Making Design
This exhibition was on display from December 12, 2014 to September 01, 2016.
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- Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Cooler for Wine Bottle and Glasses
- 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
- 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.
- Hanging, Vitae
- linen, wool, silk.
- Gift of Elizabeth Gordon.
- 1964-24-65
- Dining Chair, from the Purkersdorf Sanatorium Dining Chair
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- raffia.
- Museum purchase through gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth, Mr. and Mrs.....
- 1990-133-3
- Royal Jewel Cabinet with Sèvres Plaques Cabinet
- mahogany, platinum, glass, bronze, gold, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
- 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
- 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.
- Poster, International Women Workers Day
- 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.
- Drawing, Designs for Bowls, Vases, Candlesticks, and Teapots
- graphite on tracing paper.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2006-16-1
- 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
- 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.
- Knotted Chair Chair
- H x W x D: 70.8 x 53.3 x 63.5 cm (27 7/8 x 21 x 25 in.).
- Gift of Cappellini.
- 2008-23-1
- This object was made by Cappellini S.p.A..
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- Solid C2 Chair
- 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 Railing, 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)
- 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)
- silk.
- Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf.
- 1951-105-35
- Sample Book, Genuine Turkey Red
- label: woven cotton samples, leather binding, paper label, brass rivets.
- Gift of Harvey Smith.
- 1967-20-35
- The Reds versus the Whites Chess Set
- glazed and molded porcelain.
- Gift of Charlotte Y. Salisbury in loving memory of her husband, Harrison E.....
- 1994-122-5-a/ff
- This object was made by Lomonosov Porcelain Factory.
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 20 images of this object.
- Vermelha Chair
- 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
- 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.
- Lily Vase Vase
- 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, MA
- 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.
- Sculptural Vessel Vessel
- glass threads.
- Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Carol B. Brener and Stephen....
- 1986-20-1
- This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Covered Soup Tureen
- 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
- polyester.
- Gift of the Nuno Corporation.
- 2004-18-1
- Hanging, Structures and Surfaces
- merino wool, silk.
- Gift of Ursula Suter.
- 2009-24-2
- Water Pitcher (Austro-Hungarian Empire (Klostermühle))
- 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)
- silk embroidery on linen foundation.
- Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William....
- 1955-133-2
- Coverlet Fragment (USA)
- wool, cotton.
- Gift of Mrs. Sara Muschel.
- 1956-173-1
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
