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Drawing, Striped Pattern, Textile Design

Drawing, Striped Pattern, Textile Design
brush and gouache, graphite on paper, lined.
Gift of Donald Cameron.
1992-51-8

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

Garbo Waste Basket

Garbo Waste Basket
molded polypropylene .
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1999-9-1

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

Chromatics Glass

Chromatics Glass
glass.
Gift of Gerald Gulotta.
1999-40-38

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

Drawing
Gift of Ken Friedman.
1997-19-317

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

Drawing, Return From The Vintage

Drawing, Return From The Vintage
pen and gray ink with watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-73-284

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

Fragment
1953-197-5

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

Ornament, Christmas Tree (USA)

Ornament, Christmas Tree (USA)
dough and sugar.
Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell.
1956-32-42

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

Ornament (India)

Ornament (India)
cotton, glass beads.
1972-81-18

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Thorn Beads Necklace Necklace

Thorn Beads Necklace Necklace
polymer clay, metal wire.
Gift of Julie: Artisans' Gallery, New York, and Pier Voulkos.
1993-82-1

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

Cup/bowl (USA)
earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1992-39-16

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

Drawing, Textile Design: Pelargonie (Pelargonium)

Drawing, Textile Design: Pelargonie (Pelargonium)
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.

Vase (USA)
mold-blown favrile glass.
Gift of Thomas Carnase.
1977-83-1

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

Vase (USA)
mold-blown favrile glass.
Gift of Thomas Carnase.
1979-84-1

This object was made by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Vase
mouth-blown favrile glass.
Gift of Stanley Siegel, from the Stanley Siegel Collection.
1975-32-9

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

Scarf (Italy)
silk.
Gift of Nathalie du Pasquier.
1986-80-1

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

Textile, Gabon
cotton.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
1990-31-1

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

Efira Bowl Bowl

Efira Bowl Bowl
glass, brass.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-74-a/g

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

Pillola Lamps Lamps

Pillola Lamps Lamps
methacrylate, plastic, acrylic.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-98/102

This object was made by Nai Ponteur.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Textile, Small Squares

Textile, Small Squares
silk.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2018-22-122

This object was made by Herman Miller Furniture Company.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Textile Panel, Multicolor Taj

Textile Panel, Multicolor Taj
scraps of second-hand saris (mixed fibers), polyurethane.
Courtesy of Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.
88.2015.18

This object was made by Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.

Poster, Town for Memphis

Poster, Town for Memphis
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Nathalie du Pasquier and George J. Sowden.
1985-69-6

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

A glazed earthenware oval plate, with a stylized brown and white fish in the center. The fish is flecked with green spots, and has grey, black-spotted stripes in its top section and along its abdomen. Its fins are formed from eight thin green-spotted strips, six at the top and two at the bottom. It has a large green and black eye and thick-set, black-spotted lips. The fish is set against a flat, blue-grey ground with a black border.

Plate (France)
glazed earthenware.
Bequest of Margaret McCormack Sokol.
2007-4-1

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

Oval plate depicting head of a white and beige goat with curved black horns imposed on the center of the plate. The head of the goat also has specks of green as well. The background is a light blue with dark blue spots spread throughout the surface. On the border of the plate there are alternating dark blue and green abstract forms outlined in white.

Plate (France)
glazed earthenware.
Bequest of Margaret McCormack Sokol.
2007-4-2

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

Metal lamp with a mint green conical shade. A gold-colored stem leads down from the shade to a black connection ball. Three short bent legs extend from the black ball, with round gold feet. A thin yellow wire trails out from the rear foot.

Lamp, ca. 1950
enamelled brass.
Courtesy ED by Ellen DeGeneres.
28.2016.1

Against a background of white we see a whimsical left profiled, photograph, of a mid-century designed floor lamp. A bright, fire engine red spray-painted, stem sinks into a gray and white marble circular floor base. An adjustable arm angled so to create an image of a ski slope position, is a narrow tube of brass with a wide band of red sprayed onto its right edge which is angled to a lower level, On the viewers left, the brass tubed arm leads upward to a bright fire-engine red enameled lighting head shade, which is shaped to resemble a witches hat (a narrow cone ending in a wide curved brim), with small circular perforations toward its peak where we find a brass finial as a lighting switch. Because its arm adjusts up and down in position and its head rotates, this lamp is used for more than just reading, and thus is an expansive lighting device.

Lamp, ca. 1950
enamelled metal and marble.
Courtesy ED by Ellen DeGeneres.
28.2016.2

Gold necklace with a large pendant which features a large, oval, cabochon-cut sapphire. The blue gemstone is surrounded by sparkling green demantoid garnets and floral enamel decorative elements in greens and oranges. The sapphire is cut in a dome shape without any facets, featuring horizontal striations and depth of color. Surrounding the sapphire are basket-like decorative elements filled with colorful flowers in shades of red and orange. Underneath the oval stone are symmetrical swirls and a U shaped garnet arch anchored by two smaller faceted sapphires on each side of a floral burst of color. The pendant is attached to the necklace with a bale decorated with a graduated line of bright green demantoid garnets. The gold chain itself is of a stylized floral rope style.

Object ID #907214187
18k gold, cabochon sapphire, demantoid garnet, faceted sapphires and enamel.
Neil Lane Collection.
59.2016.11a/c

This object was made by Tiffany and Co..

Screen with white background and abstract shapes. These include scattered black lines, loosely forming triangles whose lines don't quite meet. In between the black lines are various shapes and colors, including curved yellow lines in groups of threes, green partially-cut pie shapes, and dark blue wave-like shapes.

Textile (France)
cotton.
Gift of Mrs. Germaine Little.
1968-110-98

This object was made by Paul Dumas.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Bracelet
rock crystal, carved jadeite, carved sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, platinum.
Private Collection.
41.2016.3

Sidewall - Sample, In Line

Sidewall - Sample, In Line
screen printed on paper.
Gift of Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
1949-46-1-13

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 24 images of this object.

Roughly square portion cut from larger fabric. The dark green background is densely populated by brightly colored farm animals, human figures and flowers illustrated in a happy, playful, flat manner reminscent of folkart. The general impression is like an appliqued quilt where the elements have been cut from different print fabrics and sewn onto the background. The motifs are contained in a diamond shape, which repeats in all directions. The central figures are a blond 'farmer' in light blue overalls, red shirt and pink boots carrying a lamb and the 'farmers wife' in a long pink dress with a green top, hair covered in pink, grey boots, carrying a yellow flowering plant and a green bucket. Floating around them clockwise in a circular motion, a green cow with white face and pink horns, a white goose, a red rooster with green wings and whte tail feathers,a pink goat with yellow ears and green hooves, a green horse with a pink mane, a yellow cat, a pale blue pig with grey ears and three piglets (2 grey, 1 blue). A second ring of creatures float around the first including: a green partridge, a pink rooster, a green hen with red wings, a female figure in a short red dress, pink shoes and what looks like a chef's hat carrying a long necked blue bird, a white duck, a yellow dog, a green rabit, a pink bird with long tail feathers, and two dogs (1 pink, 1 pale grey) that look like a howling coyote. Interwoven between these elements are a variety of fantasy flowers and stylized leaf shapes. Despite the busyness of the design and humourous, unexpected color choices, the design is unified by one feature common to all the elements - each contains some kind of tiny overall pattern like polka dots, flowers, or stars, so that all seem related. The name of the pattern 'Calico Cow' gives an idea of the quilt material referred to earlier.

Textile, Calico Cow, 1952
cotton.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Michele Palmer.
2017-24-7

This object was made by Associated American Artists.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.

A four square brooch where each square has abstract enamel decorations. On the top left, the square has red squiggle lines with a slightly raised interior enamel, the right square grayish white imprint similar to a piece of coral with black negative space. On the bottom left are three red paint swipes with trailing lines and five light blue fingerprints in the background.Lastly, the bottom right square has four black entwined circles overlaid in red circles on a white background.

Postpriori II Brooch, 2008
enamel on electroformed copper, silver, gold.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-6

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

A necklace simple in its silhouette, but complex in ornamented details and diverse in its vibrant colors through out each bead. The beads are similar in size but vary on the way they are composed due to each individual bead being made up of even smaller beads.

Tropical Punch Necklace
glass, crystal, resin, metal and plastic beads, ribbon, thread, gold.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-95

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

A brooch in the form of a trapezoid with neatly wrapped, folded and overlapping diagonal edges of canvas on the picture plane that function as physical elements of the painting. The vertical diagonal central edge of the canvas mirrors the shape of the right edge of the structure. Opaque tints of green and translucent oranges create an abstract painting. A circle of smaller circles of metal with negative space in the middle rests evenly between top and bottom of the canvas with half of its structure on the picture plane and half on the side of the painting/brooch, transforming a painting into a three dimensional object.

Canvas Brooch
painted canvas on wood, applied tin, silver, iron.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-91

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

Clear shiny plastic ring with plastic clasp where both ends meet filled with small torn Colorcore fragments in various colors.

Necklace, 1985
clear plastic tube filled with colorcore formica fragments.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-119

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

A large yellow circular bracelet with various spherical protrusions in red, pink, and orange. The bracelet in its entirety appears to have a soft, crushed velvet-like exterior. A metal sliver on two opposing sides of the bracelet, cuts it in half; however, both halves remain together in one piece.

Candy Wear Bracelet
electroformed, assembled and soldered silver covered in electrostatically....
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-49

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images and 1 video of this object.