1954 | Acquired | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Toy Theater
1954-84-1-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Toy Theater
1954-84-1-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Toy Theater, Admiral Television Studio Script Book, Featuring Walt Disney's Peter Pan

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print, Behind the Scenes: Service Representatives in a Business Office

Print, Behind the Scenes: Service Representatives in a Business Office
etching in black ink on paper.
1954-83-1

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Textile
1954-82-9

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

Textile
silk.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1954-82-8

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Design with hunting theme of man with bow, tree, and lion felling a horse and dog

Textile
silk, metal.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1954-82-7

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Textile (Iran)
1954-82-6-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Commemorative textile, likely marking the half-century mark of the American Revolution, has the Declaration of Independence with signatures filling circular central area, framework of state seals, and stars with oak twigs, eagle, trophées of war, and portraits of Washington, Adams and Jefferson at top. Scenes from the Revolutionary War in the lower corners.

Textile (USA), ca. 1826
cotton.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1954-82-5

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

Textile (France)

Textile (France)
silk.
1954-82-4-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Large-scale symmetrical fantastic flower-and-fruit design. Narrow plain cloth selvages with heavy warps.

Textile (Spain), 17th century
silk.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1954-82-3

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

Textile
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1954-82-2

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

Kerchief or square with a pink ground containing scalloped forms, each containing stylized multicolored floral spray on a dotted ground. Narrow floral border on four sides. Silk fringe knotted at one inch intervals.

Square, 19th century
silk.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1954-82-1

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

Fragment of a ribbon commemorating the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St. Louis in 1904. Ribbon has vertical stripes of blue, red, white and off-white. Circles outlined in blue appear at regular intervals and read: "Louisiana Purchase Exposition St. Louis 1904."

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

Very fine cream-colored twill ground with a narrow border of scrolling flowers in dotted guard bands has shades of red, blue and yellow. Fine selvedge continuous with field.

Shawl Border Fragment (India), 19th century
wool.
1954-80-1

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Print, Abstraction, 1953

Print, Abstraction, 1953
serigraph.
1954-8-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print, Abstraction, 1953

Print, Abstraction, 1953
woodcut.
1954-8-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Shawl Fragments (India)

Shawl Fragments (India)
wool, silk.
1954-79-1-a,b

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

Oblong case, made to fold or roll, with five pockets and a red flannel flap at the top for needles. Three patterns of printed cotton back a single piece if brown block design on a stippled ground; pockets of dark red and green patterned cottons. Remains of a gold taffeta ribbon tie, with the inscription in black: Reina Victoria, with the shield of Britain, with lion and unicorn.

Sewing Case (USA), ca. 1839
cotton, wool.
1954-78-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Extremely thin, transparent white body moulded in ridges resembling a scallop shell. Relief decoration in green and gold. On cup, a bunch of leaves and a butterfly, on saucer a thistle plant. Marked "BELLEEK" in rust brown on cup and saucer.

Cup And Saucer (USA), 19th century
porcelain with overglaze gilding.
Gift of Mary S.M. Gibson in memory of her sister, Margaret Jane Gibson.
1954-77-1-a,b

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

Square plate of clear glass with imbedded bubbles; Brown and yellow trim around edge and in center; Central farmer figure

Ashtray
glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan.
1954-76-1

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

Broad rectangular border set with decorated cartouches with double-pointed ends, separated by group of crosses, interlaced knots, small cartouches with Islamic inscription; smaller border, top and bottom, with similar decoration; guilloche and interlacery guard-bands separating these and terminating panel at end. Solidly embroidered in forms of cross, outline, herringbone stitches in shades of red, orange, yellow, green. blue, brown-black, white, on undyed linen grounds. Traces of more sketchy fine geometric band with outer leaf border, in black with touches of white, at narrow ends of rectangle.

Textile
silk on linen.
Museum purchase in memory of Elizabeth Haynes.
1954-75-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Two scenes of Italy showing the Bay of Naples enframed in simulated moldings, in brick or ashlar block format, separated by a field of gray pebble-work. At top, a long horizontal rectangle showing peasants on a terrace or landing stage overlooking a bay or lake with mountains rising from the farther shores. Below, left and right, are halves of a similar medallion placed back to back.

Sidewall (possibly France), 1855
machine-printed on paper.
Purchased in memory of Minna B. Patterson.
1954-74-2

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

Nursery or children's paper with scenes from the poem "The Diverting History of John Gilpin", in random arrangement with lines from the poem accompanying each medallion. Highway and tavern scenes. Printed in greens, reds, browns and yellows on glazed cream ground. Being printed with intaglio rollers in oil colors allowed this paper to be wiped clean.

Sidewall, History of John Gilpin, 1908
machine-printed with engraved rollers.
Purchased in memory of Minna B. Patterson.
1954-74-1

This object was made by C.and J.G. Potter.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Vestee of heavy cream-colored linen embroidered in black wool. The round neck opening has a deep slit in the front which is embroidered on both sides with wide bands of heavily worked spirals. Around the collar are cross-stitched designs of stylized plants and birds. Both sides, corresponding to the shoulder area, have broad bands of stylized plant forms and small stags.The vestee is pulled over the head and tied at the sides with black and white tapes.

Vestee (Spain), 18th–early 19th century
wool embroidery on linen foundation.
1954-73-1

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

Print (England)

Print (England)
1954-72-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print (Germany)

Print (Germany)
1954-72-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print (Switzerland)

Print (Switzerland)
1954-72-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print
1954-71-9

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print
1954-71-8

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print
1954-71-7

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print
1954-71-6

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print
1954-71-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print
1954-71-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print
1954-71-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.