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Square panel of stretched, unbleached linen with four circles, each 11.5 inches in diameter, placed in the four quarters of the square. Each circle is produced by the progressive counter-clockwise placing of linen yarns across the diameter of the circle. A relief effect is created in the center of each circle as the yarns cross and build up one upon the other, casting a shadow.

Panel, Study for Ford Foundation wall panels, 1967
linen.
Gift of Sheila Hicks.
1969-25-1

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

Large rectangular tapa, printed with blocks of geometric diamond and zigzag patterns in reddish-brown in a repeating fashion. Dark brown diamonds, squares and dots are hand-painted and do not repeat.

Tapa Cloth (Samoa), 20th century
beaten bark (tapa).
Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund.
1976-33-3

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

Deep red velvet with offset repeat pattern of gold disks. The foundation is plain weave formed by a red silk warp and tan silk weft; the supplementary warp pile is red silk. The velvet pile is voided in the areas where the coin dots appear, and supplementary gold wefts are floated in pairs to the surface in these areas, bound in twill with the secondary ivory warp.

Textile (Italy), possibly 13th century
silk, metallic.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-385

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

f ND1489 .A33 1963

Plate, Interaction of Color, Plate VIIII-I, 1963
chromolithograph.
Smithsonian Libraries, ND1489 .A33 1963.
1.2013.1

Center, four clothespins of deteriorating quality on white ground speckled with tiny leaf-like designs.

Catalogue, Anni Kuan, Clothespins, 2008
newsprint, stiffened with cardboard with four wood, metal spring clothespins,....
Gift of Stefan Sagmeister.
2011-34-5

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

Poster with a black and white photographic image of a woman removing freshly-baked biscuits from oven, set against a blue printed background, on the bottom half. On the top half of the design, the background is composed of red polka dots on a white background, and the title "A Better Home" appears within a central band of blue in an ovoid shape positioned diagonally.

Poster, A Better Home, 1941
offset lithograph and screenprint on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Edward C. Post and from Friends of....
1995-106-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 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 2 images of this object.

Large-scale checkerboard of light and dark blue squares, the squares made up of small irregular dots of mottled color. A single row of light brown dots runs parallel to the selvage on each side.

Textile, Kadrilj, 1963
cotton.
Gift of Hans Krondahl.
2002-27-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Long, narrow rectangle of wool sprang, tie-dyed with large red rings on a black ground.

Headdress (Tunisia), early 20th century
wool.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2007-8-2

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

Human figure in center, in front of branch-like designs in black, with blue dots in circles radiating outwards around the head and shoulders and extending down through the torso into the legs. Surrounding figure are concentric yellow rings with green leaf-shaped patterns in front of them. All of this on a red background with two eagles, one in each upper corner, and a rose in the center at the top.

Poster, Fool on the Hill, for San Francisco Happenings, 1967
lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-24

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

Flat ruler surmounted by head of woman in 3/4 frontal view, her loose, flowing tresses entwined with large flowers; face of ruler marked with lines and dots at 1/8-inch intervals and the numbers 1, 2 and 3 at each full inch; square slide with central flower framed by scrolls on each side.

Hem Measure (USA), ca. 1894
silver.
Gift of Mrs. Earle F. Hiscock.
1976-108-1

This object was made by William B. Kerr & Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A sinister-looking raccoon standing with forepaws raised as if holding an empty space (unfinished?); worked in uncounted cross stitches in white, grey-blue, brown and black on light brown cotton ground.

Embroidered Picture (USA), 1965
cotton.
Gift of Alice Delamar.
1966-21-1

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

Record Cover, Persuasive Percussion, Volume 3

Record Cover, Persuasive Percussion, Volume 3
offset lithograph on white wove paper, gate-fold cardboard, black vinyl 33....
2009-44-2-a/c

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

NK512.N5 C777 1990

Book Cover, An Introduction to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum [braille], 1990
braille.
Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
SIL39088007544067

PZ7 .C2429Wh 2009

Paper Construction, White Noise, Rainbow Bubble Blast and Crackly White Noise
cut paper.
Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
SIL39088015314735

Pleated Fan (France)

Pleated Fan (France)
lace leaf with silk satin backing; mother-of-pearl sticks.
1920-19-182

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

QA113 .C37785 2007

Paper Construction, 600 Black Spots: A Pop-up Book for Children of all Ages,...
cut paper.
Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
SIL39088013400833

Indigo-dyed wrapper patterned with stitched resist. The field has a checkerboard layout of alternating design squares, one containing a pyramid-like shape of stacked lines, and the other a sunburst or snowflake pattern surrounded by dots. End borders have a simple dot pattern.

The lines are created by overcast stitching, the dots by simple tie-dye.

Adire Wrapper (Nigeria), ca. 1960
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Mary Kirby.
1962-117-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Woman's wrapper consisting of eight 5 1/2 inch wide strips of handwoven cotton, sewn together to make a panel. The center field is divided into six squares separated by bands of H-shaped "airplane" motifs. Each square is patterned with incomplete diamonds with a dot in the center, radiating out from a center dot in a petal-like arrangement. The outer and lower borders use the same motifs as the center field. The upper border (when worn, seen here on the left) has scattered white dots. The inner border (when worn) interlocking triangles. With guard borders of narrow zigzags. Design is reserved in white on a dyed brownish-black ground.

Bogolanfini Woman's Wrapper (Mali), mid-20th century
cotton.
Museum purchase from The Grodzins Fund for Textile Acquisition.
2000-22-2

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

Sample of tied- and stitched-resist patterns, indigo-dyed and partially opened.

Textile (Ghana), ca. 1960
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Mary Kirby.
1962-117-4

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

Various blocks of ikat in indigo blue, tan and off-white.

Panel, #5, 1980–89
silk.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor.
2005-16-2

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

Brown and light brown circles printed on a white background with smaller "burn-out' circles within the larger circles.

Textile, Finesse: Circle, 1973
viscose/polyester gauze.
Gift of Evan Snyderman and Zesty Meyers of R 20th Century and museum purchase....
2011-36-2

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

Woman's wrapper with a large-scale design of two columns of squares, each criss-crossed by diagonal lines. Field of small white circles. In white on a deep blue ground.

Wrapper (Nigeria), early 20th century
cotton.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1959-36-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

A series of dots and dashes fill the entire page. The sequence is as follows: --I-:--I-: --I-:

Print (France), 2008
digital print on paper.
Gift of Philippe Apeloig.
2014-34-10

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

Design for a plate with border painted with fish on border and well in green, brown, blue and white.

Drawing, Design for a plate, 1957
brush and gouache on white wove paper.
Gift of Simon Lissim.
1971-61-2

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

Drawing, Textile Design: Wavy Lines

Drawing, Textile Design: Wavy Lines
brush and blue, black, and white gouache, graphite on gray illustration board.
1975-11-29

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

Branches made up of white dots.

Katagami, Branches and Triangles, late 19th–early 20th century
cut mulberry paper treated with persimmon tannin and silk thread.
Gift of Helen Snyder.
1976-103-113

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

Oval and circular floral rosettes in dotted goemetrical framework, forming overall pattern, In white with occasional hand application of orange, on blue ground.

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

Length of stencil resist (katazome) in ivory pattern with red details on finely dotted blue ground. Two rows of large (12 cm) full-faced flowers with leaves and tendrils.

Textile (Japan), 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Elinor Merrell.
1973-29-22

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

Length of stencil resist (katazome) with ivory pattern on blue dotted ground. Three different full-face flowers and dotted tendrils.

Textile (Japan), 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Elinor Merrell.
1973-29-24

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

Design of hats on curving vine in white on dark blue with details in red.

Textile (Japan), late 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Hiroko Hoshii.
1977-29-1

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

Drawing, Design for Textile: Curling Lines and Dots

Drawing, Design for Textile: Curling Lines and Dots
brush and brown, green and off-white gouache, white chalk on buff wove paper.
1988-101-1498

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

Black, arched case; white face with ring of 12 yellow-encircled black "hour" dots surrounded by a ring of corresponding numerals interspersed with small black "minute" dots; black, lozenge-shaped hour hand with hole at end to reveal "hour" dots, thin black minute hand, thin red second hand. In small print on bottom of face: "Optic / MADE IN ITALY / Alarm."

Optic Alarm Alarm Clock, ca. 1968
plastic, metal.
Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor.
1986-99-39

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

Ovoid vessel showing dotted geometric pattern with cover showing original floral decoration

from the Spotted Nyonya series Vessel With Cover XL, 2015
sandblasted porcelain.
Gift of Hans Tan.
2016-24-1-a,b

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

Spittoon, from Spotted Nyonya series, 2015

Spittoon, from Spotted Nyonya series, 2015
sandblasted porcelain.
Courtesy of Hans Tan.
67.2015.3

There are 2 images of this object.