Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 17 objects tagged octagonal.

Horizontal rectangle. Upper row: octagons showing first putto with bow and quiver at back; second putto running with wreath; third putto dancing with bowl and pitcher; fourth putto running and carrying dish. Bottom row: circles. At left, male putto with spear and dog. At right, putto walking and carrying quiver upon left shoulder. All representations include landscapes.

Drawing, Putti in Four Octagons and Two Circles, 1810–20
pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash over black chalk with traces of....
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-1277

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

Paneled octagonal body with short curved spout and circular lid with flattened knob finial. Attached to posts on shoulder is bronze bail-like handle in form of two dolphins rising upward. Low-relief underglaze decoration on front and back of prunus sprigs in white, blue-gray and brown slips on the ginger ground. Shoulder and top painted burnt-siena. Gilt accents on the top, spout and two of the sides. Bottom and interior glazed.

Teapot (USA), 1882
molded and glazed earthenware, bronze (handle).
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
1984-84-11-a,b

This object was made by Rookwood Pottery.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Octagonal shape with gold-banded edge. Heavily guilded, incised water plants in center, with space-filling floral and leaf forms of gold, with enamel color dots and smaller gold dots. Porcelain with blue underglaze decoration and overglaze enamelling and gilding.

Plate (USA), 1886–1890
glazed and gilt porcelain.
Gift of Mrs. C. R. Dumble.
1939-24-2

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

Octagonal, with painted decoration of stylized purple flowers.

Plate Plate, 1901
porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Arthur Altschul.
1994-117-1

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

Design for a ceiling. The octagonal design is divided into four principal panels separated by steeply foreshortened architectural pilasters. Four groups of figures are depicted that deal with Apollo, the muses and the poets.

Drawing, Study for "The Triumph of Apollo" for the Ceiling of the Sala delle...
pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, black chalk, graphite on....
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-3578

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

Octagonal concave dish, primarily rectangular in form. Cream exterior with yellow interior edge that fades gradually to a cream center. Six side panels patterned alternately with one or two circles of orange and blue decorated with abstract lines.

Fruit Dish (Germany), 1920–40
glazed earthenware.
Gift of Victor Wiener.
1996-18-16

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

Octagonal bowl with broad flat rim. Central circular concavity forming bowl, with rounded underside. Bowl is fabricated of twisted canes of semi-opaque red-orange glass with deep transparent blue. Strips are heat-laminated together to create pattern of blue parallelograms on a red ground, the pattern arranged perpendicular to the direction of lamination. Entire bowl wheel-cut; wheel marks visible front and back.

Bowl (Germany), 1981
kiln-formed fused glass.
This acquisition made possible through Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.
1983-11-1

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

Octagon body with five yellow circles on four of the edges and blue diamonds on the other four edges.

Tray (Germany), ca. 1930
glazed earthenware.
Gift of Victor Wiener.
2001-28-6

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

Octogonal bowl with jagged rim and flared sides. "Ebony" color.

2402 Bowl, 1930
molded glass.
Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion.
1993-134-12

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

Eight-sided teapot with small, separate domed lid, all of plated metal with a hammered texture; curved tapering spout on one side, circular outlet for electrical plug on opposite side; on smooth circular foot; inverted U-shaped wooden handle rapped in rattan at top; wood knob on lid.

Electric Teakettle (Germany), 1908
silver-plated metal, rattan, wood.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Fund through gift of A.....
1984-71-1-a,b

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

Irregularly octagonal, oblong, hinged cover rock crystal gilt rim. Crystal is carved in central cartouche with plain surface, its frame foliated surmounted by rocaille frame, C-scrolls, base gadrooned.

Box (France), 1838–99
rock crystal, gilt metal.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1967-48-77

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

Light blue glass octogon shaped bowl

Geometric Dish, 1930
molded glass.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-63

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

Vertical rectangle. An octagonal structure standing on a podium, columns supporting the two-tiered pagoda roof. A narrow porch surrounds the enclosed inner cove of the building. A short flight of steps leads to the entrance of the pavilion.

Original album associated with this collection still exists. See 1948-40-1 accessory

Drawing, Design for a Chinese Pavilion, 1815–22
brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1948-40-82

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

Eight-sided bowl on short foot; domed cover with ball finial; painted in underglaze blue on white, around body with Chinese pots and border of floral reserves, on cover with matching design, on finial with flower.

Bowl And Lid (Netherlands), ca. 1690–1710
tin-glazed earthenware.
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.
1986-61-64-a,b

This object was made by Louwijs Victorsz and de Dobbelde Schenckan (the Double Jug Factory) and Metalen Pot [de] (the Metal Pot Factory) and Lambertus Van Eenhoorn.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 11 images of this object.

Traditional all-over geometric design of octagons framing rosettes, and tilted squares, in dark blue and white.

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

Octagonal molded tile. Pale green border;center with paler green ground, molded in relief ("cloisonne") with stylized white lotus blossom with yellow center, green leaf, bud and leaf, and water reeds.

Tile (USA), ca. 1930
painted and glazed stoneware.
Gift of Florence I. Balasny-Barnes.
1986-107-2

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

Octagonal engraved brass disc on three feet; in center, sunk compass. On one side hinged, scrolled frame for missing pendulums. On other side, a hinged graded circle segment for setting latitudes. On third side, hinged ring with hours, and cross bar with needle. B) Octagonal case covered with brown leather and lined with blue silk. Disc with engraved named and latitudes of important cities inside cover.

Traveling Sundial And Compass (Germany), early–mid-18th century
brass, steel, paper, leather, silk.
1957-165-11-a,b

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