The Virtue in Vice

 

This exhibition was on display from September 06, 2017 to April 15, 2018.

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Master craftsmanship, luxurious materials, or sensuous forms often provide a veneer for objects that amplifies the pleasure of their use. Design disguises what we wish to remain private, tempts us with luxuries large and small, feeds sensuous appetites, and—should we envy someone else’s possessions—ease our discontent with clever imitations. Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth—the seven deadly sins—find irresistible outlet in these objects chosen from Cooper Hewitt’s collection.

  • Snuff Box
  • painted tôle.
  • Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Talbot Jones Taylor.
  • 1912-18-22
  • Wine Glass
  • cut, engraved, and gilded glass.
  • Museum purchase through gift of James Loeb.
  • 1951-147-1-a,b
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  • Wine Glass (USA)
  • mouth-blown favrile glass.
  • Bequest of Joseph L. Morris.
  • 1966-55-6-a
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  • Book-form Flask
  • painted and glazed earthenware.
  • Gift of the C. Helme and Alice B. Strater Collection.
  • 1976-1-149
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  • Matchsafe
  • cast metal and painted celluloid.
  • Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
  • 1978-146-220
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • Cake Tong (France)
  • silver.
  • Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
  • 1996-56-39-a,b
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  • Server (France)
  • silver.
  • Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
  • 1996-56-49
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  • Ice Cream Server (France)
  • silver, mother-of-pearl, gilding.
  • Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
  • 1996-56-80
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  • Print, The Woman Taking Coffee
  • engraving, etching in blue, black and red ink over gold leaf, with additional....
  • Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
  • 2006-3-1
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  • No. 2 Wine Decanter With Stopper
  • mouth-blown crystal, faceted and relief-prismatic-cut and polished.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
  • 2009-18-3-a,b
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  • Brisé Fan
  • painted and gilded ivory sticks, tortoiseshell thumb guard, silk connecting....
  • Gift of Anonymous Donor.
  • 1952-161-198
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 4 images of this object.
  • Model Of A Carriage
  • carved, cut, and painted wood and wrought iron, sheet glass.
  • Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
  • 2014-39-6
  • Cricket Cage And Base (Japan)
  • rattan, bamboo, lacquered wood (base); fiber, paper, silk, feathers....
  • Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
  • 1916-40-3-a,b