title: Sample

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on silk foundation with metal sequins, bullion and brilliants Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, couching, and knot stitches on supplementary warp pile (velvet), cut and voided

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

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


title: Textile

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

country: France

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

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: stem, satin, surface satin and running stitches on a 4&1 satin foundation

country: USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith


title: Bag

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crochet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Textile

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

country: Jaipur, India

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

credit_line: Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck


title: Study of foliage

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite, brush and gouache on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

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


title: Under Her Own Vine, Illustration for "Modern Athens"

creator: Corwin Knapp Linson, American, 1864 – 1959

medium: Graphite; brush and gray wash and white gouache on white wove paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Textile

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: linen on linen Technique: satin, surface, buttonhole, drawn and other embroidery stitches on plain weave

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim


title: Frieze

creator: Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: London, England

subjects:
Wallcovering
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


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

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

country: Japan

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Jardinière

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

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, blue applied by block.

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Fork

date: late 17th century

medium: Bronze

country: Italy

subjects: Cutlery Italy

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


title: Renaissance facade

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Architecture France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: The Peddler

creator: Jerome Myers, American, 1867–1940

medium: Graphite and black crayon on cream wove paper, laid down

country: New York, NY, USA

subjects:
Figure
New york, ny, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Jerome Myers


title: Waistcoat fronts

medium: Medium: silk, paint Technique: embroidery using float, satin and chain stitch, painted details


title: Study of landscape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and wash, graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Landscapes
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Embossed paper

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Samuel J. Dornsife


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Embroidered picture

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

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H.P. Davison


title: Chair seat

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: counted stitch embroidery

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Textile

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: wool, silk, cotton, linen, silver foil on silk core (1952) Technique: evensided twill; compound twill on band (1952)

country: Romania

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Romania


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

date: mid-19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Design for Blue and Silver Wall Decoration for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: 1802 or earlier

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

date: 19th century

medium: Brush and gouache on grey paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Study of seascape

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Man in a Storm

creator: Walter Appleton Clark, American, 1876–1906

medium: Brush and green, grey, and black washes, with white chalk and graphite, on white watercolor paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, metal thread Technique: appliqué

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Fork

medium: steel, brass, horn, bone

subjects:
Cutlery
Germany
Skeletons & bones


title: Design for Wall Decoration, Blue (South) Drawing Room, Royal Pavillion, Brighton

medium: Brush and watercolor over graphite on white wove paper


title: La noce de la fille du fermies, from La vie de château

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Part of the Palace In the Fort of Allahabad, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Box

creator: Yeki-ko

date: late 19th century

medium: mother-of-pearl, ivory, silver, lacquer, wood

subjects: Container Japan

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Pattern book

medium: Medium: leather, paper, metal

subjects:
Ornament & design
Sample book
Germany

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Coca bag

date: possibly 1200

medium: Medium: wool Technique: Section A) complimentary warps, plain weave; Section B) warp-faced plain weave

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Plate XXIII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle

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

date: mid- 18th century

medium: steel, silver; soft paste porcelain

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Border

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace, reticella style

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Printing block

medium: Medium: wood Technique: wood carved in relief

country: India

subjects:
Appliance & tool
India


title: Two-Tined Fork with Porcelain Handle


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Le Bélier (Aries) from Le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, pink, tan watercolor, red crayon, graphite on cream laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper, bordered in pen and brown ink

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Personification of Europe

creator: Rosalba Carriera, Italian, 1673–1757

date: before 1720

medium: Pastel on paper mounted on canvas

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Portrait
Venice, italy

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Architectural Details

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Screen Decorated with 'Les Jardins Français'

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

medium: block printed on paper

country: Alsace, Rixheim, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Alsace, rixheim, france

credit_line: Gift of Channing Hare


title: Earrings, bracelet and brooch

medium: Gold, turquoise

subjects: Jewelry France

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


title: Sampler

creator: Ellen Caufield, American

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

country: Wheeling, West Virginia, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Wheeling, west virginia, usa

credit_line: Purchase, Textile Department


title: "Bermuda"

medium: Silver, enamel

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Knife with Triangular Pattern Ivory and Bone Handle

creator: London Cutler's Company

medium: steel, silver, gold, ivory, bone

country: London, England

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
London, england
Skeletons & bones


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

medium: silver, gold, porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: Dresden, Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Dresden, germany


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: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Bonnet veil

medium: Medium: silk Technique: machine embroidery on machine-made net

subjects: Lace Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Augustus Bleeker


title: Design for a Decorative Frieze

creator: Carlo Bianconi, Italian, 1732–1802

medium: Brush and grey and brown wash, pen and black ink, graphite on cream paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: 2 reds block-printed, yellow and blue applied by brush, plain weave foundation,

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sampler

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Border

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sampler

creator: Madeleine Votier, French

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Doctors Commons, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Mother and Two Children in a Boudoir

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

date: possibly 1782

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, watercolor on white paper, lined

subjects: Figure France

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


title: Ceiling paper


title: Sketch of Ocean and Beach with Rocky Cliffs at Right

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Leather, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi


title: Brisé fan

medium: Painted ivory sticks, silk ribbon, tortoise shell on guards, rivet set with a faceted stone

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

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


title: Skirt panel

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Folding Spoon with Damascened Floral Handle

creator: FGS

medium: silver, steel, gold

country: possibly Carlsbad, Germany

subjects:
Figure
Possibly carlsbad, germany
Flowers

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


title: Border

date: mid-17th century

medium: Medium: Technique: needle lace


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed (madder colors and yellow) and painted (blue) on plain weave


title: Fragment

date: 12th–13th century

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


medium: Brush and gouache on blue paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: cut loops of supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain weave foundation; tied-resist dyeing in the warp (ikat) Label: silk cut velvet, warp-dyed (ikat)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Border

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, continuous braid like and interlacing

country: Genoa, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Genoa, italy

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


title: Plate

creator: Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co., English, 1862 - 1904

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Academic Study of a Male Nude

creator: Pio Piatti, Italian, 1735–1816

medium: Black and white chalk on paper with grey prepared ground

country: Verona, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Verona, italy


title: Habit de Fontainier from "Habits de Métier et Professions"

creator: Nicolas Larmessin III, French, 1656–1725

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and through gift of Mrs. Edward C. Post


title: Bedcover

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered knots

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Hutching's Hotel at the Foot of Sentinel, Yosemite

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Necklace

creator: Carlo Giuliano, Italian, 1831 - 1895

medium: Cast and enameled gold, cut sapphires and diamonds, pearls.

subjects:
Jewelry
London, england

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


title: Advertisement for "Ludens Menthol Cough Drops"

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: Child's dress

date: late 18th century

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

country: Madras or Pondicherry, India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Madra or pondicherry, india

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert P. Brown


title: Study of landscape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Fitch


title: Chintz fragment

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds and 2 purples applied by brush; madder dyed; blue applied over resist; yellow over blue for green; chintz on plain weave

country: India

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Vase

medium: Etched and engraved glass

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of Channing Hare


title: Frieze

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: salver

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Fragment

date: 13th–15th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: woven

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Edna de Frise


title: Sidewall

date: 17th century

medium: Leather, paint, gilt

country: Flanders

subjects: Wallcovering Flander

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Designs for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Flowers


title: Sketchbook Page: Artist at Work

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

country: USA

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Toddy lifter (syphon)

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Cut glass

country: Ireland or England

subjects:
Glassware
Ireland or england


title: The Moon, from The Seven Planets

creator: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Astronomy Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Washington Skyline, Design for Washington Board of Trade Dinner, May 13, 1908

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on thin board

country: Washington, D.C., USA

subjects:
Architecture
Washington, d.c., usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Ornament Design, Arabesque Panel with Eagle between Urn and Crown

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing


title: Rembrandt with Plumed Hat and Lowered Sabre

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

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects: Portrait Germany


title: Armchair

creator: Gebrüder Thonet, Austrian, founded 1853

medium: beechwood, rattan

country: Austria

subjects: Furniture Austria

credit_line: Gift of Thonet Industries, Inc.


title: Cane Handle

medium: wood, silver

subjects: Metalwork India

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: "Souvenir of Buffalo, N.Y."

medium: Plated metal

subjects: Container Usa


title: Study of landscape

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: The Gothic Arch

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching with engraving on white paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Graphic design
Italy
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica flakes


title: Textile

date: 16th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg


title: Miser's purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, steel Technique: knotted netting

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Ornament, Christmas

medium: Dough

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Usa

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


title: figure study for a fountain design

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: black crayon, white chalk, on gray paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Sketchbook Page: Morning Glory

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Hinggi kombu (men's ceremonial wrapper)

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: tied resist patterning in warp (ikat) on plain weave

country: Indonesia

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

credit_line: Gift of International Business Machines Corp.


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: glass beads and silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: plain weaved edged with needle lace

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sidewall

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

medium: block-printed on polished ground

country: Rixheim, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Rixheim, france


title: Fragment

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: silk on wool Technique: embroidered on twill weave

country: Kashmir, India

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Kashmir, india

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert T. Hoyt in memory of Hannah McAllister


title: The Right Half of an Alter Tabernacle

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: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needlework on gauze weave

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Figure Presenting Loaves to a General

creator: Karel Škréta, Bohemian, 1610 - 1674

medium: Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash with traces of graphite on cream laid paper

country: Prague, Bohemia

subjects:
Figure
Prague, bohemia

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Abstract blossoms and kanoko pattern

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Pleated fan

medium: Painted paper leaf, pierced bone sticks with steel piqués, mother-of-pearl washer

country: China for Portuguese market

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China for portuguese market
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Coverlet

medium: Medium: wool, cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Edgar O. Smith


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Tangiers

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white chalk on gray paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Funffte Ausgab seiner vorhabenden werckes...Unterschiedliche Neu Inventirte Verkleiden Zu Modernen und Astonmischen Perpendicul-Uhren...

creator: Johann Jakob Schübler, German, 1689–1741

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Design for a Pottery Tile Stove

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on vellum

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council


title: Petticoat

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

country: India for European market

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
India for european market

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Trapping deer

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

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Textile

date: mid-19th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Herbert Emken


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York and Chicago, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york and chicago, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Buzzard's Roost Gap-Ga

creator: Theodore Russell Davis, American, 1840 - 1894

medium: Pen and ink on board

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Decanter and stopper

medium: Cut and engraved blown glass

country: Belfast, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Belfast, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Part of Cheringhee, Calcultta, 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: Woman's headcovering

medium: Medium: silk Technique: bobbin lace, Chantilly style Label: silk bobbin lace

country: France

subjects: Lace France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Rufus King


title: Locket with dictionary

medium: Metal, glass, leather, paper

country: USA

subjects: Jewelry Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: triple cloth

country: Europe or USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Europe or usa

credit_line: Gift of Catherine L. Frangiamore


title: Frieze

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: The Complicated R.....n

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

medium: Etching on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Double-Handled Porringer (Écuelle)

creator: Johann Erhard Heuglin II, German, 1687 – 1757

medium: silver, gold

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Metalwork
Augsburg, germany


title: Brooch

creator: Carlo Giuliano, Italian, 1831 - 1895

medium: Gold, enamel, pearls

subjects:
Jewelry
London, england

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


title: Fragment

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

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Teakettle-on-Stand

creator: W.A.S. Benson Ltd., England, 1880 - 1920

medium: silver plated, metal

subjects:
Metalwork
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion


title: Sidewall

creator: George Halbert Wallpaper, Brooklyn, New York

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidery on damask

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Fragment

date: late 17th–early 18th century

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

country: Russia

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


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

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Arms of the Duchess of Kendal

creator: A.M. Ireland


title: Covered Bowl or Box

creator: Richard Chaffers & Company, English, 1756 - 1765

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Fork

medium: steel, bone, brass, wood

subjects:
Cutlery
England
Skeletons & bones

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Two Sketches of Steeples

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Pillow cover

medium: Medium: silk, gilt paper, paint Technique: slit tapestry weave (k'ossu)

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Chinese Gallery As It Was, Plate XV in Illustrations of Her Majesty's Palace at Brighton...Printed by T. Sutherland, Frederic Lewis, Robert Havel Jr., and M. Dubourg. Published by J. B. Nichols and Son, London, England, 1838.

creator: John Nash, 1752 – 1835

medium: Etching and aquatint, brush and watercolor, letterpress on white wove paper mounted on heavy tan board, ruled lines in color and gold paint

subjects: Interior England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Council


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Belgium or Italy

subjects:
Lace
Belgium or italy


title: Plate 11, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

creator: Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Band

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: plain weave embroidered with counted stitch: long-armed cross

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Cherries and Butterflies

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Drawing
England
Butterflies & moths

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fleur de Lys

medium: embossed

credit_line: Gift of Colorado State Historical Society


title: Design for a Painted Ceiling

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink, and watercolor on laid paper

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


title: study of wrist and left hand

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

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

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Architectural Details

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey-brown paper


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Cole, American

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

country: Ellisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Ellisburg, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Rosalie Coe, from the collection inherited from her mother, Eva Johnston Coe


title: Toothbrush Case from Traveling Dressing Case

creator: Thomas Whitehouse, British, active 1848-98

medium: glass, silver

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: William III

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Purchase


title: Orphrey fragment

medium: Medium: silk, metal thread Technique: appliqué


title: Pair of Armchairs

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

date: design: 1850; Crest decoration design: 1849

medium: Laminated rosewood, cotton upholstery, metal

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Furniture
New york, new york, usa

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


title: The Annunciation

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

medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Textile

date: 10th–13th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound weave

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Commander Henry H. Gorringe


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: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed; glazed

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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


title: Seascape with Dramatic Clouds and Large Rock

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: Landscape, Meiringen, Switzerland

date: September 3, 1867

country: Meiringen, Switzerland

subjects:
Landscape
Meiringen, switzerland


title: Study for "A Florentine Picnic"

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Boy with a Moose

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

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Animal Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Ceiling paper

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Decorative panel

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Alan Moss


title: Sampler

creator: Isabella Campbell, Scottish

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

country: Auchterarder, Scotland

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Auchterarder, scotland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: The Sea Monster

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Engraving on laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Capitals from Abbey Church of St. Len D’Esserent, Oise

country: USA

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Sugar Bowl

medium: silver

country: Birmingham, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Birmingham, england

credit_line: Gift of Phelps Warren


title: Sculpture on stand

medium: Carved nephrite, carved rosewood

subjects: Sculpture China

credit_line: Gift of Paul Manheim


title: Border

creator: Campbell & Co.

medium: Block-printed

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

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


title: Horology: New Dial Work, from pl. XXXII from "A Cyclopaedia of Horology - Rees's Clocks Watches and Chronometers"

creator: Abraham Rees, 1743 - 1825

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, ribbed, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Deer Under a Large Tree

medium: Silhouette of white paper, cut out, on black paper mount

country: England

subjects: Silhouette England Trees

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: White My Flax, Red My Ring, Gold the Heart of My Betrothed

creator: Henry Patrick Raleigh, American, 1880–1944

medium: Charcoal, brush and grey, black and white watercolor on illustration board


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: embroidered in stem stitch on plain weave

country: Peru

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Peru

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Cap streamers

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Sweetmeat glass

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: St. Stephen from façade of S. Silvestro in Capite

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Fragment

date: 17th or 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embossed plain weave cut-pile velvet


title: Optical Toy: "The Rival Heros" (Spooner's Transformations, no. 7)

creator: William Spooner, England, active 1830 – 1854

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england


title: Fragment

date: early 18th century

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

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France or italy

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Cromwell

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Purchase


title: Bowl and lid

medium: Earthenware

country: Switzerland

subjects: Ceramic Switzerland

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on continuous paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Fruit Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

subjects:
Cutlery
Fruits
Paris, france

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


title: Micro-mosaic

medium: Gold sheet and wire, glass mosaics

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome, italy

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


title: Cork screw

creator: Gavet Coutelier, France

medium: Steel, wood, steel

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Candlestick

medium: glass


title: Sketchbook Page: Man in Profile

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, couching, overcasting, knot, chain, and back stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Lincoln Drape Goblet

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Granville Price


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Winged figure on pedestal


title: Pedestal

creator: Duc d'Angoulême Porcelain Manufactory, French, 1781 – 1828

date: late 18th century

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

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: bourdalou

creator: Aprey Pottery Factory, Active 1744–1885

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Bracket

date: mid-18th century

medium: Carved mahogany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper, satin ground

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Elevation of a Wall Decoration for a Canonization Ceremony, St. Peter's, Rome, Italy

creator: Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian, 1700 – 1773

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on off-white laid paper

country: Italy

subjects: Architecture Italy


title: Fragments

date: early–mid-17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Cravat end

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

subjects: Lace France


title: Dessert Fork with Carrion Beetle on Handle

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Beetles
Paris, france


title: Textile

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

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

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


title: Sidewall

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Hounds at Play

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

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper

country: USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: fork

medium: steel, ibex horn, horn

country: Austria

subjects: Cutlery Austria


title: Christ at Emmaus: The Larger Plate

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

medium: Etching on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Salisbury

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on beige paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, pasteboard support, varnish

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Organic Motif

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Charles W. Gould


title: River Rapids, Design for Washington Board of Trade Dinner, May 13, 1908

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on thin board

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Salesman's samples

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Louis XVI or Trianon

creator: Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of A. Germain


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen, silk, metal-wrapped silk Technique: embroidered in cross, rococo, half cross, eyelet, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Bohemia

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Bohemia


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Border

date: late 16th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Handkerchief

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Braguin


title: Sidewall - fragment

creator: Anthony Chardon

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of The United States Department of Interior


title: Border

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

medium: Machine-printed and embossed

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


title: Cap

date: late 13th–early 14th century

medium: Medium: untwisted silk, gilded parchment; Z-spun linen lining Technique: plain weave cloth, quilted, embroidered and sewn Label: Quilted and embroidered silk with gilded parchment

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Egypt

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor


title: L'arrivées, from La vie de Château

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Plate 36, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

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


title: Royal Exchange, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Edging

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Panel

date: 18th–19th century

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

country: Balkans

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Balkan


title: Frieze


title: Half-length portrait of a man

subjects: Drawing Germany Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Textile

date: 19th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Stage Set for Il Trionfo della Pietà

creator: Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian, 1606 – 1680

medium: Engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Theater Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William G. Fitch


title: Frieze

creator: Keystone Wall-Paper Company

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: float patterned satin; 7&1 satin patterned by weft floats bound on the front as a 1&3 twill

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Stole fragment

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element with needle-made fillings

subjects: Lace France


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper, joined

credit_line: Gift of Isabella Barclay, Inc.


title: Death of Adonis

creator: Antoni Waterloo, 1618–1677

medium: Etching on white laid paper

subjects: Landscape Netherland


title: Study of seascape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Border

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Toast rack

medium: Enameled and gilt tôle

country: England

subjects: Metalwork England

credit_line: Gift of John Judkyn


title: Decor Pastoral

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Campion

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

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: compound weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England

credit_line: Gift of Robert W. Friedel


title: Towel end

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: knotting (macramé), withdrawn element work, needlemade filling stitches

country: Italy

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


title: Drawing

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

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Augsburg, germany


title: The Rosemount

medium: Block-printed paper, glazed

country: USA or England

subjects:
Wallcovering
Usa or england

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


title: Fragment

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

country: India

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Restricted Funds


title: Frieze

country: USA


title: View of a Garden with Pagoda

medium: ruled borders (on mat) in pen Support: white laid paper, tipped into beige wove mat

subjects: Architecture England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Christian H. Aall in honor of Elaine Dee


title: "Holy Mudder, Dis Time Sabe François," Illustration for Mooswa & Others of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 1900, p. 175)

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

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Study of landscape, Baveno, Lago Maggiore, Italy

date: September 1857

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

country: Baveno, Lago Maggiore, Italy

subjects:
Nature studie
Baveno, lago maggiore, italy
Landscapes
Nature


title: Narcissus, Plate 12 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

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

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Botany Print Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fashion Plate from Le Journal des dames et demoiselles

creator: Jules David, French, 1808 - 1892

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Study of Sun over Choppy Ocean

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

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


title: At the Fender

creator: Wallace Nutting, American, 1861–1942

medium: Hand-colored platinum print laid down on cream wove paper

subjects: Interior Usa


title: Monument in honor of the soldiers, sailors and marines

creator: Christian Francis Rosborg, 1881 – 1953

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

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Christian Francis Rosborg


title: Christ Washing the Feet, from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: 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: Apartments of Queen Elizabeth of Prussia, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin

creator: Elizabeth Pochhammer, German, active Berlin, 1864–1880

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

country: Berlin, Germany

subjects:
Interior
Berlin, germany

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


title: Marbreur de Papier, pl. II 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


title: Study for Maximum Mass Permitted by the 1916 New York Zoning Law, Stage 1

creator: Hugh Ferriss, American, 1889–1962

medium: Black crayon, stumped; brush and black ink over photostat, varnish on illustration board

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Drawing
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss


title: thread spool

medium: wood

country: Scotland for export

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Scotland for export


title: Table cover

medium: Medium: linen Technique: plain weave with wrapping stitch embroidery and drawn work; bobbin braid attached.

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Gift of Alice DeLamar


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Richard McGeehan


title: Down the Valley, El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Three of Hearts 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: Textile

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: linen warp, silk weft Technique: damask weave

country: Scotland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Scotland

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Ceiling paper

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Abstract 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: Fragment

date: 18th or 19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: felted and stenciled

country: China

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

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


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on linen foundation with pearls, metal, mica, cotton tapes Technique: embroidered in rococo, satin, tent, half-cross, romanian, wrapping, and looping (needle lace) stitches with applique on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Border

medium: Block printed on continuous paper, polished ground

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Coutance and Mont St. Michel

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

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

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Frieze

creator: A.M.P. & C.M. of U.S.

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Five of Hearts

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: The Washington

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

medium: Machine printed paper, mica flakes

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa


title: Caduceus-form

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

medium: Cast and granulated gold, carved ivory

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome, italy

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


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk, metal, glass beads, pearls, hair, and cotton on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in couching,stem, chain, and feather stitches with applique of knitted, woven fabric and needle-made lace on 7/1 satin foundation


title: Up the valley from the foot of the Mariposa Trail, Yosemite, no. 9

country: USA


title: Presentation of the Christ Child to the Shepherds

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Sidewall - fragment

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: needlework on gauze weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Scent flask


title: Wall pocket

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: applique of painted silks and painted paper plus embroidery on brown silk satin; couched gold-wrapped silk and strips of gilt foil plus attached gilt spangles

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on machine-made paper

country: France or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or usa

credit_line: Gift of Delafield, Hope & Linker


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on paper

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Paperweight

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

medium: Earthenware, glaze

country: Boston, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Boston, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Fragments

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Trimming
France or italy

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


title: Designs for embroidery

medium: Black crayon on tracing paper

subjects: Drawing France


title: "Feu"

medium: Ivory, pigment

subjects: Container France

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


title: Collar fragment

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Colonial Restoration Society of Bellerose Creedmoor Farm


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

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


title: Slip case for a book

medium: Painted silk

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Usa

credit_line: Transferred from Cooper Union Museum Library


title: Milk Jug with Horn of Plenty and Flowers

date: mid-18th century

medium: faience, pewter

country: Sinceny or Rouen, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Sinceny or rouen, france
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: First Over the Bars

creator: Whitehead & Hoag Company

date: late 19th–early 20th century

medium: celluloid, metal

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa


title: Three Brothers, Yosemite

medium: Albumen silver print on white wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: satin patterned by continuous supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Border

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Purchase, Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund


title: Framed plaque

creator: John Turner, Lane End, Staffordshire, England, 1759 - 1780

medium: Molded and tinted stoneware (Jasperware), wood, glass

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Deerfield Academy


title: Panel

date: early 18th century

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Sidewall


title: Sidewall

creator: Jeffrey & Co., 1836–1930 London, England

medium: Machine-printed on continuous paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Wallcovering
London, england

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


title: Cord with tassel

date: late 16th–early 17th century

medium: Medium: metallic thread, porcelain beads, glass stones, silk Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: linen warp, cotton weft Technique: block printed (two reds, two purples, blue, yellow) on plain weave

country: Europe

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


title: Socket and Screw Top

medium: Wood, ivory, sandpaper

country: Portsmouth, England

subjects:
Container
Portsmouth, england


title: Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles

creator: A. Pauquet, French, active 19th c.

date: August 1858

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Black-Bodied Lapwing, Plate 26 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Pleated fan and case

date: early 20th century

medium: Painted and gilded paper leaf, gilt bronze guards and sticks with enamel plaques and cut steel, paste gem at rivet head

country: USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa
Minerals & gems


title: Le Louvre Colonnade, Facing Saint Germain, Plate 39 of Vues Pittoresques de Principaux édifices de Paris

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

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Rent Due

creator: Eugene Higgins, American, 1874–1958

medium: Pastel on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Alpheus Cole


title: Purse

medium: Medium: metallic yarns Technique: knotting (macramé) Label: macramé in metallic yarns

country: England

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri, McNeil, and General Acquisitions Endowment Funds


title: Shaker no. 7 rocking chair

creator: Society of Shakers, RM Wagan & Co.

medium: Stained cherry or maple, modern paper "rush" seat

country: Mt. Lebanon, New York, USA

subjects:
Furniture
Mt. lebanon, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan


title: Fragments

date: 16th century

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Tower at Vevay

medium: Graphite on light brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, back, four-sided, two-sided cross, rococo, half cross, and knot stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Germany


title: Robe

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry or k'ossui) Label: silk and metallic tapestry (kesi)

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt


title: Sidewall

creator: Ericson & Weiss

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed, oil finish

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france


title: Jar (One of a Pair)

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

medium: soft paste porcelain

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 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: Nude Study of Man with a Staff

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Charcoal on laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Sketchbook Page: Woman in Profile

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Bodice

medium: Medium: silk (warp) and wool (weft) Technique: block printed on plain weave; patterned by warp floats

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert P. Brown


title: Equipment Used for Making Silk Textiles

creator: Louis-Jacques Goussier, French, 1722 - 1799

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
France


title: Fragments

date: 16th–17th century

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


title: Bandbox

medium: Machine-printed paper, pasteboard support, sized cotton

credit_line: Gift of Miss Joanne Burke


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Border

date: late 16th–17th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Out of Doors, Direct Method, Foot ot 17th Street

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Figure of a Beggar Playing a Hurdy-Gurdy

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic Germany

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


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted back and stem stitches on plain weave foundation; bobbin lace edging Label: linen embroidered with silk in counted back and stem stitches

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Tassel

date: 17th century

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

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe


title: Antler

date: late 19th century

medium: Antler, metal

country: probably Europe

subjects:
Container
Probably europe

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


title: Arabesque with griffins

creator: Arthur & Robert

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund


title: Sampler

creator: Francesca Martin

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

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, long-armed cross, running, satin, back, and eyelet stitches, with withdrawn element work with needle made fillings, on plain weave foundation


title: World's Columbian Exposition

creator: F.M. Whiting

medium: Silver

country: North Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Container
North attleboro, massachusetts, usa


title: Figure Toy

creator: Harriet Blackstone, American, 1864–1939

medium: Brush and oil, graphite on board

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Miss Stell Andersen


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Valance

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

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

credit_line: Purchase, General Funds


title: Paperweight

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

medium: Earthenware, glaze

country: Boston, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Boston, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Fragment

date: 18th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstradter


title: Fork from Traveling Cutlery Set

medium: silver

country: Netherlands

subjects: Cutlery Netherland

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


title: Garden Party of the Children

creator: James Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 – 1902

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


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

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Earrings

medium: Gold, enamel, mosaic

country: Probably Florence, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Probably florence, italy

credit_line: Gift of Emily H. Chauncey


title: Dado

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Nancy V. McClelland


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of Man in Profile

medium: Graphite on laid paper

country: Paris, France

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

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Waistcoat fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Crocodile hunt

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

medium: Black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine printed on paper

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Esther Whited


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, cross, chain, eyelet, back, feather, and threaded running stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Two putti

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in withdrawn element work and chain, satin, stem, cross, and buttonhole stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Frieze

creator: Wagner, Wagner & Co. Inc


title: Sketchbook Page: Three-Lobed Leaf

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Shoreline with Rocks, Boats and Birds

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa Birds

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked


title: Bag

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: cross-stitch embroidery on compound weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Mexico

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt


title: Hold Up Your End! War Fund Week

creator: W. B. King, American, 1880–1927

medium: Offset lithograph on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts


title: Reverie

creator: Henri-Emile Lefort, French, 1852 - 1916

date: After 1882

medium: Etching on vellum

subjects: Print France


title: In The Sunlight

medium: Etching on paper

country: England

subjects: Print England


title: Plate 4, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

creator: Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Sidewall


title: Sketches of a Nude Figure in Classical Pose and a Seated Figure

creator: Andrea del Sarto, Italian, 1486 - 1530

medium: Pen and black ink on cream laid paper, laid down

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Garden of Love

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

medium: Engraving on off-white laid paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed, handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of E.A. Entwisle


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed, paper applique

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on plain weave cotton foundation Technique: cross, stem, double-running, satin, eyelet, back, scotch, and buttonhole embroidery stitches

country: Morocco

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Morocco

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim


title: Prison Cell Entrance

medium: Painted and varnished cardboard, thread, sandpaper

country: probably Europe

subjects:
Container
Probably europe

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


title: Plate

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Switzerland

subjects: Ceramic Switzerland

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


title: Advertisement for a Beverage

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects: Poster Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Exhibition Room, Somerset House, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Border

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Herbert Emken


title: Textile

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


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile in a plain weave foundation (ciselé voided velvet); supplementary metal thread weft in foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed and embossed

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


title: Panel

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

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Pair of Bracelets

medium: iron

country: Germany or France

subjects:
Jewelry
Germany or france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen, silk, metallic Technique: embroidery on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Table frontal

medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry or kesi) Label: silk and metallic tapestry or kesi

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. Philippe Von Hemert


title: Sketchbook Page: Ye Night Mare

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Ceiling paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Panels

medium: Medium: silk Technique: painted

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

credit_line: Gift of Miss Edna H. Bahr


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Le Capricorne (Capricorn) from le Zodiac Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

medium: Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, pink, tan watercolor, red crayon, graphite on cream laid paper mounted on cream laid paper, image bordered in pen and brown ink

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Hand Mirror

date: Second half 19th century

medium: Molded vulcanized rubber, mirrored glass, gilt metal

country: probably England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Probably england

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle

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

date: mid- 18th century

medium: steel, silver; soft paste porcelain

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Vase

creator: M. Louise McLaughlin, 1847 – 1939

medium: Porcelain

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Band

date: late 16th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Jockeys on Horseback

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

medium: Graphite, charcoal on tracing paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: "Speak No Evil, See No Evil, Hear No Evil"

creator: Paye & Baker Manufacturing Company, American, 1901–ca. 1965

medium: Silver

country: North Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Container
North attleboro, massachusetts, usa

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Title Page, from Nouveaux Livre de Parterres (New Book of Garden Beds)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: The Hague, Netherlands

subjects:
Architecture
The hague, netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Long sarong

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

country: Bali, Indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Bali, indonesia

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Design for a Candelabrum.

medium: Pencil, ink, watercolor, tempera colors on tracing paper

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund


title: case

medium: leather, paper, steel, Ibex horn, horn, quill

country: Austria

subjects: Cutlery Austria


title: Frieze

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

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: A Shell in the Rebel Trenches

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: January 17, 1863

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects:
Figure
Usa
Shells & molluscs

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


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for madder colors hand painted; blue immersion dyed over resist; yellow applied by brush over blue for green; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Design for Doorway, Possibly for Lobby or Vicinity South of Dining Room

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

country: England

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Sampler

creator: Elizabeth Muns, English

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on wool foundation, linen tape Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, back, tent, half cross, and double running stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Border

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Seated Figure with Instrument

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Ocean with Rocks and Cliffs

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on dark cream-colored paper, lined

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Ersten Ausgab seines vorhabenden Wercks

creator: Johann August Corvinus, German, 1683–1738

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on satin

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China


title: Border

medium: Block printed and flocked on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Scent flask and cap

medium: Glass, silver

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Creamer

creator: Christoph Christian Küchler, active 1852 – 1871

medium: silver

country: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
New orleans, louisiana, usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Ramnugur, Near Bernares, On the River Ganges, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Valentine Greeting

medium: Wood engraving, brush and watercolor on embossed paper

subjects:
Greeting card
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fort at Villefranche

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Fork

medium: glass, steel, gold, brass

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Handkerchief

creator: E. Renault

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: X Pattern

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: Textile

date: mid–late 18th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Vera Maxwell


title: Miser's 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: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe


title: Border

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Textile

date: mid-17th century

medium: Medium: Technique: needle lace

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Ten 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


title: Thatched Cottage

medium: Graphite on pencil

country: Zürich, Switzerland, Europe

subjects:
Drawing
Zürich, switzerland, europe


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller and block printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Boy playing a lute

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Band fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, coninuous braid-like

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Wall Elevation Design, probably for the King's Apartments, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

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

subjects: Architecture Interior England

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


title: Casa de Campo, Malapu

medium: Graphite and white heightening on cream paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Punchbowl for U.S.S. Louisiana

creator: Reed & Barton, American, 1824–2015

medium: Graphite, pen and ink, wash on cream wove paper

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Adam G. Norrie in memory of Eloise Lawrence Breese


title: Dessert Spoon with Beetle on Handle

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

subjects: Cutlery France Beetles

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


title: Brooch

medium: Hair, gold

subjects: Jewelry Usa

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Haynes


title: Fragment

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Fonnie E. Davis


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Darning sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in running (pattern darning) and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk in pattern darning and eyelet stitches

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Textile

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: woven

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
India

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Borders

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed oatmeal paper

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Candlestick

medium: glass

country: Europe

subjects: Glassware Europe

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Button

date: probably ca. 1840

medium: Wood, gilt and lacquered metal

country: probably France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Probably france

credit_line: Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott


title: Border or sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Furniture mount

medium: Gilt bronze

country: France

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Fragment

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France


title: Sidewall - sample

creator: Liberty Paper & Bag Co.

medium: Machine-printed

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Sampler

creator: Elizabeth Groome

medium: Medium: silk, wool, mica and metallic embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, cross, bouillon, couching, and padded couching stitches on plain weave foundation; counted and uncounted stitches

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Rosalie Coe, from the collection inherited from her mother, Eva Johnston Coe


title: Quilt

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

country: England or USA

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore


title: Plate XXXVI 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: Winged figure between window and column

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: Frieze

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V.C.Berntgen


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: discontinuous supplementary weft in plain weave foundation; Plain weave patterned by brocaded supplementary weft floats. Selvege on right side intact. Bottom edge.

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Brisé fan

medium: Ostrich feathers, tortoise shell sticks, silk ribbon

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

credit_line: Gift of Ina K. Pitner


title: Sidewall - fragment

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets of paper


title: Handkerchief

date: mid- 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton on linen Technique: buttonhole, padded buttonhole, padded satin, overcast cord, stem over running, and speckling stitch embroidery on plain weave; cutwork with needle lace fillings

country: Belgium or France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Belgium or france

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


title: Cobban Brothers, Wall Paper and Room Mouldings

creator: Cobban Brothers, American

country: Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Haverhill, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Karen Duprey


title: Study of balusters

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France


title: Pleated fan and case

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: Linen lace leaf backed with silk, mother-of-pearl sticks, paste jewel at rivet, brass bail

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on machine-made paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Templeman Coolidge


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, running and couching stitches on plain weave foundation; bobbin lace

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Frieze

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Parure (Pair of bracelets, pair of earrings, locket)

medium: tortoiseshell and silver

country: Italy

subjects: Jewelry Italy

credit_line: Gift of Emily H. Chauncey


title: Vase

creator: Jacques Sicard, French, 1865–1923

medium: Molded, glazed, and lustered earthenware

country: Zanesville, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Zanesville, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Advertisement for "Tetley's Teas"

medium: Plated tin, enamel

country: probably England

subjects:
Container
Probably england

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


title: Folding pocket knife

medium: Ivory, silver, steel, brass, enamel

country: France or England

subjects:
Cutlery
France or england

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Fragments

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: satin weave with supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

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


title: Band

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

country: Balkans

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Balkan


title: Border

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague