Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 11 objects tagged exotic.

Textile, Paradis Terrestre (Earthly Paradise)

Textile, Paradis Terrestre (Earthly Paradise)
silk.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1931-1-8

This object was made by Tassinari & Chatel.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Page From A Sample Book, Mezzotone Papers

Page From A Sample Book, Mezzotone Papers
mezzotone print on paper.
Gift of Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
1959-134-1-3

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 8 images of this object.

Against a dark yellow background is an image rendered in black, of an open-air platform with a lattice roof. The roof is held by three thin poles, one in solid black, and each topped with a round detail just below the roof. A rectangle with horizontal lines stands vertically along the right side. The floor of the platform is lightly textured with vertical and horizontal lines. Behind the platform is a stark garden with two bushes and a few stones against shaded background, with clouds above. A thick black border at the bottom is marked 'Dado' in the center. Below the border, the object is described as 'A Mezzotone Paper from Katzenbach and Warren, Inc.' and titled ''Sand Gardens' designed by Ilonka Karasz.'

Page From A Sample Book, Mezzotone Papers, 1948
mezzotone print on paper.
Gift of Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
1959-134-1-5

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 8 images of this object.

A dark blue sheet, formatted horizontally (landscape) contains an off-white space across the center, in which three curtains are shown in blue, hanging from a single rod. The curtain on the left, held loosely with five circular rings, is decorated with dark blue triangles, arranged in repeating shapes of six-sided stars. The center of each star is a lighter shade of blue, each containing a symbol. Some symbols resemble clovers, while others are logographic or geometric in style. The curtain in the center is tied into the rod with two creased knots, with the excess lengths draped over the rod of the left. There is a dark visible background on one side with stylized dragonfly shapes in varying sizes; the image is similar on the other side with a light background. Behind the curtain are waves of horizontal crescents in varying shades of blue, again accented with flying insects large and small. The curtain on the right is held also with five circular rings. It is the widest curtain decorated with vertical lines and symbols similar to those on the first curtain. In the dark blue border below the scene, the object is described as 'A Mezzotone Paper from Katzenbach and Warren, Inc.' and titled ''Byzantine Curtains' designed by Ilonka Karasz.'

Page From A Sample Book, Mezzotone Papers
mezzotone print on paper.
Gift of Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
1959-134-1-13

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 8 images of this object.

A faded black sheet, formatted horizontally (landscape) contains a pinkish red space across the center which is divided into three uneven rectangles. The space on the left contains a square decorated in a black stellate (star-like) mosaic pattern which sits across a horizontal base of repeating keyhole shapes in alternating shades of black and red. Across the top of the square are three vertical openings boxed in with cross-hatched shading. Dark onion-domed towers (qubba) fill the three openings. A pillar lightly decorated with an intertwined branching root pattern with black accents divide this space from the center image. This next image has two pillars each topped by large circles which are filled with alternating black triangles shaped like slices of pie. The pillars stand in front of a fence decorated with thin diamond-shaped lines. As if looking out from a balcony, behind this opening is a view of domes, buildings, towers, and brick walls rendered simply with blocks and zigzags. On the right is a nest with a pair of storks atop a column. The space on the right , framed with a vertical mosaic pillar on the left and another root-like pillar on the right. A faint mosque tower centers the rectangle, within which two additional towers are enclosed over a base of small black rectangles. The base of this section is decorated with an overlapping and repeating calligraphic pattern. In the thick black border below the scene, the object is described as 'A Mezzotone Paper from Katzenbach and Warren, Inc.' and titled ''Arabian Nights' designed by Ilonka Karasz.'

Page From A Sample Book, Mezzotone Papers, 1948
mezzotone print on paper.
Gift of Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
1959-134-1-21

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 8 images of this object.

Drawing, Design for a Moorish Smoking Room [Tabagie]

Drawing, Design for a Moorish Smoking Room [Tabagie]
brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on wove paper.
Thaw Collection.
2012-5-2

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

Sample Book, Murals from the Hand Drawn Originals of Ilonka Karasz

Sample Book, Murals from the Hand Drawn Originals of Ilonka Karasz
blueprint process on paper.
Gift of Abraham Edelman.
1992-28-2-1/22

This object was made by Design Group Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 15 images of this object.

Poster, The Miller Blues Band

Poster, The Miller Blues Band
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.
1979-34-38

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

Book Illustration, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers: suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus (Natural history of birds of paradise and rollers: followed by toucans and barbets), vol. 1; Le Nébuleux, étalant ses parures (The nebulous, spreading her ornaments), plate 16

Book Illustration, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers:...
hand-colored engraving on paper.
Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
SIL39088006379374

Textile (France)

Textile (France)
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-414

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

Ewer (Iran)
blown glass, applied blown glass decoration.
Gift of Rodman Wanamaker.
1919-24-86

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