Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to Corner Cabinet.

Day Dress
floral printed cotton, trimmed with silk velvet.
Lent by Museum of the City of New York. Gift of Katherine Cortesi Armstrong,....
76.2016.7

There are 4 images of this object.

Evening Coat
velvet, silk, beads, metallic embroidery.
Lent by Museum of the City of New York. Gift of Mrs. Christian R. Holmes,....
76.2016.5

There are 2 images of this object.

Canapé Gondole
carved indian rosewood, indian rosewood-veneered wood, brass, and linen velvet.
Private Midwest collection.
32.2016.3

Here we have a secretary desk constructed from lumber-core plywood with veneers of Macassar ebony, oak, poplar and mahogany. Its legs are capped with ivory with ivory stripes running up outer sides of front supports. On the bottom of the desk is a horizontal drawer accessed by beaded tassel pulls set in ivory mounts. The desk’s contents are accessed by a key inserted into a keyhole inscribed by inset oval of inlaid ivory. Closed in the first image, there is an accompanying second image where the top half is opened. The interior and writing surface is sheathed in deep oxblood leather. There are more ivory and tasseled-pulls and to provide access to two storage drawers and cabinet on the left side. To the right are open, squared spaces. A ring of rectangular ivory inlay runs around the upper perimeter of the cabinet.

Desk, Tibattant
macassar ebony, ivory, leather, aluminum leaf, silver, silk, oak, lumber-core....
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift,....
66.2016.1

There are 2 images of this object.

Sidewall (France)

Sidewall (France)
machine-printed on paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisition Endowment Fund.
2003-9-1

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