1956 | Acquired | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

a) Is located in Applied Arts Dept. Rectangular box, slightly curved, with rounded corners and hinged cover. Guilloche pattern with rosettes in niello on cover and bottom, diaper pattern on sides. Inside gilt. Marks: St. George, maker's initials "F.L.", silver content 84, and date 1836. b,c) Rectangular box and cover. Glossy or satin white ground and flocking, block printed in shades of pink, blue and green distemper colors. Remains of a red wax seal on the cover.

Box And Cover (possibly France), 1836
block-printed paper, pasteboard.
Gift of Minnette Lang, in memory of her father, Otto J. Lang.
1956-99-1-b,c

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Box
H x W x D: 6.5 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm (2 9/16 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.).
1956-99-1-a

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

Brown and white checkerboard pattern with small sun and star-shaped motifs inside each square and dark vertical stripes.

Textile (USA), 1950–59
cotton.
1956-98-4

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

Panel in a large-scale allover design of leaves, stems and fronds printed in gray on white ground with randomly placed olive-green pinwheels.

Textile (USA), 1950–59
cotton.
1956-98-3

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

Design of alternate red and white squares with a stylized floral pattern.

Textile, ca. 1951
cotton.
1956-98-2-b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Design of alternate red and white squares with a stylized floral pattern.

Textile, ca. 1951
cotton.
1956-98-2-a

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Block print on paper.

Block Print On Paper
paper.
1956-98-1-c

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Drawing for wood block on paper.

Drawing On Paper
paper.
1956-98-1-b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Block for printing fabric.

Printing Block
wood.
1956-98-1-a

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

Small purse with a gold-colored metal frame and chain, black velvet exterior with beadwork embroidery, lined with pale turquoise satin with vegetal design in gold floats. The beadwork designs are derived from 8th-10th century Near Eastern silks: on one side a gazelle under a flowering tree; on the other a peacock with spreading tail, with a floral vine at the curved lower edge of the bag. In variously colored glass beads with pinks, mauves, and peacock blues predominating.

Purse, 1910–30
silk, glass beads, metal, cotton.
Gift of Gwendolyn Sauvage.
1956-97-1

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

Print (USA)
1956-96-1

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

Print
1956-95-1

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

Horizontal rectangle. The figures of the actor Louis Bercher, called "Dauberval" (1728-1803) and the actress Marie Allard (1742-1802) are seen in a wooded landscape in the act of doing a ballet dance. The scene is Act II of the opera "Sylvie" by P. M. Bertoux Trial. Five lines of verse from the opera in lower margin.

Print (France), 1766
engraving.
1956-94-1

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

Print (USA)
1956-93-5

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

Drawing (USA)
1956-93-1

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

This object has not been digitized yet.

Booklet, Printing "Hamlet's Soliloquy, Act III, Scene 1", March 1956
black ink on white paper.
1956-92-9

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

Horizontal rectangle. A lying antelope is shown facing frontally, left, and unfinished sketches of two antelope heads, at right. Signed, lower right (in pencil): "Ferguson '56."

Print, Antelope, 1956
pen and brown ink on white paper.
1956-92-8

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

Vertical rectangle. A standing nude man is seen facing one quarter to the left, his right leg resting on the rung of a chair before him, and his left hand on his hip. Signed, lower right (in pencil): "D. Hillier MacDonald."

Drawing, Standing Model, 1956
pen and black ink on white paper.
1956-92-7

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

Horizontal rectangle. Three poppy-like seed pods are shown against a background blocked in colors.

Print, Woodcut. "Floral Abstraction", 1955
red, tan, brown and black ink on white.
1956-92-6

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

A woman is shown seated, facing one quarter toward the right, her hands clasped before her.

Etching, Seated Woman, 1956
black ink on white paper.
1956-92-5

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

Horizontal rectangle. A wharf scene, with building at right, abstractly rendered. Inscribed, lower left (in pencil): "Docks" and signed, lower right (in pencil): "Marvin Goldstein."

Print, Lithograph. "Docks", 1956
black ink on white paper.
1956-92-4

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

Circular swirls and net-like abstract lines.

Etching, Abstraction, 1956
green ink on white paper.
1956-92-3

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

Etching, Three Parrots, 1956
green, black, and yellow ink on white paper.
1956-92-2

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

A tree, abstractly drawn, and a face peering from the gloom, left center.

Print, Abstraction, 1934–56
etching and aquatint on white paper.
1956-92-1

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

Baby's Cap (England)

Baby's Cap (England)
1956-91-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Print (USA)
1956-90-7

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

Print (USA)
1956-90-6

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

Print (USA)
1956-90-5

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

Print (USA)
1956-90-4

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

Print (USA)
1956-90-3

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

Print (USA)
1956-90-2

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

Print (USA)
1956-90-1

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

Large and small gray bow-shaped areas arranged in vertical bands. Repeat: 362 mm. Printed in left selvedge: "Rodia Tapet Danmark".

Sidewall (Denmark), 1953–55
machine-printed.
Gift of C. Krügers Tapetfabrik.
1956-9-9

This object was made by Rodia.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

All-over pattern of small U-shaped lines, grouped by three, white on gray ground. Printed in left selvedge: "Boomerang - Hammer Moldenhawer"; in right: "Rodia Tapet Danmark".

Sidewall, Boomerang, 1953–55
machine-printed.
Gift of C. Krügers Tapetfabrik.
1956-9-8

This object was made by Rodia.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Evenly spaced horizontal lines, buff on creamy white, arranged in vertical bands and giving a ribbed effect. Printed in left selvedge: "Rodia Tapet Danmark"; In right: "Pinde Jens Andreasen".

Sidewall, Pinde, 1953–55
machine-printed.
Gift of C. Krügers Tapetfabrik.
1956-9-7

This object was made by Rodia.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.