Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Wristwatch form composed of simple square aluminum frame that spits in half to receive a 6th generation Apple iPod for use as a watch face; simple black silicone rubber strap with metal buckle.

LunaTik IPod Watch Conversion Kit, 2010
aluminum, stainless steel, silicone rubber.
Gift of MINIMAL.
2012-34-2

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

Drawstring bag knitted with colored glass beads with a landscape scene of a river with one man in a rowboat and another fishing from the shore; buildings and a tree on an opposite shore. Blue silk taffeta at the top with a silk drawstring and beaded ball.

Bag (USA), 19th century
silk, glass beads.
Gift of Mary S. M. Gibson.
1945-54-24

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

Lace insertion with a central medallion containing the imperial shield of Napoleon I, surrounded by small floral sprays, in a net ground. Made in Lille style with heavy thread.

Medallion (France), early 19th century, after 1804
linen.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-50-317

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

Triangular stomacher in ivory silk, heavily embroidered in gold metallic yarns with scrolling leaves framing small buildings, and, in colored silks, a female figure with a rake over one shoulder, a male figure dozing, and a butterfly.

Stomacher (France), 18th century
silk and metallic (metal-wrapped silk core) embroidery on silk foundation,....
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-50-125

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

Design for stomacher in diamonds and pearls with alternating rows of blossoms and bows in the center.

Drawing, Design for a Jeweled Stomacher, late 18th century
pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-868

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

Stomacher with a trefoil point at the bottom, solidly embroidered in silver metallic yarns with a symmetrical design of flowers and leaves, framed by two spiralling ribbons.

Stomacher, mid-18th century
silk, metallic, paperboard.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-52-16

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

Pair of sleeves which would have been tied onto an 18th century dress. Left sleeve badly faded. Coral-colored ground with a curving vine with blue and white flowers. Finished at bottom with blue binding and small bow.

Pair Of Sleeves, 18th century
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of Mrs. James O. Green.
1896-11-1-a,b

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

Interlaced design with white sequins and pink iridescent seed beads, with gold vermicular chain stitch accents in the interstices, on black crepe ground.

Embroidery Sample (USA), ca. 1920–40
rayon, sequins, beads, metallic yarns.
Gift of the Budeiri Family in memory of Alberto Fasola.
2007-17-26

This object was made by Rialto Art Embroidery.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Man's cap of yellow silk taffeta made up of four panels with a deep turn-up cuff. Embroidered with symmetrical chinoiserie floral sprays in satin stitch in blue ombre silk, and in bouclé stitch in silver metallic yarns. With silver metallic bobbin lace covering the four seams and edging the cuff.

Nightcap, 18th century
silk, metallic yarn (silver foil wrapped around silk core), flat foil strip.
Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline E. Greenleaf.
1952-47-1

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

Delicately carved ivory made in both Germany and Switzerland. Two famous workshops at Odenwald Graf von Erbach-Erbach and Swiss towns of Thun and Brienz.

Bracelet, ca. 1850
ivory, elastic/cord.
Gift of the estate and in memory of Robert B. Noyes.
1946-50-46

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

Brisé fan with ivory sticks, carved with interlacing garlands, flowers, architectural features, and peacocks in medallions. In the center of obverse, an oval medallion is painted with a scene of a female figure in classical dress seated in a forest glen.

Brisé Fan, 1780–1800
carved, pierced and painted ivory sticks, silk ribbon.
Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1926-22-113

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

Bracelet made of six plates; five show conventional scroll design, the sixth is a flattened oval and shows a large urn with four birds on it within a scroll border. Plates are strung together by silk threads.

Bracelet, ca. 1850
ivory, silk thread.
Gift of the estate and in memory of Robert B. Noyes.
1946-50-85-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 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 6 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 4 images of this object.

Slightly concave brass disc with silver and copper wire in abstract design,and two silver dots; belt slide on reverse.

Buckle (USA), ca. 1947
brass, copper, silver.
Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan.
1995-157-1

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

Gold and enamel jeweled brooch in the Renaissance style in the form of a ship with two lovers in stern and two doves in the prow; with four button pearls, five half-pearls, six rubies, eleven emeralds, four sapphires, eleven rose diamonds.

Lovers in a Boat Brooch, ca. 1880
gold, enamel, diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, rubies, pearls.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Annie Schermerhorn Kane, and....
1969-40-162

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

Stick pin with serpent and baroque pearl.

Stick Pin (France), ca. 1867
gold pavé-set with diamonds, enamel, fresh-water pearl.
Gift from the Thomas W. Evans Collection from University of Pennsylvania....
1983-69-9

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 8 images of this object.

Threaded and hand-manipulated silver wire tiara with various semi-precious stones has a looped sculptural quality. This tiara also converts into a necklace.

N/T 1185 Tiara, 1996
silver wire, pearl, mother-of-pearl, smoky quartz, quartz crystal.
Museum purchase from Sara Cooper-Hewitt Fund.
1997-43-1

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

Large oval green agate center, surrounded by 12 smaller agates and 8 amber cabochons, all set in silver frame with leaf-like embossed designs. Safety clasp on reverse.

Belt Buckle (Denmark), 1904–08
silver, agate, amber.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1989-98-2-a,b

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

Kingfisher plaque of conventional fruit or leaf design in openwork. Silk covered wire on back for attachment to Manchu head-dress.

Hair Ornament (China), ca. 1900
kingfisher feathers on lacquer backing with silk-covered wire.
Gift of William Dangaix Allen.
1939-73-11

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

Enameled gold brooch in the shape of a flower with diamonds along the perimeter of "petals" and diamonds in the center.

Brooch in the form of a Pansy Brooch, ca. 1900
cast gold, fired enamel, cut diamonds.
Gift of Isabel Shults.
1979-16-4

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

Curvilinear foliage with insect with plique-a-jour enamel wings, opal on stem.

Butterfly Stick Pin Finial, ca. 1890–1910
silver, opal, enamel.
Gift of Alice Stern.
1994-120-1

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

Oval black enamel plaques, each with one carved emerald mask and one pearl drop and pearl studded piece separating each plaque.

Necklace (Italy), ca. 1880–1900
cast and woven gold, enamel, carved emeralds, pearls.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Annie Schermerhorn Kane, and....
1969-40-16

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

Large gold pendant broach with circular top, arched section below from which hang 11 vase-shaped pendants. Fine gold granulation work throughout.

The design of this brooch, like some other pieces made by the Castellanis, is based closely on jewelry unearthed at an important archeological site at Kol Oba in Southern Russia, discovered in 1830. Drawings of the jewels, which date from the 4th century BCE, were published after their transferral to the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.

Kul Oba Brooch, ca. 1875
gold.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Annie Schermerhorn Kane, and....
1969-40-41

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

Gold and enamel necklace in the Hindu style with 100 cats-eyes, sixty-five cabochon rubies, 305 ruby beads set in sixty-five pendant motifs each with five pearls in gold tasseled ornaments.

Necklace (England), 1863–96
gold, enamel, catseyes,rubies, pearls.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Annie Schermerhorn Kane, and....
1969-40-133

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

Gray rectangular box with Plexiglass front panel that slides up to allow access to decorated slate panel with mount for brooch.

The Weighing Of The Heart Brooch Holder, ca. 1998
mixed media on slate, painted wood, plexiglass.
Gift of Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan.
2011-15-2-a,b

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

Necklace with radiating pendants made of wooden sticks, some terminating in pearls; interior, metal spirals ending pearls.

Necklace (USA), 1993
wood, gold, pearls.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1993-123-1

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

Chainmail form made of silver, covered with overlapping rows of hammered, flattened feather-like steel nails; row of small, gold pod forms along inner edge; large clasp covered by roughly square panel of pale rose mother-of-pearl with gold fastenings.

Necklace (Norway), 1983
hammered steel nails, raised gold, silver, mother-of-pearl.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds and....
1984-83-1

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

Flat, woven, beaded collar with tan, green, deep rose colors; beads intersperced; panels with masks; bronze figural pendant, greenish patina, lays on collar at center.

Chimu Bronze Figure Necklace, 1987
nylon thread, bronze, carnelian, ruby, emerald, gold.
Judith R. Tishman Collection, gift of Peter V. and Lynn P. Tishman.
2002-16-4

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

Irregular heart-shaped case with contoured lid; opens clam shell-style to reveal mirror on inside of lid and circular cake of flesh-toned face powder in base. Indented finger grip on rim edge at right near base of heart.

Powder Compact (USA), 1978
silver-plated metal, mirror.
Gift of Halston Enterprises, Inc..
1978-123-2

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

White linen apron pleated into a narrow band at the top. The sides and lower half of the apron are decorated with squares of cut work with needle-lace fillings alternating with squares embroidered in white in a stylized plant motif. The bottom is trimmed with scalloped needle lace.

Apron (Italy), 17th century
linen.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1952-162-134

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

Design for a comb in gold and enamel. The upper part represents a nude figure of a woman rising from the waves.

Drawing, Design for a Nymph Comb, ca. 1900
brush and gouache, graphite on gray wove paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel.
1950-6-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Circular form with ten evenly spaced projections around outer perimeter, each of a different shape, with varying terminals. Main body is smooth surfaced, color of greenish-yellow with blue dots and a red wavy line; various colors on projection terminals.

Wheel Bracelet, 1996–97
polyester, epoxy resin, silver.
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program....
1998-13-1

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

Design for needle lace collar with intricate plantlike design forms.

Drawing, Design for the Making of a Man's Needle Lace Collar, ca. 1660
pen and black ink on parchment paper, lined.
Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt and Au Panier Fleuri Funds.
1991-42-1-a

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

Similar to talismanic hand-shaped ornaments traditionally worn as protection by Muslim people around the world.

Hand of Fatima Pendant, 1972
steel wire, brass, copper.
Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen.
1997-59-2

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