title: Fragment

date: 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Saucer with "Strohblumen" Pattern

creator: Limbach Porcelain Manufactory, German, 1762 - 1939

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
Germany

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidery using satin, stem and knot stitches in 14 colors on silk 7&1 satin foundation

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Plate 16, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

creator: Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Frieze

creator: Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hackensack, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: painted on plain weave (taffeta)


title: Sampler

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered, bobbin lace (?)

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Design for a Plate

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

medium: Brush and gold, green gouache on cream paper

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England


title: Alphabet (Incunabulum page ?)

creator: David Roelands, Dutch, b. 1572

medium: Engraving on white laid paper

subjects: Ephemera England

credit_line: Gift of William J. Donald


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Geometric Pattern

date: late 18th - mid 19th century

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: A Tomb Monument

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

medium: Pen and brown ink with brown and gray washes on laid paper


title: Sampler

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: glass beads, cotton Technique: embroidery with beads

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Border

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin and needle lace (appliqué on bobbin ground)

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: The Irrigating Ditch, Illustration for The Century Magazine (XXXVIII, No. 2, June 1889, p. 299)

creator: Mary A. Hallock Foote, American, 1847–1938

medium: Wood-engraving in black ink on paper

country: USA

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of E. Maurice Bloch


title: Portrait of Admiral Egbert Meesz Kortenaer

creator: Abraham Blooteling, Dutch, 1640–1690

country: Netherlands

subjects: Print Netherland Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Sketchbook Page: Historic Portrait No. 9 (Self-Portrait)

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Shimada, Travelers Crossing the Oigawa, 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)

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Band

date: late 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Padlock and key

medium: Steel

subjects: Metalwork Germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Portrait of Unidentified Man

creator: Richard Dighton, British, 1795–1880

medium: Pen and ink with watercolor

subjects: Figure England Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Frieze

creator: Keystone Wall-Paper Company

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Choppy Ocean and Clouds

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on white wove paper, lined

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Edna de Frise


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Fiber composition, tung oil, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

credit_line: Gift of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Embossed paper, hand-rubbed oil finish

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of the University of Oklahoma


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed on paper, applied mica flakes

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Salem Art Association


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Card case

date: early–mid-17th century

medium: Medium: silk, gold-colored foil-wrapped around silk core thread Technique: stranded knitting

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Italy or spain

credit_line: Gift of Alice Baldwin Beer


title: Figure on pedestal

medium: Terracotta

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Bostwick


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William B. Eldredge


title: Sketch of Sea with Boats

date: late 19th century

medium: Graphite on cream-colored paper, mounted


title: Sidewall

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


title: Study of foliage

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Fashion Plate from Le Moniteur de la Mode

creator: J. Bonnard, French, active 19th c.

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
England


title: Sidewall

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Frieze

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


title: Josiah with Jechoniah in his arms, ancestors of Christ from the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo

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: Band

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: deflected element work using cross and over-casting stitches

country: Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

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


title: Ceiling paper


title: Christ and the Magdalen

creator: John C. Wolf

medium: Graphite on tan paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George F. Bateman


title: Textile

date: mid- 18th century

medium: Medium: silk on silk Technique: embroidered on taffeta

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Sampler

creator: Judith Clarke, English

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in chain, button hole, running, knot, couching, cross, eyelet, stem and whipped chain stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Chimneypiece, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert


title: Design for Textile

creator: Seiffert and Co.

medium: Brush and gouache on pre-printed squared paper

country: Berlin, Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Berlin, germany


title: Cloudy Sky and Ocean

medium: Graphite on white laid paper, lined

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Footed Salver

creator: Metaale Pot [de] (the Metal Pot Factory)

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

country: Delft, Netherlands

subjects:
Ceramic
Delft, netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Square

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed by engraved roller on 7&1 satin, buttonhole stitches Label: silk printed by engraved roller

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith


title: Gothic Country House: Entrance Hall

creator: Ed Blore

country: England

subjects: Interior England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed, ungrounded laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Newport Historical Society


title: Fishing Basket

medium: Brass

country: Probably Europe

subjects:
Container
Probably europe

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


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France


title: Drawing

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

country: France and USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France and usa

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


title: Sampler

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

country: USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Figures from Sistine Chapel ceiling


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: silk, metal wire, metal-wrapped silk, and silk-wrapped metal embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in running and interlaced looping, tent, half cross, and couching stitches on plain weave foundation


title: Sidewall

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

country: Japan

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

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


title: Niagara Falls from The Falls of Niagara: Being a Complete Guide

medium: Color wood engraving on white paperboard

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Larsen


title: Sketchbook Page: Jester

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, steel Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Portrait of a Young Man

creator: Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, French, 1770 - 1852

medium: Etching on paper in brown ink

subjects: Print France Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Fragment

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

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, buttonhole, stem, satin, tied cross rococo, running stitches and applique with couching on plain weave foundation

country: Bohemia

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Bohemia


title: Study for the Elevation of the Cross

creator: Pietro Dandini, Italian, 1646 - 1712

medium: Black chalk on paper

country: Florence, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Figure
Florence, italy

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Seascape with Breaking Waves and Light-Filled Sky

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Coverlet fragment

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft patterning (overshot)

country: Ohio, USA

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Ohio State Museum


title: Clenched Hand

medium: Originally plated brass

country: Europe

subjects: Container Europe


title: Jito Tenno (Workers Dyeing Cloth), from Hyakunin Isshu ubaga Etoki (The Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse)

creator: Katsushika Hokusai, 1760 – 1849

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

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, glass beads, metal Technique: knitting with openwork stitch

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

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


title: Ousoor, in the Mysore, 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: Ribbon and Shield Decoration

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: ikat with supplementary weft

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Doily

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: plain weave embroidered in stem, running, satin, knot, detached chain, looping and speckling stitches

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa


title: Plate IV, from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Textile

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed

country: Jaipur, India

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

credit_line: Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck


title: Huntley & Palmers "Albert" Biscuit

medium: Brass

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Container
Vienna, austria

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


title: Side chairs

medium: Wood, tapestry upholstery, fabric

subjects: Furniture England

credit_line: Bequest of George D. Widener


title: Landscape with Rustic Figures

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

medium: Oil on wood panel

country: France

subjects: Landscape France

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


title: Study of 16th Century Ironwork

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Upper left, detail corner of a screen or grillework.

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sample card

creator: American Print Works, founded 1835

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

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

credit_line: Bequest of Elinor Merrell


title: Jardin en Bosquet d'Espalliers de diferentes figures (Garden Grove of Espaliersof Different Forms), in Nouveaux Livre de Parterres contenant 24 pensséz diferantes (New Book of Designs Containing 24 Ideas 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: Rocky Shore with Breaking Waves

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: Knife with Blue and Pink Foral Enamel Handle

medium: steel, enamel, brass

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

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


title: View of Ocean and Beach with Cliffs at Right

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Dish in Shape of a Silver Sauceboat Stand (One of a Pair)

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England

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


title: Long sarong (kain panjang)

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

country: Indonesia

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

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Border

medium: Printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Printing block

medium: Medium: wood

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Japan

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor G. Hewitt


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Brighton Art Gallery and Museum


title: Tablecloth

medium: Medium: wool Technique: 7/1 satin damask

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Figure of a Poodle

medium: Glazed and hand-painted earthenware

country: Staffordshire, England

subjects:
Ceramic
Staffordshire, england

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Quilt

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: machine quilted

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

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


title: Frieze

creator: W & H Gledhill

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Irvington, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Irvington, new jersey, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ornament Design with Burial Urn and Cameos

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: Fruit Knife with Mother-of-Pearl Handle

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

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

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Fruits
Paris, france

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


title: Fragment

creator: Thomas Clarkson & Co.

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave foundation; two rows of blue weft indicate the fabric heading

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


title: Baldachin

creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

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

country: Italy

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Gift of Janos Scholz


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sampler

creator: Catherine Van Boskirk

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. H.P. Davison


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Frieze

creator: Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Sketch of Church Tower and Roof Top

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: satin and couching stitches on tie-dyed crepe

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth Gordon


title: A proposed church

creator: John C. Wolf

medium: Graphite on cream laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George F. Bateman


title: Border

medium: Technique: appliqué, bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Les anglais du voisinage, La vie de château

creator: Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: "Hans Sloane" Botanical Plate (One of Twelve)

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Botany Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Alfred Peats Prize Wallpaper

creator: Alfred Peats Company

country: New York, Boston, Chicago, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, boston, chicago, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Jack Brown and Ms. Martha Brown


title: Matchsafe

date: after 1904

medium: Plated metal

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Band

date: possibly 1200

medium: Medium: wool Technique: warp-faced plain weave with float patterning

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Neck chain

medium: Gilt metal

country: India

subjects: Jewelry India

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Max Farrand


title: Tall Rocks in Sea

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on off-white paper, lined

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Pocket

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Rouen from Bon Secours

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

medium: Etching in brown ink on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Quick Sketch of Ocean and Tall Cliffs

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Sidewall - sample

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Louis XVI Pattern Dinner Fork

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: Coaching Scene

medium: Silver, enamel

country: Germany

subjects: Container Germany


title: "Medallion" Pattern Sifting Spoon

creator: Ball, Black & Co.

medium: gold plated, silver

country: New York, New York, USA

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Calm Shoreline with Small Rocks

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound


title: Fragments in Forum, Rome

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Study of foliage

date: August 8, 1853

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Female Skier

creator: Webster Company

medium: Silver, with traces of gilding

country: North Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Container
North attleboro, massachusetts, usa


title: Jug and stopper

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Arithrometer

creator: Charles & Edwin Layton

medium: Brass, wood

country: England

subjects:
Appliance & tool
England

credit_line: Gift of New York Life Insurance Company


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed in distemper colors on continuous paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Robert B. McTaggert


title: Square

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Kenneth E. Kidd


title: Fraktur taufschein (Birth Certificate)

creator: Johann Jacob Friedrich Krebs, German, active United States, ca. 1749 - 1815

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

country: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Calligraphy
Reading, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Quick Sketch of Waves on Rocks

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


title: Border

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

country: Genoa, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Genoa, italy

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


title: Monstrance

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Clock

creator: Antoine-Andre Ravrio, French, 1759–1814

medium: Fire-gilt bronze, blackened bronze, enameled metal (dial), blued steel (hands), glass

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Timepiece & measuring device
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Carl M. Loeb


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France


title: Beaker and cover

medium: wood, turned, fruit wood

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
Fruits

credit_line: Gift of Clinton Wilder


title: Dessert Spoon with Chameleon on Handle

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: Band

date: 18th century (crossed out and marked 'L. C. Coast')

medium: Medium: wool Technique: slit tapestry, use of non-horizontal wefts; long slits up the side are sewn together; warp selvage at one end of each fragment; sides: ragged, some intact

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on ingrain paper

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Dish


title: goblet

date: late 1700

medium: lignum vitae or yew

subjects:
Ornament & design
Decorative arts
England


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Jar and cover

creator: Henry Chawner, British, 1764 – 1851

medium: glass, silver

country: London, England

subjects:
Glassware
London, england


title: Sarong

date: 18th–19th century

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

country: Lampung, Indonesia

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Lampung, indonesia

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Two urns and an ornamental detail


title: Sleeve bands

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered

country: China

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
China


title: Fragment

date: 16th–early 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: A Shocking Young Lady Indeed – (Proof)

creator: John Leech, English, 1817 - 1864

medium: Chromolithograph on paper, mounted on heavy paper

subjects:
Chromolithograph
London, england


title: Cotton Prints Samples

medium: Medium: paper, cotton Technique: printed

subjects:
Sample book
France

credit_line: Gift of Virginia Hamill Johnson


title: Baby's cap

medium: Medium: linen, glass beads Technique: beaded knitting

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim


title: Case

date: early 18th century

medium: Wood, leather, gilding

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably germany

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


title: Ornament Design with Vase and Cameos

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: Pair of anklets

date: probably 19th century

medium: Silver

country: India

subjects: Jewelry India

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Design for a Vase

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Toni Hildprant's Room

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

country: Germany and Austria

subjects:
Interior
Germany and austria


title: English Landscape Garden

creator: Unknown

medium: Pen and brown and gray ink, brush and water color on off-white laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Possibly france
Landscapes

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Wooded Shore with Stream and Distant Hills

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Portrait of Florence Johnson

creator: James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Louis Cohen


title: Mihrab Tile

date: 13th century

medium: Glazed, modeled and lustered stonepaste with underglaze and underpaint decoration

country: Kashan, Iran

subjects:
Tile
Kashan, iran

credit_line: Gift of Ephron Gallery


title: Band

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace

subjects: Lace France

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sarong


title: Standing figure with palm facing up

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects: Figure France Palms

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: St. Balbina from St. Peter's colonnade

creator: Giovanni Maria de Rossi

subjects: Figure France


title: Sketchbook of twenty-one leaves of pencil drawings

creator: Bessie Beebe

medium: Soft pencil on white paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Annie L. Green


title: Epergne

date: 18th century

medium: Glass, brass, metal

country: England

subjects: Glassware England

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: You Don't Like My Love Stories, Dear, so I Shall Not Write Any More

creator: Howard Chandler Christy, American, 1872 - 1952

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Christ before Annas, 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: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Study of landscape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Scenic Chinese export

medium: Hand painted on paper

subjects: Wallcovering China

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Hammond


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Frieze

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

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


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

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Ceramic England Birds

credit_line: Gift of Forsyth Wickes


title: 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: Sampler

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

country: Germany or Austria

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany or austria

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Border

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

medium: Machine-printed oatmeal paper

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Block-printed and embossed

country: Rixheim, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Rixheim, france

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

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


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: grid of laid cords with needle lace (reticella style)

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Woman's short robe

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
China

credit_line: Gift of Helen F. Daringer


title: Dessert Fork with Monkey

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france

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


title: Cravat end

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: À la Coté de Dieppe

creator: William Unger, German, 1837 - 1932

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


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

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Waistcoat fronts

medium: Medium: silk, metal, sequins Technique: embroidery using coils of gold colored wire and sequins on a plain weave foundation with continuous supplementary metallic wefts in a twill binding

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France


title: Landscape, Grindelwald, Switzerland

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Grindelwald, Switzerland

subjects:
Landscape
Grindelwald, switzerland

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


title: Sketches from Museé de Cluny, Paris

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

country: USA

subjects: Furniture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Frame

date: late 19th/early 20th century

medium: Carved, molded, and gilt gessoed wood

country: New York, New York, USA and Italy

subjects:
Woodwork
New york, new york, usa and italy

credit_line: Gift of Henry Heydenryk, Jr.


title: Ornament Design with Ewer

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: Daniel

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: slit tapestry

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Four Incense Burners, a Bracket and an Ornemental Motif

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

medium: Pen and brown ink with ink wash; verso: pen and brown ink

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Fragment

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Sampler

creator: Francisca Perez

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Stormy Sea against Large Rock and Cliffs

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

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

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Frieze

creator: Liberty Paper & Bag Co.

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V.C. Berntgen


title: Chintz fragments

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds and purple applied by brush or pen; chintz on plain weave

country: India

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Lufman, American

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Border

date: late 18th century

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: The Coolest Spot in New England – Summit of Mount Washington

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

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


title: Fork

medium: ivory, steel, silver

country: Netherlands

subjects: Cutlery Netherland

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


title: Blue-Bodied Roller, Plate 13 from Birds of Western Africa

creator: William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Edinburgh, Scotland

subjects:
Print
Edinburgh, scotland
Birds


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain


title: cakestand

creator: Pillivuyt & Cie, French, established ca. 1818

medium: Porcelain, enamel decoration

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through bequest of Dona Guimaraes and from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, running, knot, chain, whipped back, cross, and overcasting over stem, and couching stitches on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: British Prime Minister Gladstone

medium: Brass

country: England

subjects: Container England

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


title: Cover

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a 3&1 twill foundation Label: silk velvet in twill foundation

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran

credit_line: Gift of William B. Heller


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Border

medium: Roller printed on machine-made paper


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: Ireland or England

subjects:
Glassware
Ireland or england

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Standing male figure with book

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: Sampler

date: early 19th century

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

country: Haiti

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Haiti


title: Seascape with Possible Rock

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

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


title: Street in Tangiers

medium: Graphite and white heightening on cream paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Border

medium: Technique: bobbin lace appliqué on machine net

subjects: Lace England

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Countryside with Haystacks, House and Trees

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


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

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Doge’s Palace, Venice

medium: Graphite on brown paper


title: Saint Simon and Saint Thaddeus

creator: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: The National Capitol, 1861

creator: Edwin James Meeker, American, 1853 - 1936

medium: Pen and ink on cardboard

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Pilgrims at St. Sophia

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Figure Usa


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller or engraved copper plate on close tabby weave

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Certificate of Authorization for the Title of "Von" for Johann Ferdinand Richter

creator: Franz Mayer, Austrian, active 1700s

medium: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor over engraving on vellum, bound in velvet-covered boards with imperial seal in brass case

country: Austria

subjects: Ephemera Austria

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt


title: Brodiaea Congesta, brodiaea Grandiflora, Milla Laxa (Friteleia laxa-Seubertia Laxa), Plate 112 from A. C. Van Eeden's "Flora of Haarlem"

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

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: Belgium

subjects: Botany Print Belgium

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

medium: Marbleized

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Martin Battersby


title: A Large Fountain

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

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of the National Academy of Design


title: Frieze


title: Two-Armed Candelabra

creator: George Eadon & Company, Sheffield, England

medium: silver, wood

country: Sheffield, England

subjects:
Metalwork
Sheffield, england

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Cahn, Jr. in memory of Rosalie S. and William M. Cahn


title: Paneled Wall

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Pen and black ink, brush and tan and blue wash on wove paper.

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Matchsafe in the Form of a Boot

medium: vulcanite

country: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Container
Boston, massachusetts, usa

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


title: Band sampler

medium: Medium: silk on linen, glass beads Technique: embroidered on plain weave

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


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: Tobacco box

date: mid-18th century

medium: Brass

subjects: Metalwork Netherland

credit_line: Gift of C. Gustave Mourraille in memory of his sister, M. Mathilde Mourraille


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Spoon Adorned with a Rodent with Head Stuck Inside Clam Shell

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Paris, france
Shells & molluscs

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


title: Band

date: 16th century

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: back and running stitches embroidered on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Bottle and cap

medium: Glass

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

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


title: Bowl and lid

medium: Glazed earthenware

subjects: Ceramic Switzerland


title: Ornament Design, Urns and Lunette Panel with Swans

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: Stick pin

medium: Gold, pearl, silver

subjects: Jewelry Usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Telemachus on the Island of Calypso

creator: Xavier Mader

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Audrey Boughton


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New Brighton, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brighton, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Fashion Plate from Le Monde Elégant

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed, handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sampler

creator: Eugenia Corsani, Italian

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

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Orange Walnuts

creator: Paul Balin

medium: Block-printed paper, embossed, varnish

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Charles R. Gracie & Sons, Inc.


title: Study of landscape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Landscapes
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Pleated fan

medium: Paper leaf with gilded hand-colored etching, carved bone sticks with metallic foil decoration, mother-of-pearl rivet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Possibly france
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of Mabel Choate


title: Textile

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

credit_line: Gift of Rodman A. Heeren


title: Design for a Plate

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Brooch

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: Gold, enamel, diamonds

subjects:
Jewelry
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Isabel Shults


title: Band

date: possibly 1200–1300

medium: Medium: wool Technique: double cloth, intercrossing of warps only; warp selvages; tubular woven for weft

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Sidewall

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

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Card case

medium: Enameled silver

subjects: Container Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Écuelle with Apple Finial

creator: Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, German, active mid- to late 18th century

date: mid- 18th– late 18th century

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: Germany

subjects: Ceramic Germany

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Napkin

date: after 1660

medium: Medium: linen Technique: 4&1 satin damask

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Belgium


title: Mount Pentelicus, Greece

creator: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

date: April 1869

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

country: Athens, Greece

subjects:
Landscape
Athens, greece

credit_line: Gift of Eliot C. Clark in memory of his father


title: Tile

creator: J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1877 – 1883

medium: Glazed stoneware

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Tile
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Florence Barnes


title: Lorgnette

medium: Formed tortoiseshell, applied gold, glass, metal

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Torson


title: Demitasse Spoon with Grasshopper

medium: gold plated, 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: Armchair

medium: Elm, wicker, ivory

country: England (possibly Anglo-Indian)

subjects:
Furniture
England (possibly anglo-indian)

credit_line: Gift of Albert Hadley


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton, linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Fragment

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Spain

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


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

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

medium: Woodblock, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Seascape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Ornament Design with Vase

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drawing

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sketchbook Page: Syringa

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Wallpaper Design: Psyche Bringing to Venus a Glass from the Fountain of Youth

creator: Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851

medium: Graphite, black, white chalk, brush and black ink on brown coated paper mounted to thin ply paperboard

subjects:
Wallpaper design
Paris, france

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Christian H. Aall and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund


title: View of the Interior of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn, Looking Toward the Apse

creator: Trombetta Studio, American, Brooklyn

medium: Albumen print mounted on board

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Leon Dabo


title: Brooch

medium: wood

country: Scotland for export

subjects:
Jewelry
Scotland for export


creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England Birds

credit_line: Gift of Forsyth Wickes


title: Sampler

creator: Sarah Patterson, English, b. 1773

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Vase

creator: The Gates Potteries, 1890 – 1930

medium: Glazed earthenware

subjects: Ceramic Usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Frieze

creator: Grace Lincoln Temple, 1865–1953

medium: Stenciled, tempera on paper

credit_line: Bequest of Grace Lincoln Temple


title: St. Bernard from St. Peter's colonnade

creator: Lazzaro Morelli

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Waves Crashing on Long, Tall 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: Ceiling border

medium: Block-printed paper

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


title: Mounted Fox Hunters with Their Dogs

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

subjects: Silhouette England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: View of Court Room, Federal Building, Cleveland, OH

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on heavy wove paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound satin

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Walter Hochstradter


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Frieze


title: Purse

medium: Medium: horsehair, silk and metal-wrapped silk-core yarn Technique: tapestry woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

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


title: Wine glass

medium: Blown glass

country: Great Britain

subjects:
Glassware
Great britain

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore


title: Neüe inventiones von unterschiedlich nützlicher Silber-arbeit...gezeichnet von Abraham Drentwet in Augspurg. Inss. Kupffer gebracht durch Ioh : August Corvinim, und dasselbst verlegt von Jeremias Wolff... ; title page

creator: Abraham Drentwet, German, 1647 – 1727

medium: Black ink on paper, bound in half-leather and boards

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Museum purchase in memory of Thomas Snell


title: Sketch of Two Trees

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees


title: Study of Calm Ocean with Tall Cliffs

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound


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

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Sketchbook Page: Historic Portrait No. 7 (Self-Portrait)

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Portraits

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Study for "Learning," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ

medium: Charcoal and graphite on off-white wove paper, laid down

country: Jersey City, NJ, USA

subjects:
Mural design
Jersey city, nj, usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Middelburg, Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Middelburg, netherland


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: silk Technique: chain-stitch embroidery


title: Knife from Traveling Cutlery Set

date: 18th century or 19th century

medium: steel, silver, ivory

country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

subjects:
Cutlery
Amsterdam, netherland

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, ribbed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Plate

creator: Minton Ceramics Manufactory, English, established 1796

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion


title: Rough Sea with Large Rocks


title: Fashion Plate from Journal des demoiselles

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

date: September 1860

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Border

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of The Metropolitan Museum of Art


title: salt

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Textile

medium: Medium: wool Technique: block printed on plain weave with grouped warps causing weft floats

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Knife with Saber-Shaped Blade and Earthenware Handle

medium: steel, earthenware, silver

subjects: Cutlery England


title: Pleated fan

creator: A. Lauronce

medium: Chromolithograph on silk leaf backed with stiffened cotton, drilled and carved mother-of-pearl sticks, metal bail, silk tassel, mother-of-pearl washer at the rivet

country: probably France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Probably france

credit_line: Gift of Luigia Norsa and Bruna Taranta


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Entrance Hall, West Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: 1802 or earlier

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Part of the Interior of the Elephanta, 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: 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: Nihon Bridge, Morning View, Nihonbashi, 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

country: Japan

subjects: Figure Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Frieze

creator: Robert S. Hobbs & Co., Brooklyn, New York

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa


title: Tassel

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

country: Italy, Europe

subjects:
Trimming
Italy, europe

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: discontinuous supplementary weft in plain weave foundation; plain weave patterned by brocaded supplementary weft floats. Note: this fabric has four selveges

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Sleeve decoration

medium: Medium: silk, cotton Technique: satin stitch embroidery

country: Balkans

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Balkan

credit_line: Gift of Ida-Gro Dahlerup


title: Box

medium: wood, tooled leather, gilded brass

country: Italy

subjects: Container Italy

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

creator: Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Ocean with Rock and Tall Cliff

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

country: USA

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Study of Landscape

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Landscapes
Nature


title: Allegory of Time

creator: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831

medium: Graphite on cream paper, laid down

subjects: Mythology Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Sampler

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cutwork with pattern darning or needle-made fillings on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Tea Infuser with Stand

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: silver

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
New york, new york, usa


title: Ceiling paper

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

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. J. Templeman Coolidge


title: Fragment

date: 15th–16th century

medium: Medium: silk, cotton, metallic thread Technique: 4&1 satin with continuous supplementary weft

country: Turkey

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Turkey

credit_line: Gift of Albright-Knox Art Gallery


title: Design for a Plate

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Figures from Last Judgment

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: Border

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

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Leçons de paysage par A. Calame, no. 87

creator: Alexandre Calame, Swiss, 1810 - 1864

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Switzerland, Europe

subjects:
Print
Switzerland, europe


title: In a German Town

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Masonic Symbols

medium: Plated metal

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Hercules and Antaeus

creator: Annibale Carracci, Italian, 1560–1609

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

subjects: Figure Italy


title: Four Candlesticks

creator: Benedikt Ranninger, Austrian

medium: silver, gold

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Metalwork
Vienna, austria

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Cahn, Jr. in memory of Rosalie S. and William M. Cahn


title: Beach with Tall Cliffs

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Grasscloth

medium: Grasscloth


title: Faun by a Monument


title: Border

date: 18th century

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

subjects: Lace France


title: Four of Diamonds

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

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa


title: Sampler

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton, silk and wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: cross stitch embroidery on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: "Flora, das Blumenspiel" Game

medium: Engraving on paper, wood, paper-covered wood

country: Germany, Europe

subjects:
Botany
Game
Germany, europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Frieze

medium: Block-printed, handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Fragment

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: plate printed on plain weave; pink, purple, brown, blue and yellow added by brush

country: Nantes or Alsace, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Nante or alsace, france


title: Plaisantez vois? Nous sommes à jeun depuis avant hier, Plate 4 from "Inconvénient"

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

medium: Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Print
Paris, france


title: Monaco

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Mother-of-pearl and Steel Fork Handle with Threaded Hole

date: early 17th century

medium: steel, mother-of-pearl

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Holman


title: Textile

date: 12th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound cloth

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Bedcover

medium: Medium: cotton foundation, embroidery in long staple wool (crewel), silk, linen, foil-wrapped silk Technique: embroidery on plain weave foundation using satin, stem, knot and running stitches in wool; stem stitch in silk; and backstitch in linen; accents of foil-wrapped silk

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg in memory of Jean Mailey


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed

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

credit_line: Gift of Harold Norton of the Hayden Company


title: Japonesque Style Pattern Number 5 Frunit Knife

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

medium: copper plated, silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in herringbone, cross, cross variation, long armed cross, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Fragment

date: late 17th–early 18th century

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

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, liquid mica

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: The Exposition of the Holy Sacrament, Attended by Louis XIV and His Mother, Anne of Austria

creator: Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664

medium: Engraving with black ink on white paper

subjects: Architecture Italy

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


title: Frieze

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

country: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New brunswick, new jersey, usa


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Plate in Nouveaux Livre de Paysages (New Book of Landscapes)

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 Landscapes


title: Band

date: 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Plate 59, Modes de Paris (Paris Fashion), Le Mercure de Salons (Mercury of the Salons)

creator: Samuel and Joseph Fuller, London, England

date: July 1830

medium: Engraving, hand-colored with brush and watercolor on off-white paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Library


title: Fragment

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa


title: Frieze

creator: Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872

medium: Machine-printed, liquid mica

country: USA


title: Sidewall

creator: Janeway & Carpender, New Brunswick, New Jersey, est. ca. 1872

medium: Machine-printed and varnished paper

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


title: Sidewall - sample

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

medium: Machine-printed

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Ocean Sunset

date: late 19th century

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

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Shawl or stole

medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace (Brussels or Honiton style)

country: England

subjects: Lace England

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


title: Knife

creator: Herder

medium: ivory, steel, silver

country: Germany / Netherlands

subjects:
Cutlery
Germany / netherland

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


title: Harvested Field near Seashore

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

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Sampler

date: mid–late 19th century

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

country: Mexico or Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico or spain


title: Plate 17, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: Wrapping and tapestry: slit and interlocked. Note: the character of the bands is determined in part by the very heavy warps and the wrapping of single warps

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Gift of Clara Waldeck


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Law Reigns, Study for Central Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Brush and oil, pen and red ink on canvas

subjects:
Mural design
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: Cortland, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cortland, new york, usa


title: Wall pocket

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidery on coral silk plain weave moire. Stem and satin stitches plus couching using gold and silver-wrapped silk; attached bobbin-lace of gold-wrapped silk.

country: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany, austria, or switzerland
Corals & anemones

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


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Scarf pin with salamander

medium: Gold, silver, pastes

subjects: Jewelry France

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: The Ascension, 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: Sidewall - sample

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

medium: Machine printed on paper


title: Fragment

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran


title: Design for a Sugar Bowl

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

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Card Case with Flower Motif

medium: mother of pearl, wood, silver

subjects: Container Usa Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Lester.


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: fork

medium: silver plated, metal, celluloid

country: England or USA

subjects:
Cutlery
England or usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Daniel in the Lion's Den

medium: Hand painted on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Border

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: wool embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, cross, long-armed cross, running, double running, and aztec stitch (withdrawn element work with needle-made fillings) on plain weave foundation

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Frieze

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

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Octopus and Sea Star

creator: George W. Shiebler & Co., American, 1876 - 1910

medium: Silver

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Container
Brooklyn, new york, usa

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


title: Boot with Spur

medium: Plated brass

subjects: Container Usa


title: Adoration of the Magi

subjects: Figure Germany


title: Frieze

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cortland, new york, usa


title: Sidewall

medium: Fiber composition, tung oil, embossed

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

credit_line: Gift of Franklin D. Roosevelt


title: Cliffs and Ocean

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on white paper, lined

subjects: Seascape Usa


title: Street in Villefranche

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth R. Albro


title: Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Rugby Player

medium: Silver-plated metal, enamel

country: England

subjects: Container England


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

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: Bracelet

creator: Filippo Tignani, Italian

medium: Gold, stone

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome, italy

credit_line: Bequest of Emily H. Chauncey


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

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


title: Knife

date: early 18th century

medium: Steel, horn, gilding

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably germany

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Scenic

medium: Hand painted paper, canvas lining

credit_line: Gift of Harold L. Frank


title: Scenic

medium: Hand painted on handmade paper

country: China

subjects: Wallcovering China

credit_line: Gift of John Judkyn in memory of his mother, Florence Judkyn


title: "Hans Sloane" Botanical Plate (One of Twelve)

creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects: Botany Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Santa Claus and His Presents

date: December 25, 1858


title: Shawl

medium: Medium: wool Technique: twill and interlocking twill tapestry weave, embroidered Label: wool 2/2 twill and interlocked twill tapestry with embroidery

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
India

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Evsie Beloussoff


title: Pierced Oval Cake Basket

creator: Thomas Heming, English, 1723 – 1801

medium: silver

country: London, England

subjects:
Metalwork
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. J. A. Q. Franks


title: Border

date: 16th–17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Rip Van Winkle

medium: Machine-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of David de Casseres


title: Sketchbook Page: Partial Sketches of a Dog

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Fragment

date: 13th century

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Techique: plain woven with discontinous weft (tapestry)

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru


title: Head of a Woman

creator: Sir Edward Burne-Jones, English, 1833–1898

medium: Red chalk on cream wove paper

subjects: Portrait England

credit_line: Gift of Milton Einstein


title: Dish Cross

creator: Robert Hennell I, English, 1741 – 1811

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Cahn, Jr. in memory of Rosalie S. and William M. Cahn


title: Quilting

medium: Medium: cotton, linen, wool Technique: embroidered; quilted plain weave

country: France

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Design for Wall Decoration, Yellow (North) Drawing Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: The Descent from the Cross (The Deposition), from The Little Passion Series

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

medium: Woodcut on off-white laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, ribbed

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Border

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Old Woodbury Historical Society


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: borders

medium: Block-printed, handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Trimming

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: plain weave patterned by extra warp floats and extra weft loops for fringe

country: Europe

subjects: Trimming Europe

credit_line: Museum purchase from Restricted Funds


title: Medallion fragment

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered


title: Hyacinths: I.S.R. Gigantea and Général Pelissier, Plate 115 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: Half-length Sketch of an Elderly Pilgrim

creator: Agostino Carracci, Italian, 1557 – 1602

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

subjects: Portrait Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: Ceiling paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Chrysanthemum Pattern Luncheon Fork

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

medium: silver

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Desk Clock

creator: Edward F. Caldwell

medium: cast and gilt bronze, blued steel, glass, enameled metal

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Timepiece & measuring device
Switzerland

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiesenberger


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

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and four-sided stitches on plain weave foundation

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Chalice cover

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

country: Milan, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Milan, italy

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


title: Border

date: mid-18th century

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


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Machine-printed ?

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Colonial Farmhouse Restoration Society of Bellerose Creedmoor Farm


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: damasse: 7&1 satin (4) and 1z7 twill

country: England or Netherlands

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England or netherland

credit_line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg


title: Sketchbook Page: The Division of Priests

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
India

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs


title: Vest

medium: Medium: silk, indigo Technique: stencil-applied rice resist, indigo dyed (katazome) on plain weave

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Sidney Cardozo


title: Tile

creator: J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1877 – 1883

medium: Glazed stoneware

country: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Tile
Chelsea, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of Florence Barnes


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sidewall - sample

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying), plate 13 in Disparates (Proverbs)

creator: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

medium: Aquatint and etching on white wove paper

country: Spain

subjects:
Model and prototype
Spain

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Sketchbook Page: Man in Profile

medium: Graphite on laid paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Paris, france


title: Casket

creator: Frances Basnet

medium: Medium: wood, silk, glass beads Technique: wooden casket covered with satin fabric and embroidered with glass beads Label: wooden casket covered with silk satin and embroidered with glass beads

country: Coventry, England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Coventry, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Suydam Cutting


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Winged female figure with decorative scroll

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

country: France

subjects:
Ornament & design
Figure
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

country: Glens Falls, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Glen falls, new york, usa


title: Ersten Ausgab seines vorhabenden Wercks

creator: Johann August Corvinus, German, 1683–1738

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Knife

medium: Steel, glass beads, thread

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Box and cover

medium: lacquered wood

subjects: Container Japan

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Houses by the Shore in Nantucket

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Headpiece

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: metallic yarns, silk, sequins on cotton foundation with linen backing Technique: embroidered with padded satin stitches on satin weave

country: Denmark

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Denmark

credit_line: Gift of Ida-Gro Dahlerup


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Board of Directors, Chestnut Renewal Corporation


title: Irises on Banded Ground

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Border

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

subjects: Lace France

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


title: Bleeding Hearts, From "Book of Ornament" (Sketchbook of Botanical Studies)

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Botany
Ornament & design
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sketch of Chenonceaux

medium: Graphite on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Textile

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

country: Sain-Bel, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sampler

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, long-armed cross, and overcasting stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Spouted Punch Ladle with Elongated Wood Handle

medium: silver, wood

country: London, England

subjects:
Cutlery
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Charles W. Lester in memory of his wife, Marianne Stebbins Lester


title: Band

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Salad Fork from Rockledge Service

creator: George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926

medium: gold plated, silver

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds


title: The Entrance to the Elephanta Cave, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Mug

creator: Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

date: late 18th century

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Plate XVIII 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: Border

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

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Fragment

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

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


title: Chalice cover

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: satin stitch embroidery

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

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

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Sylvia Goodrich in memory of her grandparents, Orlando R. and Elizabeth Boyd Ballou


title: Sidewall

creator: William Woolams and Co.

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Cole and Son, Ltd.


title: Vase

creator: Daum Frères, French, founded 1875

medium: Acid-etched and incised glass, silver-gilt (mount)

country: Nancy, France

subjects:
Glassware
Nancy, france


title: Portrait of Kenyon Cox

creator: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903

medium: Pen and black ink, with ink wash on cream laid paper

country: USA

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Fashion Plate from Le Journal des dames et demoiselles

creator: Jules David, French, 1808 - 1892

medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france


title: Knife

medium: steel, brass, mother-of-pearl

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: Fork

date: mid–late 18th century

medium: Antler, steel, silver

country: Southern Germany or Austria

subjects:
Cutlery
Southern germany or austria


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities


title: Sketchbook Page: Woman's Torso

medium: Pen and black ink on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa


title: Ceiling paper


title: Louis XVI or Trianon

creator: Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of A. Germain


title: Saucer with "Strohblumen" Pattern

creator: Tettau Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1794

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ceramic
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Tokaido Okazaki, Yahagi no bashi (The Archers' Bridge at Okazaki, on the Takaido), from Sho-koku Meiko Kiran (Views of Bridges in Various Provinces)

creator: Katsushika Hokusai, 1760 – 1849

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

country: Japan

subjects: Landscape Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos


title: Traveling Knife

medium: silver, steel, brass

country: Northern Germany or Denmark

subjects:
Cutlery
Northern germany or denmark


title: ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Waterhouse


title: Frieze

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


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in double-sided cross, satin, double running, and stem stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Germany


title: Ceiling paper


title: Tiraz tapestry fragment

medium: Medium: linen, silk Technique: tapestry weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: France or USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
France or usa

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company