Making Design
This exhibition was on display from December 12, 2014 to September 01, 2016.
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- Sweat Protector (koyori Ase-hajiki) (Japan), 1850–60
- paper.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2009-36-2
- 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)
- drilled vulcanized rubber, silk ribbon.
- 1951-106-3
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 (Japan), 19th century
- cotton appliqué and embroidery on elm bark (ohyo) foundation.
- Gift of Alice Boney.
- 1962-67-1
- 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
- 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.
- Rank Badge (buzi) (China), Ming dynasty 1368–1644
- silk, gilded paper.
- Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
- 1902-1-433
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Book Illustration, Gemalte Wand im Atrium der Casa di Modesto zu Pompeji...
- chromolithograph.
- Courtesy of Smithsonian Libraries.
- 1.2013.3
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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 (China), ca. 1785
- carved ivory sticks, silk ribbon, glass stone .
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1952-161-225-a
- 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.
- 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.
- Tassel (Italy), 17th century
- linen.
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
- 1962-51-28
- Tassel (Italy), 17th century
- linen.
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
- 1962-51-61
- 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.
- 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 (Spain), 14th century
- silk, metallic yarns (gilded parchment wound around linen core).
- Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
- 1902-1-311
- Textile, Eclat
- cotton.
- 2011-41-1
- This object was made by Knoll Textiles.
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Rank Badge (China), Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
- silk, metallic yarns.
- Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
- 1902-1-432