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The cut paper (decoupage) is over a woven blue silk that creates a more minutely detailed but similar effect to the ivory and foil buttons of the period. These depict a goatherd couple with love altar and celebrating under trees.

Set Of Ten Buttons (France), 1775–80
cut paper on silk set in copper with glass covers.
Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-6-3-a/j

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

Horizontal rectangular form with everted and shaped rim; base with feet flanking shaped lower edges. White ground with blue, green, and ochre decoration of flowers and garlands surrounding central oval cartouche showing man and woman frolicking in meadow. Opposite side shows a boar hunt scene. Internal supports for missing liner.

Jardiniere (France), ca. 1770
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2006-27-8

This object was made by Olérys and Laugier's pottery factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing of large, colorful birds perched in tree branches peering down at a group of the Audubon Society bird-watchers represented in small scale black and white. They point, take notes, and look through field glasses. Birds depicted based on Audubon prints.

Drawing, Design for a Cover of The New Yorker or Promenade Magazine, ca. 1939
graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, crayon on off-white laid paper.
Gift of Christina Malman.
1947-110-3

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

Circular, with tapering handle. Back engraved with stylized, reclining ancient Greek female figure holding bowl and jar. Handle engraved with cross-hatched decoration.

Brush (USA), 1938
silver, bristles, wood.
Museum purchase from Walter R. Scholz Memorial Fund.
1998-21-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle. White glazed ground; upright oval black transfer-printed frame enclosing green area against which, in black on white, is a figure of Orpheus or Apollo holding a lyre.

Tile (England), ca. 1780
transfer-printed, green-enamelled white pottery.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1940-80-1

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

This object has not been digitized yet.

Sidewall, Athena, 1968
screen printed on paper.
Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology.
1998-75-176

This object was made by Piazza Prints Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Short, cylindrical form with hinged, slightly domed circular lid; polychrome decoration on white ground, lid with scene of blue-robed maiden flanked by two putti; sides decorated with ochre and green flower garlands.

Box (France), 18th–19th century
tin-glazed earthenware, metal (mount).
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2006-27-10

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

Oval portrait miniature of a woman wearing red dress, ca. 1790, behind glass and encased in gold frame; set into a black velvet bracelet with chased gold clasps, ca. 1830.

Portrait miniature set on a bracelet Portrait Miniature On Bracelet, ca. 1790...
watercolor on ivory, chased gold, silk velvet, cut glass.
1914-39-4

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

In the shape of a triumphal arch, with a single high and narrow opening in the center part. Below is a dado, above the entablature is an attic. The wall in the center part is treated like rustic work. The entablature is supported on either side, near the corners, by two columns, inside by one only. In the lateral panels is a niche with a standing female figure, and a circular pediment above, above which is a trophy. Projecting pillar strips correspond at the attic to the columns. Figures stand in front of them. A relief is in the panel of the lateral parts; an inscription in that of the central part. It has a circular pediment, and tow figures sitting with an escutcheon. The left part is the plan and at right the scale.

Drawing, Door in a garden wall, ca. 1754
charcoal, graphite, brush and gray watercolor on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-2230

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

Horizontal view of a girl, wearing a sunbonnet and holding a long stick in her left hand, seated on a hillside with hill in the background.

Drawing, Girl Seated on a Hillside, 1878
graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green paper.
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
1912-12-67

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

Cover of blue and white checked cotton cloth embroidered in colored silks. The design shows a man on horseback surrounded by human and animal figures within a border in which a human figure appears as a repeated motif. Lined with red silk and striped cotton cloth.

Cover (Iran), 1801–50
cotton foundation, silk embroidery threads.
Gift of George Arnold Hearn.
1903-9-19

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

Crude representation of a man, in small colored glass beads strung together and sewn around a tubular core of leather. Limp arms fastened to head, which is a pouch that fits over the top. Two leather thongs for carrying or fastening at top.

Doll Or Fetish Figure, late 19th–early 20th century
glass beads, leather.
Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green.
1938-58-1153

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

Exterior decorated with two groups of three figures, each with central figure of woman holding vessel. Palmettes at handles. Interior centered with fretwork medallion containing woman facing seated man with staff.

Kylix (Ancient Greece - Etruria), ca. 440 BC
glazed terra-cotta.
Gift of Charles W. Gould.
1915-11-37

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Three panels joined to form a single composition. Description on verso of mount as follows: "Beauties impersonating the eight sennin - Immortals. Kinto beauty on carp-steed located in center which she conjures a small horse. In front of the carp, Chinnan, holding a bowl from which issues a column of smoke enveloping a dragon. At her right sits Tekkai breathing forth a diminutive reproduction of herself. To the right, and facing the latter, stands Korejin with his tiger companion, the tail of which rises - true to tradition - in a sweeping curve back of the lady's head. Next, at the right, stands Chokinka cutting fragments of cloth from her garments, and tossing them into the air, where they instantly turn into butterflies. And below, in his kneeling position, Gaga-Sennin plays with his fabulous toad."

Print, Kabuki players as the Eight Sennin (Triptych), 1810–20
woodcut on paper, mounted.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander.
1963-12-1-a

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

Book Illustration, The Antiqvities of Athens, vol. IV; Amphitheatre at Pola,...
engraving on paper.
Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
SIL39088003519543

Small white porcelain box with gild metal closure. Decorative scene depicting figures in the outdoors.

Box (England), ca. 1760
enameled and glazed porcelain, gilt metal.
Gift of the Panwy Foundation, from the collection of Maria Wyman.
1994-129-15

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

PZ8.3.S1185 Wi 2007

Paper Construction, Winter in White, 2007
cut paper, paper.
Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
SIL39088017813445

Textile with borders on four sides and a densely patterned field. Two oval medallions with figures of a man and crowned woman, surrounded by figures, animals and plants. On the two long edges, inscriptions reading ANKURIMOGA NNIDUNIAOK, repeated. A border of confronted birds alternating with closely spaced dots. In light blue on a deep blue ground.

Textile (Nigeria), ca. 1960
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Mary Kirby.
1962-117-1

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

Two fabrics sewn together (one on the outside, one on the inside - each a loomed width) to form a circular band. The fabric on the outside is tapestry-woven band with four panels, each showing a full-face standing figure wearing a headdress on a red, green or black background. The drawing is in the Tiahuanaco style but lacks the expected precision. The fabric on the inside is a heavy single weft double-cloth patterned by brown and ivory panels of checkerboard.

Cap (Peru), 800–1100
wool.
Gift of Clara Waldeck.
1969-170-4

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

Circular hanging with the face of the sun in the center; female figures in long skirts are arranged around the circle, with waving lines filling the spaces between.

Hanging, Four Seasons, 1964
linen.
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Paskow.
1982-9-1

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

Oval tin with ring handles and decoration resembling an Egyptian frieze.

Egyptian Revival Style Biscuit Tin, late 19th–early 20th century
offset lithograph on tin.
1990-93-4-a,b

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

A band showing naked figures within circular and square outlines on purple with a deep red background.

Band From A Garment Or Hanging (Egypt), 6th–7th century
wool.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-32

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

Circular plate with wide rim, resting on short foot ridge; painted in underglaze blue on white with a scrolled floral border on rim and in center withscene of 3 men with staffs in landscape (Christ and disciples on road to Emmaus).

Plate (Netherlands), 1675–1725
tin-glazed earthenware.
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.
1986-61-55

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

A). Hammered deep bowl, slightly contracting toward top. High repousse scenes of figures at various rural activities, encircled by strap-and-scroll work, and foliated bands. B). A cylindrical inset with two hinged rings, and eight small holes in bottom. Stamped: The Gorham Co.

Bowl And Liner (USA), late 19th century
raised, repoussé, chased silver, silver-plated metal (liner).
Gift of Mrs. Leo Wallerstein.
1959-72-4-a,b

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

Bowl
silver-plated copper.
1911-15-1

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

Footed bowl in blue glass with painted decoration showing women on horseback, bathers and two portrait medallions. In the Renaissance revival style.

Footed Bowl, ca. 1880
blown glass, enameled and gilt.
Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi.
1972-5-1

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