2015 | Acquired | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Drawing, Preparatory Drawing for Botanica VI Vase, 2011
graphite on paper.
Gift of Studio Formafantasma.
6842.5.2014

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

This object has not been digitized yet.

Drawing, Preparatory Drawing for Botanica VI Vase, 2011
graphite on paper.
Gift of Studio Formafantasma.
6842.4.2014

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

This object has not been digitized yet.

Drawing, Preparatory Drawing for Botanica VI Vase, 2011
graphite on paper.
Gift of Studio Formafantasma.
6842.3.2014

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

Pratt House Model Rocking Chair, 1912
joined and carved honduras mahogany and ebony, leather -upholstered slip-in....
Museum purchase from Members’ Acquisitions Fund of Cooper Hewitt,....
2015-9-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Red cloth cover over loose-leaf binder with introductory text by author followed by diagrams of patterns based on Indian design, photographs of carved teak wood, jewelry, etc.

Book, Illustrations of Design: Based on Notes of Line as Used by the...
cloth covered cardboard and printed on coated paper.
Gift of Taves Family Collection.
2015-8-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Each bowl a transluscent acqua blue hemispherical body, one smaller than the other, their surfaces showing the texture and irregularities of the stone production molds.

Pedro and Pablo Pair Of Bowls, 2012
mold blown glass.
Gift of Nouvel Studio.
2015-7-1-a,b

This object was made by Nouvel Studio.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

The right half of an archival 1913 photograph of Chicago by J.W. Taylor, from the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago’s Burnham Library, is tipped to the left to suggest the receding streets of the city. In a contrasting movement, the word "Chicago," in the Musee d'Orsay's official Waldbaum font and aligned with the architecture, begins in the distance and looms forward wrapping around the corner of the skyscraper-filled street, ending with a large “O,” perhaps alluding to the “O” of Orsay.

Poster, Chicago, Naissance d’une métropole [Birth of a metropolis]...
screenprint on paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2015-6-1

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

Ovoid form with slightly tapered neck and circular mouth. Body consists of two materials: upper made from two halves of bois durci (sycamore wood and egg albumen) and lower made from two petals of dewaxed shellac. Upper and lower pieces joined in two spots with leather cord and button detail. Leather cord attaches a printed paper tag encased in dewaxed shellac and glass to larger petal, which reads:
"Project: Botanica/2011
Name: Nepenthes Villosa
Materials: Bois durci – Sycomor wood –
Egg albumen, 300g
Dewaxed shellac, 300g
Beeswax, 24 gr.
Label made of: Dewaxed shellac 45g"

Botanica VI (Nepenthes Villosa) Vase, 2011
dewaxed shellac, bois durci (sycamore wood and egg albumen), beeswax,....
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2015-52-1

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

Sketch in black for a table lamp with square base and electric plug. Features a single stem emerging from the base with a bulb on which there is a dragonfly. Another dragonfly appears to the left of the lamp.

Drawing, Concept Sketch for “I Ricchi Poveri - Silver Bzzzz" Table Lamp,...
pen and ink on white paper napkin.
Gift of Ingo Maurer.
2015-51-1

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

This object has not been digitized yet.

Textile, Love, 1967
cotton, polyester.
Gift of Mathew Weaver in honor of Milton Sonday.
2015-50-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Set of four square metal forms with white plastic bases; the tops of two shakers (a,c) stamped with scene of a comet among stars, the comet's "tail" formed by three curved lines of holes; tops of other shakers (b,d) with stamped stars and pierced with holes forming the planet Saturn surrounded by a ring.

Skyway Salt and Pepper Shakers Salt And Pepper Shakers, 1939
stamped and pierced chromium-plated steel, molded plastic.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-9-a/d

This object was made by Chase Brass & Copper Co..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Open: two green panels flip up at front coners to open cover, clam-shell style, revealing LCD screen flanked by two pierced circular speakers and function buttons, surmounting bright green rubber keyboard above white trackpad; USB, headphone, and microphone ports on side of screen. When in the upright position, the green corner panels, reminiscment of animal ears, act as wi-fi antennas. Closed: flat, off-white rectangular form with green edging, wide rectangular slit as carrying handle at one end, flanked by two holes. Light green plastic X and red circle recessed in cover.

One Laptop Per Child XO Computer, 2007
injection molded abs plastic and polycarbonate, printed rubber, liquid....
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-8-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Irregularly shaped transparent green body, the uneven surface appearing as a series of broken up planes and angles.

Ruba Rombic Shot Glass, ca. 1928
mold-blown glass.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-7

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

Irregularly shaped transparent green body, the uneven surface appearing as a series of faceted planes and angles.

Ruba Rombic Shot Glass, ca. 1928
mold-blown glass.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-6

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

Table lighter of cylindrical form with matt surface; top with indented circular flame outlet set off-center; large black oval ingition button on side; circular black base plate.

Cylindric Cigarette Lighter, 1968
aluminum, molded plastic.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-5

This object was made by Braun AG.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

ET55 Calculator, 1980
molded abs plastic, electronic components.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-4

This object was made by Braun AG.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Circular blue mirror glass disc on rectangular, matte-finished chrome-plated base with curved edges; face with twelve chrome-plated spheres in place of numbers; long, narrow rectangular hour and minute hands; red, needle-like second hand.

Model 4083A Clock Clock, 1933
glass, chrome-plated metal, metal, enamel.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-3

This object was made by Herman Miller Clock Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Yellow disc-shaped pitcher with series of concentric circles molded at edges; mouth angled back, transitioning into curved handle; small circular spout.

Fiesta Disc Juice Pitcher, 1939–1946
molded and glazed earthenware.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-2

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

Zaha Teaspoon, 2007

Zaha Teaspoon, 2007
forged and polished stainless steel.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-17

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

Zaha Tablespoon, 2007

Zaha Tablespoon, 2007
forged and polished stainless steel.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-16

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

Zaha Dinner Knife, 2007

Zaha Dinner Knife, 2007
forged and polished stainless steel.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-15

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

Zaha Dinner Fork, 2007

Zaha Dinner Fork, 2007
forged and polished stainless steel.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-14

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

Five-piece flatware place setting, each piece an assymetrical form of polished metal: three-tined small fork (-8) with countoured tapered handle; four-tined dinner fork (-9) curved slightly to the right with long countoured tapered handle; dinner knife (-10) with attenuated ovoid blade transitioning to handle ridged on one side; tablespoon (-11) with deep bowl curved to left and long contoured tapered handle; teaspoon (-12) with roughly triangular bowl and tapered handle.

Zaha Place Setting, 2007
forged and polished stainless steel.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-13/17

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

Zaha Salad Fork, 2007

Zaha Salad Fork, 2007
forged and polished stainless steel.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-13

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

Silver Streak Iron, ca. 1946
molded and emulsion-painted pyrex glass, cast and nickel-plated steel, molded....
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-12

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

Sloping trapezoidal Bakelite shade mounted on angled inverted cone-shaped aluminum shaft on domed black Bakelite base with cylindrical metal switch at front; underside of shade covered with cellulose film panel.

Model 114 Desk Lamp Lamp, 1939
aluminum, bakelite (tm), metal, lamp cord.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-11

This object was made by Polaroid Corporation.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

One-piece form consisting of flat, broad blade curved at tip and with a flat, ridged, rectangular handle.

Cheese Knife, ca. 1935
chromium-plated brass.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-10

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

Red disc-shaped pitcher with series of concentric circles molded at edges; mouth angled back, transitioning into curved handle; small circular spout.

Fiesta Disc Water Pitcher, introduced 1938
molded and glazed earthenware.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-1

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

Flex-Foot Cheetah® Xtend Running Blade, Designed before 2000, manufactured 2013
molded plain-woven carbon fiber, unidirectional carbon-fiber epoxy resin.
Gift of Össur North America.
2015-49-1

This object was made by Mitsubishi Rayon and Newport Adhesives & Composites and Össur.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Of slightly everted vase form, painted with dancing black figures and colored sprays, the figures like Jazz-Age versions of ancient Egyptian or other African figures, with stylized hair and poses, set on a disc-form foot

Vase, ca. 1927
blown, enamel-painted glass.
Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman.
2015-48-5

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

Of ovoid vase form, with two bull's-horn shaped handles, the slightly powdery blue glass, deep engraved with fanciful figures dancing and playing a horn-form instrument with 18th-century hair styles, surrounded by stars and an engraved orb with cross-cut lines; the opposite side engraved with an outdoor picnic scene with bursting Champagne bottle and bubbles with bowl of fruit and wine glasses, all resting on an inverted conical foot engraved with stepped decoration

Vase, ca. 1927
blown and engraved glass.
Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman.
2015-48-4

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

Part of the “Trasparente” series. The double bubble body is made of clear, colorless glass layered with air bubbles that form a regular pattern. The body of the vessel rests on a stem made of greenish, transparent glass. The narrow lip of the vessel is rimmed in cobalt blue, as is the waist of the vessel, and the circular foot. Decorative cobalt blue glass disk decorate the stem; circular handles, also made of cobalt blue glass, are attached to the vessel at the waist.

Trasparente Vessel, ca. 1927
blown glass.
Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman.
2015-48-3

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Part of the “Trasparente” series. Conical vessel resting on a cylindrical stemp, which is attached to a round foot by a transparent glass ball. The body of the goblet is made of clear, colorless glass, layered with air bubbles that form a regular pattern. The foot and lip of the goblet are rimmed in cobalt blue. Three glass disk decorations in blue cobalt are inserted at the top and bottom of the stem. Two small circular handles of blue cobalt glass are attached to the stem.

Trasparente Goblet, ca. 1927
blown glass.
Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman.
2015-48-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Part of the “Trasparente” series. The body of the vase is made of transparent green blown glass. It consists of a double bubble body, cinched at the waist, on top of which rests a long, narrow neck that flares into a disk. The body rests on a large circular foot. Things of black, opaque glass ornament the neck and waist of the vessel, while the top lip and foot are rimmed in black. Two large spiral handles of green transparent glass are attached to the body of the vessel.

Trasparente Vase, ca. 1927
blown glass.
Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman.
2015-48-1

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

Medium format folding camera with painted front plate and carrying strap at top; survives with original packaging

Jiffy Six-20 Camera, 1933-1937
enameled metal, glass, leather.
Gift of Stephen Van Dyk.
2015-47-1-a,b

This object was made by Eastman Kodak Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.