This exhibition was on display from February 15, 2008 to August 24, 2008.

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  • Sidewall (France)
  • block printed on handmade paper.
  • Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
  • 1931-45-16
  • Sidewall (USA)
  • machine-printed on paper.
  • Gift of Interior Design and Decoration.
  • 1951-27-3
  • Katagami, Flying Bats
  • mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon juice....
  • Museum purchase through gift of Charles W. Gould.
  • 1939-72-1
  • Primordial Bowl Vessel
  • glass.
  • This acquisition was made possible through the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.
  • 1985-24-1
  • Armchair (USA)
  • assembled and pinned steer horn, cut and shaped horn sheets, wood, metal,....
  • Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen.
  • 1986-39-1
  • Longhorn Ottoman
  • steer horn, wood, metal, brass, glass, leatherette (not original).
  • Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen.
  • 1986-39-2
  • Rocking Chair (USA)
  • maple.
  • Gift of the Hulla family in memory of Mark Wilson Hulla.
  • 1987-37-2
  • Armchair
  • elm, wicker, ivory.
  • Gift of Albert Hadley.
  • 1982-29-1
  • Flask And Stopper
  • glass, straw, cork.
  • Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi.
  • 1972-5-10-a,b
  • Bracelet (USA)
  • hair, gold.
  • Gift of Georgina and Louisa L. Schuyler.
  • 1916-29-54
  • Necklace (probably England)
  • dyed horsehair.
  • Museum purchase through bequest of Ida McNeil in memory of Lincoln C. McNeil....
  • 1992-166-1
  • Bracelet (probably England)
  • dyed horsehair.
  • Museum purchase through bequest of Ida McNeil in memory of Lincoln C. McNeil....
  • 1992-166-2
  • Bracelet (probably England)
  • dyed horsehair.
  • Museum purchase through bequest of Ida McNeil in memory of Lincoln C. McNeil....
  • 1992-166-3
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 12 images of this object.
  • Panel
  • silk, metal-wrapped silk, and metal embroidery on silk foundation.
  • Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.
  • 1981-28-124
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • Border (France)
  • block-printed and flocked paper.
  • Gift of Josephine Howell.
  • 1972-42-142-a,b
  • Rugbeater Armchair
  • maple, metal, glass, twill tape.
  • Museum purchase from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
  • 1991-131-1
  • Basket (England)
  • pierced and glazed earthenware (creamware).
  • Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
  • 1938-57-396-a
  • Trans... Chair Armchair
  • wicker, iron, found objects (plastic, rubber).
  • Commissioned from the designers by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
  • 2007-46-1
  • Vermelha Chair
  • bent epoxy-coated steel, hand woven dyed cotton rope, aluminum.
  • Gift of Edra SpA, Italy.
  • 2007-39-1