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Bound Print, Plate 1, Le Blessé (The Injured), Premier Essai de Papilloneries Humaines (First Attempt of Human Butterflies)

Bound Print, Plate 1, Le Blessé (The Injured), Premier Essai de...
etching on laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-402-2

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

Print, Plate 28, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Print, Plate 28, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.
1957-162-27

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

A cylindrical, slightly ovoid shaped, clear glass tumbler with three painted butterflies on the front. On the top left is a small butterfy with a burnt orange body with short orange antennae, and pale yellow wings, with green accents in the center and towrds the outer parts of the wings. The wings also have brown edges and six small brown spots; one on each of the top wings and two on each of the bottom wings. Beside this, to the right, is a small butterfly with a long grey body with orange stripes, and four, slender, light blue-grey wings, with three orange spots on each of the top wings. The butterfly has long, thin, black legs and curling grey antennae. Below both of these butterflies, slightly to the left. is a larger butterfly with sky blue wings and a brown and ochre body with orange spots and long grey antennae. A deep purple section grows from where the body joins the wings, with brown lines tracing the wings, inticating a scale-like structure. The top two wings are edged with dark brown.

No. 279 Beer Tumbler
mouth-blown and painted glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
2009-18-130

This object was made by J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing, Serenade

Drawing, Serenade
graphite, pen and ink on linen.
Gift of Matthew L. Edelman.
2016-37-2

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

A dark blue sheet, formatted horizontally (landscape) contains an off-white space across the center, in which three curtains are shown in blue, hanging from a single rod. The curtain on the left, held loosely with five circular rings, is decorated with dark blue triangles, arranged in repeating shapes of six-sided stars. The center of each star is a lighter shade of blue, each containing a symbol. Some symbols resemble clovers, while others are logographic or geometric in style. The curtain in the center is tied into the rod with two creased knots, with the excess lengths draped over the rod of the left. There is a dark visible background on one side with stylized dragonfly shapes in varying sizes; the image is similar on the other side with a light background. Behind the curtain are waves of horizontal crescents in varying shades of blue, again accented with flying insects large and small. The curtain on the right is held also with five circular rings. It is the widest curtain decorated with vertical lines and symbols similar to those on the first curtain. In the dark blue border below the scene, the object is described as 'A Mezzotone Paper from Katzenbach and Warren, Inc.' and titled ''Byzantine Curtains' designed by Ilonka Karasz.'

Page From A Sample Book, Mezzotone Papers, 1948
mezzotone print on paper.
Gift of Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
1959-134-1-13

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 8 images of this object.

Monarch Sanctuary

Monarch Sanctuary
partial building façade model, diagram, video.
Courtesy of Terreform ONE.
NATURE.020

There are 2 images of this object.

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-3

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

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-4

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

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-5

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

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamels.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-6

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

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-7

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

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-8

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

Round white porcelain plate with wavy brown-edged rim, painted with plants and insects. At center, a large hibiscus stem, with two blooming white flowers and two buds. The petals are large and floppy, with frilled edges, around an upright purple cone-shaped center. The pointed, serrated yellow-green leaves are veined in purple; the stem is the same purple. Surrounding the flower, smaller insects and plants. At one o'clock, a purple and teal butterfly; at four o'clock, a sprig with small bell-shaped pale blue flowers; at five o'clock, a round blue-green fruit or seed pod, cut open; at six o'clock, a purple winged insect, like a dragonfly; at nine o'clock, a yellow and purple winged insect and oval-shaped blue beetle.

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-9

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

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-10

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

An image of a magnolia flower cuves from the bottom a white plant to the top, its flower opening in the middle. Leaves of varying shades of green curl off of the stem, some growing upward toward the top of the plate, some growing downward toward the bottom. Above the flower, at the top center, a butterfly faces downward toward the center of the plate. To the right of the flower on the right side of the plate's rim, another butterfly turns inward to the left, also toward the center of the plate.

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-12

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 8 images of this object.

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-13

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

A bulbous vase with various yellow-brown butterflies scattered over the white glass. The mottled butterflies are a mix of sizes and shapes and face up, down, and sideways, with details etched in simple lines. At the lower left of the vase is a marking reading 'Daum / Nancy' in a conjoined triangular shape, with the strokes of D and N meeting those of M and Y in a point below the words.

Vase (France)
glass.
Gift of the Estate of Max Kobre.
1996-45-6

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

Mount (France)
gilt bronze.
Gift of Jacob H. Schiff.
1904-20-10

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

Royal Jewel Cabinet Cupboard

Royal Jewel Cabinet Cupboard
mahogany; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold leaf, platinum,verre....
Bequest of the Reverend Alfred Duane Pell.
1991-31-2

This object was made by Godin (probably the younger) and Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 18 images of this object.

Teapot And Lid (France)

Teapot And Lid (France)
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold leaf.
Gift of Katrina H. Becker in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles V.....
1981-38-2-a,b

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

Drawing, Concept Sketches, Butterfly House, Auburn, AL

Drawing, Concept Sketches, Butterfly House, Auburn, AL
pen and black ink on heavy cream paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2001-5-1

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

Tray, from a Breakfast Service (Plateau; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine) Tray

Tray, from a Breakfast Service (Plateau; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine) Tray
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
Gift of Katrina H. Becker in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles V.....
1981-38-1

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

Sidewall (France)

Sidewall (France)
block-printed paper.
Gift of Mrs. Cornelius Sullivan.
1930-21-1-k

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

Print, Tapete Goldene Schmetterlinge (Golden Butterfly Wallpaper), plate 12, in Die Quelle: Flächen Schmuck (The Source: Ornament for Flat Surfaces)

Print, Tapete Goldene Schmetterlinge (Golden Butterfly Wallpaper), plate 12,...
color lithograph on paper.
Gift of Jerrol E. Golden.
1999-41-1-13

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

Dish (England)
silver.
Museum purchase from General Acquisition Endowment.
1985-64-1

This object was made by Holland, Aldwinkle & Slater.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Hanakarakusa W Brooch

Hanakarakusa W Brooch
gold powder, gold beads, egg shells, mother-of-pearl, colored lacquer....
Gift of Van Cleef and Arpels.
2011-42-2

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

Drawing, Design for Textile or Wallpaper: Butterflies

Drawing, Design for Textile or Wallpaper: Butterflies
brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1968-107-25

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

Pleated Fan And Case (France)

Pleated Fan And Case (France)
painted parchment leaf, carved, pierced, painted and gilt ivory sticks.
Gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young.
1937-28-2-a,b

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

No. 279 Concave Tumbler

No. 279 Concave Tumbler
mouth-blown crystal, painted.
Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
2009-18-126

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

An ovoid, clear glass decanter with a long, cylindrical neck. An oval shaped stopper, with a twig-like point at the top, has been placed in the top of the neck. Two transparent butterflies have been engraved onto the sides of the decanter. One small butterfly is found in the center, just under the neck, the engraving detailing light stipes across the wings with darker patterning alond the top and at the edges. Another, larger butterfly is found on the bottom right, with similar light stripes across its wings, and darker elements at the edges of the wings and where the body of the butterfly meets the wings.

No. 279 Decanter With Stopper
mouth-blown engraved glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
2009-18-131-a,b

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

Cream Jug (France)

Cream Jug (France)
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold leaf.
Gift of Katrina H. Becker in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles V.....
1981-38-3

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

Textile, Fleurs Tropicales et Palmiers (Tropical Flowers and Palms)

Textile, Fleurs Tropicales et Palmiers (Tropical Flowers and Palms)
cotton.
Gift of Josephine Howell.
1973-51-105

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

Poster, Hanae Mori

Poster, Hanae Mori
screenprint on paper.
Gift of Ikko Tanaka.
1993-55-7

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

Round white porcelain plate with wavy brown-edged rim, painted with plants and insects. At left, a stem of crinum with a cluster of pointed six-petal flowers and buds atop a thick stem. The curling white petals have purple-pink undersides; the buds are the same purple-pink. The stem and five large leaves at its base are yellow-green. Surrounding the large flower, smaller flowers and foliage, and insects. At one o'clock, small orange five-petal flowers with buds; at three o'clock, trumpet-shaped pale blue morning glories and a light brown butterfly; at nine o'clock, pale yellow five-petal flowers and an oval-shaped blue beetle.

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamels.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-2

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

A hanging lamp in the form of a large, clear, incandescent light bulb, the bottom of which is surrounded by a translucent, white plastic band from which project eight, colorful, realistic figures of winged insects, of various sizes, seemingly in flight around the bulb; including six butterflies; one green, one blue, one red and white, one yellow, one orange and black and one black; and two green dragonflies; one with gold wings, the other with silver. The lamp uses a halogen light source which is suspended from a brass fitting in the center of the bulb.

J.B. Schmetterling (Butterfly) Hanging Lamp, 2011
glass, plastic, brass, halogen light source.
Gift of Ingo Maurer GmbH and Graham Owen.
2014-7-1-a/c

This object was made by Ingo Maurer GmbH.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.