title: Taufschein [Birth Certificate]

creator: David Vieman, American, b. 1816

medium: Pen and black and brown ink, brush and watercolor over letterpress on white wove paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Ephemera
Paris, france


title: Bandbox

creator: J.G. Hunt

medium: Block-printed paper on pasteboard support

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Gift of Staten Island Museum


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Design for a Jug

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Hyacinths, S.B. King of the BLues and S.W. Madame Van Der Hoop, Plate 79 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

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

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: Belgium

subjects: Botany Print Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Scarf sample

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed on plain weave

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Barbara Rogoff


title: Purse

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, glass beads Technique:

country: Europe or USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe or usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Medal

creator: Bertrand Andrieu, French, 1761 - 1822

date: 19th century

medium: Cast bronze

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henriette B. Bonaventure


title: The Antikamnia Calendar, January and February, 1899: "Extra! All About the Roh[...]!!!"

creator: G. H. Buek & Co., American, active ca. 1899

medium: Chromolithograph on paper with string binding

country: New York, New York, USA

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


title: Floral design for printed textiles

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund


title: Sampler

creator: Maria Guadalupe de Alba

medium: Medium: wool, silk, and cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, back, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation with one brand on knotted net

country: Aguascalientes, Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Aguascalientes, mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: A Casemate Gun During the Conflagration

creator: Theodore Russell Davis, American, 1840 - 1894

medium: Watercolor on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a twill foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

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


title: Cup and Saucer with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei)

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Nightcap

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarn (silver foil wrapped around silk core), flat foil strip Technique: embroidered in satin stitches on plain weave Label: silk embroidered with silk, metallic yarns and flat foil strip in satin stitch; metallic bobbin lace

country: France or Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France or italy

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


title: Textile

creator: William Foxton Ltd.

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed

country: England or USA

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Germaine Little


title: Knife

medium: steel, brass, mother-of-pearl

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Textiles

country: England

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


title: Figure Toy

creator: Harriet Blackstone, American, 1864–1939

medium: Brush and oil, graphite on board

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Miss Stell Andersen


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave with some colors added by brush

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Voyage de Nuit (La Pêche au Filet)

creator: Charles Francois Daubigny, 1817-1878

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on paper

subjects: Landscape France

credit_line: Gift of Jules R. Breuchaud


title: Collar and cap piece

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: chain stitch embroidery on plain weave

country: Philippines

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Philippine

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Sidewall - fragment

credit_line: Gift of Minnesota Historical Society


title: Sidewall - fragment


title: Wall Elevation

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Pen and black ink and watercolors on wove paper

subjects: Architecture Interior England

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


title: Herodias with the Head of John the Baptist

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut and black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave, block printed: black, red, purple and blue

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


title: Orangerie de Boisgelin, Plate 88 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"

creator: Les Campion Frères, Paris, France

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Borders

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Brighton Art Gallery and Museum


title: Plate 53, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for three reds and purple applied by brush or pen; blue applied over resist; yellow over blue to create green; mordant for background spattered through a stencil; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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


title: Frieze

creator: W.H. Mairs & Co., 1855

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Cap streamer

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

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Designs for Pavilions

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

subjects: Architecture England


title: Hibiscus, maple and autumn wheat grass

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Grasses & sedges

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Gift of L'Antiquaire, Inc.


title: Frieze

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Border

date: mid-18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace with 6-sided reworked border

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Textile

medium: printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Lincoln Johnson


title: Frieze


title: Pomander

date: 16th century

medium: silver, gold

subjects: Metalwork Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Ocean Breaking against Tall Rocky Cliffside

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on off-white-colored textured paper, mounted

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Two Hounds at Play

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

medium: Graphite on tracing paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Diana Diederich Blake


title: Bandbox fragment

medium: Block-printed paper on pasteboard support

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Floral Design with Birds

creator: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, French, 1755 - 1793

date: before 1799

medium: White cut paper mounted on blue paper

subjects:
Decorated paper
Birds
Flowers
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Virginia L. Hunt in memory of Mrs. Ridgley Hunt


title: Sampler

creator: Isabella Grant

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: counted and uncounted stitches; cross, satin, back and couching stitches on plain weave foundation, with velvet appliqué

country: Scotland

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Scotland

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


title: Landscape of Countryside

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Button

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

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

country: Haiti

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Haiti

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


title: Edging

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Embroidered picture

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation, pearls Technique: embroidered in satin, couching, stem, knot, and needlelace stitches on 7/1 satin foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Fashion Plate from Le Mercure des Salons, Modes de Paris

medium: Wood engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Design for a Title Page

creator: Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, graphite on cream paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Study of Clouds and Waves Onshore

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

country: USA


title: Pillow cover

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

country: Thasos, Greece

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Thasos, greece

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on paper, polished ground

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Plate in Nouveaux Livre de Parterres contenant 24 pensséz diferantes (New Book Containing 24 Different Variations for Garden Beds)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: St. Margarets, Westminster, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe


title: Design for Stained Glass Window

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

subjects: Glassware Scotland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann


title: Inkwell

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Cap streamer

date: early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Last View of Quebec

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Sidewall - sample

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

medium: Machine-printed

country: Cortland, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cortland, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Cap streamers

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


title: Fragment

date: 12th–13th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk core Technique: compound plain weave

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

credit_line: Gift of Albright-Knox Art Gallery


title: Fruit Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

subjects:
Cutlery
Fruits
Paris, france

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


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Band

medium: Medium: silk of many colors, gold metallic foil wound onto yellow silk, silver metallic foil wound onto white silk. Technique: needle lace, metallic

subjects: Lace Europe


title: Chasuble

date: mid-17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needlework on knotted net

country: Germany or Switzerland

subjects:
Lace
Germany or switzerland


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: Scent bottle and lid

medium: Enameled and gilt glass

country: Bohemia

subjects: Glassware Bohemia

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Iris Reticulata, from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

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

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects: Botany Print Netherland


title: Lock with backplate, key

medium: Gilt iron

country: Netherlands or England

subjects:
Metalwork
Netherland or england

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


title: Design for Textile or Wallpaper: Butterflies

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Butterflies & moths

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Vase (One of a Pair)

creator: Minton Ceramics Manufactory, English, established 1796

medium: porcelain (possibly bone china), vitreous enamel, gold

country: England

subjects:
Ceramic
England
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Cushion cover

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet), printed

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
India

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Border

date: late 16th–early 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Frieze

creator: Illinois W.P. Mills

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Bed hangings

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Technique: embroidery, tent stitch

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Peter H. Sharp, Caroline Sharp and Randall Sharp


title: Textile

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

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: bobbin lace (Valenciennes style)

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Book with embroidered cover

medium: Medium: paper, silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

country: London, England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
London, england


title: Embroidered picture

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

country: England or USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H.P. Davison


title: Louis XVI Pattern Butter Spreader

creator: Joseph E. Birmingham

medium: silver

country: San Francisco, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
San francisco, usa

credit_line: Gift of Joy Newport Jepson


title: Chintz

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant painted and dyed plain weave cotton

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: False Perspective Exemplified

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

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert P. Brown


title: View of Harbor Inlet with Village, perhaps Portree Harbor, Scotland

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on white wove paper, lined

country: USA

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Brisé fan

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Metal filigree sticks with polychrome enamel, molded and engraved metal guards, silk ribbon

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand


title: Darning sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running and cross stitches on plain weave foundation; hemmed with overcasting over withdrawn element work

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Tile

creator: United States Encaustic Tile Company

medium: Glazed stoneware

country: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

subjects:
Tile
Indianapolis, indiana, usa

credit_line: Gift of Florence I. Balasny-Barnes


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Mantle fragment

date: 8th–10th century

medium: Medium: cotton warp, camelid fiber wefts Technique: plain weave with discontinuous weft (tapestry), single interlock Label: tapestry woven with cotton warp and camelid wefts

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund


title: Fraktur: A Flower and Two Initials

medium: Calligraphy in brown ink, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Calligraphy
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Matchsafe

creator: Theodore B. Starr

medium: Gold, diamonds, emeralds, rubies

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Container
New york, new york, usa

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


title: El Capitan, Yosemite

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper


title: Bag

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk on linen Technique: embroidery using cross, half-cross, back and eyelet stitches in silk; buttonhole, plaited braid, looping and knotted stitches using metal-wrapped silk on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Chintz fragments

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for black, 2 reds and brown applied by pen and brush; blue applied by brush over resist; speckled effect made by mixing a red mordant with another substance; chintz on plain weave Painted


title: Ceiling paper

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

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Design for a fire house: front elevation

creator: Christian Francis Rosborg, 1881 – 1953

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Christian Francis Rosborg


title: Sidewall

medium: Marbleized

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: Frieze


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed


title: Border of a chalice cover

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin made continuous tape with bars added

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Woodland Camp

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Egyptian Artifact

date: late 19th century

medium: Silver

country: Europe

subjects: Container Europe


title: Matchsafe

medium: Celluloid, metal

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Container
New york, usa


title: Sampler

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

country: Bohemia

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Bohemia


title: Design for Door and Overdoor with Fantastic Bird, probably for the Yellow Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: 1802 or earlier

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper

country: England

subjects: Architecture England Birds

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


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery on taffeta

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Fork

medium: Iron

subjects: Cutlery France

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


title: Belt

date: probably 19th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: double cloth

country: Nayarit, Mexico

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Nayarit, mexico

credit_line: Gift of Marian Hague


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sidewall - sample


title: Letter case

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: silk and straw embroidery on silk foundation Technique: couched flat, twisted and braided plant stem material on plain weave foundation

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Botany
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy or spain

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Border

date: late 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: continuous [ivory] and discontinuous [polychrome] suplementary wefts plus supplementary warps [ivory] in a plain weave foundation [ivory].

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldek


title: El Gran Mundo (The Great World)

medium: Lithograph, embossed bronze (possibly gold) powder and adhesive on rag paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Ellery Karl


title: Square

date: 14th century

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

country: Lower Saxony, Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Lower saxony, germany

credit_line: Museum purchase in memory of Elizabeth Haynes


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: embroidery using satin, padded satin, overcast cord, and chain knot; withdrawn element work with overcasting, looping, interlacing, back, stem, buttonhole, satin and others; cutwork with overcast edges

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave foundation; block printed for two reds; yellow applied by block or brush; resist paste used over areas which were to remain red, yellow and white; then fabric immersion dyed in indigo

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. J.D. Jermain and Mrs. Charles J. Donnell


title: Traveling Coffee Service

creator: Gregoire et Cordonnier, French, 1866 – 1868

medium: silver, ivory, leather

subjects: Metalwork France

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Textile

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: lampas – foundation weave – 3&1 twill weave; supplementary weave – plain weave [no interlaced connection].

credit_line: Musum purchase through gift of Mrs. Florence Matthews


title: Sidewall

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

country: Japan

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

credit_line: Gift of Carl Ritorno, Wyndhamridge


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Street in Tangiers

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on cream paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sketchbook Page: Sedum Sieboldti

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: America

medium: Brass

country: Franconia, Germany

subjects:
Metalwork
Franconia, germany

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Gilt Demitasse Spoon, Part of Set of Ten

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

medium: silver, gold

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dona Guimaraes


title: Knife

medium: ivory, steel

country: Flanders

subjects: Cutlery Flander

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


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

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

medium: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper

subjects: Figure Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: The Present State of Great Britain

creator: J. Phillips, active 1770 - 1780

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Knife

medium: steel, enamel, silver

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany


title: Handkerchief

medium: Medium: linen Technique: embroidered, bobbin lace edging

country: Belgium or France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Belgium or france

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


title: Table cover

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidery in satin, double running, stem, cross and herringbone stitches; with drawn element work with overcasting and looping on plain weave; bobbin lace attached.

country: Castile, Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Castile, spain

credit_line: Gift of Alice DeLamar


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Town on a Canal

creator: Hendrik Spilman, Netherlandish, 1721–1784

medium: Graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and bistre wash on cream paper

country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

subjects:
Landscape
Amsterdam, netherland

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Lovers in a Boat

creator: Carlo Giuliano, Italian, 1831 - 1895

medium: Gold, enamel, diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, rubies, pearls

country: London, England

subjects:
Jewelry
London, england

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


title: Ornament Design, Foliate Panel between Roman Triumphal and Civic Crowns

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Brush and brown wash, graphite on paper

country: USA


title: Beadwork panel

medium: Medium: beads, linen Technique: beads strung according to pattern on linen cord one row at a time, then anchored with red silk around the cord and between each row

country: England

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Hilltop View, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Kanagawa, Dai-no-kei Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

subjects: Seascape Japan


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Finkel, English. n.d.

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted satin and double running stitches, needle lace fillings in cutwork areas, on plain weave foundation Label: Silk and linen embroidery with needle-lace fillings on linen

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Bourdalou

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

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

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Fragment

date: 16th century

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: On Woodward's Farm

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Panel

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

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Wine Glass and Bottle Cooler (Verrière et Seau à Liqueur; One of a Pair)

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

credit_line: Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund


title: Sketchbook Page: Man in Profile

medium: Graphite on laid paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

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

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Keystone Wall-Paper Company

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Tree Covered Hillside Overlooking Port and Harbor Town

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa Trees

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


title: Border

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

medium: Machine-printed

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

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


title: The Dance after the Husking

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: November 13, 1858

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Christ before the People (Ecce Homo), from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Button

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

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

country: Haiti

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Haiti

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


title: Marriage Good Wishes

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Greeting card
England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Henry VIII

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Museum Purchase


title: Frieze

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Plate 30, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

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


title: Cap streamers

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Dessert Spoon with Leaf and Spiderweb

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Wall Elevation

medium: Pen, black ink, green, yelow and gray wash on wove paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Sampler

creator: Fanny Hill, American

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Band

date: early 19th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Woodland Maid and Youth

creator: Lionel Aristide Lecouteux, French, 1847 - 1909

medium: Etching on vellum

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Textile

date: 19th century

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

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Print of Over-all Repeat of Stylized Floral Forms

medium: Woodblock and black ink on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Design for a Pyramidal Tomb

medium: Pen and black ink on paper

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Rome, italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Elevation View of a Locomotive, First Prize Drawing

creator: William H. Dohm, b. 1872

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

subjects:
Architecture
Transportation
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dr. W.H. Dohm


title: Tomb Sculpture (?)

creator: Wendel Dietterlinn the Elder, 1551 – 1599

date: late 16th century

medium: Engraving on paper


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine printed oatmeal paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Figures from Last Judgment

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Chimney-piece, West Wall of Music Room

creator: Robert Jones, British, active 1815 – 1833

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper

subjects: Interior England


title: Plate with "Disheveled Birds"

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic England Birds

credit_line: Gift of Forsyth Wickes


title: Alb

medium: Medium: linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave with bobbin lace edging Label: embroidered linen with bobbin lace edging

country: Italy, Spain, or Portugal

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy, spain, or portugal

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: knotted netting

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Mural design: Rowena, Cedric, Athelstane

creator: John C. Wolf

medium: Brush and gouache on heavy paper

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George F. Bateman


title: Sidewall

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Embroidered picture

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation, peacock feathers Technique: embroidered in tent and half cross stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Border

date: early 18th century


title: Border

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

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

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Figure Netherland Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Designs for embroidery

medium: Black crayon on tracing paper.

subjects: Drawing France


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: wool on cotton Technique: chain, stem, satin embroidery on ribbed tabby weave

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


title: Textile

date: 11th–12th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: compound plain weave

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

credit_line: Gift of Albright-Knox Art Gallery


title: Sampler

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

country: Hamburg, Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Hamburg, germany


title: Plate 22, from Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière

creator: Etienne Joseph Daudet, French, 1672 - 1730

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Decor Pastoral

medium: Block-printed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Pair of Earplugs

medium: Brass, glass-setting

country: India

subjects: Metalwork India

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: wool, bast fiber Technique: uncut loops of a printed warp secured in a plain weave foundation

country: USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William A. Hutcheson


title: Pleated fan and case

medium: Painted silk leaf, pierced, gilded and painted ivory sticks, paste jewel and metal bail at rivet

country: France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Tweezers from Traveling Dressing Case

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

medium: mother-of-pearl, steel, brass

country: London, England

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Dessert Spoon with Toad

medium: silver

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Plate

creator: John Sutton, English, active 1668 – 1707

subjects:
Metalwork
London, england


title: Fork and Knife with Carved Oak Handles

medium: steel, oak, brass

country: Scotland

subjects: Cutlery Scotland

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrill


title: Advertisement for Cigar Maker's Union #97, Boston

creator: Whitehead & Hoag Company

date: patented 1905

medium: Plated metal, printed celluloid

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa

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


title: Architectural Details at Lisieux Cathedral

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


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

creator: Dufour et Leroy

credit_line: Gift of Rose Franken


title: Band

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Venice, italy

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


title: Fragment

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element work

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Beach Study of Trees in Wind and Birds

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa Birds Trees

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


title: Sampler

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

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sleeves

medium: Medium: linen Technique: crochet

country: Ireland

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand


title: Ceiling border

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Caricature in Profile

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Cap streamer

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: Architectural Details From house of Diane de Poiters


title: Collar

date: late 17th century

subjects: Lace France


title: Dog

medium: Glazed stoneware

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Gift of Paul Manheim


title: Border

medium: Machine-printed, cut-out

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall

medium: Stamped and flocked paper

credit_line: Gift of Morris County Historical Society


title: Edge

date: mid-18th century

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

country: England or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
England or usa

credit_line: Gift of Deerfield Academy


title: Curtains

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Lea S. Luquer


title: Stand for Oil or Vinegar Cruets (Porte Huilier or Porte Vinaigrier)

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

date: mid- 18th century

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Knife with Triangular Pattern Ivory and Bone Handle

creator: London Cutler's Company

medium: steel, silver, gold, ivory, bone

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

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


title: Oni Demon

date: late 19th century

medium: Patinated copper

country: Japan

subjects: Container Japan

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


title: Frieze

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V.C. Berntgen


title: Figure Toy

creator: Harriet Blackstone, American, 1864–1939

medium: Brush and oil, graphite on board

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Miss Stell Andersen


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

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England Birds

credit_line: Gift of Forsyth Wickes


title: Sampler

creator: Maria Jesus Castaneda

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

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Monument of the soldiers, sailors and marines

creator: Christian Francis Rosborg, 1881 – 1953

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

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Christian Francis Rosborg


title: Study for portrait, Bell Tilghman

medium: Red pastel crayon on paper

subjects: Figure Usa Portraits


title: Christ on the Mount of Olives (The Agony in the Garden), from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Borders

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Brighton Art Gallery and Museum


title: Ornament Design, Rinceau Panel between Roman Standards

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

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: England/France/USA

subjects: Wallcovering England/france/usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Frieze

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured ground

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Chintz fragment

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for red, black and brown applied over resist; some areas of red mordant applied by pen; madder dyed; blue applied by brush over resist; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Interior scene with bridal party

medium: Graphite and brush and brown ink on paper

subjects: Drawing Germany

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Scenic

medium: Hand painted on paper, mounted on canvas

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Alice Baldwin Beer


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Frieze


title: Fragment

date: 13th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Design for a Bronze Mounted Vase

creator: Emile Gallé, French, 1846 - 1904

medium: Graphite on wove paper

country: Nancy, France

subjects:
Metalwork
Nancy, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from McNiel Fund


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton on bast fiber Technique: embroidered

country: Europe

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe


title: Campaign ribbon

medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Boris Kroll


title: Cravat end

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Fork Tines with Threaded Screw End for Attaching Handle

medium: steel

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


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

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Handkerchief

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

country: Spain

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Braguin


title: Border

date: late 17th–early 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France


title: Venetian Fishing Boats

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper


title: Stained glass window panel

creator: John C. Wolf

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George F. Bateman


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Flirting on the Sea-Shore and on the Meadow

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: September 19, 1874

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Aimée and Rosamond Lamb


title: Mirror View, Mount Watkins

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


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

creator: Dufour et Leroy

medium: Block-printed

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Rose Franken


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: withdrawn element and embroidery on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Plate in Vasses de la Maison Royalle de L'oo Nouvellement (Vessels of the Royal House of L'oo)

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

medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Bowl and stand

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Pair of cuffs

medium: Medium: cotton, metallic yarns on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain stitches on plain weave

credit_line: Gift of Ida-Gro Dahlerup


title: Sidewall

creator: Gilbert Wall Paper Company

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal, carnelian? Technique: beaded crochet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Ornament Design

medium: Drawing

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing


title: Medallion

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace Usa

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


title: Continuous garlands of freesias, peonies, phlox, and morning glories

subjects: Wallcovering France

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


title: Dessert Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Knife

medium: steel, ivory

country: probably France

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably france

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


title: Two-Tined Fork with Earthenware Handle

medium: steel, earthenware, silver

country: England

subjects: Cutlery England


title: Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Third Scene

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

date: 1595 or before

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

country: Florence, Tuscany, Italy

subjects:
Mythology
Drawing
Florence, tuscany, italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hackensack, new jersey, usa


title: The Assembly Rooms on the Race Ground, Near Madras, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain


title: Gourd Vase

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware with cobalt decoration

country: Nevers or St. Omer, France

subjects:
Ceramic
Never or st. omer, france

credit_line: Gift of Catharine Oglesby


title: Detail from Sistine Chapel ceiling

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: "Assyrian Head" Pattern Table Spoon

creator: Meriden Silver Plate Company, Meriden, Connecticut, 1869–1898

medium: silver plated, metal

country: Meriden, Connecticut, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Meriden, connecticut, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Sampler

creator: Lydia Sheward, American

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation, linen edge tape, cotton needle lace Technique: embroidered in cross, half cross, satin, stem, chain, French knot and running stitches on plain weave foundation with deflected element work and cutwork with needle-made fillings with loop and twist and wrapping; appliqué of woven silk ribbon

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Horology: Clock Tools, pl. XX from "A Cyclopaedia of Horology - Rees's Clocks Watches and Chronometers"

creator: Abraham Rees, 1743 - 1825

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: brocade

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Ceiling paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, metal foil wrapped silk Technique: 4&1 satin damask brocaded with silks and various foil-wrapped silks.

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Europe

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Design for Wall Decoration for the South Wall of the Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Window shade

credit_line: Gift of Norman Hasselriis


title: Turban Band

medium: Medium: wool weft Technique: slit tapestry

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Agnes M. O'Donnell


title: Border

date: late 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Study for "Equity" in "The Common Law" Frieze for "The Reign of Law" Mural at New York Appellate Division Courthouse

medium: Graphite on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Plate 7, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

creator: Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Cover

medium: Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element work, bobbin lace

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Baluster, urns and pedestal

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France


title: Sketchbook Page: Portrait of a Man

medium: Graphite on laid paper

country: Paris, France

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

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Chateau du Luxembourg, Plate 67 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"

creator: Les Campion Frères, Paris, France

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Pleated fan

medium: Hand-colored printed paper and parchment leaf, pierced and incised mother-of-pearl sticks with applied metallic foil, gilt metal bail

country: possibly France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Mabel Choate


title: Cap streamer

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: bobbin lace (Mechlin style)

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

date: 18th–early 19th century

medium: Wallcoverings

credit_line: Gift of Harrison Cultra


title: Ladies' Fashion: Hairdressing and Hats

country: Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Germany


title: Window shade

medium: Block-printed and flocked

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Exterior of the School of Chemestry, Plate 29 of Vues Pittoresques de Principaux édifices de Paris

creator: Jean Testard, French, b. ca. 1740

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Border

medium: Block-printed, flocked, gilded

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of D. Lorraine Yerkes


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: counted and uncounted stitches; chain, satin and darning stitches on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

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


title: Allegorical figure of Justice with fasces

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Mythology Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Patch box mounted with miniatures

creator: John Miers, English, active 1760 – 1810

medium: Cut ivory, raised and chased gold, gilt-metal, hair, velvet, paint

subjects: Container England

credit_line: Gift of Ralph V. Sollitt


title: Quilt fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by roller and engraved plate (mule printing) on plain weave, quilted

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg


title: Design for the West Wall of the Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion at Brighton

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

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Architectural Decoration

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: The Guard Gate, Gatun

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects: Transportation Usa


title: Macaroni Server with Gold Plated Bowl

medium: gold plated, silver

subjects: Cutlery Usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Dona Guimaraes Funds


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper, mica wash

credit_line: Gift of Deerfield Academy


title: Jenny Lind Paper Doll and Ten Costumes Designed for Her Operatic Roles

creator: Jenny Lind, Swedish, 1820–1887

medium: Lithograph on heavy white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Toys & game
Europe
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten


title: Fragment

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstradter


title: Sidewall

creator: Ericson & Weiss

medium: Block-printed

country: France or England

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or england

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


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

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Drawing France

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Waistcoat

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: wool warp, cotton weft Technique: intaglio (?) printed on warp-faced plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Virginia Hamill Johnson


title: Border

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: madder colors are block printed, other colors applied by brush, plain weave foundation

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Portrait of Sir James Thornhill

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

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print England Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Border

date: early 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Textile

date: 17th century

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

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Long-Tailed Cormorant, Plate 31 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: Beach and Rocky Cliffs

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Study of Leaves

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Street in San Remo

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on cream paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Frieze

creator: Benton, Heath & Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 1875 - 1917

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry N. Flynt


title: Panel

medium: Medium: silk Technique: satin, couching, buttonhole, surface stitches and French knots on taffeta

country: France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

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


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Knife with Crown Topped Handle

medium: steel, silver, gold

country: probably Netherlands

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably netherland

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


title: Vase

creator: The Gates Potteries, 1890 – 1930

medium: Earthenware

country: USA

subjects: Ceramic Usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Sample

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Salt stand

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Border


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Textile

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

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

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


title: Border

date: early 17th century

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

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metallic beads Technique: beaded netting

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: knotting (macramé)

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

credit_line: Gift of Salisbury Day from the Estate of Katharine Day


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Sidewall - sample

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

medium: Machine-printed

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica


title: Seal

medium: Gold, citrine

subjects: Jewelry England

credit_line: Bequest of Joan W. Leidesdorf


title: Harmony

creator: Henri Felix Vion, French, 1854 - 1891

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: The Bathe at Newport

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: September 4, 1858

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Upholstered Furniture

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

medium: Etching on white laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects: Furniture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Louis XVI Pattern Soup Spoon

creator: Joseph E. Birmingham

medium: silver

country: San Francisco, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
San francisco, usa

credit_line: Gift of Joy Newport Jepson


title: Sidewall

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

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


title: Chintz

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant painted and dyed on plain weave

country: India

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


title: Shirt front

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

country: Egypt

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Egypt


title: Bandbox

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Border

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

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


title: figure study for a fountain design

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: black crayon, white chalk, on gray paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Sidewall

medium: Flocking on gilt canvas

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Deutsches Tapetenmuseum


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Tassel

medium: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe


title: Orphrey

date: 15th–16th century

medium: Medium: silk

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Embroidered picture

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

country: Europe

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

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


title: American Electrical Works Bake

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

medium: Copper

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Container
Providence, rhode island, usa

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


title: Temptation of St. Anthony

medium: Silver

country: possibly Europe

subjects:
Container
Possibly europe


title: Leg with Shoe and Stocking

medium: Plated brass, leather

subjects: Container Europe


title: Virgin on the Crescent (Title Page of the Life of the Virgin)

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Ephemera Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: The Great Pagoda, Tanjore, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

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


title: Dado

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: The Templemore

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck


title: Border

medium: Medium: Technique: needle lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Ceiling paper

creator: F. E. James Co., New York, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New york, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Study of landscape, Lawton Valley, RI

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Nature studie
Rhode island, usa
Landscapes
Nature

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


title: Beaker

medium: Painted and glazed porcelain

country: China

subjects: Ceramic China

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ceiling paper


title: B.A. Cook & Co.

creator: Cook & Co., B.A.

medium: Machine-printed, varnished, oatmeal

country: Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Fitchburg, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Museum from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Sidewall

creator: Cole and Son, Ltd.

subjects:
Wallcovering
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Cole and Son, Ltd.


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Border

medium: Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation with metal coils and spangles Technique: embroidered in satin and stem stitches on twill weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Decor Pastoral

creator: Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

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


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: wool on linen Technique: crewel embroidery on plain weave

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Seated kingly figure

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Cap

medium: Medium: silk Technique: knitted Label: Knitted silk

country: Spain

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

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Frieze

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Le Retour du Baptesme (Return from the Baptism), Plate IV, from Le Mariage à la Ville (Marriage in the City)

creator: Abraham Bosse, French, 1602–1676

medium: Etching with engraving on thin white laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Interior
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Eleanor G. Hewitt Funds


title: Designs for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers and Birds

medium: Brush and gouache and paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Wallpaper design
France
Birds
Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Plate XXII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Seascape with Full Moon

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

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Les Voisins de Campagne

creator: Villain, French, active 1822 - 1852

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, glazed

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold Norton of the Hayden Company


title: Ceiling paper


title: Letter case

medium: Medium: straw, paper, linen Technique: embroidered in couching stitches

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy

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


title: Vices Theme, with Woman Smoking

medium: Silver

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: slit tapestry, non-horizontal wefts

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Souvenir of Queen Victoria and Her Family

medium: Hand-colored lithograph, applied machine-embossed grid-colored papers on white wove paper mounted to thin, light-brown wove paper; verso: etching and engraving

subjects:
Souvenir card
England


title: Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Design for Chimney wall with 3 gothic arches and Chinese lantern

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

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

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Dark Ocean under Dramatic Sky with Possible Shipwreck Debris

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


title: Ceiling paper

creator: W.N. Peak, Brooklyn, New York, 1880 - 1900

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Knife

medium: Brass, steel

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Three Designs for Torcheres in the Chinese Taste (Plate 13 of "One Hundred and Fifty New Designs")

creator: Thomas Johnson, English, 1714–1778

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hackensack, new jersey, usa


title: Frieze

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Flower pot and stand

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

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland
Flowers

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Clock

medium: Silver-gilt, shaped tortoiseshell, cut diamonds and rubies, lapis (base); leather with silk and velvet lining (case)

subjects:
Timepiece & measuring device
Europe

credit_line: Gift of George Seligman


title: Flounce

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

country: Milan, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Milan, italy

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave with a resist medium; then immersion dyed in blue

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sidewall - sample

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Frieze

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Infant's cap

date: mid-18th century

medium: Medium: silk, linen, metallic yarns (metal wrapped around a silk core), flat metallic strips, spangles Technique: embroidered on 7\1 satin using satin and couching stitches; bobbin lace; plain weave lining Label: linen-backed silk, embroidered with metallic yarns, flat metal strips and spangles in satin and couching stitches; bobbin lace edging; silk lining

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Border

medium: Medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Frieze


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: A Parisian Ball – Dancing at the Mabille, Paris

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: November 23, 1867

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Advertisement for "Climax Rubber Elbows"

creator: Whitehead & Hoag Company

medium: Plated metal, printed celluloid

country: Newark, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Container
Newark, new jersey, usa


title: Floral design for printed textiles

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on white laid paper.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Collar and pair of cuffs

medium: Medium: linen Technique: crocheted lace

country: Ireland

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Benton, Heath & Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 1875 - 1917

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Border corner

medium: Block-printed paper, satin ground

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: The Copper Plate Engraver

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Fragment

date: 16th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Fragment

date: late 18th–early 19th century

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

country: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

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

credit_line: Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: woven


title: fork

creator: PD

medium: silver

country: Naples, Italy

subjects:
Cutlery
Naples, italy

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


title: Crinum taitens

creator: De Gouy, French, active 18th century

date: 18th century

medium: Engraving on wove paper

country: France and England

subjects:
Nature studie
France and england
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Donald Karshan


title: Soap Dish from Traveling Dressing Case

creator: Thomas Whitehouse, British, active 1848-98

medium: glass, silver

country: London, England

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Noble Interior: Stage Design for the Teatro Marsigli-Rossi in Bologna

creator: Francesco Cocchi

medium: Black ink on white paper with gray watercolor

country: Bologna, Italy

subjects:
Theater
Bologna, italy

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


title: Cavaliers in Idle Conversation

creator: Jehan Georges Vibert, French, 1840 - 1902

medium: Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on rag board

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Drawing
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Fragment

creator: Lamy Godard

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

country: Rouen, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Ariel Holdsworth


title: Upholstery fabric

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: wool, linen Technique: pile weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Band

medium: Medium: cotton, silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery on twill weave

country: India

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
India


title: Lilium Thunbergianum Aureum Maculatum, Plate 76 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

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

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: Belgium

subjects: Botany Print Belgium Lilies

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needlework on hand knotted net

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed and stencilled

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Adrienne A. Sheridan


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running (pattern darning) cross, and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, metallic foil on a silk core Technique: compound satin

country: Russia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Russia

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Amphora

date: 3rd–4th century

medium: glass

country: Syria

subjects: Glassware Syria

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Marie Torrance Hadden


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded

country: Cortland, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cortland, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Valance

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed with resist paste and immersion dyed in indigo, plain weave

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


title: Society of Agriculture, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Phildelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Phildelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Platter with Birds (One of a Pair)

creator: Derby Porcelain Factory, English, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England Birds

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


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Fritillaria Imperalis Maximus, Plate 34 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

subjects: Botany Print Netherland


title: Garden with Classical Buildings and a Fountain

creator: Isaac de Moucheron, Dutch, 1667–1744

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

country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

subjects:
Landscape
Amsterdam, netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Port Royal Foundation


title: Long Venice

creator: James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein


title: Two Sketches of Houses

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: France, Ace of Clubs from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Babb, American

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: counted and uncounted stitches; withdrawn element work; cutwork filled with hollie point; herringbone, chain, buttonhole and satin stitches on plain weave foundation, quilled ribbon

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

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


title: Ceiling paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Coif

medium: Medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Pensée du Jardin du Marquis du Prié a Turin (Garden Idea for the Marquis du Prié in Turin), in Nouveaux Livre de Parterres contenant 24 pensséz diferantes (New Book Containing 24 Different Variations for Garden Beds)

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

medium: Etching, engraving on white laid paper

subjects: Architecture Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: France

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Christopher Columbus

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

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council


title: Panel

medium: Medium: silk and metallic embroidery, linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, outline and counted stitches

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Calm Sea with Sailboat

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Sidewall


title: Study of landscape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Sampler

creator: Emily F. Cooley, American

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch (compound and looping) on plain weave foundation

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
New york, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: USA

subjects: Glassware Usa

credit_line: Gift of Denis Gallion and Daniel Morris


title: Detail of the Sculpture the Triumphant Return on the Dewey Arch, Madison Square, New York

medium: Photographic print on paper


title: No. 47

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Akasaka, Interior of Inn, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

country: Japan

subjects: Figure Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Tablecover

medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk Technique: satin, stem, and knot stitches on plain weave; couching on metallic threads

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe


title: Drawing Room St. James's, from "Ackermann's Repository"

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sampler

creator: Ramoncita Pita

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

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Sketchbook Page: Letter about Refusal from Salon (Continued)

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sketchbook Page: Statue on Pedestal

medium: Graphite on laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed on ungrounded paper

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: wool Technique: embroidered in stem stitch on plain weave foundation Label: wool embroidered with wool in stem stitches

country: Peru

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Peru


title: Maximilian I

creator: Victor Jasper, Austrian, 1848 - 1931

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin


title: Details of Church, Stonework

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Pounce Pot (Sandstreuer)

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

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Box

medium: Molded and carved tortoiseshell inlaid with silver and mother of pearl

subjects: Container Europe

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Harry G. Friedman


title: Matchsafe in the form of a domino

date: late 19th century

medium: Celluloid, vulcanite, brass

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


title: Transubstantiantion Satirized

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

medium: Aquatint on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Advertisement for Hudson Clothier

medium: Chromolithograph

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Ephemera
Europe and usa

credit_line: Gift of Carol MacDonald


title: Casket

medium: Shaped and engraved tortoiseshell with applied pigment and repoussé silver (mounts)

subjects: Container Mexico

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan


title: Plate 14, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

creator: Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt