Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 23 objects tagged cameos.

Earrings, 2014
white gold, cameos, diamonds.
Courtesy of FD Gallery.
20.2015.4a/c

Shell cameo (white on brown) representing Apollo and Chiron, surrounded by a gold frame in design of scrolls with leaves and flowers.

Brooch (Italy), mid-19th century
carved shell, gold.
Gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1920-19-119

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

Cameo
shell.
Gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1920-19-124

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

Cameo
shell.
Gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1920-19-125

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

Plaster Cast, Antique Cameo

Plaster Cast, Antique Cameo
plaster.
1937-77-19

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

Plaster Cast, Antique Cameo

Plaster Cast, Antique Cameo
plaster.
1937-77-30

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

Head of a bearded man, facing right. Upright oval, white on brown.

Cameo (USA), mid-19th century
paste.
Gift of The French Institute.
1949-68-29

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

Oval brooch of carved shell mounted to gold frame. Design shows female figure carved in relief.

Cameo (USA), ca. 1900
shell, gold.
1962-188-5

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

Ring (Italy), 19th century

Ring (Italy), 19th century
gold, carved shell.
Gift from the Thomas W. Evans Collection from University of Pennsylvania....
1983-69-1

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

Widely spaced cameo-like cherubim and seated maidens in Empire garb. a) Has chalk-white figures, shaded in gray and brown, on slate-green ground; b) White figures shaded with gray and red on black ground; c) White figures shaded in blue and brown on pink ground; d) White and brown figures on blue ground.

Sidewall, Cameo, 1948
screen printed.
Gift of L. De Los Blackmar.
1948-111-1-a/d

This object was made by F. Schumacher & Co..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

A carved stone bottle with a gold bordered cameo on the front. Decorative top in gold.

Bottle, early 18th century
labradorite, gold, carved stone cameos.
Gift of the Panwy Foundation, from the collection of Maria Wyman.
1994-129-6

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

Alternating rows of rings and chains, all with masks and strapwork.

Print, Plate 16, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and...
engraving on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1956-23-6-16

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

Two identical panels, produced by Reveillon. Two arabesque designs with personification of Spring printed in grisaille with pink inset cameos. Rose bouquet-filled vessels fitted with satyr's mask handles. Printed on turquoise ground.

Sidewall, Le Printemps from Les Quatre Saisons, ca. 1785
block-printed on handmade paper.
Museum purchase from the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition....
1994-101-12-a,b

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

In center, horizontal rectangular medallion with two figures in grisaille; to right and left, semicircular radiating fluting. To right and left of these, circular pink medallions, each with a figure in grisaille. At either end, a termination in acanthus arabesques. Horizontal rectangle.

Dado (France), 1780–85
block-printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-58

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

Several vertical designs in mouldings. On the left, green rinceaux in curls, with squirrels and cameo-style elements; other designs include: winged putti, standing soldier, lion head, intertwined griffins, a ribbon with Greek key pattern, groups of fruit attached to a red pole. Scale below.

Print, Wall Decoration, Plate IX from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano...
brush and watercolor, gouache over etching on white wove paper.
Gift of Unknown Donor.
1980-32-1740

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

Printed cotton textile design with four vertical rows of cameo medallions (octagonal, oval, circular, hexagonal, etc.) each displaying a classicized scene against a pattern of rosettes within a diamond grid. Above center to the left, the "Merchant of Love" (which gives the piece its name) is in the octagonal medallion: a seated woman, at the right, grasps a cupid by its wings to remove it from its cage to show to the two women at the left. This medallion is surmounted by a pair of swans; one holding a panpipe, the other a triangle on a ribbon dangling from its beak. Beneath, is a "cameo relief" of the infant Hercules riding a lion. At the upper right, a cupid sails on a boat made of his quiver and bow, with arrows for oars, and his torch as the mast. At the lower right (within a hexagon), Venus consoles the youth Cupid, while Time breaks his bow. At the left, a butterfly (symbol of Psyche), above a flower basket, which is above a pair of embracing cupids. To the right of lower center: fragmented image of Cupid and Psyche embracing. Medallion dimensions (including respective borders): Cupid Seller 19.5 x 26 cm (7 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.); Time breaking Cupid's bow 19.5 x 26 cm (7 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.); Cupid on "Bow/boat" 16.5 x 22 cm (6 1/2 x 8 5/8 in.); infant Hercules/lion 17.2 x 22 cm (6 3/4 x 8 5/8 in.); Cupid sharpening arrows 13 cm diameter (5 1/16 in.); butterfly, without border, c. 4.5 cm diameter (1 3/4 in. diameter).

Drawing, Design for Toile de Jouy: La Marchande d'Amours (The Cupid Seller),...
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid....
Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund.
2002-5-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 8 images of this object.

Medallion or mount in the style of Wedgwood Jasperware; ornamented with Medusa head shown full face; white on a blue ground.

In bag, stored with card 4

Button (England), late 18th century
stoneware.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1925-2-6-a

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

Drawing, Wall Decoration, ca. 1776
pen and ink, brush and wash, watercolor, graphite on white laid paper, laid....
Gift of Unknown Donor.
1980-32-1431

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

Horizontally oriented ovoid form; brown with gold border surround; on lid, central circular panel with silhouette of woman facing inprofile, facing left. Two additional silhouettes on inner cover and on box.

Patch Box Mounted With Miniatures (England), ca. 1785
cut ivory, raised and chased gold, gilt-metal, hair, velvet.
Gift of Ralph V. Sollitt.
1976-27-37

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 10 images of this object.

Gold bracelet set with pietra dura portrait of Frederick Augustus Chauncey, father of donor. Cameo separates to become brooch or pendant.

Bracelet (Italy), 1867
gold, stone.
1959-156-2-a,b

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

Six cameos of polished limestone joined in gold collets by paired brass chains, and having a small guard chain attached below the cameos at the clasp. The subjects, in high relif, are profiles of Dante, Arioste, Tasso and three others not yet identified, probably also poets.

Bracelet (Italy), ca. 1850
carved and polished limestone, gold sheet and wire.
1955-93-1

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

One oval cameo (a) set as brooch. Six smaller oval cameos (b-g) with small connecting chains (one has slot for clasp). All seven with design of pairs of gods and goddesses with attributes; all mounted in gold. Ovals are sewn to a black velvet ribbon, brooch in center, flanked by three ovals from bracelet on either side.

Cameo Brooch And Bracelet (Italy), early 19th century
carved shells, gold, cut velvet.
Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green.
1938-58-848-a/g

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

Gold brooch set with oval, carved sapphire cameo of personification of Charity with her children.

Charity Brooch With Cameo, before 1892
gold, sapphire.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Annie Schermerhorn Kane, and....
1969-40-44

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