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Round mirror with bottom frame composed of white spiral shell-like discs.

Drawing, Round mirror, 20th century
chalk, brush and gouache on black paper.
Gift of Alfons Bach.
1993-108-340

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

Stylized blossom and stamen in purple, mauve, and orange.

Drawing, Textile Design: Pelargonie (Pelargonium), 1913–16
brush and gouache on paper.
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
1988-62-1028

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

Multicolored drawing of transcription of Wagner's "The Magic Fire-Scene." Based on John De Cesare's "Theory of Visual Space in Music," this drawing translates musical notes for sound to "musical notes for space" in order to illustrate a visual dimension of music. In lower right, reclining female Brunnhilde on mountain peaks in sun-like sphere surrounded by flames. At upper left, male figure Wotan standing on cloud points spear towards woman.

Drawing (USA), July 19, 1957
color pencil, graphite on cream wove paper.
Gift of the Estate of John De Cesare.
1982-25-65

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

The central area is taken up with simulated sky with the chariot of Apollo. Around the edges, allegorical figures seated on clouds; simulated architecture of vaults and pendentives about the outer edges, within an architectural frame.

Drawing, Chariot of Apollo, Ceiling Design for Count Bielinski's Cabinet,...
pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, gold paint, black chalk on....
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-214

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

Iris flies with arms extended below a rainbow and above a thunderstorm. Beside her at left flies a putto with leaves in his hands, at right, two wind deities blow clouds.

Drawing, Ceiling Design Depicting Iris and the Rainbow, 1810–25
pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-1807

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

a) Sidewall with all-over pattern of tall grass or turf; b) Landscape frieze: central motif contains grouping of trees against clouded blue sky. In front of this is a small body of water. The very front of the scene contains a purple iris at either side.

Sidewall (USA), 1903–1904
machine-printed paper.
Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art.
1971-58-8-a,b

This object was made by M.H. Birge & Sons Co..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Small robe, possibly for a statue, with a tiny rounded neckline and asymmetrical closure, with yellow silk ties at the neck and side; side openings are edged with bright blue silk. In yellow silk tapestry weave, kesi, with metallic gold dragons on the front, back, shoulders and sleeves. The ground is filled with clouds motifs in blue and green; flaming pearls, bats, and other auspicious symbols. At the bottom is a deep wave border of multicolored diagonal stripes.
This small robe was most likely used to clothe a deity statue in a Daoist temple. The 5-clawed dragon and the bright yellow color were symbols of the Emperor of China, indicating that this robe was an imperial donation to a temple or used to clothe an image of a legendary emperor.

Robe For A Statue (China), late 18th century
silk, metallic.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1960-32-2

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

Robe with rounded neckline, diagonal closure across right shoulder, slits at center front and back hem, and horseshoe-shaped sleeve cuffs.Twelve-symbol robe with ultramarine ground with deep wave border of diagonal stripes, clouds, gold dragons, and many other symbols all over. Blue and gold striped sleeves. Lined with pale blue silk damask.

Robe (China), 19th century
silk, metallic.
Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt.
1949-41-1

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

Long robe of brown satin embroidered in colored silks and metallic yarns. Long sleeves of black taffeta with embroidered horse-shoe cuffs. Diagonal front closure with a band of black satin, embroiderd in colored silks. Three 5-toed dragons on front, worked in gold with red silk flames. Background of cloud bands in colors, interspersed with auspicious symbols such as bat, peony, swastika, flaming pearl, lotus, jar, fish. Deep wave border at bottom.

Man's Robe (China), 1796–1820
silk, metallic yarns.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1960-32-1

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

Short coat of of orange-red silk twill, with large medallions on the front, back and on each sleeve, and sleevebands, in polychrome Kesi tapestry wtih some painted lines and shading. Borders of blue-gold kesi around neck and side opening, hem and sleeves. Lined with light blue peony-patterened damask. Medallions contain many symbols: dragons, lotus, fish, sacred vase, the endless knot, etc.

Woman's Short Jacket (China), late 19th–early 20th century
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1960-154-1

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

A fisherman, standing on a fallen tree trunk, casts his rod into the water. A dense forest of fir trees fills the middleground and distant mountains can be seen in the background.

Drawing, Fisherman in Quebec, Canada, 1895
brush and wash, gouache, charcoal on gray-green wove paper.
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
1912-12-89

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

A man's cap with turned up cuff, of off-white linen embroidered in a pattern of rainbows arching over clouds with rain falling, with snails and caterpillars interspersed. In blue, green, yellow, red and pink silks and silver metallic yarns.

Man's Cap (England), late 16th century
silk and metallic embroidery on linen foundation, metal spangles.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-53-11

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

Horizontal view of a dominant blocky frame house with a large brick chimney and overhanging second story perched on a hill at center background, a stone wall and attached board fence extending across the middle ground, and a boy and young woman holding hands and walking along path at lower left foreground.

Painting, Garrison House, York, Maine, 1875
brush and oil paint on canvas.
Gift of Mrs. Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
1918-20-11

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

Printed dress silk with an abstracted design of parachutes descending parachutes against clouds, in several shades of blue on white.

Textile, Parachutes, 1926–28
silk.
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf.
1953-108-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

A blue and white earthenware tile with a painted scene of three birds flying over water.

Japanese Cranes Over Waves Tile, ca. 1870
glazed earthenware.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment.
1990-159-1

This object was made by Minton, Hollins & Co..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

On a bright red ground, arrows composed of blue sky and white clouds point in all directions. Upper right, two arrows in white outline read: SUNDANCE / FILM FESTIVAL / 2013.

Poster, Sundance Film Festival 2013, 2013
digital offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Paula Scher.
2013-25-7

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

Square embroidered sampler with a woman and a spotted dog, a cow, and a peacock surrounded by birds and insects, flanked by a crowned thistle and a crowned rose. Stylized grapevine border. In a cartouche at the top, a verse:

Immortal made what should we mind
so much as Immortalitie
of beings for a Heaven designed
what but a Heaven the care should be

Sampler (England), ca. 1760
silk embroidery on wool foundation.
Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
1941-69-48

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

Portrait photograph of the Nike Pro Club group of basketball players all wearing black robes and white Nike sneakers, some holding basketballs. Above, in black: THE SUPREME COURT. Lower right, in white: NIKE [swoosh].

Poster, The Supreme Court, 1977–79
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-77

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

White, horizontally spiraling segmented form containing LED light source on aluminum base with cord.

In-Ei Lamp, 2011
recycled pet plastic, painted aluminum (base), methacrylate, led light source.
Gift of Artemide.
2013-46-1-a/g

This object was made by Artemide S.p.A..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Mount Olympus; Juno and Jupiter in clouds.

Furniture Mount (France), late 18th–early 19th century
gilt bronze.
Gift of Jacob H. Schiff.
1904-20-8

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

Daoist Priest's Robe (China), 19th century
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1968-135-77

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Poster, If the shoe fits, run it. / Fartleks1, 1978
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-94

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

Decoration with two large, two medium sized and one small motif: sailor in costume of about 1800 smoking a pipe, with anchor and ships; ship flying American flag; group of boxes, oars, barrel, etc.; trophy of flag, cannon balls, capstan and barrel; and compass. Printed in red, blue and black on white paper.

Sidewall, Trade Wind, 1938
machine-printed on paper.
Gift of Paul Wescott.
1938-63-1-a

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

Panel in gadrooned frame. Female figure, swinging censer, seated in chariot drawn by two camels; in background, a battle scene against the backdrop of a hill town. At top right, labeled "Asia".

Figure of Asia Panel, late 17th–early 18th century
fruitwood.
Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
1960-1-15-a

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

Horizontal view from Church's home, Olana, looking across the hilly, wooded landscape and a lake towards a range of hills, under a cloudy sky reddened by the setting sun.

Drawing, High Clouds across the Hudson, June 1870
brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-582-a

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

Composed of thousands of multi-color icons composed of red, yellow, blue and green bits, forming a view of white clouds in a blue sky when viewed from a distance.

Mural, Dutch Clouds, 2011
digital print on cellulose, latex, nylon substrate.
Gift of Maharam.
2012-11-2-1/5

This object was made by Maharam.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Full-length standing figure turned slightly to the right, wearing armor, and holding a banner in her left hand, and drawn sword in her right, against a backdrop of a battlefield.

Photograph, Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt in Masqurade Costume, ca. 1885
photograph on sensitized paper.
1960-60-1

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

Small white cloud-like shapes printed on a turquoise ground which gradates from dark to light. The cloud-like shapes become larger and more greatly spaced as they progress downward to the lighter shaded ground, and become non-existent about midway down the length.

Sidewall, Arabia Felix, 1992
screen-printed on vinyl.
Gift of Gebr. Rasch GmbH & Co..
1995-163-18

This object was made by Rasch & Company and Gebr. Rasch GmbH & Co..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Most of a Ming dynasty First Rank square showing a pair of cranes with spread wings arched across a gold sky filled with brightly colored attenuated cloud streamers. Birds are white with gray and black lower wing feathers and throats, vermillion crests, and beak, feet and eye details in black and pale green. Cloud bands are white with shades of blue, pale green, yellow and vermillion on a gold metallic ground.

Rank Badge (buzi) (China), Ming dynasty 1368–1644
silk, gilded paper.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-433

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

Underneath a high sky of reddened dawn clouds, a grassy landscape opens to gentle hills.

Drawing, Clouds, Hudson Valley, New York, July 1866
brush and oil paint, graphite on thin cream paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-446-a

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

Crowned goddess/fairy-like figure on the right amid a cloudy and starry sky. “ENCHANTEMENT” written across center of sheet.

Cover, Cover for music score of Massenet's Enchantment, ca. 1890
chromotypography on paper, faded.
Gift of Harry C. Sigman.
2013-21-48

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

Apollo drives his chariot pulled by four horses across the sky. He is preceded by Dawn or Day holding torch and scattering flowers. Behind chariot are female attendants and three allegories of Night amidst stars, crowns, flying bats and owls. In lower left corner, Diana in front of a crescent moon, hovers above Endymion who sleeps on a small hill amongst trees with his dog and three sheep. In lower right corner, an ocean with castle in the distance. Flying putti, some of whom hold garlands, fill the spaces between major scenes. The textile repeat is indicated in Apollo's cloak which is partially visible in upper and lower center, and in tree which is partially visible at lower left and right edges.

Drawing, Apollo in his Chariot Transforms Night into Day, ca. 1800
pen and brown (bistre) ink, brush and gray wash, pale orange watercolor,....
1984-97-1

This object was made by Oberkampf & Cie..
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

View in a garden through an arched opening in its wall.

Drawing, Wallpaper Design: Garden seen through an Alcove, 1820–25
brush and gouache, graphite on white paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims.
1940-120-30

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

Horizontal image on a hill range stretching form left to the right background interrupted by an indentation in the middle distance. A plain is shown at left, a mountain range in the right background. The sea is in the left rear.

Drawing, Landscape near Petra, February 1868
brush and oil on thin cream board.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-683-a

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

Setting sun over hilly country.

Drawing, Clouds and Sunset, Jamaica, August 1865
brush and oil paint, graphite traces on thin paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-409-b

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