Mural | Types | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 19 objects of this type

Right panel from two panel set. Serenade reflects on the joys of childhood and youth, with children flying kites and a small group of musicians playing instruments in a rather exotic architectural structure.

Mural, Serenade, 1948
blueprint method on paper.
s-e-2614

This object was made by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..

Left panel of two panel set. Serenade reflects on the joys of childhood and youth, with children flying kites and a small group of musicians playing instruments in a rather exotic architectural structure.

Mural, Serenade, 1948
blueprint method on paper.
s-e-2613

This object was made by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..

Mural, Arches
blueprint method on paper.
s-e-2612

A digital rendering of a world map created by collaging antique postage stamps over a field of patinated canceled envelopes.

Mural, Stamp World Map, 2011
digital print on cellulose, latex, nylon substrate.
Gift of Maharam.
s-e-1872-1/3

This object was made by Maharam.
There are 5 images of this object.

Panel B from "East of the Sun". This panel features a large peacock. Doves and a peacock wander in an “Oriental” garden. Large trees and pierced screens surround the tiled floors and water lily pond in this enclosed garden.

Mural, East of the Sun, 1960
blueprint method.
Gift of Matthew L. Edelman.
2016-37-8

This object was made by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Panel C from "East of the Sun" includes 2 doves sitting atop the roof. Doves and a peacock wander in an “Oriental” garden. Large trees and pierced screens surround the tiled floors and water lily pond in this enclosed garden.

Mural, East of the Sun, 1960
blueprint method.
Gift of Matthew L. Edelman.
2016-37-7

This object was made by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Panel III from a four panel mural set. This panel contains a representation of water and moon phases. Designed to appear as a seven panel folding screen the mural contains symbolic representations of the four elements along with the sun, moon and stars. The mural is designed to create the illusion of depth.

Mural, Air-Fire-Water-Earth, 1960
blueprint method on paper.
Gift of Matthew L. Edelman.
2016-37-6

This object was made by Design Group Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Right panel from two panel set. Serenade reflects on the joys of childhood and youth, with children flying kites and a small group of musicians playing instruments in a rather exotic architectural structure.

Mural, Serenade, 1948
blueprint method on paper.
Gift of Matthew L. Edelman.
2016-37-5

This object was made by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Left panel of two panel set. Serenade reflects on the joys of childhood and youth, with children flying kites and a small group of musicians playing instruments in a rather exotic architectural structure.

Mural, Serenade, 1948
blueprint method on paper.
Gift of Matthew L. Edelman.
2016-37-4

This object was made by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Mural, Arches
blueprint method on paper.
2016-37-11

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Mural, Trees
blueprint method on paper.
2016-37-10

This object was made by Design Group Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Composed of thousands of multi-color icons composed of red, yellow, blue and green bits, forming a view of white clouds in a blue sky when viewed from a distance.

Mural, Dutch Clouds, 2011
digital print on cellulose, latex, nylon substrate.
Gift of Maharam.
2012-11-2-1/5

This object was made by Maharam.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

A digital rendering of a world map created by collaging antique postage stamps over a field of patinated canceled envelopes.

Mural, Stamp World Map, 2011
digital print on cellulose, latex, nylon substrate.
Gift of Maharam.
2012-11-1-1/4

This object was made by Maharam.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Screen printing of a photo montage showing an interior setting which includes coat hooks, frocks or dresses, handbags and a chair. The four panel set is printed mostly in a monochromatic sepia colorway with one dress printed in red and another printed in yellow. The composition includes three handbags suspended from hooks, two dresses on wire hangers suspended from hooks, and a mid-century chair.

Mural, Hooks and Frocks, 1999
screen printed on paper.
Gift of Anthropologie.
2007-18-1-a/d

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

Large-scale delphiniums printed in blue and white, with green foliage at base, on white ground. Strip number 3 from series.

Mural, Delphinium, 1960–70
screen-printed vinyl.
Gift of Lanette Scheeline.
1998-29-65

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

Map of Paris, 1739, printed in grisaille. The original bird's-eye-view map, begun in 1734, took five years to complete. It shows the labyrinthine medieval city before Baron Haussman created a more easily governed municipality by cutting through the old neighborhoods with grand boulevards.

Mural, La Cité, 1992
screen-printed paper.
Gift of F. Schumacher and Co..
1992-159-1-a/e

This object was made by F. Schumacher & Co..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Batik mural with a portrait of Jessica Dragonette, soprano and radio star, in the center, standing on a globe with lines of music radiating out in all directions behind her. The mural also includes the Original WJZ 500 Watt Transmitter Newark NJ, the City Service Broadcast over NBC, Radio City Music Hall, a portrait of Marconi, broadcasting to Byrd at the South Pole, an Armistice Day address from Arlington National Cemetery, zeppelins, airplanes, and skyscrapers, amid symbols of music and theater. A portrait of the artist, Arthur Gordon Smith, appears in the lower left corner.

Mural, The World of Radio, 1934
cotton.
Gift of Nicholas Meredith Turner in memory of Jessica Dragonette..
1983-73-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Mural, Smuggler's Cove

Mural, Smuggler's Cove
chromo-lithographed.
1960-163-21-a,b

This object was made by The Schmitz-Horning Co..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Jungle scene similar to a painting by Rousseau. Slate blue ground with trees and flowers in green, white and yellow. A strike off with the original title, "Nightwood," written in the margin and has pencilled notations. Strip No. 6 in a scenic panel composed of 6 strips. Donor and artist has since changed first name to Jean-Yves.

Mural, Nightwood, 1948
screen-printed paper.
Gift of Yven Jean Pique.
1948-121-1

This object was made by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.