Making Design | Exhibitions | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

This exhibition was on display from December 12, 2014 to September 01, 2016.

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Vest which opens at the front; fronts connected to back by two twisted strands on each side. Hexagonal mesh of plaited recycled paper; handwriting on the paper reads as irregular black spots.

Sweat Protector (koyori Ase-hajiki) (Japan), 1850–60
paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2009-36-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images and 1 video of this object.

Covered Fruit Basket Fruit Basket

Covered Fruit Basket Fruit Basket
iridized, glazed hand-rolled, cut, and assembled porcelain.
2011-37-1-a,b

This object was made by Belleek.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Brisé Cockade Fan (USA)

Brisé Cockade Fan (USA)
drilled vulcanized rubber, silk ribbon.
1951-106-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Oval-shaped bowl with scalloped rim, on the sides a wide band of shallow diamonds filled with small diamonds or stars, a row of husks beneath; inverted baluster-shaped stem, high, spreading lobed foot with scalloped edge; molded star bottom side.

Bowl (Ireland), ca. 1810
cut glass.
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.
1986-61-142

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Twelve concentric circles in red, orange and pink arranged in rows.

Sidewall, Tie-Dye, 1958
hand-dyed and folded japanese paper.
Gift of Barbara White.
2000-64-1

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Cantilevered form consisting of red tractor seat mounted on curved, strap-like chrome-plated steel base with beechwood crossbar terminus as footrest.

Mezzadro Stool, 1957
lacquered metal, chrome-plated bent steel, beechwood.
Gift of International Contract Furninshings, Inc..
1978-144-1

This object was made by Zanotta S.p.A..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Robe made from narrow widths of cloth woven from elm bark, in tobacco brown with varied stripes of dark indigo blue and white. Dark blue cotton appliqué with white couched-thread embroidery adorns the hemline, sleeve cuffs, and upper back. Dark blue cotton neckband.

Robe (Japan), 19th century
cotton appliqué and embroidery on elm bark (ohyo) foundation.
Gift of Alice Boney.
1962-67-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images and 1 video of this object.

Silver-plated bulbous body (a) tapering into elongated spout on one side; opposite spout, long handle composed of two curved, deep purple anodized aluminum elements overlapping and extending outward, joined by two green onyx beads at point of contact with each other. Circular lid (b) with small square knop topped with curved, deep purple anodized aluminum tab handle.

Teapot Teapot, 1988
silver-plated copper, anodized aluminum, onyx.
Purchase in memory of Mildred Rosenberg, Gift of her Family..
1992-33-1-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Poster, Divisumma

Poster, Divisumma
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
2009-1-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Most of a Ming dynasty First Rank square showing a pair of cranes with spread wings arched across a gold sky filled with brightly colored attenuated cloud streamers. Birds are white with gray and black lower wing feathers and throats, vermillion crests, and beak, feet and eye details in black and pale green. Cloud bands are white with shades of blue, pale green, yellow and vermillion on a gold metallic ground.

Rank Badge (buzi) (China), Ming dynasty 1368–1644
silk, gilded paper.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-433

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-1

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

In the form of an openwork frame, the rectangular base set with seven alternating triangular supports along length of base; tall T-shaped handle rises from center; short peg foot at each corner of base.

Toast Rack (England), ca. 1879
silver-plated metal.
Museum purchase through gift of Margery and Edgar Masinter and from General....
2002-22-1

This object was made by James Dixon & Sons.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Inverted cone-shaped vase with base of cross form.

Vase (USA), 1928
silver-plated metal.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and General....
1993-111-1

This object was made by Paye & Baker Manufacturing Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

f N5771 .Z34 1828

Book Illustration, Gemalte Wand im Atrium der Casa di Modesto zu Pompeji...
chromolithograph.
Courtesy of Smithsonian Libraries.
1.2013.3

Ovoid form with rounded lip; "Sang de Boeuf" or oxblood glaze running to foot where it was ground away. "Celadon" glaze inside and over lip where it flows with red. Also "celadon" glaze in poorly finished foot. Firing crack at neck.

Jar (China), 18th century
molded, glazed hard-paste porcelain.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1967-48-118-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-2

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-3

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-4

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-5

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-6

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Circular bangle form with flattened sides leading to rounded ends that almost touch, the two part bracelet joined at a seam in the pockwood at the middle of underside, with one half rotating on a pivoting hinge of 18 K white gold, the pockwood with alternating light and dark striations terminating in a band of alternating dark and light turquoises set in oxidized silver, the ends with inset darker and lighter green tsavorites within oxidized silver

Egyptian Story Bangle Bracelet, 2012
carved pockwood, cut and polished turquoises and tsavorites, oxidized silver,....
Gift of Fiona Druckenmiller.
2013-27-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Spiral openwork shell form on long gold wire mounts.

Turret Pair Of Earrings, 1986
oxidized sculpted bronze, bent gold wire.
Gift of Susan M. Yecies.
2011-19-1-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Low, curving oval form of pierced, white polyamide with depression in center.

Future Systems Fruit Bowl Bowl, 2005
polyamide (nylon).
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2011-2-1

This object was made by Materialise NV.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Side Chair Chair

Side Chair Chair
red walnut, silk damask (modern).
2006-5-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 10 images of this object.

Typical curved tapered cylindrical shape, upcurved at both ends, with engraved and stained decoration featuring a fleur-de-lys over a band of guilloché above a stylized flower-foliage cluster and arched pattern all surrounded by the inscription "Robert Mindum made this shooing...(worn at top) s Gamlet Anno domini 1604".

Shoe Horn (England), 1604
heat- and steam-shaped horn, with engraved and black-stained decoration.
Gift of Barbara Munves.
2011-31-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Brisé fan with carved ivory sticks. A monogram in an oval medallion at the center is flanked by pagodas on either side. The ground is filled with an overall design of small flowering vine and birds, with a lace-like effect achieved by the carving of fine vertical lines to create a sheer ground for the solid motifs.

Brisé Fan (China), ca. 1785
carved ivory sticks, silk ribbon, glass stone .
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1952-161-225-a

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Pear-shaped linen tassel, braided and knotted. Short double loops attached to pear-shaped center from which hang five units made of small circular center with extensive knotting surrounding center part.

Tassel (Italy), late 16th–early 17th century
linen, wood.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-51-8

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Linen tassel, braided and knotted. Long braided stem of varying widths and some knotting terminating in center unit made of three disks with much knotting attached.

Tassel (Italy), 17th century
linen, wood.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-51-16

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Long linen tassel, braided and knotted, with bobbin lace. Loop attached to long cord, terminating in pear-shaped unit which is completely covered with tiny knottings and from which are suspended six long design elements of tiny knots alternating with bobbin lace medallions, floral petals, and leaves.

Tassel (Italy), 17th century
linen.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-51-28

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

White linen tassel with three balls connected to one another by a braided stem to create a three-tiered base. All three balls are covered with tiny knotted balls.

Tassel (Italy), 17th century
linen.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-51-61

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Tall Green Bloom Urn Urn

Tall Green Bloom Urn Urn
nylon.
2013-53-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images and 2 videos of this object.

Art Nouveau style. Thick floral medallion stripes alternating with two thin floral stripes. Ribboning design and background of irregular dots/splotches over regular small black dots on a dark pink ground. Printed in reds, pinks, greens, and yellows. Printed in right selvedge (ribbon): "402 Chase Print"

Sidewall (USA), 1907–1915
machine-printed paper.
Gift of Victorian Collectibles.
1979-91-588-a,b

This object was made by Lewis Chase Wall Paper Company.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Fragment of woven silk with a pattern floral medallions in a framework of circles, eight-pointed stars and strap work in green, blue, gold and white on a red ground.

Fragment (Spain), 14th century
silk, metallic yarns (gilded parchment wound around linen core).
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-311

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Textile, Eclat
cotton.
2011-41-1

This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Most of a Ming dynasty Sixth Rank square showing a pair of egrets with spread wings arched across a gold sky filled with brightly colored attenuated cloud streamers. Birds are white with the characteristic slender head plume, yellow beak, feet and eyes, with pale green details. Cloud bands are white with shades of blue, pale green, yellow and vermillion on a gold metallic ground.

Rank Badge (China), Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-432

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.