Making Design
This exhibition was on display from December 12, 2014 to September 01, 2016.
There were 248 objects in this exhibition but right now we can only show you 236 of them. Some objects may not be viewable because they were on loan; this might be due to issues involving image rights or simply because there is no digitized image for the objects.
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- Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Punch Bowl, 1765–75
- pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on cream laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-8316
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for the West Wall of the Music Room, for Brighton Pavilion,...
- brush and watercolor, gouache over traces of graphite on white wove paper .
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-9-a,b
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Fruit Bowl Bowl, 1917
- silver.
- Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn.
- 1962-227-1
- This object was made by Wiener Werkstätte and Wiener Werkstätte.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Dining Chair, from the Purkersdorf Sanatorium Dining Chair, 1904–1905
- beechwood, leather, metal.
- Museum purchase from Combined Funds and through gift of Crane and Co..
- 1968-6-1
- This object was made by J & J Kohn.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 5 images of this object.
- Dessert Plate Plate, ca. 1937
- porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, platinum.
- Gift of James M. Osborn.
- 1969-97-14-a
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 5 images of this object.
- Drawing, Study for Maximum Mass Permitted by the 1916 New York Zoning Law,...
- black crayon, stumped, pen and black ink, brush and black wash, varnish on....
- Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss.
- 1969-137-4
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images and 1 video of this object.
- Bowl (USA), 1893–1909
- painted and glazed earthenware.
- Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
- 1984-84-34
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 12 images of this object.
- Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early 20th century
- raffia.
- Museum purchase through gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth, Mr. and Mrs.....
- 1990-133-3
- Royal Jewel Cabinet Cupboard, 1824–26
- mahogany; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold leaf, platinum,verre....
- Bequest of the Reverend Alfred Duane Pell.
- 1991-31-2
- This object was made by Godin (probably the younger) and Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 18 images of this object.
- Print, Design for the Ten-Deck House, June 16, 1928
- mimeograph print, brush and blue watercolor on white paper.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program....
- 1991-53-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
![Central image shows a factory scene with a prominent profile view of a factory woman, with arm outstretched towards rows of thread. At lower right corner, a photographic image shows rows of factory workers marching, holding red banners, and this image is placed in the poster to look as if the figures are coming off an assembly line. At left and right edges are red borders, imprinted vertically with Russian words in white: Mhdunarodnyi [left]; den rabotnits [right].](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/90757_4bb7b2de3c759b38_n.jpg "Central image shows a factory scene with a prominent profile view of a factory woman, with arm outstretched towards rows of thread. At lower right corner, a photographic image shows rows of factory workers marching, holding red banners, and this image is placed in the poster to look as if the figures are coming off an assembly line. At left and right edges are red borders, imprinted vertically with Russian words in white: Mhdunarodnyi [left]; den rabotnits [right].")
- Poster, International Women Workers Day, 1930
- lithograph on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 1992-164-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Wandbehang Die Reifezeit (Harvest Time Wall Hanging), plate 7, in Die...
- color lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Jerrol E. Golden.
- 1999-41-1-8
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Poster, Tropon est l'aliment le plus concentré (Tropon, the most...
- lithograph on wove paper, lined.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee S. Ainslie III, Marilyn....
- 2007-2-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Poster, Dylan, 1966
- offset lithograph on white wove paper.
- Gift of Richard Kusack.
- 2007-24-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Solid C2 Chair, 2009
- epoxy resin.
- Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper-Hewitt,....
- 2009-8-1
- This object was made by Materialise NV.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There 1 video of this object.
- Balcony Balustrade, Model GI, Designed 1905
- cast iron.
- Museum purchase from the Members' Acquisitions Fund of Cooper-Hewitt,....
- 2011-28-1
- This object was made by Saint Dizier Foundry.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 5 images of this object.
- Textile (Italy), possibly 13th century
- silk, metallic.
- Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
- 1902-1-385
- Drawing, Study for the Sculpture "Autumn" for the Château de Wideville,...
- recto: red chalk on white laid paper; verso: black chalk, graphite.
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1931-64-242
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Cap (Spain), late 18th century
- silk.
- Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf.
- 1951-105-35
- Sample Book, Genuine Turkey Red, late 19th–early 20th century
- label: woven cotton samples, leather binding, paper label, brass rivets.
- Gift of Harvey Smith.
- 1967-20-35
- Vermelha Chair, 2007
- bent epoxy-coated steel, hand woven dyed cotton rope, aluminum.
- Gift of Edra SpA, Italy.
- 2007-39-1
- This object was made by EDRA.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 5 images and 1 video of this object.
- Poster, 65 Bridges of New York, 1968
- photo-offset lithograph and screenprint on paper .
- Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
- 2009-20-50
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Vase (USA), 1883–88
- blown amberina glass.
- Gift of Paul F. Walter.
- 2010-6-3
- This object was made by New England Glass Company.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Drawing, Five Sketches of Views of the Architect's Own Studio at Wellfleet,...
- pen and ink, brush and black ink, crayon on tracing paper.
- Gift of Serge Ivan Chermayeff.
- 1962-45-12
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Covered Soup Tureen, 1921
- graphite, blue color pencil on wove paper, laid down.
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 1992-70-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Textile, Origami Pleat, 2002–03
- polyester.
- Gift of the Nuno Corporation.
- 2004-18-1
- Water Pitcher (Austro-Hungarian Empire (Klostermühle)), 1913–14
- mouth-blown colorless glass, black ink feather-pen drawing with gilding.
- Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
- 2009-18-86
- This object was made by J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Cushion Cover (Greece), 18th century
- silk embroidery on linen foundation.
- Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William....
- 1955-133-2
- Coverlet Fragment (USA), ca. 1850
- wool, cotton.
- Gift of Mrs. Sara Muschel.
- 1956-173-1
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Drawing, Carpet Design: "Singing Women," Radio City Music Hall Main...
- brush and brown, tan, and purple gouache, graphite on heavy cream wove paper.
- Gift of Donald Deskey.
- 1975-11-56
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Kremlin Service Dessert Plate, ca. 1830
- gilt and glazed hard-paste porcelain.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2005-6-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Parasol Cover (France), ca. 1880
- silk.
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- 1938-57-1463
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Cravat End (France), 1695–99
- linen.
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
- 1962-50-18-b
- Tassel (Italy), 17th century
- linen.
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
- 1962-51-14
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Sampler (England), 1730
- silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation.
- Bequest of Rosalie Coe, from the collection inherited from her mother, Eva....
- 1974-42-3
