Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 10 objects tagged harbors.

Includes the Bay of Naples, an erupting Mount Vesuvius, tall ships in the harbor, and many figures attending to business and pleasure. 27 panels plus fragments of panels. Printed in a monochrome yellow ocher colorway, possibly called biche chamois.

Scenic, Les Vues d'Italie (Views of Italy), ca. 1830
block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper.
Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt, Pauline Cooper Noyes, and General....
2000-29-1-a/mm

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 31 images of this object.

Panoramic paper depicting the coast of Villefranche in southeast France. The paper contains scenes of the harbor with ships, architectural ruins, figures, cows, goats and sheep. Printed in 8 warm shades of tan. A full set of 14 panels. "La Cote" requires 157 wood blocks to print in this colorway.

Scenic Paper, Les Côtes de Villefranche, 1930
block-printed paper.
Gift of Priscilla E. Muller.
2005-25-1-a/n

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 18 images of this object.

Pleated cabriolet fan with painted parchment upper and lowers leaves. The obverse shows naval scenes with floral borders.The reverse leaf is painted paper showing a woman in a pastoral landscape, with a rustic house and fence on the lower leaf. The sticks are carved and pierced openwork (à jour) with Chinoiserie figures, painted and gilded. Paste jewel set in both ends of the rivet.

Pleated Cabriolet Fan (France), 1760–80
parchment and paper leaf, painted with gouache; pierced, painted and gilded....
Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-6-114

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

View of New York City harbor as seen from Castle Williams on Governor's Island, probably adapted from a print of the scene. Foreground shows sentry walking at base of tower. Sailing ships, sailboats and side-wheeler in Lower Bay and southern tip of Manhattan in distance. This scene enclosed in rectangle, alternating with decorative cartouche shape enclosing motif of eagle in flight carrying "E PLURIBUS UNUM" banner. Printed in grisaille, black, white and lime green.

Sidewall (USA), 1830
block-printed on handmade paper.
Gift of New York State Historical Association.
1985-15-1

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

Cup hemispherical, with slight outcurving at edge; cylindrical foot; no handle. Saucer shallow, curved side, slight outcurving at edge. Outside of cup and saucer decorated with slightly mottled red-violet, in which on cup are two four-lobed reserve panels enclosing seaport scenes. Upper face of saucer decorated with seaport enclosed in framework of gilding and colored scrolls. Gilt "lace" borders.

Cup And Saucer (Germany), 1735–45
glazed and gilt hard-paste porcelain with overglaze decoration.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-440-a,b

This object was made by Meissen Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Four-lobed oval plan with curved walls. Four-lobed dome cover with knob shape of a hip and leaf. Blue-gray body. Bowl and cover each decorated with two oval medallions with polychromed harbor scenes and ruins. Wide blue and narrow gold bands and edges.

Sugar Bowl And Lid (Italy), ca. 1800
gilt and glazed porcelain.
Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan.
1953-17-55-a,b

This object was made by Doccia Porcelain Manufactory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Square wooden box-type cage (a) cut on each side with fan-shaped opening inset with metal wires; quarter columns at corners; bun feet; gallery along top, decorated with circular cutouts and ball finials at corners; stamped gilt-metal decorations at fan-shapes and capitals and bases of columns. On top of box, cradled in large circular hole with flange, is a globular fishbowl (b) with circular neck and central hollow globe, all formed from single wall (allowing bird entry/egress from and to wooden cage below). Base of bowl decorated with polychrome enamel band of landscape / water scenes showing European men hunting birds or fishing (retrieving birds?) from boats / sailing ships at sea (one flying two red, white and blue Dutch flags), and a rocky island with a tall castle-like building on top; floral decoration just below neck, gilded foliate decoration on neck and band at mouth.

Birdcage With Fishbowl (Netherlands), early 19th century
sycamore-inlaid fruitwood and fruitwood veneered wood, carved gilt wood,....
Gift of Channing Hare.
1971-7-1-a/d

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

Cup (a) tall, slightly flaring side outcurved at edge; double scrolled handle; cylindrical foot. Saucer (b) shallow, curved side, slightly outcurved at edge. Decoration of seaport scenes - two on cup, one on saucer - enclosed in framework of gilding and orange scrolls

Chocolate Cup And Saucer (Germany), 1735–45
gilt and glazed porcelain.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-437-a,b

This object was made by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Paper with repeating scenes of Gallipoli and Istanbul, showing shipping, soldiers and architecture. The ships each fly their nation's flag, including France. Printed in gray and brown, with bright blues and reds in the figures in each scene.

Bandbox And Lid, Gallipoli, 1825–35
block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1913-17-13-a,b

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

Decoration of statuary base for Genoese naval hero and imperial admiral Andrea Doria, whose successes are commemorated in the marine scene seen in the framed relief on the pedestal. Surrounding this scene are two cloaked herms, supporting capitals and the upper portion of the base. Turtles and sphinxes with fishtails and a satyr mask complete the decoration.

Drawing, Design for the Base of the Monument to Andrea Doria, mid-1530s
pen and brown ink, black chalk on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-1741

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