Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 15 objects tagged dolphins.

Drawing, Porcelain bowl with cover on a stand, 1775–1800

Drawing, Porcelain bowl with cover on a stand, 1775–1800
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-5000

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

Acanthus scrolls; above center, a head. Below, a bucranium. Either side, dolphins with acanthus tails. In cartouche, writing.

Print, Grotesque Panel with Dolphins, 1527
engraving on laid paper.
Gift of Leo Wallerstein.
1949-29-2

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

Vertical rectangle showing a symmetrical grotesque design composed of putti, dolphins, sea lions, birds and bearded men.

Print, Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions, 1532
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1944-82-1-a

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

Drawing, Design for a Ewer, 1620–1627
black and white chalk on brown paper.
Gift of Ogden Codman.
1916-9-3

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

Vertical rectangle showing a design for an ewer in the auricular style. A mermaid is intertwined with the dolphin's tail at the lower outside of the handle. A dragon stands upon the spout. Neptune is shown alone. A kneeling mermaid is at the shaft.

Drawing, Design for an Ewer, 1630–60
black and white chalk on beige laid paper .
Gift of Ogden Codman.
1916-9-5

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

Ornamental cartouche composed of auricular, cartilage-like form in a heart shape, surmounted by a half-length female winged figure. At either side, similar forms of volute shape rest on a grasshopper, left, and a tortoise, right.

Print, Plate 28, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book), 1610
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.

Goddess of classical antiquity, holding cattails in left hand, seated in a shell drawn by two dolphins which spout water. Above, a cupid with a double horn, heralding the approach of the goddess. The figures are most likely Venus in the shell-carriage and her son Cupid. Printed in golden yellow and white on a dark blue ground. Horizontal rectangle.

Overdoor (France), 1800–1810
block-printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-76

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

Presentation drawing for the Comte de Rambuteau: At the fountain base, at the center of the main basin, are six nude figures personifying the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and four symbols of maritime fishing industries; these figures sit on prows of ships. Above them (and between the basin tier and the crowning cap) are four genii, between each of which is a dolphin (below) and a swan (above) sending jets of water into the basin tier. At the top of the fountain is a mushroom-shaped cap from which water spills to a basin tier, which in turn spills a profusion of water to the larger main basin at ground level. At the perifery of the fountain are nereid figures, each holding a fish which spouts a jet backwards towards the center of the fountain.

Drawing, Elevation of the Maritime Fountain, for the Place de la Concorde,...
pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, highlighted with white gouache on paper.
Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt and Smithsonian Institution....
1997-1-1

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

Imaginary classical setting. Fountain in pool at center of composition. Three upside-down entwined dolphins support central jet. Behind, on left and right, two reclinging figures with urns of water pouring into the pool. Surrounding the pool are symmetrical arrangements of trees, terraces, and classical buildings. Two female figures stand on terrace at right.

Drawing, Garden with Classical Buildings and a Fountain, 1743
pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of the Port Royal Foundation.
1986-8-1

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

Terrestrial globe on stepped circular base with figures representing the Five Continents: Asiatic woman with five-headed cobra, Europa with the Bull, African hunter with lioness, American Indian on horseback, South Sea Islander on dolphin. Globe encircled by twenty-four-hour equatorial dial with the signs of the zodiac. Silver gilt arrow on globe indicates the time. Winding key also serves as a finial.

Table Clock (Sweden), 1930
silver, gilt silver.
Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
1960-1-16-a,b

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

The design for a textile is composed of four vignettes, separated in pairs vertically, in the center of the composition by a strip composed of trophies symbolizing the elements, and at the repeat, by a strip showing the signs of the zodiac:
B: upper right, Saturn, holding a cornucopia, is seated in a landscape with a globe, quartered with four animals, beside him (personifying Earth); lower right, Venus bourne over the water on a shell drawn by dolphins and attended by amoretti (personifying Water).

Drawing, Cartoon for Cotton Printing: Les Quatre Elements, 1810–20
pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper.
Gift of Bridget Mahon.
1898-21-10-b

This object was made by Hartmann et Fils.
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Hawaii shows a female dancing the Hula on a pedestal. She is surrounded by tropical motifs including palm tree, dolphins, pineapple, tropical fish, and volcanic mountains. Located beneath her are a figure on a surfboard and three bowls of poi. Hawaii is the birthplace of the hula dance and surfing.

Window Shade, Hawaii, 1938–39
hand painted on canvas.
Gift of Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
2009-17-3

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Sanitary wallpaper with repeating design of a large ship at sea, framed within rolling waves and dolphins. Printed in blue and green on white ground.

Sidewall (England), ca. 1968
flexographic print on paper, varnish.
Gift of Harry Lyons.
2004-11-1

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

Standing figure of naked Venus under long, flowing, arched scarf, riding the waves on a shell pulled by two dolphins.

Furniture Mount (France), 19th century
gilt bronze.
Gift of Jacob H. Schiff.
1904-20-15

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

Needle lace cravat end with a delicate all-over floral design and figures, including a figure dressed as a warrior, wearing a helmet in form of a double-headed eagle, standing on a trophée flanked by kneeling warriors; the scene surmounted by a royal crown and surrounded by dolphins, winged putti, warrior figures and foliated sprays.

Cravat End (France), ca. 1695
linen.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-50-18-a

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