

credit_line: Gift of Paul Walter


title: Jardinière

creator: Olérys-Laugier Factory, France, founded 1738

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Moustiers-Sainte Marie, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Moustiers-sainte marie, france

credit_line: Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw


title: Album of Arabesque Panel Designs

creator: Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s

medium: albums (bound) & books

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


title: Design for Mahogany Pedestal

creator: A.N. Davenport Co.

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on thin cream laid paper


title: Wall facing


title: Design for Round Dining Table on Winged Animal Paw Feet

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper


title: Design for Serving Table with Convex Front


title: Tile wall facing

country: Possibly Rotterdam, Holland


title: Design for Ornament from Cinquieme Livre d'Ornemens, plate 32, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

date: 1748 (first printing 1734)

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Paris, france


title: Carving Knife with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal

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

medium: steel, antler, silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi


title: Allegorical Figures of the "Four Continents"

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

date: 18th–19th century

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: The Interior of the Library at Cassiobury

creator: Augustus Charles Pugin, French, active Great Britain, ca. 1762–1832

date: before 1816

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper

credit_line: Thaw Collection


title: Sitting Room, 7 Owen's Row, Islington

creator: Richard Parminster Cuff, British, 1819 - 1883

medium: Brush and watercolor and gray wash over graphite


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Chapan (robe)

date: second half 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns, cotton Technique: compound weave (robe); warp ikat (lining)

country: Bukhara

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Bukhara

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram Stevens Hewitt


title: Tile

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze manganese decoration

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: probably France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Probably france

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: block printed using resist on both sides of the fabric, vat dyed in indigo on plain weave


title: Wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: La Musique

creator: François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


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

country: USA

subjects: Ephemera Usa

credit_line: Gift of James Hazen Hyde


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Design for China Cabinet of Mahogany and Inlay, Sept. 13, 1906

date: September 13, 1906

medium: Graphite, red color pencil on thin cream paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Tile

medium: Tin-enamelled earthenware

subjects: Tile Holland


title: L'oeuvre (Works)

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Border

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked

credit_line: Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology


title: The Interior of the Chinese Room, Looking toward the Conservatory, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire

creator: William Alfred Delamotte, 1775 – 1863

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

country: Oxfordshire, England

subjects:
Interior
Oxfordshire, england


title: Cup and saucer

medium: Stoneware

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Bequest of Jane M. Epstine


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland


title: Design for Writing Table "B" in Elevation and Side Views

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper

subjects: Architecture Furniture


title: Embroidered picture

creator: Margaret Hoog, American, b. Ireland

medium: Medium: wool and cotton embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in chain stitch on plain weave foundation Label: wool plain weave embroidered with wool and cotton in chain stitch

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Myra M. and William H. Mathers


title: Suitte de Trophés d’après le Chevalier de la Touche Gravé par Paty

creator: Jacques Ignace de Latouche, French, 1694 – 1781

medium: albums (bound) & books

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France


title: "Bologna"

creator: William Adams & Sons Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent, England

date: mid-19th century

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Paul F. Walter


title: Livre Curieux et Utile pour Les Sçavans, et Artists. Composé de trois Alphabets de Chiffres, Simples, doubles et triples.

creator: Nicolas Verien, French, active 1685 – 1724

medium: Engravings on cream laid paper, bound in boards with leather spine

subjects:
Graphic design
Paris, france
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Machine-made openwork samples

medium: Medium: cardboard, linen, silk, metallic Technique: linen embroidery with ground cloth dissolved Examples of embroidery on net produced by the Schiffli machine Metallic embroidery on net Machine-made openwork in imitation of hand-embroidered net Mostly floral and a few geometric patterns, some designs described as "Spanish" Imitation hand-made filet Machine filet Imitation filet crochet Ploven (burnt-out lace) Fancy curtain lace made on the Levers machines Real filet (handmade) next to Machine-made filet Spotted curtain nets, made chiefly at Nottingham, England and Caudry, France.

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Usa
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum


title: No. 176

creator: Ludwig Lobmeyr, Austrian, 1829 - 1917

medium: Mouth-blown crystal, hand-cut and polished

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Glassware
Vienna, austria
Minerals & gems

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor, Arthur Liu, and Prairie Pictures, Inc. and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Tile wall facing


title: No. 132

creator: Professor Josef Storck, Austria, 1830 - 1902

medium: Mouth-blown crystal, facet-cut and polished


title: Thirty-Six Selected Haynes Stereoscopic Views of the Yellowstone National Park

creator: Frank Jay Haynes, American, 1853 – 1921

medium: cream paperboard

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Richard P. Wunder


title: Album of Trophy Designs

creator: François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1748 - 1797


title: Wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Design for Writing Table with Turned Legs and Six-Cubbyhole Nest Atop


title: Interior of a Library

creator: Unknown, English

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

credit_line: Thaw Collection


title: Mirror

medium: Engraved and silvered glass, carved, gessoed, and gilt wood

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Glassware
Venice, italy

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Chrysanthemum Pattern Luncheon Knife

creator: Charles T. Grosjean, American, d. 1888

medium: silver, steel

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
New york, usa


title: Album Containing Prints of Children's Scenes

creator: Jacques Bacheley, French, 1712 – 1781

date: mid- 18th–late 18th century

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Fragment

date: 16th–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: Sidewall sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Palmer Brown


title: Button

date: 18th century

medium: Copper, glass, tin, plaster

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Sampler

creator: Adelaide Muller

medium: Medium: silk, cotton Technique: satin and stem stitch embroidery on plain weave

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Machine-made openwork samples


title: Textile

creator: Schaar

date: early 19th century

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

country: Alsace, France

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Offering to Cupid

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper

country: France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund


title: Tile wall facing


title: Tea set

medium: Leeds pottery, silver resist

country: England


title: Plate, from a Dessert Service

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

medium: porcelain (feldspar), vitreous enamel, gold

credit_line: Bequest of Emily H. Chauncey


title: Wall facing

country: Possibly Delft, Netherlands


title: Design for Sideboard with Serpentine Front and Ball and Claw Feet

creator: A.N. Davenport Co.

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: No. 176

medium: Mouth-blown crystal, hand-cut and polished


title: Shawl

medium: Medium: cashmere Technique: 2/2 twill with discontinuous wefts (tapestry) with double-interlocking; embroidered borders, pieced together Label: cashmere wool double-interlocked twill tapestry with embroidered borders, pieced together

country: Kashmir, India for European market

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Kashmir, india for european market

credit_line: Bequest of Harmon H. Goldstone


title: Plate 8 from "Stuben-Ofen"

creator: Johann Jakob Schübler, German, 1689–1741

medium: Engraving and etching on off-white laid paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of Drawings and Prints Fund through gift of Drue Heinz


title: Dish (One of Four)

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Page from Ackermann's "Repository of the Arts, Science etc,"

medium: Medium: h.) paper and textile swatches (fibers not identified)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Sample book
England


title: Jug

medium: Glazed stoneware

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Stephen Parks


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Sketchbook page

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

medium: drawing

subjects:
Sketchbook page
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Gardes d'Epées d'or pour les presens du marriage du Roy en 1725 [Gilt Sword Handle in Honor of the King's Marriage in 1725], pl. 52 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Metalwork
Paris, france

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Wall facing

country: Possibly Rotterdam, Holland

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Album of Prints from the Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Sciences, Arts and Trades

creator: J.R. Lucotte, French, 1733 – 1784

medium: albums (bound) & books

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France


title: Les Martyrs de Chateaubriand

medium: Printed by engraved roller on cotton plain weave,

country: Rouen, France

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


title: Design for a Round Table on Animal Hoof-Feet

date: February 4, 1906

medium: Graphite on thin, cream paper


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Design for China Cabinet with Convex Front

medium: Pen and black ink on thin cream paper


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Design for Tureen, from Dixieme Livre des Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonier, plate 62 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

medium: Etching on off- white laid paper

country: Paris, France


title: Wall facing


title: Design for Semi-Circular Writing Table with Four Drawers and Small Lamp Atop


title: Cobwebs

creator: John Taylor Arms, American, 1887–1953

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on off-white wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Jules R. Breuchaud


title: Panel

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze manganese decoration


title: Textile with cloth marks

medium: Medium: linen Technique: printed on plain weave

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


title: Allegorical Figure of "Europe"

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

country: England, France or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
England, france or usa

credit_line: Gift of Michael Bennett Levinson


title: Design for Sideboard of Dark Oak


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

creator: James Hazen Hyde, American, 1876 - 1959

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

subjects: Ephemera Usa

credit_line: Gift of James Hazen Hyde


title: Medallion

medium: Stoneware

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Mug

medium: Red transfer on stoneware

credit_line: Bequest of Jane M. Epstine


title: "Bay of Naples" from "Vues d'Italie"

creator: Joseph Dufour et Cie., French, 1752–1827

medium: Block printed on handmade paper, wood frame

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france


title: LIVRE DE PORTIERES

creator: Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Bedroom in a Country Dacha

creator: Unknown

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

credit_line: Thaw Collection


title: Medallion

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England


creator: Frank Jay Haynes, American, 1853 – 1921

medium: cream paperboard

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Richard P. Wunder


title: Design for Sideboard "D" of Mahogany

medium: Graphite on thin paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Sidewall

medium: Printed paper, embossed, hand-rubbed oil finish

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Winfield Scott Harvin Jr. in memory of Susan Harvin


title: Design for a Round Dining Table on Carved Base

medium: Graphite on thin, cream paper


title: Allegories of the Four Continents

creator: Jacques Le Moyne

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Spain

subjects: Tile Spain


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Design for Sideboard with Brass Rail and Brass Feet

medium: Pen and black ink, some graphite, on thin cream paper


title: Panel


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Tea Service

date: mid- 18th century

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Edward Luckemeyer


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Wall facing


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed using resist then indigo dyed on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile


title: The Four Continents

date: late 18th century

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

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


title: Taperstick (One of Four)

creator: Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial and General Acqusition Endowment Funds


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology


title: Design for Mahogany and Inlay Sideboard

medium: Pen and black ink and graphite on thin cream paper


title: Designs for Armchair Covers (Back and Seat)

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Le Port de Mer

creator: Petitpierre Freres

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

country: Nantes, France

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


title: Tea Knife with Japanesque Style Pattern Engraved Handle

creator: Wood & Hughes, New York, U.S.A., 1845 – 1899

medium: silver

country: USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Historical Design Inc.


title: Livre Curieux et Utile pour Les Sçavans, et Artists. Composé de trois Alphabets de Chiffres, Simples, doubles et triples.

creator: Nicolas Verien, French, active 1685 – 1724

medium: Engravings on cream laid paper, bound in boards with leather spine

subjects:
Graphic design
Paris, france
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Medallion

medium: Stoneware

subjects: Ceramic England


title: Design for Plain Desk Organizer

creator: A.N. Davenport Co.

medium: Graphite, blue color pencil on thin cream laid paper


title: Traineau de Jardin fait pour la Reine premiere douairiere d'espagne en 1735, 4th Plate [Garden Sled for Marie-Anne de Neu bourg Queen of Spain], pl. 49 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

medium: Etching on off- white laid paper

subjects:
Furniture
Paris, france

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: L'art d'aimer (copy)

creator: Jamet

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

country: Bolbec, Normandy, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Bolbec, normandy, france


title: Scrimshaw

medium: Whale tooth, india ink

subjects: Sculpture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Designs for Pair of Stock Cabinets

medium: Pen and black ink on thin cream paper


title: Design for stained glass

creator: Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961

date: late 19th century

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Alice C. Morse


title: "Medallion" Pattern Serving Spoon

creator: William Gale Jr., American, b. 1825

medium: gold plated, silver

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Katharine Cornell


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland


title: L'oeuvre (Works)

creator: Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Sampler

creator: Elizabeth Thurston, English

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

country: Ipswich, Suffolk County, England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Ipswich, suffolk county, england

credit_line: Gift of Myra M. and William H. Mathers


title: Scenic

medium: Hand painted on joined sheets of handmade paper

country: China

subjects: Wallcovering China

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Bedcover

medium: Medium: cotton foundation, wool, silk, metal-wrapped silk, sequins, glass beads and metal coils Technique: embroidery in stem, satin and chain stitches on 1\2 twill

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed

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


title: Wall facing

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: A Library in Gothic Style

creator: Charles James Richardson, British, 1806 – 1871

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper

credit_line: Thaw Collection


title: Design for stained glass

medium: Brush and gouache on paper, mounted on illustration board


title: Sample book page

medium: Medium: cardboard, linen, silk, metallic Technique: linen embroidery with ground cloth dissolved Examples of embroidery on net produced by the Schiffli machine Metallic embroidery on net Machine-made openwork in imitation of hand-embroidered net Mostly floral and a few geometric patterns, some designs described as "Spanish" Imitation hand-made filet Machine filet Imitation filet crochet Ploven (burnt-out lace) Fancy curtain lace made on the Levers machines Real filet (handmade) next to Machine-made filet Spotted curtain nets, made chiefly at Nottingham, England and Caudry, France.

subjects:
Ornament & design
Sample book
Usa
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum


title: Design for Sideboard with Four Legs and Tri-Partite Front

medium: Black and white photographic process on white paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Darning sampler

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: embroidered

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Marsha Carson


title: Design with Crowning Elements, Including Groups of Figures or an Ecclesiastical Trophy

creator: François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777

medium: Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany


title: Medallion

medium: Stoneware

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Knife with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle

creator: William Boswell, active London, late 17th century.

date: late 17th century

medium: steel, silver, agate

country: London, England

subjects:
Cutlery
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Francis B. Lothrop, Mrs. George Batchelder, and Gordon Abbott, Sr.


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

country: Possibly Rotterdam, Holland


title: Ice Cream Server with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

medium: gold plated, silver, mother of pearl

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: No. 176

creator: Ludwig Lobmeyr, Austrian, 1829 - 1917

medium: Mouth-blown crystal, hand-cut and polished

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Glassware
Vienna, austria
Minerals & gems

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor, Arthur Liu, and Prairie Pictures, Inc. and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Wall facing

country: Possibly Delft, Netherlands


title: Design for stained glass

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Machine-made openwork samples

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Usa
Flowers


title: Plate 8, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

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

medium: Engraving on paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Album of Metalwork Animal Designs

creator: Babin, French, ca. 1750

medium: albums (bound) & books

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Ornament Design with Fish Motif, from Livre des Legumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament], pl. 16 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Fish
Ornament & design
Ornament
Paris, france


title: Ceiling Medallion with Stylized Floral Ornaments

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

medium: machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Long Island Museum


medium: Engravings on cream laid paper, bound in boards with leather spine

subjects:
Graphic design
Paris, france
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall with "C" scroll and Foliate Decoration

medium: stamped gold foil, paper


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on joined sheets

credit_line: Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology


title: Armchair

creator: Unknown

medium: Hardwood (mahogany or primavera); modern upholstery

subjects: Furniture Mexico

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Tile wall facing

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Design for a Six-Legged Rectangular Table with a Fower Vase

medium: Graphite on thin, cream paper


title: L'oeuvre (Works)

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland


title: Bowl and cover

medium: Lead-glazed earthenware ("cream ware")

country: Leeds, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Leeds, england

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Design for Chest of Drawers in Mahogany with Neo-Classical Motifs

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper


title: Frieze

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

medium: Block-printed, glazed, embossed paper

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mary Kate Conrad


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Goblet

medium: pressed glass

country: USA

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection


title: Ornament Design with a Fountain

medium: etching and engraving on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Paris, france


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk, wool Technique: appliqué and embroidery in satin and stem stitch.

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers


title: Wall facing


title: Box

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, metal (mount)

country: Moustiers-Sainte Marie, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Moustiers-sainte marie, france

credit_line: Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw


title: Lekythos

date: early 5th century B.C.

medium: Terracotta with painted decoration

country: Greece

subjects: Ceramic Greece

credit_line: Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, William A. Clark Collection


title: Sidewall sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Palmer Brown


title: Handkerchief

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

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

credit_line: American Textile History Museum Collection


title: Textile

medium: Medium: wool Technique: printed without dye \by heated roller on velvet (Baste fiber plain weave with wool supplementary warp).

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Border

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: L'oeuvre (Works)

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Lish, American

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Design for Stained Glass Window: Light in Chapter Room, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

medium: Brush and wash, gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Alice C. Morse


title: Wine glass

medium: Glass

subjects: Glassware England

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Dish (One of Six)

creator: Cozzi Porcelain Factory, Italian, 1763 – 1812

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Italy

subjects: Ceramic Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: CHANDELIERS DE SCULPTURE EN ARGENT.

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Plate, from a Dessert Service

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

medium: porcelain (feldspar), vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Bequest of Emily H. Chauncey


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine printed on continuous paper

credit_line: Gift of Marlborough Packard


title: Design for China Cabinet in Mahogany on Pear-Shaped Feet

creator: A.N. Davenport Co.

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Design for Semi-Circular Writing Table, Dated October 13, 1905

date: October 13, 1905


title: The First loves of Henry IV

creator: Philippe Wyngaert

country: Rouen, France

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


title: Album of Prints: Designs by François de Cuvilliés as well as other German Artists

creator: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

medium: albums (bound) & books

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Paper-Bound Album of Silhouettes

creator: Grandmother of Henry W. A. Littledale, English, active 19th c.

medium: Silhouette of black coated paper, cut out, with green paper binding

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Design for Adjustable Side Serving Table


title: Bowl and cover

medium: pressed glass

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection


title: Coverlet

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: two intercrossed plain weave structures (double cloth) Label: cotton and wool double cloth

country: Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Pennsylvania, usa


title: Machine-made openwork samples

medium: Medium: cardboard, linen, silk, metallic Technique: linen embroidery with ground cloth dissolved Examples of embroidery on net produced by the Schiffli machine Metallic embroidery on net Machine-made openwork in imitation of hand-embroidered net Mostly floral and a few geometric patterns, some designs described as "Spanish" Imitation hand-made filet Machine filet Imitation filet crochet Ploven (burnt-out lace) Fancy curtain lace made on the Levers machines Real filet (handmade) next to Machine-made filet Spotted curtain nets, made chiefly at Nottingham, England and Caudry, France.

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Usa
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum


title: Plans, Coupes, Élévations des plus belles maisons et des hotels contstuits a Paris et dans les environs

creator: Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

medium: Engraving; black ink on cream paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France


title: Wall facing


title: L'oeuvre (Works)

creator: Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Allegories of the Four Continents

creator: Jacques Le Moyne

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Spain

subjects: Tile Spain

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Textile

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

country: England or USA

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


title: Design for stained glass

creator: Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961

medium: Brush and gouache, watercolor on paper mounted on tan illustration board


title: Textile

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


title: Design for a Six-Legged Adjustable Rectangular Dining Table

medium: Graphite on thin, cream paper


title: Cushion cover

medium: Medium: wool, silk Technique: tapestry woven

country: Hamburg, Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Hamburg, germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Livre Curieux et Utile pour Les Sçavans, et Artists. Composé de trois Alphabets de Chiffres, Simples, doubles et triples.

creator: Nicolas Verien, French, active 1685 – 1724

medium: Engravings on cream laid paper, bound in boards with leather spine

subjects:
Graphic design
Paris, france
Graphic arts


title: Design for Corner Cabinet with Gothic-Style Glass Door Panels

medium: Pen and black ink on thin cream paper


title: Orphrey band or picture

date: 15th century

medium: Medium: silk, linen, metallic Technique: 4&1 satin patterned by 2/1 twill

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: "Western Star"

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

country: England

credit_line: Gift of Paul F. Walter


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Design for a Round Dining Table of Mahogany on Scroll-Like Feet

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink on thin cream paper


title: Le Meteore

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

country: Alsace, France

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: A Moorish Smoking Room

creator: Emmanuel Coulange-Lautrec, French, 1824 – 1898

medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache on white wove paper

credit_line: Thaw Collection


title: Clifton, Roslyn, New York

creator: Miller Iron Company, Providence RI

medium: Cast iron model on wood base

country: Providence, RI, USA

subjects:
Model and prototype
Providence, ri, usa

credit_line: Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw


title: Wall facing

country: Possibly Delft, Netherlands


title: Design for stained glass

medium: Brush and gouache on paper, mounted on illustration board

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Alice C. Morse


title: Bedcover


title: Border

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: No. 168

creator: Ludwig Lobmeyr, Austrian, 1829 - 1917

medium: Mouth-blown crystal, facet-cut and polished

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Glassware
Vienna, austria
Minerals & gems

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor, Arthur Liu, and Prairie Pictures, Inc. and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Album of Figure Studies

creator: Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796

medium: albums (bound) & books

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Design for Side Serving Table with two shelves adorned by two Corinthian- column front supports on a two-drawer base


title: Wall facing

country: Possibly Rotterdam, Holland


title: Plate 7, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

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

medium: Engraving on paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund


title: Mug

date: 18th–mid-19th century

medium: Red transfer

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Bequest of Jane M. Epstine


title: Album of Prints: Various Chinese Figures by François Boucher

creator: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Album of Prints: Designs for Portes Cochères

creator: Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719

date: late 17th–early 18th century

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
England


title: Zoetrope Strip, Dog Catching Ball

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: England, United Kingdom

subjects:
Toys & game
England, united kingdom
Amusement

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. E. Henry Harriman


title: staircase model

date: mid–late 19th century

medium: oak

subjects:
Model and prototype
France


title: Thirty-Six Selected Haynes Stereoscopic Views of the Yellowstone National Park

creator: Frank Jay Haynes, American, 1853 – 1921

medium: cream paperboard

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Richard P. Wunder


title: Tile wall facing

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Button

medium: Silk uncut voided cloth velvet over bone forms

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

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Herman A. Elsberg


title: Chicago Stock Exchange

creator: Louis Henry Sullivan, American, 1856–1924

medium: Copper-plated cast iron

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Architecture
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland


title: whale oil lamp

medium: Tin, brass

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair in memory of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: An Interior

creator: Mary Ellen Best, 1809 – 1891

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white wove paper

country: Germany

subjects: Interior Germany


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt, Pauline Cooper Noyes, and General Acquisitions Endowment Funds


title: Buttonhole Stitch

medium: white cotton on white linen; example of button-hole stitch

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Marian Hague


title: Vase

medium: Glazed earthenware, transfer printed decoration

subjects: Ceramic France


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Apostles

medium: Glazed stoneware

credit_line: Gift of Stephen Parks


title: Album of Goldbox and Etui Designs

creator: Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France


title: Design for Mahogany Dining Table

creator: A.N. Davenport Co.

medium: Graphite and yellow color pencil on thin, cream paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Sampler

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: deflected element work, raised work, plaited stitches.

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers


title: Embroidered picture

date: late 16th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: satin and stem stitch embroidery on plain weave

country: Europe

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe


title: Design for Semi-Circular Writing Table with Brass Railing

medium: Pen and black ink on thin cream paper


title: Ornamental Vase Design

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Bound print
Paris, france


title: Tassel

date: 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects: Trimming Italy

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


title: Dish

medium: Gilded tin-glazed earthenware

subjects: Ceramic Italy

credit_line: Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green


title: Wall facing


title: Porcelain Button

medium: porcelain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Aphaeus Albert


medium: Engravings on cream laid paper, bound in boards with leather spine

subjects:
Graphic design
Paris, france
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Plate

subjects: Ceramic England


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: No. 104

medium: Mouth-blown crystal, cut and polished

subjects:
Glassware
Vienna, austria
Minerals & gems

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor, Arthur Liu, and Prairie Pictures, Inc. and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Sampler

creator: Anne Sharpe

medium: Medium: silk, wool, cotton Technique: embroidered using satin, cross, running stitches

credit_line: Bequest of Marsha Carson


title: Plate

medium: black transfer ware

credit_line: Bequest of Jane M. Epstine


title: Wall facing


title: Design for Stained Glass Window: Over Main Entrance - Lateral Building, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

medium: Brush and wash, gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board

country: USA

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Alice C. Morse


title: Cape

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Design for Massive Library Table with Open Shelves at Sides

medium: Carbon tracing, graphite, blue and red color pencil on thin cream paper


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on handmade or machine-made paper

country: France or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or usa

credit_line: Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology


title: A Prussian Officer's Quarters

creator: Unknown, German

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

credit_line: Thaw Collection


title: A Study Interior at St. Polten

creator: Matthäus Kern, Austrian, 1801 – 1852

medium: Brush and watercolor on white wove paper


title: Textile

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

country: Nantes, France

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


title: Jacket

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton, mica, shells Technique: embroidered on plain weave

country: Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Palembang, south sumatra, indonesia
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Album of Designs for Furniture (Beds, Chairs, Sofas, Stools) and Waistcoats

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

medium: albums (bound) & books

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: The Green Drawing Room of the Earl of Essex at Cassiobury

creator: William Henry Hunt, British, 1790–1864

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

country: England

subjects: Interior England


title: Design for Round Table "A"

medium: Graphite on thin, cream paper


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: painted

country: China

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

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Wall facing


title: 1r CAHIER DE DECORATIONS D’APPARTEMENTS


title: Wall facing


title: Chrysanthemum Pattern Oyster Fork

creator: Charles T. Grosjean, American, d. 1888

medium: silver

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
New york, usa


title: Cake Server with Japonesque Engraving and Mother-of-pearl Handle

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

medium: gold plated, silver, mother of pearl

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Tile

creator: Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts, 1895–1908

medium: Press-molded glazed terra cotta (red earthenware)

country: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Tile
Boston, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Harry C. Sigman


title: Nouveaux Desseins pour graver sur l’orfeverie

creator: Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

country: France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France


title: Design for a Round Dining Table on Scroll-Like Feet

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Design for Rolling Serving Table with Two Trays


title: Design for Massive Library Table for C. R. Duval


title: A Sitting Room with a Writing Table

creator: Wilhelm Amandus Beer, 1837 – 1907

medium: Brush and watercolor with accents of gold paint over graphite on paper

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Interior
Possibly germany


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Wall facing

country: Possibly Delft, Netherlands


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support


title: Design for Sideboard with Cabriole Legs and Ball and Claw Feet


title: Lexington

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa


title: Bathroom and Boudoir Interior

creator: Jean-Claude Rumeau, French, active 1806 - 1823

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, varnish, graphite on off-white paper

subjects: Interior France


title: Salad Serving Fork with Pentagonal Terminal

creator: Clara Barck Welles, American, 1868– 1965

subjects:
Cutlery
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Pillsbury Michel Inc.


title: Button

medium: Cut steel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England


title: cuff link

creator: Theodore W. Foster & Bro. Co.

medium: Gold

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Jewelry
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Gift of Charlotte Y. Salisbury in memory of her father, Benjamin Loring Young


title: The Study of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna

creator: Josef Sotira, Austrian, active in Austria and Russia, 1830 – 1840

medium: Brush and gray wash, watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink on off- white wove paper


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

country: Possibly Rotterdam, Holland


title: Design for Writing Table

medium: Pen and black ink, black crayon on thin cream paper


title: No. 107

creator: Ludwig Lobmeyr, Austrian, 1829 - 1917

medium: Mouth-blown crystal, facet-cut and polished

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Glassware
Vienna, austria
Minerals & gems


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Myra M. and William H. Mathers


title: L'oeuvre (Works)

creator: Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Design for Semi-Circular Writing Table No. 15

creator: A.N. Davenport Co.

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on thin cream paper


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Buttons

medium: porcelain, painted in color and brass

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland


title: staircase model

medium: walnut, mahogany, satinwood

country: Toulouse (region), France

subjects:
Model and prototype
Toulouse (region), france

credit_line: Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Design for Stained Glass Window

creator: Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on paper mounted on illustration board

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Alice C. Morse


title: Design for a Round Table on Animal Paw Feet

medium: Graphite on thin, cream paper


title: "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

creator: Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Doccia, Italy

subjects:
Ceramic
Doccia, italy

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine printed on embossed paper

country: USA


title: Textile

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

country: Rouen, France

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Wall facing


title: Textile

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

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


title: Ribbon

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects: Trimming France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Helen Bruce


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: wool, linen Technique: counted thread embroidery

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: staircase model

medium: mahogany

subjects:
Model and prototype
France


title: Chrysanthemum Pattern Oyster Fork

medium: silver

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
New york, usa


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: buttonhole, running and knotted stitches on plain weave


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: block printed using resist, vat dyed in indigo on plain weave. Every third weft is twice as thick as the other wefts giving the fabric a ribbed appearance.


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on continuous paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Design for stained glass

medium: Brush and gouache on paper, mounted on illustration board


title: Design for Rectangular Dining Table "B"


title: Tile wall facing

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Mark Hopkins House

creator: Herter Brothers, New York, New York, ca. 1865–82

medium: Rosewood, inlaid and veneered with various woods, silk (of the period but not original)

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Furniture
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Design for China Cabinet in Three Views

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper


title: Mirror from Traveling Dressing Case

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

medium: glass, wood, leather

country: London, England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Design for Round Table on Triangular Base

date: November 27, 1905


title: Tassel

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

country: Italy

subjects: Trimming Italy

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


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Saucer

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany


title: Design for stained glass

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board


title: Pitcher

creator: Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, USA, active 1824–1888

medium: Glass

country: Sandwich, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Glassware
Sandwich, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Paul F. Walter


title: L'oeuvre (Works)

country: France

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Sidewall

creator: Constantin Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Fork with Eight-Paneled Agate Handle

creator: William Boswell, active London, late 17th century.

medium: steel, silver, agate

subjects:
Cutlery
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Francis B. Lothrop, Mrs. George Batchelder, and Gordon Abbott, Sr.


title: Livre Curieux et Utile pour Les Sçavans, et Artists. Composé de trois Alphabets de Chiffres, Simples, doubles et triples.

creator: Nicolas Verien, French, active 1685 – 1724

medium: Engravings on cream laid paper, bound in boards with leather spine

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Graphic design
Paris, france
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: "Blackamoor" Figure of a Servant

date: 18th century

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Textile

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

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


title: Fabbriche Italiane di Seterie, Como, Serie D Vol. III DAL 1854 AL 2 Lats Noir

medium: Label: leather binding, paper pages, jacquard woven silk samples

subjects:
Sample book
Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund


title: Design for Writing Table with Scalloped Front and Vase of Flowers

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on thin cream paper

subjects: Furniture Flowers

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Design for a Round Table on Scrolling Base

medium: Pen and black ink on thin, cream paper


title: Table cover

medium: Medium: linen Technique: block printed using resist, then indigo dyed on plain weave


title: Buttons

medium: bone

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

credit_line: Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green


title: Sampler

creator: Urania Louth, English

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

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers


title: Wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

country: Possibly Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland


title: Tile wall facing

country: Possibly Rotterdam, Holland


title: Lekythos with Youth Holding Lances

date: 5th century B.C.

medium: Terracotta with painted decoration

country: Greece

subjects: Ceramic Greece

credit_line: Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, William A. Clark Collection


title: Design for Tilt-Top Case for Photographs

medium: Pen and black ink on thin cream laid paper


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed and flocked on joined sheets

credit_line: Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology


title: Cortes

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

country: Bolbec, Normandy, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Bolbec, normandy, france

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Design for a Round Extension Table

medium: Graphite, yellow color pencil on thin cream paper


title: Design for an Oval Dining Table 'A" of Mahogany

medium: Graphite on thin cream paper


title: Design for Six-legged Sideboard with Rounded Corners and Five Central Drawers


title: Design for Stained Glass Window: Skylight in Lodge Rooms

medium: Brush and wash, gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Alice C. Morse


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed


title: Wall facing


title: Design for Serving Table with Two Shelves and Ball and Claw Feet


title: Figure of Asia

creator: Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595

medium: fruitwood

country: Eger, Bohemia

subjects:
Woodwork
Eger, bohemia


title: Urn with Gold and Flower Pattern

creator: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
England
Flowers

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Pitcher

medium: earthenware

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Bequest of Jane M. Epstine


title: Wall facing


title: Textile

date: early–mid-19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 7&1 harness satin with continuous supplementary weaft and supplementary warp.

country: probably France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Probably france


title: Design for stained glass

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board

country: USA


title: Cottage Lowboy

medium: Photography on white paper


title: Panneau avec son lambris

creator: Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

medium: Engraving on off white laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Folding fan

medium: Printed cotton leaf on obverse with dyed and glazed cotton leaf on reverse; narrow woven binding at edge of leaf; ebonized wood sticks with wood slips; metal loop and bone washer at the rivet.

country: England or USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England or usa
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of Heather Sandifer


title: Design for Cartouche with Cupid, a Horse and Spears from "Cartouches Nouvellement Inventez"

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

medium: Etching on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France

credit_line: Gift of Margery and Frederick Schab


title: Design for Round Table on Carved Cabriole Legs

medium: Pen and black ink on thin cream paper


title: Machine-made openwork samples

medium: Medium: cardboard, linen, silk, metallic Technique: linen embroidery with ground cloth dissolved Examples of embroidery on net produced by the Schiffli machine Metallic embroidery on net Machine-made openwork in imitation of hand-embroidered net Mostly floral and a few geometric patterns, some designs described as "Spanish" Imitation hand-made filet Machine filet Imitation filet crochet Ploven (burnt-out lace) Fancy curtain lace made on the Levers machines Real filet (handmade) next to Machine-made filet Spotted curtain nets, made chiefly at Nottingham, England and Caudry, France.

subjects:
Ornament & design
Lace
Usa
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum


title: Design for Massive Rectangular Writing Table with Four Drawers at Right

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on thin cream paper


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france


title: Tile

medium: Tin-enamelled earthenware

country: Holland

subjects: Tile Holland


title: Album Pintoresco Herbario

medium: Pressed flowers in purple leather binding studded with mother-of-pearl

country: Jalapa, Mexico

subjects:
Ephemera
Jalapa, mexico
Flowers


title: Wall facing

medium: tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze

subjects:
Tile
Possibly rotterdam, holland


title: Album of Prints: Livre d'Ornemens by Pierre Germain

creator: Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783

medium: albums (bound) & books

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Shaving Basin (for the Mexican Market)

credit_line: Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund


title: DIVERS DÉCORATIONS DE CHEMINÉES

creator: Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783

date: mid- 18th–late 18th century

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France


title: Frontispiece for Book 4, in Eight books of Ornament

creator: William Delacour, French, 1741 – 1767

medium: Engravings on white laid paper, bound in half-calf and marbled boards

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Paris, france


title: Tile wall facing

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze


title: Panel

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze manganese decoration


title: Thirty-Six Selected Haynes Stereoscopic Views of the Yellowstone National Park

creator: Frank Jay Haynes, American, 1853 – 1921

medium: cream paperboard

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Richard P. Wunder


title: Allegories of the Four Continents

creator: Jacques Le Moyne

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Spain

subjects: Tile Spain

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


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

creator: James Hazen Hyde, American, 1876 - 1959

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

subjects: Ephemera Usa

credit_line: Gift of James Hazen Hyde


title: Design for stained glass

creator: Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961

date: late 19th century

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on paper mounted on tan illustration board

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa


title: Banner

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal threads Technique: appliqué and embroidery on damask

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Paul F. Walter


title: Quilt

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave; three reds, blue, yellow, lavender and black

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


title: Carving Knife with Antler Handle and Boar's Head Terminal

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

medium: steel, antler, silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi


title: Wall facing

subjects:
Tile
Possibly delft, netherland


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed using resist, then vat dyed in indigo on plain weave

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


title: Design for Semi-Circular Writing Table with Brass Railing

creator: A.N. Davenport Co.

medium: Pen and black ink on thin cream paper

credit_line: Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society


title: Design for Wallpaper or Textile of Daisy-Type Flower with Repeat

creator: Unknown

medium: Black and white chalk on heavy blue wove paper, squared in graphite

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
Flowers

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


title: Proof for exhibition catalogue, "Jockeys," Kingore Galleries, New York, NY

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

medium: Offset printing on fabriano cotton wove paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: Allegorical Figure of "Europe"

creator: Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Mythology Ceramic Germany


title: Design for Kidney-Shaped Writing Table with Six-Drawer Upper Cabinet

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on thin cream paper


title: DESCRIPTION DES FÊTES DONNÉES PAR LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG Pour la Convalescence du Roi : à l’arrivée et pendant le séjour de Sa Majesté en cette Ville.

creator: Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751

medium: Etching and engraving on paper

country: France

subjects: Print France


title: Tile wall facing

credit_line: Gift of William Randolph Hearst


title: Livre Curieux et Utile pour Les Sçavans, et Artists. Composé de trois Alphabets de Chiffres, Simples, doubles et triples.

creator: Nicolas Verien, French, active 1685 – 1724

medium: Engravings on cream laid paper, bound in boards with leather spine

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Graphic design
Paris, france
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Design for a Square Mahogany Dining Table

medium: Graphite on thin, cream paper


title: Authorization For the Appointment of a Military Surgeon

creator: William Pitt, 1768 – 1788

medium: Pen and brown ink, blue silk ribbon

country: England

subjects: Ephemera England

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Jardiniere

creator: Olérys-Laugier Factory, France, founded 1738

country: Moustiers-Sainte Marie, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Moustiers-sainte marie, france

credit_line: Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw


title: Design for stained glass

medium: Graphite on illustration board

credit_line: Gift of Alice C. Morse


title: Ornamental Design with Coral, Seaweed, and Shells

medium: Brush and watercolor, traces of graphite on white wove paper, mounted around edges

subjects:
Seaweed & algae
Ornament & design
Ornament
France
Corals & anemones
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Priscilla Cunningham Lick Dyke in honor of Jay C. Lick Dyke


title: Wine Glass Commemorating Prince William V (1748–1806), Governor of the Netherlands, and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751–1820)

medium: lead glass

country: Netherlands

subjects: Glassware Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Beatrice Taplin


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


title: Spice Box with Grater

medium: silver plated, brass, steel

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Textile

date: early 19th century

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

country: Alsace, France

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell