title: Project for a reliquary, intended to be executed in wood

medium: Pencil, pen, brush, sepia, and gray water color on paper.

subjects: Furniture Italy


title: Portrait of a Man, Giuseppe Valadier

creator: Jean-Baptiste Joseph Wicar, French, 1762 – 1834

medium: Graphite on off-white laid paper mounted on tan wove paper. Ruled lines in ink on mount.

country: France

subjects: Portrait France

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: Pleated fan

date: 19th century

medium: Silk bobbin lace leaf backed with linen, celluloid sticks

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Bequest of Miss Adele Kneeland through Mrs. Philip Ainsworth Means


title: Lilac

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

medium: Graphite on wove paper

country: USA

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Henrietta Haller


title: Curtain tie-backs

medium: Gilded copper

subjects: Metalwork Usa

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of Pattern No. 1857 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

creator: Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France

medium: Graphite, brush and gouache on grayish paper.

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing
France


title: Designs for Teapot, Hot Water Pitcher, Milk Pitcher and Sugar Bowl

medium: Brush and gray, yellow, brown watercolor, graphite on cream paper

country: Silesia, Austria

subjects:
Tableware design
Silesia, austria


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects: Trimming France

credit_line: Gift of Harriet Crocker Alexander


title: Camel Hump, Road to Bolton Falls, Winooski River, Vermont

creator: Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

date: October 1864

medium: Graphite on grey paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Plate 16, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

creator: Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663

date: after 1663

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Project for an Escutcheon

creator: Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650

medium: Red crayon, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Design for a Vase

creator: Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects: Print France


title: Design for an Earring

date: late 18th century

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and red, gray watercolor, silver on paper

country: probably Naples, South Italy, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Probably naples, south italy, italy


title: Metalwork Design

creator: Babin, French, ca. 1750

medium: Sixth Book of Six Sheets


title: Four Mask Designs

creator: Johann Leonhard Eisler, German, 1672 – 1733

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany


title: Decorative Panel Designs

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

medium: Etching on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Paris, france


title: Coastline near Bloxburgh, Jamaica

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: August 1865

medium: Graphite and white gouache on gray wove paper

country: Bloxburgh, Jamaica

subjects:
Landscape
Bloxburgh, jamaica

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Square with a Palace

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

date: 18th century

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

country: Italy

subjects: Architecture Italy


title: Trophy Designs

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Title Page

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

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Munich, Germany

subjects:
Bound print
Munich, germany


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk, gilt strips Technique: woven

credit_line: Gift of Diana del Monte


title: SECOND LIVRE de Fragmens, a l’usage de differens Artistes, DEDIÉ A.M. le Marquis de Voyer d’Argenson

creator: Charles Eisen, French, 1720–1778


title: Design for Two Brooches Depicting a Man and Woman

date: 16th century

medium: Pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper

subjects: Jewelry Italy


title: LE MAITRE D'ARMES

creator: Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Triumph of Caesar: The Corselet Bearers

creator: Andrea Mantegna, Italian, ca. 1431 - 1506

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Bequest of George Campbell Cooper


title: Design for a Brooch

medium: Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper

country: possibly North Italy, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Possibly north italy, italy


title: Bonnet veil

medium: Medium: silk Technique: machine made with lace trim

country: Le Puy, France

subjects:
Lace
Le puy, france

credit_line: Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green


title: The Gentleman's and Cabinet-Maker's Director

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

country: England

subjects: Furniture England


title: Rainbows in a Thunderstorm, Part One

date: August 1868

medium: Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite

country: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland

subjects:
Landscape
Germany, austria, or switzerland


title: Border

date: early 19th century

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George Nichols from the collection of her mother, Mrs. J.P. Morgan


title: Three Designs for Decorative Ironwork

creator: Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771

country: Nancy, France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Nancy, france


title: Design for a Segment of a Border of a Woven Shawl

medium: Brush and white gouache on oiled paper, mounted

subjects: Drawing France


title: Two doorknobs

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

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Metalwork
Rome, italy


title: Fauteuil en Gondole tournant sur Pivot

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


title: Sugar Bowl

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of George B. and Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Title page

medium: Etching on laid paper

country: Parma, Italy

subjects:
Print
Parma, italy


title: Clouds over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

date: January 1875

medium: Graphite on tan laid paper; verso: graphite

country: Hudson, New York, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Hudson, new york, usa


title: Study of bridge and canal

creator: Francis Hopkinson Smith, American, 1838–1915

medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. F. Hopkinson Smith


title: Description of the Rock Wall, Recto

creator: Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: France

subjects:
Bound print
France


title: Textile

medium: Medium: piña (pineapple) fiber, cotton Technique: plain weave

country: Philippines

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Philippine


title: Pleated fan

medium: Embroidered silk leaf, carved and gilded ivory sticks

country: France or England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France or england

credit_line: Gift of Samuel P. Avery


title: Head of Summer

medium: Red crayon on paper


title: Sheet 15 of a Drawing Book, Group of the Madonna of the Rosary

creator: Carlo Maria Giudici, Italian, 1723 - 1804

medium: Black chalk on paper

country: Milan, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Milan, italy


title: Designs for Folding Doors or Panels

creator: Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Trophy

medium: Etching on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Design for a Brooch

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Italy

subjects: Jewelry Italy


title: Study of Child's Head for "Christiana and Her Children"

creator: Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

medium: Black crayon, white chalk on grey wove paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Elevation of a factory (?) at edge of river

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

subjects: Architecture Italy


title: Paysage, Chariot Attelé de Boeufs

creator: Charles Emile Jacque, French, 1813 - 1894

medium: Etching on China paper, laid down

subjects: Print France


title: Textile

date: 14th century

medium: Medium: silk, gilded parchment wound around linen core Technique: two interconnected structures: 4&1 satin and weft faced plain weave (lampas)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan


title: Album of Prints: Premier Essai de Papilloneries Humaines and Mes petits bouquets dédiés à Madame La Duchesse de Chevreuse by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin

creator: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786

medium: Bound volume of etchings on laid paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: L’Epoux à la Grecque

creator: Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801


title: Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on Mount Horeb [above left]; Annunciation [below left]; The Banquet of King Ahasuerus [above right]; Christ Surrounded by Angels with the Arma Christi [below right].

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

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes, over black chalk on laid paper

country: Florence, Tuscany, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Florence, tuscany, italy
Landscapes


title: Pair of waistcoat fronts

date: mid- 18th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in satin stitches on satin weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, mica

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Robina Clark


title: Plan of the First Floor of a Country House

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

medium: Engraving on paper


title: Anneaux de Clefs enrichies pour Meubles précieux

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper


title: Venus of Medici

creator: Pietro Fontana, Italian, 1762 - 1837

medium: Line engraving on white paper

subjects: Print Italy


title: Valentine

medium: Machine cut paper, decoupage on paper doily, laid down

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Graphic design
Europe and usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Virginia Gerson


title: Bed with Eagle


title: Design for a Fountain in a Park

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

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite on paper, framing lines in black ink, lined

subjects: Architecture France


title: Donkeys

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

medium: Graphite on wove paper

subjects: Transportation Usa

credit_line: Gift of Henrietta Haller


title: Design for Doors

creator: Pierre Lepautre, French, 1652–1716

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper


title: Female Nude on a Stool

medium: Black crayon and white chalk on light green wove paper

country: London, United Kingdom

subjects:
Figure
London, united kingdom


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Cowtan and Sons, Ltd.


title: Ornament Panel Design

creator: Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679

medium: Engraving and etching on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
France


title: Tile

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Earthenware, glazed and high frie decorated

country: Alcora, Spain

subjects:
Tile
Alcora, spain

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Design for a Cartouche Representing the Continent of America

creator: Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France


title: The Italian Cook

creator: Jean-Baptiste-Claude Chatelain, French, 1710 - 1771


title: Ironwork Designs

creator: Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects: Print England


title: Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)

creator: Jacques-Édouard Gatteaux, French, 1788 - 1881

medium: Cast bronze

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt


title: Two Facades of a Public Building

creator: Antonio Sarti, Italian, 1797 - 1880

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: Chimney Piece Design

creator: D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Design for a Pendant Trophy

creator: René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Ceiling Ornament

medium: Pen and gray ink, watercolor, traces of graphite, ruled borders in pen and gray, Support: white laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Interior
Italy


title: LA PORTE ST. MARTIN

creator: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695


title: Mask with Two Heads; Mask with Two Serpent Heads

creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

medium: Graphite on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure Italy


title: Design for a Necklace

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, gold on light green paper

country: probably Naples, South Italy, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Probably naples, south italy, italy


title: Design for a Pendant

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Jewelry Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Design for a Book Cover

creator: Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961

medium: Brush and gouache on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts


title: Title Page

creator: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786


title: Design for an Interior

medium: Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

subjects: Interior Italy


title: The king has his servants invite guests to the wedding party, from the series 'Parable of the Wedding Feast'

creator: Marten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603

date: late 16th century

medium: Engraving on laid paper


title: Design for Painted Frames, from "Bordures de Tableau"

creator: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print Europe


title: Vases and Urns

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

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

subjects: Architecture France


title: Design for a Carriage Box Seat (Driver’s Seat) and Body

creator: Louis Van Nerven, Dutch, active ca. 1750


title: Design for a Stove

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

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, metallic Technique: woven

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China


title: Two Quarters of a Ceiling

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

medium: Etching and engraving on paper

country: Munich, Germany

subjects:
Bound print
Munich, germany


title: Design for a Mantlepiece


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects: Trimming France

credit_line: Gift of Harriet Crocker Alexander


title: Design for a Chimneypiece, with Alternative Suggestions for the Overmantel Frame

medium: Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Drawing Italy


title: Project: A scaffolding for the exhibition of the Host (or of a relic)

medium: Charcoal and brush with grey and black water colors on paper

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy


title: Bag (one side)

medium: Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery, cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in counted satin stitches on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China

credit_line: Gift of Marian Hague


title: Study of Black Birches

creator: Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

country: USA

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Design for a Fan Embroidery, Unfinished

medium: Sharp stylus on oiled paper mounted on black paper

country: France

subjects: Drawing France


title: Ceiling Design: Decoration for theater

medium: Pen and ink and sepia wash on paper

subjects:
Theater
Europe and usa


title: LE PARTERRE DE L’ORANGERIE a Chantilli

date: late 17th century

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. James O. Green and Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Grotesque Design

date: early 17th century

medium: Charcoal, pen and ink on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy


title: Autumn Foliage, Hudson, New York

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: October 1860

medium: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard

country: Hudson, New York, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Hudson, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Sidewall

creator: Nancy McClelland, Inc.

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Nancy McClelland


title: Two Frame Designs


title: Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper


title: Tray

medium: wood, carved and painted

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Italy


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk, metal, linen Technique: satin, knot, couching and bullion stitches on plain weave

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe


creator: Jean Joseph Duboix, French, 1798 - 1841

medium: Cast bronze

subjects: Metalwork France


title: Mount

medium: Gilt bronze

credit_line: Gift of Jacob H. Schiff


title: Bands

date: 3rd–4th century

medium: Medium: Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts;S-spun linen, S-spun wool Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary wrapping

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan


title: Candlestick

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

subjects:
Metalwork
Rome, italy


title: Three Trophies

medium: Pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper, lined


title: Sash

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique:

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles

creator: Marie Michelle Blondel, French, active mid 18th century

subjects: Print France


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: machine made on Schiffli machine

country: France or USA

subjects:
Lace
France or usa


title: Design for a title page or frontispiece dedicated to the Empress Maria Theresa

creator: Johann Gottfried Eichler The Younger, German, 1715 – 1770

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and ink wash

country: Augsburg, Germany, Europe

subjects:
Ephemera
Augsburg, germany, europe


title: Garden Fountain

creator: Charles Eisen, French, 1720–1778

country: Paris, France


title: Elevation of a Wall

medium: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Italy

subjects: Architecture Italy


title: Study for a Painting and Figure in a Canoe, Mexico

date: probably December 1883

medium: Graphite on light green wove paper

country: Mexico

subjects: Drawing Mexico


title: Bracket

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


title: Panel

medium: Medium: silk Technique: painted on patterned (open) weave.

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

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt


title: Paper Doll Costume in White with Black Spots

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolors on cream heavy wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Toys & game
Usa
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple


title: Teapot

creator: Cozzi Porcelain Factory, Italian, 1763 – 1812

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic Italy

credit_line: Gift of George B. and Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Vases, from Le Blanc 4.

creator: Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian, 1730 - 1766

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects: Metalwork Italy

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


title: Madonna in Glory, Study after Bartolomeo Passeroti Bologna; Architectural Details

creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on white laid paper

subjects: Architecture Figure Italy


title: Design for a Bed in the Roman Style

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and wash, yellow-green watercolor on white laid paper

subjects: Furniture France


title: The elevation of an altar with alternative suggestions

medium: Pencil, pen, ink, brush and grey water color on paper.

subjects: Architecture Furniture Italy


title: Gate and Ceiling Piece

medium: Pen and ink on paper


title: Plate 2, "Suite de douze Pêcheurs et Chasseurs"

creator: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

medium: Etching on paper

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Button

medium: Brass

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Boudoir

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Textile

date: late 18th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Diana del Monte


title: Mountains, Maine

medium: Oil and graphite on paperboard

country: Maine, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Maine, usa


title: Cheminée à la Moderne

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

medium: Engraving on off white laid paper

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Two Cupids

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Drawing for a Rocaille Escutcheon

medium: Black and red crayon on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Paris, france


title: Design for a Kaffeehaus

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Rome, italy
Graphic arts

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects: Trimming France

credit_line: Gift of Harriet Crocker Alexander


title: Design for a Looking Glass and Console Table

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and violet, olive, yellow watercolor, graphite on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Furniture
Rome, italy


title: Village on the Rio Limona, Ecuador

date: May–August 1857

medium: Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite

country: Ecuador

subjects: Landscape Ecuador


title: Frieze Designs

creator: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

medium: Etching on laid paper


title: Printing block

medium: Medium: wood, metal Label: carved wood block with copper inserts

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Usa


title: Design for a Baptismal Font

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy


title: Soupiere en forme de Vase ornée d'une frise à Rinseaux et couronné par des branches de Lierre


title: Design for a Candle Bracket

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

subjects: Lighting France


title: Botanical Sketches, Jamaica

date: June 1865

medium: Graphite on gray wove paper

country: Jamaica

subjects:
Botany
Nature studie
Jamaica
Nature


title: Title Page

creator: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

subjects: Print France


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed on paper

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England


title: Curtain Design, Soldiers at a Flight of Steps

creator: Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826

medium: Pen and brown ink on laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink

subjects: Theater Italy


title: The Death of Priamus

medium: Pen and gray ink, gray wash over traces of black chalk on paper


title: Stage Design, Hall in a Babylonian Palace for the Opera "Ciro in Babylonia" by Gioacchino Rossini

creator: Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872

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


title: Design for an Earring

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper

country: probably Naples, South Italy, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Probably naples, south italy, italy


title: Three Gueridons (Candlestands) Designs

creator: Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713

medium: Etching on paper


title: A Pope with a Book

creator: Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815

medium: Engraving in brown ink on white paper

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Bequest of George Campbell Cooper


title: Card case

date: 18th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Gift of Marquis Val Verde de la Sierra


title: Designs for a Sauce Boat and Salt Cellars

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

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Sepulchral monuments

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper


title: Trophy with Implements of Outdoor Sports, Plate 5 from "Cahier d'Attributs et Trophées de l'Oeuvre de Ranson," Suite XXI

creator: Etienne Claude Voysard, French, 1746 - 1812

medium: Engraving on paper


title: Ornament Design with a Heraldic Achievement

creator: Jean Bérain, the elder, French, 1640 – 1711

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Paris, france


title: Project for the Decoration of a Frieze

medium: Graphite, pen and ink on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy


title: Studies of Meadow Flowers

creator: Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on cream wove paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Flowers
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Colman


title: Church Gate Design

creator: Caillouet, French, mid-18th century

medium: Engraving and etching on paper


title: Design for the Decoration of a Panel


title: Moonlight

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

medium: Brush and oil, graphite on heavy cardboard

subjects:
Landscape
Hudson, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Vase

medium: Enameled tôle

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Talbot Jones Taylor


title: Design for brooch with standing nude woman

date: 16th century

medium: jewelry

subjects: Jewelry Italy


title: Autel

creator: A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768


title: Design for an Altar

creator: Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk, streak of brown chalk on white laid paper


title: The Gentleman's and Cabinet-Maker's Director

subjects: Furniture England


title: Guéridon propre à porter des torchères

medium: Engraving on off white laid paper

country: Rouen, France

subjects:
Print
Rouen, france


title: Orphrey band

medium: Medium: silk, linen Technique: combination of two structures; 4&1 satin plus twill

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Two stories of a steeple; doorway for a villa

medium: Pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy


title: Sidewall

creator: Arthur & Robert

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france


title: Tsuba

creator: Kawaji Tomotomi, Japanese, 1754

date: early 18th century

medium: Iron, gold

country: Japan

subjects: Metalwork Japan

credit_line: Bequest of George Cameron Stone


title: Border

medium: Machine printed and embossed paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Design for a Sepulchral (Funerary) Wall Mounted Monument

creator: D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647

medium: Etching on laid paper

country: France

subjects: Print France


title: Fragments

date: late 19th century

medium: Technique: machine embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt


title: Decoration du Lambris du côté du Sopha du Salon de Brunois

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


title: Esther before Ahasverus

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper, mounted


title: Lettre sur les Eléments de la gravure á l'Eauforte (Letter on the elements of etching), Page 1

creator: Adolphe-Martial Potémont, French, 1828 - 1883

medium: Etching on paper

credit_line: Gift of Samuel P. Avery


title: Medallion

date: mid-19th century

medium: plaster

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Elisha Dyer


title: Design for an Engraved Tazza with a Portrait of the Duke of Alba as Commander of Folly

creator: Theodor de Bry, Flemish, 1528 – 1598

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands or Belgium

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Netherland or belgium
Portraits

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


title: Lit à la Panurge

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Interior Wall Elevation

creator: L. Janneret, French, active late 18th century

medium: Etching and aquatint on laid paper

subjects: Architecture Print France


title: Alterations to 14-15-16 Washington Square, New York, NY, Sketch No. 23

creator: Maynicke & Franke

medium: Graphite on cream paper mounted on board

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Architecture
New york, new york, usa


title: Maison de Mr. Moitte à Mantes par Mr. Happe Architecte

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

medium: Etching and engraving on paper


title: Birth of Bacchus; Banquet of Bacchus and Ariadne

creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

date: early 19th century

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and wash over graphite on wove paper. Borders ruled in ink.

subjects:
Figure
Rome, italy


title: Veuë generale de Liencour

creator: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695


title: Trophy

creator: Marie Therese Martinet, French, 1731 – 1800?

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple


title: Seated Artist

creator: Domenico Gargiulo, called Micco Spadaro, Italian, 1609 - 1675

medium: Pen and ink on paper, lined

subjects: Figure Italy


title: The Narrows, North Fork of the Rio Virgen, Utah

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

date: April 1875

medium: Wood engraving on cream wove paper

country: England and USA

subjects:
Landscape
England and usa

credit_line: Gift of Gilbert White Rose and Henry Martin Rose II


title: Design for a Chimneypiece at Badminton House, Gloucestershire

medium: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Drawing
Rome, italy


title: Studies of a Leg, Foot, Arms, Hands, and a Baby

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

medium: Crayon-manner with red ink on laid paper

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Lantern

medium: Tin, brass, glass, cotton webbing

subjects: Lighting Usa

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


title: Oval Diamond Brooch

medium: Pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper

country: Italy

subjects: Jewelry Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Sampler

creator: Elanor Guest

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk and hair embroidery, linen foundation Technique: satin, Montenegrin cross, long-armed cross, knot, stem, chain, rococo, and running stitches on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe


title: Plate 11, from "Suite de Douze Pêcheurs et Chasseurs"

creator: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808


title: Water color; A fruit stall in Naples at Christmas

creator: Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829

medium: Black chalk and various water colors on paper.

subjects: Figure Italy Fruits


title: Sketch of a Standing Man

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

medium: Graphite on wove paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Henrietta Haller


title: Albornoz Fortress, Narni, Italy

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: October 1, 1868

medium: Graphite on tan laid paper; verso; graphite

country: Turin, Italy

subjects:
Drawing
Turin, italy


title: Study of Titian for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"

creator: Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

medium: Graphite, white chalk on brown wove paper

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Decoration of a Panel

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

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

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: Title Page

creator: Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

medium: Etching on laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Case

medium: shagreen

country: probably England

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Probably england


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: tempera on silk Technique: printed and painted on plain weave

country: China

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

credit_line: Gift of Jacob H. Schiff


title: Pair of Earrings

medium: Gold, lava

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Cadwalader Jones


title: In a Spanish Town

creator: Constantin Guys, French, 1802 – 1892

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and yellow, black, and blue watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects: Figure France


title: Minerva and Mercury

creator: Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815

medium: Aquatint engraving in brown ink on white paper

country: England

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Bequest of George Campbell Cooper


title: Design for a fountain

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

subjects: Architecture Italy


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects: Trimming France

credit_line: Gift of Harriet Crocker Alexander


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Block-printed, handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Rocaille Motif, from Set No. 76

creator: Franz Xaver Habermann, German, 1721 – 1796

medium: Etching on paper

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Print
Augsburg, germany


title: The Invention of Distillation

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

date: before 1590

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

country: Florence, Italy

subjects:
Drawing
Florence, italy


title: Recto: domed triangular room; Verso: colonnade and a dado

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

country: Rome, Italy


title: Panel Designs of Grotesque Ornamentation

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

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Bound print
France


title: Ceiling Design with Rinaldo and Armida, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on white heavy laid paper

country: Faenza, Italy

subjects:
Interior
Faenza, italy


title: Trimming


title: Soldiers in a Sleigh or Wagon

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Graphite on wove paper, laid down

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.


title: Two Panels of Ornament Design

creator: Charles Errard, French, c. 1601 - 1689

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Paris, france


title: Autre Developpement et aßemblage de Charpente concernant diverses Combles et Voußures

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

medium: Engraving on paper

country: France

subjects: Print France


title: Stairway

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined


title: Elévation du Dorique avec Piédestal

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

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Design for Windows in a Hall or Gallery

subjects:
Interior
Rome, italy


title: Playing card

medium: Red and black ink, paper

subjects:
Playing card
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Jean McKinnon Holt


title: Thompson's Farm in North Conway, New Hampshire

date: September 1, 1854

medium: Graphite, white chalk, black crayon on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Plate 6, from "Desseins de Queleques Conduites de Troupes, Canons, et Ataques de Villes"

creator: Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664

medium: Print

subjects: Print Italy


title: Military Trophy

medium: Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown, black, and touches of blue washes over black chalk on laid paper. Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper.

country: Florence, Tuscany, Italy

subjects:
Drawing
Florence, tuscany, italy


title: Pomme de Canne


title: Designs for Two Tables


title: Sash

medium: Medium: silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Chiffonnière


title: View of a Masquerade Ball

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

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

subjects: Interior France


title: Border

medium: Block printed on handmade paper


title: A Basket with Floweres Standing upon a Base

creator: Jan van Huysum, Dutch, 1682 - 1749

medium: Pen and Chinese ink, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted

country: Netherlands

subjects: Drawing Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt


title: Plans et Elevations de deux corps de Bibliothèques aux côtés d'une Cheminée

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


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Herman A. Elsberg


title: Lake Thun, Switzerland

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

medium: Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Imaginary River Landscape

medium: Pen and dark brown ink on off-white laid paper


title: Design for a Sugar Bowl with Spoons


title: Lamentation over the Body

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on white heavy wove paper

subjects: Figure Italy


title: Design for a Double Door with Overdoor

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809


title: Design for brooch with octagonal diamond and three figures

medium: jewelry

subjects: Jewelry Italy


title: Beheading of John the Baptist

creator: Mattia Preti, Italian, 1613 - 1699

medium: Brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper; verso: red chalk on paper


title: Plate, from a series of designs for ewers and vessels

creator: Cornelis Floris II, Flemish, ca. 1513–14 – 1575

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

subjects: Metalwork Netherland

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


title: Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles

creator: Marie Michelle Blondel, French, active mid 18th century

medium: Etching on laid paper

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Design for Ceiling Ornament

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

medium: Etching and engraving on paper

country: Munich, Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Bound print
Munich, germany


title: Plans and Ornaments for Sofa

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: The Virgin and Child

creator: Simone Cantarini, Italian, 1612 - 1648

medium: Etching on paper

country: Pesaro, Italy

subjects:
Print
Pesaro, italy


title: Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament

creator: François Marcou, French, 1595 – 1660

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
France


title: "On the Bluff at Long Branch, at the Bathing Hour"

date: August 6, 1870

medium: Wood engraving printed in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Edith Wetmore


title: Frieze

creator: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682


title: Embroidery sample

medium: Medium: silk thread, silk chenille thread, cotton gauze appliqué, flat gold and silver metal thread wound on a silk core, gold and silver metal coils, metal sequins, metal beads on silk ground Technique: embroidered on cut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) Label: Satin, stem, and knot stitches in silk, chenille, and gold and silver metallic thread; embroidered gold and silver metal wire coils, sequins, beads; gauze appliqué on cut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet); paper enclosure

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Dessus du Couvercle de la Boite à Poudre

creator: Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790

subjects: Print France


title: Landscape near Catskill, New York

date: October 1844 and May 1845

medium: Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite on white wove paper

country: Catskill, New York, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Catskill, new york, usa


title: Project for a Corsage

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Pastorale

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

medium: Black chalk, sanguine on cream laid paper

subjects: Landscape France


title: Textile

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal wrapped silk thread Technique: plain weave with complementary wefts and inner warps (taquete)

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Design for an Andiron

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Design for Ceiling Decoration

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

subjects:
Interior
Rome, italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: The Beheading of the Roman Judge Papinian, Plate 5 from "Thronus Justitiae"

creator: Willem van Swanenburg, Dutch, 1580 - 1612

subjects: Print Netherland


title: Stage Design, Palace Interior

medium: Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash, graphite on paper

subjects: Theater Italy


title: Ornamental Vase Design

creator: Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762


title: Design for the Pedestal and Base of a Pillar in a Church


title: Title Page

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786


title: Doily

medium: Medium: cotton, glass beads Technique: embroidery

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Gift of A. Algara R. de Terreros


title: Elevation d'une Porte à placard à un vanteau

medium: Engraving on off white laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Print
Paris, france


title: Designs for a Mantelpiece


title: Monument of King Louis XVI of France

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy


title: Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France

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


title: Project for a Ceiling

creator: Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Italian, 1762 - 1844

subjects: Figure Italy


title: Piedestal pour figure equestre


title: Design for a Carriage Body

creator: Louis Van Nerven, Dutch, active ca. 1750

medium: Etching and engraving on paper


title: Ships in the North, Canada

date: June–July 1859

medium: Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard

country: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

subjects:
Seascape
Newfoundland and labrador, canada
Ships & the sea


title: The Acropolis at Sunrise, Athens

date: April 1869

medium: Oil and graphite on paperboard

country: Athens, Greece

subjects:
Landscape
Athens, greece


title: Baby Rattle

medium: silver, mother-of-pearl

subjects: Metalwork Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Cohen


title: Title Page

subjects:
Bound print
Munich, germany


title: Vigilance

creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper


title: Fragment

date: 4th–5th century

medium: Medium: Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts; S-apun linen, S-spun wool, Z-spun wool. Technique: slit tapestry weave.

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan


title: A bishop saint pointing to a model city, with other figures, after a drawing by Guercino

creator: Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815

medium: Engraving in brown ink on white paper

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Bequest of George Campbell Cooper


title: Tabouret et Banquette

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

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper


title: Designs for Flowers: Chinese Carnation, Regency Carnation, Queen’s Wreath

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects:
Print
Flowers
Paris, france


title: Four Cartouche Designs

creator: Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print France


title: Design for a Clock, from "Six Tables Grecques Pendules"

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


title: Achilles Taught by Centaur Chiron How to Play Lyre

medium: Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on light blue paper


title: Designs After Architecture

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

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Bound print
Paris, france


title: Handscreen

medium: Block-printed paper leaf with applied lithograph, turned wood handle

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie


title: Wall Elevation

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Interior
Rome, italy


title: Flower Boughs, from "Recueil de Differentes Fleurs de Fantaisie Dans le Goût Chinois"

creator: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

subjects: Print France Flowers


title: Virgil Reading the Eulogy of Marcellus to Lucretia and Augustus, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash over black chalk on heavy rolled paper


title: Sketch for a Painting: Abduction of a Child

creator: Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

medium: Pen and brown ink on paper

subjects:
Drawing
Rome, italy


title: VEÜE GENERALE DE CHANTILLY du côté de l’Entrée

creator: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Maison Construite dans l’Enclos du Couvent des Carmelites près Beauvais par Mr. Belanger Architect

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


title: Mt. Hor from Arabah, Palestine

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: February 22, 1868

medium: Graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite

country: Israel

subjects: Landscape Israel


title: Box

medium: chased, engraved and partially nielloed and gilt raised and cast silver

country: Velikji Ustug, Russia

subjects:
Metalwork
Velikji ustug, russia

credit_line: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt


title: Minerva Protecting the Arts

creator: Ange Laurent de LaLive De Jully, French, 1725 – 1779

medium: Print

subjects: Print Europe


title: Sketch of Seated Woman

creator: Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Design for a Ceiling

date: early 17th century

medium: Pen and ink on paper, sepia and blue watercolor on paper

country: France

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Gift of Walter Gay


title: Frame

medium: Cast and blackened bronze

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Gift of Jacob H. Schiff


title: Milk Jug

creator: Wallendorf Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1764

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of George B. and Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Stage Design, Palace Court with Stairs

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash on laid paper, laid down; verso: black chalk

subjects: Theater Italy


title: Button

medium: steel

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Handscreen

date: 18th century

medium: Painted paper leaf, turned wood handle


title: Original Drawing, Cahier VII, plate 1

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

subjects: Furniture France


title: Sarcophagi

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy


title: The Wreck of the "Atlantic" – Cast up by the Sea

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving printed in black ink on paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Cora Wilson


title: The Canton

creator: Thomas Strahan & Co., Manufactory

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple


title: Lit à la Duchesse, orné de Sculptures et totalement fini

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Lutrin

creator: Jacques Valentin Fontaine, French, active 1740 – 1760

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper

subjects: Print France


title: The Elevation of the wall of a Private Chapel With the Altar

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


title: The Gentleman's and Cabinet-Maker's Director

country: England

subjects: Furniture England


title: Ornamental Vase Design

creator: St. G..., active 18th century

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
France


title: Flying Bats

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Charles W. Gould


title: Edging

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

subjects: Lace France

credit_line: Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green


title: Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1919 of Fabrique de St. Ruf

creator: L. V.

medium: Graphite, brush and gouache on white laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Two Trees on Wassataquoik Stream, Maine

date: September 7, 1877

medium: Graphite on tan wove paper

country: Maine, USA

subjects:
Drawing
Maine, usa
Trees

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Stage Design, Court Amongst Ruins

creator: Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872

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

country: Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: Virgin and Child Holding a Book

creator: Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815

medium: Engraving in brown ink on white paper

subjects: Print Italy


title: Design for Bottle Cooler, Glasses, and Tray

creator: Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, yellow watercolor, graphite on cream laid paper

subjects:
Tableware design
Rome, italy


title: Fragment

date: 14th–15th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic Technique: 2/1 twill pattern by plain weave

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Spearfishing at Night, Beirut, Syria (Lebanon)

date: April 1868

medium: Oil on paperboard

country: Beirut, Lebanon

subjects:
Landscape
Beirut, lebanon


title: Sunset over Rome, Italy

date: December 1868 - April 1869

medium: Oil and graphite on paperboard

subjects:
Landscape
Rome, italy


title: Porte-Cochère (Doors) Design

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

medium: Etching and engraving on paper


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk

subjects: Trimming France

credit_line: Gift of Harriet Crocker Alexander


title: Heurtoirs à une Branche

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

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Portrait of Marcantonio Franceschini (1648-1729)

creator: Antonio Pazzi, Italian, 1706 - after 1768

subjects: Print Italy Portraits


title: Autre Soldat Chinois

creator: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

medium: Etching on laid paper


title: Charger

medium: Pewter

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Metalwork
Lyon, france


title: Title Page


title: Study for "Rainy Season in the Tropics"

medium: Graphite on white notepad paper ruled in blue ink

country: South America

subjects:
Landscape
South america


title: Ornament Design

creator: Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769


title: Six Designs for a Child's Bed

medium: Pen and ink, black chalk on paper

subjects: Furniture Italy


title: Grille

medium: Wrought iron

subjects: Metalwork France


title: View of Mount Mansfield from Cambridge, Vermont

date: September 6, 1866

medium: Black crayon, white chalk, graphite on grey paper

country: Cambridge, Vermont, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Cambridge, vermont, usa


title: Letter to Dr. Dudley Tenney

creator: Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924

medium: Pen and black ink on paper

subjects: Ephemera Usa


title: Vignette with Gourds and a Ewer on a Pedestal

creator: D. P. Pariset, French, 1740 - ca. 1783

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France


title: Design for a Bowl

medium: Red crayon, pen and ink on paper

subjects:
Tableware design
Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Classical Scene with Figures

creator: Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863

subjects:
Drawing
Rome, italy


title: Parable of the Talents

creator: Michel Lasne, French, ca. 1590 - 1667


title: Paul et Virginia

date: mid-19th century

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

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

credit_line: Gift of W. and J. Sloane


title: Cuff buttons

medium: Bright-cut engraved aluminum, gold

country: probably France

subjects:
Jewelry
Probably france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel


title: Pleated fan

medium: Silk leaf with silk net, embroidered with metallic spangles and stamped metal pieces; sticks of incised horn with applied metallic foil

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Bequest of Miss Elizabeth d'Hauteville Kean


title: Two Ornament Designs

creator: Nicolas Pierre Loir, French, 1624 - 1679

medium: Etching on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
France


title: Fragment

date: 13th or 14th century

medium: Medium: silk and metallic Technique: twill weave

country: Spain, Italy, or Iraq

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain, italy, or iraq


title: Ornamental Vase Design

creator: L.N. Percenet, French, born 1736

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Paris, france


title: Two Girls Seated on a Bank

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Graphite on heavy off-white wove paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.


title: Italian Theater, Paris

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Theater
Europe and usa

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Platter (One of a Pair)

creator: Derby Porcelain Factory, English, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane


title: Great Basin of Mt. Katahdin, Maine, Part Two

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: September 1877

medium: Graphite and white gouache on gray-green paper

subjects:
Landscape
Maine, usa


title: Waste Bowl

creator: Wedgwood, English, established 1759

date: late 18th century

medium: stoneware (Black Basalt)

country: Staffordshire, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Staffordshire, england


title: Elevation d'un pavillon de 12 toises de face du côté du jardin

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

medium: Engraving on off white laid paper

country: Rouen, France

subjects:
Architecture
Print
Rouen, france


title: Berceau du Labyrinte à Versailles

creator: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: A nude man

medium: Red crayon on brown-grey paper

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mary A. Peoli


title: Title Page

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

country: France

subjects: Print France


title: Overdoor

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of "Antiques"


title: Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles

creator: Marie Michelle Blondel, French, active mid 18th century


title: Design for an Urn on a Stand

creator: Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868

medium: Pen and black ink, brush with gray, black, green watercolor on wove paper

country: Germany

subjects: Drawing Germany


title: Designs for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion and Flowers

creator: Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects: Print France Flowers


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

country: USA

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William P. Treadwell


medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

country: England

subjects: Furniture England

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Stage Design, Town Burning

creator: Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843

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

subjects: Theater Italy


title: Design for a Frame

medium: Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper

subjects: Furniture Italy


title: Plan et Coupe de la Bibliothéque d'Ordre Corinthien

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


title: Man and Woman

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

medium: Graphite on wove paper

credit_line: Gift of Henrietta Haller


title: Button

date: late 19th century

medium: brass

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple


title: Ceiling border

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Robina Clark


title: Title Page

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

medium: Etching and engraving on paper

country: Munich, Germany

subjects:
Bound print
Munich, germany


title: View of the Place de la Concord Taken From the Riverside

creator: Jean-François Janinet, French, 1752-1814

medium: Line and roulette engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Rocks off Grand Manan Island, Canada

medium: Oil and graphite on cardboard

country: New Brunswick, Canada

subjects:
Landscape
New brunswick, canada

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Ornament Design

creator: Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
France


title: Detail: Wall Decoration, Palace of Fontainebleau

creator: Frederick Marschall

medium: Brush and watercolor on heavy paper

subjects: Interior Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce


title: Pico de Orizaba, Mexico

medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite

country: Mexico

subjects: Landscape Mexico


title: Landscape

creator: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

subjects: Print Europe Landscapes


title: Stage Design: Palace Architecture with Trophies

medium: Pen and bistre on laid paper

country: Italy

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: Arabesque Ornament Designs

creator: Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722

medium: Etching on laid paper


title: In a Cave

creator: Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877

medium: Graphite, brush and brown watercolor on paper

subjects: Drawing France


title: The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints; Study after Panetti or Costa

creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on white heavy wove paper

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Lit Dauphine

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

medium: Etching and engraving on blue paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Furniture
Paris, france


title: Salle éxécuté au Chateau Malmaison (Room Designed for Chateau Malmaison), plate 55, in Recueil de decorations interieures (Collection of Interior Decorations)

creator: Charles Percier, French, 1764–1838

medium: Etching on cream wove paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
France


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) with supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Three Standing Men

creator: Domenico Gargiulo, called Micco Spadaro, Italian, 1609 - 1675

medium: Red chalk, pen and ink on paper


title: Ceiling of the Church of the Gesù, Rome, Italy

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and grey watercolor on white laid paper


title: Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card

medium: Stencil-colored woodblock print

country: Florence, Italy

subjects:
Toys & game
Florence, italy
Amusement


title: Design for a Candlestick, plate 74, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

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

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

subjects:
Metalwork
Paris, france


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. James W. Pinchot


title: Interior of Circular Building

date: early 19th century

medium: Pen and bistre ink, brush and sepia wash on paper

subjects: Theater Italy


title: General McClellan's Sixth Cavalry Regiment, Embarking at Alexandria for Old Point Comfort

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Graphite, brush and gray wash on cream paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Détail d’une Maison Construite à Etampe pour Me Lahay sur les déssins de Mr. Brigard Architecte

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

medium: Etching and engraving on paper

subjects: Print France


title: Design for Chinoiserie Flowers

subjects:
Print
Flowers
Paris, france


title: LE JEU DE LA GOBILLE / LE CHÂTEAU DE CARTES

creator: Jacques Bacheley, French, 1712 – 1781

date: mid- 18th century

medium: etching on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Project for Book Illustration; A Panel with Attributes of Sciences and of a Hero

medium: Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and wash on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Ephemera Netherland


title: A Call for Volunteers

date: October 20, 1886

medium: Charcoal, red chalk, pen and black ink on off-white wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished, with Alternative Suggestions

creator: Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France

medium: Graphite, brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper


title: Flowers with Bird, Plate 15

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France Birds Flowers


title: Title Page

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

medium: Crayon manner etching on paper


title: Elévation Latérale d'un autre Lit à la Polonoise

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

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper


title: Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

medium: Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper


title: Arabesque Designs

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

medium: Etching and aquatint on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
France


title: The Lammer River Valley, viewed near Golling, Austria

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: August 5, 1868

medium: Graphite, brush and white gouache on light brown wove paper

country: near Golling, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Near golling, usa


title: Toit a Porcs

creator: Charles Emile Jacque, French, 1813 - 1894

medium: Etching on China paper pasted down

credit_line: Gift of Samuel P. Avery


title: Wall with Chimneypiece and Mirror

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

date: 18th century

subjects:
Bound print
Munich, germany


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: raised pile of cut and uncut loops in a satin foundation (velvet)

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France or italy


title: Study of a Woman

creator: Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909

medium: Black crayon and graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw


title: Etui

medium: Shagreen (shark or ray skin), gilt copper

country: probably England

subjects:
Container
Probably england

credit_line: Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt


title: Sepulchral Monument for Leonida Spada

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

country: Faenza, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Faenza, italy


title: Trimming

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects: Trimming Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Cohen


title: Clouds over Mountain Peaks

date: August - September, 1868

medium: Graphite and white gouache on tan laid paper; verso: graphite

country: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland

subjects:
Landscape
Germany, austria, or switzerland


title: Panel

medium: Painted

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Italy


title: Pommier à la Romaine


title: Study of Siena Cathedral

medium: Graphite and watercolor on wove paper

country: Siena, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Siena, italy


title: Elévation d'une Bibliothéque avec Pilastres d'Ordre Corinthien


title: Album of Prints: Chinoiseries and Screens designed by Gabriel Huquier and François Boucher

creator: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772

medium: albums (bound) & books

country: France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France


title: Design for a Pendant

date: 16th century

medium: Pen and sepia on paper

subjects: Jewelry Italy


title: Ewer

date: 17th–18th century

medium: dark amber glass

country: Iran

subjects: Glassware Iran

credit_line: Gift of Rodman Wanamaker


title: Design for Left Half of Door Frame

creator: A. Quadrío, Italian, active 18th century

medium: Pen and ink, brush and wash on blue-gray paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund


title: Elevation of a church

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy


title: Central Panel for a Ceiling

medium: Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

subjects: Interior Italy


title: Title Page

creator: Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Decorative door boss and nail

medium: Steel-plated wrought iron

country: Spain

subjects:
Ornament & design
Metalwork
Spain


title: Metalwork Design

creator: Babin, French, ca. 1750

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print France


title: Architectural Details and Three heads

creator: Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805

medium: Black, red chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper

subjects: Architecture Italy


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) with supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Man

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

medium: Graphite on wove paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Woman

medium: Graphite on laid paper


title: Elevations of Apartment Interiors

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

subjects:
Bound print
Paris, france


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: raised supplementary warp pile in satin foundation (velvet); ciselé voided

credit_line: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan


title: Remus Kills King Amulius; Remus Led in Chains before King Amulius; Two Studies After Carracci

creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on white heavy wove paper

subjects: Figure Italy


title: Original Drawing, Cahier VII, plate 3

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

subjects: Furniture France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Woman

medium: Pastel crayon on wove paper

credit_line: Gift of Henrietta Haller


title: Hebe Pours Wine into Jupiter's Bowl

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper


title: Stage Design, Oriental Street

creator: Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872

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

subjects: Theater Italy


title: Tile

medium: Glazed mounted earthenware

country: Andalusia, Spain

subjects:
Tile
Andalusia, spain

credit_line: Gift of A. Algara R. de Terreros


title: Ornamented Chimneypiece Designs


title: The Daily Citizen

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of George G. Raddin, Jr.


title: Sketch from Shoulder of Mount Chocorua

creator: Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

date: September 23, 1879

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Design for a Ceiling

medium: Pen and ink, red crayon, graphite on paper

subjects: Drawing France


title: Title Page

creator: Borch, active mid 18th century

medium: Etching and engraving on paper


title: Church Interior

creator: Victor Louis, French, 1731 - 1802

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

subjects: Architecture France


title: Panel

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted satin, darning and double running stitches on plain weave

country: Mytilene, Greece

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mytilene, greece


title: Pendant Design

creator: Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Antwerp, Belgium

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Antwerp, belgium


title: Design for a Watchcase

creator: Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686

medium: Engraving on laid paper


title: Man

medium: Graphite on wove paper

subjects: Portrait Usa


title: Wainscoting with Double Door

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

country: Munich, Germany

subjects:
Bound print
Munich, germany


title: Button

date: 19th century

medium: Pearl, shell, brass, copper, glass

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


title: Nouveaux Desseins de Balcons

creator: Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775

medium: Facsimile of the original etching (photomechanical or lithography)

subjects: Print France


title: Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red ink on lined off-white laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy


title: Front and Sde Elevations of a Palace

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper


title: Plate 5, "Suite de douze Pêcheurs et Chasseurs"

creator: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

medium: Etching on paper

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Houses near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

medium: Graphite, brush and white gouache on light brown wove paper

country: Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany

subjects:
Landscape
Berchtesgaden, bavaria, germany

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper, wood, pasteboard


title: Title Page

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

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper


title: Button

medium: Paper, metal foil, thread, paillettes

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Gaming purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal thread Technique: embroidered on velvet

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Charles W. Gould


title: Mount

medium: Silvered brass

subjects: Metalwork Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mary A. Peoli


title: Designs for Chairs

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

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Ornamental Arabesques

creator: Gottfried Stein, German, 1687 - 1747

country: Europe

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Europe


title: Marching Infantry Column

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Graphite, charcoal, white chalk on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.


title: Palace of Mr. Gottifredi at St. Mark's Square, Florence

creator: Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian, 1643 - 1678

country: Florence, Italy, Europe

subjects:
Print
Florence, italy, europe


title: A House on Stilts, Guayaquil, Ecuador

medium: Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite

country: Guayaquil, Ecuador

subjects:
Landscape
Guayaquil, ecuador


title: Dog

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature


title: Design for a Brooch with Putti

medium: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper

subjects: Jewelry Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Deux diferents desseins de Comodes

medium: Etching, engraving on off-white laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Furniture Germany


title: Aurora Borealis over Mt. Desert Island, from Bar Harbor, Maine

date: September 1860

medium: Oil on paperboard

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Frieze

medium: Block printed on joined sheets

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Cowtan and Sons, Ltd.


title: Design for a Wall Panel

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

medium: Pen and ink, brush and sepia, watercolor on paper

country: France

subjects: Interior France


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects: Trimming France

credit_line: Gift of Harriet Crocker Alexander


title: L’ORANGERIE DE VERSAILLES

creator: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695

medium: Etching on laid paper


title: Theater of the Republic, Paris

creator: Mennier

medium: Engraving on paper

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Theater
Europe and usa


title: Canapé ou Ottoman dit à la Reine


title: Esctucheons and Details for Escutcheons, No. 2 from "Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti"

creator: Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664

medium: Etching, red crayon on paper

subjects: Print Italy


title: A Boy Reading

creator: Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815

medium: Engraving in brown ink on white paper

credit_line: Bequest of George Campbell Cooper


title: Decorated Capital Letter C

creator: Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Ephemera
Rome, italy

credit_line: Gift of Alice Donlevy


title: Porte St. Antoine. Le Palais de Momus

creator: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Bound print
France


title: Frieze, from "Chasses et Feuillages"

creator: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print Europe


title: Print

subjects: Furniture France


title: Sunset over the Sea, Port Said, Egypt

medium: Graphite on white wove paper

country: Alexandria, Egypt

subjects:
Drawing
Alexandria, egypt


title: La Statue Equestre de Henri IV sur le Pont neuf (Upper Plate)

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Petite Bibliotheque à secret [et] Petite Bibliothèque volante

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

medium: Engraving on off white laid paper


title: Musical Trophy Design


title: Heurtoirs et Boutons

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: The Castle at Salzburg, Austria

date: June–July 1868

medium: Brush and oil paint, graphite on off-white paperboard

country: Salzburg, Austria

subjects:
Landscape
Salzburg, austria


title: Album of Arabesque Panel Designs

medium: albums (bound) & books

subjects:
Ornament & design
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Betty

medium: earthenware, turned wood

country: Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Lighting
Pennsylvania, usa

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


title: Design for a Cartouche

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

medium: Photomechanical print

subjects:
Bound print
Paris, france


title: Design for a Print with Twenty Theatrical Costumes Worn in Paris Performances

creator: Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on light brown paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Drawing
Paris, france


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Mixed Sketches with Chimneys and Waterfall, Berchtesgaden, Germany

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: July 1868

medium: Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite

country: USA

subjects: Drawing Usa


title: Drummer Seen from the Back

medium: Charcoal, white chalk on blue-green wove paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Button

medium: Brass

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs

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

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper

subjects: Print France


title: A Sepulchral monument of Henry Cardinal York (1725-1807) and Charles Edward Stuart, the “Young Pretender” (1720-1788)

creator: Unknown

medium: Pencil, pen and ink, brush and wash, Chinese ink

country: Italy and France

subjects:
Drawing
Italy and france


title: Project for a Crest with Candle Sockets

medium: Pen and ink, brush and sepia, watercolor on paper

subjects: Lighting Italy


title: Study for "Scientific Group"

creator: Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

medium: Graphite on lined white laid paper

country: London, United Kingdom

subjects:
Figure
London, united kingdom


title: Project for a woven or printed fabric

creator: P. and C. Lacour

medium: Blotted black and black crayon, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France


title: Trophy Designs

medium: Etching on paper


title: Floral Tailpiece

creator: Jean-Jacques Bachelier, French, 1724 - 1806

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects: Print France Flowers


title: Purse cover

medium: Medium: leather, metal, silk Technique: satin and couching stitches

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe


title: Design for Rococo Ornament

creator: P. Ludovik, French?, active mid 18th century

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
France

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Cartouche with Wine Leaves and Grapes

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

medium: Etching and engraving on paper

country: Munich, Germany

subjects:
Bound print
Munich, germany


title: Dagger

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

medium: Graphite on wove paper

subjects: Metalwork Usa

credit_line: Gift of Henrietta Haller


title: Ceiling Decoration, Victory in a Chariot, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

medium: Pen and dark gray ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on light greenish-beige wove paper

subjects:
Interior
Rome, italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund


title: The Gentleman's and Cabinet-Maker's Director

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

subjects: Furniture England


title: Fragment

date: 13th century

medium: Medium: silk, linen Technique: 4&1 (5-harness) satin

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile

credit_line: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan


title: Design for a Monochrome Wall Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, Death of St. Caterina Vigri

creator: Marc Antonio Franceschini, Italian, 1648 – 1729

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

country: Bologna, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Bologna, italy


title: Flower Boughs, from "Recueil de Differentes Fleurs de Fantaisie Dans le Goût Chinois"

creator: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808


title: Elévation et Profil d'un Secrétaire à Cylindre et Pieds de Biche

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

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Cartel Clock Case Design


title: Design for Doors

creator: Pierre Lepautre, French, 1652–1716


title: Brown Bird on Apple Branch, with Caterpillar

medium: Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper

subjects: Drawing Birds


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed, handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Cope hood

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy


title: Portrait of a Lady (The Grecian Daughter)

creator: Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815

medium: Stipple engraving in brown ink on white paper

subjects: Print England Portraits


title: Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation

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

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Bound print
France


title: Two Waistcoat Designs

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786


title: Teapot with "Hausmaler" Decor

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, gold

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt


title: Sheet of architectural sketches

creator: Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839

medium: Pen and bistre ink on gray-brown paper

subjects: Architecture Italy


title: Doorway

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament

creator: François Marcou, French, 1595 – 1660


title: Portrait of Guillaume Cardinal Dubois (1650-1723)

creator: Pierre-Imbert Drevet, French, 1697 - 1739

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France Portraits


title: Designs After Architecture Fragments

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

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Bound print
Paris, france


title: LE DERRIERE DE L’ENTRÉE DE VERSAILLES

creator: Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695

medium: Etching on laid paper


title: Apotheosis of Saint Francis

creator: Peltro William Tomkins, British, 1760 - 1840

medium: Stipple engraving on brown paper with white highlights

subjects: Print England


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed on paper, pasteboard support

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. James O. Green


title: Surtout

creator: Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783


title: Sampler

creator: Maria Lamborn, American

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

country: Saco, Maine, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Saco, maine, usa


title: Design for Ceiling Decoration, Four Allegorical Representations

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined

subjects:
Mythology
Interior
Rome, italy


title: Drawing

creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

medium: Charcoal, brush and sepia on paper

subjects: Classicism Italy


title: Mountains by Moonlight, Colombia or Ecuador

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: probably April–October 1853

medium: Oil and graphite on cardboard

country: Colombia or Ecuador, South America

subjects:
Landscape
Colombia or ecuador, south america

credit_line: Gift of Louis P. Church


title: Wayside Shrine near Abtenau, Austria

medium: Graphite and white gouache on gray wove paper

country: near Abtenau, Austria

subjects:
Landscape
Near abtenau, austria


title: Study of a Goat

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

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, red-brown watercolor on white paper, ruled border in pen and brown ink, lined

country: France

subjects:
Nature studie
France
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Wooded Landscape

date: June 1844–June 1846

medium: Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite

country: Catskill, New York, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Catskill, new york, usa


title: Three Putti: Design for a Grisaille Painting

creator: Jacob de Wit, 1695 – 1754

medium: Graphite, brush and wash on heavy blue paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland


title: Design for a Brooch

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Jewelry Italy


title: Evergreen Tree, Catskill, New York

date: September and July 1844

medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite

subjects:
Nature studie
Catskill, new york, usa
Trees
Nature


title: Wall Elevation

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Interior
Rome, italy


title: Fragment

date: 11th–12th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: compound twill (samite) Label: silk compound twill

country: Spain, Byzantium, or Eastern Mediterranean

subjects: Spain, byzantium, or eastern mediterranean


title: The Acropolis from Mount Lycabettus, Athens, Greece

medium: Oil and graphite on paperboard

country: Athens, Greece

subjects:
Landscape
Athens, greece


title: Upper part of chair back

subjects:
Furniture
Rome, italy


title: Rising Sun

medium: Cut paper on wood frame

country: Savoy, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Savoy, france
Amusement

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund


title: CHAISE DE POSTE

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

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Sketches for “The Hen and the Sailor” in “Comic Fables, Out of The World Series”

creator: Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924

medium: Graphite on paper

country: USA

subjects: Animal Usa


country: England

subjects: Furniture England


title: Elevation of a mansion for the marchese Genzani

creator: Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805

medium: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on laid paper

subjects: Architecture Italy


title: Fragment

date: 4th–6th century

medium: Medium: Warp: S-spun linen. Weft: Z-spun linen, Z-spun wool. Technique: slit tapestry

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt


title: The Battle

creator: Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866

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

subjects: Drawing France


title: Design for a Brooch

creator: Carlo Ansorge, German, active Rome, 1800–89

medium: Pen and brown ink, watercolor, graphite, ruled borders in graphite on white wove paper

country: Rome (?), Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome , italy


title: Design for an architectural structure

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

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy


title: Design for Salt Cellars

medium: Graphite, pen and ink on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Furniture Europe


title: The Jailbird, Illustration for "Königl: Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1780 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"

creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801

medium: Stipple and line engraving on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany


title: Study for Illustration

creator: Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909

medium: Graphite, black and brown crayons on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw


title: Fragment of a cartoon for cotton printing: Neptune or L'Empire des Mers

creator: Petitpierre & Compe., (Nantes, France, founded 1770

medium: Black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and grey wash on white paper

country: Nantes, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Nantes, france

credit_line: Gift of Mary A. Peoli


title: Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card

date: 17th century

medium: Stencil-colored woodblock print

country: Florence, Italy

subjects:
Toys & game
Florence, italy
Amusement


title: Rocaille Ornament Designs

creator: Franz Xaver Habermann, German, 1721 – 1796

date: mid- 18th century

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Print
Augsburg, germany


title: Children Playing With a Satyr

creator: Raymond Lafage, French, 1656–1684

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France


title: The Grand Turk Giving A Concert to His Mistress

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Designs for Vertical Friezes or Pilasters

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

medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Bound print
Paris, france


title: Sampler

creator: C. H. S.

medium: Medium: silk and cotton embroidery, linen foundation Technique:

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Design for a Mantlepiece and Overmantle

creator: Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739

date: late 18th century

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Lucrecia (Modesty and Virtue), Playing Card from Set of "Cartes héroïques" or "Des grands hommes"

creator: Eugène Moreau, French, active 19th c.

medium: Stencil-colored lithograph on paper

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Marquis Val Verde de la Sierra


title: Champans and Scenery along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

medium: Graphite on gray laid paper

country: Colombia

subjects: Landscape Colombia


title: Title Page


title: Fight between Elephants and Snakes

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

date: 1596 or before

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

country: Florence, Tuscany, Italy

subjects:
Drawing
Florence, tuscany, italy
Reptiles & amphibians

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors


title: Sugar Bowl and Stand, from a Dessert Service (Sucrier et son Plateau)

creator: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George T. Bliss


title: Part of Goat Island, Niagara River, New York

date: September 1858

medium: Graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Landscape
New york, usa


title: Border

date: 16th century

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Sailing Ships in a Bay

creator: Lodewijk Gilles Haccou, Dutch, 1792 - 1830

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Drawing
Netherland
Ships & the sea


title: Design for a Cartouche with Vignette

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

medium: Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany


title: Heurtoirs à une Branche

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

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper


title: Lit en Chaire à prêcher vue de face


title: Ceiling Design with Apollo

creator: Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian, 1678–1745

medium: Pen and brown ink on paper

subjects: Interior Italy


title: Male Torso From a Plaster Cast

creator: Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

medium: Graphite, white and black chalk on brown wove paper

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Figure
Rome, italy


title: Cheminée du dessein du Sr. Pineau

creator: Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754


title: Sidewall

medium: Flocked paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Margaret Whiting


title: Interior Wall Elevation with a Sofa

creator: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

subjects:
Architecture
Print
Paris, france


title: Strapwork Design with Landscape

date: early 17th century

medium: Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Italy
Landscapes


title: Elevation of a church

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy


title: Cartels


title: Study for a fresco for the hall of the Senate, Genova: The relics of St. John Baptist are brought to Genova

creator: Francesco Solimena, Italian, 1657–1747

medium: Brush and gray wash, pen and ink, over graphite on paper.

subjects: Drawing Italy


title: Bank Note Design

creator: Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909

medium: Brush and grey and white gouache, black crayon, red pastel on brown paper (separate strip below)

subjects: Numismatic Usa


title: Design for a Pendant Trophy

creator: René Charpentier, French, 1680 - 1723

medium: Etching on laid paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Mount Mansfield, Vermont

date: September 7, 1866

medium: Graphite, black and white crayon on grey paper

country: Vermont, USA

subjects:
Landscape
Vermont, usa


title: Design for a Wall Mural

medium: Brush and wash, pen and black ink on paper

subjects:
Mural design
Italy


title: Semi-circular Council Chamber Dedicated to Nature with Alternate Suggestions

creator: Unknown

medium: Pen and gray ink, graphite, gray, rose wash

subjects: Architecture France Roses


title: Figure

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

medium: Graphite on wove paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Designs for Ceiling Decorations with Figural Sketch and Anecdote

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


title: Fringe

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

subjects: Trimming France

credit_line: Gift of Diana del Monte


title: Plate from Omnia Conando Docilis Solertia Vincit (A Docile Disposition will Conquers all Difficulty)

creator: Paul Birckenhultz, German, 1561 - 1639

medium: Engraving, blackwork on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

credit_line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council


title: Button

date: 18th century

medium: Copper, glass, tin, plaster

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Bamboo Sketch, Jamaica

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: May–September 1865

medium: Graphite on gray-green wove paper

country: Jamaica

subjects: Drawing Jamaica


title: Valley of the Wolfgangsee, St. Gilgen, Austria

date: August 8, 1868

medium: Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite

country: St. Gilgen, Austria

subjects:
Landscape
St. gilgen, austria


title: Bacchanalia with a Goat

creator: Raymond Lafage, French, 1656–1684

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France


title: A Group of Trees, Catskill, New York

date: July 1844 and November 1844

medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite

country: Catskill, New York, USA

subjects:
Nature studie
Catskill, new york, usa
Trees
Nature


title: Panel Designs of Grotesque Ornamentation

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

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Bound print
France


title: Design in Second Livre de Tableaux de Ornemens et Rocailles (Second Book of Ornaments and Rocailles)

creator: Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761

subjects: Architecture France


title: Rampes d'Escaliers

creator: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742

medium: Etching and engraving on paper


title: Designs for a Plinth with a Portrait Bust, Candlestick, and Console Tables

creator: Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

medium: Etching in red ink on paper

subjects: Print France Portraits


title: Design for an Ornament Panel

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Paris, france


title: Shawl

medium: Medium: wool Technique: jacquard woven 2/2 twill with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning Label: jacquard woven wool 2/2 twill with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

country: Paisley, Scotland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Paisley, scotland

credit_line: Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple


title: Design for a Rocaille Apse

creator: Jeremias Wachsmuth, German, 1684–1771

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany


title: Sofa

medium: Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on blued-white laid paper, lined

subjects: Furniture Italy


title: Clouds over a Rolling Landscape, Mexico

medium: Graphite on beige wove paper

country: Mexico

subjects: Landscape Mexico