Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Robe with rounded neckline, diagonal closure across right shoulder, slits at center front and back hem, and horseshoe-shaped sleeve cuffs.Twelve-symbol robe with ultramarine ground with deep wave border of diagonal stripes, clouds, gold dragons, and many other symbols all over. Blue and gold striped sleeves. Lined with pale blue silk damask.

Robe (China), 19th century
silk, metallic.
Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt.
1949-41-1

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

Long robe of brown satin embroidered in colored silks and metallic yarns. Long sleeves of black taffeta with embroidered horse-shoe cuffs. Diagonal front closure with a band of black satin, embroiderd in colored silks. Three 5-toed dragons on front, worked in gold with red silk flames. Background of cloud bands in colors, interspersed with auspicious symbols such as bat, peony, swastika, flaming pearl, lotus, jar, fish. Deep wave border at bottom.

Man's Robe (China), 1796–1820
silk, metallic yarns.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1960-32-1

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

A male figure, seen standing frontally, dressed in oriental costume, rests his left hand on a baton around which a snake is coiled. In the background, four figures are grouped around an altar. Undecipherable inscriptions in ink, lower left, and signature of the artist in ink, lower right.

Drawing, Cleobolus, ca. 1650
graphite and red chalk on off-white laid paper .
Gift of Hugh Cassel.
1958-143-6

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

Knitted wool cap with a design of overlapping arches, each with a six-pointed star, in white wool on a rust-red ground. Chevron border at lower edge of alternating red and white.

Cap (Morocco), 1900–1950
wool.
Gift of Woman's Day Magazine.
1966-54-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

A man's cap with turned up cuff, of off-white linen embroidered in a pattern of rainbows arching over clouds with rain falling, with snails and caterpillars interspersed. In blue, green, yellow, red and pink silks and silver metallic yarns.

Man's Cap (England), late 16th century
silk and metallic embroidery on linen foundation, metal spangles.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-53-11

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

Man's cap of white linen with a deep cuff of alternating bands of embroidery in scrolling vine and stylized floral motifs, and needle lace in geometric patterns. Lace and embroidery silk in dark tan.

Nightcap (England), 17th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation, linen needle lace.
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-50-115

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

Tall man's cap of brilliant yellow silk embroidered with floral vines in silver metallic yarns. Lower edge turns up in the bicorne style.

Nightcap (France), 18th century
silk, metallic (metal-wrapped silk-core yarn).
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf.
1951-105-30

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

Man's nightcap with a rounded crown and turned-up brim. The fabric has a green silk satin ground with a woven pattern of flowers and arabesques in cream silk. The brim uses a different section of the same fabric, patterned with rabbits, fruit, trees, and addorsed birds. Touches of salmon and silver embroidery accent both areas.

Nightcap (France), ca. 1730
silk, metallic (silver metal foil wound onto white silk core).
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf.
1951-105-31

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

Pair of red Cardinal's gloves with cuffs embroidered in gold metallic yarns and flat gold disks in a vine design with grape clusters. Sacred monogram, IHS, in rayed disk, embroidered in gold on back of each glove. Sewn inside one glove, a handwritten label: "Cardinal's gloves – real gold embroidery. Bought in Rome, 1897."

Gloves (Italy), 18th century
silk, metallic yarns, spangles.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-55-19-a,b

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

Off-white linen cap, gathered at the top and ornamented with a wool pompom; turned-up cuff edged with green silk binding. Embroidered all over with a curving vine with large exotic flowers in shades of blue, green, yellow and red wool.

Man's Cap (France), late 17th–early 18th century
wool embroidery on linen foundation.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Cohen in memory of the Misses Hewitt.
1944-1-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Pair of green knitted silk stockings with a red insertion at the ankle surrounded by embroidered decoration in pink and white.

Pair Of Stockings (France), early 19th century
silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-55-14-a,b

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

Man's coat of blue and black patterned silk with large-scale floral embroidery in polychrome silks with appliqué of silk and silk net. Deep borders of embroidery at the center front edges, back vent, pocket flaps and sleeve cuffs. With matching covered buttons; modern machine-lace at cuffs. Lined with white silk twill.

Coat (France), ca. 1790
silk embroidery on silk foundation, silk lining.
Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Post.
1913-33-1

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

Panel of ivory silk satin embroidered with the left and right fronts of a gentleman's waistcoat, with stand collar, pocket welts, and button covers. The embroidery consists of an overall scattered floral with floral borders up the center front; on the pockets and at hem edge are scenes of monkeys drinking rum and playing musical instruments. In sixteen colors of floss silk.

Waistcoat, Uncut (France), 1780–95
silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-54-31

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

White silk waistcoat with high stand collar and straight hem edge. Very deep border at front edges of a curving, flowering vine. At the bottom, embroidered figures in classical dress stand in front of a stone balustrade with urns of flowers and fruit trees. The figures represent Dido, Queen of Carthage, and the Trojan hero Aeneas, from the opera by Piccini and Marmontel, produced in 1785. The figure of Dido is after a drawing by Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune for the costume worn by Mlle. de Saint-Huberty. In twenty-five colors of silk.

Waistcoat (France), 1785–95
silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation, linen back.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-54-47

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

Gentleman's waistcoat with standing collar, straight hem edge and pocket welts, with ten worked buttonholes and covered buttons, lined with twill. Embroidered in twenty-five colors of silk floss and chenille on an ivory silk taffeta ground. Overall small floral sprig, with a deep border of irises and other flowers down center front and across bottom. On the larger flowers at the bottom, caterpillars are embroidered in various shades of chenille.

Waistcoat (France), 1785–90
silk.
Gift of Monsieur Robert de Micheaux.
1956-155-1

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

Nearly complete Kuba man's ceremonial skirt. Natural-colored raffia, woven in square panels and pieced to form very long rectangle. Appliqué of natural and dark brown woven raffia in irregular shapes scattered across the surface.

Men's Ceremonial Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early 20th century
raffia.
Gift of Marilyn Walter Grounds.
2007-14-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 11 images of this object.

Cap of natural-colored raffia, with geometric triangle patterns in red and black wool around the band, and two horns dangling at the sides, striped with black and red. The crown is made in twisted looping. The band and horns are made in one, in overhand knotting technique with raised rows of knots for form the zigzag borders. The colored yarns are overlaid on the raffia during construction. Edge of lateral looping. Horns terminate in tassels of multicolored cotton.

Man's Two-horned Cap, late 19th–early 20th century
raffia, wool, cotton.
Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg.
1960-242-1

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

Vest which opens at the front; fronts connected to back by two twisted strands on each side. Hexagonal mesh of plaited recycled paper; handwriting on the paper reads as irregular black spots.

Sweat Protector (koyori Ase-hajiki) (Japan), 1850–60
paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2009-36-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images and 1 video of this object.

Orange, green, and yellow striped hat with a large cluster of finger-like projections or burls on each side. Each projection is also striped and the shape is reinforced with a wood splint. A small tassel hangs from the center back.

Man's Hat (ashetu) (Cameroon), mid- to late 20th century
cotton, wood.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William Goulding.
2003-3-1

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

Fragment from large mantle with woven stepped sections meeting joined by warp interlocking and stitching in the weft direction. Each individual piece is patterned by tied-resist dying, creating patterns of small and large diamonds. In yellow on green, white on red, and white and rust on dark brown grounds.

Fragment (Peru), ca. 600
wool.
1960-33-5

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

A bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin in biscuit porcelain on a gilded underglaze-blue waisted socle.

Benjamin Franklin Bust, 1790–1795
unglazed porcelain (bisque).
Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1926-22-447-a,b

This object was made by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Cloak with broadly rounded shoulders in natural wool white, with a pattern band down each side front in black. Center front opening.

Kepenek (shepherd's Cloak), 2008
wool.
Gift of Christine Martens.
2009-33-1

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

Man's cap of bright blue silk formed from six isoceles triangles, with a deep band to encircle the head. The triangles have quilted geometric borders and fillings; the band has a quilted interlacing pattern with narrow guard borders and a single gold metallic stripe.

Cap (Egypt), late 13th–early 14th century
untwisted silk, gilded parchment; z-spun linen lining.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor.
1949-64-7

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

Tapestry medallion with polychrome figures on a red ground. In the center field, a haloed rider on a prancing horse carries a staff or scepter topped with a trefoil, and holds a ring. A lion below looks back over his shoulder. Two additional figures, one at each side, wear spotted green clothing. The rider is in pink with a flowing blue cape. Inner border of polychrome connected flower heads on a natural ground; outer border of polychrome stepped pattern on dark blue ground.
The image is said to represent the emperor with two Persian prisoners, a reference to the victory of Heraclius (617 - 641) over the Persians in 627.

Roundel (Egypt), 6th–7th century
warp: undyed s-spun wool; wefts: s-spun red wool; s-spun white linen; s-spun....
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-71

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Fragment of a linen tunic with nearly intact clavus bands with pendant medallions in-woven in wool tapestry. Bands have a red ground with polychrome figures of very stylized animals, and black borders with scrolling patterns.

Tunic Fragment With Clavus Bands (Egypt), 5th–6th century
warp: s-spun, z-twisted 2-ply linen; wefts: s-spun linen, s-spun wool.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-21

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

Fragment of a mantle with two wide bands of multi-color desigh of winged spear-bearer figure, set off by narrower bands of dark red. Design in shades of red, brown, green, blue and light yellow.

Fragment (Peru), 800–1000
cotton warp, wool weft.
1962-1-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Printed cotton with a large-scale repeating design composed of interlace motifs, stars inside of spirals, and the "eight swords" motif. The design is in imitation of the embroidery on riga or robes worn by Hausa men in Nigeria. Printed in white on a small-scale windowpane check of white on a dark blue ground.

Textile (England), early 20th century
cotton.
Gift of Elizabeth Riefstahl.
1953-90-14

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

Man's breeches in yellow-green ribbed silk lined with undyed linen. Self-covered buttons at the sides of the leg and front opening.

Pair Of Breeches (France), 1750–70
silk, linen lining.
Gift of International Business Machines Corp..
1960-88-9-b

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

Tall man's nightcap with deep bicorne cuff in salmon-colored ribbed silk, brocaded with a symmetrical floral design in silver metallic yarns and blue, green, yellow, pink, and white silks.

Nightcap, 18th century
silk, metallic yarn (metal foil wound around silk core) and flat foil strips.
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline E. Greenleaf.
1952-47-2

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

Fragment of a garment knitted in deep blue and white thick cotton yarn, with broad bands of geometric pattern separated by narrow bands of Kufic script repeating the name of Allah.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Pair of red knitted silk stockings with embroidered clocks with potted trees, in green, yellow, pink and white.

Pair Of Stockings (France), early 19th century
silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-55-16-a,b

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

Pair of gray knitted silk stockings with embroidered clocks in cream, pink, yellow and blue. The clocks have a design of a pyramid of potted trees on which peacocks are perched.

Pair Of Stockings (France), early 19th century
silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-55-15-a,b

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

A man's ceremonial skirt which alternates two panels of red and brown and two of tan and brown, sewn together to form one long panel. All panels have interlacing patterns created through clamped resist dyeing.

Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early 20th century
raffia.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor and Mrs. Harry T. Peters.
1990-133-1

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

Six manufacturer's samples of velvets for men's waistcoats. Patterns are chiné and show small conventionalized floral patterns.

Samples (France), ca. 1850
cotton, paper.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1936-51-1

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

Man's short waistcoat with standing collar, notched hem and pocket flaps. In white silk satin embroidered with an all-over design of small floral sprigs and densely embroidered on the front and lower edges with floral vine, in pale blues, greens and yellows.

Waistcoat, late 18th century
silk embroidery on silk foundation.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1937-55-1

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