title: Sampler

creator: Manerva A. Morgan

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Jardiniere

medium: Painted tôle, brass

country: France

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Study of foliage

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

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


title: My Heart Balances Between The Two

creator: James Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 – 1902

medium: Etching and drypoint on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Portrait of Peter Cooper

creator: Peter Cooper, American, 1791–1883

medium: Sepia photographic print on paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Library


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Goblet

date: 18th century

medium: Glass

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

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


title: Scarf sample

date: mid-19th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Barbara Rogoff


title: Fashion Plate from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes

creator: Imprimerie Mariton, French, active mid-19th c.

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Title Page, Nouveau Livre de Serrurie (New Book of Ironsmithing)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Foot tub

date: 19th century

medium: Molded tin-glazed earthenware, metal (insert)

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Jerome W. Gratenstein


title: Christmas Greeting

medium: Chromolithograph on embossed paper

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Uncle Remus at the Door of His Cabin

creator: Arthur Burdett Frost, American, 1851–1928

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Urn

medium: Amethyst spar, gilt bronze

country: Derbyshire, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Derbyshire, england

credit_line: Gift of Alfred G. Burnham


title: Sidewall - sample

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

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa


title: Design for a Painted Coach Panel with Rocaille Motif

creator: Edward Crace, English

medium: Brush and gouache, gold paint on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
England

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


title: Sample sheet

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Alice B. Beer


title: Fragment

date: 4th–6th century

medium: Medium: wool, linen Technique: tapestry weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John Rolph, from the collection of her sister, Mrs. Evsei Beloussoff, and in her memory


title: Design for Wallpaper

creator: Anna M. de Pool

medium: Watercolor on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Two ladies in a rowboat

creator: Léon Marie Coutil, French, 1856 - 1943

medium: Etching in black ink on cream-colored paper

subjects: Print France


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Adrienne A. Sheridan


title: Sadlers Wells Theater from Ackermann's Repository

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint with watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Theater Europe


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed and painted (chintz)

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Riefstahl


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed on satin ground

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: The Discovery

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

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England


title: Sidewall

medium: Printed

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Large House

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

date: early 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Basket, lid and dish

creator: Wedgwood, English, established 1759

medium: Molded and glazed stoneware

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Harmon Goldstone


title: Ornament, Christmas tree

medium: sugar

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Usa
Trees

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: looping with knot and running stitches (needle lace)

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Unfinished pocketbook

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: painted on plain weave Label: painted silk

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


title: Drapery Study for "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel"

medium: Black chalk on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Sketchbook Page: Dry Bones

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

creator: A. Fassler

medium: Block-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Border

date: mid-18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on blue paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers


title: Pig

date: late 19th century

medium: Silver

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Frieze

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


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Textile

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

country: Germany or German colony in USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Germany or german colony in usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg


title: Textile

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Pickle Dish and Spear

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

medium: silver, gold

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
New york, new york, usa

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


title: Bracken and Hemlock Twigs

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Jules R. Breuchaud


title: Band

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: 8-harness satin patterned by a 3/1 twill supplementary fabric structure and brocaded supplementary wefts bound with the supplementary fabric structure, one of the wefts of the supplementary fabric is bound by the warps of the foundation fabric for a change in surface effect, the foundation fabric is entirely covered by the wefts of the supplementary fabric–it acts as a support for the gold

country: Russia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Russia

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Eric Isenberger


title: borders

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Design for a Wall Decoration, Possibly for the Corridor

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Graphite on wove paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Optical Toy: "Temple Bar by Moonlight" (Morgan's Improved Protean Scenery, no. 10)

creator: William Morgan, English, active 19th c.

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted.

country: England, Europe

subjects:
Architecture
Print
England, europe
Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Machine-printed sidewall with block printed border

country: France

credit_line: Gift of Robert B. De Blieux´


title: Peace, Figure Study for "The Beneficence of the Law," Mural at Essex County Court House, Newark, New Jersey

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on ivory laid paper

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Mural design
Newark, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Caroline Cox Lansing


title: Band

date: early 19th century


title: Border

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell.


title: Sidewall

creator: J. & Comp'y.

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: The Judgement of Paris

medium: Medium: silk and metallic foil wrapped silk embroidery on silk foundation, mica Technique: embroidered in stem satin, knot, couching and padded couching stitches with detatched and undetached looping (needle lace) on 4/1 satin foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Pendant

creator: Ernesto Pierret, French, b. 1824

medium: Gold, enamel, rubies, sapphires, pearls

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome, italy

credit_line: Gift of Marian Hague


title: Ladies' Fashion: Hairdressing and Hats

creator: Johann August Rossmassler, German, 1752 - 1783

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Germany


title: Band

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Printing block

medium: Medium: wood Technique: wood carved in relief

subjects:
Appliance & tool
England

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Turtle

creator: T. Johnson

medium: Plated brass, celluloid, enamel

country: London, England

subjects:
Container
London, england

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


title: Ceiling medallion

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Flowers

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Scarf sample

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Barbara Rogoff


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John Hay Whitney


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Shin'Ichiro Foujita


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed

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


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: compound weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Seated Figure

medium: Graphite on laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Dice

medium: Plated brass, glass, bone

country: probably Europe

subjects:
Container
Probably europe
Skeletons & bones


title: Band

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element, reticella, needle lace; border is continuous braid-like bobbin lace

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Bands

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: interlacing stitch on knotted net with a narrow interlooped band sewn to an intact edge of the net (needlework on knotted net)

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain

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


title: handle

date: late 17th century

medium: silver

subjects: Cutlery Italy

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


title: Cap streamers

date: late 17th–early 18th century

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

subjects: Lace France


title: Apes imitating hunters

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

date: 1596 or after

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: The Terrace, Central Park

creator: J.W.&J.S. Moulton, Salem Mass., American

medium: Collodion print mounted on tan cardboard

country: Europe

subjects: Architecture Europe

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery with beads on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitches (looping, backward movement) on plain weave foundation

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Design for a Panel

creator: Cooper Union Art School

medium: Pencil and brown watercolor on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: appliqué on velvet

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Gaming purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidered on satin and supplementary warp pile (velvet)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Textile

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (slit tapestry)

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Gift of Harry Dennis Jr.


title: Platter

creator: Bernard Palissy, French, 1510 – 1590

date: probably 19th century

medium: lead-glazed earthenware

subjects: Ceramic France

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


title: Standing and Kneeking Figures

creator: Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian, 1691 - 1765

medium: Red chalk on white paper, laid down

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


medium: Brush and gouache on brown paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Status cloth

medium: Medium: raffia Technique: embroidered in cut pile and stem stitches on plain weave foundation Label: woven raffia, embroidered in cut pile and stem stitches

country: Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Kasai, democratic republic of the congo

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Design for a Box

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: A Triton and a Nymph

creator: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed (?)

country: USA or England

subjects:
Wallcovering
Usa or england

credit_line: Gift of Geneva Historical Society, Geneva, NY


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: "Les Oreilles du Lieure" from La Fontaine's Fables

medium: Black ink on white paper

country: France

subjects: Engraving France

credit_line: Gift of Caroline King Duer


title: Band

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

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Fork with Porcelain Handle

creator: Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766

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

subjects: Cutlery France

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


title: Honeysuckle

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

country: England

subjects: Drawing England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sketches of Shoes

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Rough Ocean with Dark Sky, Rocks, and Cliffs at Right

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Design for a Painted Tin Lamp Base

creator: Philippe Girard

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

subjects: Container France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Edward C. Post


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet), voided, with 1/2 twill

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Tsuchi-yama, Spring Rain, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Advertisement for "Fire King Gas Ranges"

creator: Whitehead & Hoag Company

medium: Plated metal, printed celluloid

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa

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


title: Mitsuke, Tenryu-gawa River, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi

subjects: Seascape Japan


title: Double Tulips, Plate 54 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

creator: Arentine H. Arendsen, Dutch, 1836 - 1915

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects: Botany Print Netherland


title: Panel

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in brick stitch on plain weave with withdrawn element work

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey

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


title: Apron

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave; six colors with yellow and blue added by brush (one over the other for green.)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Edward Stern


title: U.S. Capitol Building, Under an Arch of the Thirteen States

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Textile

medium: Medium: linen warp, cotton weft Technique: block printed with a resist medium on plain weave foundation; immersion dyed in blue

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Waistcoat

creator: Robert et Cie

medium: Medium: silk fronts, linen back Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on 7&1 satin foundation

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Paris, france

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


title: Portree Harbor, Isle of Skye, Hebrides Islands, August 16, 1880

medium: Graphite on white wove paper, lined


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Richard Brooks


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

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

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

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Sidewall - sample

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

medium: Machine-printed

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Border

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


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, steel Technique: crocheted

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Ceiling paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Plate XLII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: The Gallery of H.M.S. Calcutta (Souvenir of a Ball on Shipboard)

creator: James Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 – 1902

medium: Drypoint on off-white wove paper

country: Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

subjects:
Figure
Portsmouth, england, great britain

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Pendant

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered on satin weave

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France or italy


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: Band

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Band

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Venice, italy

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


title: Pleated fan

medium: Cut and painted paper leaf, ivory sticks with applied metallic foil

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Chorus of Temple Guards

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Edge

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Costume Design: No. 145, Sketch of Tytel, from Blue Bird

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

medium: Brush and watercolor on board

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Theater
Usa
Birds


title: Jug

date: early 16th century

medium: Stoneware

country: Raeren, Germany, present-day Belgium

subjects:
Ceramic
Raeren, germany, present-day belgium

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Angel with large wings

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Panel

date: 18th–19th century

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

country: Greece

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Greece

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Border

date: early 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Frieze

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

country: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cleveland, ohio, usa


title: The Entrance of His Majesty Louis XVIII into Paris, 3rd May, 1814

creator: Richard Holmes Laurie, English, 1777 - 1858

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Door knocker

medium: Bronze

subjects: Metalwork Italy

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop


title: Atlas of the Celestial Heavens

creator: W. G. Evans

date: 19th century

medium: Engraving on paper

country: USA

subjects:
Maps & charts
Astronomy
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: The Last Days of Harvest, from Harper's Weekly, December 6, 1873, p. 1092.

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: December 6, 1873

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Carlson


title: Fork from Traveling Cutlery Set

date: 18th century or 19th century

medium: silver, ivory

country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

subjects:
Cutlery
Amsterdam, netherland

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


title: Pair of mirrors

medium: Carved mahogany and mahogany veneer, mirrored glass

subjects: Woodwork England

credit_line: Bequest of Mary Hayward Weir


title: Carceri Series Plate II

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton, paper Technique: embroidered on net

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

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


title: Border

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: The Roman Catholic Chapel, Lincolns Inn Fields, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: tied-resist patterning in weft (kasuri), indigo dyed, plain weave

country: Narumi, Honshu, Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Narumi, honshu, japan

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Elevation of Saint Mary Magdalen

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on laid paper

subjects: Architecture Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Cupid

medium: Black chalk on cream paper

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed


title: Dish

medium: Glazed earthenware, transfer-printed decoration

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Paul F. Walter


title: Medal of the Order of St. Stanislas

creator: Eduard

medium: Gold, enamel

country: Russia

subjects: Jewelry Russia

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed with resist in two reds on plain weave foundation; vat dyed in indigo.

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


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: Technique: needle lace (punto in aria)

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Lace
Italy, europe

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Frieze


title: Landscape

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Serene Seascape with Small Waves

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

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

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Portable Equatorial

creator: Jacob Emanuel Laminit, German, 1719–1760

medium: Gilt and engraved brass, cut and blued steel, glass

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Timepiece & measuring device
Augsburg, germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Study for Painting "The Flight into Egypt"

creator: Antonio Bellandi, Italian

medium: Black chalk, pen and brown ink on grey paper

subjects: Religion Italy


title: Baptism of St. Martin

date: 15th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic threads Technique: embroidery

country: Belgium

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: red and black printed by engraved roller, red (background) and blue printed by relief or block, on plain weave

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund


title: Waistcoat fronts

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Border

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Ihre Erlaucht Ernestina, Gräfin von Schönborn-Wiesentheid


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Cord with two tassels

date: mid-19th century

medium: cotton, silk, wool, wood

subjects: Trimming England

credit_line: given by Miss Amy R. Knox


title: Plate Illustrating Fanmaking from Diderot's "Encyclopédie"

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Carpet fragment

creator: Bigelow Carpet Company, American

medium: Medium: wool, hemp Technique: cut pile on plain weave ground

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Venice, italy

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


title: Textile

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: relief printed

country: Switzerland

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


title: Sample Plate

medium: hard paste porcelain, metal-oxide pigment, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Sugar Sifter with Spider Web-Shaped Bowl and Monkey

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france
Spiders & arachnids

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


title: Sampler fragment

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Gordon


title: Sampler

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

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed with resist, indigo dyed, plain weave

country: Sain-Bel, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Sain-bel, france

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude Underhill


title: Urn (One of a Pair)

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

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England

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


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Adrienne A. Sheridan


title: Snail Shell

date: late 19th century

medium: Brass, with evidence of silver plating

country: probably Europe

subjects:
Container
Probably europe
Shells & molluscs

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


title: Sidewall


title: Textile

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

country: Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Sidewall

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

medium: block-printed and embossed paper

country: Rixheim, Alsace, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Rixheim, alsace, france

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


title: Chatelaine

medium: Silver, gold wash, ivory, enamel, glass

subjects: Jewelry Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Owen E. Robinson and Mrs. John B. Hendry in memory of Mrs. John A. Logan


title: Courting Couple

creator: Simons Bros. & Company

medium: Silver

subjects: Container Usa


title: Designs for Painted Porcelain Plates, Les Ananas (Pineapples) from the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

country: France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Abstract Zig Zag Motif

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of John Judkyn


title: Sidewall

creator: William H. Gledhill

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Irvington, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Irvington, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Band

date: 17th century

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

country: Greece

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Greece

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Study of Wind in Trees

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

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

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


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sampler

creator: Fabiana Muriel

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Collar

medium: Technique: appliqué, bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Fragment

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

country: Russia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Russia


title: Frieze

creator: York Wall Paper Company, 1895

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Border

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: "Le Villageois et le Serpente" from La Fontaine's Fables

medium: Black ink on white paper

subjects: Engraving France

credit_line: Gift of Caroline King Duer


title: Textile

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

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Lyon, france

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


title: Figures from Last Judgment

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


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

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: after 1890

medium: Pen and, black ink (80 leaves), graphite (9 leaves)

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Fruits à l'eau de Vie (Fruits in Plum Liquor) for the Services des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

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

subjects: Ceramic France Fruits


title: Cap streamer

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


title: Segment of a Floral Wreath

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Drawing England Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Bentwood Rocking Chair

medium: painted maple

country: Catskill, New York, USA

subjects:
Furniture
Catskill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of George J. Fino


title: Perpetual Calendar

creator: Ortensio Toro, Italian, active 16th century

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Rome, italy

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


title: Point Levi From Boat

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Amerique

date: late 17th century

medium: Terracotta

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Skirt panel

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: applique

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Rubus odoratus

creator: Jarry, French, active 19th c.

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print France


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, steel Technique: beaded crochet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Sketchbook Page: Yellow Lily

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Lilies


title: Starboard Side and Details of 5075 Tanker, Showing Camouflage

creator: Griffith Baily Coale, American, 1890–1950

medium: Color lithograph on paper, laid down on cardboard

subjects: Transportation Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Griffith Baily Coale


title: Design for a Plate or Bowl

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


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

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic England Birds

credit_line: Gift of Forsyth Wickes


title: Rainy street

creator: Félix Hilaire Buhot, French, 1847–1898

medium: Etching in blue ink on white paper (faded brown)

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Frieze

medium: Machine printed on ungrounded paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harry Barnes, Director, PA Power & Light Co., Courtesy of Samuel J. Dornsife


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on paper, satin ground

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Vase

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: Glazed earthenware

subjects: Ceramic Usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Cap crown

date: mid-18th century

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

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: compound satin

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Architectural Details of Stone and Ironwork in Venice

medium: Graphite on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Design for a floor covering

creator: Standish

date: about 1894

medium: Black ink, water color, on paper. Red seal

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Textile

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: plain compound weft twill

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Band

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarn on linen Technique: back stitch embroidery and couched metallic-wrapped silk on plain weave

country: Europe

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Border

date: late 17th–early 18th century

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

country: Tønder, Denmark

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Tønder, denmark

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


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Title page of Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Bartholomeo Vincent

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sampler

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

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Sidewall


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: brocatelle

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain


title: Ceiling paper


title: Environs de Rome

creator: Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, French, 1796 – 1875

medium: Etching and drypoint on blue-gray machine-made laid paper

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. David Keppel


title: Drapery Study of the Atlantic for "The Marriage of the Atlantic and Pacific," Mural in the Senate Chamber in the Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, WI

medium: Graphite on tracing paper

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Mirror

medium: Carved mahogany and mahogany veneered carved gessoed and gilt pine, silvered glass.

subjects: Furniture England

credit_line: Gift of Neil Sellin


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Fortitude (?)

creator: Giovanni Battista Beinaschi

medium: Black chalk heightened with white on gray paper

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Box

date: 19th century

medium: paper, glazed

subjects: Container Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Figure Study for "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel"

medium: Charcoal on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, knot, running stitches, and overcast cord on plain weave foundation

country: Wesenstein, Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Wesenstein, germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Study for "The Morning Glory"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel on green-brown wove paper

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Border

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

country: Italy or Belgium

subjects:
Lace
Italy or belgium

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Abstract checkered pattern

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Sampler

creator: Susan Lewis, American, b. 1815

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

country: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Bridgeport, connecticut, usa


title: Sampler

creator: Catharine Congdon, American, 1763 - 1833

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

country: Newport, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Newport, rhode island, usa


title: The Balloon 'Buffalo'

creator: D. N. Hatfield

medium: Collodion photographic prints, mounted on yellow cardboard

subjects: Photograph Europe


title: Monaco

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sidewall and frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Portrait of General Pichegru

creator: Christoph Wilhelm Bock, German, 1755 - after 1830

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Nuremberg, Germany

subjects:
Print
Nuremberg, germany
Portraits


title: Bag

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: 17th Century Gentleman Smoking Pipe

creator: Reed & Barton, American, 1824–2015

medium: Silver, enamel

country: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Container
Taunton, massachusetts, usa

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


title: Design for a State Bedchamber, in Second Livre d'Appartements (Second Book on Interiors)

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

medium: Etching, engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Furniture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Hanging

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. James M. Breed


title: Study of mullein plants

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects:
Botany
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Textile

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate

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

credit_line: Gift of Herbert Emken


title: Mustical Instruments, for Snow Maiden

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

medium: Brush and watercolor on board

subjects: Theater Usa


title: Border

date: early 18th century

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

subjects: Lace Netherland

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


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk, silk-wrapped metal, mica, peacock feather, human hair Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and couching stitches with looping and loop and twist (needle lace) on 7/1 satin foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


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

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sketchbook Page: Figures from Tin Type

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Pillow cover

medium: Medium: wool, silk, bast fiber, metal wrapped silk threads Technique: tapestry weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England

credit_line: Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Surprised at Mrs. Kitchen's

creator: William Henry Sheldon, American, 1840 - 1932

medium: Watercolor and white gouache on grey paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Drawing

creator: Augustin Legrand

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Germany


title: Bracelet (the Latin words NONRELINQUES on one side, NONRELINQUAM on the other)

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

medium: Gold

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome, italy

credit_line: Gift of Ralph Esmerian


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

credit_line: Gift of Edna de Frise


title: Fighting serpents with fire

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

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Flocked

credit_line: Gift of Morris County Historical Society


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold M. Bailey


title: Letter case

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Katherine A. Sargent


title: Study of foliage

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

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


title: Vase

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Painted glass

credit_line: Gift of J. Lionberger Davis


title: Plate

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

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

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

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed

country: Jaipur, India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Jaipur, india

credit_line: Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck


title: Textile

date: mid- 19th century

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

country: England

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


title: Anomatheca Cruenta, Vieusseuxie Pavonia (Iris Pavonia–Moreaea Pavonia), Plate 111 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

creator: Arentine H. Arendsen, Dutch, 1836 - 1915

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: Belgium

subjects: Botany Print Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of The Metropolitan Museum of Art


title: Button

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

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

country: Haiti

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Haiti

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


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Henry Gledhill & Co., 1889 – 1900

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Royal Jewel Cabinet with Sèvres Plaques

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: mahogany, platinum, glass, bronze, gold, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: France

subjects: Furniture France

credit_line: Bequest of the Reverend Alfred Duane Pell


title: Fragment

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

country: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Jaipur, rajasthan, india


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Lewis Chase Wall Paper Company, Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Bristol, pennsylvania, usa


title: Child's wrapper

medium: Medium: cotton, mother-of-pearl (buttons) Technique: printed on plain weave

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

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


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textile: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Fork with Antler and Silver Handle

medium: antler, silver

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably germany

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


title: Fragment with factory stamp

creator: Miles & Edwards, 1847

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Frieze

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sampler

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in long-armed cross, satin, double-running, running back, stem, four-sided and knot stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico or Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico or spain

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Design for a Jug

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Ceiling paper


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of D. Lorraine Yerkes


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed paper, gilt, flocked

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe


title: Band

medium: Medium: linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element, needle lace (reticella), and bobbin lace, continuous braid-like

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sketchbook Page: Historic Portrait No. 10 (Self-Portrait)

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Grotesque Panel with Dolphins

creator: Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, ca. 1494–1533

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Fork

medium: Brass, steel

subjects: Cutlery England


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Hamilton, American

medium: Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, cross, running, stem, and rococo stitches with figure eight looping on plain weave foundation

country: Maytown, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Maytown, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: Drawing

date: late 19th century

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

country: France and USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France and usa

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


title: Palace Façade Elevation

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

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Sketches in Como

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Band

date: mid–late 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: raised needle lace


title: Sample book

medium: Medium: cardboard, paper, cotton Technique: printed

subjects:
Sample book
France

credit_line: Gift of Virginia Hamill Johnson


title: Academic Study of a Male Nude

creator: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831

medium: Black and white chalk on brown paper

subjects: Figure Italy


title: Band

medium: Medium: cotton, embroidered in cotton Technique: embroidery on plain weave foundation

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Gift of Albright-Knox Art Gallery


title: Figures from Sistine Chapel ceiling

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Cup and Saucer, from a Tea Service

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Sketchbook Page: Seated Figure

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on blue-grey laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Textile

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

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Border

medium: Medium: Technique: needle lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Woolworth Building, New York

creator: Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926

medium: Etching in black ink on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Achilles H. Kohn


title: Panels

date: mid-19th century

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

country: England or USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England or usa


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Bat Motif

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Study of landscape, Ostia, Italy

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Seconds Voyageurs Aeriens ou Experience de Mm. Charles et Robert

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Print
Augsburg, germany

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall - sample

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

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: Cortland, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cortland, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: study of a costumed figure

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: black crayon on white chalk, on gray paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Matchsafe with image of a Motor Car

medium: silver

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Seated Winged Female

creator: William B. Kerr & Company, Newark, New Jersey, 1855 - 1927

medium: Silver

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Keystone Wall-Paper Company

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Woodland Snow Interior with Stream

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

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


title: Tile

medium: Lead-glazed earthenware

country: Germany

subjects: Tile Germany

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Séligmann


title: Dress fabric

medium: Medium: silk Technique: Jacquard woven, predominantly warp-faced plain weave (white) with discontinuous supplementary wefts (multicolor) floating from face to face.

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Front Elevation of Chapel, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

creator: Ernest Flagg, American, 1857–1947

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

subjects:
Architecture
Drawing
Usa
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Christian Francis Rosborg


title: La Morgue

creator: Charles Meryon, French, 1821–1868

medium: Etching on China paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Design for a Teapot

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: A Tomb Monument (Incomplete Sketch)

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

medium: Pencil, pen and brown ink with ink wash

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Falus coin

medium: Cast copper

country: Morocco

subjects: Metalwork Morocco

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Marrons (Chestnuts) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton, glazed technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

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

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


title: Clarke's Relief Globe

creator: J.M. Attwood

medium: Hand-colored etching

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Graphic design
New york, usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Library


title: Miser's purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Quand on n'a pas de memoire, il faur avoir des jambes! Plate 2 from "Inconvénient"

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

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france


title: Cap

medium: Medium: wool Technique: tapestry woven, single interlock; OUTSIDE FABRIC: tapestry: interlocked; INSIDE FABRIC: single-weft double cloth (warp-faced plain weave).

country: Tiahuanaco, Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Tiahuanaco, peru


title: Planometric View of Mazachebir

creator: Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

country: Italy

subjects: Landscape Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

creator: James Malton, English, 1761 - 1803

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Tangiers

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on cream paper

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Dessert Dish

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moën


title: Hanging lamp

medium: Copper, brass

subjects: Lighting France

credit_line: Gift of Ogden Codman


title: Border

date: 17th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Cory-Heller Company

subjects:
Wallcovering
Newark, new jersey, usa


title: spoon

creator: PD

medium: silver

country: Naples, Italy

subjects:
Cutlery
Naples, italy

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


title: Dessert Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Study for "Wedding Procession"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Bridge over the Bushkill River, Easton, Pennsylvania

creator: Mary Nimmo Moran, American, 1842–1899

medium: Etching in black ink on paper

country: Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Architecture
Easton, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Ruth B. Moran


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen warp, cotton weft Technique: block printed on plain weave (red and black block printed, yellow and blue too faded to determine method of application)

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: grid of laid cord with needle lace, reticella style


title: Checkered Pattern

date: late 18th - mid 19th century

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Correct Wall Papers for Year 1918

creator: Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., 1872

medium: Machine-printed paper, with embossed and oatmeal papers

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Sample book
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Various Donors


title: Sun Breaking through Clouds with Trees and Stream

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk on silk, spangles Technique: embroidered on satin weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard V. Hare


title: Tunic

medium: Medium: linen and cotton Technique: tapestry weave (?)

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


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

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Garden Scene from the Service de la Culture des Fleurs (Flower Cultivation Service)

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects: Ceramic France Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Map sampler

medium: Medium: silk on silk Technique: stem, chain, satin, running and knot stitches on 8-harness satin foundation which the globes were printed; uncounted stitches

country: England

subjects:
Maps & charts
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Costume Design: No. 29, Two Wealthy Russian Peasants, for Snow Maiden

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

medium: Brush and watercolor on board

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Theater
Usa


title: Bowl

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

medium: silver (bowl), silver pated, metal (liner)

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Brush pot

medium: Carved jade

subjects: Container Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiesenberger


title: Designs for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Fragments

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

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Knife

medium: silver, enamel, steel

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Design for a Vase

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Sample

creator: Johann Friedrich Netto, German

medium: Medium: silk and metallic foil on silk core embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, couching and knot stitches, with appliqué on plain weave foundation; painted details

country: Leipzig, Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Leipzig, germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Waves on Beach with Cumulus Clouds

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

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Window shade

credit_line: Gift of Norman Hasselriis


title: Vase

creator: Jan Jansz Van Der Laan

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Ceiling paper


title: Chinese

medium: Hand-painted paper

country: China

subjects: Wallcovering China

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Les Vendanges

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

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

country: Jouy, France

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


title: Purse

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in brick stitch on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Rollin Stickle


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: plain weave embroidered with deflected element work

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Fragment

date: mid- 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France or italy

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


title: Knife

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: ivory, steel, silver


title: Unfinished Sketch of Tall Cliffs and Rough Ocean

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

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


title: Drawing

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

medium: Graphite, brush and gouache on laid paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen Technique: embroidered with drawnwork

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: kantharos

date: late 7th–early 6th century BC

medium: earthenware

country: Southern Etruria, Italy

subjects:
Ceramic
Southern etruria, italy

credit_line: Gift of Ruth Vollmer


title: Frieze

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Flounce

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Pittsburg W.P. Co., 1896 – 1915

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Academic Study of a Male Nude

creator: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831

medium: Black and white chalk on brown paper

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Border

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France


title: Pair of garters

medium: Medium: wool, linen Technique: counted stitches

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

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


title: Textile

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: tied-resist patterning on plain weave

country: Indonesia

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

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Cutting and Working in the Vineyard

medium: Pen and black, brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: cross stitch on plain weave foundation. Counted stitches.

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


title: Towel end

medium: Medium: cotton, glass beads Technique: interlacing and knotting (macramé)

country: Mexico

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

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Frieze

creator: York Wall Paper Company, 1895

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Fashion Plate no. 357 from L'Iris, Moniteur des Modes

creator: Imprimerie Mariton, French, active mid-19th c.

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sampler

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

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Study of Mt. Vesuvius from Sorrento, Italy

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and wash, graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Sidewall

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

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Pair of breeches

medium: Medium: silk, linen lining

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of International Business Machines Corp.


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle

creator: Bow Porcelain Manufactory, English, active ca. 1744 – 1776

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

country: England

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: L'Automobile

creator: Henri Farman, French, 1874 - 1958

medium: Chromolithograph cut-out on paper

subjects:
Book
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fellow Passengers on the Cleo

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on cream paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sidewall


title: Crochet needle case

medium: Wood

country: Scotland for export

subjects:
Container
Scotland for export


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered in stem, cross, running, and satin stitches on machine-made net foundation


title: Sidewall - sample

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Quick Sketch of Cliffs and Waves

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Tattersall's Horse Repository, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Sketchbook Page: Toad or Frog

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Reptiles & amphibians

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: "The Whitehead & Hoag Company"

creator: Whitehead & Hoag Company

medium: Plated metal, printed celluloid

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa

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


title: Textile

medium: Technique: block printed with resist paste on plain weave foundation, immersion dyed in indigo vat

country: Sain-Bel, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Sain-bel, france

credit_line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: On the Road to Lake George

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Walls of Miraflores Lock

creator: Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926

medium: Lithograph on cream laid paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, glass beads Technique: looping incorporating strung beads. Two panels worked separately.

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


title: Klass Golden Cuckoo, Plate 21 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed, machine made paper

credit_line: Gift of The National Historic Parks and Sites, Parks Canada


title: Vase

creator: Unknown, Chinese

date: late 17th century

medium: porcelain

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Gift from the Collection of Stanley Siegel


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

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in two-sided cross, half cross, tent, eyelet, back, satin, and double running stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Standing figure with shawl

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Ornament Design, Roman Shield between Camp and Mural Crowns

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Band

date: 15th or 16th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidery stitches using silk: double running (parallel rows of double running for grid of background) on plain weave

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Textile

medium: Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Netherland

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Buddah

date: 2nd–3rd century

medium: Carved schist

country: Gandbara, India

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Gandbara, india

credit_line: Gift of Paul Manheim


title: Band

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Mausoleum of Kausim Solemanee, at Chunar Gur, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, steel Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Pair of stockings

medium: Medium: silk Technique: knitted and embroidered Label: knitted silk, embroidered with silk

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


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metallic Technique: needle knotting (bebilla)

country: Turkey

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

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Sketchbook Page: In Search of the Cross

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: (2 sides) A: warp stripe, warp -faced plain weave; B: complementary warps; sides intact; ends with warp selvage

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Vase

medium: Tin-glazed and painted earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Two Cones, plate H. i. in Perspectiva. Corporium Regularium

creator: Wenzel Jamnitzer, German, 1508–1585

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Model and prototype
Switzerland

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


title: Teapot

creator: Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979

medium: silver, ivory

country: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
Baltimore, maryland, usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Three urns

country: France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Brackets and a Column Capital with Eagles, in Dessins d'Ango Ornements et Architecture (Drawings of Ornaments and Architecture by Ango)

medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Architecture
Ornament
France


title: Sidewall

creator: The Birge Company - - do not use, 1834

medium: Machine-printed

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Historical Society of Cheshire County


title: Rough Sketch of Ocean and Cliffs

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

country: USA

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Etui

creator: Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747

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

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of the Panwy Foundation, from the collection of Maria Wyman


title: Fork

medium: Brass, steel

country: England

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Handkerchief

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Braguin


title: Fragment

creator: Joseph Lockett

date: mid- 18th–early 19th century

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Cravat end

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Frieze

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


title: Border

date: 18th century

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: View of Venice from the Grand Canal

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

medium: Etching in black ink on paper

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Venice, italy

credit_line: Bequest of Ruth B. Moran


title: Sampler

date: 17th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in rococo, satin, cross, tied cross, tent, roumanian, running, stem, interlaced herringbone stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Austria

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Austria

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Ornament Design, Arabesque Panel between Roman Standards

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Planometric View of Gani

creator: Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

subjects: Landscape Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Grand Canal

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Fragment

date: 4th century

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on linen ground Technique: embroidered on plain weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Egypt


title: Border

medium: Block-printed ?

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Kenneth Lutz


title: Cup and Saucer

creator: Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory, Italian, 1743 – 1759

date: mid- 18th–late 18th century

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Bamboo on lattice motif

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: The Young Archer, a sculpture attributed to Michelangelo, Plate 13 from an album "Drawings after Sculpture"

medium: Red chalk on off-white laid paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine printed with engraved rollers

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Aimée and Rosamond Lamb


title: Nude Study for Figure of "Courage," Memorial Window to Jacob Dolson Cox, Oberlin College

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: The Noon Recess

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Teapot from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: silver, ivory

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roswell Miller


title: Band

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered, darned, withdrawn elements

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


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

creator: Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Arthur V. Stanley


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

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: View of the Interior of Lakewood Cemetery Memorial Chapel, Minneapolis

creator: Theodore Dabo, 1871 - 1920

medium: Printed on sensitized paper mounted on linen

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leon Dabo


title: Design for the North Wall of the Music Room

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

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

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Ornament Design, Arabesque Panel between Urns

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Design for a Plate

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Thumbprint

date: mid-19th century

medium: Pressed glass

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Granville Price


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

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk metal Technique: stem stitch embroidery on taffeta

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

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


title: Textile

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

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

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


title: Landscape with Haystacks and Trees, Probably Newport

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees

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


title: Design for a Gold and Cabochon Gem Brooch

creator: Alexis Falize, French, 1811–1898

medium: Brush and gouache, gum varnish over graphite on tan wove paper

subjects:
Jewelry
Minerals & gems
Paris, france

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


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

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

country: France

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Bandbox fragment

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Vue de L'Exposition Universelle de 1878

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

country: Rouen, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Braguin


title: Purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: knotted netting

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: relief printed

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith