title: West View of Bridge at Blenheim, Oxfordshire

creator: John Buckler, F.S.A., British, 1770 – 1851

medium: Graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor


title: Family register sampler

creator: Sarah Ann Campbell, American, b. 1810

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

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
New york, usa

source: Smithsonian Open Access

source_id: smithsonian

rights: Public Domain / CC0

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

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle

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

date: mid- 18th century

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

country: England

subjects: Cutlery England

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


title: Sidewall

creator: Frederick Beck & Co., 1860

medium: Machine-printed on paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Gaston Litton


title: Coif

date: late 16th century

medium: Medium: linen, metal-wrapped silk-core threads, metal strip, metal spangles Technique: embroidered in chain and satin stitches; withdrawn element work with overcasting and looping stitches; cutwork with needle lace fillings; metallic threads worked in detached looping; spangles secured by a loop of linen thread wrapped with a short strip of metal, on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England

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


title: Personification of America

creator: Rosalba Carriera, Italian, 1673–1757

date: before 1720

medium: Pastel on paper mounted on canvas

country: Italy

subjects: Portrait Italy

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde


title: Flask and stopper

date: 18th century

medium: Glass

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

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


title: Silhouettes on the Bridge

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on grey-brown paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Jar and cover

medium: glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ceiling paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Fragment

date: possibly ca. 1550

medium: Medium: silk Technique: woven

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran


title: Sampler

creator: Catalina Guiñales

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

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain


title: Granada

medium: Graphite, white chalk, brush and watercolor on tan paper

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Pocket

medium: Medium: cotton? Technique: quilted, knitted edging

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Ground Plan of a Proposed Mausoleum

creator: R. H. Robertson and R. Burnside Potter, Architects, American

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on heavy board

country: New York City, New York, USA

subjects:
Architecture
New york city, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Miser's purse

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crochet

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Bamboo Motif

date: mid 18th - early 19th century

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: 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: Knife with Jasperware Handle

creator: Wedgwood, English, established 1759

medium: jasperware, gold plated, silver

subjects: Cutlery England


title: Design for a Garden Parterre of Cut Grass and Colored Gravel, from "Nouveaux Livre de Parterres," in Oeuvres Du Sr. D. Marot..., The Hague: Chez Pierre Husson, c.1702

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

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
France
Grasses & sedges

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund


title: Border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Textile

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, paper with applied gold foil Technique: plain compound weave

country: China

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
China

credit_line: Gift of Miss C. Frances Beiber


title: "Les Francais en Egypte" [French in Egypt]

creator: Jean-Julien Deltil, 1791 – 1863

medium: Block printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of F. Burrall Hoffman


title: Textile

medium: Medium: linen warp, cotton weft Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave; mordant for brown

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Printing block

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: wood

country: Crayford, England

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Crayford, england


title: Study of landscape

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Textile

date: mid-19th century

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Pax

medium: Metal

credit_line: Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott


title: Clock Set in a Porcelain

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper, mounted on white wove paper

subjects:
Timepiece & measuring device
France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund


title: Valance

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: cotton, linen, silk Technique: block printed on plain weave, lined with plain weave linen and bound with blue silk tape

country: Augsburg, Germany

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Augsburg, germany

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


title: Purse

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Cherry Blossoms

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan
Flowers


title: Manokthiha

medium: Carved, painted, gilt wood

country: Myanmar

subjects: Figure Myanmar

credit_line: Gift of Paul Manheim


title: Ceiling paper

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Warren, Fuller and Co.

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Pair of stockings

medium: Medium: silk Technique: knitted and printed

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

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


title: spoon

medium: silver

country: Netherlands

subjects: Cutlery Netherland

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


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: knotted netting


title: Plate 6, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

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


title: Fisherwoman with a Catch

medium: Graphite, brush and watercolor on vellum with various fabrics

subjects: Figure Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Elizabeth M. Riley


title: Earrings

medium: Turquoise matrix and silver

country: India

subjects: Jewelry India


title: Design for Entrance Hall, East Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: before 1802

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

country: England

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


title: Frieze

creator: Xavier Mader

medium: Block-printed and flocked paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Jackson


title: Fragment

date: 16th century

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

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy or spain


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave (black, two reds, blue)

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, ribbed

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Ceiling paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Lavercost Priory Church

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Corner Confederate Burying Ground

creator: Harry Fenn, American, 1845–1911

medium: Pen and ink heightened with white gouache on tan paper

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Band

date: early 17th century

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

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain


title: Flounce

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Design for a Gilded Silver Bowl or Plate

creator: Erasmus Hornick, Flemish, died 1583

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk with inscribed compass lines on off-white laid paper laid down

country: Nuremberg, Germany

subjects:
Metalwork
Nuremberg, germany


title: Demitasse Spoon 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: Sketchbook Page: Female Figure

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Hoboken, new jersey, usa


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Border, lower

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Sketchbook Page: Sketch of Flower

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa
Flowers


title: Chintz panel

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

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


title: Printing block

medium: Medium: wood

country: Crayford, England

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Crayford, england


title: Carceri Series, Plate III

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

medium: Etching

subjects: Print Italy

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis


title: Demon Mask

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

medium: Silver

subjects:
Container
Providence, rhode island, usa

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


title: Cross-section of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu Comique in Paris

creator: Jacques Ignace Hittorff, German, 1792–1867

medium: Pencil, pen and black ink, pink and green watercolors on tan tracing paper

subjects: Architecture France


title: Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, La Balance (Libra) from le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service

creator: Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

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

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of James Amster


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: resist-dyed and block printed on plain weave

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Sample sheet

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

subjects:
Sample book
France

credit_line: Purchased in memory of Annah J. W. Lovering Howland


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Fork

medium: ivory, steel, gold (?)

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

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


title: Ceiling paper

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Elinor Merrell


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle

date: Handle, Kangxi, 1622–1722; blade, ca. 1710

medium: Imari porcelain; silver, steel

country: China (handle) , France (blade)

subjects:
Cutlery
China (handle) , france (blade)


title: Border

date: mid-18th century

medium: Technique: tape lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


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

creator: Johann Jakob Schübler, German, 1689–1741

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

credit_line: Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund


title: Kamben geringsing (ceremonial cloth)

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: tied resist patterning in warp and weft (double ikat) on plain weave Label: cotton with tied resist patterning in warp and weft (double ikat)

country: Tenganan, Bali, Indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Tenganan, bali, indonesia

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Textile

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

country: Japan

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

credit_line: Gift of Shin'Ichiro Foujita


title: Episodes in German History from 507 to 806

creator: Julius Caesar Thaeter, German, 1804 - 1870

medium: Steel engraving on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe


title: Ceiling paper

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: Pendant with Memorial Inscription

medium: gold, enamel, hair, glass

subjects: Jewelry Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Gerard P. Herrick.


title: Brisé fan and case

medium: Pierced and painted horn sticks, silk ribbon

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan


title: Water Nymph and Horse

creator: Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1866 – 1926

medium: Silver

country: New York City, USA

subjects:
Container
New york city, usa


title: Sheath for a Cutlery Set

medium: fruitwood, silver

country: Netherlands

subjects: Cutlery Netherland


title: Scenic Panel from 'L'Hindoustan'

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

medium: block printed paper, canvas mount

country: Rixheim, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Rixheim, france

credit_line: Gift of A.L. Diament and Company


title: Heraldic Panel

creator: Görg Schwÿtzer

medium: Stained glass, silver stain, enamel, metal

country: Switzerland

subjects: Glassware Switzerland

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


title: Box

medium: Iron, wood, leather

country: Spain

subjects: Metalwork Spain

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Geisha's Head in Profile

medium: Patinated brass, gilding

subjects: Container Japan

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


title: Sampler

creator: Polly Turner, American, b. 1775

medium: Medium: silk, linen, metal-wrapped silk, hair, metal strips Technique: embroidered using cross, tent stem, satin, and rococo (queen) stitches on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection


title: Fragment

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Band

date: 11th–12th century

medium: Medium: wool Technique: woven tape with braided ends

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

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


title: Wallpaper-Sears Roebuck and Co.

creator: Sears, Roebuck and Co., founded 1886

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa

credit_line: Gift of Robert Kaufmann


title: Sweet Peas

creator: Henrietta Benson Homer, American, 1809–1884

medium: Brush and watercolor, graphite on illustration board

country: USA

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Stephen Claflin


title: Capture of Guns and Destruction of a Confederate Wagon Train

creator: Alfred R. Waud, American, b. England, 1828–1891

medium: Lithograph, with corrections in white gouache

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Willis M. Rose


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Unfinished Shoreline with Small Waves

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Pen and black ink 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: Souvenir ribbon: Grover Cleveland

medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Boris Kroll


title: Handkerchief

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: copperplate printed

country: England

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

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude Bilhuber


title: Panel

medium: Medium: silk on cotton Technique: chromolithograph on 4&1 satin, buttonhole stitches

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith


title: Quail and Floral Decoration

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Container
Providence, rhode island, usa
Flowers


title: Proof: Portrait of Henry Wolf

creator: Henry Wolf, American, 1852–1916

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on laid paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Edith P. Blase


title: Sidewall and border

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Border

medium: Medium: cotton, metal Technique: embroidered using satin stitch

country: Balkans

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Balkan


title: Sidewall

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

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: Caster

medium: glass, copper, silver

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Panel

medium: Medium: wool Technique: block printed on 4/1 satin weave

credit_line: Gift of Miss Bertha Schaefer


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Golodik


title: Cat

medium: Patinated copper

country: Japan

subjects: Container Japan

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


title: Fragment

medium: Medium: Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts; S-spun linen, S-spun wool. Technique: slightly warp-faced plain weave (24/cm x 20/cm) and slit tapestry.

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Egypt

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Plate 10, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Germany

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


title: Shepherdess Knitting

creator: Jean-Francois Millet, French, 1814 – 1916

medium: Etching in brown ink on white paper

country: France

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. David Keppel


title: Ornament Design, Altar Dedicated to Mars between Roman Standards

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: Sketches of Nine Urns, One with Alternate Suggestions

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

medium: Pencil, pen and brown ink

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: The Mausoleum of Mucdoom Shah Dowlut, At Moneah, On the River Soane, 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: Souvenir d'Italie

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

medium: Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper

subjects: Landscape France


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Corner Design for Mosaic Floor

creator: Frederick Krieg, American, b. Germany 1852–1932

medium: Brush and pink wash, pen and black ink, graphite on white wove paper

subjects: Tile Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: The Virgin and Child in Swaddling Clothes

creator: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: case

medium: wood, leather, silver

country: possibly France

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly france

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


title: View of the Roman Forum, With the Arch of Severus in the Foreground

creator: William Hadfield, British

medium: Brush and wash, red chalk, graphite on paper

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne


title: knife

date: early 16th century

medium: steel, brass

subjects: Cutlery France


title: Valise

creator: George Unite

medium: Silver

country: Birmingham, England

subjects:
Container
Birmingham, england


title: Sampler

creator: San Juana Ramires

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

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sketchbook Page

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Rough Sea with Cloudy Sky

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

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain compound weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

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


title: Architectural Details of Stonework—Auxerre

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: early islamic

medium: Medium: wool, linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Egypt


title: Folding Spoon From Traveling Cutlery Set

medium: gold, silver

country: probably Carlsbad

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably carlsbad


title: Candlestick

date: late 18th century

medium: Marble, gilt bronze

subjects: Lighting France

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Camping Out in the Adirondack Mountains

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: November 7, 1874

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.


title: Fragments

date: late 16th–early 17th century

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy

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


title: Design for a Candelabrum

creator: Anna M. de Pool

medium: Water color on paper

country: USA

subjects:
Appliance & tool
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Log Cabin

creator: Salinda Keeney Treadwell, American

medium: Medium: silk, wool, cotton Technique: pieced and sewn patchwork

country: Texas, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Texas, usa

credit_line: Gift of Berta Frey


title: Coat of Arms of Vanitas

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany


title: Fish with Folded Fin

medium: Brass

subjects: Fish Container Japan

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: The Great Hall, Bank of England, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall - sample

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Chintz border

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

country: India

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Dragon Head

subjects: Container Japan


title: La Cour

creator: Carl Ernst Forberg, German, 1844 - 1915

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on white satin

country: Munich, Germany

subjects:
Print
Munich, germany

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Demitasse Spoon with Beetle

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

medium: silver

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Cutlery
Beetles
Paris, france

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


title: Rebels Outside Their Works at Yorktown Reconnoitring [sic] with Dark Lanterns


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: satin and twill weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Drink McLaughlin's XXXX Coffee / Gathering Eggs in Grandpa's Barn

creator: Donaldson Brothers, American, active late 19th century

medium: Chromolithograph

country: Europe and USA

subjects:
Ephemera
Europe and usa

credit_line: Gift of Carol MacDonald


title: Chintz fragment

date: 18th century

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

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Mug and cover

medium: glass

subjects: Glassware Europe

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Writing Example from Spieghel der Schrijfkonste. Tweede Deel (The Mirror of Art Writing, Second Part)

creator: Jan van de Velde I, Netherlandish, 1569–1623

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Graphic design
Netherland
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of William J. Donald


title: Panel

date: 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered

country: Turkey

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Turkey


title: Square

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Teresa Kilham


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on paper


title: Ceiling paper

creator: George Halbert Wallpaper, Brooklyn, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Band

date: late 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

country: Venice, Italy

subjects:
Lace
Venice, italy

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


title: Pilate Washing His Hands, 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: Sidewall

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Textile

date: mid–late 18th century

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

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


title: Borders

country: England

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Brighton Art Gallery and Museum


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: wool on linen Technique: warp loops on plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Usa

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


title: Two urns

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris

creator: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Sampler

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

country: Vierlande, Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Vierlande, germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Sketchbook Page

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Gallery, possibly the Glass Passage, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: 1803 or earlier

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

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
England

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


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

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

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: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment


title: Sketch of Three Children

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on light brown paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Miya (Atsuta Jiuji Temple Fete), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

country: Japan

subjects: Architecture Figure Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Sketch of Genius for "Tradition"

medium: Graphite on tracing paper


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Harrison Cultra


title: "Niagara Falls"

medium: Aluminum

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: "Tipsy Tavener"

date: late 18th–mid-19th century

medium: ivory, later silver-plated metal tines

country: Germany or Switzerland

subjects:
Cutlery
Germany or switzerland

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sunset Over Tower and River

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Clip

medium: Brass, wood

subjects: Metalwork Germany

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert


title: Bayeux


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: Sidewall

creator: Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Schuylerville, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Schuylerville, new york, usa


title: Table Spoon from Rockledge Service

creator: George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926

medium: 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: Sampler

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

country: Canada

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Canada


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Block-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

subjects: Lace France


title: Plan of the Ground Floor of a Country House

creator: John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843

medium: Pen and brown ink on paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. E. Sanderson Cushman


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, ribbed, liquid mica


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

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: salt

medium: glass

country: Waterford, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Waterford, ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Border

medium: Block printed on handmade paper


title: Matchsafe

medium: Molded rubber or gutta percha


title: Textile

date: 12th–13th century

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

country: Egypt

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Egypt

credit_line: Gift of Frances Morris


title: Fragments

medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain weave [rose red] patterned by floats of a supplementary warp [striped white and shades of green].

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France
Roses

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


title: Sidewall

creator: Dufour et Leroy

medium: Block-printed on hand painted ground

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

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


title: Darning sampler

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

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Brisé fan and case

date: early 18th century

medium: Ivory sticks painted in oil and finished with Vernis Martin, tortoise shell guards, silk ribbon, faceted stone at rivet

country: France

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

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of United States Dept. of the Interior - National Park Service


title: Landscape, Meiringen, Switzerland

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: September 14, 1867

medium: Graphite on paper

country: Meiringen, Switzerland

subjects:
Nature studie
Meiringen, switzerland
Landscapes
Nature

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


title: Decanter with Diamond Pattern

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects:
Ornament & design
Glassware
Ireland


title: Whirlpool near Niagara

creator: D. Friend, American

medium: Color lithograph

subjects: Landscape Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Larsen


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: rib weave; complementary warps; Section A: Complimentary warps, plain weave with inner wefts; Section B: Transposed warps; Section C: Warp faced plain weave

country: Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Peru

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Waistcoat pocket

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France


title: Border

date: late 19th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: machine made

country: Europe

subjects: Lace Europe


title: Ceiling paper

creator: York Wall Paper Company, 1895

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: Border

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

country: England

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

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


title: Shoe, inscribed "Souvenir de Wiesbade"

medium: Papier mâchè, sandpaper

subjects: Container Europe

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


title: Frieze

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

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, usa


title: Frieze

country: USA


title: Burl Wood

medium: Wood


title: Frieze


title: Inkwell and cover

creator: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

medium: earthenware, glaze

country: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Cincinnati, ohio, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Annie Schermerhorn Kane


title: Fragment

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: wool, silk, linen Technique: counted stitches

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Frieze

creator: Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

medium: Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Window shade

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Frieze


title: Figure

medium: Metal, enamel, gilt, gold

country: Vienna, Austria

subjects:
Miniature
Vienna, austria


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

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Design for a Jardiniere

medium: Graphite, brush and ink, watercolor, gouache, gold paint on tracing paper, laid down

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund


title: Pleated fan

medium: Painted silk leaf, carved and pierced wood sticks, horn washer at rivet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Europe

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Tapa cloth

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: bark (bronssetia) Technique: printed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Non-woven textile

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim


title: Sea-Side Sketches – A Clam-Bake

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: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: netting


title: Mokugyo (Gong) with Dragon Heads

medium: Copper

country: Japan

subjects: Container Japan


title: Cup and Saucer, from a Tea Service

creator: Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776

medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Sidewall

creator: Middleton Paper Company

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: To Explore by that Cheerless Illumination for Leaks

creator: Frank Walter Taylor, 1874 – 1921

medium: Black crayon, brush with black and grey watercolors, with white heightening, on illustration board

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Window shade

medium: Block-printed, applied mica flakes


title: Plate 19, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

creator: Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Still-life

creator: Edna W. Heese

medium: Grey washes on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on machine made paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Delafield, Hope & Linker


title: Sidewall

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

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William B. Eldredge


title: Sidewall

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Architectural sketches at Château d’Amboise

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Elephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

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

date: 1596 or after

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Nature studie
Netherland
Nature

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson


title: Sidewall

medium: Embossed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Japan

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


title: Sidewall

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

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of Four)

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

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

subjects: Cutlery France

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


title: "I Go For Pull Out Now, Boy," Illustration for Mooswa & Others of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 1900, p. 195)

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

medium: Ink on paper


title: Design for an Oil Lamp.

medium: Pencil, brush and ink, watercolor, tempera colors on tracing paper, tipped down.

subjects: Lighting France

credit_line: Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in four-sided stitch and withdrawn element work with needlemade filling on plain weave foundation

country: Spain

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Frieze

creator: William H. Gledhill

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

country: Irvington, New Jersey, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Irvington, new jersey, usa


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

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

country: France


title: Dinner Knife from Rockledge Service

creator: George Washington Maher, American, 1864–1926

medium: 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: Textile

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

country: Jouy, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Virginia Modeling, Study for Etching

creator: Jerome Myers, American, 1867–1940

medium: Black crayon on paper

subjects: Portrait Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Jerome Myers


title: Nail File from Traveling Dressing Case

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

medium: mother-of-pearl, steel, brass

country: London, England

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

country: Mulhouse, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


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

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
England

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Design for a Jug

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

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

subjects:
Tableware design
Japan


title: Dado

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


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: Border

medium: Block-printed

country: possibly France

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: Tailleur d'Habits, Details, from Diderot's Encyclopaedia

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on white paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Border

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


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

country: England

subjects: Botany Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer


title: Child's bodice

date: early 17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: trapunto quilting on plain weave

country: England or Italy

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England or italy

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Study of Drapery "Fortune"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

country: USA

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Study for "Wedding Procession"


title: Micro-mosaic

medium: Gold sheet and wire, glass mosaics

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Jewelry
Rome, italy

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


title: Fashion Plate, Modes Vraies

creator: Laure Noël, French, 1827 - 1878

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Print
Paris, france


title: Sidewall - sample

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed and flocked

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Cole and Son, Ltd.


title: Porte d'Auberge

creator: Charles Emile Jacque, French, 1813 - 1894

medium: Etching in dark brown ink on paper

subjects: Figure France

credit_line: Gift of Jules R. Breuchaud


title: Shawl

medium: Medium: wool, cashmere Technique: tapestry weave, interlocking twill and embroidery Weave: single faced 2/2 twill tapestry, double interlocked, two color complimentary weave

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
India

credit_line: Gift of Lea S. Luquer


title: Plaque

creator: Herman Mueller, German, 1854–1941

medium: earthenware

country: Zanesville, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Ceramic
Zanesville, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman


title: Sketchbook Page: Columbine

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

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

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Aimée and Rosamond Lamb


title: Sketchbook Page: Caricature


title: Unfinished Sketch of Mountains or Cliffs

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Landscape Usa

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


title: Two figures

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Textile

medium: Medium: wool Technique: embroidered on twill weave

country: Sweden

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Embroidery & stitching
Sweden


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Goyu, Women Detaining Travelers, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

creator: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

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

country: Japan

subjects: Figure Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay


title: Sidewall

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Sketchbook Page


title: The Hall and Staircase, British Museum, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Regence

creator: Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of A. Germain


title: Towel end

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

country: Denmark

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Denmark

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Ceiling paper

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa


title: New Hampshire Lake

creator: J. Foxcroft Cole

medium: Brush and grey wash on paper

credit_line: Gift of Paul Magriel


title: Unfinished Contours of Cliffs


title: The Revolutions of 1795 to 1815

creator: Julius Caesar Thaeter, German, 1804 - 1870

medium: Steel engraving on paper


title: Design for a Floor Covering

creator: Lelia Huffman

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Cooper Union Art School


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: resist dyed on plain weave

country: England or USA

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

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Harold M. Bailey


title: Beads

medium: Millefiori glass, raffia

country: Ghana

subjects: Jewelry Ghana

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Calvin W. Stillman


title: Gilt Demitasse Spoon, Part of Set of Ten

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

medium: silver, gold

country: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

subjects:
Cutlery
Providence, rhode island, usa

credit_line: Gift of Dona Guimaraes


title: The Birches

creator: Charles Burchfield, 1893 – 1967

medium: Machine-printed paper, embossed

credit_line: Gift of Edna Lindemann


title: Sampler

creator: Martha Butler, American, b. about 1717

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, eye, satin, herringbone, stem, knot, couching and detached looping stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Boston, massachusetts, usa

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


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Inez Croom


title: Jar

creator: Pipsshank

medium: Molded earthenware

country: England

subjects: Ceramic England

credit_line: Gift of James Thomas Boyt


title: Frieze

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Border fragment

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered


title: Study of Coastal Cliffs, Italy

creator: William Stanley Haseltine, American, 1835–1900

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects: Drawing Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden


title: Diamond Pattern

date: late 18th - early 19th century

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

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan


title: "WHO THE [DEVIL] ARE YOU"

medium: Brass, enamel

country: probably England

subjects:
Container
Probably england

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


title: Ceiling paper

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

country: USA


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Folding Cutlery Set

medium: steel, brass, mother of pearl

subjects: Cutlery Sweden

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


title: Study of foliage

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature


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

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

date: before 1802

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

subjects: Architecture England

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and running stitches on plain weave foundation

country: Germany

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: House in Orléans

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering England

credit_line: Gift of Konrad Ferdinand Braun


title: Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Marie from the opera "Die Tochter des Regiments" (The Daughter of the Regiment)

creator: Jenny Lind, Swedish, 1820–1887

medium: Lithograph on white wove paper

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Toys & game
Europe
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten


title: tool

medium: stone, carved

country: Guerrero, Mexico

subjects:
Metalwork
Guerrero, mexico

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Hickman


title: Textile

date: 17th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: 4-harness satin damask

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Knife

medium: ivory, steel, silver

country: Netherlands

subjects: Cutlery Netherland


title: Fragment

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

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


title: Perfume Bottle from Traveling Dressing Case

creator: Thomas Whitehouse, British, active 1848-98

medium: glass, silver

country: London, England

subjects:
Container
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Danny J. H. Kauffman


title: Ornament Design with Vase

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
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Textile

creator: Schwartz-Huguenin

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile

credit_line: Gift of Bruce Buttfield


title: Firescreen

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Sleeve ruffle

date: late 18th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace with bobbin ground

country: Belgium

subjects: Lace Belgium


title: Cuff

date: mid-18th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Figure Toy

creator: Harriet Blackstone, American, 1864–1939

medium: Brush and oil, graphite on board

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of Miss Stell Andersen


title: Study of Sheep

creator: Nicolaes Berchem, Dutch, 1620–1683

medium: Etching on paper

subjects: Print Netherland


title: Son, Go Work Today in My Vineyard, frontispiece to "The Happy Ascetick"

creator: Jane Ireland, British

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Washington Column, Yosemite

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

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of National Parks Services


title: Box with Two Compartments

medium: Shaped horn with gold piqué

subjects: Container France

credit_line: Gift of the Estate of Harry G. Friedman


title: Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas

creator: Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500–1550

medium: Engraving on laid paper

subjects: Figure Germany

credit_line: Gift of Leo Wallerstein


title: Third Intermezzo, The Battle is Stopped by Love's Arrival with her Cortege

creator: Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635

medium: Engraving in black ink on paper

subjects: Theater France

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


title: Vessel

medium: earthenware

country: Peru

subjects:
Ceramic
Peru
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Charles W. Gould


title: Brisé fan

medium: Painted and gilded ivory sticks, tortoiseshell thumb guard, silk connecting ribbon, mother-of-pearl washer

country: possibly France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sampler

creator: Mary Corker

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

country: Newbury

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Newbury

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


title: Purse

date: 18th century

medium: Medium: cotton, silk, beads Technique: looping incorporating strung beads.

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Darning Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running (pattern darning), cross and four-sided stitches with withdrawn element work on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Cup

medium: Porcelain

subjects: Ceramic Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Joan Wheeler


title: Scent bottle and lid

medium: Enameled and gilt glass

country: Bohemia

subjects: Glassware Bohemia

credit_line: Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman


title: Nyon, Cathedral of Geneva

medium: Graphite and blue wash on light brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Up the Valley, Yosemite

credit_line: Gift of Unknown Donor


title: Border

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

subjects: Wallcovering France


title: Textile

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

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

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


title: Sidewall - fragment

medium: Machine-printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


title: Design for a Music Pavilion in the Tuileries Garden Fountain, 1834

creator: Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

medium: Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on light tan paper mounted on off-white paper

subjects: Architecture France

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Emily and Jerry Spiegel, gift of Phyllis Dearborn Massar and from General Purchase Fund


title: Sketch of Eglise St. Pierre, Orléans

medium: Graphite on paper


title: Sarong

date: mid- 18th–19th century

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

country: Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Palembang, sumatra, indonesia

credit_line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe


title: Phenakistiscope

creator: R.W. Hume, Leith, Scotland

medium: Wood and ivory

country: Leith, Scotland, United Kingdom

subjects:
Toys & game
Leith, scotland, united kingdom
Amusement

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Fragments

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy

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


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Steubenville Wallpaper Company, The, 1905

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Steubenville, Ohio, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Steubenville, ohio, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Prophete pleurant Jérusalem

creator: Jean-Laurent Legeay, French, ca. 1710–86

date: 1768, published 1770

medium: Etching

credit_line: Gift of Whitney Warren


title: Sidewall

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

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly france

credit_line: Gift of Alice Baldwin Beer


title: Woman's headdress

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: Medium: raw silk, metal Technique: withdrawn element work and embroidery on plain weave

country: Mytilene, Greece

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Mytilene, greece

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


title: The Only One Left in the Feudal Dungeon - Germany: Now Even Russia Has Broken Her Chains!

creator: Louis Raemaekers, Dutch (active in England), 1869 - 1956

medium: Charcoal, pastel on paper

subjects: Drawing Netherland

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Pohono, Bridal Veil, Yosemite

medium: Albumen silver print

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Embroidered picture

medium: Medium: glass beads, pearls, linen, silk thread, paper Technique: beads sewn on plain weave foundation

country: England

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
England


title: Habsburg Horseman, Jack of Diamonds from Set of "Jeu Imperial–Second Empire–Napoleon III" Playing Cards

creator: B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France

medium: Lithograph on glazed paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Playing card
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Folding Knife with Gold Plated Silver Handle From Traveling Cutlery Set

medium: steel, gold plated silver, brass

country: possibly Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Possibly germany

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


title: Border

medium: Medium: linen, cotton Technique: bobbin lace made in Lille style with heavy outlining thread

country: Spain

subjects: Lace Spain


title: Frieze

country: USA


title: Side Wall with Doorway

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Pen and black ink and watercolors on wove paper

subjects: Interior England

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


title: Sampler

creator: Marthe Henry

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

country: France or Belgium

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France or belgium

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: twill weave with continuous supplementary weft patterning Label: silk twill weave with continuous supplementary weft patterning

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Iran

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs


title: Knife

date: early 18th century

medium: Steel, horn, gilding

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably germany


title: Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Vielka from the opera "Vielka"

creator: Jenny Lind, Swedish, 1820–1887

medium: Lithograph on white wove paper

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Toys & game
Europe
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten


title: Frieze

creator: York Card & Paper Co., 1891

medium: Machine-printed

country: York, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
York, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. V.C. Berntgen


title: Sidewall - sample

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Neüe inventiones von unterschiedlich nützlicher Silber-arbeit... ; pl. 11

creator: Abraham Drentwet, German, 1647 – 1727

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

country: Germany

subjects: Print Germany

credit_line: Museum purchase in memory of Thomas Snell


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal, glass and ceramic beads Technique: beaded crochet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
Germany

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


title: Sampler

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


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: Swainsonia Violacea, Plate LXIX from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

creator: E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on machine-made paper

country: USA or England

subjects:
Wallcovering
Usa or england

credit_line: Gift of Thomas Strahan Company


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

creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

medium: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

country: France

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Study of "Fortune"

creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

medium: Pastel crayon on paper

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters


title: Sketchbook Page: Theater Set Designs

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Eleanor Mitchell


title: Borders

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

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Tray

creator: Edward Barton, British, active London, England, 1821- ca. 1838

medium: silver

subjects:
Metalwork
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. J. Insely Blair


title: Fragment

date: 13th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: counted running stitch on plain weave

country: Egypt

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Egypt


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed on paper

country: Buffalo, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Buffalo, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art


title: Design for a Sofa in the Gothic Revival Style

creator: Augustus Charles Pugin, French, active Great Britain, ca. 1762–1832

medium: Blue, brown, yellow watercolor, graphite Support: thick white wove paper

country: England

subjects: Furniture England

credit_line: Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann


title: Sidewall

medium: Block printed on paper

credit_line: Gift of Alice Baldwin Beer


title: Fragment

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

country: Peru

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Peru


title: Textile

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

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

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Angel

creator: Louise Howland King Cox, American, 1865–1945

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

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Scarf sample

date: mid-19th century

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Barbara Rogoff


title: Ornament Design, Portland Vase and Cameos

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: Morpeth, Northumberland, from the Liber Studiorum

creator: James Mallord William Turner, British, 1775–1851

medium: Mezzotint and etching on white paper

subjects: Landscape England

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


title: Interior View of the Palace, Madura, 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: North East View of the Cotsea Bhaug, On the River Jumna, Delhi, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"


title: Waistcoat

medium: Medium: linen Technique: embroidery and drawnwork

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England

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


title: Matchsafe with Chrysanthemums and Butterfly

date: late 19th century

medium: brass, silver, copper

subjects:
Container
Japan
Butterflies & moths

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


title: Button

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

medium: Gouache paint verre fixeé, 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: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed on embossed paper

country: USA

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Salem Art Association


title: Sidewall

medium: Block-printed

country: probably Boston, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Probably boston, massachusetts, usa

credit_line: Gift of I.M. Wiese


title: Doorway—Venice

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite on brown paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: The Assassination of the Duke of Buckingham by Felton

creator: Frederick Coffay Yohn, American, 1875–1933

medium: Brush and black, grey and white oil on canvas

subjects: Figure Usa

credit_line: Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy


title: Ceiling paper

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Waistcoat, uncut

medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in chain stitch on taffeta

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
France


title: Fragment

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

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Decanter and stopper

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Fire in London, from "Ackermann's Repository"

creator: Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827

medium: Aquatint, brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sampler

creator: Rafayla Flores

date: early 19th century

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: plain weave foundation with cross, back, knot, double running, satin stitches, and withdrawn element work

country: Mexico

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Mexico

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Seascape with Sun Breaking through Clouds

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

date: after 1878

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Fork with Porcelain Handle (Paired with Knife)

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

date: after 1730

medium: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; steel, silver

country: Germany

subjects: Cutlery Germany

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Chicago, Illinois, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Chicago, illinois, usa


title: Fragment

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


title: Portrait of a Woman

creator: Philip Leslie Hale, American, 1865–1931

medium: Silverpoint on prepared paper

subjects: Figure Usa Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Caroline King Duer


title: Theodore Gardelle

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

medium: Aquatint and etching in brown ink on paper

subjects: Print England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Ocean and Cloud-filled Sky

medium: Graphite on white wove paper, lined


title: Design for a Chinese Pavilion

creator: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

medium: Brush and watercolor on paper

subjects: Architecture England

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


title: Fragment

date: 16th century

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

subjects: Lace Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Scarf sample

medium: Medium: silk Technique: printed on plain weave

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

credit_line: Gift of Barbara Rogoff


title: South East View of Fort St. George, Madras, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Allen-Higgins Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

country: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Worcester, massachusetts, usa


title: Frieze

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


title: Plate XXXVIII from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

creator: Julio Paschale

medium: Woodcut on paper

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france


title: Earrings, bracelet and brooch

medium: Gold, turquoise

country: possibly France

subjects:
Jewelry
Possibly france

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


title: Eight of Spades

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Necklace

creator: Marens and Co.

medium: Braided gold, enamel, cabochon turquoises and pearls, baroque pearls, foil, embroidered silk (box)

country: India

subjects: Jewelry India

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Le Triomphe de Voltaire

creator: Manufacture de Dubern & Comp. a Nantes

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave; all z-twist yarns

country: Nantes, France

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

credit_line: Gift of Cora Ginsburg


title: Frieze

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

country: Philadephia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadephia, pennsylvania, usa


title: Bowl

medium: Glass

country: possibly Waterford, Ireland

subjects:
Glassware
Possibly waterford, ireland


title: The Drawbridge, plate VII from the series Carceri d'Invenzione

creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

date: 1745 (printed later)

medium: Etching on white laid paper

subjects: Architecture Italy

credit_line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis


title: Low Hills with Trees and Distant Water

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

country: USA

subjects: Landscape Usa Trees


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: possibly USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Possibly usa

credit_line: Gift of Giles Kotcher


title: Goblet

creator: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

medium: Cast gilt bronze

country: New York, NY, USA

subjects:
Metalwork
New york, ny, usa

credit_line: Museum purchase from General Acquisition Endowment


title: Floral design for printed textile

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

medium: Brush and gouache, graphite on pale green wove paper

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
France
Flowers

credit_line: Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund


title: The Adoration of the Magi

medium: Coth and paper, brush and gouache on cardboard

subjects: Figure Germany

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


title: Textile

medium: Medium: silk Technique: compound weave of satin and twill

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
France

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: Knife

medium: Steel, horn, gilding

country: probably Germany

subjects:
Cutlery
Probably germany


title: Frieze

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

country: Brooklyn, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Brooklyn, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Bronze Old Silla Dynasty Era Spoon

date: 6th century

medium: bronze

country: Korea

subjects: Cutlery Korea

credit_line: Gift of Paul Manheim


title: Fork from Folding Cutlery Set

medium: steel, silver, bone

subjects:
Cutlery
France
Skeletons & bones

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


title: Hoche

creator: Jacquemart & Bénard, France

medium: Block-printed on handmade paper

subjects:
Wallcovering
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of John Judkyn


title: Detail of tomb monument

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

medium: Red chalk on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France

credit_line: Gift of Noah Butkin


title: Printing block

date: 19th century

medium: Medium: wood Technique: wood carved in relief Label: wood carved in relief

subjects:
Appliance & tool
India


title: Calm Sea with Small Rocks and Several Distant Boats

creator: William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, bound

subjects: Seascape Usa

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


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

subjects: Wallcovering Usa

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Path along Ocean Inlet with Cliffs

subjects: Landscape Usa


title: Wallpaper Invoice for the firm of Arthur et Robert

creator: Arthur & Robert

medium: Engraving with etching, pen and brown, black ink Support: white laid paper

subjects:
Ephemera
Paris, france

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


title: Porte St. Denis, Plate 72 from "Vues Pittoresques des Principaux Édifices de Paris"

creator: Les Campion Frères, Paris, France

medium: Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper

country: Europe

subjects: Print Europe

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Dessert Fork with Grasshopper on Handle

creator: Charles Victor Gibert, French

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: Ornament Design, Urns and Triangular Panel with Doves

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: Perfume Burner (Cassolette)

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

medium: soft paste porcelain

subjects: Ceramic France

credit_line: The John Jay Ide Collection


title: Mantel clock

medium: Gilt bronze, marble

subjects:
Timepiece & measuring device
France

credit_line: Gift of Louis J. Bosman


title: Bowl and cover

date: 18th–19th century

medium: rock crystal

country: China

subjects:
Sculpture
China
Minerals & gems

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Fernanda Munn Kellogg


title: Helmets, Swords, Bows and Arrows

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

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile design
Japan

credit_line: Gift of Helen Snyder


title: Ruins at the Antient City of Gour, Formerly on the Banks of the River Ganges, from "Oriental Scenery: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan"

creator: Thomas Daniell, British, 1749 - 1840

medium: Colored aquatint on paper

country: London, England

subjects:
Print
London, england
Landscapes


title: Sidewall

creator: S.A. Maxwell & Co.

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica


title: Bonad

medium: Hand painted on canvas

country: Sweden

subjects: Wallcovering Sweden

credit_line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf


title: Study of foliage

medium: Graphite on paper

subjects:
Nature studie
Usa
Nature


title: Ceiling paper

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


title: Miser's purse

medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: beaded crochet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum


title: Bourges

creator: Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

medium: Graphite and white heightening on blue-grey paper

subjects: Architecture Usa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner


title: Oddington Church Yard, Gloucestershire, North East View

creator: Unknown, English

medium: Pen and black ink; brush and black and gray wash; graphite on cream wove paper

country: England

subjects: Architecture England

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


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: The Union Cavalry and Artillery Starting in Pursuit of the Rebels up the Yorktown Turnpike

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: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, applied mica flakes

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Sketchbook Page: Queen Venus Poem

creator: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

subjects:
Album (bound) & book
Usa

credit_line: Bequest of Allyn Cox


title: Ceiling paper


title: Historical Subject With Battles

creator: Julius Caesar Thaeter, German, 1804 - 1870

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print Europe


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

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

subjects:
Mural design
Usa

credit_line: Gift of Allyn Cox


title: Street Scene with Medieval Houses

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


title: Border

date: 16th–17th century

medium: Medium: linen Technique: cut-fabric work with needle lace fillings

country: Italy or Spain

subjects:
Lace
Italy or spain

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Kain panjang (long sarong)

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 Alan L. Wolfe


title: Beaker

creator: Isak Sauer, Swedish, 1718 - 1786

medium: silver, gold

country: Stockholm, Sweden

subjects:
Metalwork
Stockholm, sweden

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


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: Purse


title: Sidewall - sample

medium: Machine-printed

country: USA

credit_line: Gift of Dorwin L. Starr


title: Baseball Player

medium: Silver-plated metal

subjects: Container Usa

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


title: Study of foliage

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


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in running, cross, buttonhole, chain, and wrapping stitches on plain weave foundation, edged with picots

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Netherland

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Head ornament

creator: Tinfook

medium: Gold, jade, pearls; velvet-covered silk-lined case

subjects:
Ornament & design
Jewelry
China

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr.


title: Jug

medium: Glazed earthenware

country: Iznik, Turkey

subjects:
Ceramic
Iznik, turkey

credit_line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson


title: Sidewall

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

medium: Machine-printed paper, textured

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Bishop with a Group of People

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

country: Italy

subjects: Figure Italy

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Cassel


title: Ceiling paper

medium: Machine-printed paper


title: Plate 6, from Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière

creator: Etienne Joseph Daudet, French, 1672 - 1730

country: Lyon, France

subjects:
Print
Lyon, france

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Carpet fragment

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: machine made

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
England

credit_line: Gift of Harvey Smith


title: dado

medium: Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper

country: France

subjects: Wallcovering France

credit_line: Gift of Helen Fioratti


title: Sidewall

medium: Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


title: Plaque

date: 17th century

medium: Tortoiseshell, pewter, brass, bone

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ornament
France
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of Eugene L. Garbáty


title: Ceiling paper

subjects: Wallcovering Usa


title: Textile

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave block printed in lapis technique; three different sets of blocks were used; blocks for outer edge of paisley border: 7 1/2 x 10 in.; blocks for inner edge of paisley border: 9 3/4 x 10 in. Blocks for field: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. Label: block printed on cotton plain weave

country: Scotland, France or Switzerland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Printed, dyed & painted textile
Scotland, france or switzerland

credit_line: Purchase, Au Panier Fleuri Fund


title: Palampore

medium: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant-painted, resist-dyed (chintz) and quilted

country: India

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

credit_line: Museum purchase from Restricted Funds


title: Case from Traveling Cutlery Set

date: 18th century or 19th century

medium: sharkskin, silver, wood

country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

subjects:
Cutlery
Amsterdam, netherland

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


title: Textile

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

country: Alsace, France

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


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: Ceiling paper


title: Sidewall and border

medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell


title: Chrysanthemum Pattern Mustard Spoon

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

medium: gold plated, silver

country: New York, USA

subjects:
Ornament & design
Cutlery
New york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Anonymous Donor


title: Sidewall

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

country: New York, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
New york, new york, usa


title: The Luxembourg Palace, Plate 31 of Vues Pittoresques de Principaux édifices de Paris

creator: J. A. Campion, French, active 1750 - 1800

medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

country: Paris, France

subjects:
Print
Paris, france

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker


title: Sweetmeat glass

medium: Glass

country: Ireland

subjects: Glassware Ireland

credit_line: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren


title: Border

medium: Block-printed paper, flocked

credit_line: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.


title: Frieze


title: Gate of the Loll-Baug at Fyzabad, 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: Border

medium: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Italy

credit_line: Bequest of Marian Hague


title: Fragment

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

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Italy


title: Darning Sampler

medium: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: embroidered in running stitch (pattern darning) plus loop and twist on plain weave foundation

country: Germany

subjects:
Ornament & design
Embroidery & stitching
Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer


title: Ceiling paper

creator: Smith Campbell Co.

country: USA


title: Ceiling Design for the Salone di Stupinigi (Main Hall of the Hunting Lodge)

creator: Filippo Juvarra, Italian, 1678 - 1736

medium: Graphite, pen and brown ink on off-white Turin paper

country: Rome, Italy

subjects:
Architecture
Architecture, interior
Rome, italy

credit_line: Gift of Peter Josten


title: Edging

date: late 18th century

medium: Technique: bobbin lace

credit_line: Gift of I. Townsend Burden, Jr.


title: Study of Waves on Dark 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: Sellier-Carossier, pl. XIII from "Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers"

creator: Denis Diderot, French, 1713–1784

medium: Engraving on paper

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler


title: Miniature brisé fan

medium: Painted and gilded ivory sticks, paper ribbon, rivet set with a stone, gilt bail

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Costume & accessorie
England

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim


title: Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly, September 27, 1873, p. 844

date: September 27, 1873

medium: Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper

subjects:
Graphic design
Usa
Graphic arts

credit_line: Gift of Arthur B. Carlson


title: Border

date: early 18th century

medium: Medium: Technique: needle lace


title: Sampler

creator: Lovey Bickford, American, b. 1800

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

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Usa

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


title: Etui and cover

medium: gold

country: possibly Switzerland

subjects:
Jewelry
Possibly switzerland

credit_line: Gift of Howard Marton


title: Frieze

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

medium: Machine-printed paper

country: Cortland, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Cortland, new york, usa

credit_line: Gift of Victorian Collectibles


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: Band

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

country: Italy

subjects: Lace Italy


title: Sidewall

country: Sandy Hill, New York, USA

subjects:
Wallcovering
Sandy hill, new york, usa


title: Design for Mosaic Floor

creator: Frederick Krieg, American, b. Germany 1852–1932

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

subjects: Tile Usa

credit_line: Gift of Theodore A. Krieg


title: Jack of Spades

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

medium: Lithograph on paper

subjects:
Toys & game
Paris, france
Amusement

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton


title: Seesaw - Gloucester, Massachusetts, from Harper's Weekly, September 12, 1874, p. 757.

creator: Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

date: September 12, 1874

country: Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

subjects:
Graphic design
Gloucester, massachusetts, usa
Graphic arts


title: Textile

medium: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: Somewhat warp-faced plain weave with grouping of warps for weft-faced plain weave: slit tapestry; predominantly warp-faced plain weave; ONE CORNER: slit tapestry on group parps, nonhorizontal wefts for outline, wrapping; SIDES: one is intact; ENDS: one has warp loop, tapestry section in tubular warp ends

country: Ica, Peru

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Woven textile
Ica, peru

credit_line: Gift of Harry Dennis Jr.


title: Sampler

medium: Medium: wool and silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, back, and satin (upright Gobelin) stitches on plain weave foundation

subjects:
Embroidery & stitching
Germany


title: The Entrance of Charles V Into Antwerp

creator: Adolphe Lalauze, French, 1838 - 1905

medium: Etching on vellum

country: France

credit_line: Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure


title: Dianthus Hybridus Multiflorus, Plate LI from Edward George Henderson's "The Illustrated Bouquet"

creator: E. G. Henderson and Son, English, ca. 1859 - 1886

medium: Chromolithograph on paper

subjects:
Print
London, england

credit_line: Gift of Hamill and Barker