Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 7 objects tagged literature.

Rectangular handkerchief showing twenty-five scenes from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, printed in brown on white.

Handkerchief, Uncle Tom's Cabin, ca. 1870
cotton.
Gift of Spencer Bickerton.
1936-55-1

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

Children's wallpaper depicting events from the story of Robinson Crusoe. A pattern of entwined branches forms a rustic framework around each of six different scenes, placed in an alternating position in horizontal rows. There is a caption below each scene. Margins at both sides. Intaglio printed in a monochromatic brown design on a light brown ground.

Sidewall, Robinson Crusoe, ca. 1875
machine printed with engraved copper rollers.
Gift of Frances Irene Clark.
1959-117-2

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

Three Japanese masks looking towards center of poster, one at left, one at top center, and one at bottom. Behind masks, a collage of imagery including red flames, architectural motifs, skeletons, demons and mountain scenes.

Poster, Yume no Ukihashi (Floating Bridge of Dreams), 2000
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-17

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

Design on bright yellow ground. Cover is largely filled with black serif dollar sign ($) in the center. The letters of the the word Gatsby are inside alternating white and gray boxes.

Book Cover, The Great Gatsby, 1947
offset lithograph on glossy white wove paper.
Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff.
1993-31-165-5

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

Bookjacket designs. Design on blue ground. Cover depicts maze-like arrangement of black rectilinear forms. A thin, white line is drawn between the walls of this maze. Title and author's name written within the black maze-like forms.

Book Cover, The Longest Journey, 1947
offset lithograph in blue and black ink on off-white shiny wove paper.
Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff.
1993-31-165-2

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

Book cover with undulating colored lines surrounding black oval-like shape at upper right with book title printed at center. Printed in white ink, front cover right center: SIDDHARTHA; printed in black ink, lower left: HERMANN HESSE. Printed vertically in black ink, side cover: SIDDHARTHA; printed horizontally in black ink, lower center: NC 34. Printed vertically in white ink, side cover: HERMANN HESSE.

Book Cover, Siddhartha, 1951
offset lithograph on thin glossed paper.
Gift of Susan Lustig Peck.
2001-29-25

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

A partial roll, containing two and one half repeats. Each repeat contains four shelves of books, including "Normandy", "Indian Tales" and "Ancient Egypt". Screen printed in 18 colors.

Sidewall, Bibliotheque, 1989–90
screen printed on paper.
Gift of Hank and Gladys Edelman.
1997-159-1

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