Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Our curators have highlighted 16 objects that are related to Prosthetic Leg Cover, HIFI, ca. 2011.

Pair Of Stockings (France)

Pair Of Stockings (France)
silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-55-14-a,b

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

Pair Of Stockings (France)

Pair Of Stockings (France)
silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-55-15-a,b

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

Woman's Gloves (Spain)

Woman's Gloves (Spain)
kid leather.
Gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1941-86-4-a,b

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

Print, "black lines on black lines", Plate 16, "Color/Moire" Portfolio

Print, "black lines on black lines", Plate 16, "Color/Moire" Portfolio
screenprint on acetate and heavy off-white wove paper.
Gift of Tamar Cohen.
1999-6-6-19

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

Textile, Finesse: Circle

Textile, Finesse: Circle
viscose/polyester gauze.
Gift of Evan Snyderman and Zesty Meyers of R 20th Century and museum purchase....
2011-36-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

A fashionably designed prosthetic leg cover created with digitally fabricated abs plastic, polyutherane straps and metal hooks. It is centered on a white background and is presented in the frontal view. The foot, in a dark gray color, is attached to a silver leg. Starting from the middle, it is decorated with grooves and ridges as if creating a ripple moving up. The text “MAMA CAX” is engraved on the upper portion of the cover.

Prosthetic Leg Cover, The Mercury, ca. 2011
digitally fabricated abs plastic, polyurethane straps, metal hooks.
Gift of ALLELES Design Studio Ltd..
s-e-2598

Hearing aid designed as a fashionable accesory is placed on a white background. Its main body, composed of the microphone, receiver, battery and other mechanical components, is decorated with yellow and green swarovski crystals . The colors alternate in a circular fashion. Towards the middle, the crystals create flower-like shapes. A tube attached to the top of the receiver connects the earpiece. The earpiece is also adorned with alternating yellow and green crystals and has an in-ear silicone earbud.

Earring Aid, Bejeweled
swarovski crystals, e6000 glue, hearing aid.
Gift of Elana Langer.
s-e-2582

There are 3 images of this object.

Here we have a covering that is reminiscent of a leg and foot from the shin downwards. The white plate at the top has decorative design and is attached to a black 'foot' appendage. The design on leg has a elaborate gold geometric illustration of a skull made of triangles and pentagons among a gold diamond grid pattern, a mandala and swirling elements. The black foot at bottom is a thick, boat-shaped block with a gentle upward taper in the middle, resminiscent of a clog with a flat sole.

Prosthetic Leg Cover, Baller, ca. 2011
digitally fabricated abs plastic, polyurethane straps, metal hooks.
Gift of ALLELES Design Studio Ltd..
s-e-2592

Prosthetic Leg Cover, The Victorian

Prosthetic Leg Cover, The Victorian
digitally fabricated abs plastic, polyurethane straps, metal hooks.
Gift of ALLELES Design Studio Ltd..
s-e-2593

Here we have a proesthetic leg cover has a shin-shaped plate with black appendage as foot. The design on the cover is a deep blue and glitter background that has colorful, red and white abstracted flowers with long petals along the edges. Long, thin twisting stems and small green leaves run up and down the cover's frame loosely in a symmetric pattern, and then eventually transition to an a-symmetric framing at the top. The black foot at bottom is a thick, boat-shaped block with a gentle upward taper in the middle, resminiscent of a clog with a flat sole.

Prosthetic Leg Cover, The Nouveau Colorway, ca. 2011
digitally fabricated abs plastic, polyurethane straps, metal hooks.
Gift of ALLELES Design Studio Ltd..
s-e-2594

A prothestic leg cover with an intricate design is centered on a white background. It is affixed to a leg display in black. It is made out of digitally fabricated plastic, polyurethane straps and metal hooks. It is in a bright yellow-green color with details in gray and black. An embossed grid-like design envelopes the cover with several circular punctures in varying sizes between them. The bottom half has diamond-shaped punctures and illustrates a geometric rendition of a deer. It’s antlers, also geometric in presentation, spread upwards, slightly blending in within the grid-like background.

Prosthetic Leg Cover, MTL, ca. 2011
digitally fabricated abs plastic, polyurethane straps, metal hooks.
Gift of ALLELES Design Studio Ltd..
s-e-2596

Intricately designed prosthetic leg cover made out of digitally fabricated abs plastic, polyurethane straps and metal hooks. The foot, in a dark gray color, is attached to a decorative leg. From bottom to top are the following: etching of a turtle in the center with its head tilting to the right, symmetrical swirling waves with two smaller turtles on the opposite side and an illustration of the Yin and yang symbols with rays in blue and red. The design ends with a pink metallic plate on the top portion.

Prosthetic Leg Cover, LSDeener, ca. 2011
digitally fabricated abs plastic, polyurethane straps, metal hooks.
Gift of ALLELES Design Studio Ltd..
s-e-2597

On a white background, seven hand prosthetics composed of varying materials is displayed in varying positions. On top are four of the hand displays, beginning with two light brown hands and a dark brown ball of the thumb. One is displayed palm down and the other, a top view with fingers curled down. Another set of two is on the right in the same display orientation. This set is in a darker brown color with a black middle section and ball of the thumb. Below are three of the models, all displayed palms up, in a varying combination parts. Displayed from left to right - a dark brown hand with a light gray side patch, light brown with a dark ball of the thumb, and a deep dark yellow hand with a mustard color ball of the thumb. Surrounding the hand prosthetics, are some of the customizable parts displayed as a single item. These include: different colored ball thumbs, side parts, and a color palette in squares used beneath each of the lower palms. Materials used are wood, leather, beech, cedar, acetate, wool and steel.

Prosthetic Hands, Hands of X (3 sets)
beech, cedar, leather, cellulose acetate, felted wool, steel.
Lent by DJCAD, University of Dundee and Institute of Making, University....
57.2017.1-1/3

There are 2 images of this object.

Assistive Device, K-2

Assistive Device, K-2
sls 3d-printed nylon 12.
Lent by Evan Kuester.
56.2017.1

This object was made by 3D Systems.
There are 3 images of this object.

This proesthetic leg cover has a shin-shaped plate and black appendage as foot. There are two colors incorporated in layers for the design of the plate: a gold under layer and light tan, natural wood color overlayed on top. It includes an array of different sized and thickness of layered diamonds, diagonal squares, and diagonal rectangles, reminiscent the details of a microchip. The layered squares sit among parallel and crossing long thin lines that repeat and connect the shapes like wires on a circuitboard. The black foot at bottom is a thick, boat-shaped block with a gentle upward taper in the middle, resminiscent of a clog with a flat sole.

Prosthetic Leg Cover, Digi Camo, ca. 2011
digitally fabricated abs plastic, polyurethane straps, metal hooks.
Gift of ALLELES Design Studio Ltd..
s-e-2595

A lower limb prosthesis on a gray background. In its prototype form, it is composed of leather, fiberglass, steel, resin, neoprene, and skateboard veneer. Its foot is slightly arched and is in beetween two solid black parts. The foot is attached to a steel ankle connected to a solid light brown lower leg. Two bolts on each end is attaches the lower leg to its solid backplate in black.

Lower Limb Prosthesis Prototype, Stance
leather, fiberglass, stainless steel, maple skateboard veneer, casting resin,....
Lent by Leslie Speer.
54.2017.1

There are 2 images of this object.