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An early metal toaster in a diamond shape with a visible heating elements and metal frames to hold the toast on either side. Roughly rectangular cast metal base with small decorative floral designs near the feet; two cylindrical buttons on one side. Small pendant knobs on opposite sides of toaster.

Universal Toaster, ca. 1929
cast metal, ivorine.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1993-150-40

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

The hexagon-shaped paper is composed of multiple layers of printing containing delicate floral imagery interspersed with circular geometric shapes. The background is composed of a grid pattern. Printed in black, gray and taupe on a white ground. The first of seven identical panels.

Sidewall, Hexagon, 2004
screen-printed on non-woven paper.
Gift of Marcel Wanders.
2009-11-1

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Sample (USA)
cardboard, linen.
1971-26-2-28

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

Circular plate with symmetrical, polychrome floral and scroll work decoration on white ground.

Plate (China (for export)), ca. 1830
enameled copper, brass.
Gift of Samuel P. Avery.
1903-1-18

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

Large, circular form; in center, image of smiling woman dressed in bathing suit and bathing cap, standing before skyline of Moscow; blue border with six reserves showing women athletes; between each reserve an oval medalion with "USSR" (in Russian) and floral motif; gilded border with burnished star-like pattern.

Woman Swimmer Plate, 1937
enameled, gilt and glazed porcelain.
The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
1989-41-30

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

Suspended napkins, each containing fruit and flower. Grapes, pear and strawberries alternate with banana, something red and something green. Printed in black, red, green and tan on cream ground.

Sidewall, Napkin and Fruit, 1926
lithograph after linocut.
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program....
1996-32-1

This object was made by The Curwen Press.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Double arched top rail, crested with a complex of scrolls. Wood wings rest on slightly curved arms which are supported by curved channeled stumps. Flat seat framing. Cabriole front and rear legs. Chair inlaid on all surfaces with floral designs. Unfolds to form bed.

Dutch mahogany metamorphic wing-backed folding bed chair Bed Chair, mid-18th...
mahogany, solid and veneered, inlaid with other woods, textile.
Gift of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt.
1931-44-44

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

Oblong, curved sides and lid, structure of lacy, silver filigree work, featuring a central, vertical, rectangular area with a single, long-stemmed flower and leaves, identical on front and reverse. Lid, upper third of box, hinged on side, small knob-like thumb catch opposite. Small oval striker on bottom.

Filigree Work Matchsafe, late 19th century
silver.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-615

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

Green glass leaf-like three dimensional teardrop plant form covering light bulbs of sconce.

Wall Sconce (USA), 1996
blown glass, metal.
Gift of Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel.
2007-31-1

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

Intertwined meanders of tulips, morning glories, carnations and roses among stylized acanthus leaves with picotage effect. Printed in red, yellow, green, blue, lavender, and dark brown.

Print, Trial Proof for a Flower Chintz, 1790–1800
woodcut in multicolored inks on tan ground on white paper.
Gift of Bridget Mahon.
1898-21-25-a

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

Etagere (USA), ca. 1855
rosewood, maple, glass mirror, brass.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1937-45-6

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

Folding fan with carved and pierced bone sticks. Paper leaf is painted in gouache on the obverse with swags in blue, green and pink with gilt and sequins. The reverse is painted with small sprays of flowers.

Folding Fan And Case, 1790–1800
painted paper leaf with applied sequins, carved and pierced bone sticks.
Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1926-22-112

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

Side Chair (France)

Side Chair (France)
carved and gilt wood, silk needlepoint.
1969-71-3-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 9 images of this object.

Trees with nearly circular leaves on grasscloth. a) pink ground with gray specks, brown tree with black, rust, red and silver leaves; b) green ground with bluish specks, yellow tree with olive, green and white leaves. Drop match.

Sidewall, Tree of Wisdom, 1952
screen printed on grasscloth.
Gift of S. Stanley Sogg.
1955-88-2-a,b

This object was made by Kakegawa Grasscloth Manufacturing Co..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

The subject is images of boys from the artist's high school yearbook perceived to be bullies. The portraits are displayed in decorative oval frames and surrounded by flowers on an irisé or rainbow ground. Printed in fluorescent inks and black rayon flock.

Sidewall, Bullies, 1992
screen-printed, rayon flock on tyvek.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Friends of....
2002-4-1

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

Sidewall (England)

Sidewall (England)
block-printed and flocked on handmade paper, varnished ground.
1972-42-187-a,b

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

Typical curved tapered cylindrical shape, upcurved at both ends, with engraved and stained decoration featuring a fleur-de-lys over a band of guilloché above a stylized flower-foliage cluster and arched pattern all surrounded by the inscription "Robert Mindum made this shooing...(worn at top) s Gamlet Anno domini 1604".

Shoe Horn (England), 1604
heat- and steam-shaped horn, with engraved and black-stained decoration.
Gift of Barbara Munves.
2011-31-1

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

Short, wide chalice, engraved with Asia, holding a bow; Europe with cornucopia and banner with the coat of arms of the House of Habsburg and the eight Electors; Africa in sun hat, seated on crocodile; America with feather skirt and headdress, arrow and coral, attended by elephant. Baluster stem with circular cut, and air bubble. Foot engraved with flowers.

Four Continents Standing Cup, 1680–90
honeycomb-cut and engraved glass.
Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
1960-1-83

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

Basket And Tray (England)

Basket And Tray (England)
glazed earthenware.
1986-109-15-a,b

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

Covered Butter Dish Dish

Covered Butter Dish Dish
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
1949-149-2-a,b

This object was made by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 10 images of this object.

Oval bowl, tapering stem with thistle-topped, rounded square terminal. Stem stamped on obverse and reverse with interlacing scrollwork and flower blossoms on a matted ground. Obverse with vacant trefoil reserve.

Persian pattern Spoons, patent 1872, produced 1907–47
silver.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1957-100-2-a/l

This object was made by Tiffany and Co..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 13 images of this object.

Large white dome-shaped lamp, interior with molded plaster relief decoration of floral and foliate swags. Halogen light source in center.

Skygarden Hanging Lamp, 2011
aluminum, plaster, halogen light source.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2011-27-1

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

Abstract butterfly form comprising simple, curved body studded with small diamonds, flanked by wings with polychrome lacquer, mother-of-pearl, egg shell, and gold decoration inspired by ‘Kodai-ji makie’ using Chinese bell flower motif.

Hanakarakusa W Brooch, 2007
gold powder, gold beads, egg shells, mother-of-pearl, colored lacquer....
Gift of Van Cleef and Arpels.
2011-42-2

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

Heart shaped, horizontally placed on three small feet. Openings in two lobes, with two inkwells, each with cover. Slight depression on top, at point. Decoration of stylized flowers and foliage.

Inkwell Stand And Lid (France), ca. 1780
tin-glazed earthenware with cobalt.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-5-15-a/e

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

Writing Toolbox (England), 1750–75

Writing Toolbox (England), 1750–75
enamel on copper, gilt copper, glass, wood.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.245.26.
21.2012.1

Tureen (a) of bulging and lobed oval form with two scrolling loop handles at either side and four scrolled feet; the white body with pink ground decorated at front and back with large central cartouches showing the artist as Madame de Pompadour in low-cut bodice and wig of silvery curls, with landscape in background; the pink surface embellished with platinum scrollwork and floral sprays, the flower buds rendered as fish; the articulated surfaces of the white handles and feet also picked out with platinum. Interior of bowl white, the floor decorated with scene of fish lying among ropes of pearls, all resting on soft folds of blue fabric. The domed and lobed cover (b), with pink ground decorated with platinum scrollwork and floral sprays as on tureen, and having central knob in the form of large platinum-colored flower buds with white and platinum leaves. The platter (c) of roughly oval shape having a white rectangular well, and wide everted rim, its two scrolled ends forming handles, and decorated with images of the artist as Madame de Pompadour; the articulated surface with pink ground, picked out with platinum scrollwork and floral sprays as on tureen.

Madame de Pompadour (née Poisson) Covered Tureen And Stand, 1990
glazed porcelain with photo-transfer (silkscreen) and painted-platinum....
Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
2003-4-1-a/c

This object was made by Ancienne Manufacture Royale de Limoges.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Circular plate, the scalloped rim having tan ground with applied interlaced curving blue bands and gilt floral border; the well with a stylized gilt floral decoration in the center.

Sample Plate (England), 1870–90
glazed and gilt porcelain.
Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
2003-5-3

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

Portion of a slightly larger panel, in varnished silver, blue and green. Cartouche framework with scrollwork, fruit, flowers, trellis work and confronted birds.

Leather, ca. 1700
leather, stamped, embossed, silvered, varnished.
Museum purchase through gift of Thomas Snell.
1903-21-3

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Imitation leather. Random arrangement of adjoining geometric shapes - triangles and irregular polygons, each with a different embossed field. Some of the polygons have, in addition, further ornamentation in the form of decorated roundels, flowering stems, small dragons and cloud bands, respectively. Anglo-Japanesque design.

Sidewall (Japan), ca. 1885
fiber composition, tung oil, embossed.
Gift of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.
1953-156-11-a/c

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

Flowering plant and one large blossom in center. Possibly rock motifs off to left side. Background embossed with horizontal bands of triangles.

Leather (Holland), ca. 1700
leather, stamped, silvered, painted.
Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.
1903-12-18

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Printed on a pale green background. Darker green ground at bottom. Flowering tree with white blossoms, and large peony plant with white and pale yellow blossoms. Bamboo trees in the background. Flying white birds.

Scenic (China), 1775–99
hand painted on handmade paper.
Gift of John Judkyn in memory of his mother, Florence Judkyn.
1954-168-1

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Large central motif of flowering tree, with white leaves and flowers at top, brightly colored flowers and exotic birds near bottom, along with rocky formations. Three smaller birds fly among the branches near top of tree. Painted on pink ground.

Scenic (China), 1800–1830
hand painted on joined sheets of handmade paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2013-10-1

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Vertical rectangle; the end of a roll composed of joined sheets. Fleurons and squares, brown and yellow, in alternating rows, with remainder of background covered by a foliate arabesque. The printed motifs simulate a textile weave and are printed slightly out of register.

Sidewall (France), 1810–20
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-110

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

Vertical rectangle composed of pieced fragments. Repeating design of crossed foliate scrolls, black on blue, enclosing gray area with diagonally overprinted white stripes, in center of which is a floral spray in black on blue. Diaper or trellis-style design.

Sidewall (France), 1765–75
block-printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-58

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Rectangle, with two bands of floral guilloche against black-rouletted background. To either side, small band with serpentine of flowers and foliage.

Domino Paper (France), ca. 1750
block-printed and stenciled on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-75

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

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