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Ensemble With Jacket, from Spring/Summer 2014 and Spring/Summer 2016 Ready-to-Wear collections, 2013

Ensemble With Jacket, from Spring/Summer 2014 and Spring/Summer 2016...
padded neoprene, cast silicone, bonded nylon.
Courtesy of Melitta Baumeister.
38.2015.1a/c

White Side Table, from The Silent Village Collection, 2013

White Side Table, from The Silent Village Collection, 2013
ash wood, metal, krion, ropes, nylon strings, feathers, fur, leather, printed....
Courtesy of Galerie Kreo.
45.2015.1

There are 2 images of this object.

High Shelf, from The Silent Village Collection, 2013

High Shelf, from The Silent Village Collection, 2013
ash wood, metal, krion, ropes, nylon strings, feathers, fur, leather, printed....
Courtesy of Galerie Kreo.
45.2015.2

There are 2 images of this object.

Photograph, Hairstyle 1, 2013

Photograph, Hairstyle 1, 2013
chromogenic print mounted on 3mm dibond.
Courtesy of Guido Palau.
66.2015.1

There are 2 images of this object.

Photograph, Hairstyle 2, 2011

Photograph, Hairstyle 2, 2011
chromogenic print mounted on 3mm dibond.
Courtesy of Guido Palau.
66.2015.2

There are 2 images of this object.

Wearable Sculpture, from ANIMAL: The Other Side of Evolution series, 2012

Wearable Sculpture, from ANIMAL: The Other Side of Evolution series, 2012
fiberglass, polyurethane, rubber.
Courtesy of Ana Rajcevic.
29.2015.3

Flat disk seat on four straight cylindrical legs; back composed of cast bronze painter’s palette decorated with spirals; "crest rail" consisting of a horizontal rod, a headless figure below the rod, to left of palette, and six different sized heads sitting on the rod; three cast bronze heads situated between the seat and back, supporting the back, with a fourth head to the right.

Oka Chair Side Chair, 1989
cast bronze.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hootkin and Maria Friedrich.
1991-73-1

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

In form of six-legged animal; painted red with black dots spaced around wide slot at top.

Pen Holder Model
painted plaster.
Gift of Burton Rubin.
1996-117-26

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

Dog Figure
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1967-45-172

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

Rectangular form with two female figures supporting a circular opening on either side and surmounted by angels blowing horns, the opening supported by a plaque with the dates 1837- 1887--possibly commemorating Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee--and the initials LJT(?).

Frame, ca. 1887
silver-plated electroformed copper.
Gift of Ronal Fritz.
1980-49-1

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

Silver pendant in shape of garlic bulb on long cord.

Garlic (Knoblauch) Pendant Necklace, 2009
folded sheet silver.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-8

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

Metal form resembling twisted and knotted ribbon.

Ring, ca. 1955
folded sheet silver, bent silver wire.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2017-2-2

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

Black oval slip-on brooch with abstracted bird figure.

Bird Slip-on Brooch, 2012
sheet copper, electroformed copper, ribbon (silk).
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-22

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

Handmade thick paper strips strung together to form flexible necklace. Some strips cut into rectilinear shapes.

Mitla Necklace, 2012
handmade paper.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-101

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

Grey Heron Airplane Ring Object With Ring

Grey Heron Airplane Ring Object With Ring
textile (viscose, polyester/polyamide), plastic heron, 14kt white gold, glass....
2016-34-113-a/c

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

Matte gold brooch with coral accents in the form of an abstracted torso.

Brooch, 1987
gold, cut coral.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-10

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

Aguahoja II, 2017-2019

Aguahoja II, 2017-2019
samples, structrure.
Courtesy of The Mediated Matter Group.
NATURE.022

This object was made by MIT Media Lab Mediated Matter Group.

The image of the ewer takes up the entire sheet. The ewer's decoration includes a half figure of a woman and a child positioned on the lower part of the handle, left, and a satyr and a woman on the rim. Its entire surface is covered with floral and vegetal motifs.

Drawing, Design for a Decorative Ewer, 1765
pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-49

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

An octagonal basin upon a square platform from which a shaft rises at center supporting a circular basin and two tiers adorned with statues depicting episodes of the Hercules legend. At the top of the shaft, Hercules supports the world. On top pier, Hercules is shown with the Cretan Bull (at right side); Hercules with Hydra and the Nemean Lion (at left side). Below them, on the rim of the circular basin (at mid-section of fountain), at each side, are two pairs of putti on Capricorns; the infant Hercules with a snake is shown at the center of this circular basin rim. On the rim of the bottom octagonal basin are three statue groups: Hercules killing Nessus (center); Hercules and Antaeus (at right); and Hercules about to club another unidentified male (left). The sides of the octagonal basin are adorned with relief panels, probably depicting additional scenes from the life of Hercules.

Drawing, Design for a Fountain with the Labors of Hercules, 1562
black chalk on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-1

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

Print, Plate, from a series of designs for ewers and vessels

Print, Plate, from a series of designs for ewers and vessels
engraving on white laid paper.
1946-3-3

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

Thrown red earthenware body with slumped, deeply folded sides, short spout, applied curved handle, and low foot. Exterior covered with variegated rose-colored glaze, with streaks of brilliant green glaze. Interior glazed in mottled dark green with areas of lusterless and high luster glaze. Underside partially glazed.

Pitcher (USA), ca. 1893–1909
glazed earthenware.
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
1984-84-36

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

Aluminum stool of fluid biomorphic form, the slender, curving, tripod legs rising to a roughly triangular, up-turned and slanted seat/suport with curled projection rising from one side; the central leg with short spike-like projection as foot rest. The whole varnished in turquoise colored enamel.

W.W. Stool, 1990
sand-cast and enameled aluminum.
The Linda and Irwin R. Berman Stool Collection.
2003-23-1

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

Chair seat and back of contoured, molded dark grey fiberglass: curved, oval back on tubular steel frame mounted on concave seat with out-curved sides forming armrests; tubular steel base splayed to form four curved legs terminating in circular foot pads.

Swag Leg Chair, 1958
molded fiberglass, swaged tubular steel, rubber composite.
Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor.
1986-99-45

This object was made by Herman Miller Furniture Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 10 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.

Small knife with leaf-shaped blade. Upper rib on side with engraved scroll device, a gilded crest at bolster, reverse with gilded engraved fleur-de-lis. Handle decorated with volute scrolls, capital, and an octagonal column inlaid with coral dots, scroll capital. End of handle in the form of a winged figure; oriental male on front, grotesque female on reverse. Traces of gilding on handle.

Knife (possibly France), 1550–1600
steel, gilding, agate.
The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
1985-103-45

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

Thin-bodied transparent cup of irregularly curved and pinched form with thin rim.

Liquid Skin Drinking Cup, 2001
mold-blown glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
2009-18-148

This object was made by J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Dark blue and black batwing-shaped controller with black control buttons and straight cord.

ALPS Interactive PS Gamepad Video Game Controller, 1996
molded plastic, electronic components.
Gift of Smart Design.
1997-182-1

This object was made by ALPS Electric Co., Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Tapered cylindrical form with pinch in rim as handle/grip.

WASARA Tableware Coffee Cup, 2008
reed, bamboo, bagasse pulp.
Gift of WASARA Co. Ltd..
2011-12-46

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

Red plastic radio that, when open, is reminiscent of an old-fashioned telephone handset; it twists closed to form a ring. Speaker is area of horizontal striations at one end; at other end, controls, and black dial.

R-72 Portable Radio, ca. 1972
abs plastic, metal.
Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler.
2007-37-5

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

Glass disc-like bowl composed of ribs resembling a fan belt with a hole in the center, in black and brown.

Primordial Bowl Vessel, ca. 1984
glass.
This acquisition was made possible through the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.
1985-24-1

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

Diamond shaped white-coated metal wire mesh seat unit with blue woven upholstery; black-coated wire stand.

Small Diamond Chair, ca. 1957
bent plastic-coated metal wire, woven cotton upholstery, foam rubber.
Gift of the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material....
2011-22-1

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

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-1

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

Leaf Light Task Lamp

Leaf Light Task Lamp
aluminum, plastic, rubber, led.
2006-21-1-a,b

This object was made by Herman Miller Furniture Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Contoured tubular aluminum frame with close fitting deep orange canvas cover stretched over back and seat. Removeable outer cover of yellow vinyl.

"Barwa" Chair, introduced 1947
bent tubular aluminum, canvas.
Gift of Edgar Bartolucci.
2000-17-1

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

High-backed lounge chair with bentwood elements forming continuous arms/legs; upholstered in grey wool.

Model 61 Chair, ca. 1950
bent laminated birch, upholstery.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-59

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