Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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A large golden yellow rectangle square lies in the middle of a large burlap rectangle with frayed edges at the top. This golden yellow rectangle has two green rising seaweeds on the left and right near the edges. Overlaid is a bright yellow square with wavy blue edges on the right and left of a smaller black square. On this black square are tan leaves on the top and bottom borders with a central leaf structure made of dark blue laying on light green square.

Sample Book Page, Mural Scrolls, 1948
screen printed on canvas.
Gift of Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
1953-61-1-2

This object was made by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 10 images of this object.

Plate (USA)
hand-thrown and glazed earthenware.
Bequest of James H. Stubblebine.
1988-44-1

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

Plate (USA)
hand-thrown and glazed earthenware.
Bequest of James H. Stubblebine.
1988-44-2

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

Circular plate whose outer rim has several groups of magenta spots and streaks scattered thorugh the rim. In the center of the plate is an abstract design where the dominant feature is a group of blue, green, yellow and magenta lines. There are brown dots on the white ground. At the bottom center of the plate there is text which reads [HVR].

Plate (USA)
hand-thrown and glazed earthenware.
Bequest of James H. Stubblebine.
1988-44-6

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

Book, Dance of the Machines
printed paperboard binding.
Collection of John C. Waddell.
53.2016.7

There are 2 images of this object.

Screen
silver leaf, lacquered wood, cast metal (hinges).
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-29

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images and 1 video of this object.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Textile, Manhattan, 1930
linen.
Lent by Yale University Art Gallery, John P. Axelrod Collection, B.A. 1968,....
65.2016.7

Drawing, Abstract Cityscape

Drawing, Abstract Cityscape
graphite, orange crayon on wove paper.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1992-127-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Here we have a table lamp with square elements. The lampshade is a white, almost cream cube with sharp sides. The stem is made of shiny black glazed earthenware. There is a stack of four cubes each on an angle, with their corners molded into each other. The base cube is on its corner but cut in half through the center for stability. The three cubes above gradually get smaller in size but are all in the same motif of being turned to different sides and angles, stacked, but molded together, corner to corner.

Table Lamp, Rombic, ca. 1928
glazed earthenware.
Collection of John C. Waddell.
53.2016.2

Mantle Clock, Sutton

Mantle Clock, Sutton
painted and gilded wood.
Collection of John C. Waddell.
53.2016.1

A standing, three-paneled painted, wood-framed folding screen in redwood and black lacquer, depicting the craggy triangles and shadows of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Somewhat shallow in perspective, the top of the piece shows the flat buttes of the opposite side of the canyon. A turquoise blue, horizontal band represents a thin image of the sky. The depiction of the landscape evokes the sensation of a bright, sunny day; scenery is abstract with modernist influences.

Screen, Study in Cubist Realism, 1925
oil paint on wood panel, california redwood and black lacquer.
Denver Art Museum, Lent by Grant and Betty Hagestad, 43.2009.
56.2016.1

A low angular glass bowl with a wide mouth molded in a verdant green color. The vase displays a Cubist aesthetic that resembles faceted quartz.

Ruba Rombic Bowl Bowl, ca. 1928
glass.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-38

This object was made by Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Hanging (Italy)
wool.
Gift of Mary G. Morrison.
1959-168-1

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

Sidewall - Samples, European Wallpapers: Modern Designs

Sidewall - Samples, European Wallpapers: Modern Designs
machine printed on paper.
Gift of Lois and William Katzenbach.
1969-167-1-13

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Five stick figure geometic images depicted in a mural miniature for a large-scale wall decoration. The central image is of a obolong face and elongated black triangle looking like a black dress with a squiggly line for the legs and two mulit-colored tear drops as hands. On the left of the central image is a a figure made of long lines and balls at the end with two central boxes colored black and blue. Below this is a black round head figure lying down with a triangle skirt in red and black. This same image is seen on the top right of the central figure and below this is a squiggly lined figure with a rounded triangle face with a blue and red eye.

Sample Book Page, Mural Scrolls
screen printed on canvas.
Gift of Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
1953-61-1-4

This object was made by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 10 images of this object.

Print, Palatial, Homage to the Square, Soft Edge – Hard Edge

Print, Palatial, Homage to the Square, Soft Edge – Hard Edge
screenprint on white paper.
Gift of the Museum of Graphic Art, New York.
1973-39-108

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Horizontal rectangular print with fifty colorful squares arranged in a grid five squares high by ten squares wide. The primary color shifts in a gradient from yellow filling the squares at left to red at right. Each square is filled with thin vertical lines in a contrasting color shifting from blue to green to yellow from top to bottom and bordered in that same color. Thin white lines fill the spaces in between the squares and a thick white border at top and bottom. Faint handwritten words in pencil at lower right.

Print, League of Women Voters
screenprint on paper.
Gift of Joshua Mack.
1995-38-8

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

Interactive Installation, Expression Mirror

Interactive Installation, Expression Mirror
computer, camera, monitor, electronic components, and software....
Courtesy of Zachary Lieberman.
s-e-3282

There are 5 images of this object.

Interactive Installation, Backstory: Expression Mirror

Interactive Installation, Backstory: Expression Mirror
computer, camera, monitor, electronic components, and software....
Courtesy of Zachary Lieberman.
s-e-3283

There are 2 images of this object.

Print, The Skillful Hand

Print, The Skillful Hand
offset lithograph on white paper.
Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A.....
2016-54-324

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

Cup And Saucer (Austria)

Cup And Saucer (Austria)
enameled porcelain.
Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
1986-83-4-a,b

This object was made by Wiener Porzellan Josef Böck and Schule Professor Koloman Moser.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Textile, Capitals

Textile, Capitals
cotton.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Funds.
1995-48-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Drawing, Parachute Pattern, Textile Design

Drawing, Parachute Pattern, Textile Design
brush and gouache, graphite on paper, lined.
Gift of Donald Cameron.
1992-51-58

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

Textile, Turbo
100% poly-silk warp and 100% acetate ribbon weft.
Gift of Hechizoo and Cristina Grajales Gallery, New York.
2011-57-2

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

Tile (USA)
glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Gertrude Crownfield.
1958-48-1

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

Hanging (England)

Hanging (England)
linen, metal rods.
Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund.
1976-37-1

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

Buckle (USA)
brass, copper, silver.
Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan.
1995-157-1

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

Hair Ornament (China)

Hair Ornament (China)
kingfisher feathers, lacquer, silk-covered wire.
Gift of William Dangaix Allen.
1939-73-11

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

Drawing, Textile Design: Indian Heads

Drawing, Textile Design: Indian Heads
brush and gouache, graphite on heavy cream paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
2001-11-2

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

Fruit Dish (Germany)

Fruit Dish (Germany)
glazed earthenware.
Gift of Victor Wiener.
1996-18-16

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

Plate (Germany)

Plate (Germany)
glazed earthenware.
Gift of Victor Wiener.
1996-18-44

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

Drawing, Textile Design: Rectangular and Triangular Shapes in Perspective

Drawing, Textile Design: Rectangular and Triangular Shapes in Perspective
black chalk on cream tracing paper.
Gift of Orinoka Mills.
1971-57-7

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

A playful design for a carpet using rectangles, circles, spirals and dots. Based roughly on a grid of 8 squares by 8 squares. Starting at upper left corner - an orange square with 6 small yellow circles inside (2 rows of 3, like dots on a domino) is connected horizontally by a solid yellow rectangle approximately 6 squares wide, to the upper right corner - a red square with an orange circle in the middle. This corner is connected vertically by a solid orange rectangle (6 squares tall) to the bottom right corner, a solid yellow square. This corner is connected horizontally by a red rectangle (6 squares wide) to the bottom left corner - an orange square with a yellow spiral inside almost to the edges. The bottom left is connected by a solid yellow rectangle (6 squares tall) to the top left corner square. These squares and rectangles form a border or “frame” around the interior field which is divided roughly into 3 horizontal tiers and 3 vertical tiers (like a tic tac toe board.) In the interior field each module is a box 2 squares by 2 squares. Starting from top tier, left module is solid red, adjacent to orange module bisected horizontally by a fat red stripe, adjacent to a yellow module also bisected by a fat red stripe (ie the stripe bisects both orange and yellow modules) Middle tier starts left with an orange module with a red spiral inside (to edges), adjacent to a solid orange module, adjacent to another orange module with a yellow spiral inside (to edges). Bottom tier starts with a yellow module with 9 small circles (3 rows of 3 dots) adjacent to a yellow module with a large orange circle (to edges) adjacent to a solid yellow module. Taken as a whole, one can imagine the two spirals in the middle tier as eyes, the circle on the lower tier as a nose and the dots on that tier as freckles. It looks like the face of a clown or a cute animal. The artwork appears drawn with graphite on tracing paper and then painted. Remnants of the pencil lines are visible. The tracing paper has some roughly torn edges, and some wrinkles and discoloration. In this image, some numbers appear “backwards” on the lower right margin. If one flips the entire image horizontally, they become legible ((1975-11-72)

Object ID #18487369
brush and yellow, red, orange gouache, graphite on tracing paper.
Gift of Donald Deskey.
1975-11-72

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

Drawing, Textile Design: Stylized Flowers

Drawing, Textile Design: Stylized Flowers
brush and gouache, graphite on off-white illustration board .
Gift of Donald Deskey.
1975-11-34

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

Drawing, Design for the Lysistrata Screen, Gilbert Seldes Apartment, 10 Henderson Place, New York, NY

Drawing, Design for the Lysistrata Screen, Gilbert Seldes Apartment, 10...
brush and gouache, brush and silver paint, graphite on illustration board.
Gift of Donald Deskey.
1975-11-13

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